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  2. MYSTERIOUS DEATHS.

    BRUSSELS, Dec. 6.—The inhabitants of the Meuse Valley on the Belgian side of Liege have been panic-stricken in the grip of a reign of terror, unequalled since the ...

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  3. THE INDIAN CONFERENCE.

    LONDON, Dec. 5.—Further progress was made to-day with the committee work of the Indian Round-Table Conference. The Federal Structure Sub-Committee ...

    Article : 305 words
  4. GOLD BONUS BILL.

    CANBERRA, Dec. 7.—With the exception of determining whether the bonus shall be payable on standard or fine gold, and whether it shall be paid on production ...

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  5. FLOODS IN VICTORIA.

    MELBOURNE, Dec. 7.—Following the movement of a depression from Central Australia, practically the entire State was drenched by torrential downpours which ...

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  6. AFGHAN "ROBIN HOOD."

    CALCUTTA, Dec. 6.—Nadir Shah, King of Afghanistan, is confronted with a serious problem in Badakshan, the most northerly province of his kingdom, where ...

    Article : 178 words
  7. CAUCUS DEMANDS.

    CANBERRA, Dec. 7.—Although the Acting-Prime Minister (Mr. Fenton) informed the Federal Labour Caucus on Thursday that he expected a reply from ...

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  8. THE MOSCOW TRIAL

    MOSCOW, Dec. 5.—The Public Prosecutor (M. Krilenko) began yesterday the closing speech for the prosecution in the trial of eight Russian professors and ...

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  9. BRITISH POLITICS.

    LONDON, Dec. 6.—A new manifesto has been prepared by Sir Oswald Mosely (a former member of the Ministry) advocating further measures to deal with the ...

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  10. FOG BOUND.

    LONDON, Dec. 6.—Fog in the English Channel and elsewhere again seriously interfered with shipping to-day. Boats from Ostend and Calais were delayed, and ...

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  11. UPPER HOUSE ABOLITION.

    SYDNEY, Dec. 7.—The State Cabinet will be called together to-morrow by the Premier (Mr. Lang) to review the position regarding the move to abolish the ...

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  12. BATTERED TO DEATH.

    SYDNEY, Dec. 7.—William Thompson (30), of Wonga-street, Canterbury, was found in an unconscious state in a dark laneway at Campsie last night. His skull ...

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  13. GOVERNOR-GENERAL.

    LONDON, Dec. 6.—Commenting on the appointment of Sir Isaac Isaacs as Governor-General of Australia, the "Observer" states: "Sir Isaac Isaacs is pre-eminently ...

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  14. AMERICAN COMMENT.

    NEW YORK, Dec. 4.—The "New York Times" in a leader headed. "Health to the Native Born," says:—"The appointment of Sir Isaac Isaacs as Governor-General of ...

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  15. FRONTIER UNREST.

    CALCUTTA, Dec. 6.—Captain Henry St. Clair Ogilvie Will, adjutant of 3rd/llth Sikhs was killed by a spent bullet, and a private of the 2nd Seaforths was slightly ...

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  16. AMERICAN FINANCE.

    WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.—President Hoover's difficulties with Congress were increased to-day when the Senate Agricultural Committee unanimously approved ...

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  17. THE PROCEDURE.

    MELBOURNE, Dec. 7.—Asked if he had anything to say regarding the comments of the Leader of the Federal Opposition (Mr. Latham) on the procedure adopted ...

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  18. BRITISH THEORIES.

    LONDON, Dec. 6.—Professor J. B. S. Haldane (Sir William Dunn Reader in Brochemistry at Cambridge University and author of numerous scientific papers ...

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  19. CORNISH MYSTERY.

    LONDON, Dec. 6.—Following the issue of a Home Office order, arrangements have been made to disinter the bodies of the two Misses Everhard, aunt and sister, ...

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  20. RUSSIAN RADIO MESSAGES.

    LONDON, Dec. 4.—Replying to Sir William Mitchell-Thomson (Conservative) in the House of Commons to-day, the Postmaster-General (Mr. H. B. Lees-Smith) ...

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  21. CHIEF JUSTICESHIP.

    MELBOURNE, Dec 7.—The Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Fenton) said when he arrived in Melbourne yesterday that there would be no immediate appointment ...

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  22. THE FEDERAL SESSION.

    MELBOURNE, Dec. 7.—Members of the Federal Cabinet are hopeful that the Federal Parliament will be able to rise at the end of this week for the Christmas ...

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  23. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN FALLS.

    ADELAIDE, Dec. 7.—Heavy rain in the north on Friday night resulted in damage to crops. The Broken Hill express was held up at Mannahill for eight hours ...

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  24. 'PLANE CRASH AT SEA.

    ROME, Dec. 6.—Miss Winifred Spooner, the British airwoman, and Flying Officer Edwards, who crashed in the sea near Belmonte on Wednesday night while flying ...

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  25. GERMAN CRISIS AVERTED.

    BERLIN, Dec. 6.—The Reichstag defeated by 293 votes to 253 to-day a Nationalist and Communist motion to revoke the Bills for enforcing the Government's ...

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  26. GAS-HEATER TRAGEDY

    BRUSSELS, Dec. 6.—On the eve of St. Nicholas Day, which is celebrated in the manner of Christmas in parts of Belgium, Madame Thery, who was living ...

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  27. ENTOMBED MINER.

    COLOGNE, Dec. 6.—Fritz Wienthal, the hewer who was imprisoned in a small hollow space in the Castro Prauzel mine after a fall of coal, and who was supplied ...

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  28. GOOD RAINS IN QUEENSLAND.

    BRISBANE, Dec. 7.—There were splendid falls of rain in the central west districts on Thursday and Friday. The heaviest fall was at Lucknow, where 4 inches ...

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  29. GELIGNITE IN CAMP FIRE.

    SYDNEY, Dec. 7.—An explosion of gelignite in a camping fire round which three young men were seated, near Hawkesbury railway station yesterday afternoon, ...

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  30. To the Editor, "The West Australian."

    Sir,—In my opinion the changes of procedure relative to the appointment of the Governor-General, and to the question of Dominion Ministers advising the Crown ...

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  31. SHEEPSKIN DUTY OPPOSED.

    CANBERRA, Dec. 7.—It is said to be unlikely that the Federal Ministry will adopt the plan of the Federal Labour Cau[?] for the imposition of an export duty ...

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  32. AVIATION.

    MELBOURNE, Dec. 7.—The Cutty Sark, the amphibian machine with which Captain Matthews, of Matthews Aviation Pty., Ltd., intends to establish a ...

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  33. DISASTROUS FIRE.

    SYDNEY, Dec. 7.—One of the most disastrous fires in the history of Wingham occurred early this morning. A valuable shopping block, belonging to Mr. W. R. ...

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  34. LOSS OF R101.

    LONDON, Dec. 5.—The inquiry into the loss of the British airship R101 was closed to-day. The final witness was Squardon-Leader ...

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  35. TOC H. FESTIVAL.

    LONDON, Dec. 6.—The fifteenth anniversary of the foundation at Poperinghe of Toc H—Talbot House—in memory of the heroic death of Lieutenant Gilbert Talbot, ...

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  36. ARMED THIEF DEFIED.

    MELBOURNE, Dec. 7.—Although threatened that they would be shot if they moved, Mr. Stewart Kearney and his aged mother bravely attacked an armed ...

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  37. Perth Gliding Club.

    At the first meeting of the committee of the Perth Gliding Club it was decided to make provision for the ground training of members pending the purchase of the ...

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  38. EMPIRE SHIPPING.

    LONDON, Dec. 6.—The Agent-General for Tasmania (Mr. D. Addison), reporting to the Premier (Mr. J. C. McPhee) on the Imperial Conference shipping agreements, ...

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  39. NEW ZEALAND PREMIER.

    LONDON, Dec. 5.—To-day, the last day of his stay in England, the Prime Minister of New Zealand (Mr. G. W. Forbes paid a farewell call on the British Prime ...

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  40. CENTRAL BANK BILL.

    LONDON, Dec. 6.—Commenting on the anti-Labour views in the report of the Select Committee of the Commonwealth Senate on the Central Reserve Bank Bill, ...

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  41. 800 FEET FALL.

    SYDNEY, Dec. 7.—After an extensive search occupying a week, the body of Henry Francis Gardiner (22) was discovered this afternoon, frightfully ...

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  42. WIRELESS TELEPHONY.

    LONDON, Dec. 4.—Speaking in the House of Commons to-day, the Postmaster-General (Mr. H. B. Lees-Smith) said that the Prime Minister of Australia (Mr. ...

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  43. GOLD SHORTAGE.

    LONDON, Dec. 5.—In a leading article to-day the "Daily Mail" asks:—"Is it too much to hope that the statesmen and financiers of the world will put their heads ...

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  44. STEAMER FOUNDERS.

    SHANGHAI, Dec. 6.—Three hundred Chinese were drowned in the Yangtze-Kiang, near Hankow, when a native steamer bound from Sientao to Changsha ...

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  45. LANCASHIRE COTTON.

    LONDON, Dec. 6.—Lancashire cotton employers have notified the weavers of their intention to operate from January 3 a new system of more looms per weaver, ...

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  46. SIR O. NIEMETER PESSIMISTIC.

    VICTORIA (British Columbia), Dec. 5.—Sir Otto Niemeyer, of the Bank of England, who is returning home from Australia, declared to-day that the Australian ...

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