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  2. THE CANCER SCOURGE.

    LONDON, July 17.—The Duke of York has sent an encouraging message to the cancer conference, at which Sir John Bland-Sutton is presiding. The programme ...

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  3. JERVIS BAY TROUBLE.

    LONDON, July 17.—When the Jervis Bay docked at Southampton to-day, passengers' stories about the trouble with stowaways were largely a recapitulation of ...

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  4. TREATY AGAINST WAR.

    LONDON, July 18.—Great Britain has notified the American Embassy of her acceptance of the Kellogg Peace Pact. In the House of commons this ...

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  5. CONTROL OF TANGIER.

    LONDON, July 18.—The British, Italian and Spanish Ambassadors in Paris and the Secretary-General of the French Ministry for Foreign Affairs, accompanied ...

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  6. RIVERS STILL HIGH.

    Reports yesterday showed further general rain in this State, the heaviest falls, again being between the Avon Valley and the coast. Rising rivers at country centres ...

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  7. SIR JAMES FAIRFAX.

    SYDNEY, July 18.—Sir James Fairfax, a director of John Fairfax and Sons, Ltd., proprietors of the "Sydney Morning Herald" and the "Sydney Mail," collapsed ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  8. ASSASSINATED.

    MEXICO CITY, July 17.—General Obregon, the President-elect, was assassinated this afternoon while at a, banquet in a restaurant at San Angel, near Mexico City. ...

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  9. TELEGRAPHIC POSITION.

    Numerous breakdowns in the country telegraphic services brought about by Tuesday's storms seriously hampered traffic throughout the State yesterday ...

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  10. BELGIUM ACCEPTS.

    BRUSSELS, July 17.—The Belgian Government has sent a note to the United States accepting the Kellogg Pact and expressing Belgium's appreciation of the ...

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  11. AUSTRALIAN REPLY.

    CANBERRA, July 18.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce) was advised this afternoon that the Australian reply to the latest American statement on the proposal ...

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  12. RESEARCH WORKERS' SUCCESS.

    MELBOURNE, July 18.—"The Times" believes that world-wide interest is likely to be focussed on the work of Dr. Murphy and Dr. Leitch at the research institute of ...

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  13. THE M.S. KING EGBERT.

    BUNBURY, July 18.—The motor ship King Egbert, which ran ashore on the Bunbury breakwater and was holed when entering the port during the gate on ...

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  14. ANOTHER ACCOUNT.

    MEXICO CITY, July 17.—General Obregon was dining at a small restaurant in the town of San Angel near the capital, when an army captain approached and ...

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  15. MUNDARING WEIR OVERFLOWS.

    The water in the Mundaring reservoir began to flow over the weir yesterday afternoon and soon attained considerable volume. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  16. POLITICAL SCANDAL.

    MELBOURNE, July 18.—Exception was taken by the acting general secretary of the Australian Labour Party (Mr. J. Kean) to-day to a statement made in ...

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  17. TELEPHONE LINES.

    The havoc done to the metropolitan and country telephone services on Tuesday was attended to promptly by linesmen, and the metropolitan network and a number ...

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  18. OVERSEAS MAILS DELAYED.

    As a result of the mail boat, Mongolia, being held up in Gage Roads on Tuesday overseas mails were delayed 24 hours. They were delivered, at the G.P.O., Perth, ...

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  19. COLLISION NARROWLY ESCAPED

    LONDON, JULY 17.—The Jervis Bay narrowly escaped a collision off Portugal in a fog on Sunday morning. It is understood that the Board of Trade will ...

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  20. DESTRUCTION AT HARVEY.

    HARVEY, July 18.—One of the worst storms experienced for many years passed over Harvey on Monday night, followed in the early hours Tuesday morning by ...

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  21. MINERS' CONFERENCE MELEE.

    LONDON, JUly 18.—Amazing scenes were witnessed to-day at the conference of the Miners' Federation, held in the Town Hall at Llandudno (Wales) Mr. ...

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  22. ITALIA DISASTER.

    OSLO, July 17.—A party of fisherman have told the Admiralty that they discovered two wheel tracks on a plateau at Bear Island leading 80 feet through the snow ...

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  23. YAMPI IRON ORE.

    BROOME, July 18.—M. Umeda, of the Nichigo Kogyo Kablishiki Kaisha, of Tokio, Captain Ohya and Mr. Okada returned last night from all inspection of ...

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  24. RAILWAY WASHAWAYS.

    LAKE GRACE, July 18.—The weather during the last 48 hours has been rough and boisterous, 110 points of rain falling. Owing to washaways to lines there have ...

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  25. REPORTED RETALIATION.

    MEXICO CITY, July 17.—A censorship was established in Mexico to-night. There is an unconfirmed report that infuriated followers of General Obregon have shot ...

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  26. MR. MAHONY'S CHARGES.

    ADELAIDE, July 18.—Mr. J. J. Daly, solicitor, of Adelaide, said to-day that he objected to Mr. Mahony using his declaration for a purpose other than for ...

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  27. Restricted Service Established.

    The Railway Department reported last night that breakdown gangs engaged in restoring the damage caused by Tuesday's serious washaway on the Wagin-Lake ...

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  28. ALESSANDRINI'S PARTY.

    MOSCOW, July 18.—Lieutenant Vigliero, interviewed to-day, said the present conditions off ice and fog made it impossible for the Russian ice-breker Krassin ...

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  29. COOKS' STRIKE AFTERMATH.

    MELBOURNE, July 18.—The refusal of the waterside workers at Innisfail, Queensland, to work the Adelaide Steamship Co'.s motor ship Katoora is regarded by ...

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  30. DEATH OF MALMGREN.

    COPENHAGEN, July 17.—General Nobile has telegraphed a message of sympathy to Malmgren's mother stating: "He was an eminent genius and one of the best ...

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  31. COMMONWEALTH LOAN

    LONDON, July 17.—The underwriters have been left with 87 per cent of the Commonwealth loan of £7,000,000 (at 5 per cent., issued at £98) on their hands. ...

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  32. MUNDARING WEIR OVERFLOWS.

    Early Yesterday morning water commenced flowing over the wall at Mundaring Weir. and by 4 p.m. the overflow was one foot in height. An indication of the ...

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  33. TO-DAY'S FORECAST.

    The forecast for to-day is:— Continued unsettled conditions, with showers and squally south-west to south winds over west and south-west ...

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  34. NEW BRITISH CRUISER.

    LONDON, July 18.—The cruiser York, one of the three large ships authorised in the Navy Estimates for 1926-27, was launched this afternoon at ...

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  35. CABINET CONSIDERATION.

    CANBERRA, July 18.—Mr. Justice Scholes's report as a Royal Commission on allegations concerning the manner in which Mr. Theodore was provided with a seat ...

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  36. KING AT PORTSMOUTH.

    LONDON, July 17.—England's wooden walled Victory, looking respondent after reconditioning, presented a strange contrast this morning to the Australia and ...

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  37. PRIME MINISTER'S REGRET.

    CANBERRA, July 18.—Deep regret was expressed by the Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce) when he heard at Canberra to-night of the death of Sir James Fairfax. ...

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  38. AT GUILDFORD.

    The Swan and Helena Rivers continued to rise at Guildford yesterday, and to spread further over the adjoining flats the rise being more noticeable in the Swan ...

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  39. MR. MILLINGTON GRATIFIED.

    "The abundant rainfall that has just been experienced throughout the agricultural areas is most heartening to the farming community and to the people of ...

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  40. Conversion Loan.

    CANBERRA, July 18.—Official returns compiled by the Federal Treasury show that there has been a steady increase in the weekly number of subscriptions to the ...

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  41. BRITISH RAILWAY SMASH.

    LONDON, July 17.—A Coroner's jury has returned a verdict that the railway smash at Darlington on June 28, when an excursion train from Scarborough ...

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  42. RAIN REGISTRATIONS.

    The following are the rainfall figures in this State for the 24 hours ended at 8 a.m. yesterday. South-West Division:—Kalamunda, 80 Points ...

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  43. PULVERISED COAL.

    LONDON, July 18.—The Secretary for Mines (Commodore H. D. King) stated in the House of Commons to-day that pulverised coal was being used on land on ...

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  44. CAPTAIN COOK.

    LONDON, July 17.—In connection with the bi-cententary of the birth of Captain Cook, the circumnavigator, parties of mothers from the Yorkshire villages at ...

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  45. CANNING RIVER IN FLOOD.

    Swollen by heavy rains in its catchment area, and its flow impeded by strong head winds, the Canning River reached flood level during Monday night end on ...

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  46. CHINESE PUNISHMENT

    SHANGHAI. July 18.—In order to check the spread of crime the local Chinese authorities have reintroduced the strangulation method of capital ...

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  47. CAR FOR AUSTRALIA.

    LONDON, July 17.—British car manufacturers are attaching significance to a speech made by Mr. L. S. Amery, Secretary of State for the Dominions, at Luton. ...

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  48. STATE PREMIER'S TRIBUTE.

    SYDNEY, July 18.—The Premier (Mr. Bavin) said to-night that Sir James Fairfax would be missed by a wide circle of friends and by the whole community. ...

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  49. A LABOUR SPLIT.

    CAPETOWN, July 17.—The Prime Minister (General Hertzog), in an interview, declared that he had nothing to do with the Labour Party split, and would ...

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  50. EUROPEAN HEAT WAVE.

    LONDON, July 18.—More than 50 persons were drowned in the lakes and rivers of Poland during the heat Wave. A temperature of 125.5deg, was reached. The ...

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  51. THE SOUTHERN CROSS

    MELBOURNE, July 18.—No objection will be raised by the Federal Ministry to the proposed flight by Squadron-Leader Kingsford Smith to New Zealand and back ...

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  52. PICTORIAL RECORD.

    A considerable portion of the pictorial supplement of "The Western Mail" next Week Will be devoted to a photographic record of the effect of the gales and ...

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