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  2. LOAFERS' PARADISE BILL. SECOND READING DEBATE.

    Mr. Vowles resumed the debate on the second reading of the Unemployed Workers Bill in the Legislative Assembly yesterday afternon. He asked why there ...

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  3. GALLERY NOTES.

    Mr. Theodore's proposals for dealing with the unemployment problem, as outlined in the Unemployed Workers Bill, furnished materjal for a spirited debate ...

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  4. WATERSIDE SETTLEMENT. WORE PROCEEDING SMOOTHLY.

    Work proceeded smoothly on the water front to-day under the temporary arrangements arrived at by Senator Millen in con[?]ence with the Industr[?] ...

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  5. CABINET CHANGES.

    At a series of meetings of the Caueus Party yesterday the manbers, by exhaustive ballot, made their selection of a member of the Land Court the choice ...

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  6. EXCESSES DEPRECATED.

    The Pope, in a letter to the French Bishops, discussing the growing tendency towards democracy among various nations as a result of the war, deprecates industrial ...

    Article : 90 words
  7. CAUCUS PROPAGANDA.

    An incident, said to be unprecedented in the history of the House, occurred in the Legislative Assembly vesterday afternoon. It was known that the Caucus ...

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  8. AUSTRALIAN REPATRIATION.

    Senator Pearce (Australian Minister for Defence) takes exception to the figures recently quoted in the Australian Senate purporting to deal wth demobilisation ...

    Article : 162 words
  9. ROUMANIA'S AT[?]TUDE. ANOTHER WARNING FROM ALLIES.

    A report from Paris states that the Supreme Council has decided to again waite the Government of Roiumania against persistence in its present ...

    Article : 67 words
  10. NEW PARLIAMENT HOUSE.

    Copies of congratulatory messages received from South Africa, New Zealand, and Australia were deposited in a cavity of the corner stone of the new ...

    Article : 141 words
  11. TREATY WITH BULGARIA.

    It is expected that the Peace Conference, in order not to delay the presentation of the treaty to Bulgaria, will defer the solution of the problem regarding ...

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  12. MORE HOME-GOMINGS.

    Shortly after 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon ahother batch of returning soldiers, comprising 6 officers, 164 other ranks, and 2 wives of soldiers, who disembarked from ...

    Article : 318 words
  13. GERMANY AND AUSTRIA.

    A message from Paris states that the Supreme Council has ordered Germany to delete from the Constitution of the co[?]try the provision allowing of the ...

    Article : 311 words
  14. THE SEAMEN'S CLAIMS.

    The round-table conference, which is considering the seamen's claims, sat for two and a half hours to-day, and adjourned at 1 o'clock until to-morrow morning. ...

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  15. FOREST FIRE IN FRANCE.

    A forest fire in the Riviera encompasses 12 villages and threatens Grasse and Antibes. People have quitted tte hotels at the seaside resorts and are taking. ...

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  16. NAVAL ADMINISTRATION.

    The letter by Admiral Lord Fisher which has appeared in the "Times," in which Lord Fisher declared that half the British Navy was obsolete, and should ...

    Article : 315 words
  17. MEAT EXPORT.

    According to statements made in Sydney to-day, the cold storage space in all the Australian States is practically exhausted. The beef and mutton at present ...

    Article : 530 words
  18. BABINDA SUGAR DISPUTE.

    No settlement has yet been reached with the Babinda cane cutters. The parties eoncerned witl the strike have held several con[?]s, but failed to ...

    Article : 124 words
  19. WAR EXPENDITURE.

    Replying to the attack recently made by Lord Rothermere in the House of Lords on Mr. Bonar Law, in connection with the wat cxpenditire, the Prime ...

    Article : 106 words
  20. GERMAN COAL OUTPUT.

    The modifications made in the treaty with Germany as regards the coal stipulations provide that France shall receive 10,000,000 tons during the next half-year, ...

    Article : 77 words
  21. N.S.W. BU[?]GET.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-night the State Treasurer (Mr. Fitzpatrick) delivered his Budget Speech. He stated that the influenza epidemic last year bad ...

    Article : 424 words
  22. SECRET, TREATY DENIAL.

    The French Legation emphatically denies the allegation from Washington that Britain, France, and Japan have concluded a secret agreement prejudicial to ...

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  23. BROKEN HILL MINES.

    The A.M.A. held a meeting on Tuesday Afternoon at which proposals for again picketing the [?]nes were made. Nothing official has been made known, though it ...

    Article : 187 words
  24. EGYPTIAN TROUBLE.

    The native newspapers in the city are daily becoming more arrogant in their tone, and the situation has again become alarming. British troops have been ...

    Article : 58 words
  25. BOLSHEVIKS ROUTED.

    A reassuring Esthonian official statement says that the front from west of Pskov to the Gulf of Finland is now intact and well fortified. The Bolshevik ...

    Article : 243 words
  26. INTERESTS IN SYRIA.

    The British authorities in Syria are arresting Emir Said, a French protege, in a village under French jurisdiction. He fanned into flame the smouldring ...

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  27. PROTEST BY EMPLOYERS.

    A very representative and largely-attended meeting of employers, presided over by Alderman J. F. Maxwell, was held in the Queensland Employers' ...

    Article : 331 words
  28. FUTURE OF BRITISH MINES.

    The Miners' Executive will recommend the Trade Union Congress, to be held to-morrow, to reject the Government scheme for dealing with mines. It will not ...

    Article : 373 words
  29. STRIEE OF BOILERMAKERS.

    At the Williamstown shipyards yesterday 40 boilermakers and 70 assistants ceased work for the afternoon on account of dissatisfaction over the payment ...

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  30. A WOMAN "SAPPER."

    Miss Dorothy Lawrence is publishing a book descrjptive of her war experiences. She states that when in Paris in 1915 she obtained a sapper's uniform, ...

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  31. TRADES HALL CONTROL.

    A significant sidelight on political happenings is afforded by the following extract from a repot of the Trades Hall Council, held on August 22:—"The ...

    Article : 300 words
  32. PERSECUTED LOYALISTS.

    Mr. Williams, secretary of the Fremantle National Workers' Association, has appealed to the federation on account of the victimisation and starvation ...

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  33. NEW ZEALAND MINISTRY.

    Major Coates has become a member of the Refortn Government. ...

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  34. SPECULATION IN FOOD.

    A report from Paris states that Mr. Herbert Hoover, the U.S.A. Food Controller, who is on a mission to Europe, said that the high cost of living was ...

    Article : 132 words
  35. COMMONWEALTH STEAMERS.

    Mrs. Larkin, wife of the manager of the Commonwealth Steamship Line, has laid the keel of the first Commonwealth steamer to be built at Barrow-in-Furness. ...

    Article : 135 words
  36. ONE BIG UNION SCHEME.

    A long debate on the closer organisation of industry took place at the last meeting of the Trades Hall Council on a motion affirming the desirability of ...

    Article : 131 words
  37. FREEZING WORKS BURNT.

    Curtis and Curtis's freezing works at Barraoa were destroyed by fire to-day. There were 3000 boxes of frozen rabbits in store. The damage is estimated at ...

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  38. THE PEACE TREATY.

    Speaking in the House of Representatives to-day Mr. W. F. Massey said he estimated that New Zealand's share of the war indemnity should not be less ...

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  39. CHILD LABOUR PROBLEMS.

    The Board of Trade at to-day's inquiry considered the child labour problems and the question of the size of families. A number of witnesses vigorously denounced ...

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  40. INTER-ALLIED CHAMPIONSHIPS.

    Out of 26 selections to represent the Army in the inter-service championships in 11 events, New Zealand is supplying four men and Australia five. ...

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  41. WAR SOUVENIRS.

    The Ministry of Munitions is selling at scheduled prices, as souvenirs, tanks, howitzer, 18-pounder, and other guns, gun carriages and limbers, all guaranteed to ...

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  42. SUSPECTED OF CONTRABAND.

    No contraband was found on the steamer Hampshire Coast, which was arrested at sea and taken to Cork. Four other suspected vessels have now been ...

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  43. INDIGNATION IN ROCKHAMPTON

    The following motion in respect to the Unemployed Workers Bill was unanimously passed by the members of the Employers' Association of Central ...

    Article : 248 words
  44. TUNNELLING A STRAIT.

    The correspondent of the United Press Association at Tokio announces that the Imperial railway authorities have resolved to construct a [?] [?] Shimonose ...

    Article : 143 words
  45. STRIKE AT MARSEILLES.

    The strike of dockers and draymen at Marseilles continues, and carg[?]es of wheat at the port remain undischarged. ...

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  46. LONDON METAL QUOTATIONS.

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  47. THE COST OF LEATHER.

    What action should be taken to reduce the present high cost of leather? was the question discussed by a [?]ting representative of manufacturers and ...

    Article : 87 words
  48. AERIAL ACHIEVEMENT.

    The Air Ministry announces that a British flying boat has made a return Hight to Scandinavia, arid that it covered 2450 knots in 41 hours. ...

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  49. MASONIC TEMPLE.

    The Grand Lodge of Freemasons decided to-day to adopt the proposal of the Duke of Connaught to appeal for funds to the brotherhood throughout the world, ...

    Article : 63 words
  50. FACING A CHARGE.

    M. Judet, a former editor of the "Eclair' newspaper, who is charged with having communicated with the enemy during the war, having left Paris to live ...

    Article : 57 words
  51. BRITISH DESTROYER SUNK.

    The Admiralty announces that the British destroyer Vittoria has been sunk in the Baltic Sea, the vessel having been torpedoed on August 30. Eight of the ...

    Article : 37 words
  52. AMBASSADORIAL APPOINTMENT.

    Sir George Buchanan, who was formerly British Ambassador at Petrograd, has been appointed Ambassador to Italy. ...

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