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Rumours were prevalent during the weekend of an impending move for a settlement of the marine engineers' strike, but in the absence of definite information it ...
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INCOME TAX CASE.
PROSECUTION FAILS. No Intent to Defraud.
Mr. E. Notley Moore, P. M., who has been hearing the charges of alleged eva[?] of Federal income tax, brought against members of a well-known importing firm ...
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PRINCE OF WALES.
DETAILS OF TOUR. Inquiries from Australia. (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, Feb. 15.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales will leave Portsmouth on H.M.S. Renown on March 9 as the beginning of his tour to the Dominions. He will reach the ...
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CONTROL OF MINES.
NATIONALISATION ISSUE. "Direct Action" Threatened.
Mr. Vernon Hartshorn, Labour member for Ogmore (Glamorgan) and the leader of the South Wales miners, has caused a mild sensation by ...
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In the course of a speech at Dundee the Secretary of State for War (Mr. Winston Churchill) said there were no differences between the Coalition and the Independent ...
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A party of motorists travelling along Abbotsford street, North Melbourne, early on Saturday evening found a middle-aged man lying unconscious on the tram tracks. ...
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At Trinity College a council's non-resident exhibition of £10 has been awarded to [?] Sheil (Melbourne High School), in lieu of the Henry Berthon scholarship awarded to him at the recent entrance ...
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DEMAND FOR KAISER.
REJOINDER TO HOLLAND. Allies' Black List. (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, Feb. 15.
The Allied Supreme Council sitting in London has further considered the matter of the extradition of the former German Kaiser and of persons named on the Allies' ...
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DARWIN (N.T.), Sunday.—After the decision of the local meat works to have no killing this year, the Industrial Council sent a telegram to the Minister for ...
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—The Newnes shale miners' dispute has been settled on the terms offered by the management. At a conference held in Sydney it was agreed ...
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RED RUSSIA.
FATE OF KOLTCHAK. Shot at Irkutsk. (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, Feb. 15.
It is officially announced in London that Admiral Koltchak, commander of the antiBolshevik forces in Siberia, has been executed. ...
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In an international Rugby football match played at Dublia, England defeated Ireland by 14 points to 11. An international Association match at ...
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AMERICAN SENSATION.
LANSING LEAVES WILSON. Long Standing Differences. (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, Feb. 15.
A great sensation has been caused in the United States by the announcement that the Secretary of State (Mr. Robert Lansing) has resigned, and that President ...
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Following upon news of the loss of the transport Karantin, carrying 1,400 refugees from Odessa, which sank, after being fired upon by General Denikin's artillery, come ...
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Acting under instructions from the police authorities the post office has detained since February 5, hundreds of thousands of letters addressed to Continental lottery ...
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Speaking in the House of Commons, the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Austen Chamberlain) explained that the new Silver Coinage Bill provides for the minting of ...
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The Home Secretary (Mr. Shortt) presided at a Government dinner given in London to delegates attending the British Empire Statistical Congress. The company ...
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Gaby Desbys, the actress and danseuse, who died a few days ago, bequeaths in her will 10,000,000 france (about £400,000) to her mother and sister during their lives, ...
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The official report of the British local authorities to the Prime Minister (Mr. Lloyd George) and the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Austen Chamberlain) ...
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At the sales of Australian wool in Antwerp 12,900 bales were offered and 11,200 were sold. There was a full attendance of buyers. Competition was animated. Good ...
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A message from Athens states that Colonel Metaxas bus been convicted of high treason for surrendering Fort Rupel to the Bulgarians in 1916, and has been condemned ...
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Victor Dowsett, who says he is a native of Melbourne, has been acquitted at the Seine Assize Court, Paris, on the charge of having procured for the German spy service ...
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The Prussian Government has brought forward a bill which proposes the transfer to the Ruhr coal district, in Western Prussia, of, 150,000 workers and their families, ...
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The Navu Office in Melbourne received information yesterday to the effect that H.M.A.S. Magnerite, under the command of Lieut.-Commander E. N. Mortimer, ...
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IRELAND.
FURTHER OUTRAGES. Amazing Dublin Raid. (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, Feb. 15.
An amazing "hold up" of a military motor-van by armed men has occurred in the heart of Dublin. A handcart, on which was a long ladder, was pulled across the ...
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IRON ORE.
YAMPI SOUND DEPOSITS. Ambitious Schemes.
Mr. J. Thomson, the owner of deposits of iron ore at Yampi Sound, North-west Australia, is on a visit to Melbourne in order to endeavour to arrange with the Prime ...
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The Finance Ministers of the Allied nations will shortly meet to discuss European financial problems. They will report to the Supreme Council. ...
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The civic authorities of New York have Appropriated about £1,480,000 to cover the cost of clearing the city's streets of the heaviest fall of snow since 1888. The traffic ...
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LONG FLIGHTS.
PARER IN ITALY. Cape to Cairo Mishap. (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, Feb. 15.
The Air Ministry has received a report, stating that Lieutenant R. J. Parer, the Melbourne aviator, who is flying to Australia on a De Haviland machine, has ...
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From, suggestive messages which are arriving from Spain, alluding to important affairs, it appears that grave disorders have again occurred in that country. The news, ...
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At a meeting of representatives of 15 leading Anglo-Australian banks and financial and pastoral companies, it was resolved to protest, to the Premier of Queensland ...
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The British Government has purchased the whole of the Patagonian meat output for 1920. This decision has surprised the meat trade, as it has been understood that ...
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Members of the staff employed at Australia House in London have formed an association for the purpose of safeguarding their interests. ...
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HIGH COST OF LIVING.
BASIC WAGE INQUIRY. TAXPAYERS COMPLAIN OF COST.
Strong complaints are being received by the Taxpayers Association that costs which taxpayers will eventually have to bear are being allowed to pile up in connection with ...
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REPATRIATION.
Electro-plate Manufacture.
Recent developments in connection with the manufacture of electroplate ware have fully justified the action of the Repatriation department in training men for that ...
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The Criminal Investigation department has received a report that a Chinese, Ah Cow, who keeps a fruiterer's store in the Victoria Market, was hit on the forehead ...
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Sir,—I and many other residents of South Yarra who live in the vicinity of the destructor can fully endorse all that "Senitary Expert" states about it. The city ...
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It has been reported to the Criminal Investigation department that between 7 p.m. on Friday and 8 a.m. on Saturday the shop of Mr. William E[?] Cullin. tailor, Rosstown road. Glenh[?]ly, was broken ...
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