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  2. STRIKE SITUATION

    Conferences to settle the strike at the Oshawa (Ontario) plant of General Motors (Canada) collapsed. ...

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  3. BRITISH EMPIRE

    The Minister for Coordination of Defence (Sir Thomas Inskip) in a speech last night said that he hoped they would be able to complete the five-year ...

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  4. END CAPITULATIONS

    The Montreux Conference, at which representatives of Egypt will meet delegates of 11 capitulatory Powers, to negotiate for the abrogation of capitulations, ...

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  5. SPRINGBOK TEAM

    Following a series of trial matches extending over a week, in which 90 of South Africa's leading players participated, the Springbok ...

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  6. STEEL WORKER

    John Anks, of Northumberand-street. Maryville, was admitted to Iluka Hospital early yesterday afternoon in a serious condition. ...

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  7. MR. BALDWIN

    Addressing his constituents probably for the last time, the Prime Minister (Mr. Stanley Baldwin) talked of his retirement and also spoke of the dangers ...

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  8. THE CORONATION

    It is officially announced that the King has consented to present the Coronation medals to members of overseas contingents who will be in London for the ...

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  9. LEAGUE ASSEMBLY

    It is expected that Mr. J. A. Lyons and other Dominion Prime Ministers with attend the special League of Nations Assembly in mid-May, which will mark ...

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  10. TWO COURSES

    The Genoa correspondent of the "Manchester Guardian" states: "According to information from an authoritative Rome source, there are serious differences ...

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  11. "SIT DOWN" STRIKE

    Taking exception to the Port Adelaide Club's decision to display progressive prices of all runners, as in betting shops, bookmakers at the club's race meeting ...

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  12. BRITISH TROOPS

    A communique issued today announces that an encounter on the North-west frontier has resulted in six British officers being killed and five wounded, and 19 ...

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  13. FOR LIBYA

    Signor Mussolini has announced a new Constitution for Libya, with an Italian Cabinet, The Libyan army corps will consist of Italian troops, and the ...

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  14. FIRE-WALKING

    The "ancient mystery" of fire-walking was blown out in two tests at carshalton, in Surrey, supervised by the London University Council of Psychical Investigation, ...

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  15. ALLEGES ASSAULT

    Mr. A. Macartney, who has been acting as Secretary of the Queensland branch of the Seamen's Union since the Federal ballot, for officers some months ago, ...

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  16. JAPANESE WHALERS

    A leading commercial journal, "Chugai Shogyo Shimpo," says that British and Norwegian whaling interests are alarmed at Japanese activities and have invited ...

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  17. MR. ALGERNON ASHTON

    Mr. Algernon Bennet Langton Ashton the composer, and a former professor of the pianoforte at the Royal College of Music, has died, aged 77. ...

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  18. INQUIRY OPENED

    A Commission of Americans, headed by the philosopher, John Dewey, has opened an inquiry into whether Trotsky plotted the overthrow of the Soviet, aided by ...

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  19. FOREIGN LOTTERIES

    Inspector Keefe, chief of the gaming squad, issued a warning at the week-end that some of the foreign lotteries and sweepstakes, for which tickets had ...

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  20. HONOURED BY KING

    At a recent meeting of the committee of the Newcastle division of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, advice was received that the King had been pleased ...

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  21. MAKING OF FILMS

    That things are not always what they screen was demonstrated during the second reading debate in the House of Commons to-day on a bill prohibiting the ...

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  22. TEST OF STRENGTH

    The War Department has ordered the concentration of 244 army combat 'planes in California for the month of day to test the strength of the organisation. The ...

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  23. SUEZ CANAL BLOCKED

    The R.M.S. Orontes and other ships were held up for five hours in the Suez Canal owing to the grounding of the liner Viceroy of India, in which the Maharaja ...

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  24. GIRL VICTIMS

    The diabolical methods of a murder gang have been unmasked as the result of the discovery of the bodies of 157 young girls, who had been strangled or ...

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  25. DAVIS CUP

    In the best of health, and confident of their success against Mexico, the Australian Davis Cup team landed at Victoria yesterday. A K. Quiet was the ship's ...

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  26. FIVE DEAD

    Arriving in the city on two days' leave from his regiment a young, conscript, Andre Theurier, shot dead his sister's lover for refusing to give him money. ...

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  27. CHURCH MARRIAGES

    Attacking the form of many Church weddings, Canon A. Nield, at the General Synod of the Anglican Church of New Zealand, urged an amendment of the ...

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  28. SUGAR CONFERENCE

    The bureau of the international sugar conference has appointed a sub-committee consisting of Mr. Spinasse, of France, and the United States delegate, Mr. Norman ...

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  29. UN-AUSTRALIAN IDEAS

    The Federal Attorney-General (Mr. R. G. Menzies) said at the week-end that migrants who attempted to import un-Australian ideas, such as secret societies, ...

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  30. CHURCH ROBBED

    While Captain J. S. Cowland, Field Secretary of the Church Army, was delivering a sermon entitled "The Prospect of Reforming Criminals," at St. Michael's ...

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  31. CANADIAN TARIFFS

    One of the shortest sessions of the House of Commons closed with a heated debate when eight Western and Ontario Liberals revolted against the ...

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  32. GENERAL CABLE NEWS

    London, April 10.—Since the Great War some 12,000,000 persons, equal to 30 per cent. of the population, have moved into new houses. The Minister of Health (Sir ...

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  33. FROM REFORMATORY

    Russell-report police received a report from Beechworth that Leonard Bowen, alias James Mahoney, alias George Brown, 39, escaped from ...

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  34. ESCAPED DEATH

    Walter Wilkinson, of Arncliffe, escaped death when the heel of his boot became caught in the frog of a railway line at Darling Harbour. A train was ...

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  35. AMERICAN WORKERS

    The Secretary of Agriculture (Mr. H. Wallace) has published survey showing that on January I there were 9,773,000 persons in the United States unemployed ...

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  36. Record Army Recruiting

    London, April 10.—The Secretary for War (Mr. A Doff-Cooper) announced at Manchester to-day that the number of recruits—6307—obtained for the territorial ...

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  37. TRIP TO LONDON

    A special committe of the Royal Agricultural Society met yesterday morning to interview the six final aspirants for selection as the young farmer to be sent ...

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  38. TWO KILLED

    The President of the Small Aircraft Company and one of his financial backers were killed when a private cabin monoplane crashed into a mountain. ...

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  39. New Governor of Bombay

    London, April 10.—The King has approved proved the appointment of Mr. Lawrence Roger Lumley, at present member of Parliament for York, to succeed Lord ...

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  40. INJURIES FATAL

    Sydney Vyce, 48, a tram conductor, of Cremorne, who suffered a fractured breast bone and internal injuries when knocked down by a taxi at Neutral Bay on ...

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  41. ANZAC DAY BETTING

    Betting shops will remain open on April 26, which will be observed as Anzac Day. The Betting Control Board considers that the soldiers' distress fund ...

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  42. Schoolboys to Live as Pioneers

    London, April 10.—One hundred school-boys are shortly going, under the auspices of the Public Schools' Exploring Society, to Newfoundland. While there they will ...

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  43. KAY FRANCIS LEADS

    The salaries of film stars during 1930 exceeded those earned by industrial leaders, Kay Francis, with 227,500 dollars (£A56,875) headed the list. Next ...

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  44. WON BY EX-CADDY

    A 26-year-old Sevenoak assistant professional and former caddy, S. L. King, won the "Daily Mail" £2000 tournament at Little Aston. His aggregate for four ...

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  45. PENDING CHANGES

    Sir John Maffey has expressed a desire to retire from the office of Permanent Under-secretary of State for the Colonies, with effect from July 1 next. ...

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  46. SKILLED ORGANISERS

    To secure every possible vote Labour is planning a big polling-day organisation in the Gwydir by-election. Skilled Sydney polling booth organisers will enter ...

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  47. Merchant Navy Week

    London, April 10.—The King, as Master of the Merchant, Navy and Fishing Fleets, has given his patronage to the Merchant Navy Week, to be held at Southampton ...

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  48. TWO MEN FOUND DEAD

    At the home of Alexander Andrew Donaldson, 83, of the Waterfront, Toronto on Saturday, a bread carter discovered the old man dead in bed. Donaldson lived ...

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  49. BRISBANE CIVIC ELECTIONS

    Three-cornered contests in the seven suburban electorates will be a feature of the City Council elections on Saturday week. For the position of Lord Mayor ...

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  50. Arline Judge to Marry

    Reno, April 10.—Arline Judge, who recently divorced Wesley Ruggles, a director, on grounds of mental cruelty, will marry a business man named Topping on ...

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  51. PETROLEUM DISCOVERED

    Oil has been found in the grounds of the Ford Assembly plant. The manufacturers retain first ownership of any petroleum on the property. ...

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  52. HEART BEATS BY RADIO

    Transmitting on a wave-length of 10 metres, from Thornton Heath, Croydon, on amateur, L. H, Thomas, successfully transmitted to Vermont, in America, his ...

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  53. OBITUARY

    Mr. E. J. T. Barton, who was at one time Editor of the "Brisbane Courier," and later edited "The Sugar Producers' Journal" died on Saturday at the age of ...

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  54. AUTHOR'S DEATH

    Mr. Albert Bigelow Paine, the author, has died at New Haven, Connecticut, aged 75. He was the literary executor of Mark Twain. He was a member of ...

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  55. KILLED BY FALLING TREE

    James McAdam, 64, was killed when felling timber yesterday. A large tree [?] on him and he suffered severe internal [?] ...

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