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  2. BIG EXPLOSION.

    A mysterious explosion in Richmond last night destroyed thirty shops and did damage running into thousands of pounds. A fire broke out but the flames were ...

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  3. NEW STATES.

    The report of the Royal Commission on New States is now completed and ready for presentation to the Government. It is understood that it will be made public ...

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  4. BALKAN OUTRAGES.

    Several Agrarian leaders who support the principle of coalition with the Communists, also certain members of the illegal executive committee of the ...

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  5. GERMAN PRESIDENCY.

    General Hindenburg replying to questions submitted by Reuter's correspondent said if chosen as president he would respect the military as well as other ...

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  6. ENGLISH CRICKETERS.

    Remarkable scenes were witnessed at Victoria Station on arrival of the English cricketers. It was a most enthusiastic crowd of many thousands that gave the ...

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  7. UNREST IN EUROPE.

    Deputy Cunhaleal, who is believed to be the head of a revolutionary movement which broke out yesterday, is a prisoner in the Republican Guard barracks, where ...

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  8. CIVIC RECEPTION.

    Yesterday afternoon the Hon. Albert Bruntnell, M.L.A., Minister for Education, was at the Town Hall, Grafton, accorded a civic reception. The Deputy Mayor of ...

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  9. NEWS FROM SERVIA.

    The Jugo-Slav Foreign Office learns that Bulgaria is seeking the Great Powers' permission to enlarge her army temporarily by 10,000 men, thus to ...

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  10. MOST IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION.

    In pursuance of his presidential candidature, General Hindenburg, this evening, received a number of German journalists. He read out in a vigorous clear voice a ...

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  11. HUNDREDS WOUNDED.

    The revolutionary forces surrendered this morning. The Government troops bombarded the barracks, where the rebels were holding out, and some ...

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  12. NEWS OF THE WORLD

    The "Daily Express" understands that the Home Secretary has written to Ernest Thorne's father regretting that he had failed to discover any grounds for ...

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  13. ALLEGED AUTHORS OF OUTRAGE.

    Reuter's Paris correspondent states that reports from Sofia show that the police have discovered that the authors of the cathedral outrage are alleged to be ...

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  14. JAZZ BAND AT CHURCH SERVICE.

    All Saints Parish Church, Wandsworth, was crowded to hear the jazz band, from a well-known West End Music Hall, accompany the hymns at the evening service. ...

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  15. VISIT OF BRITISH LEGISLATORS.

    Col. J. C. Wedgewood, Lt. Col. C. J. L. Malone and Sir H. J. Mackinder, members of the British House of Commons have arrived in Sofia to study the situation. ...

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  16. ENGLISH FLOODS.

    The Skelmorlie disaster was due to the carrying away of a 30 feet dam in consequence of torrential rains raising the level of the water in the reservoir until ...

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  17. TELEGRAMS.

    The coastal steamer Uki grounded on the inner channel bar at the entrance to the Manning River on Saturday. The vessel's position is not considered to be ...

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  18. TELEGRAMS.

    Because one of a number of horses which he w[?]s harnessing became fractious a man at Broadmeadows attacked it with a dagger and inflicted awful wounds. ...

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  19. DEPUTATION TO MR. BRUNTNELL.

    Yesterday afternoon a deputation waited on Mr. Bruntnell to place before him the need of dredging at the Clarence River entrance and the necessity for ...

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  20. "GO SLOW" POLICY.

    Owing to the operation of the "go slow" policy on the New Zealand waterfront the freight to Sydney has been in creased by 5 per ton. ...

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  21. GELIGNITE PLUGS FOUND.

    It is reported that the police have found two plugs of gelignite amongst the debri[?]. Later a third plug was unearthed, also four feet of fuse cut into small pieces ...

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  22. TELEPHONE SERVICE

    Giving evidence to-day before the Federal Public Works Committee, J. M. Crawford, Chief electrical engineer of the Postal Department, said the proposed ...

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  23. SYDNEY STREET TRAGEDY.

    At the Coroner's Court to-day Christopher O'Connor was committed for trial on a charge of having slain John O'Halloran in a brawl in Gool street, city. The ...

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  24. MOTOR ACCIDENTS.

    While a bridal party was proceeding to church at Darlinghurst to-day, the motor car burst into flames. The occupants included Miss Peggy Willoughby, who was ...

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  25. CAPSIZE OF FISHING BOAT.

    A fishing boat capsized at the Lake's entrance yesterday. George Stephens, the owner was drowned, but his son was rescued. ...

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  26. BROKEN HILL UNIONS.

    The Workers Industrial Union has decided to accept the offers of the companies, and have entered into an agreement for three years. All of the unions ...

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  27. REDFERN MURDER CASE.

    Cecil Aves, 22, laborer, was remanded at the Central Court to-day on a charge of having murdered Florence Quirk at Redfern. The Magistrate refused bail. ...

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  28. THE WATERSIDERS.

    A full crew was secured this morning for the Commonwealth liner Boonah, which has been laid up for some time. The call for a crew to man the steamer ...

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  29. TUG AND DINGHY.

    The Government tug Tandaya collided with a dinghy at Port Adelaide and tw[?] occupants were thrown into the water. One, Geo Cann, was drowned, but his ...

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  30. WAR CRIMES.

    The Supreme Court has concluded its investigations into the alleged war crimes of the ex-Crown Prince. It found that the Crown Prince never ordered the ...

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  31. POLITICAL MEETINGS.

    Mr. Vincent, M.L.A., will speak to-day at Buccarumbi and Nymboida and at South Grafton School of Arts to-night at 7.30 o'clock. ...

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  32. SYDNEY CROWN LANDS.

    The City Town Clerk states that there are in Sydney over a million pounds worth of Crown land, which is exempted from the Council's rating. The rates on this ...

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  33. THE POLICE FORCE.

    The annual conference of the Police Association was opened in Sydney to-day. There were about 50 delegates present. The President (Mr. Chinner) referred ...

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  34. SENSATIONAL ESCAPE.

    Three occupants of a motor car had a sensational escape from serious injury to-night when the vehicle crashed into a telegraph pole in Parramatta Road at Five ...

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  35. PENNY POSTAGE.

    The Postmaster-General states that the introduction of penny postage would result in a loss of £1,100,000 a year to the Commonwealth. ...

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  36. HOUSEBREAKER SENTENCED.

    Joseph Bisla, who recently escaped from the Paddington Police Court while awaiting trial, was sentenced to two years imprisonment at the Darlinghurst ...

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  37. THE PARTY LEADERS.

    It is stated definitely that the Premier will open the political campaign on behalf of the Government at Moss Vale next Monday, when he will deliver the policy ...

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  38. MARAMA OBTAINS A CREW.

    A crew was obtained for the steamer Marama this afternoon on the understanding that they would receive a month's pay for the voyage to ...

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  39. OLD FEUDS.

    The Rev. Whittle, baptist minister, who recently arrived at Tamworth from Townsville, takes a serious view of the Italian influx into North Queensland. He ...

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  40. LADY TENNIS PLAYERS

    Press photographers at the Torquay National Hardcourt tennis championship, were refused permission to enter the grounds. This is understood to be due to ...

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  41. LANDLORD FOUND DEAD.

    Vincent Brogan, licensee of the Lake Bathurst Hotel, Tarago, was this morning found dead in bed with his head frightfully shattered and a ...

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  42. THE VOLUMNIA.

    It was stated in Sydney to-day that the steamer Volumnia, which left Sydney secretly on Saturday, supposedly bound for Fremantle, sailed for Singapore direct. ...

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  43. LABOR AND RURAL VOTES.

    Ald. Bates, speaking in the Domain yesterday, said he had just returned from the North Coast, where he had been struck by the attention paid by people ...

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  44. NO TRACE OF THE BANDIT.

    The police believe that the bandit who held up the car driver at Concord and shopkeeper at Burwood has succeeded in getting clean away. All efforts to trace ...

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  45. SUBTLE FORCES.

    The Rev. W. F. Brandt, in a sermon yesterday, declared that there are at present in Australia so many subtle forces sedulously working for the disintegration ...

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  46. WIRELESS TESTS

    Extensive tests of the possibility of high frequency radio communication over longer distance will be conducted by the United States Fleet during the coming ...

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  47. "NOT WORTH LIVING"

    At the inquest concerning the death of a grocer named Pierce Costello (39), who jumped overboard from the Manly steamer Bellubera, his widow gave ...

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  48. TROUBLE AT WALSH ISLAND

    Thirty-two members of the Engine Drivers and Firemans' Union employed at Walsh Island, Newcastle, ceased work to-day as a protest against the refusal of ...

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  49. ONE BROTHER TAKEN.

    Roy Dowel was in company with his brother Arthur, riding along the Sydney road near Mudgee, yesterday, when two motor cars approached. Roy collided with ...

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  50. THE MINING INDUSTRY.

    The Minister for Mines, speaking at Richmond, claimed that during the past three years he had liberalised the mining industry to an extent never before ...

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  51. NEW POPULATION.

    The steamer Ballarat, which reached Sydney to-day from London, brought 125 nominees. ...

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  52. WASHED OFF THE ROCKS.

    At the inquest on the death of Harry Bachelor, who was washed off the rocks at Ben Buckler Point, Bondi, the Coroner, in recording a verdict of accidental death, ...

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  53. MAIN ROADS BOARD.

    The Minister for Local Government, speaking at Yarramundi, said the Main Roads Board would commence operations with £2,000,000 for the next five years. ...

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  54. DEATH OF A GREEK

    Nicholas Tsontsos, who had been in the Adelaide Hospital since the 8th inst. suffering from the effects of knife wounds, upon being discharged from the ...

    Article : 80 words
  55. PYRMONT TRAGEDY

    In connection with the death of an unknown man who was found at Pyrmont last night, and who was thought to have fallen from a tram, it has now been ...

    Article : 84 words
  56. KIT OF BURGLARS' TOOLS.

    At the Central Court to-day, Thomas Wilson and Joseph Duffey were remanded on a charge of breaking and entering the premises of Jack Bros, Ltd., ...

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  57. WE WANT WORK

    Two hundred unemployed marched to Government House to-day and endeavored to interview the Governor. In this they were unsuccessful, whereupon they ...

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  58. ANZAC DAY

    The Retail Traders' Association advises that shops will be closed on Anzac Day in place of the Prince of Wales' Birthday, which has been deleted from the list of ...

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  59. JAMES McGIRR'S NOMINATION.

    The action of the Cumberland Labor League in defying the Campaign Committee of the A.L.P. by refusing to accept the nomination of Mr. James McGirr, ...

    Article : 62 words
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