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  2. MURDERED JUDGE.

    PARIS, Feb. 22.—The Government has offered a reward of £1,500 for information leading to the conviction of the murderers of M. Albert Prince, the Judge of the ...

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  3. A BROKEN PLEDGE.

    MANAGUA (Nicaragua), Feb. 23.—A Government communique states that Augusto Sandino, the famous rebel, his brother and five others were killed by ...

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  4. DISARMAMENT.

    LONDON, Feb. 22.—A communique issued in Berlin tonight states: "Conversations between the British Lord Privy Seal (Mr. A. Eden) and members of the ...

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  5. SENSATIONAL MURDER.

    SYDNEY, Feb. 23.—When detectives today obtained from a woman an alleged confession of the murder of George W. Nott (45), a stock and station agent. ...

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  6. BOMBAY RIOT.

    CALCUTTA, Feb. 23.—There is a grave situation at Sholapur in the Bombay Presidency where 14,000 cotton mill operative are striking in protest against a ...

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  7. PREMIERS' MEETING.

    MELBOURNE, Feb. 23.—Although the full conference met for several hours in the morning and State delegates had a further long discussion at which ...

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  8. UNFINISHED CUNARDER.

    LONDON, Feb. 22.—In the House of Commons tonight, the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Neville Chamberlain) introduced a resolution to authorise the ...

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  9. BELGIUM'S NEW KING.

    BRUSSELS, Feb. 23.—With all the city's bells pealing joyously and a salute of 101 guns booming, Belgium's new king, Leopold III. on a white charger, ...

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  10. MILK FOR BRITAIN.

    LONDON, Feb. 22.—The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. W. Elliott) announced in the Commons today that the Government proposed for two years beginning on ...

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  11. DISORDER IN CHAMBER.

    BRUSSELS, Feb. 23.—There were disorderly scenes in the Chamber last night when Communists demanded that the text of the address to be presented to ...

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  12. BRITAIN AND WORLD PEACE.

    LONDON, Feb. 22.—In a speech to the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce today, the Foreign Secretary (Sir John Simon) referred to the increased interest which the ...

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  13. WAGE CUT RESTORATION.

    MELBOURNE, Feb. 23.—"I think that, before long, the industries in this country will be able to pay higher wages than the Court may fix as a result of ...

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  14. ALLEGED ABDUCTION.

    BRISBANE, Feb. 23.—A fall of five inches of rain—a blessing to the rest of the country—was responsible for the capture of Jack Logan, a well-known ...

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  15. GERMAN BANKING.

    BERLIN, Feb. 23.—The president of the Reichsbank (Dr. H. Schacht) told a conference of bankers today that the Government would not devalue the mark because ...

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  16. TEXTILE CONFERENCE.

    TOKIO, Feb. 23.—Giving the Foreign Office's attitude to the geographical scope of the proposed Anglo-Japanese textile agreement now being discussed in London, ...

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  17. LABOUR UNITY.

    ADELAIDE, Feb. 23.—How Mr. Lang could rise almost immediately to leadership of the Federal Labour movement, despite Mr. Scullin's declaration in Adelaide ...

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  18. FRENCH BUDGET.

    PARIS, Feb. 23.—The Chamber of Deputies last night passed by 469 votes to 123 the whole of the balanced Budget and granted the Government powers to cut ...

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  19. STATE CRICKET TEAM.

    SYDNEY, Feb. 23.—There was play for only 75 minutes today in the match between Western Australia and New South Wales at the Sydney cricket ground. When ...

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  20. AUSTRALIAN COTTON.

    SYDNEY, Feb. 23.—The quality of Australian cotton was criticised before the Tariff Board today when certain manufacturers urged increased duties on certain ...

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  21. FLOODED RIVERS.

    SYDNEY, Feb. 23.—Flood waters claimed a victim near Bodalla today, when Mr. H. J. Burbidge, proprietor of the Bodalla Arms Hotel, Bodalla, was swept from his ...

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  22. DRESSING OF WOMEN'S HAIR.

    MELBOURNE, Feb. 23.—Judge Moule learned much in the Second County Court today about processes which have been invented for the conversion of women's ...

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  23. TOWNS LOOTED.

    CALCUTTA, Feb. 23.—There has been heavy fighting at Mingmao in Chinese territory near, the border of the Northern Shan States of Burma. Marauding rebel ...

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  24. FRENCH AIR FORCE.

    PARIS, Feb. 23.—It is reported in aviation circles that the Minister for Air (Mr. Denain) will shortly ask for a credit of about £24,000,000 sterling for ...

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  25. MISSING UNION SECRETARY.

    Efforts to trace Albert William Richardson (55), of Albany-road, Maddington, union secretary, who has been missing from his home since February 15, have ...

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  26. GANADIAN FINANCE.

    OTTAWA, Feb. 22.—Following closely along lines laid down by the MacMillan Royal Commission, the Canadian Government introduced legislation on Thursday ...

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  27. Bridges Submerged at Canberra.

    CANBERRA, Feb. 23.—Accompanied by gales of wind, severe storing swept over the Canberra district last night and today. The Mononglo River rose rapidly ...

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  28. FUNDING OF TREASURY BILLS.

    SYDNEY, Feb. 23.—Statements have been published in Melbourne that the Commonwealth Bank Board has informed the Governments of the Commonwealth ...

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  29. WAGES AND HOURS.

    VANCOUVER, Feb. 22.—Mr. George S. Pearson, Minister for Labour in the newly-elected Liberal Government of British Columbia, reveals that Labour ...

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  30. CAPSIZE IN THE SEA.

    ADELAIDE, Feb. 23.—For an hour and a half today, three occupants of the yacht Cutty Sark—Mr. Richard Dutton, of Anlaby, Captain Williamson ...

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  31. M.C.C. TEAM AT COLOMBO.

    COLOMBO, Feb. 23.—On a tricky wicket today the M.C.C. team, which made only 155 in its first innings yesterday, was dismissed for 78 in its second innings in the ...

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  32. LEWIS GUN OBSOLETE.

    LONDON, Feb. 23.—The military correspondent of the "Daily Express" states that the War Office has decided that the Lewis machine gun is out of date. The ...

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  33. COUNTRY PARTY POLICY.

    "The Australian Country Party has carried the banner of constitutional reform since its inception fifteen years ago," states the weekly bulletin of that ...

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  34. RURAL WATER SUPPLY.

    LONDON, Feb. 22.—Reference to the long-continued drought which is causing considerable inconvenience in some country districts was made by the Minister ...

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  35. WORLD TELEPHONE TALKS.

    London, Feb. 22.—There are 34,000,000 telephones in the world and it is now possible to speak to 32,000,000 of them from Great Britain. The Postmaster-General ...

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  36. TRADE WITH JAPAN.

    CANBERRA, Feb. 23.—Despite fears which have been expressed about the flooding of cheap Japanese manufactures on to the Australian market official ...

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  37. BOYS' FARM INQUIRY.

    SYDNEY, Feb. 23.—Two conspiracies, by parties of boys to abscond from the Riverina Welfare Farm, at Yanco, have been discovered this week, according to ...

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  38. HEREFORD STUD BULLS.

    LONDON, Feb. 23.—A champion Hereford bull named Paunton James was sold it the Hereford stock show today to a New Zealander for 475 guineas. The ...

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  39. PUBLICAN KILLED.

    SYDNEY, Feb. 23.—Martin George Sayers (40), was shot and fatally injured during a quarrel tonight in the College Green Hotel, at Chippendale, of which ...

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  40. BAN ON BLUE SHIRTS.

    DUBLIN, Feb. 23.—A Bill has been introduced in the Dail to make wearing a Blue Shirt illegal. It is understood that it will be rushed through the earlier ...

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  41. FILM COMMISSION.

    SYDNEY, Feb. 23.—Plans for building a theatre and other premises connecting Pitt and Castlereagh streets, at a cost of £200,000, on a site valued at £ 150,000. ...

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  42. KIDNAPPERS GAOLED.

    CHICAGO, Feb. 22.—The gang leader Roger Touhy and two of his henchmen were convicted today and sentenced to 99 years' imprisonment for the sensational ...

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  43. CUSTOMS BY-LAWS.

    CANBERRA, Feb. 23.—For the first time since 1928 a consolidated set of the Customs by-laws in operation has been prepared by the Department of Trade and ...

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  44. HAILSTORM HAVOC.

    CALCUTTA, Feb. 23.—Seven persons were killed and many injured in a hailstorm at Rajshahi in north Bengal, which wrecked villages and destroyed crops over ...

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  45. A NEW LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

    MEXICO CITY, Feb. 22.—Guatemala, according to a statement by her ambassador here, intends to propose a Central American "League of Nations" next month ...

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