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  2. CARPENTER V. DEMPSEY.

    Mr. Lewis Healey, who introduced Jack Johnson to London, has made the latest offer of £100,000 for the Carpentier-Dempsey fight, to be contested in France near ...

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  3. CASUALTIES.

    CLARENDON, December 15.—While bathing in the Onkaparinga River on Monday afternoon Herbert Latferty, 11½ years of age, had a narrow escape from ...

    Article : 156 words
  4. PERTURBED POLAND.

    M. Paderewski had definitely resigned his position as Premier of Poland, owing to the opposition of various sections of the Polish Diet. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. A WIFE MURDERED.

    The Coroner's enquiry concerning the death of Marjorie Kathleen Kathleen Meagher, wife of a wealthy Victorian landowner, who was murdered in a flat at Coogee on November ...

    Article : 329 words
  6. MR. RYAN LIBELLED

    The hearing was concluded in the High Court, before Mr. Justice Rich and a jury, of the action of Thomas Joseph Ryan (ex-Premier of Queensland) against ...

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  7. SPEECH DAYS.

    Speech days are eagerly awaited for by student of every school or college of whatever degree, and it was with a sense of having complete a year of great ...

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  8. DEMOBILIZATION.

    The return of Lieut. Stanley H. Skipper on the Wahehe is a reminder of the work he assisted in [?] both in England and France. It was a big task to ...

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  9. SPORTING CABLES.

    It is announced that Cambridge and Oxford Universities have challenged Yale and Harvard Universities to an international track meet, and the gathering will ...

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  10. BARRIER CASUALTIES.

    BROKEN HILL, December 16.—Mr. Harry H. Rice, timekeeper on the Junction North Mine, died suddenly this afternoon after having attended the funeral of ...

    Article : 139 words
  11. A STEAMER ADRIFT.

    The American steamer Davidson County has been found deserted by her crew, and adrift in the Atlantic Ocean near the Azores Islands. The fate of the crew is ...

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  12. A WITNESS "NOT CANDID."

    The domestic affairs of the Walker family were the subject of further enquiry before the Webb Wheat Commission ax Parliament House on Tuesday. Mr. T. ...

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  13. LORD MAYOR'S ELECTION.

    Another deadlock occurred to-day in the election of the Lord Mayor of Sydney. At a previous meeting of the City Council two candidates were nominated—the ...

    Article : 164 words
  14. SEQUEL TO A WIFE'S DEATH.

    An inquest was concluded at Goulburn to-day concerning the death of Ethel Aun Broome at the Hemomore Mental Hospital on December 2. Alson Paul Broome ...

    Article : 167 words
  15. MARINE ENGINEERS.

    A number of steamers are delayed in Sydney in consequence of the strike of marine engineers. The secretary to the Australasian Institute of Marine Engineers ...

    Article : 169 words
  16. NEW ZEALAND ITEMS.

    On every side the result of to-morrow's general elections is awaited with the greatest interest. The management committee of the New ...

    Article : 80 words
  17. WESTERN AUSTRALIAN TOPICS.

    The tearoom girls, who are demanding £3 a, week and improvement in conditions, have decided to join the Hotel Employes' Union, and to formulate an ultimatum. ...

    Article : 59 words
  18. THE BASIC WAGE.

    To-day in the Arbitration court, more Mr. Justice Powers, Mr. Skewes (representing the Commonwealth Public Service Commissioner) offered some [?] ...

    Article : 417 words
  19. RAILWAY DEPARTMENTAL INCREASES URGED.

    The Railways Classification Board has decided to recommend the department to pay an interim award of 10/6 a day to all employes in receipt of 9/6 daily and less ...

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  20. QUEENSLAND STEAMERS IDLE.

    The decision of members of the Australasian Marine Engineers' Institute to cease work until their claim for higher wages has been met by the shipowners was ...

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  21. PUBLIC SERVICE OVERTIME.

    Addressing Mr. Justice Powers in the Arbitration Court to-day; in opposition to the claims of the Letter Carriers' Association, which have been under consideration ...

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  22. THE PEACE TREATY.

    The German reply to the allied demands has been received. It concedes them all, with reservations in regard to the Scapa Flow sinking of warships, and adds that ...

    Article : 52 words
  23. THE EVIL EYE.

    A curious instance of belief in witchcraft was revealed in a case before Justices Heaton and Shah, in the Bombay High Court, on a reference by the sessions Judge ...

    Article : 152 words
  24. STATE PARLIAMENTS.

    Discussion was resumed in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday on Mr. Estell's adjourned motion, "That a referendum be taken at the next general elections on the ...

    Article : 127 words
  25. GERMAN FEARS.

    Several German newspapers warmly comment upon M. Clemeneeau's conferences in [?] and fear that a new Entente is being formed. They declare ...

    Article : 57 words
  26. MINING INDUSTRY CONFERENCE.

    The conference between the mineowners and mine employes of Victoria and the west coast of Tasmania was continued at the Chamber of Mines to-day. After ...

    Article : 90 words
  27. THE WAR DOGS.

    France is now occupied with the demobilization of the "dogs of war." There have been no fewer than 15,000 of them in the service, and of these about 3,750 have ...

    Article : 311 words
  28. THE TREATY DEADLOCK.

    President Wilson's refusal to compromise on the Peace Treaty has not influenced the Republican leaders. The debate on the proposal to effect peace with ...

    Article : 43 words
  29. VICTORIA.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day Mr. Hannah asked the Premier (Mr. Lawson) whether it was intended to arrest the editor of The Argus for aiding and abetting ...

    Article : 270 words
  30. HOME RULE PROPAGANDA.

    Senator Borah, in a statement, said:—"I favour Congressional investigation of the large financial organizations which are furthering Irish Home Rule propaganda in ...

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  31. TENTH BATTALION REUNION.

    Tuesday evening signalized the first meeting together of the men and women from their respective 10th Battalion Clubs, at the Cheer-up Hut. Col. S. Price Weir ...

    Article : 203 words
  32. SCOTCH COLLEGE.

    The first annual speech night in connection with Scotch College was attended by a large crowd of people at the Unley City Hall on Tuesday evening. The ...

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  33. THE MANDATE TO THE COMMISSION.

    The proceedings of the royal commission appointed to determine the basic wage in relation to the cost of living were limited to-day to argument upon the scope of the ...

    Article : 258 words
  34. JAPAN'S FORCES.

    The Tokio correspondent of The Chicago Tribute says it is understood that Japan proposes the adoption of £30,000,000 as a Budget for the navy and for the ...

    Article : 41 words
  35. ROBBERY UNDER ARMS

    Following the numerous robberies, the principal hanks are providing their messengers with revolvers, and are placing guards over the suburban branches. ...

    Article : 31 words
  36. OUR PACIFIC MANDATE

    The royal commission appointed by the Federal Ministry to recommend a scheme for administering the former German possessions in the Pacific, has forwarded its ...

    Article : 136 words
  37. Advertising

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  38. SOLDIERS V. WORKERS.

    Relations between the trade unions and the returned soldiers are most strained. A mass meeting of returned soldiers passed a resolution expressing indignation that the ...

    Article : 113 words
  39. GENERAL ITEMS.

    In the Walkerville Methodist Lecture Hall list Thursday evening a successfull and well-attended welcome home social was given to five returned soldiers—Sgt. S. R. Gray, Cpl. S. M. Penny ...

    Article : 193 words
  40. THE BARRIER STRIKE.

    The following telegram has been received from the A.M.A. delegates in Melbourne by Mr. J. Middlering (Vice-President of the A.M.A.):—"Up to the present ...

    Article : 129 words
  41. Advertising

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  42. WARTIME PROHIBITION.

    The Wartime Prohibition Act has been held by the United States Supreme Court to be constitutional. Prohibition will accordingly be effective until the ...

    Article : 36 words
  43. INDUSTRIAL DISEASES COMMISSION.

    Professor H. M. Chapman (Chairman of the Technical Commission of Enquiry into Industrial Diseases) will arrive from Sydney on Thursday. The local branch of the ...

    Article : 59 words
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