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  2. CONAN DOYLE.

    One of the closing incidents of a tour which has in some respects been quite unique, in the history of Australia, took place at the Dispensary Hall, Enmore-road, last night, ...

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  3. IMMIGRATION.

    Lord Milner (Secretary of State for the Colonies) presided at the Empire Settlement Conference, held at the Colonial Office. Senator Millen represented Australia, Sir ...

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  4. RAILWAY FARES.

    Complaint has been made that the anomalous railway fares between Sydney and Albury are having the effect of driving the passenger business of the border away from ...

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  5. CARGO PILFERING.

    Lord Inchcape's letter in the newspapers has revived attention in regard to the serious pilfering from overseas cargoes which it is estimated, causes a loss to London alone of ...

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  6. SHIPPING TRADE.

    Union officials are confident that there will be a resumption of the interstate shipping traffic by Wednesday next. The various maritime organisations, ...

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  7. SICK EUROPE.

    Many people to-day, skimming only the surface of European affairs, are asking what the League of Nations has done or is doing—whether, in brief, it is fulfilling all the ...

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  8. DECISION BY THE ALLIES. GERMANY TO PAY.

    The Paris Conference has concluded satisfactorily. Penalties for Germany's non-fulf[?]ment of the disarmament conditions will include occupation of the Ruhr district. Under the reparation terms Germany has to pay a total of £11,300,000,000 by ...

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  9. MINERS' COUNCIL, NO CONFIDENCE IN MINISTRY.

    "That the State Labour Government no longer retains the confidence of this organisation, in view of its miserable failure to have the wishes of the federation given effect ...

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  10. ACCIDENT TO BRITISH AIRSHIP

    The airship R34 reached the aerodrome at Howden, but, owing to her crippled condition, bumped several times in landing. Her crew were compelled to jump 10 feet to earth. The ...

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  11. SIX SOLDIERS SHOT.

    A report from Paris states that an inquiry has been opened in regard to six married soldiers who, it is alleged, were shot in mistake in December, 1914, on the ground that ...

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  12. WELSH COAL TRADE.

    Experts believe that the worst phase of the depression in the South Wales coal trade has passed. Export prices, which have fallen from 110/ to 55/, are regarded as having ...

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  13. NEW ZEALAND COAL DISPUTE.

    The position in regard to the coal dispute has improved. A conference, at which Mr. Massey was present, arranged that, subject to the approval of the principal parties to the ...

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  14. BILLIARDS.

    In the billiard amateur championship of England Hooper (New South Wales) scored 2000, and Seamen 991. Hooper's break of 228 was all off the red, and constituted an amateur ...

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  15. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The Omar is sailing for Victoria with eighty-one ex-service men and their dependents, also eleven civilians. Freights continue to be weakening. Steamer ...

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  16. NORTH COAST.

    A large Parliamentary party—20 Nationalists, 10 Ministerialists, and three Progressives —will visit the North Coast this week at the invitation of the North Coast Railway League. ...

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  17. IRELAND.

    An American lady who had returned to Ireland to claim a farm at Fermoy has been kidnapped from a motor car near Fermoy by masked men. ...

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  18. DISARMAMENT.

    The Secretary for War, Mr. N. D. Baker, in testifying before the House Committee on Appropriations, said: "I believe the United States ought to lead the world in disarmamene ...

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  19. AFGHANISTAN.

    The British mission to Kabul is being extensively entertained at the Amir's palace. Festivities on a royal scale were prepared in their honour. The Amir made felicitous ...

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  20. CARNIVAL NIGHT.

    Cremorne Point and Mosman Bay presentent a beautiful picture on Saturday evening, when the Mosman nnd Cremorne Venetian carnival was held, in aid of the Graythwaite ...

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  21. BOWRAVILLE TRAGEDY.

    The coroner, Mr. W. Hodge, held an, inquiry to-day concerning the tragedy here on Boxing night, when Mrs. M. K. Firth was found dead with her throat cut. The ...

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  22. HIGH COMMISSIONER.

    There is still much mystery and official secrecy about the appointment of a High Commissioner in succession to Mr. Fisher. No name has been so freely mentioned as that ...

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  23. DUKE OF CONNAUGHT.

    Calcutta gave the Duke of Connaught an enthusiastic welcome, but the extremists' efforts to effect a boycott undoubtedly had an effect in North Calcutta. The shops were ...

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  24. OVERDUE BONDS.

    Per[?]ival Sydney Courtney, a motor mechanic, and James Robert Templeman, both Victorian ex-Diggers, and Frederick Edward Wilson, who were charged at Bow-street Police ...

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  25. RICH NOR'-WEST.

    Giving evidence before the Commonwealth Public Works Committee, Mr. Durack, member for Kimberley in the Legislative Assembly, said that the north-west of Western Australia ...

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  26. TRAWLERS' STRIKE.

    The Grimsby fishermen's strike commenced at midnight on Friday. Fifty boats sailed for the fishing grounds on Friday, before the strike started, and a small number left on Saturday, ...

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  27. MR. W. B. GRIFFIN.

    Although it has been officially announced that Mr. W. B. Griffin, the designer of the Federal Capital, is no longer connected with the Public Service, the question of his ...

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  28. MAIL SERVICE.

    Matters of outstanding importance to the trading and general shipping interests of the Commonwealth will be decided during the visit to Australia of Sir Kenneth Anderson, ...

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  29. MIXED JURIES.

    After a case had been proceeding four days in the Divorce Court, before a mixed jury, it culminated in a disagreement for the second time. Mr. Marshall Hall, K.C., who was ...

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  30. CASUALTIES. FALL FROM A TRAM.

    As the result of falling from a tram at the corner of Pitt and Goulburn streets, city, yesterday, Miss Iris Russell, aged 22, received concussion, and she was conveyed by the ...

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  31. BUTTER OUTPUT.

    A further steep decline in butter prices is anticipated after decontrol by the Food Ministry. Stocks are mounting rapidly. It is generally estimated that stock at the end ...

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  32. STRIKE IN FLORENCE.

    A report from Milan states that the Socialists have declared a general strike in Florence, which is interrupting the railways between Rome and Northern Italy. ...

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  33. FATAL FALL DOWN STAIRS.

    One man was killed and another seriously injured through falling down flights of stairs on Saturday night. Charles Thompson, aged 55, was found ...

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  34. GOVERNOR-GENERAL AT HOBART.

    At Government House Lady Forster was presented with an address of welcome from the Sailors and Soldiers' Mothers and Wives' Association, in which they said: "We realise ...

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  35. HAWAIIAN SWIMMERS.

    The international swimming championships, under the auspices of the South Australian Amateur Swimming Association, were continued at Fletcher's Dock, Glanville, on ...

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  36. LOW GRADE WOOLS.

    In an interview with a representative of the "Yorkshire Post" General H. B. Lassetter stated in regard to the wool realisation scheme that he would like to see the ...

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  37. MILKCARTER INJURED.

    Owing to his horse bolting in the yard of the Dairy Farmers' Co-oporative Milk Company, Ltd., yesterday, James Kelly, 50, a milkcarter, of Edgecliff-road, Woollahra, was run ...

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  38. BIG SHIP POLICY.

    Since the "Daily Chronicle's" announcement that the sub-committee of the Council of [?]meprial Defence had come to a momentous decision against the continuation of the ...

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  39. ENGLISH ELEVEN.

    The match between the English XI. and the Geelong 15 resulted in a draw. Faced with a big deficit, the Geelong batsmen did great things. They occupied the wickets for the ...

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  40. BRITISH POLITICS.

    Speaking at the Manchester Constitutional Club, Lord Derby said he did not intend to make a sensational speech. "Mr. Lloyd George recently asked me," he continued, "to join ...

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  41. CYCLONIC STORM,

    The Weather Bureau reported to-night that a cyclonic disturbance, previously reported off the sub-tropical coast on Saturday, appears from to-night's observations to have receded ...

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  42. PORT OF DANZIG.

    The Berlin correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" draws attention to the growth of Danzig as an overseas port. Before the war its trade was almost entirely coastal; now ...

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  43. AMERICA AND JAPAN.

    Advices from Tokio state that Japan's answer to the United States' Note concerning the killing of an American officer at Viadivostock has been forwarded to ...

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  44. BASIC WAGE.

    The interstate conference of the trade[?] unions, held at the Trades Hall on Saturday afternoon and evening, considered a motion that all unions be recommended to make the ...

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  45. NORTH-WEST AUSTRALIA.

    The Premier, Mr. Mitchell, in his policy speech, said that special attention had to be paid to the development of the North-west. Jetties were to be provided or improved at ...

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  46. UNIFORM BASIC WAGE.

    The Premier, Mr. Theodore, stated that when he recently was in the South he discussed with other State Premiers the question of various States co-operating in order to ...

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  47. GERMAN OIL SUPPLIES.

    An Amsterdam message says that it is reported that two leading German oil companies are arranging an amalgamation, including a large number of brown coal companies, which ...

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  48. PRINCE KROPOTION'S DEATH.

    A message from Moscow reports the death of Prince Kropotkin. [Prince Peter Alexeivich Kropotkin, author and revolutionary, was born at Moscow in ...

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  49. ANGLO-JAPANESE ALLIANCE.

    The Tokio correspondent of the United Press Association reports that the newspaper "Kokumin" states that the Japanese Government is planning a revision of the Anglo-Japanese ...

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  50. SIR LANGDON BONYTHON'S GIFT.

    At a special meeting of the council of the University of Adelaido on Saturday the Chancellor (Sir George Murray) road a letter from Sir Langdon Bonython, proprietor of the ...

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  51. HOUSEHOLD COMMODITIES.

    Alfred O. Craigie, goods manager for D. and J. Fowler, Limited, told the Prices Commission yesterday about the falling prices of household commodities. He said that ...

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  52. BUTTER FACTORY DESTROYED.

    The Wyong Co-operative Dairy Co.'s factory and iceworks were destroyed by fire in the early hours of this morning. The buildings and contents were insured in the Mercantile ...

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  53. CRICKETER DEAD.

    The death is announced of William Gunn, the Nottinghamshire professional cricketer. W. Gunn was born in 1858, and was for many years one of the leading players in England. ...

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  54. TELEPHONES USED FOR BETTING.

    The Telephone Department has taken direct action against a dozen shops and offices in Porth, which are alleged to be used for betting purposes. The telephones have been ...

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