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  2. CUP DAY.

    What will win the Cup?" That is the all-absorbing question. Thousands who never go to races take an interest in the greatest event in the Australian turf ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. SENATE VOTING SYSTEM.

    A move to force all Labour candidates pre-selected for Federal, State, or municipal elections to hand their executive committees undated resignations, to be used ...

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  4. SIR WILLIAM M'BEATH.

    Sir William McBeath, accompanied by Lady McBeath, returned to Melbourne by the P. and O. liner Maloja yesterday. Sir William has been engaged on many ...

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  5. LABOUR MINISTRY'S END.

    The week-end was relatiely quiet, owing to the fact that the political leaders required rest after their strenous activities. Nevertheless several Labour ...

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  6. CHOICE OF PRESIDENT.

    With all the signs indicating that Mr. Coolidge will be in the ascendancy at the Presidential election, to be held on November 4, the only question relates to the ...

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  7. MOTOR-CYCLE STRIKES CAR

    SYDNEY, Monday.— Two men were killed and five were injured in a collision between a motor-car and a motor-cycle on the Caves road, neat Lithgow (N.S.W.) ...

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  8. TRANS-OCEANIC WIRELESS.

    For the first time in history wireless messages were exchanged between Australia and America last night. The achievement was conducted between ...

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  9. WATERSIDE TROUBLE.

    Members of the Melbourne Wharf Laboures' Union and the Port Phillip Stevedores' Association have been suspended from membership of the Waterside ...

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  10. BUREAU SYSTEM EXPLAINED.

    The bureau system, which is avowedly the cause of the unrest among Sydney waterside workers, who have appealed for assistance to other Australian branches, ...

    Article : 277 words
  11. Car Crashes Through Fence.

    Swerving suddenly from the roadway in Tooruk road, Toorak, at a quarter to 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, a doubleseated motor-ear crashed through a ...

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  12. Strike at Murray Bridge.

    ADELAIDE, Friday.— When the paymaster of the Railways department went to Murray Bridge to-day to pay off the men engaged on the construction ...

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  13. Little GirL Killed.

    LAUNCESTON (T.). Sunday. — Joan Deane, aged 9 years, was knocked down by a motor-car driven by Mr. L. B. Thompson, in Tamar street, Launceston, on ...

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  14. NO OVERTIME IN SYDNEY.

    SYDNEY, Monday.— The threatened strike against overtime was put into operation by the Waterside Workes' Federation in Sydney at 5 o'clock this afternoon. ...

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  15. WORLD'S LABOUR CONGRESS.

    ADELAIDE, Monday.— Mr. W. C. Thomas, of the Victorian firm of W.C. Thomas and Co., flour millers and exporters, and president of the Mill Owners' ...

    Article : 316 words
  16. ELECTRIC TRAMWAYS.

    After visiting the large cities in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, and the Continent, the engineer of the Malvern City Council (Mr. B. M. Contie) ...

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  17. 'BUS TAXATION.

    A proposal to have the 'Bus Taxation Bill amended to provide for a uniform taxation within an eight-mile limit of the city of Melbourne was rejected by a ...

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  18. Influence on Empire Unity.

    WELLINGTON (N.Z.). Monday.— Speaking at Shannon the Prime Minister (Mr. Massey) said that unity of the Empire had always been in the ...

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  19. DEVELOPMENT OF EMPIRE.

    CHARLEVILLE (Q.), Monday.—Speaknig at Charleville, the Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce) said that it was significant that when Mr.Baldwin was defeated at the ...

    Article : 141 words
  20. LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

    ADELAIDE, Monday.—Mr. W. Caldwell, a member of the diplomatic division of the International Labour Bureau of the League of Nations headquarters at Geneva, who ...

    Article : 220 words
  21. NO OVERTIME AT BRISBANE.

    BRISBANE, Monday.— An overtime strike of waterside wickers was commenced at Brisbane this morning. When the stevedores applied for gangs to work ...

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  22. A.W.N.L. Congratulations.

    At an executive meeting of the Australian Women's National League yesterday it was decided to send the following message by cable to London: ...

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  23. Strength of La Follette Party.

    Most impartial observers predict the election of Mr. Coolidge, but there is a bare possibility of Senator La Follette showing such strength in the west as to throw ...

    Article : 90 words
  24. Peace Negotiations in China.

    General Feng Yu-hsian and Wu Pei-fu are engaged in peace negotiations. Meanwhile an armistice has been arranged, and no fighting is in progress. ...

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  25. EFFECT ON COASTAL SERVICE.

    When the extent of the overtime strike became known yesterday shipping men were faced with a serious problem, as all the scheduled sailings of interstate steamers ...

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  26. Inter-Dominion Relations.

    Professor Heaton, of the Adelaide University, in an address on "Australia's Special Ideals," said that the Canadian and Australian commercial treaty and the ...

    Article : 108 words
  27. POLITICAL SITUATION.

    Interesting comments on the political situation in China were made by Dr.E.J. Stuckey on his arrival by the steamer Arafura on Saturday. Dr. Stuckey has ...

    Article : 512 words
  28. GOLD-MINING.

    The exemption from Commonwealth income tax promised by the Federal Treasurer in his Budget and referred to by the clairman of the Stock Exchange (Mr. W. ...

    Article : 181 words
  29. LABOUR'S OBJECTIVE.

    Not all the delegates were satisfied with the interstate conference of the Austiallan Labour party which concluded yesterday. Some claimed that the decisions of the ...

    Article : 248 words
  30. TERRIBLE DISEASE.

    A mexican woman died here recently, apparently from pneumonia. Seventeen persons attended the funeral, and 12 of them are now dead. The doctors say that ...

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  31. Unhappy Marriage Record.

    Mrs. Ethel Sims, the young wife of a Nottinghamshire miner, might claim to have the most tragic mairiage rceord of any woman in England. Her first and ...

    Article : 132 words
  32. Floods in England.

    Large areas throughout the country are flooded, following upon 15 horns of continuous rain during the week-end. Severe damage has been reported in the ...

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  33. FEDERAL LOAN CLOSED.

    Treasury officials expect that the Commonwealth loan of £10,300,000 for the States, which closed yesterday, will be fully subscribed. The position yesterday ...

    Article : 119 words
  34. British Municipal Elections.

    The results of the muuicipil elections so far available show that the Labour party has made a net gain of 20 seats, the Conservatives have gained 12 seats, and ...

    Article : 44 words
  35. Cheaper Than Sails.

    The "Daily Telegraph" correspondent in Berlin reports that trials of a vessel constructed by Krupps at their Kiel yard herald a new epoch in navigation. The ...

    Article : 167 words
  36. Sea Water Surrounds Houses.

    A gale in the Channel coincided with a particularly high tide at the estuary of the Somme. The water invaded an area of 8,000 acres, with the result that hundreds ...

    Article : 60 words
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  38. Woman as Ship's Captain.

    A woman, who is known as "Comrade" Dlalchenki, is about to take the Russian ship Tovaristsch (2,472 tons) from Port Talbot (Wales) to LeDinggrad (Petrograd). ...

    Article : 55 words
  39. Improved Financial Outlook.

    SYDNEY, Monday.—The secretary to the Commonwealth Treasury (Mr. J. R. Collins), in announcing in a speech too members of the Sydney Stock Exchange that ...

    Article : 121 words
  40. HUME-HOVELL STATUE AT LARA.

    To mark the centenary of the arrival of the Hrst overland explorers, Hume and Hovell, on the shores of Corio Bay on December 16, 1824. It is proposed to erect a bronze statue on the ...

    Article : 127 words
  41. WIRELESS SET FOR BEDRIDDEN MAN.

    We have received the following coutributions towards the fund initiated by the mayor of Oakleigh (Councillor J. V. Hughes) to purchase a wireless set for a ...

    Article : 71 words
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