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  2. ITALIAN CURRENCY.

    ROME, July 22.—The Government has suspended the statutory 40 per cent gold coverage for the paper currency owing to the urgent need for money for ...

    Article : 172 words
  3. NAVAL LIMITATION.

    LONDON, July 22.—During the debate on the Admiralty Vote in the House of Commons today, Opposition speakers criticised the recent Anglo-German naval ...

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  4. AIR FORCE EXPANSION.

    LONDON, July 23.—The House of Commons today carried a supplementary air vote of £5,335,000, providing for 12,000 additional personnel to the Royal Air ...

    Article : 179 words
  5. POLITICAL DEADLOCKS.

    The British Dominions Office has given a ruling adverse to the Legislative Assembly's proposal to approach the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council with ...

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  6. ITALY AND ABYSSINIA.

    LONDON, July 23.—With the continuance of the Italo-Abyssinian deadlock, the British Cabinet, at its meeting yesterday, decided to bring the dispute before ...

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  7. THE NAZI REGIME.

    BERLIN, July 22.—There is evidence of acute and increasing nervousness among the leaders of Herr Hitler's Nazi regime at the discontent which is ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  8. GENERAL STRIKE.

    NEW YORK, July 22.—A general strike called today in sympathy with 600 striking employees of an enamel factory, who have now been out for four months, has ...

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  9. "IT WILL BE A MASSACRE."

    PARIS, July 22.—"We will fight in desperation and ruthlessly. Men, women and children will defend Abyssinia's Independence. It will be a massacre." Thus ...

    Article : 81 words
  10. SINEWS OF WAR.

    CALCUTTA, July 22.—It is stated in a message from Bombay that Abyssinia has bought 14,000 tons of wheat Karachi reports that Italy has bought 10,000 tons ...

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  11. JAPAN'S ATTITUDE.

    ROME, July 22.—The newspaper "Tribuna" quotes the Japanese Ambassador (Mr. Sugimura) as saying that Japan intended to appoint a Minister to ...

    Article : 163 words
  12. EMPIRE GAMES.

    SYDNEY, July 23.—The State Cabinet today decided to provide a guarantee of £10,000 for the British Empire Games. The Premier (Mr. Stevens) stated that it ...

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  13. PAPER MANUFACTURE

    HOBART, July 23.—Following a conference today between the Minister for Forests (Mr. R. Cosgrove), Mr. Thorold Fink, chairman of directors of the ...

    Article : 417 words
  14. FORCED INTO THE SEA.

    LONDON, July 23.—A six-seater passenger aeroplane belonging to Western Airways, came down in Bristol Channel today. Motor boats, which hurriedly ...

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  15. BANKRUPT TRAINER.

    MELBOURNE, July 23.—William Tindall, horse trainer, of Caulfield, appeared before the Registrar (Mr. W. Merrill) for public examination in the Bankruptcy ...

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  16. N.Z. AIRMAN'S FATE.

    WELLINGTON, July 23.—Ten aeroplanes and six ground parties are making an intensive search for Mr. Hamish Armstrong, who left his homestead at Akitio, ...

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  17. GLIDING RECORD.

    LONDON, July 22.—The "Daily Telegraph's" Berlin correspondent states that Herr Ludwig Hoffmann, a famous glider, covered 305 miles in his machine ...

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  18. RIOTOUS MOSLEMS.

    LONDON, July 22.—The disturbances at Lahore occasioned by a dispute between the Sikh and Mahommedan commmunities regarding the ownership of a ...

    Article : 209 words
  19. MEAT EXPORTS.

    SYDNEY, July 23.—The Acting Prime Minister (Dr. Page), replying today to criticism by the Premier of Queensland (Mr. Forgan Smith) of the Australian ...

    Article : 227 words
  20. Annual Grant in Britain.

    LONDON, July 22.—The Under-Secretary for Air (Sir Philip Sassoon) announced in the House of Commons today that the Government had decided ...

    Article : 75 words
  21. DROWNED HIS WIFE.

    NEW YORK, July 22.—A strange form of murder is reported from Sutton (Massachusetts). Newell Sherman (26), the son of a ...

    Article : 141 words
  22. DROUGHT-LOSS INSURANCE.

    BRISBANE, July 23.—In defence of his drought loss mitigation scheme today, the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Bulcock) denied that the proposal represented ...

    Article : 127 words
  23. MYSTERY OF PISTOL SHOTS.

    LONDON, July 22.—The adjourned inquest on a recent Southampton tragedy resulted in a verdict that John Joseph Keyes murdered Emily Jarvis and then ...

    Article : 199 words
  24. SCHOOLCHILDREN'S FREEDOM

    LONDON, July 22.—Describing what he saw during a recent tour through America, the Director of Education in Tasmania (Mr. Brooks) said that the ...

    Article : 184 words
  25. DELEGATION'S WORK PRAISED.

    The endeavours of the Australian delegation to London regarding Australian meat exports to Britain had so far been much more successful than had been ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  26. AMERICAN ATTITUDE.

    WASHINGTON, July 22.—The announcement of the First Lord of the Admiralty (Sir Bolton Eyres Monsell) in the House of Commons that Britain had ...

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  27. TRADE WAR.

    TOKIO, July 23.—The newspaper "Yomiuri" predicts that in retaliation against the South African tariff Japan will not purchase South African wool. ...

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  28. A MOTHER'S CRIME.

    LINDSAY (Ontario), July 22.—A charge of murder has been laid against the wife of Guy Wallace, a disabled war veteran. She placed her five children ...

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  29. FREE AMMUNITION.

    SYDNEY, July 23.—The Minister for Defence (Mr. Parkhill) announced today that the grant of free ammunition to members of military and civilian rifle ...

    Article : 172 words
  30. ABYSSINIA'S PROGRESS.

    LONDON, July 22.—Dr. Ajaz Martin, the new Abyssinian Minister to Britain, stated his country's case in the dispute with Italy when members of the House ...

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  31. STEAMER HELD UP.

    MELBOURNE, July 23.—A dispute has occurred about the payment of overtime to members of the crew of the steamer Murada and the vessel has been tied up ...

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  32. VICTORIA'S TRADE.

    MELBOURNE, July 23.—With imports amounting to £26,365,892 in British currency, and exports valued at £28,141,088 in Australian currency, or £22,423,000 ...

    Article : 105 words
  33. BELFAST RIOT ECHOES.

    LONDON, July 22.—A crowd ignited and destroyed the Anglican Church at Kilmallock (Limerick) and smashed the windows of the rectory. Policemen are ...

    Article : 65 words
  34. FIRE AT DISTILLERY.

    PEORIA (Illinois), July 22.—A series of explosions, followed by a fire, tonight destroyed three buildings at the Hiram Walker distillery works, causing damage ...

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  35. A BOLTING HORSE.

    SYDNEY, July 23.—When a horse drawing a baker's cart bolted at Kogarah today William Rigley (19), of Banksia, made a plucky attempt to stop it by ...

    Article : 167 words
  36. SHIPS' DESERTERS.

    SYDNEY, July 23.—Fines amounting to £700 were imposed on Bowen Barnett Wiltshire, shipping agent, at the Central Summons Court today, on seven charges ...

    Article : 132 words
  37. BARE HEADS AND INFLUENZA.

    AUCKLAND, July 23.—Little support was found in Auckland for the contention of Dr. Purdy, Health Officer, of Sydney, that members of the "no hat ...

    Article : 167 words
  38. MR. HUGHES IN QUEENSLAND.

    BRISBANE, July 23.—The Minister for Health and Repatriation (Mr. Hughes) spent the greater part of today with disabled soldiers at Anzac Hostel and the ...

    Article : 108 words
  39. NEW ZEALAND'S TRADE.

    WELLINGTON, July 23.—The trade returns for June show that exports were valued at £3,227,000 and imports at £2,356,000. the excess of exports being ...

    Article : 67 words
  40. JAPAN PLEASED.

    TOKIO, July 23.—Naval circles here welcome the British announcement of the abandonment of ratios in naval limitation which it is considered is ...

    Article : 53 words
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