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  2. FEDERAL CONVENTION.

    Discussion was resumed in the House of Representatives yesterday by Major Marr (Nat., N.S.W.) on the motion of Mr. Chapman (Nat., N.S.W.) that a convention ...

    Article : 289 words
  3. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

    Consideration has lately been given by Federal Ministers to the question of Australia's wireless needs. The proposal has been made that control of the ...

    Article : 263 words
  4. VICE-REGAL.

    His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor and Lady Irvine, accompanied by Miss Irvine and Miss Masson, were present yesterday evening in the Melba Hall at a ...

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  5. SHORTER WORKING WEEK.

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—Mr. Garden, secretary of the Labour Council, said to day that the Trades Hill committee dealing with the shorter working week was now [?]usy ...

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  7. PERSONAL.

    The resignation of Mr. Georgo Swinburne as civil member of the Military Board has been accepted as from March 31. Mr. W. J. Carr[?] Riddell, Chairman of the ...

    Article : 584 words
  8. TOTALISATOR TO BE TAXED.

    On being questioned last night regarding the telegram published in "The Argus" yesterday from Hobart, to the effect that Federal income tax was to be collected on ...

    Article : 409 words
  9. WAR MUSEUM.

    The Victorian Ministry having agreed to permit the Commonwealth to use portion of the Exhibition Building as a war museum, officers of the Home and ...

    Article : 225 words
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  11. FEDERAL JUDICIARY ACT.

    A bill was read the first time in the House of "Representatives yesterday to amend the Judiciary Act. The position at present is that the full court consisting of less than ...

    Article : 154 words
  12. ROYAL COMMISSIONS.

    A return was tabled in the Senate yesterday showing that the cost of Royal commissions appointed by the Commonwealth since May 7, 1917, was £29,246. The figures ...

    Article : 252 words
  13. LATE CAPTAIN HOWELL.

    The funeral, with full military honours, of the late Captain Cedric Howell, who lost his life in the Mediterranean while attempting the flight from England to Australia, ...

    Article : 359 words
  14. PAPUAN OIL AGREEMENT.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) gave notice in the House, of Representatives yesterday of his intention to introduce a bill to ratify an agreement between the ...

    Article : 175 words
  15. FINANCIAL CONFERENCE.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes), replying to Mr. Makin (Cau., S.A.) in the House of Representatives yesterday, said that the Commonwealth had been invited ...

    Article : 69 words
  16. MAILS INWARD.

    The Niagara, carrying American mails, is expected to arrive of Sydney on April 26. ...

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  17. NORTH-SOUTH RAILWAY.

    Senator Thomas (Nat., N.S.W.) directed attention in the Senate yesterday to the published utterance of the Administrator of the Northern Territory (Mr. Staniforth ...

    Article : 137 words
  18. The Argus.

    "I am in the place where I am demanded of conscience to speak the truth, and therefore the truth I speak, impugn it whose list." ...

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  19. TO CORRESPONDENTS.

    Every letter must be accompained by the name and address of the writer, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Correspondents are requested to inform the Editor ...

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  20. BROKEN HILL STRIKE.

    Further prolonged negotiations took place at Collins House yesterday between the directiors of the Barrier mines and delegates from the Broken Hill unions. In ...

    Article : 145 words
  21. GROUNDING OF WESTRALIA.

    The recent mishap to the steamer Westralia, which was docked for repairs as the result of having grounded on Moriartly Banik, in the vicinity of Clarke ...

    Article : 184 words
  22. WAR GRATUITY.

    The War Gratuity Bill was passed through all stages by the Senate yesterday. On the bill being re-committed, Senator Barnes (Can.) moved an ...

    Article : 132 words
  23. ST. GEORGE'S DAY.

    To-day is St. George's Day, and in honour of England's patron saint, St. George's banner—a red cross on a white ground— will be flown from St. Paul's Cathedral ...

    Article : 138 words
  24. FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1920.

    Has the time come for altering the standard working hours of Australia from 48 to 44 a week? This question has been put by the President of the ...

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  26. DUNTROON[?] GRADUATES.

    Of the 133 Duntroon graduates who le[?] Australia on active service 39 became majors, some receiving promotion to that rank within a few weeks of entering the ...

    Article : 162 words
  27. NEGLECTED CHILDREN'S HOME

    Directions have been given by the Chief Secretary (Major Baird) that the law respecting the Neglected Children's Home at Royal Park must be enforced. This would ...

    Article : 214 words
  28. REDUCING THE NOTE ISSUE.

    Come[?]nt was made last night by the Acting Federal Treasurer (Sir Joseph Cook) upon the references in "The Argus" on Tuesday, to the projected redemption in ...

    Article : 107 words
  29. PORT PIRIE BEER STRIKE.

    ADELAIDE, Thursday.—A communication received from Port Pirie to-night states that there is no alteration in the attitude of the workers towards hotels, and ...

    Article : 338 words
  30. EXTRA TRAIN SERVICES.

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  31. RESERVE OF OFFICERS.

    The Government-General in Council has approved of the undermentioned officers, who have served in the Australian Imperial Force with rank of colonel or higher, being ...

    Article : 408 words
  32. "LITTLE AUSTRALIANS."

    The rebuke administered by Mr. W. A. Appleton, president of the International Federation of Trades Unions, to Mr. A. Clemenson, assistant s[?]cretary of the ...

    Article : 186 words
  33. MAILS OUTWARD.

    The closing-times shown hereunder are for Elizabeth street P.O. Mails close at the G.P.O. 20 minutes later, unless otherwise stated. Late fees at G.P.O. and Elizabeth street as follows:— ...

    Article : 714 words
  34. NO "HANSARD" FOR SCHOOLS.

    Addressing the Speaker (Mr. Elliot Johnson) in the House of Representatives yesterday, Mr. West (Cau., N.S.W.) asked whether approval would be given to the ...

    Article : 115 words
  35. ENFORCING NEW SHOP HOURS.

    As four months have elapsed since the Amending Factories Act was passed, it is now the intention of the Factories department to rigidly enforce the new law. ...

    Article : 169 words
  36. LAW NOTICES.—(This Day)

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  37. EUROPE'S STARVING CHILDREN.

    A branch of the Save the Children's Fund, which has been opened in Great Britain under the official patronage of the League of the Red Cross societies, has been formed in Melbourne. The Lord Mayor ...

    Article : 87 words
  38. DOMESTIC SERVANTS FOE N.S.W.

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—Among the passengers arriving from Londan to-day by the s.s. Demonsthenes were more than 50 women, who formerly served with the ...

    Article : 65 words
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  40. FLIGHT TO SYDNEY.

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—Flight-Commander Nigel Love returned to Sydney this afternoon from Melbourne, having journeyed hither in an aeroplane in less than nine ...

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