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  2. THE KING.

    LONDON, June 5.—It was officially announced to-day that the King had a good night, and that his general health was satisfactory. ...

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  3. ARBITRATION.

    MELBOURNE, June 5.—Employers in Melbourne are puzzled by the statement made by the Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce) at Canberra on Tuesday night, in which ...

    Article : 364 words
  4. TIMBER STRIKE.

    MELBOURNE, June 5.—With the opening of the timber mills with the aid of volunteer labour there is evidence that the strike in the timber industry, which is ...

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  5. SOUTHERN CROSS INQUIRY

    SYDNEY, June 5.—A witness before the Air Inquiry Board this morning—Jas. Anderson Portus, of the Shell Oil Co.—gave evidence that he had known ...

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  6. BASIC WAGE DECLARED.

    The Arbitration Court, consisiting of Mr. President Dwyer, Mr. O. L. Bloxsome (employers' representative), and Mr. W. Somerville (employees' representative) ...

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  7. BRITISH GOVERNMENT

    The Leader of the Labour Party (Mr. Ramsay MacDonald) had an audience with the King at Windsor Castle yesterday morning, and accepted his Majesty's invitation to form a Government. His Majesty perused the list of nominees for office, which Mr. ...

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  8. A BIRTHDAY MESSAGE.

    LONDON, June 4.—The High Commissioner for Australia (Sir Granville Ryrie) telegraphed birthday greetings to the King from Geneva, in which he expressed ...

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  9. ERUPTION OF VESUVIUS.

    NAPLES, June 5.—Professor Malladra, director of the Royal Vesuvius Observatory announced last night that the activity of Vesuvius had greatly increased. ...

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  10. REPARATIONS AGREEMENT

    PARIS, June 4.—The Belgian delegates at the conference of reparations experts accepted the German proposal contained in a letter from the leader of the ...

    Article : 90 words
  11. PRESS COMMENT.

    LONDON, June 5.—"The dismissal of the Baldwin Ministry was emphatic enough," says "The Times", in an editorial, "but the mood in which the change was ...

    Article : 108 words
  12. OBJECTION TO FEDERAL COURT.

    MELBOURNE, June 5.—While agreeing with the statements by the Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce) that an elimination of the overlapping which now occurred ...

    Article : 180 words
  13. ALLOCATION OF DUTIES.

    LONDON, June 4.—"The Times" in a leading article says:—"It is to be hoped that Mr. Ramsay MacDonald will not for the second time attempt to combine the ...

    Article : 129 words
  14. EXPERTS' STATEMENT.

    PARIS, June 4.—It is anticipated that the experts' statement will be ready for signature before the week-end. It is a long document, and comprises 40 pages. ...

    Article : 75 words
  15. COMPOSITION OF CABINET.

    LONDON, June 4.—Mr. Stanley Baldwin was shy to the end. He left No. 10 Downing-street by the back gate, almost unobserved. He returned after lunch, from ...

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  16. DEBATE IN REICHSTAG.

    BERLIN, June 4.—There was a mild "scene" when the reparations agreement came before the Reichstag. The Nationalists submitted a motion rejecting the ...

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  17. NO REPAIRS.

    MELBOURNE, June 5.—A decision by members of the Amalgamated Engineering Union to refrain from carrying put repairs at mills affected by the strike, is regarded ...

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  18. STATE OF PARTIES.

    LONDON, June 4.—The result of the election in the Orkney and Shetland Division was announced to-day. Sir Robert Hamilton (Liberal) was elected by 8,256 ...

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  19. COMPULSORY VOTING.

    HOBART, June 5.—The first case of its kind in the Commonwelath was heard in the Stanley Police Court, before Mr. D. D. Stops, P.M., on Tuesday, when W. ...

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  20. THE MUSICIANS' UNION.

    MELBOURNE, June 5.—Declaring that the Federal Arbitration Court was the only tribunal that could deal effectively with conditions in the theatre industry, ...

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  21. CONCLUSION OF WORK.

    WASHINGTON, June 4.—President Hoover to-day expressed great satisfaction at the successful, conclusion of the work of the experts' committee on ...

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  22. MOSCOW OPINION.

    MOSCOW, June 4.—Though every Press cartoon depicts Mr. Ramsay MacDonald as the second and willing tool of the capitalists, there is a chorus of delight at ...

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  23. WORKERS CLAIM SOLIDITY.

    SYDNEY, June 5.—At the invitation of the Labour Council the officials of the unions at the Trades Hall met to-day to discuss the latest developments in the ...

    Article : 89 words
  24. AMERICAN PRESS COMMENT.

    NEW YORK, June 4.—The "New York Times" in an editorial commenting on the reparations settlement, says:—"The agreement combines fairness to both sides with ...

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  25. MR. J. J. KENNEALLY'S VIEW.

    Mr. J. J. Kenneally, M.L.A., who attended the recent industrial conference in Melbourne, said yesterday:— "The question as to whether workers in ...

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  26. EFFECT ON AUSTRALIA.

    CANBERRA, June 5.—It is not expected in Federal circles that, with Britain ruled by a Labour Ministry, Australia will be adversely affected. The Prime Minister ...

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  27. AVIATION.

    LONDON, June 4.—It is understood that an announcement regarding the provision of a permanent memorial of the first Atlantic flight made by the Late Sir ...

    Article : 111 words
  28. SOUTH AFRICA.

    CAPE TOWN, June 4.—General Smuts opened the last week of the election campaign with a great demonstration iu the City Hall, Cape Town. The hall was ...

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  29. IDEALS FOR WORLD PEACE.

    PARIS, June 5.—Interviewed by a representative of the "Petit Parisien" in London, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald said that he hoped to get in touch with the ...

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  30. FUTURE OF AIRSHIPS.

    BERLIN, June 4.—Replying to Signor Mussolini's criticism to the effect that there was no great future for airships as passengers ran the danger of great peril ...

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  31. ENGLISH DERBY.

    LONDON, June 5.—The Derby was run to-day and resulted:— TRIGO.—Mr. W. Barnett's b c, by Blandford—Athasi .. 1 ...

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  32. FAMINE IN CHINA.

    WASHINGTON, June 4.—Three Red Cross Commissioners will be sent to China at the request of President Hoover, to investigate the famine conditions, with ...

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  33. AROUND AUSTRALIA.

    ADELAIDE, June 5.—Captain Hugh Grosvenor, A.D.C. to the Governor of South Australia (Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven), arrived at the Parafield ...

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  34. DUKE OF GLOUCESTER'S TOUR.

    VANCOUVER, June 4.—His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester arrived at Vancouver to-day from Victoria (British Columbia) for an informal visit of three ...

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  35. SYDNEY OPINIONS DIFFER.

    SYDNEY, June 5.—Opinions differ in Sydney in industrial circles respecting the proposal to transfer industrial powers from the Federal to the State ...

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  36. ERRING SOLICITORS.

    SYDNEY, June 5.—Application was made to the Full Court to-day by the Incorporated Law Institute for an order to make absolute a rule calling upon Lionel ...

    Article : 156 words
  37. DISARMAMENT.

    COPENHAGEN, June 4.—In an interview with a representative of the Danish Socialist organ "Socialdemokraten" regarding the Danish disarmament project Mr. ...

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  38. CALCUTTA SWEEP.

    LONDON, June 4.—A full announcement in regard to the Calcutta sweep drawing has raised several new hopes of speedy wealth in Great Britain. A girl clerk in ...

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  39. RUSSIAN ART TREASURES.

    BERLIN, June 4.—The first day's sale of pictures from the Leningrad Museums and palaces, realised £120,000. The sale was authorised by the Soviet. The ...

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  40. CHINESE FALL OUT.

    DARWIN, June 5.—A Chinese named Willie Howe was fined £20, in default three months' imprisonment in the Darwin Police Court to-day, for having had a ...

    Article : 134 words
  41. ALLEGED STOWAWAY.

    DARWIN, June 5.—James Thomas was remanded at the Police Court to-day on a charge of having used indecent language. The police stated that he was a stowaway ...

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  42. AFGHAN UPHEAVAL.

    CALCUTTA, June 5.—Advices from Afghanistan state that Kandahar, the former capital of ex-King Amanullah has been captured by the forces of Habibullah ...

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  43. BRITAIN'S UNEMPLOYED.

    LONDON, June 4.—The total number of unemployed on May 27 was 1,132,300. This was 27,638 more than on May 13. ...

    Article : 28 words
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