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  2. LOAN COUNCIL.

    An important meeting of the Loan Council, which is representative of the Commonwealth and the State Governments, will be held in Canberra to-day. The State Treasurer (Mr. ...

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  3. AUSTRALIAN BONDS

    In a joint statement issued to-day by Mr. Scullin and Mr. Theodore, reference was made to the anxiety existing in some quarters in London in regard to the financial position of ...

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  4. DAVIS CUP TEAM.

    The Council of the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia decided to-night that Australia should be represented in the Davis Cup contest this year by ...

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  5. NAVAL POWERS Forward Move.

    The first sign of a definite speeding up of the Naval Conference was made manifest by the issue of a communique announcing that, as a result of a ...

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  6. MEXICAN PRESIDENT.

    Pascual Ortiz Rubio was wounded in the jaw at Mexico City by a would-be assassin, who fired on him a few hours after he had been sworn in as President. The bullet was ...

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  7. UNITED EMPIRE.

    Addressing a meeting of 3000 Conservatives at the Coliseum Theatre, the leader of the party, Mr. Baldwin, said: "Our industrial progress has been set back five years in eight ...

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  8. THE LUCISTON.

    The narrow escape of the steamer Ludston from becoming a total wreck, after being blown, twice, on to the coral reef at Ocean Island, was told by the crew of the vessel, ...

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  9. THE ANTARCTIC.

    "For seven days and nights we have unsuccessfully been trying to get into touch with the William Scoresby. We are unable to account for the mysterious silence. We ...

    Article : 97 words
  10. TRADE WITH RUSSIA.

    In the House of Commons, Miss Ellen Wilkinson (Labour) initiated a debate on trade with Russia. She moved: "That in view of the grave ...

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  11. UNEMPLOYMENT BILL.

    The Lord President of the Council (Lord Parmoor) for the Government, moved in the House of Lords to-day the compromise amendment passed by the House of Commons ...

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  12. WHEAT PANIC AVOIDED.

    The action of four Governments in the prairie provinces in guaranteeing the farmers 15 per cent, support on their margin accounts with brokers to-day averted a panic on the ...

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  13. FIVE ARRESTS.

    A hue and cry through crowded city streets after two thieves, a dash to Long Bay in a fast motor car, a two-mile tramp in the dark over sandhills and through a cemetery, to a ...

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  14. AVIATION.

    The Duke of York, in a speech at the Aero Club dinner, announced that the club had posthumously awarded the club's highest honour, namely, the gold medal, to ...

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  15. FERRY FARES.

    The directors of Sydney Ferries, Ltd., according to their annual report, cannot at present see any prospect of further reducing fares. ...

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  16. TARIFF WALL.

    An extraordinary case of a tariff having been raised more than 100 per cent, to protect a manufacturer employing three men has been revealed as the result of inquiries made in ...

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  17. TILDEN DEFEATED.

    E. C. Peters, the Oxford Blue, at the Cannes (France) tennis tournament, beat W. T. Tilden, 9-7, 8-6. He is the first Englishman who has ever defeated Tilden. The latter was upset ...

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  18. LINKS WITH THE PAST.

    Mr. J. B. Merrett, of Melbourne, whilst searching a London cellar, discovered a large dust-covered leather case in which were letters patent, dated 1847, from the Archbishop ...

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  19. LONDON WOOL SALES.

    At yesterday's wool sales 3874 bales were sold from New South Wales, 1392 from Queensland, 1145 from Victoria, 686 from Western Australia, 107 from South Australia, ...

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  20. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Mrs. Anna Kreisler, who has just died at Riga at the age of 129 years, attributed her longevity to a diet of raw herrings dipped in weak black coffee. ...

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  21. CRIMES IN CHICAGO.

    The outbreak of crime in Chicago continued to-day. In one case a shopkeeper turned the tables on the gangsters by capturing a gunman, but ...

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  22. FACTORY INVADED.

    More than 300 youths and men answered an advertisement offering work for six at the factory of Nally Products, Ltd., in Mountain-street, city, yesterday morning, stormed the ...

    Article : 232 words
  23. CHURCH AND STATE.

    Frank criticism of the relations between Church and State were made at the Church Assembly at Westminster by the Archbishop of York (Dr. Temple), when he moved for ...

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  24. BAN ON MOTOR CARS.

    The Acting Minister for Customs (Mr. Forde) said to-day that there was not a scintilla of truth in the rumour that the Government intended to prohibit the ...

    Article : 123 words
  25. SOUTH AFRICAN PARTY.

    "Australia has nothing to lose from full inquiry into its conditions, and we welcome such visitors as yourselves,' said the Minister for Markets (Mr. Parker Moloney) to-day at ...

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  26. FUTURE OF SPAIN.

    Don Orteca Casset, leader of the Spanish Liberals who were exiled in Paris, before leaving for Spain, predicted the establishment of a Spanish republic. ...

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  27. BANK RATE.

    The Bank of England discount rate has been reduced to 4½ per cent. [The rate had been 5 per cent, since December 12. when it was reduced from 5½ per cent. ...

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  28. DOPING OF ATHLETES.

    At a meeting of the Victorian Athletic League serious allegations were made regarding the methods of certain trainers who, it was complained, weie handling professional as ...

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  29. OXFORD CREW.

    There is anxiety in rowing circles at Oxford in consequence of the sudden resignation of the three coaches of the crew for the University boat race, apparently owing to ...

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  30. SIR HARRY CHAUVEL.

    One of the important questions to be decided by the Federal Cabinet is the appointment of a successor to General Sir Harry Chauvel, the chief of the general staff and ...

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  31. AUSTRALIAN CONCILIATION.

    The National Labour Club gave a dinner in honour of the Australian Minister for Customs (Mr. Fenton), who declared that Australia was commonly described as a land of ...

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  32. WAR-GUILT.

    The German Reichsrat, by 48 votes to 6, with 12 abstentions, approved the Young Plan, which will next go to the Reichstag. Herr Held, on behalf of Bavarian members, ...

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  33. HUMBLE INDIAN'S RISE.

    No more striking example of a sudden rise from obscurity to comparative fame has occurred in recent years than that of Husseini Aeauth, who, until Monday, was employed as ...

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  34. FAMOUS ITALIAN'S DEATH.

    Impressive scenes were witnessed at the funeral in Rome of Signor Michele Bianchi, Minister for Public Works, a friend of Signor Mussolini, and one of the quadrumvirate for ...

    Article : 143 words
  35. CONSTABLE DISMISSED.

    A complaint from the Mayor of Alexandria (Mr. Bowden) to the Acting-Commissioner of Police (Mr. Childs) has resulted in the dismissal of a young probationary constable. ...

    Article : 147 words
  36. WOMAN TWICE SHOT.

    Mrs. Kathleen Benstead, 27, of Collins-street, Essendon, was critically wounded at her home this evening by a man armed with a double-barrelled shot gun. ...

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  37. PROTEST FROM PENTRIDGE.

    The Chief Secretary (Mr. Tunnecliffe), within whose department the administration of Pentridge Prison lies, received to-day, through channels at present obscure, a request ...

    Article : 60 words
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