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  2. JAPANESE FIRE.

    TOKIO, March 23.—Further accounts are filtering in of the terrible destruction wrought by the fire which raged in Hakodate, in northern Japan, last Wednesday ...

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  3. TANKER BLOWN UP.

    ROUEN, March 22.—The petrol tanker Girafe had just moored at the storage wharf at Rouen today and the crew of 17 men were about to begin their ...

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  4. AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN.

    The Australian Test team, which will endeavour to win back the Ashes from England, began a three-day match with Western Australia at the W.A.C.A. ground yesterday. The start of play was delayed owing to the late arrival of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. ABOLITION OF SENATE.

    DUBLIN, March 22.—As a sequel to the Senate's rejection of the Bill to prohibit the wearing of blue shirts, the Government suddenly tonight circulated the text ...

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  6. ESPIONAGE GANG.

    PARIS, March 23.—Secret cupboards, false-bottomed suitcases and cipher codes have been revealed by police investigations into spy activities in France, which ...

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  7. OIL IN BRITAIN.

    LONDON, March 23.—The Government has under consideration measures to stimulate the search for oil in Great Britain. Since the programme of drilling ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  8. RIOT IN NEW YORK.

    NEW YORK, March 22.—Following intermittent rioting last night, when 3,000 striking taxi drivers fought the police and wrecked the vehicles of non-strikers, ...

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  9. NEW YORK SCANDAL.

    NEW YORK, March 22.—Exposing conditions comparable to the appalling degradation revealed by the inquiry conducted last January into the Welfare ...

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  10. BRITISH SECRETS DISCLOSED.

    LONDON, March 23.—The "Daily Express" states that the British secret service is probing the activities of the French espionage gang in consequence of the ...

    Article : 133 words
  11. AMERICAN NAVY.

    WASHINGTON, March 22.—The final draft of the Vinson Naval Bill was approved by both the House of Representatives and the Senate today. The ...

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  12. ELECTIONS BROUGHT NEARER.

    LONDON, March 23.—The "Morning Post" correspondent in Dublin states that Mr. De Valera's move has been a complete surprise and no doubt brings a ...

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  13. THE PLAY.

    In perfect weather, R. Bryant tossed with W. Woodfull, and the former won and decided to bat first. He sent in F. Bryant and F. Alexander, the latter being ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  14. STAVISKY AFFAIR.

    PARIS, March 22.—How a former accomplice of Stayisky—M. Galmot, a Deputy and financier—is alleged to have betrayed Stavisky because he was passionately in ...

    Article : 410 words
  15. TARIFF REFORM.

    CANBERRA, March 23.—Embodying 14 points, a revised policy relating to tariff matters, which will be the basis of this part of its platform at the next Federal ...

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  16. BRITISH ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN.

    LONDON, March 23.—A jealously-guarded British naval secret has been revealed in the official organ of the German Admiralty, according to the "Daily ...

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  17. VICTORIAN MIGRANTS.

    LONDON, March 22.—In the House of Commons today, the Secretary of State for the Dominions (Mr. V. H. Thomas), in reply to a question by Mr. W. Lunn ...

    Article : 160 words
  18. ATLANTIC AIR MAILS.

    LONDON, March 23.—The "Daily Telegraph's" aviation correspondent states that plans have been practically completed for the inauguration of a summer scheme of ...

    Article : 222 words
  19. THE PROSPECTS IN AUSTRALIA.

    SYDNEY, March 23.—It is useless to look to the hydrogenation process, or for that matter to any other process for the extraction of oil from coal as a means of ...

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  20. NEW TRADE QUOTAS.

    PARIS, March 23.—An extraordinary position has arisen as the result of new import quota regulations which have been announced as from March 15 in order to ...

    Article : 151 words
  21. FIRE DESTROYS HOSPITAL.

    BRISBANE, March 23.—Miss Maher, natron of the Araluen private hospital at Woodford, narrowly escaped with her life when a fire destroyed the hospital building ...

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  22. GERMAN RELIEF WORK

    BERLIN, March 23.—In an address last night on the Government's plant for the relief of the unemployed the Chancellor (Herr Hitler) said that road building ...

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  23. NEW DEFENCE CORPS.

    LONDON, March 22.—Replying to a Question regarding the Royal Defence Corps, the formation of which, he announced when presenting the army ...

    Article : 76 words
  24. A CHALLENGE FROM HOLLAND.

    LONDON, March 22.—The "Daily Express" predicts that British and European air lines will be gravely challenged as the result of the Fokker Co. obtaining a licence ...

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  25. TROUBLE IN NEPAL.

    CALCUTTA, March 23.—Rumours which have been circulating in Calcutta about extraordinary happening at Khatmandu, the Capital of Nepal, had their ...

    Article : 334 words
  26. MINING MERGER.

    LONDON, March 23.—At a meeting of the Lake View and Star Co. today it was resolved to increase the capital to £560,000 to acquire the property of Associated ...

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  27. ANDES AIR DISASTER.

    MENDOZA (Argentina), March 22.—The Pan-American Airways aeroplane, San Jose, which had been missing since July 16, 1932, when it disappeared on a flight ...

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  28. MAN FATALLY BURNT.

    COLLIE, March 23.—Entering a blazing room during the height of a fire at his carpentry shed at the rear of his home in Harvey-st., Collie, last night, Mr. George ...

    Article : 310 words
  29. BRITAIN'S OVERSEA TRADE.

    LONDON, March 22.—Speaking in the debate on the new Unemployed Bill tonight, the President of the Board of Trade (Mr. Runciman) emphasised that no simple ...

    Article : 225 words
  30. CROSSING SMASH.

    AUCKLAND, March 23.—A fatal railway crossing smash occurred at Waitakere station today, when a motor car was struck by an express train and wrecked. ...

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  31. ARNHEM LAND BLACKS

    CANBERRA, March 23.—As a result of the striking success achieved by the peace mission dispatched by the Church Missionary Society to the blacks at Caledon ...

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  32. CANADIAN WHEAT STOCKS.

    OTTAWA, March 22.—The advisability of revealing secret information regarding Canada's wheat supply was warmly discussed at the House of Commons inquiry ...

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  33. HELD UP BY TRIBESMEN.

    CALCUTTA, March 23.—A dozen armed north-west frontier tribesmen carried out a daring hold-up on a road seven miles out of Peshawar yesterday, firing at and ...

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  34. SAVING CORNWALL'S CLIFFS.

    LONDON, March 22.—An appeal is being made to Cornish miners and their descendants in Australia and elsewhere to support the move by the Bishop of Truro ...

    Article : 79 words
  35. SMALL BRITISH INDUSTRIES.

    LONDON, March 23.—Banking authorities are behind a new company which, commencing with a capital of £250,000, has been formed to provide capital for small ...

    Article : 42 words
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