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  2. SINGAPORE BASE

    Earl Balfour, formerly First Lord of the Admiralty, speaking in the House of Lords, urged that all steps the Government took in naval or military matters ...

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  3. FRENCH FINANCE

    A critical debate on the Finance Bill has opened in the French Senate. M. Bereanger presenting the Finance Commission's report against the suppression ...

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  4. THE COMMONS

    In the House of Commons yesterday a Government motion to suspend the eleven o'clock rule of adjournment to debate the army estimates because ...

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  5. MAITLAND SHOW

    There was another record attendance at the Maitland Show yesterday. The weather was dull and threatening all day, but the rain held off. The gates and ...

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  6. PEN-NOTES AND PENCILLINGS.

    Interest in the visiting British Squadron is growing. The reception accorded it so far has been well advertised, till the signs to-day are of a whole-souled ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. THAT NOBLE SPENDTHRIFT.

    The noble Count Boni de Castellane has completed his memoirs, in which, in over thirty chapters, he tells the world how he wooed and won Anna Gould, ...

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  8. OIL SCANDALS

    It is reported from Cheyenne, Wyoming, that Mr. P. Roberts appeared in court and presented a petition bristling with sensational charges that Senator ...

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  9. AMERICA AND JAPAN.

    Ex-Senator Phelan, heading a California delegation, told the Senate Immigration Committee that the United States should exclude the Japanese just as Japan ...

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  10. GERMAN SPECULATORS CAUGHT

    The Bank of France entered the fight for the stability of the franc on Monday morning. The public are delighted with the success of four days' campaign. ...

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  11. BRITISH SHIP SEIZURE.

    The Federal District Attorney has filed a libel action against the s.s. Orduna, demanding a bond of 3,000,000 dollars for the release of the vessel, which is ...

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  12. DOMINION VIEWS.

    The "Daily Chronicle" understands that the Australian and Indian replies insist that the Singapore scheme must be carefully reviewed before the proposals are ...

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  13. COOTAMUNDRA BALLOT.

    At a meeting of the A.L.P. executive to-night, it was decided that there should be an investigation immediately into the Cootamundra selection ballot. ...

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  14. THE NAVAL ESTIMATES.

    A memorandum issued by the Admiralty relative to the Navy, says that the general strategic position now permits of a return to more normal conditions, such ...

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  15. LUXOR.

    They say that a peaceful solution of the Luxor dispute has failed. And they further say that not only will the Egyptian Government have nothing ...

    Article : 211 words
  16. RUSSIA AND THE LEAGUE.

    When the League of Nations appears on the way to a solution of the future of Memel, Russia hits intervened. The Soviet despatched a Note to ...

    Article : 95 words
  17. THE DUTY.

    By the way, who pays the duty with an import, not the duty imposed by the country taking the goods, but the one imposed by the country making them if ...

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  18. TRAGEDY OF POVERTY.

    A tragedy recalling the grimmest passages of Zola's novels was revealed at Nottingham to-day. Joseph Brown, a general merchant, ...

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  19. SCOTTISH COMMISSIONER.

    The "Daily Herald" states that difficulties in connection with the appointment of Mr. James Brown, M.P., as Lord High Commissioner to the General ...

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  20. VICTORIAN POLITICS

    Mr. Lawson, the State Premier, to-night, referring to the Farmers' party's decision to retain its right to contest any Parliamentary State seats, said: ...

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  21. RUSSIA AND CHINA.

    It is reported from Pekin that, acting under instructions from the President. Tsao Kun, the Cabinet has decided to sign within a week the ...

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  22. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    King George, as head of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, will hold a special investiture for Dominion members on St. John's Day, June 24. ...

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  23. THE RE-UNION.

    Mr. Pratten, M.P., is to be commended for having said that it should be our desire to assist in bringing about an Anglo-Saxon re-union, and the more ...

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  24. LABOUR AND THE EMPIRE.

    Mr. Ramsay Macdonald, the Prime Minister, speaking at the annual meeting of the Empire Parliamentary Association, referred to the Empire as "a ...

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  25. REICHSTAG DISSOLVED.

    A message from Berlin states that, owing to the Opposition's insistence on altering the Government's emergency decrees, Herr Ebert has dissolved the ...

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  26. A MISAPPREHENSION.

    Mr. Ponsonboy, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the War Office, stated in the House of Commons that the reference by Mr. Ramsay Macdonald to ...

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  27. THE WEEK'S WEATHER

    A report issued by the Weather Bureau this afternoon states that throughout the whole week, the weather of the State has been controlled by a high ...

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  28. BOTTOMLEY'S DIARY.

    There is reason to believe that Horatio Bottomley will not lose the usual reduction of sentence which follows good conduct in prison in consequence of the ...

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  29. PAINTINGS FOR VICTORIA.

    The Felton bequest has been purchased for the National Art Gallery of Victoria. Titian's half-length portrait of a monk, painted between 1556 and 1560. The ...

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  30. MINERS' WAGES.

    The Miners' Delegate Conference has decided that the owners' terms are inadequate and unacceptable. They urged the Government to pass the ...

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  31. VICTORIA.

    The Criminal Appeal Court dismissed Angus Murray's appeal against his conviction for the murder of Mr. Berriman. Mr. Justice Sehutt, speaking for the ...

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  32. SMUGGLING OF MONEY.

    A Vienna message states that, suspecting illegal frontier smuggling of crowns was the chief cause of the rapid depreciation of Austrian currency, the ...

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  33. OUR TEETH.

    A learned Dentist (Doctor indeed) has published a drawing showing the pressure the jaws much exert in chewing food. It is decidedly entertaining, and ...

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  34. THE COST OF LIVING.

    Which serves as a conversational reminder that there is a declining interest in the subject of the cost of living, from rents down to small potatoes. This is ...

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  35. THE PASSION PLAY.

    Anton Lang, of the Oberammergau Passion Play, has decided he will never play the role of Christ again. He states that angels appeared to him ...

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  36. QUEENSLAND LAND LAWS.

    Mr. Theodore, the Premier of Queensland, has had an interview with Queensland pastoral representatives, at which it is understood the question of not ...

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  37. TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME.

    The Show will be brought to a conclusion to-day. A programme of horse events will be decided this afternoon, while to-night a bicycle and motor ...

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  38. STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE.

    The Paris police are mystified over the disappearance of Vincento Huldobro, an attache to the Chillan Embassy, who was called from his home by telephone. His ...

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  39. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Preparations were made to-day for the departure of the fleet to-morrow. The sailors were hard at work this morning, but many contrived to spend a few hours ...

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  40. GREAT DEPTH OF MINES.

    Mines continue to sink deeper, says "Science Siftings," quite a number having pricked the earth to more than a mile, though the St. John del Rey, in ...

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  41. ATTEMPTED ROBBERY.

    Springing out from a railway bridge, three men attacked Vennes and Jose, clerks of the West Ham Guardians, who were carrying £585 from a bank. ...

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  42. STRETCHING WOOL.

    Mr. H. Bliss, director of the Wool Research Association, speaking at Bradford, disclosed a discovery by which wool may be stretched while wet without ...

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  43. QUEENSLAND.

    The Minister for Railway stated to-day that the floods in the north had caused considerable delay in the construction work of the Great Northern ...

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  44. BRITISH FOOTBALL.

    Soccer.—League, Third Division (southern section): Northampton 1 goal, Charlton nily; Swansea 1, Millwall 2. Rugby.—Monmouthshire beat Devon, at ...

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  45. A NEW IDEA.

    Speaking of doctors, one said the other day that a growing disease in Australia was goitre—a disease that manifests itself in certain throat ...

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  46. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    When the motor ship Teneriffe was leaving Fremantle, bound for the eastern States, a seaman, John Christiansen, fell overboard. It is surmised that he ...

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  47. GREAT STORMS.

    By the time this is in print we shall have got to know a little more of the great American storm and a good deal more of the great New Zealand one. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  48. CHARGE OF MENACING.

    Arthur Ferguson was remanded at Bow-street on a charge of obtaining £4 by menaces from Dr. Ferguson, of Canterbury, whom accused claimed as ...

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  49. MARTIN'S CREEK QUARRIES.

    A deputation, representing the municipal councils interested, has been arranged to wait upon Mr. Ball, the Minister far Works and Railways, on Monday, at ...

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  50. AUSTRALIAN MEAT.

    Sir James Allen, the High Commissioner for New Zealand, denies the assertions of the Meat Traders' Association that the Australian and New ...

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  51. CATHERINE HILL BAY.

    The popular man competition, which was conducted in aid of the funds of Catherine Hill Bay Surf Club, resulted as follows: J. Boyd (£9 10s), 1; A. ...

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  52. RIFLE SHOOTING.

    The following were the final scores for the King's Prize: A. Hutchinson (N.S.W.) 334, W. Keyte (Vic.) 334, R. Jones (Melbourne Police) ...

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  53. H. A. BARRACLOUGH, LTD.

    For the convenience of old and intending clients, H. A. Barraclough, Ltd., have made arrangements to visit Newcastle regularly. Watch this space ...

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