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  2. FLOOD'S TOLL.

    While it is impossible to state definitely the toll of the Mississippi floods, competent observers declare that 300 dead have already been counted. This figure is expected to be ...

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  3. COMMUNISM.

    Dr. Rosenberg, a University lecturer, and member of the Retchstag, explaining in Berlin his resignation from the Communist party declared that the breakdown of the Third ...

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  4. CITY RATE.

    The City Treasurer (Mr. Solomon) has furnished the Town Clerk with a statement, in which he says that he is unable to approve a reduction to the existing city rate. ...

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  5. LABOUR PARTY.

    The Labour faction fight has been transferred from the Parliamentary Labour party to the A.L.P, branches and unions, where the fight for control is being waged. ...

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  6. 44-HOUR WEEK.

    An indication of one of the principles to be adopted in applying the 44-hour week to the Iron trades was given by Chief Judge Dethridge in the Full Court of the Arbitration ...

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  7. ARMAMENTS.

    Mr. Charles E. Hushes, late Secretary of State, in addressing the American Society of' International Law, of which he is president, said that it would be Idle to expect a more ...

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  8. EDIE CREEK.

    Mrs. Doris H. Booth, one of the first women to arrive at the Edle Creek goldfield, told the Commision inquiring into the granting of the four original leases to-day that she ...

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  9. ROYAL PARTY

    The Royal tour of Victoria ended this afternoon, when the Duke and Duchess of York left by train for South Australia, where they will spend a week before going to ...

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  10. ANGRY SOLDIERS.

    A public meeting was held at Katoomba last night to consider the recent unveiling of the district hospital memorial tablets by the Duchess of York, The meeting was convened at the ...

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  11. AMERICAN LABOUR.

    The Australian Industrial Mission to-night was given a remarkable public reception at Hartford, the Mayor (Mr. Norman Stevens) having invited about 300 manufacturers, ...

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  12. SOVIET ARMY.

    In a flery speech at the Soviet Congress, the Commissar for War (M. Voroshlloff) asserted that all the Western Powers, including the States bordering Russia. were increasing [?] ...

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  13. THE MINISTRY.

    The Premier (Mr. Lang), said yesterday that the delirious demand of the Nationalists that the Government should abandon office twelve months before its term expired, was about ...

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  14. LABOUR COUNCIL.

    A spilt in the political Labour ranks over the methods to be adoptod in the observance of Labour Day in Brisbane this year is causing alarm among members of the party. ...

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  15. CHINA'S TURMOIL.

    The Admiralty announces that the gunboat Cocke[?] was again under fire at Hsaikwan. It returned, the fire with machine guns. Official circles report that the Sixth ...

    Article : 229 words
  16. INDIAN NAVY BILL.

    The House of Lords to-day passed the second reading of the Indian Navy Bill, which has already passed the House of Commons. The Secretary of State for India (Lord ...

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  17. COUNTRY PARTY.

    At a conference of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, held yesterday, and at which a Temora electoral connell of the Country party was formed, Mr. Hugh Main, M.L.A., said that ...

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  18. PRINCE OF WALES.

    The Prince of Wales has the leading role in an officially sanctioned [?]m, entitled. "H.R.H.," depleting incldeuts throughout his enreer. It commences with the Prince of ...

    Article : 163 words
  19. BOARD OF TRADE.

    The President of the Board of Trade (Sir Phillp Cunliffe-Llster), speaking at a banquet given by the Associated Chambers of Commerce, said that British Industry needed able ...

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  20. ESCAPED PRISONER

    In a written statement producod at the Ariah Park Police Court, John George Balfour, aged 18 years, who was committed for trial on several charges of breaking, entering, and ...

    Article : 139 words
  21. JAPANESE BANKS.

    It is announced that the Cabinet has approved a draft of the Bank Relief Bill submitted by the Finance Minister. The measure will authorise the Bank of Japan to ...

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  22. NEW ZEALAND LOAN.

    The prospectus of a New Zealand loan is being issued on May 3. The amount asked for is £6,000,000, and the issue price is £39/10/. The loan is repayable in 1946. ...

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  23. STREET SHOOTING.

    Edward Stanley Moran, 38, labourer, was charged at the police court to-day with the murder of 'Lydia Henry, otherwise Lydia McVinish, in Elizabeth-street, city, on the ...

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  24. HOSPITAL FUND.

    An extensive organisation marked this year's suburban drive, which was held yesterday under the auspices of the Hospital Saturday Fund. ...

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  25. MEAT SUPPLIES.

    In a letter to the "Live Stock Journal" Mr. A. R. Hassan, London representative of Australian meat interests, says:- "Every quarter of chilled beef imported to ...

    Article : 176 words
  26. WELCOME AT [?]

    The Royal train stopped at Ballarat on the journey to Adelaide to enable the people of the city to welcome their Royal Highnesses. Residents from all the surrounding country ...

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  27. JUNE CONFERENCE.

    At a special meeting of the Albury branch of the A.L.P., a letter was received from Mr. W. Scale Instructing branches to repudiate the conference called for June. ...

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  28. BETTING IN ENGLAND.

    A decision, which is regarded as bringing the totalisator appreciably nearer, has beer, reached by the Jockey Club, which is instituting an inquiry "into means by which ...

    Article : 93 words
  29. TRADE UNION BILL.

    The Government has allotted an extentionany long period to the soeond reading debate of the Trade Union bill—namely, three and a half Parliamentary days, beginning on ...

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  30. PARTY PACT.

    Members of the Parliamentary Country party are of the opinion that the Government will meet the House in September next to obtain supply, and that an election will take place ...

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  31. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Following the recent repayment of gold held as security for a loan by the Bank of England, the assets of the Bank of Franco include "free gold and gold available abroad ...

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  32. CANBERRA.

    It is stated officially that the number of applications for camping and parking space at Canberra during the visit of the Duke of York received by the Federal ...

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  33. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

    Labour lost a seat in the Wellington municipal elections, and has now only two party representatives, in a council of 15 members. At Christchurch Labour returned 11 out of 16 ...

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  34. M. SPAHLINGER'S CLAIMS

    The "Daily Express," in reporting that M. Spahlinger is staying in London, suggests that he should place his data at the disposal of a committee of eminent doctors, ...

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  35. STEAM WAGGONS.

    In future steam waggons will not be allowed to travel on vehicle ferries in the metropolitan area at the same time as motor cars and motor lorries. ...

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  36. PENDELUM CANNON.

    Taking up his overnight unfinished break of 1852 in his match against Peall. Reece, who recently evolved the "pendulum cannon." brought the break up by means of the stroke ...

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  37. SUSTENANCE FUND.

    The Minister for Labour (Mr. Gledson) has announced that at a special meeting of the Unemployed Workers' Council, called to deal with the financial position of the ...

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  38. A ROUGH JOURNEY.

    The parties who searched the Tararua Ranges for the missing lads Scanlon and Diedrich have returned. Robert Hill, whose leg was broken, was taken to Greytown ...

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  39. NEW MINISTRY.

    The Premier (Mr. P. Collier) announced to-night the allocation of portfolios, He said that Mr. M. P. Troy, who had been Minister for Mines and Agriculture, would ...

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  40. COPYING OF PATTERNS.

    The annual report of the Bradford Chamber of Commerce mentions allegations that a number of Australian firms with London offices and owning mills in Australia ...

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  41. THE RIVERINA.

    The first officer of the Riverina's complement to reach Sydney, Mr. S. Oyaton, fourth engineer, yesterday told a graphic story of the long struggle against a sandstorm which ...

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  42. EVASION OF TAX.

    Herbert Hepworth, a chemist, of Palmerston North, was to-day fined £500 for understating his income for taxation purposes since 1917 by £9711. Defendant had paid ...

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  43. WALL BROKEN.

    When the door of the strongroom Jambed a gang of thieves who entered the premises of Welch, Perrin, and Co. Pty. Ltd., South Melbourne, early this morning forced their ...

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  44. MILITARY CAMPS.

    Reports indicate that preparations for the military [?] which will commence on Tuesday next are nearing completion Parties of the 2000 men who will he under ...

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  45. AVIATION.

    The Director of Civil Aviation (Sir Sefton Branckner), who has returned to Loudon after four months' tour, having flown over 10,000 miles, emphasises the importance of the ...

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  46. SEAMAN DROWNED.

    When he fell from a gangway into the water between the ship and the wharf, Miles Hodgson, aged 49, an English seaman, employed on the steamer Indlanola, was drowned last ...

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  47. MISS LLOYD GEORGE.

    Miss Megan Lloyd George, daughter of the former Prime Minister, made her first political, speech at a women's Liberal demonstra tion at Bethnal Green. ...

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  48. DANGEROUS FOREIGNERS.

    Reports are current in Broken Hill of the presence of a "blackhand" gang in the city. Stickers and posters advocating the release of two Italian anarchists who have been ...

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  49. DRIED FRUIT EXPORT.

    The Australian Commonwealth line steamer Moreton Day took from Melbourne an experimental shipment, of dried pears and other fruit in an isolated chamber of a new t[?] ...

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  50. STUDENTS' PROCESSION.

    Commemoration Day was celebrated by students of the Queensland University to-day by a procession through the city. The students were merciless in their criticism of ...

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  51. POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS.

    In order that visitors to Canberra during thec ceremonies there in May will receive correspondence addressed to then, it was pointed out to-day by the Minister for Homo and ...

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  52. RATE EXEMPTIONS.

    A loss of £1100 in rates will be incurred by the Lane Cove Municipality as a result of the amendments to the Local Government Act which granted exemption to church ...

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  53. SOUTH AFRICAN FLAG.

    Three English-speaking societies carried a motion at a conference at Johannesburg that the proposed flag was unacceptable and resolved that any attempt to pass the ...

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  54. FALSE PRETENCES.

    George Lambassi, aged 22 years, a professional runner, was found guilly at the Ballarat Supreme Court of having falsely pretended that he was a foot runner ...

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  55. ULIMAROA DELAYED.

    The steamer Ulimaroa, which left No. 3 Wharf, Darling Harbour, for Wellington at noon yesterday, was delayed in the stream for two hours owing to an accident to a member ...

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  56. MOTOR PERMITS.

    The Chief Secretary has approved of the issuing of a visiting motorist's permit at holder police stations, avallahle until June 30, 1927, to facilliate the entry of motorists ...

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  57. "FIRE IN CAFE.

    A minor fire, caused by the bolling over of a vessel of fat. in the [?] of the Metropolitan Cafe in George-street, city, was responsible for three men being treated for ...

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  58. CITY PROPERTY SALE.

    Mr. K. S. Williams reports the sale of Nos. 241 and 243 Elizabeth-Street, Sydney, having a frontage of 40 feet, for £20,000, to Mr. Maxwell Lawson, on behalf of Mr. James R. ...

    Article : 68 words
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