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  2. PEACE CONGRESS.

    The Paris correspondent of the London "Daily Express" says that President Wilson considers Sunday's compromise on the Sarre, Rhine, Dantzig and reparation ...

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  3. BRITAIN.

    In the House of Commons the Naval and Military Services Bill was read the third time, after Mr. Bonar Law had moved the closure. Some of the ...

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  4. THE EX-KAISER.

    Mr. Harold Begbie, the London "Daily Chronicle's" correspondent at Ameronmen (where the ex-Kaiser is living) gives interesting details of the ex-Kaiser's exile ...

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  5. THE ARMY OF FREEDOM.

    A despatch issued by Field-Marshal Haig on March 21 describes the advance of the British forces into Germany and the occupation of the Cologne ...

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  6. AMERICA.

    The Washington correspondent of the New York "Times" says that the War Department will issue a call for fifty thousand volunteers for European service for the ...

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  7. BOLSHEVISM.

    The Petrograd correspondent of the Chicago "Tribune" says that the Bolshevik army is a well-drilled. disciplined. equipped, and officered force of about a ...

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  8. LEDEBOUR AND DAUMIG.

    A demonstration was held in Berlin against the arrest of Ledebour and Ernest Daumig, who represented the Berlin Wor[?]men's Congress, and were accused of having ...

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  9. THE GERMAN COLONIES.

    Lord Leverhulme (formerly W. H. Lever), in an address in the Royal Colonial Institute, said that he could not conceive a more infamous and criminal policy than ...

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  10. QUEENSLAND MATTERS.

    Mr. T. J. Ryan (the Premier of Queensland) was interviewed to-day by a committee of the Stock Exchange regarding the Brisbane tramways legislation Mr. ...

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  11. MINISTER'S PREDICAMENT.

    The Magdeburg Spartacists captured Herr Landsberg, the German Minister for Justice. The Government demanded his release within 12 hours, or they would ...

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  12. HUNGARY.

    General Smuts has returned. It is alleged that his mission was unsuccessful. He found that the Hungarian Government had little influence in the country, and not ...

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  13. ANTI-JAPANESE LEGISLATION.

    The Secretary for State (Mr. R. Lansing) has telegraphed to the California Legislature to the effect that the introduction of anti-Japanese legislation is ...

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  14. THE PEACE TREATY.

    The British delegates, including the Dominions delegates, have each received a Royal Warrant empowering them as plenipotentiaries to sign the Peace Treaty ...

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  15. PETROGRAD'S MEAT SUPPLY.

    The deaths in Petrograd during December numbered about 83,000, and in January about 120,000. Starvation caused the deaths of about 16,000 persons. Mixed meat ...

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  16. REVENUE RETURNS.

    The year's revenue amounted to £889,020,825, exceeding the estimate by £46,970,825. The customs revenue was £102,780,000: excise, £59,440,000: stamps ...

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  17. ARCHANGEL FRONT.

    A message received from Archangel says that trouble has broken out among the American troops in Russia, some of them having refused to do duty in the firing ...

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  18. SPORTING FIXTURES.

    Though the various social and sporting fixtures are not expected to resume at present their pre-war gaiety a number of fashionable functions have been arranged, ...

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  19. THE RHINELAND.

    The Paris correspondent of the London "Morning Post" says that Marshals Fech, Petain, and Joffre have furnished a report demanding the military occupation of the ...

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  20. BOLSHEVIKS IN LONDON.

    The police have arrested in London about 150 Russian Bolsheviks most of whom reside in the East End. These include many criminals and they will be deported to ...

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  21. LIQUOR AND PROHIBITION.

    "I am always happy in the company of women—good women. I find it not very hard to love every one of them." With this complacent introduction Mr. ...

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  22. DOMINIONS SETTLEMENT.

    The Under Secretary of State for the Colonies (Colonel L. C. M. S. Amery) announced to-day in the House of Commons that the Government would grant after ...

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  23. INDUSTRIAL UNREST.

    The London omnibus workers' award has been ratified. It includes a working week of 48 hours, an annual holiday of 6 days, the payment of overtime for work done on ...

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  24. LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

    The New York papers publish six amendments to the Covenant of the League of Nations which have been proposed by Mr. Elihu Root. The most important says that ...

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  25. CELIBACY AMONG CLERGY.

    Father Bernard Vaughan S.J., doubts the accuracy of the report to the effect that 350 priests in Naples have voted in favour of the abolition of celibacy among ...

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  26. OMSK GOVERNMENT.

    The Tokio correspondent of the New York "Herald" reports that a Japanese news agency has ascertained that some British and American bankers have lent ...

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  27. THE INDEMNITIES.

    Over two hundred Unionist members of the House of Commons signed the indemnity telegram to the Prime Minister (Mr. Lloyd George). The majority of them ...

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  28. LONDON MILITARY TRAGEDY.

    Lient.-Colonel N. C. Rutherford has been found guilty of the murder of Major Miles Seton. He was deemed to be insane, and ordered to be detained. ...

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  29. SOUTH AFRICA.

    According to a Johannesburg message, there is a prospect of a settlement of the long-standing builders' strike. At a conference with the strikers the master ...

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  30. ROYAL AUDIENCES.

    The King gave an audience to Field Marshal Haig and to a Canadian divisional commander. It is announced that His Majesty will receive all of the Dominions ...

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  31. THE GAMBLING EVIL.

    A conference of church people concerning the gambling evil was resumed last evening in Trinity Lecture Hall. A fortnight ago the legal position was placed ...

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  32. FINNS ANTICIPATE TROUBLE.

    Finnish newspapers assert that enormous quantities of food and arms are arriving in Helsingfors (the capital of Finland) in anticipation of a war against ...

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  33. EX-CROWN PRINCE.

    The German ex-Crown Prince while motor cycling at Wieringen, lost the control of his machine, and crashed into a hedge at a great speed, missing narrowly a tree. ...

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  34. THE COLLIERIES DISPUTE.

    The conference between the Colliery proprietors and the representatives of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees Federation was resumed to-day. The ...

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  35. DEALINGS IN JUTE.

    The British Official Press Bureau notifies that the dealings in jute are now unrestricted. ...

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  36. POLAND'S CLAIMS.

    The Council of Four has heard M. Paderewski's claims with respect to Dantzig. ...

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  37. BRITISH TROOPS IN RUSSIA.

    In the House of Commons Mr. Winston Churchill (the Secretary of State for War) referred to M. Pichon's statement that there were about 140,000 British soldiers ...

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  38. AERIAL NAVIGATION.

    Mr. Handley Page, who was interviewed to-day, said:—My machine which has been entered for the trans-Atlantic flight belongs to the type which was designed for ...

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  39. THE TRANSPORT BILL.

    The Government has accepted an amendment to the Transport Bill excluding from its provisions the control of electricty pending the introduction of a measure dealing ...

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  40. RUMOURED TOBACCO WAR.

    It is possible that there will be a tobacco war. An American syndicate is making a big effort to break the tobacco "combine" in Britain, and is being assisted ...

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  41. BOLSHEVIKS AND THE CRIMEA.

    According to a London message, the Bolsheviks are trying to penetrate the Crimea. ...

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  42. CONTROL OF FIUME.

    Dr. A. Trumbitch, Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Jugo-Slav Government, declares that the Jugo-Slavs will never be content to allow Italy to control Fiume, ...

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  43. FRENCH TROOPS FOR ODESSA.

    The Paris correspondent of the New York "Tribune" says that the French Government is sending several regiments to Odessa. Two regiments have refused ...

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  44. H.M.S. VINDICTIVE.

    It has been ascertained that the back of H.M.S. Vindictive is broken. It is considered that she cannot be moved. [The British Admiralty authorities ...

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  45. CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS.

    About 100 "conscientious objectors" have been released from confinement. About five hundred remain in prison. ...

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  46. GERMAN MERCHANT VESSELS.

    The Supreme Economic Council reports that the delivery of German merchant shipping is proceeding satisfactorily, and that 84 vessels have been handed over, aggre ...

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  47. THE HOUSING BILL.

    The second reading of the Housing Bill was carried to-day in the House of Commons. ...

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  48. GERMANY.

    The formation of a Red Revolutionary Army in Germany has begun. There have been about 300,000 entlistments in Essen and Dusseldorf. The strikes are extending, and ...

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  49. SHIPBUILDING.

    Several thousands of people gathered at Williamstown to-day to witness the successful launching of the Dromana the first large steamship built in Victoria, and ...

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  50. ENEMY ALIENS.

    In the House of Commons Mr. E. Shortt (the Home Secretary) announced that there were about 5,000 enemy aliens in Britain at present, forty-one had been released ...

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  51. STATE PENSIONS.

    In the House of Commons this evening Major Waldorf Astor (Parliamentary Secretary of the Local Government Board) said that the Government accepted the ...

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  52. THE ECONOMIC SITUATION.

    A message received from Paris says that the Economic Council of the Peace Conference has called the attention of the associated Governments to the gravity of ...

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  53. DAILY LETTER SERVICE.

    Aviation companies are establishing a daily letter service between London and Paris. The fee is half a crown a letter, and the companies guarantee delivery ...

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  54. SALE OF LINEN.

    The Munitions Department is selling about 32,000,000 yards of linen which was stored for war purposes. ...

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  55. RESTORATION OF RAILWAYS.

    The Supreme Economic Council has created a communication section, to restore the railway communications in Europe, which are in a poor state, through the war, ...

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  56. EASTER HOLIDAY MAILS.

    On Good Friday, April 18, Sunday arrangements will be observed. Saturday, April 19, Monday, April 21, and Tuesday, April 22, being public holidays ...

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  57. VICTORIA CROSSES.

    Altogether, 347 Victoria Crosses were warded during the period of the war. ...

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  58. A RECORD FLIGHT.

    A British aeroplane flew from Paris to London in eighty minutes. This is a record ...

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  59. A MATRIMONIAL BILL.

    In the House of Lords a Bill enabling English Courts to deal with matrimonial proceedings in cases of soldiers domiciled abroad was read the first time. ...

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  60. IRON, STEEL, AND TINPLATES.

    On April 30 the Ministry for Munitions will discontinue the control of pig-iron, manufactured iron and steel, and tinplates ...

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  61. RAISING THE BLOCKADE.

    A Paris message says that the Council of Four has discussed the raising of the blockade of Germany and Austria, and the re-opening of trade with Esthonia. ...

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  62. ENEMY PROPERTIES.

    The Customs Department has had brought under its notice an instance of a company trading in Germany endeavouring to collect through a neutral State money due ...

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  63. MISSING PRISONERS OF WAR.

    Mr. Winston Churchill mentioned in the House of Commons to-night that 1,896 British prisoners of war in Germany could not be traced. ...

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  64. "COMMANDEERED" HOTELS.

    The Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Judicature has decided that the Crown is bound legally to pay fair rents for hotels which were "commandeered" ...

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  65. OPTIMISTIC BRITISH VIEW.

    The Paris correspondent of the London "Daily News" says that the British official view of the prospects of the Peace Conference is an optimistic one. It is not ...

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  66. ANTWERP TO AUSTRALASIA.

    The Shipping Conference is arranging for steamers to call at Antwerp to take cargo for Australasia as soon as sufficient cargo is offering. These vessels will take the places ...

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  67. FRANCE'S DEMANDS.

    The newspapers bere are increasingly insistent on trance securing her fail demands. The Paris "Matin" says that the ar[?] has given the German fleet to ...

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  68. END OF GRAND FLEET.

    Admiral Beatty, in bidding farewell to the ship's company on the Queen Elizabeth. said:—"The spirit of the Grand Fleet has been beyond praise. The ...

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  69. A BOER PARTY.

    A number of Nationalists (anti-Imperialists) from South Africa. who wish to set up a republic, have arrived here, en route to Paris, where they will interview the peace ...

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  70. DOUBLE INCOME TAX.

    A meeting of the Double Income Tax Protest Association resolved to urge the Government to take advantage of the presence of the overseas dominions Premiers in order ...

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  71. BRISBANE INDUSTRIAL COUNCIL.

    At a meeting of the Brisbane Industrial Council several remarkable resolutions were carried. The council emph[?]ically condemned the proposed or threatened ...

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  72. THE WEATHER.

    The maximum temperature reading at the Perth Observatory yesterday was 89deg. Apart from a single point of rain at Fitzroy, the weather during the 24 hours ...

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  73. THE ESSEN RIOTS.

    A London message reports that the German Government troops after the rioting in Essen, arrested the strike committee. ...

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  74. BRITAIN AND SPAIN.

    An Anglo-Spanish commercial agreement is being prepared. It is expected that it will result in improved rates of exchange. Britain has ...

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  75. SOLDIERS' GRAVES.

    In the House of Lords this evening Lord Peel, replying to criticisms to the effect that the individual wishes of relatives of deceased soldiers regarding the form of ...

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  76. WAR CRIMES.

    It is understood that those who were guilty of crimes porpetrated during the war will be tried before an international tribunal. It is considered to be doubtful ...

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  77. ENGINEDRIVER COLLAPSES.

    The driver of the 4.32 p.m. train from Melbourne to Dandenong Aidan Sutton (50) collapsed to-day while the train was travelling between Murrumbeena and Oak ...

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  78. THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC.

    The latest official returns give prohibition a majority of 12,616. It is interesting to note that Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch, each showed a solid majority ...

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  79. BAVARIA AND RUSSIA.

    A message received from Berlin reports that diplomatic relations have been established between the Russian and Bavarian Soviets. ...

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  80. H.M.A.S. SYDNEY.

    The H.M.A.S. Sydney sailed from Portsmouth to-day with the six J submarines in company. Sir Joseph Cook, the Australian Minister for the Navy in ...

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  81. A VICTORIAN TRAGEDY.

    Edward Quinlan (64), a farmer, of Pine Lodge, went on to the verandah this morning to shoot a crow. Apparently he slipped and the gun exploded. with the result that ...

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  82. AUSTRALIAN COMFORTS FUND.

    At the quarterly meeting of the general committee of the Victorian division of the Australian Comforts Fund held this afternoon it was resolved that all branches ...

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  83. RIOTING IN FRANKFORT.

    Serious rioting took place on Monday in Frankfort. A crowd handled roughly a sailor, and threw him into the River Main. The crowd then proceeded to the gaol. ...

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  84. BELGIANS REPATRIATED.

    About 100,000 Belgians will have been repatriated by the end of April. About 100,000 prefer to remain in Britain. ...

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