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  2. LABOUR RETURNED.

    By losing Subiaco and Maylands to Nationalist candidates, Albany to the Country Party and East Perth to an Independent, the Labour Government, in the general elections on Saturday, had its majority in the Legislative Assembly reduced from ten to two. ...

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  3. TRADE TREATIES.

    WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—The State Department today announced that the reciprocal trade treaty recently negotiated with Switzerland would become effective ...

    Article : 218 words
  4. BRITISH DEFENCES.

    LONDON, Feb. 15.—Criticism of the British defence organisation for lack of co-ordination between the forces, expressions of doubt as to the value of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. RUSSIA AND JAPAN.

    LONDON, Feb. 15.—The Soviet Government has suggested to the Japanese Ambassador in Moscow the appointment of an international commission, to ...

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  6. ELECTIONS IN SPAIN.

    LONDON, Feb. 15.—The third general election under the republic will be held in Spain tomorrow, when the people will decide between two great fronts, the ...

    Article : 570 words
  7. AFRICAN STRUGGLE.

    LONDON, Feb. 15.—Most newspaper comments on the report of the League of Nations committee of experts on the practicability of an embargo on the supply of ...

    Article : 300 words
  8. PROBABLE STATE OF PARTIES.

    The table below shows the probable state of parties in the new Parliament, compared with the figures for the old Parliament. The large numerals give the Ministerial (Labour) and Opposition (National and Country Parties) totals and the smaller numerals the strength of the individual parties. ...

    Article : 134 words
  9. MILITARY PRECAUTIONS.

    MADRID, Feb. 16.—Under military precautions resembling a state of civil war Spain began voting in the general election today. Five thousand troops and ...

    Article : 206 words
  10. THE NEW PARLIAMENT

    Election counting so far indicates that the following will comprise the new Parliament. The names of those who have been returned or, where counting has ...

    Article : 139 words
  11. OGADEN ENCOUNTER.

    LONDON, Feb. 15.—Dispatches from the war fronts in Abyssinia today mention no major movement or action. From Mogdishu (Italian Somaliland) it is ...

    Article : 233 words
  12. THE RHINELAND ZONE.

    LONDON, Feb. 15.—The future of the zone on both banks of the Rhine which was demilitarised under the Versailles Treaty and which Germany, under the ...

    Article : 545 words
  13. NAVAL LIMITATION.

    LONDON, Feb. 16.—Although Germany is not participating in the naval conference on limitation (which, following the defection of Japan is being attended by ...

    Article : 180 words
  14. BRITISH INDUSTRIES.

    LONDON, Feb. 15.—Sections of the British Industries Fair at White City and Olympia, London, and Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, open on Monday. The ...

    Article : 275 words
  15. AGRICULTURAL.

    Albany: HILL. L. L. (C.P.) ...

    Article : 105 words
  16. PESSIMISTIC COMMANDER.

    LONDON, Feb. 15.—The Paris correspondent of the "Daily Herald" states that French East African wireless stations to have picked up and decoded ...

    Article : 87 words
  17. CLERGY WARNED.

    BERLIN, Feb. 15.—Excitement and apprehension has been caused in Upper Silesia by the speech of a leading Nazi official, Herr yon Celssen, in regard to ...

    Article : 147 words
  18. MINING AND PASTORAL.

    Boulder: 'COLLIER, P. (Lab.) Brown Hill-Ivanhoe; *SMITH, F. C. L. (Lab.). Hannans: *MUNSIE, S. W. (Lab) ...

    Article : 44 words
  19. DUST AND SNOW.

    AMARILLO (Texas), Feb. 14.—The first great dust storm of 1936 has just blown itself out and details of the return of this phenomenon to the ...

    Article : 178 words
  20. SEATS LOST.

    The following members of the Legislative Assembly have lost their seats, the date when they were first elected to the Assembly being shown in brackets:— ...

    Article : 69 words
  21. MR. BALDWIN'S ERRORS.

    Sir Austen Chamberlain, who spoke later, appealed to the Prime Minister, whose recent speeches, he said, had confronted members with serious problems ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 963 words
  22. NORTHERN.

    Gascoyne: WISE, F. J. S. (Lab.) Kimberley: *COVERLEY, A. A. M. (Lab.). Pilbara: *WELSH, F. R. (Nat.) ...

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  23. "CHIEF KILLER" KILLED.

    CHICAGO, Feb. 15.—Early today, just a few hours after the seventh anniversary of the notorious St. Valentine's Day massacre in which seven gangsters were ...

    Article : 144 words
  24. DEPOSITS LOST.

    The following candidates, having failed to poll more than one-fifth of the first preference votes of the successful candidates dates in their electorates have forfeited ...

    Article : 75 words
  25. SEAT IN DOUBT.

    When counting for the Nelson seat ceased last night, the return of Mr. J. H. Smith, the retiring Nationalist member, was doubtful. Mr. C. L Doust. the ...

    Article : 59 words
  26. CANADIAN WHEAT BOARD.

    OTTAWA, Feb. 14.—A Parliamentary Committee has been appointed to inquire into charges made against the Wheat Board by Mr. E. E. Perley (con) ...

    Article : 133 words
  27. HOLOCAUST IN CHINA.

    TIENTSIN, Feb. 14.—Only two bodies could be identified out of 150 old, poor people who were incinerated while sleeping on matting in charity huts in a slum ...

    Article : 59 words
  28. LOYALTY REWARDED.

    LONDON, Feb. 15.—The National Maritime Board announces that navigating and engineer officers in the mercantile marine will have their wages ...

    Article : 59 words
  29. NEW MEMBERS.

    The following new members have been elected to the Legislative Assembly:— CARDELL-OLIVER, Mrs. A. F. G. (Nat.,). Subiaco. ...

    Article : 43 words
  30. KEY TO TABLES.

    In the tables on this page the following abbreviations are used:—Lab., Labour Party; Nat., National Party: C.P., Country Party, Lib, Liberal: Ind. C.P., ...

    Article : 54 words
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