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  2. COST OF LIVING.

    Increases in the wholesale prices of jam and condensed milk have been sanctioned by the Fair Prices Commission, which consists of Sir James McCay (chairman), Mr. ...

    Article : 630 words
  3. LABOUR CONFERENCE.

    More than 200 delegates from all parts of the State attended the Victorian State Labour Conference, which opened at the Trades Hall yesterday, and which, as usual, ...

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  4. AUSTRALIAN JAM.

    The A[?]lian Press Association learns that the recent condemnation of large quantities of Australia jam, canned fruits, and fruit pulp in London and the ...

    Article : 222 words
  5. DANISH UPHEAVAL.

    The latest messages from Copenhagen state that a general strike has been declared as a protest against the King's action in dismissing the Cabinet. Danish trade ...

    Article : 150 words
  6. IRISH OUTLOOK.

    Between 50 and 100 armed men attacked the police barracks at Durrus (in County Cork) at midnight on Wednesday. They dropped petrol and explosives down the ...

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  7. BRITISH EMPIRE ORDER.

    Amongst those on whom the Order of the British Empire has been bestowed for war services are the following:— KNIGHT COMMANDERS. (K.B.E.) ...

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  8. PRINCE AT PANAMA.

    H.M.S. Renown has passed safely through the Panama Canal. A huge rock was discovered at the bottom of the channel in the Culebra Cut just before H.M.S. Renown ...

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  9. GERMAN DISORDERS.

    The French Government, acting independently, has refused to permit German Government troops to occupy the Ruhr basin unless urgent necessity arises. It holds ...

    Article : 373 words
  10. COOGEE MURDER TRIAL.

    SYDNEY, Friday.—At the Central Criminal Court John Meagher, charged with having murdered his wife at Coogee on November 20, was acquitted by the jury ...

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  11. BATTLE IN SIBERIA.

    According to a cable message received at Honolul[?] from Tokio, Japanese troops near Nikolaievsk, in Siberia (on the Amur River) suffered heavy losses in a battle ...

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  12. Flying to Australia.

    Captain G. C. Matthews will probably leave Bangkok, continuing his flight to Australia, on Monday, April 4. Maseeiro, the Italian aviator who is flying ...

    Article : 92 words
  13. SUPREMACY OF THE SEA.

    A very important statement on the subject, of the report that the United States Navy is to be equal to the British Navy by 1924, has been made in the House of ...

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  14. BRAWL OUTSIDE HOTEL.

    Bleeding from a bullet wound in the abdomen, William James Thomas, 25 years of age, wharf labourer, and a returned solliving in Arden street, North Melbourne, ...

    Article : 265 words
  15. "Stranded" Soldiers.

    Several discharged Australian soldiers who have become "stranded" while waiting for passages in ships going to Australia, applied for work at the Labour Bureau, ...

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  16. AMERICA AND GERMANY.

    The Department of State has just an[?] nounccd, according to the Washington correspondent of the "New York Times," that the United States will not be represented ...

    Article : 340 words
  17. LABOUR UNREST.

    Mr. John Hodge, M.P. (Labour) advises the miners to accept the Government's offer. The general feeling is that there is little likelihood of the Miners' Federation giving ...

    Article : 248 words
  18. ICEBOUND IN THE ARCTIC.

    The following wireless S.O.S. appeal, sent out by the Russian steamer Solovetzky, belonging to Archangel, which is now icebound in the Kara Sea, has been received ...

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  19. SOLDIER CITIZENS.

    General Sir William Birdwood addressed a meeting organised by the Friendly Union of Soldiers' Wives and Mothers at the Masonic Hall on Thursday. He was ...

    Article : 335 words
  20. PRESTON ELECTRIC TRAMS.

    The formal opening of the electric tramway service running from North Fitzroy via St. George's road, North[?], to Preston, took place on Thursduy in the presence of ...

    Article : 387 words
  21. REFUGEES IN CRIMEA.

    The Paris correspondent of the "Morning Post" saya that 100,000 refugees in the Crimea represent all the gentle-born Russians who have escaped their would-be ...

    Article : 68 words
  22. FATAL AFFRAY ON STEAMER.

    A sensational incident occurred yesterday afternoon on board the [?] Yeifaku Mayu, a Japanese vessel lying at the Wil[?] pier loading wheat, Shiyabei ...

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  23. OCEAN FREIGHTS.

    The question of whether a big "slump" in shipping freights is imminent [?]s being canvassed in Great Britain. Sir William H. Raeburn, the Coalition Unionist member ...

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  24. COMPULSORY ARBITRATION.

    The "New York Times" in a leading article commente on Mr. H. Y. Braddon's statement at the recent Chamber of Commerce meeting in Sydney that compulsory ...

    Article : 69 words
  25. UNITED STATES PRESIDENT.

    Mr. Herbert Clark Hoover, who was United States Food Administrator during part of the war, and later acted as adviser to the Allies in regard to food supplies and ...

    Article : 220 words
  26. EIGHT HOURS' DAY.

    Owing to the fact that there will be no Eight Hours celebrations in Geelong this year, special trains are being chartered to bring the Geelong unionists to Melbourne ...

    Article : 167 words
  27. Malaria in Transvaal.

    A Pretoria message reports that grave anxiety has been caused by the increasing prevalence of a severe form of malaria among the farming population of the ...

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  28. AN UNKNOWN ASSAILANT.

    With a statement that he had been at[?] and stabbed in City road, South [?]ne, a young man, named C. Oxley, [?] 126 Cobden street, South Melbourne, ...

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  29. WAR GRATUITY BILL.

    After an all night sitting the House of Representatives agreed to the War Gratuities Bill, and at a quarter-past 6 o'clock on Thursday morning adjourned until April ...

    Article : 323 words
  30. GENERAL CABLES.

    Five Socialist members of the New York State House of Assembly were recently suspended from affiliation with the party, and have since been expelled on charges ...

    Article : 342 words
  31. DISAPPEARANCE OF GOLD.

    ADELAIDE, Friday.—Henry Smithson, who was arrested on Sunday, shortly after his arrival from South Africa on the steamer Anchises, was again before the ...

    Article : 168 words
  32. Riots in Mexico City.

    According to a report received at San Antonio, Texas, Senor Bonillas, the Mexican ambassador to the United States, and a candidate for the Mexican Presidency, ...

    Article : 63 words
  33. SYDNEY ROYAL SHOW.

    SYDNEY, Friday.—The attendance at the Royal Show to-day constituted a record, although Good Friday is recognised as the day which attracts the largest crowd. The ...

    Article : 221 words
  34. ACCUSED DISCHARGED.

    At the City Court on Thursday Alice [?]dford, a young woman, was committed [?] the custody of Constable H. Strangway, [?] remanded to appear at Adelaide on a ...

    Article : 177 words
  35. BRITAIN'S FINANCES.

    The revenue for the quarter ended March 31 was £64,1,333,000, an increase of £263,500,000 as compared with the corresponding quarter ot 1919. The revenue for ...

    Article : 126 words
  36. Taxation of War Wealth.

    Though the Select Committee of the House of Commons has decided that the taxation of "war wealth" is impracticable, the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. ...

    Article : 108 words
  37. ENTERTAINMENTS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 94 words
  38. RAILWAYS RECLASSIFICATION

    The Railways Reclassification Board on Thursday heard further evidence relating to the application of wages board rates to certain grades of artisans in the railway ...

    Article : 154 words
  39. FERRYMAN ARRESTED.

    John Finlayson, 38 years of ago, living at Wellington street, Clifton Hill, who was admitted to the Melborne Hospital yesterday morning, told a story of a brutal ...

    Article : 244 words
  40. SIR ROSS SMITH'S PLIGHT.

    ADELAIDE, Friday.—Sir Ross Smith expects to leave Adelaide on Sunday on the return dight to Melbourne in the VickersVimy aeroplane. The mechanics are ...

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  41. Is Ex-Czar Alive?

    Commandant Lasies, who has returned to Paris from a mission to Omsk, in Siberia, undertaken on behalf of the French Government, states that he visited the house ...

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  42. PIANO FACTORY ABLAZE.

    [?] broke out early on Thursday morn[?] at the piano factory of Messrs. Macrow [?] Sons Proprietary Limited, 12 Swan [?], Richmond. Before detachments of ...

    Article : 114 words
  43. ECONOMY CAMPAIGN.

    In addition to the strong central body in Melbourne, branches of the Taxpayers'. Association have now been established in all the provincial cities and most of the ...

    Article : 136 words
  44. SLOW ELECTRIC TRAINS.

    Sir,—I am a passenger every morning by the 8.40 train from Essendon. The schedule time for the journey from Essendon to Flinders street is 17 minutes. For ...

    Article : 195 words
  45. DARWIN UNEMPLOYED.

    DARWIN, Friday.—The unemployed problem is becoming acute here. Three hundred men who are out of work are spending money in prodigal fashion in the ...

    Article : 129 words
  46. MOTOR-CAR OVERTURNS.

    BEAUFORT, Friday.—A returned, soldier named William Foster, who is in the employ of Mr. Stewart, of Pretty Tower, was driving a motor-car to Pretty Tower ...

    Article : 108 words
  47. Display Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 57 words
  48. Gold Smuggling.

    During discussion on the embargo on the export of gold in the Legislative Assembly the Minister for Railways said that the premium on gold had resulted in an ...

    Article : 69 words
  49. LESS WOOL IN NEW ZEALAND.

    WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Friday.—Government valuations of the wool cup are practically complete. It is estimated that there is a shortage of 10 per cent., for ...

    Article : 41 words
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