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  2. FEDERAL SESSION.

    As a mark of respect to the late Senator Bakhap, who died at Launceston on Saturday, the House of Representatives adjourned until 8 o'clock this evening. ...

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  3. THE RAILWAYS.

    The State Government has decided to give serious consideration to the question of nonpaying railway lines. Each year the State loses something in the neighbourhood of ...

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  4. FRANCE'S AIM.

    According to advice from Paris, the French Premier (M, Po[?]ncare), in speaking at Charleville, indicated that negotiations would probably lead to a better ...

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  5. THE CHANGSHA.

    More definite news available from the steamer Changsha yesterday indicated that the vessel had run on to the Tigitige bank at 3 o'clock on Sunday morning, and that assistance would ...

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  6. THE COLLIERIES. ABERDARE DISPUTE.

    The employees at Duckenfield No. 1 colllery, who recently went on strike owing to a dispute regarding payment for alleged deficient places, returned to work yesterday ...

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  7. THE CENSURE.

    Although Ministers are confident that the Progressives will not support the Labour party's censure motion, it is still doubtful whether a further amendment to the Address ...

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  8. DE VALERA.

    Advice from Rome states that a number of Irish supporters of De Valera have telegraphed urging the Pope to intervene and obtain clemency for De Valera. ...

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  9. TYPHOON'S TOLL. DAMAGE AT HONGKONG.

    Reports from Hongkong state that Saturday's typhoon caused deaths tentatively estimated at 500, besides causing damage to property which has not yet ...

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  10. WESTERN MINERS.

    A conference will be held to-morrow between the western miners and Lithgow owners in regard to the dismissal of men. A number of those who received notice declare that ...

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  11. SCIENCE CONGRESS.

    Because members of the various sections, who had gone into the country for the weekend, could not reach Melbourne until midday to-day, little work was done by the Congress ...

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  12. FOREST FIRE.

    Advice from Paris states that a forest fire is raging in the Riviera. It originated in the forest of Esterel, devastating the whole of the var coast, and destroying the Cannes ...

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  13. MESSAGE FROM SYDNEY.

    In connection with the Imprisonment of the Irish Republican leader. De Valera, the Irish National Association of Sydney states that it has despatched a cablegram to the Lord ...

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  14. FOUND SHOT.

    Early yesterday morning Detective-Sergeant Louis Godfrey Pether was found lying in the lavatory, at the police headquarters, at the corner of Hunter and Phillip streets, with a ...

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  15. A.L.P. EXPULSIONS.

    The State council of the Australian Raliway Workers' Union has discussed the decision of the A.L P. executive to expel Mr, A. W. Buckley (secretary of the A.R.U.) from the Labour ...

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  16. SALVATION ARMY.

    The Salvation Army is opening in November a "Darby aud Joan" home, near Tunbridge Wells, where twenty old couples will end their days in peace. ...

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  17. AUSTRALIAN LOANS.

    A correspondent, writing in the "Westminster Gazette," declares that Australia's decision to raise £21,000,000 locally, instead of in London, is due to Australia's realisation ...

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  18. COURT DELAYS.

    In the Second Arbitration Court to-day Sir John Quick replied to a complaint made at a conference of employers in Sydney regarding the alleged delay in calling on cases in the ...

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  19. NEW COLLEGES.

    Mr. William Wood, of the Presbyterian Church Offices, stated yesterday that Sir Charles Mackellar's home, Eariston, at Warrawee, had been purchased by the trustees of ...

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  20. STOCK TRAINS.

    An exhaustive inquiry into the whole question of the running of stock trains from the country has just been completed. It was officially announced yesterday by the ...

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  21. SPORT ABROAD.

    In batting Hendren has scored 2518 runs, at an average of 88.93 per innings; Mead, 2270, average 70.93; Challenor, 1472, average 58.88; and Makepeace, 2204, average 53.78. ...

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  22. IMPROVED TANKS.

    Vickers, Ltd., have completed the first of 23 "tractor tanks," which they are building for the army. The new tank has been christened the ...

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  23. FAMOUS PAINTING.

    The Paris correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" states that some of the greatest art experts in Europe will be gathered at the L[?] on September 1 for an exhibition ...

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  24. MAIN ROADS.

    The Minister for Mines (Mr. Fitzpatrick) visited Wallerawang and Cullen Bullen during the week-end, and needs of the people in those centres regarding roads and other ...

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  25. UNEMPLOYED DIGGERS.

    Since the Labour Agency in Princes-street was established by the Social Service Committee of the C.E.M.S., about 500 situations have been found for unemployed Diggers, and meals ...

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  26. SHIPPING TRADE.

    The settlement of the Newcastle strike has resulted in activity in shipping. Stocks of coal at New Zealand ports had fallen very low, and the bringing of supplies to normal, ...

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  27. FOUND DROWNED.

    Two fishermen of Watson's Bay, while returning to port at about half-past-3 yesterday afternoon, from the Shoalhaven River, picked up the body of a man which was ...

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  28. DOCK STRIKE ENDED.

    At a mass meeting the dock strikers decided to call off the strike and to resume work on Tuesday. ...

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  29. HIGH STAKES.

    According to a message from Paris, a feature of the season at Deauville is the high play indulged in by young women, some of them little more than girls. Crowds throng ...

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  30. TARIFF BOARD.

    Although the Federal Ministry intends to proceed with the amending of the Tariff Board Bill this week an importnnt decision has been reached by the Cabinet. The measure, as ...

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  31. MIGRATION.

    The Metropolitan Council of tho A.L.P. has asked the Parliamentary Labour party to move for a select committee to inquire into immigration, particularly, as nearly every member ...

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  32. A NEW NOSE.

    A remarkable operation, performed on Thomas K[?]cullen at Sydney Hospital, has resulted in the middle finger of his left hand being successfully grafted to replace ...

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  33. DARWIN WHARF.

    "I do not think that the present traffic would justify expenditure on a new wharf," said the Commonwealth Railways Commissioner (Mr. N. G. Bell), when giving evidence ...

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  34. MOTOR CARS BURNT.

    A fire occurred at New Park station on Saturday evening and resulted in two cars being destroyed. Mr. L. Fitzgerald motored from Narrandera during the afternoon, arriving ...

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  35. FIRES.

    Fire broke out in J. W. Henwood's wine saloon, 101 Oxford-street, Waverley, at 2.26 p.m. yesterday. The building is of two floors, containing the shop and bedrooms, and one ...

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  36. PROHIBITION.

    It transpires that the chief opposition encounted by Mr. E. W. "Pussyfoot" Johnson at his prohibition meeting at Port Elizabeth came from former soldiers, who resented ...

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  37. AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY.

    Sir,—I deem it a matter of considerable concern that so little attention and importance are attached to the teaching of Australian history and practical geography in our ...

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  38. DECREE NISI.

    Counsel being unable to quote a precedent, Mr. Justice Macfarlane in the Practice Court was puzzled by an application arising from a sucessful petitioner in divorce ...

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  39. LABOUR AND COMMUNISM.

    Mr. J. M, Baddeley, M.L.A., addressing a meeting of the Labour League at Kurri Kurri on Sunday night, said that the Communists were admitted into the Labour conference ...

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  40. OIL SHALE.

    The Government Geologist, Mr. A. M'Intosh Reid, who for some months past has been energetically engaged in an investigation of the Tasmanian oil resources, has made a ...

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  41. DISPUTED MILLIONS.

    A mass meeting of the claimants for the Fazackerley millions is being held at Preston on August 25. The estate was left by Mr. Nicholas Fazackerley, M.P. for Preston, ...

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  42. COMMON SENSE V. POLITICS.

    Sir,—I am not a politician. I am merely a common or garden business man, guided by the dictates of common sense in the daily transactions of life, rather than by precedent ...

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  43. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Advice has been received from Madrid to the effect that a large body of Moors attacked three Spanish columns proceeding to positions near T[?]ranin. The Spanish columns ...

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  44. WOOL TOPS AGREEMENTS.

    A bill was read a first time in the House of Representatives to-night to validate certain agreements made during the war relating to the manufacture of wool tops. These ...

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  45. CANNED FRUIT STOCKS.

    To dispone of accumulated stocks of canned fruit in the 1922-28 fruit pool, the Minister for Customs is seeking the co-operation of the Grocers' Association and retaliers, Mr. ...

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  46. QUEENSLAND SETTLEMENT SCHEME.

    A bill to consolidate the laws dealing with irrigation and water supply, is at present in the hands of the Minister for Lands (Mr. McCormack.) It contains many important ...

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  47. ROWDY STUDENTS.

    The report on, complaints regarding horseplay in connection with the university students procession, on the occasion of recent capping day celebrations, was submitted to the ...

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  48. FIRE AT PICTURE SHOW.

    While preparing a film box on Sunday night, at the Casino picture show, the film caught fire, and all the contents were destroyed, including two Simplex biographs and films. The ...

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  49. TOBOGGANING ACCIDENT.

    Horace L. Chambers, of Bloxham and Chambers, Sydney, who ariived at Mount Kos[?]usko on Saturday, met with a serious accident while tobogganing the same day. He received ...

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  50. ROCKEFELLER INSTITUTE.

    Dr. [?]. Whitridge Davies, eldest son of Professor Harold Davies, has been appointed a Fellow of the Rockefeller institute. Dr. Davies, who has been doing research work at ...

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