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  2. NEXT PLENARY SESSION.

    The next plenary session promises to present some interesting features, in view of M. Clemenceau's promise at the initial session that a full opportunity would be ...

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  3. PEACE CONFERENCE.

    Japan's leaving in abeyance its amendment to the League of Nations Covenant was doubtless due to its inability to secure British support. The Japanese left no ...

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  4. THE PACIFIC ISLANDS.

    Lecturing in Sydney this afternoon, Mr. Thomas McMahon, F.R.G.S., said:—"Let me tell you what are the feelings and opinions in the Pacific Islands regarding ...

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  5. BOLSHEVIK MENACE.

    General Haller, who is in command of the Polish division in France, complains of the indecision of the Peace Conference regarding the return of his division to Poland. ...

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  6. BRITAIN.

    Admiral Beatty, who was presented to-day with the freedom of the City of Liverpool, said in the course of a speech, that the British Navy had learned many lessons ...

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  7. PATHETIC TRAGEDY.

    A pathetic tragedy, which resulted in the death of three boys—Allen Porteous (12), Dennis Rowan (14), and Francis Edwards (12)—occurred in a vacant ...

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  8. BRITISH SOCIALISTS.

    The Socialist Party in Britain has decided on a campaign in the industrial districts with the object of counteracting Bolshevism. ...

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  9. JOHANNESBURG INCIDENT.

    The report of a lecture extolling the principles of Bolshevism delivered in the Johannesburg Town Hall by two Russians described as ex-Ministers of the Ukraine, ...

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  10. THE ARMISTICE.

    The "Lokalanzeiger" reports that a suspension of the armistice with the Allies is possible. ...

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  11. DEALINGS IN LEATHER.

    The War Office authorities announce that dealings in leather produced in or imported from the British Empire are now permitted unrestrictedly. ...

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  12. HEATED DEBATE.

    French apprehensions of the Bolshevik menace have been reflected in a heated debate in the Chamber of Deputies during the last few days on the situation in ...

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  13. CLAIMS BY POLAND.

    A message from Warsaw states that the Polish Government regards Lithuania, White Russia, Vomynia, and Podolia as entirely alien to Russia. In ...

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  14. THE KEMMEL PARK RIOTS.

    The inquest concerning the Kemmel Camp (Rhyl) riots resulted in an open verdict being returned. [The Ministry for the Overseas Military ...

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  15. THE SIGNING OF PEACE.

    It is expected that peace will be signed on April 20 (Easter Sunday). ...

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  16. NATIONAL LABOUR PARTY.

    Speaking in support of the National Labour Party on Wednesday night at Maylands, Senator Lynoh said that now that the war was practically over and peace ...

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  17. UGLY MEN'S ASSOCIATION.

    The second home completed by the Guildford branch of the Ugly Men's Association was handed over yesterday afternoon by the Archbishop of Perth, at the request ...

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  18. TERMS GROWING WORSE.

    Herr Scheidemann, the German Chancellor, speaking in the National Assembly, declared that the peace terms appeared to be growing worse. He intended to comply ...

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  19. POLISH VICTORIES.

    A telegram from Warsaw states that the Poles have expelled the Bolsheviks from Minsk, a great centre of Bolshevik propaganda, and are also progressing in East ...

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  20. VISCOUNT ISHII.

    Mr. David Lawrence, the Washington correspondent of the New York "Evening Post," interviewed Viscount Ishii, the Japanese Ambassador to the United States. ...

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  21. SERBIAN AGRICULTURE.

    A credit of £250,000 has been granted to Serbia to purchase horses and mules to enable the re-establishment of agriculture. ...

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  22. THE KIEL CARAL.

    The British Ambassador (Sir Raiph Spencer Paget) announces that it has been decided to internationalise the Kiel Cana and that troops will occupy both sides. ...

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  23. MEETING IN IPSWICH.

    Under the Union Jack in the main street of Ipawich a number of returned soldiers carried the fight against Bolshevism and anarchy into that town on Saturday. Mr. ...

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  24. WOOL AUCTIONS.

    The resumption of the auction sales of wool is awaited with great interest, and a keen demand is anticipated for superior sorts. It is felt that increased production ...

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  25. OUTLETS FOR BOHEMIA.

    The Waterways Commission recommends that Hamburg and Stettin be made outlets for Bohemia to allow Bohemia to develop a mercantile marine. ...

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  26. M. CLEMENCEAU.

    A report is current that President Wilson on his return to Paris assured M. Clemenceau that America would not support the full French demands with ...

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  27. BOLSHEVIKS RETREATING.

    The Bolshevik troops continue to retreat in the Baltic provinces. Lettish troops, by a bold, swift raid from Tukkum occupied Mitau. ...

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  28. LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

    Mr. Lloyd George, in a message to the "Manchester Guardian," says that the League of Nations represents the greatest attempt ever made to substitute reason ...

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  29. CONCRETE VESSELS.

    Sir Joseph Cook, Commonwealth Minister for the Navy, referring to the answer to a question in the House of Commons about a ferro-coucrete barge breaking its ...

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  30. BUDAPEST QUIETER.

    The latest news reports that Budapest is quiter. Four food trains are held up halfway between Trieste and Budapest owing to a strike. ...

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  31. AMERICAN COMPLAINTS.

    The American delegates are dissatisfied at the continual abandonment of their positions regarding reparation and other problems before the Premiers' Conference, ...

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  32. SOUTH AFRICA.

    In moving the second reading of the Enemy Repatriation Bill this afternoon in the House of Assembly, the Minister for the Interior (Sir Thomas Watt) said that 2,424 ...

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  33. THE GERMAN NAVY.

    The Paris correspondent of the New York "Times" states that an official American memorandum regarding the disposition of the German navy will be presented to the ...

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  34. GOVERNMENT'S RESIGNATION.

    According to advices from Berlin the Entente Powers have demanded the resignation of the new Hungarian Government and the election of a National Assembly under the ...

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  35. GOLD COIN AND BULLION.

    The British Official Press Bureau notifies that the Board of Trade has announced the prohibition of the exportation of gold coin and bullion to all ...

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  36. JAPAN AND AMERICA.

    Reports from Japan state that the Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, announced in the House of Peers that a gentlemen's agreement with the United States, ...

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  37. AUSTRIAN NATIONAL GUARD.

    From a French source it has been learned that the National Guard in Austria is displaying Bolshevik tendencies. ...

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  38. LAND GRANTS IN FRANCE.

    General Sir John Monash says that it would be generous if France granted to Australia, South Africa and New Zealand land on similar lines to those on which ...

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  39. NEUTRALS AND THE LEAGUE.

    Thirteen neutrals have conterred with the League's sub-committee and offered suggestions, and many amendments have been made to meet their views. The neturals ...

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  40. ADVICE BY LENIN.

    A Budapest message reports that M. Lenin (the Bolshevik Prime Minister of Russia) has advised the Hungarians to despatch an army to Vienna. ...

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  41. RACIAL MATTERS.

    The Paris correspondent of the New York "Herald" states that Lord Robert Cecil, in the course of an interview, expressed the opinion that questions of race ...

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  42. DE VALERA IN DUBLIN.

    The officals at the Sinn Fein headquarters in Dublin announce that a "national" welcome will be given to E. de Valera on Wednesday. They assert that ...

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  43. BULGARS MOBILISING.

    The Serbian delegates have informed the Peace Conference that the Bulgars are mobilising on the Serbian frontier. General Pachitch, the assistant chief of the ...

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  44. A MURDERER RELEASED.

    Horace Rayner, who murdered Mr. William Whiteley (the universal provider) in January 1907 has been released from prison on account of ill health. ...

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  45. POSITION IN GERMANY.

    The Copenhagen correspondent of the London, "Daily Chronicle" reports:—"The German Government will remain in office long enough to sign the peace terms, ...

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  46. JAPAN AND CHINA.

    It was pointed out in high circles that the effort to provide for the special recognition of the Monroe doctrine would probably lead to Japan proposing that her special rights ...

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  47. SPREAD OF AUTHRAX.

    A Port Elizabeth message says that the spread of anthrax is becoming alarming and that the losses during the last six months have been extremely grave. ...

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  48. THE BRITISH NAVY.

    In connection with the distribution of the British Navy after the war, it is stated that in addition to the Home Fleet seven squadrons will be stationed on the Atlantic, ...

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  49. ROYAL JEWELS STOLEN.

    Some burglars stole jewels and heirlooms of the Portuguese ex-Royal family from the Richmond residence of ex-Queen Amelie. ...

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  50. THE WEATHER.

    Weather reports received at the bureau on Saturday morning showed that rau had fallen during the previous 24 hours at all coastal stations from Perth ...

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  51. RIOTS IN KOREA.

    Continuous riots are taking place in Koren in connection with the agitation for independence, and many people have been killed. ...

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  52. RETRENCHMENT SCHEME.

    A Johannesburg message reports that an amazing scene followed the decision of the town council, after a heated debate, to adopt a retrenchment scheme, involving the ...

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  53. REMOVED FROM PEERAGE.

    The "London Gazette" announces the removal from the British Peerage of the Dukes of Albany, Cumberland, and Brunswick (of Germany), and Viscount Taaffe ...

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  54. THE COVENANT.

    The League of Nations Committee has reached a unanimons agreement regarding the Covenant. The Japanese will raise the question of racial equality at the Plenary ...

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  55. AEGEAN NAVAL BASES.

    The Allied naval bases at the islands of Imbros, Tenedos, and Lemnos in the Aegean have been abandoned. ...

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  56. LABOUR COMMISSION.

    It is stated that the Japanese subscribe generally to the terms of the Labour Commission with reservative on the questions of child labour and the right of association ...

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  57. LABOUR REPRESENTATION.

    It is understood that the membership of the executive council of the League of Nations has been increased by two or three additional members representing Labour. ...

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  58. POLITICAL UNREST.

    There are indications of a political crisis in Berlin following the recent developments in Hungary. There was some shooting in the streets on Tuesday. The British ...

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  59. THE LEAGUE CAPITAL.

    It is likely that Geneva will be selected as the capital of the League of Nations ...

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  60. GENERAL CABLES.

    The New York "Times." commenting upon the Nationalist (anti-Imperialist) riots in Egypt, points out that Egypt came under British rule through the ...

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  61. AMERICA.

    The San Francisco correspondent of the New York "Tribune" says that according to cable message a steamship company has been capitalised by Japanese and American ...

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  62. THE DANTZIG CORRIDOR.

    Mr. Lloyd George and President Wilson are in agreement in connection with the diminished corridor to Dantzig. It is believed that the construction of a new ...

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  63. POSITION OF IRELAND.

    The Paris correspondent of the New York "Times" states that Irish independence under the United States as mandatory has been discussed in British ...

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  64. FINANCIAL QUESTIONS.

    A German commission of six financiers has been instructed to come to Spa (Belgium) after which they will receive in structions as to the meeting place in France ...

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  65. A SPARTACIST PLOT.

    Spartaciste planned a rising of Russian prisoners in Spandan (Prussia), but American troops interfered and scattered the Russian prisoners throughout the country, ...

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  66. POPE'S CIRCULAR LETTER.

    In St. Patrick's Cathedral to-day Archbishop Mannix said that the Pope had issued a circular letter to the whole world asking priests and people to join with him ...

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  67. AUSTRALIAN WOOL.

    It is reported from Philadelphia that about 20,0001b, of Australian wool have been sold at the Government auctions in that city. ...

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  68. RETURNED SOLDIERS.

    The following movements of transports are notified by the Military Department:— Port Sydney will arrive to-day, but will be definitely quarantined. ...

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  69. RIOTS IN GERMANY.

    Spartacist disorders have recurred in the Essen area. A mob at Witten, Westphalia, endeavoured to strom the "Volks-zeitung" offices, but a cordon of police ...

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  70. ATROCITIES IN BELGIUM.

    A report furnished to the Chamber of Deputies says that about six thousand Belgians died during the war as the result of ill-treatment by Germans, and that ...

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  71. MARVELS OF SCIENCE.

    The London correspondent of the New York "Times" interviewed Mr. Godfrey Isaacs (managing director of Marcom's Wireless Telegraph Company, Ltd.). who ...

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  72. THE MOROCCAN QUESTION.

    The Peace Conference has appointed a committee to deal with the revision of the Algeciras freaty and also regarding the frontiers of Slesvig. ...

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  73. WORK OF THE CONFERENCE.

    The revised Covenant of the League of Nations provides that nations may withdraw on two years' notice. No nation will be compelled to accept a mandatory. The ...

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  74. THE FEDERAL CONTROVERSY.

    Sir,—Your leading article of 27th inst., under above heading, just touches the spot. Too much energy is being misdirected in an endeavour to prove that the ...

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  75. REPATRIATION.

    The Honorary Minister for Lands (Mr. F. E. Willmott), speaking to a representative of the "West Australian" yesterday said that as the object of the Government ...

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  76. ROUMANIA.

    The Canadian Government has extended to Roumania large credits for foodstuffs and machinery. ...

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  77. CUNNING GERMAN PLAN.

    The Hungarian and Bulgarian movements are interppeted in some circles as part of a concerted plan which was arranged in Berlin some time ago to ripen ...

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  78. THE ASSASSIN OF JAURES.

    Raoul Villian, who was accused of murdering M. Jean Jaures, the well-known Socialist leader, in 1914, has been acquitted. He pleaded patriotic motives. The ...

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  79. STARVATION IN ARMENIA.

    The Armenian delegation has made an urgent appeal for food. It is stated that 45,000 people at Ervan are breadless, and that every kind of animal has been killed ...

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  80. LITHGOW SMALL ARMS FACTORY.

    All overtime and the night shift at the small arms factory at Lithgow have been stopped. Reports are circulated that a drastic reduction of hands was ...

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  81. AN ALLIED MOVE.

    The Paris correspondent of the News York "Herald" states that the Council of the Four Big Powers, after a consultation with the Allied generals, propose the ...

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  82. OVERSEAS SOLDIERS.

    Sir,—Joseph Ward attended Madame Poincare's reception to overseas' soldiers. He thanked the French ladies for their kindness and hospitality to the overseas' men. ...

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  83. ENEMY CRIMES COMMISSION.

    The Enemy Orimes Commission has completed its final report for submission to the Conference. ...

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