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  2. DOLLAR SLUMPS.

    NEW YORK, Feb. 3.—On the foreign exchange market the dollar has fallen in terms of the franc, to the point where the export of gold is profitable and ...

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  3. SUPPORT OF LEAGUE.

    CAPE TOWN, Feb. 3.—When the debate was resumed in the House of Assembly today on the resolution of the Leader of the Opposition (Dr. Malan) ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  4. EUROPEAN SECURITY

    LONDON, Feb. 4.—It is believed that some progress has been made in the course of the diplomatic exchanges now in progress in Paris towards the ...

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  5. SHIPPING STRIKE.

    MELBOURNE, Feb. 4.—The emergency committee of the Australasian Council of Trade Unions met today and decided to convene another conference of ...

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  6. BRITAIN AND EGYPT

    LONDON, Feb. 4.—Since it has been decided that the impending Anglo-Egyptian treaty negotiations will first deal with the military issues, the British ...

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  7. AFRICAN CONFLICT.

    LONDON, Feb. 4.—While the League's committee of experts under the chairmanship of Senor Gomez (Mexican Ambassador to France) is investigating at ...

    Article : 737 words
  8. LOAN COUNCIL DISPUTE.

    CANBERRA, Feb. 4.—Spirited opposition by several of the Premiers to a request by New South Wales for authority for a loan of £1,000,000 for the Sydney ...

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  9. BRITISH DEFENCES.

    LONDON, Feb. 3.—With the forthcoming announcement of the Government's plans for repairing the gap in the Empire's defences, there is a revival of the ...

    Article : 857 words
  10. THE OWNERS' TERMS.

    BRISBANE, Feb. 4.—The shipowners' terms for a settlement of the shipping strike, which were recently accepted by the union leaders (at a conference in ...

    Article : 148 words
  11. MURDERED JEWELLER.

    LONDON, Feb. 3.—Further light was shed today on the identity of Charles Lacroix, who, with a Frenchwoman, known as Mrs. Naylor, but whose real ...

    Article : 159 words
  12. NEW SECRETARY TAKES OVER.

    SYDNEY, Feb. 4.—Mr. J. Johnson to-day relinquished the position of general secretary of the Seamen's Union, having been defeated in a recent ballot by Mr. ...

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  13. OLYMPIC GAMES.

    LONDON, Feb. 3.—A glass-panelled swimming pool enabling instructors to study a swimmer's action under water, subterranean passages between dressing ...

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  14. NEW ZEALAND STORM.

    WELLINGTON, Feb. 4.—Reports of tremendous damage done by the hurricane which swept the North Island during the week-end continue to filter in ...

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  15. SEIZED BY SHARK.

    SYDNEY, Feb. 4.—Hundreds of people on the beach, in the surf, and on the headlands at South Steyne, Manly, to-day, saw a schoolboy, David Paton (14), ...

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  16. COLONIAL RESOURCES.

    LONDON, Feb. 4.—Italy, Germany and Japan are wondering when the British Government will elaborate the statement made at Geneva by the former Foreign ...

    Article : 184 words
  17. SMITHFIELD STRIKE.

    LONDON, Feb. 4.—Work at the great meat markets at Smithfleld, which was suddenly interrupted by a lightning strike of 3,000 shopmen shortly after midnight ...

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  18. IN THE WAR ZONE.

    LONDON, Feb. 4.—It is reported from Addis Ababa this morning that Ras Scyoum has emerged victorious from two days' heavy fighting on the northern ...

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  19. ANTARCTIC FLYER.

    CANBERRA, Feb. 4.—In conjunction with the State Governments, the Commonwealth Government is now making arrangements for the reception in ...

    Article : 224 words
  20. AN ADEQUATE DIET.

    LONDON, Feb. 3.—His contention that there would be a boom in the farming industry if the poor were given an adequate diet, was elaborated today by Sir ...

    Article : 274 words
  21. MODERNISING THE ARMY.

    LONDON, Feb. 4.—Further details of the plans for the modernisation of the British Army, officially announced in December, are given by the military ...

    Article : 251 words
  22. CHILD DROWNED.

    BRISBANE, Feb. 4.—Hilda Roffi (10), daughter of Giovanni Roth, of Meerawa, North Queensland, lost her life in the Mulgrave River on Sunday in an heroic ...

    Article : 207 words
  23. Discovery's Return Voyage.

    SYDNEY, Feb. 4.—The Minister for Defence (Mr. Parkhill) stated today that he had received the following message from the Discovery II sent from the ship ...

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  24. BURIED IN EARTH FALL

    SYDNEY, Feb. 4.—Norman Stanley Johnson (18), miner, was killed today by a fall of earth at Puddledock, near Armidale, and his brother. FredericK Johnson ...

    Article : 163 words
  25. SINGERS FOR AUSTRALIA.

    MONTREAL, Feb. 3.—Miss Elizabeth Rethberg, a noted soprano, will conduct an Australian concert season next winter following her engagements at Covent ...

    Article : 165 words
  26. ANTI-GAS PRECAUTIONS.

    LONDON, Feb. 4.—The Government is speeding up and extending the production of gas masks in the hope that 30,000,000 or 40,000,000 will soon be ...

    Article : 230 words
  27. JEWEL ROBBERY.

    SYDNEY, Feb. 4.—Early this morning a daring jewel theft was committed at a leading jewellery bouse. The Pivot, owned by Mr. C. H. Smith, and situated ...

    Article : 120 words
  28. FARMER'S MAD ACT.

    REGINA (Canada), Feb. 3.—Joseph Jost, a farmer, set fire to bis home, burning himself and five children to death while his wife was at a party ...

    Article : 106 words
  29. BRITAIN'S UNEMPLOYED.

    LONDON, Feb. 3.—Returns published tonight show an accentuation of the normal seasonal increase in unemployment at this time of the year, due to a spell ...

    Article : 149 words
  30. MAN'S SKULL CRUSHED

    SYDNEY, Feb. 4.—When a brick fell from the eighth floor of the building being erected for the Rural Bank at the corner of Martin-place and Elizabeth-street ...

    Article : 107 words
  31. OPERA SINGER'S CLAIM.

    MELBOURNE, Feb. 4.—Judge Winneke, in the County Court today, entered judgment by consent in favour of Strella Wilson, of Middle Brighton, against ...

    Article : 99 words
  32. UNION MERGER.

    SYDNEY, Feb. 4.—One of the largest union mergers yet attempted will be decided when a ballot being conducted by the Ironworkers' Union closes at the ...

    Article : 83 words
  33. GEOLOGICAL MUSEUM.

    LONDON, Feb. 3.—The continued popularity of the Geological Museum in its new home at South Kensington where the League of Nations International ...

    Article : 93 words
  34. SWALLOWED A GOLF BALL.

    BRISBANE, Feb. 4.—According to a statement at a meeting of the Toowoomba Hospital Board last night, a patient at the general hospital owed his ...

    Article : 66 words
  35. MAN HUNT IN SKYSCRAPER.

    NEW YORK, Feb. 3.—Despite a search from cellar to roof, which lasted all night, the police were compelled to abandon the hunt for a man who shot a watchman in ...

    Article : 83 words
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