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  2. SEAMEN S STRIKE.

    Without even a mass meeting to keep them occupied the Melbourne seamen Passed a dismal day to-day. The Federal council arranged two gatherings, but ...

    Article : 178 words
  3. JELLICOE AND BEATTY.

    The Daily Telegraph publishes a long letter from its well-known correspondent. "Nauticus," deprecating the difference between the war rewards of Viscount Jellicoe ...

    Article : 146 words
  4. GALLIPOLI REPORT.

    It is understood that the report of the committee on the Gallipoli campaign expresses the view that the difficulties of the proposed operations were under-rated at the ...

    Article : 160 words
  5. NAVAL AFFRAY

    A Bolshevik battleship, a cruiser, a transport, and a guardship are reported to have been sunk in a battle off the Finish coast. The British lost three motor boats. ...

    Article : 68 words
  6. POLITICIANS WANT A RISE.

    Parliament is proposing to increase its own salary! In the Assembly on Wednesday Mr. Gunn moved—"That, in the opinion of this House, memoers of ...

    Article : 1,372 words
  7. WASHING DIRTY HANDS.

    There is slack discipline at Inlington! Men "turn to" half an hour after they should have started work, and reckoning 2,000 of them at only 15 minutes behind ...

    Article : 475 words
  8. RAILWAY REFORM.

    Mr. Smeaton moved in the Assembly on Wednesday—''That the eight and final report of the North Terrace Reserves and Railway Centres Royal Commission be ...

    Article : 1,199 words
  9. PARLIAMENT AT WORK.

    The sitting of the Legislative Council was rent in twain on Wednesday by an interval of an hour and 10 minutes, devoted to a conference with the Assembly on the ...

    Article : 378 words
  10. KRONISTADT FORTS ON FIRE.

    It is reported that the fortress of Kronstadt (in the Gulf of Finland, near Petrograd) is burning. British aeroplanes and motor boats attacked the fortress. ...

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  11. MOTOR BOATS' DASHING ENTERPRISE.

    The Helsingfors correspondent of The Daily Express describes the dashing exploit of British high-speed coastal motor boats off Kronstadt, in sinking the Bolshevik ...

    Article : 185 words
  12. WHAT GERMANY LOST.

    According to Die Flotte, the organ of the German Navy League, naval war losses of. Germany in open fighting were:—One battleship, seven ...

    Article : 79 words
  13. QUESTIONS IN FEDERAL PARLIAMENT.

    In the Senate to-day, replying to a question by Mr. Needham (W.A.), the Acting Leader of the Government (Mr. Millen) said he had noticed in a section ...

    Article : 607 words
  14. SOUTH AFRICA.

    In view of the South African Party Congress opening there to-morrow, when the Premier (Gen. Botha) is expected to make a statement of policy, considerable interest ...

    Article : 104 words
  15. BRITISH POLITICS.

    In the course of his speech in the House of Commons the Prime Minister (Mr. Lloyd George) referring to Imperial transport, said an Imperial Investigation ...

    Article : 134 words
  16. COST OF FOOD.

    Widespread dissatisfaction exists on account of the increasing cost of foodstuffs locally produced, and there is a growing demand for Government prohibition or ...

    Article : 46 words
  17. CASE OF THE RIVIERES.

    Application was made in the Bankruptey Court to-day to set aside a bankruptcy notice served upon Dorothy Vera Riviere and her husband, Gerald Riviere. The ...

    Article : 385 words
  18. IN THE ASSEMBLY.

    Private members' day is the safety-valve of the Parliamentary engine. It enables them to blow off steam on their own little tracks and so reduce the legislative traffic ...

    Article : 1,626 words
  19. POLISH REVOLT.

    The Polish revolts in Upper Silesia— the southernmost province of Prussia—are still spreading. The Berlin Lokal Anzeiger attributes them to the fear of the result ...

    Article : 121 words
  20. BREAD SUBSIDY.

    The Treasury, on the advice of the Wheat Commission, has reduced the tax on flour for non-bread purposes from 36/ per 280 lb, to 24/. ...

    Article : 146 words
  21. SHACKLED SOLDIERS.

    During the course of his speech on the Address-in-reply in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday night, the Leader of the Opposition (Mr. J. Storey) said that the ...

    Article : 138 words
  22. CRITICISM AND APPROVAL.

    The newspapers reflect a certain amount of disappointment at the speech of the Prime Minister—mainly as a result of unauthorized anticipations; but general ...

    Article : 171 words
  23. NATIONS' LEAGUE.

    President Wilson admitted in a conference with the Washington Senate Committee of Foreign Relations that the United States might accept the League ...

    Article : 377 words
  24. PRINCE OF WALES.

    The Prince of Wales landed at Halifax at the same spot where his grandfather landed in 1880 and his father in 1901. British, French, and Italian warships in ...

    Article : 87 words
  25. ANGER OVER NATIONALIZATION.

    There was a scene in the Commons at a late stage of the debate on the Premier's [?] Mr. Hartshorn (Labor) asserted that Mr. Bonar Law had promised to ...

    Article : 198 words
  26. CAPTURED BY BANDITS.

    American troops have invaded Mexico in pursuit of the bandits who captured two American airmen. [Later.] ...

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  27. CASUALTIES.

    CLARE, August 18.—Clarence Marshall, a young man, who is employed by Mr. R. M. Hawker, of Bungaree, while feeding the stud animals with barley, was bitten by a ...

    Article : 87 words
  28. A PUNITIVE EXPEDITION.

    The American State Department points out that the Mexican expedition is merely punitive in character. ...

    Article : 21 words
  29. RAILWAYMEN'S ATTITUDE.

    The joint executives of the National Union and Associated Society of Railwaymen have deferred a decision on the Government offer regarding wages until they ...

    Article : 42 words
  30. SPORTING CABLES.

    Norman Brookes and Gerald Patterson (Australia) defeated Tildem and Richards in the first two sets of the National Doubles Championship. The final scores ...

    Article : 506 words
  31. BURNING ACCIDENT.

    LANGHORNE'S CREEK, August 19.— A burning mishap occurred at the residence of Mrs. Frank Potts on August 18. Frank Potts, the second son, lit the fire ...

    Article : 70 words
  32. FOREIGN INVESTMENTS.

    Most of the restrictions on dealings in foreign securities-and investments [?] have now been cancelled. Restrictions on capital issues and dealings in enemy ...

    Article : 33 words
  33. General Items.

    In the Cheer-up Hut on Friday afternoon. August 29, a kitchen tea will be given by the members of the society to Miss Hilda Searcy, who is relinquishing her patriotic duties at the hut in ...

    Article : 76 words
  34. LORDS AND PROFITEERING.

    The House of Lords has passed the Bill to check profiteering. ...

    Article : 17 words
  35. RETURNED SOLDIERS KILLED.

    PERTH, August 20. —Two returned soldiers were accidentally killed in the city last night. William Blair (-12), a miner, and native of ...

    Article : 136 words
  36. FURTHER DROP IN EXCHANGE.

    The New York sterling exchange is demoralized, and has dropped to 419 cents to the pound. Banking circles expert a further reduction, unless stabilization be ...

    Article : 52 words
  37. ENFIELD WELCOME TO SOLDIERS.

    A welcome home social was given in the Enfield Institute on Tuesday, in honour of the following nurse and soldiers, who have returned from war service abroad:—Nurse Edma Nicholls, ...

    Article : 107 words
  38. FRANCO-AMERICAN TREATY.

    The judicial subcommittee of the Washington Senate has reported that a treaty between America and France, under which the United States agreed to protect ...

    Article : 53 words
  39. Patriotic Funds.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 49 words
  40. A CURIOUS FATALITY.

    BROKEN HILL, August 20.—John Hardingham (34), married, greengrocer, of Broken Hill, yesterday visited his father's selection at Sunnydale, 32 miles from ...

    Article : 83 words
  41. GOLIATH MISSING.

    The Goliath airship, which started from London on August 12 for a flight to Capetown by stages, is reported missing. The vessel carried eight passengers. It had ...

    Article : 94 words
  42. BARRIER FIRES.—AN AGED MAN BURNT.

    BROKEN HILL, August 20.—Two fires occurred early this morning. The first destroyed an unoccupied two-roomed wood-and-iron house in Crystal lane, owned by ...

    Article : 114 words
  43. GENERAL CABLES.

    The transportation strike on the New York underground railways has been settled after 48 hours of serious congestion of traffic. The employes underground will ...

    Article : 46 words
  44. VICTORIAN POLTICIANS DISSATISFIED.

    During a discussion in the Legislative Assembly to-day on the proposed restoration of the salary of the Chairman of Com- mittees, a move was made by some ...

    Article : 174 words
  45. Advertising

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    Advertising : 447 words
  46. WIRELESS AND AIR CURRENTS.

    The Dominion and Indian Meteorological Conference which will sit in London from September 23 to 27, will discuss the exchange of long-distance observations by ...

    Article : 46 words
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