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  2. HIBERNIAN BREAKFAST.

    Archbishop Citttaneo, Papal Delegate, and Archbishop Kelly were two of the visitors at the annual breakfast of the Hibernian Australasian Catholic Benefit Society, which ...

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  3. THE WARILDA'S CAPTAIN HONOURED.

    Just what Captain James Sim, of Sydney, who, as announced in our cable messages to-day, has been created an officer of the Order of the British Empire, endured on that awful ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  4. LATE CABLE NEWS. PADEREWSKI WOUNDED.

    A Vienna message says that as the outcome of a Bolshevist plot a person entered Paderewski's room at the hotel at which he was staying and wounded him slightly. Some ...

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  5. INFLUENZA. NEW ZEALAND VICTIMS.

    A deputation from the Cantertury Trades and Labour Council urged on Sir James Allen, Acting Prime Minister, that a more liberal provision be made by the Government for ...

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  6. DEMOBILISATION.

    It is officially stated that the Prime Minister has been giving careful attention to the speed of demobilisation. He considers it is the first duty of the Government ...

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  7. PEACE CONFERENCE.

    A Paris message says the Peace Delegates will be Messrs. Clemenceau (Premier), Pichon (Foreign Minister), Klotz (Minister for Finance), Tardieu, and Paul Cambon ...

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  8. ALLIED ARMIES OF OCCUPATION.

    The Australian Press Association understands that the Allied occupation of the left bank of the Rhine and the three bridges has been carried out without untoward incident, ...

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  9. REDS FAIL. LIEBKNECHT'S DEATH REPORTED.

    A Copenhagen messags says Liebknecht is reported to have been killed in Berlin during street fighting on Thursday. A report from Berlin on Friday stated that ...

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  10. BOLSHEVISM IN THE ARGENTINE.

    A dictatorship has been declared in the Argentine in connection with the prevailing strikes. It is estimated that 100 people have been ...

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  11. POSITION SUMMARISED.

    Twelve cases of pneumonic-influenza were reported by a transport which reached Fremantle on Friday, and another vessel which arrived at Albany had one case on board. ...

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  12. STRIKE AT NEW YORK.

    The New York marine worker's' strike threatens to tie up the harbour. More than 50,000 men are affected. ...

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  13. POSITION IN SYDNEY.

    No further cases of influenza have been reported, and the Quarantine Station remains clean. The mail steamer Niagara was released from ...

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  14. NEW CABINET.

    Mr. Lloyd George's new Cabinet will include:— MR. BONAR LAW, Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Commons. ...

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  15. TERRIBLE FLOODS.

    A message from Milan reports terrible floods. The Po, Arno, and Tiber have burst their banks. Many villages and hundreds of miles of ...

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  16. H.M.A.S. PARRAMATTA SAFE.

    A report from Madrid says H.M.A.S. Parramattt has arrived at Ferrol. The statement that the vessel was disabled is unfounded. ...

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  17. THE ARMISTICE.

    The Admiralty report that Vice-Admiral Browning will represent Admiral Wemyss at the meeting tor the renewal of the armistice. ...

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  18. SENATE VACANCY.

    The order of procedure at the joint sitting of both Houses of the State Parliament next Wednesday afternoon, for the purpose of electing a successor to ex-Senator Long in the ...

    Article : 174 words
  19. SURRENDERED AIRCRAFT.

    It is reported that the Allies intend using the surrendered Zeppelins and aeroplanes for commercial purposes. The "Echo de Paris" states that an ...

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  20. ANCHOR LINER SINKING.

    A report from Halifax (Nova Scotia) says a wireless message was received from the steamer Castalia that she was sinking south of Canso. Steamers are rushing to her ...

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  21. WELL-KNOWN PASTORALIST.

    The death occurred at his residence. Rancliff, Ocean-street Edgecliff, at noon on Saturday, in his 81st year, of Mr. Wm. Cha[?] Hill, M.L.C., of the well-known firm of Messrs. ...

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  22. IN SUSPENSE.

    Prince Max of Baden, interviewed by a National News representative at Baden Baden complained bitterly of the maintenance of the blockade, and the Entente's insistence on ...

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  23. TERMS OF PEACE.

    Sir Newton Moore, M.P., presided at a city men's luncheon to Mr. W. M. Hughes, at the Holborn Restaurant, on the eve of his departure for the Peace Conference. ...

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  24. WAR WORK HONOURS.

    The distinction of Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire has been conferred upon Mr. F. T. Boys, a New Zealander, Director of Meat Supplies. ...

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  25. RUSSIA.

    According to the Washington correspondent of the "New York Times," official despatches from Paris say the Russian peace representative urged the Allied Governments to ...

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  26. MONSOONAL WEATHER.

    Conditions at 9 a.m. on Saturday were subject to increased monsoonal activities, which are indicative of rains of an extensive character during the next few days. ...

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  27. SOUTH AFRICAN GOLD YIELD.

    The Transvaal mines last year produced gold valued at £35,768,688, compared with £38,323,921 for 1917. The deficit [?]s largely attributable to dislocation during the influenza ...

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  28. "HOPE AND FRIENDSHIP."

    A German wireless report announces that George Bernard Shaw, Israel Zangwlll, Jerome K. Jerome, spiritual and intellectual leaders, jurists, and Labour leaders, including Mr. ...

    Article : 104 words
  29. OBITUARY.

    The death is announced of Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace, K.C.I.E., K.C.V.O. [Sir Donald Wallace, whose age was 77, visited Australia as assistant private ...

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  30. CASUALTIES. RAILWAY FATALITY.

    A railway accident, in which two lives were lost occurred on Saturday night between Hendon and Ellenthorpe. A lenghtsman named John Paskins, whose wife is the gatekeeper ...

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  31. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Lever Brothers have decided to increase their capital to £60,000,000 Hunger riots have occurred in Prague. Large and desperate crowds pillaged the food ...

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  32. LOONGANA DISPUTE.

    The Federal Government intends to apply to the Arbitration Court for the de-registration of the Seamen's Union in connection with the Loongana dispute. The Acting Prime ...

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  33. WAR CASUALTIES.

    The Belgian casualties—killed, died of disease, wounded, gassed, and missing—are estimated at 100,000. The Servian casualties are:—400,000 killed ...

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  34. RRITISH WORKMEN AND THE WAR.

    Mr. Appleton (Secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions), writing of the results of the elections, said: "Confidence in the British workmen's common-sense had been ...

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  35. FIREMEN BUSY. OUTBREAKS DURING WEEK-END.

    The firemen attached the suburban stations, particularly in the more outlying districts, had a busy week-end dealing with scrub and grass fires. The following ...

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  36. TWO PERSONS DROWNED.

    A doublse drowning fatality took place last evening in the Murrumbidgee River, at the back of the brewery. Several persons were bathing when Dorothy Robertson, 14, got into ...

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  37. ESTATE LEFT TO THE KING.

    The will of the late Josiah Howard, sheep farmer, of Hawkes Bay, leaves the whole of his estate to the King. The hope is expressed that the farm will be utilised for the purpose ...

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  38. SOCIALIST CONFERENCE.

    The Paris "Matin's" Geneva correspondent says the authorities in Lausanne are endeavouring to get the Swiss Government to prevent the meeting of the Internationalist ...

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  39. THE AUSTRALIANS.

    The Australian Corps, according to latest information, will probably remain for a considerable time in the locality which they occupied at Christmas around Charleroi, ...

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  40. SCHOOLBOY'S DISAPPEARANCE.

    A schoolboy named Joseph Porter, aged 13, living with his parents at Five Dock, Sydney, but staying in Newcastle on a holiday, disappeared on Friday, and is believed to have ...

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  41. A SINN FEIN PLOT.

    A court-martial has sentenced Charles Hurley, a Sinn Fein volunteer, to five years' imprisonment for being in possession of plans for attacking the police barracks, blowing ...

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  42. RAIDS ON ENGLAND.

    An official return shows that during the war period 50 airship raids over Great Britain killed 498 and injured 1236 civilians, while 58 men in the services were killed and ...

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  43. AN UNRECOGNISED CLAIM.

    Sir,—The "Herald" has a notification of the award of the 1914-1915 war medal. I would like to bring to notice the claims of men who have not been mentioned. There are a ...

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  44. REMOVING TRADE RESTRICTIONS.

    It is believed that the license and priority restrictions upon manufactures for export from Great Britain will be removed at an early date. ...

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  45. ANARCHIST PROPAGANDA.

    Three foreigners were charged at Marylebone Police Court with possessing forged Spanish nationality certificates. The prosecution stated that one carried anarchist propaganda ...

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  46. ALL INVALIDS TO RETURN.

    Arrangements are being made to return to Australia all convalescents and invalids now in A.I.F. depots in England. This information was received by cable sent to the Defence ...

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  47. PICNIC TO ANZACS.

    A large number of returned original Anzacs and their wives and friends were given a harbour trip and picnic at Lane Cove on Saturday by the Citizens' Reception and ...

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  48. NORWEGIAN SHIPPING LOSSES

    A Copenhagen message says the insurances on Norwegian vessels lost during the war aggregate £57,000,000, which will be probably claimed from Germany. ...

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  49. ENGINEERS' THREAT.

    Three hundred electrical engineers at the Chelsea Power Station threatened to stop the district railway in order to force the concession of a 47-hour week. The dispute has ...

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  50. OUTBREAK IN THE CITY.

    An outbreak of fire occurred in W. H. Webster's woodworkers' shop, Cunningham-lane, city, at 8. o'clock last night. It was extinguished by the fire brigade before much ...

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  51. SYDNEY'S QUARANTINE.

    Sir,—As a Queenslander who is appreciative of the work done by the mother State, allow me to express my gratitude for the manner in which such an effective quarantine ...

    Article : 148 words
  52. NEW ZEALAND OIL WELLS.

    The Taranaki Oil Wells Company's refinery and plant have been acquired by the Anglo-Persian Company, in which the British Government is largely interested. ...

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  53. TRENCHES ROUND LONDON.

    It is now permissible to mention that an elaborate system of defences was constructed for London, including miles of trenches, while others were outlined for rapid ...

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  54. ALIEN ENEMIES.

    It is officially stated that during December 630 interned alien enemies were repatriated, being either invalids or men over military age. The military authorities have now decided that ...

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  55. SENATOR PEARCE'S TRIP.

    Referring to the criticism made by intending passengers that they had been unable to obtain berths on the steamer Marathon, the Minister for Defence, Senator Pearce, pointed ...

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  56. COTTAGE DESTROYED AT GRANVILLE.

    An unoccupied four-roomed weatherboard cottage in Harboard-street, Granville, was totally destroyed by fire (the cause of which is at present unknown) on Saturday morning. ...

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  57. VIGNERON FINED.

    James Aylett, vigneron, and proprietor of the Grove Refreshment Rooms, was convicted by the police magistrate of selling quantities of liquor smaller than those ...

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  58. CHEAPENING POWER.

    Mr. Lloyd George is projecting an important bill for cheapening electrical power by unifying processes. Six hundred factories now supplying electricity are introducing ...

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  59. FLOATING MINE PERIL.

    The British steamer Northumbria (4215 tons) struck a mine. Most of the crew were lost. ...

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