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  2. INFLUENZA.

    According to the reports isued by the Department of Health during the past three days the mortality rate in the metropolitan hos-. pitals has somewhat increased. For the 24 ...

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  3. LATE CABLE NEWS

    The electricians have already discontinued preparatory work for the peace celebrations. Mr. Lloyd George, in an interview, said that direct action by trade-unions was pure ...

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  4. THE BRITISH ARMY

    The Australian Press Association learns that the following is the distribution of British troops throughout the world (excluding the army in Northern Rissia:— ...

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  5. THE R34.

    The airship R34 has been sighted off the coast of Massachusetts. Later. The R34 is reported to be 650 miles en route ...

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  6. RATIFICATION

    A message from Berlin states that Herr Ebert (President of the German Republic) has signed the ratification of the Peace Treaty. ...

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  7. THE SEAMEN.

    No time has been lost by the Trades Hall and those associated with it in the promotion of a general strike. It has despatched emissaries to other States "to put the case for the ...

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  8. FEDERAL SESSION.

    No fewer than 110 questions were asked during the early part of the sitting of the House of Representatives to-day. IMPORTATION OF COAL. ...

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  9. PEACE CELEBRATIONS.

    Arrangements are being rapidly finalised for the peace celebrations next Saturday. H.M.A.S. Australia will act as the fleet flagship, and through the courtesy of the Orient ...

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  10. QUEENSLAND DEATHS.

    From January till the end of June the number of deaths in the metropolitan area from influenza and pneumonia totalled 186, and from pneumonia influenza 84, making a total of 270. ...

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  11. RECRUDESCENCE IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    A recrudescence of influenza in the Free State and Transvaal is causing anxiety. An official report states that during the six weeks ended July 5 over 16,000 cases and ...

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  12. FAMOUS FRENCH AIRMAN.

    According to a Paris message, Lieutenant Navarre, the most famous French aviator after Lieutenant Guynemer, was killed while testing a new machine. ...

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  13. UNITED STATES.

    President Wilson, in presenting the peace Treaty to the Senate, said: The Treaty is an indispensable Instrumentality for the maintenance of the new order with which the ...

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  14. NAVIGATION ACT.

    Replying to a question in the House of Representatives by Mr. Wallace (N.S.W.), Mr. Watt stated that the Ministry hoped to give an early intimation as to the date on which ...

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  15. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The International Bowling Board has in vited the New Zealand association to visit England in 1921. A special court has decided that King ...

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  16. CASES ON THE KURSK.

    A report from the transport Kursk, with Germans deported from Australia, from Sydney. states that 635 cases occured on board. One member of the guard and 16 German internees ...

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  17. BALTIC PROVINCES.

    Mr. Ce[?] Harmsworth (Under-Secretary Foreign Office) stated in the House of Commons that the Allies had ordered von der Goltz to evacuate the Baltic provinces without ...

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  18. CONSUMER PAYS.

    It is estimated that steel will cost another 30/ a ton, gas 8d per 1000ft, and paper 5 per cent, and that motors will average £100 each. ...

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  19. SAVINGS BANK BACK TO NORMAL.

    The city and suburban branches of the State Government Savings Bank from Monday next will resume ordinary banking hours. ...

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  20. SHIPBUILDING.

    A statement in regard to the concellation if contracts for the building of wooden ships in Australia was made by the Acting Minister for the Navy, Mr. Poynton, in reply to a ...

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  21. INCREASING IN MELBOURNE.

    The number of influen a patients admitted to hospitals in the metropolitan area to-day showed an increase of 63 over the previous day, while the number of discharges ...

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  22. INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK

    Mr. Smillie regards the 6/ increase in the price of coal as a bombshell. He declared that the extra cost should have been met by the previous half-crown increase. The miner's ...

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  23. SYDNEY OPINION.

    Nearly every trade union official in Sydney yesterday, when asked for an opinion on the seamen's trouble, ridiculed the idea that a general strike would be declared as far as ...

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  24. SPORT ABROAD.

    Ten crews in the eight-oar race in Paris, which will probably be held on the 17th, and which include Italy, Portugal, Czecho-Slovakia, and the Australians, have arrived. F. A. ...

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  25. THE LABOUR SPLIT.

    At yesterday's meeting of the New South Wales executive of the Australian Labour party it was decided to call upon Messrs. A. C. Willis (Coalminers' Federation). ...

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  26. WHEAT SALES TO JAPAN.

    The Acting Prime Minister Admitted, in reply to a question by Mr. Blakeley (N.S.W.) in the House of Representatives to-day, that it was a fact that the N.S.W. Wheat Board had ...

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  27. FROM WAR SERVICE.

    The Melbourne express yesterday brought a small number of Imperial officers, returned nurses, and Red Cross workers. Several of the officers were accompanied by their wives. ...

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  28. THE COAL TRADE.

    The colliery proprietors are, of course, watching the development of events with the keenest interest. The interruption of coastal traffic has materially diminished their market, ...

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  29. AUSTRALIAN TRADE.

    During his visit, Mr. Hughes was actively engaged expanding and improving the business relations between Australia and Britain. Matters were sufficiently advanced before he ...

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  30. DESTRUCTIVE FIRES.

    The wool-wash and tannery of W.J. Lupton and Co., situated off Botany-road, Botany, was almost burnt out yesterday morning, and an estimate placed the amount of damage at ...

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  31. OBITUARY.

    Lady Parkes, widow of the late Sir Henry Parkes, died yesterday morning at the Lewisham private hospital, after an illness extending over two months. After the death of Sir ...

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  32. CONTROL OF NAURU.

    During the last few days Mr. Hughes, Mr. Massey, and Lord Milner concluded the Nauru commercial convention regarding the future exploitation of the phosphate deposits in ...

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  33. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—There is considerable talk about the march of 10,000 A.I.F. men on July 19. I suggest that it would be more symbolical of the A.I.F. if the Light Horse was mounted, ...

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  34. SINKING OF EMDEN.

    In the House of Representatives this afternoon, the Acting Minister for the Navy (Mr. Poynton) stated that during his absence in Sydney recently he noticed that Mr. Matthews ...

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  35. SHIP'S ADVENTURES.

    Very few vessels have had a more exciting career than the steamer Baron Eichom, which left Fremantle yesterday for London. When launched, in 1906, the vessel was ...

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  36. CAPTAIN W. O. M'QUEEN.

    The death occurred yesterday at St. Vincent's Hospital from pneumonic influenza of Captain William O. M'Queen, of the Commonwealth and Dominion liner Port ...

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  37. COLLISION AT SEA.

    The Court of Inquiry, after investigating the circumstances surrounding the sinking of the barque Edderside by the Australian transport Themistocles, delivered its finding ...

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  38. LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

    President Wilson, speaking at a reception of Press representatives, said the United States ought to resume trade relations with Germany immediately. United States troops were ...

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  39. DWELLINGS DESTROYED.

    A couple of hours later, a second destructive outbreak occurred, this time in a large dwelling in Marine-parade, Maroubra. As a result a house was reduced to a mass of ...

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  40. RETURNED DOCTORS.

    Representatives of the Returned Medical Officers' Association waited upon the Premier, Mr. Lawson, to-day, and among other requests asked that preference be given to ...

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  41. WORK.

    Sir Harry Lauder was the guest of honour at a luncheon by the Millions Club yesterday. In an address in response to the t[?]st of his health he dealt with war subjects, and ...

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  42. SYDNEY'S GAS SUPPLY.

    So far as the supply of gas to the metropolitan area is concerned, the arrangements made by the Railways Department will enable all the gas companies to carry on their ...

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  43. STATE GOVERNORS.

    It was stated yesterday by the Premier, Mr. Holman, that no concerted action had been agreed upon by the States as to the representations to the Imperial Government ...

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  44. STRUCK AN ICEBERG.

    A message from Halifax states that the Allan liner Grampian (1[?],955 tons) struck an iceberg, off Newfoundland. The bow was damaged and several of the ...

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  45. THE DARDANELLES.

    General Sir Ian Hamilton, speaking at Newport, announced that the Royal Commission had secured during the past few days original documents and orders of the commanders at ...

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  46. FIRE AT ARMIDALE.

    An outbreak of fire occurred last night in F. Braund and Co.'s store in Beardy-street. The office and the drapery, millinery, and crockery departments suffered severely. The night was ...

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  47. HYDE PARK DECORATIONS.

    Sir,—As a citizen who takes an interest in civic beautification, I saw with dismay this morning that the new Hyde Park decorations are taking the form of a grotesque ...

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  48. STATE GOVERNMENT ALERT.

    Although it can be said that the State Government is watching very closely every development in connection with the seamen's strike, and the larest threat to call a general ...

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  49. PAUL FREEMAN.

    The Acting Prime Minister Mr. Watt, informed Mr. Considine that it was not intended to grant a public trial to Paul Freeman. The action taken in his case was similar to ...

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  50. RUSSIA.

    Heisingfors messages report continued Bolshevik successes in the Olonetz (98 miles south-west of Petrozavodsk) and Gachina (38 miles south of Petrograd) regions. ...

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  51. VICTORIANS SURPRISED.

    Surprise was expressed by all members of the State Ministry to-day at the cable announcement that the Treasurer, Mr. M'Pherson, had conveyed to the Secretary of State ...

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  52. WAR SERVICE HOMES

    The Assistant Minister for Repatriation, Mr. Poynton, in reply to a question to-day, said that it was quite possible the Government would have to do something to establish ...

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  53. THE EX-KAISER.

    An Amsterdam, message says the ex-Kaiser telegraphed to the Queen of Holland asking her to intercede with Queen Mary to prevent his extradition. ...

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  54. IMPERIAL CONFERENCE.

    Mr. Bonar Law announced in the House of Commons that there had been helpful informal discussions with the Dominions' statesmen regarding a special Imperial ...

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  55. CHILD WELFARE.

    The president of the New South Wales Children's Welfare Society, Mr. S. R. Innes Noad, M.L.C., has received from her Excellency Lady Helen Munro Ferguson the news ...

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  56. SUGAR SHORTAGE LIKELY.

    Owing to the shipping strike, this season's crushing operations in Queensland have been delayed, and most of the States are running short of supplies. In the ordinary course of ...

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  57. BROKEN HILL STRIKE.

    A meeting of the A.M.A. this afternoon decided to picket certain mines, especially South mine, from the beginning of next week. ...

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  58. HARDSHIP ON TRANSPORT.

    In the House of Representatives to-night, Mr. Higgs drew attention to the alleged illtreatment of a number of cot cases on the Transport Karoola, when that vessel was ...

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  59. STRAITS SETTLEMENT RIOTS.

    The Australian Press Association learns that the riots in the Straits Settlements have been quelled, and H.M.A.S. Sydney has left. ...

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  60. PADDINGTON POLLING ON JULY 26.

    Yesterday a new writ was issued in connection with the Parliamentary by-election for Paddington. It was originally planned that the polling should take place next saturday. ...

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  61. POLISH QUESTION.

    A Berlin message states that Herr Lersner has sent a Note to M. Clemenceau suggesting immediate negotiations with the Poli[?] Government. Hostilities had led to great ...

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  62. HIGH JULY TEMPERATURE.

    Mild and pleasant weather prevailed in the city yesterday. The maximum temperature registered at the Weather Bureau was 71.0 degress, which is the highest recorded for the ...

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  63. FLAG-CAPTAIN RADCLIFFE, C.M.G.

    Field-Captain Radeilffe (Australian Navy) has been created a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. ...

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