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  2. ABYSSINIAN EMPEROR

    Haili Sellassie, Emperor of Abyssinia, reproached European Powers with preventing the export of arms to Abyssinia while facilitating Italy's [?]lation of treaties. Italy, he said, was working day and night to manufacture weapons ...

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  3. SPLENDID RAINS

    For hundreds of miles, the countryside in the parched north-western and central western areas of New South Wales was drenched yesterday by rain. Most of the registrations were about two inches, and farmers and graziers ...

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  4. AIR DEFENCE.

    If plans for the aerial defence of Australia adopted by the Federal Ministry are carried into full effect, the Royal Australian Air Force will possess in two years six ...

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  5. SURPLUS SHIPS.

    A rationalisation scheme for shipping was discussed in a speech by Lord Essendon, the well-known British shipowner, before the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris ...

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  6. STATE SCHEME.

    An extensive bridge building and road construction plan has been adopted by the State Government with the object of encouraging land settlement and ...

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  7. MAN SHOT

    After attempting to shoot the night officer at the North Strathfield railway station late on Saturday night, an armed thief shot down a young man who had rushed to the aid ...

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  8. ARMS IMPORTS STOPPED.

    The correspondent of the "Sunday Times" at Addis Ababa said that the Emperor in an interview declared that Abyssinia had been [?]rustrated in a recent attempt to purchase ...

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  9. INSPECTION AT RICHMOND TO-DAY

    Every man and officer at Richmond aerodrome will look and be at his best to-day, when the eyes of the Chief of the Air Staff (Air Vice-Marshal R. Williams) will be on the ...

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  10. AVERAGE FALL OF TWO INCHES.

    As a result of extension of tropical activity from Queensland the rain commenced to fall on Saturday evening. Early yesterday morning it had set in steadily, and all day ...

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  11. ITALY'S DESIGNS.

    The British Cabinet will face a dilemma in the coming week in deciding its attitude on the Abyssinian dispute. The highest quar[?]ers at Whitehall emphasise the importance of ...

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  12. FOREIGN EXCHANGE.

    The International Chamber of Commerce Congress, at its final meeting, unanimously adopted a resolution declaring that the stabilisation of foreign exchanges on the basis of gold ...

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  13. RAIN ON NORTH COAST.

    The first rainfall at Grafton since May 27 occurred this morning, and continued all day, the fall being slightly over one inch. The rain was general throughout the district. ...

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  14. 'PLANE IN FOG.

    The New England Airways monoplane, City of Sydney, while bound for Brisbane from Maryborough with 14 South Brisbane tennis players aboard, was forced by bad visibility ...

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  15. TERRORISM IN SPAIN.

    An outbreak of sabotage and terrorism in Catalona has resulted in a decision by the Spanish Cabinet to declare a state of war in Barcelona city and province. ...

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  16. CLOUDBURSTS.

    Cloudbursts have occurred throughout the west of Japan, especially on the island of Kyushu, and in the city of Kyoto, where the swollen Kamo River crept down through the ...

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  17. DROUGHT RELIEVED

    General rain, which has been falling in the central-west and north-west, appears to have ceased now, but all districts report steady falls since the rain commenced on ...

    Article : 250 words
  18. NEWCASTLE

    Newcastle Jockey Club, which less than a decade ago was one of the most prosperous turf bodies in Australia, will almost certainly cease racing at the end of next month, unless ...

    Article : 361 words
  19. WAGES CONCESSIONS.

    Two concessions made in this year's budget come into effect on Monday, and will benefit by salaiy restoration and wage increases more than 3,000,000 people. The chief of ...

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  20. OPEN CHAMPION.

    Alfred Perry, the young professional attached to the Leatherhead (Surrey) Golf Club, who won the open golf championship at Muirfield, had an aggregate for the four rounds ...

    Article : 368 words
  21. COLLISIONS.

    The departure of a military wedding party from St. Mary's Cathedral on Saturday night was delayed for 20 minutes as a result of a tram and car collision in Boomerang-street ...

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  22. SARAJEVO.

    The Belgrade correspondent of the "Daily Express" says: "Dobroslav Jevdjevitch, one of the four survivors of the student gang which assassinated the Austrian Archduke Ferdinand ...

    Article : 184 words
  23. "OPEN THE DOOR."

    "Why does Australia, a great continent of the Pacific, with its immense social and industrial organisation, shut its doors, by putting up high Customs barriers against New Caledonia, ...

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  24. WINDOW SMASHED.

    After smashing the window with a large stone, a man seized a tray of watches valued at £80, in the shop of Wallace Bishop and Son, Jewellers, Adelaide-street, Brisbane, ...

    Article : 49 words
  25. TWO MEN KILLED.

    Two men were killed in the Ivanhoe shaft of the Lake View and Star mine at 12.30 p.m. yesterday while a cage carrying seven men, the last of the day ...

    Article : 269 words
  26. PEACE IN EUROPE.

    The Minister for League of Nations Affairs (Mr. Anthony Eden) was in close consultation with the Foreign Secretary (Sir Samuel Hoare), to whom, as well as to other ...

    Article : 176 words
  27. RAILWAYS.

    Increased goods business on the railways has necessitated the introduction of many improvements throughout the system. The Deputy Commissioner for Railways (Mr. ...

    Article : 151 words
  28. POPULATION.

    During the three months ended on March 31 there were 13,633 more births than deaths in Australia. In the same period, however, the migration ...

    Article : 128 words
  29. FORTRESS VAULTS

    The Associated Press learns that the Treasury has issued secret orders for the immediate construction of subterranean vaults at the Fort Knox military post, near Louisville, ...

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  30. HOBART

    The State Government has been informed that the Union Steamship Company is prepared to include Hobart as a port of call in the resumed service between Melbourne and ...

    Article : 92 words
  31. IMMENSE DEFICIT.

    The Treasury closed its books at the end of the fiscal year to-day with a deficit of 3,472,000,000 dollars, the Government having collected during the year only 52 cents for ...

    Article : 67 words
  32. SEARCH BY PILOT STEAMER

    Two men aboard an 18ft launch had a narrow escape yesterday when their craft was rendered helpless by an engine breakdown outside the Heads. After drifting for some ...

    Article : 159 words
  33. COBB AND CO. COACH

    Drawn by two horses, an age-worn and travel-stained Cobb and Co. coach has arrived at Muswellbrook, having completed a journey from Blackall (Central Queensland), ...

    Article : 236 words
  34. WHEAT PRICES.

    The efforts of Mr. John McFarland, who was appointed by the Government to stabilise wheat, were revealed before the Canadian House of Commons Grain investigation. In ...

    Article : 204 words
  35. REPATRIATION.

    It is probable that amending legislation will be introduced into the Federal Parliament during its next sittings to provide for changes in the powers and functions of the ...

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  36. NEW ZEALAND LOAN

    The New Zealand conversion loan of £8,000,000, bearing interest at the rate of 3 per cent., and maturing in 1952-55, was favourably received on the Stock Exchange. The ...

    Article : 79 words
  37. TROUBLOUS FLIGHT

    After a hazardous trip, Mr. G. W. Cannon, of Austral Airways, arrived at Mt. Isa with a passenger who had been injured in a car accident at Tennant's Creek. ...

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  38. AIR PAGEANT AT HENDON.

    During the Royal Air Force pageant to-day, Plying-officer Hue-Williams gave the 500,000 spectators an unintended thrill. He was [?]urlesquing a beginner's flight and ...

    Article : 199 words
  39. FRANCE'S DEFENCE.

    In the Chamber of Deputies, the French Premier and Foreign Minister (M. Laval) announced that he was withdrawing the bill providing for £15,000,000 for national ...

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  40. FALL DOWN WELL.

    Arthur Thomas Crust, 6, fell down a well at the rear of the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. Turner, Water-street, South Brisbane, on Saturday afternoon, and was drowned in 12 ...

    Article : 99 words
  41. FAWKNER BY-ELECTION.

    Arrangements will probably be made at the end of this week to hold the by-election in the Fawkner electorate of the House of Representatives in the middle of August. The ...

    Article : 86 words
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