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  2. FEDERAL PARLIAMENT.

    CANBERRA, Friday.--In the House of Representatives to-day the Acting Minister of Customs (Mr. Forde) introduced the Cotton Industries Bounty Bill, designed ...

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  3. APPROACHES TO SHRINE.

    No small part of the problem surrounding Victoria's National War Memorial has concerned the approaches which will lead to the tall shrine on the St. Kilda-road. ...

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  4. AMUSEMENTS. [?]

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  5. BATTLE OF THE HOUSEWIVES.

    More than 600 women crowded into the large supper room at Melbourne Town Hall yesterday to take part in what might be called this year's second annual ...

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  6. BRITISH AGRICULTURE.

    Linked with the Government's proposal to purchase the home wheat crop is the establishment of an Agricultural Marketing Board. ...

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  7. A CRISIS IN GERMANY.

    The Government has resigned owing to the impossibility of reconciling the divergent views of the component parties on finance. ...

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  8. FINANCIAL STRINGENCY.

    SYDNEY, Friday.--The Premier (Mr. Bavin) and his colleagues are convinced that the Government's proposals for a 48- hour week throughout the public service ...

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  9. ABOUT PEOPLE.

    The Treasurer and the Minister for Home Affairs are the only members of the Federal Cabinet remaining in Canbersa over the week end. The Prime ...

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  10. Love Lies.

    The hooking for the first night of love Lies at the King's Theatre next Saturday night. 5th April, will open at Alla[?] on Tuesday morning instead of [?] ...

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  11. RAILWAY ECONOMIES.

    SYDNEY, Friday.--The Labor Council, by 63 votes to 38, to-night refused to recommend a general strike of railway union against the reorganisation ...

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  12. Changes at Tivoli [?]

    The George Wallace Co. will enter [?] the last week of its Tivoli season to-day reviving one of his most popular [?] Mr. Mulligan, Mill[?] ...

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  13. PROHIBITION IN CANADA.

    The Premier of Ontario, Mr. Ferguson, made a statement to-day commenting on the assertion made before the United States prohibition inquiry at Washington ...

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  14. The Grogan McMahon Players.

    At the Bijou Theatre to-night the first performance will be given of Som[?]d Maugham's witty comedy. The Circle Only three performances will be [?] ...

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  15. Protest by Clerks' Union.

    SYDNEY, Friday.--The Federal Clerks' Union has decided to organise a protest against an increase of hours to 48 and any decrease in wages. ...

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  16. Ambrose Applejohn's Adventure.

    Ambrose Applejohn's Adventure will be revived at the King's Theatre to-day by the Victorian Postal Institute Dra[?] Society. The proceeds will go to the fund ...

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  17. SYDNEY WATER BOARD.

    SYDNEY, Friday.--The Water Board has decided to dispense with the services of 145 of its staff, whose salaries amount to £54,808 a year. Steps have been taken ...

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  18. Professional Orchestra.

    The Victorian Professional Orchestra, conducted by Gustave Slapoffski, trill appear at the Plaza, Esplanade, St. Kilda to-morrow afternoon and evening. The ...

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  19. Wise Girls.

    Wise Girls, which comes to Hoyl[?] Regent Theatre to-day, is an all-talkie[?] adaptation by Metro-Goldwyn of the popular comedy Kempy, which was ...

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  20. JAPAN ALARMED.

    For a fortnight continuous earthquake shocks are rocking the Izu Peninsula, particularly at Ito, 40 miles south -west of Yokohama. The inhabitants of that ...

    Article : 65 words
  21. UNEMPLOYED UNIONISTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 135 words
  22. A SPY STORY.

    An amazing story of two spies who nearly ended the world war a few weeks after it commenced is revealed in a book just published by Colonel Seeliger, the ...

    Article : 195 words
  23. JAPANESE TOWN ON FIRE.

    An extensive fire is raging in Komatsu, a town on the Japan Sea, noted for its porcelain industry. Seven hundred buildings have been ...

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  24. SOLICITOR SUED FOR NEGLIGENCE.

    SYDNEY, Friday.--Richard Thomas Harrison, a journalist, of Coogee, who admitted that he had been expelled from tho building where the Smith-Lindrum ...

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  25. FEDERAL REFERENDUM.

    SYDNEY, Friday,--The proposed reduction in public service salaries in New South Wales and the coming Federal referendum to grant the Commonwealth ...

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  26. PUBLIC SERVICE CRITICISM

    At a meeting of the executive of the Australian Public Servants' Association the following was carried: -- This association of State public servants ...

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  27. MADE-IN-AUSTRALIA MOVEMENT.

    A Made-in-Australia Shopping week[?] inaugurated in Port Melbourne yesterday afternoon with the screening of [?] film in the Port Theatre, illustratin[?] ...

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  28. FASTIDIOUS CONVICTS.

    A violent riot occurred in Jefferson City, Missouri, to-day. The convicts in the ancient State prison mutinied. The guards were augmented ...

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  29. EXPLORATION BY AIR.

    Captain Eckener, commander of the Graf Zeppelin, has been presented with the National Geographic Society's special gold medal for his Zeppelin world flight. ...

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  30. AIRMAN'S LICENCE SUSPENDED.

    The flying licence of W. J. Powell, the pilot of an aeroplane which crashed sensationally in a main Sydney thoroughfare last Saturday, has been suspended by the ...

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  31. A.L.P. AND A.W.U.

    SYDNEY, Friday. --The A.L.P. [?]tive to-night decided to refer the matter[?] of reaffiliation with the A.W.U. to the Easter conference ...

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  32. RED FLAG IN GAOL.

    PERTH, Friday.--The gaol precincts of Fremantle prison resounded with unusual sounds throughout last night. Snatches of song, alternated with metallic noises ...

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  33. FLIGHT FROM ENGLAND.

    The Shell Company received the following telegram at 4.30 p.m. yesterday from the New Zealand airmen Piper and Kay, who are flying from London to ...

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  34. OXFORD CLUB.

    The Oxford Club held an Oriental [?] at the club, To Arai-avenue, East St. Kilda, last night. About 120 peop[?] danced in the big ballroom, most of the[?] ...

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  35. DRIED FRUITS.

    MILDURA, Friday.--A meeting of the Federal executive of the Australian Dried Fruits Association was held at Mildura to-day to discuss matters of importance in ...

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  36. WALL-STREET TRADING.

    The stock market experienced its second successive major trading day, with the sale of approximately 5,000,000 shares, to-day. ...

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  37. INDIA TO ENGLAND FLIGHT.

    The Shell Company has received cabled advice that Mohan Chawla, who recently completed a flight from Karachi to London in a Gipsy Moth plane, thus ...

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  38. PRESENTATION TO SCHOOL INSPECTOR.

    The teachers of Metropolitan district No. 9 organised a social evening last night in the Princes Hill school, Pigdon -street, North Carlton, in honor of Mr. W Hen ...

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  39. SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST DAY [?] PRAYER.

    A special day of prayer has been called in all Seventh Day Adventist churches [?] Sabbath schools for to-day by the president of the Seventh Day Adventist ...

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  40. VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT.

    At Sandringham council meeting on Thursday night Cr. Steele moved that when any employe of the council desired to serve in the voluntary military service. ...

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  41. WILLS AND ESTATES.

    William Thomas, late of Stawell, retired builder, who died 5th January last, left by will dated 18th May, 1928, real estate valued at [?] personal property valued at [?] 2162 to ...

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  42. GEELONG MUSICAL COMPETITIONS.

    GEELONG, Friday.--Further awards, were announced to-day in the Geelong musical competitions. The Dame Neilla Melba gold [?] for a selected from the works of [?] ...

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  43. INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND.

    At the invitation of the mayoress (Mrs. H. Coleman), fifty citizens of Kew met at the Kew town hall yesterday afternoon to form an auxiliary for the Royal ...

    Article : 199 words
  44. BRITISH MINERS' HOURS.

    A conference was held to-day between representatives of the miners and coal owners to discuss the question of the miners' working hours, now the subject of ...

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  45. NEW ZEALAND DEFENCE.

    WELLINGTON, Friday.--It is understood that the total abolition of the present system of territorial training is contemplated by the defence proposals the ...

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  46. FIRE ON OIL TANKER.

    SYDNEY, Friday. -- The Navigation department decided to-day not to proceed further with the investigation into an outbreak of fire on the motor tanker British ...

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  47. YOUNG WOMAN'S DEATH.

    Following on their inquiries into the death of Margaret Jean Alexander, 23 years of Montrose, whose body was found in a house [?] ...

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  48. TIMBER HOLD UP.

    WELLINGTON, Friday,--The timber trade on the West Coast is seriously embarrassed by the state of the Grey River bar, at the entrance to Greymouth ...

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  49. VICTORIA MARKET

    An emphatic denial of the assertion [?] owing to the edict of the City Council fruit growers dealing in the Victoria Market would be forced to scrap their present ...

    Article : 133 words
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