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  2. WIRELESS TELEPHONY.

    LONDON, March 26.—In the House of Commons to-day Sir Hilton Young (Con) drew attention to the decision of the Government to develop oversea wireless ...

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  3. PROHIBITION.

    NEW YORK, March 26.—The magazine "Literary Digest," which is conducting a nation-wide plebiscite on Prohibition, and is distributing 20,000,000 ballot papers, ...

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  4. THE ANTARCTIC.

    CAPE TOWN, March 26.—Captain Larsen, who led the Norwegian expedition in the Antarctic, said, on the arrival of the vessel Norwegia here to-day, that ...

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  5. COAL DISPUTE.

    CANBERRA, March 27.—In a further effort to reach a settlement of the coal dispute, the Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin) has called a conference of representatives ...

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  6. UNEMPLOYMENT.

    LONDON, March 26.—The dissatisfaction of a group of Labourites with the Government's unemployment policy reached a head at yesterday's meeting of the ...

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  7. FARMERS' FINANCE.

    The Premier (Mr. P. Collier) who returned from the Yilgarn area yesterday morning, stated that he had discussed the position with a number of the farmers who had ...

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  8. ECONOMIC FUTILITY.

    MELBOURNE, March 27.—"Although the people of Australia displaced a Ministry which showed them the realities and difficulties in store for Australia, in favour ...

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  9. NAVAL CONFERENCE.

    LONDON, March 27.—The French Foreign Minister (M. Briand) returned to London from Paris yesterday to resume on behalf of France, the work of the ...

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  10. DEATH RATE FIGURES.

    WASHINGTON, March 26.—Giving evidence before the House of Representatives Committee of Inquiry on Prohibition, the president of the American ...

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  11. APPLICATIONS FOR WORK.

    SYDNEY, March 27.—Officials of the Northern Collieries' Association announced to-day that more than 4,000 applications had been received for employment ...

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  12. THE DISCOVERY'S RETURN.

    CANBERRA, March 27.—A wireless message received from Sir Douglas Mawson, on board the Discovery, this morning stated that adverse weather conditions ...

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  13. AMERICAN FIGURES.

    WASHINGTON, March 26.—The American Federation of Labour, in an estimate based upon trade union reports, issued a statement to-day indicating the first ...

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  14. A UNION LOOKS BACK.

    MELBOURNE, March 27.—The opinion that the coal mine stoppage in New South Wales was hopeless from the start was expressed in a report to a meeting of the ...

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  15. MERCHANTS' COMMITTEE ACTIVE

    At a meeting of merchants and others interested in settlers' finance, convened by the Perth Chamber of Commerce and held on Tuesday night, a sub-committee was ...

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  16. PREVENTION OF SMUGGLING.

    WASHINGTON, March 26.—The enactment in Canada of the Liquor Export Bill (which passed through the House of Commons yesterday by 173 votes to 11, and ...

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  17. OUT-OF-WORK UNIONISTS.

    MELBOURNE, March 27.—A census of unemployed unionists taken by the Melbourne Trades Hall Council disclosed that the aggregate has reached 27,957. The ...

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  18. CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE.

    CALCUTTA, March 26.—The leader of the Indian Nationalist extremists, M. K. Gandhi, and his followers are likely to be given little opportunity of breaking ...

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  19. CHILD MARRIAGES.

    CALCUTTA, March 27.—It has been disclosed during the last few days that hundreds of thousands of boys and girls, mostly of Hindu caste, and many still in ...

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  20. RELIEF MEASURES IN PERTH.

    Discussing the question of unemployment relief yesterday, the Minister for Child Welfare (Mr. H. Millington) said that the Lord Mayor's fund, to which ...

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  21. FEDERAL CREDITS.

    It is nearly a fortnight since the Prime Minister (Mr. J. H. Scullin) announced the Federal Government's intention to make credits available to savings banks, rural ...

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  22. MINISTRY CRITICISED.

    LONDON, March 26.—Declaring that the Government's refusal to submit the rival system for Empire wireless telephony to a Select Committee had undoubtedly dealt a ...

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  23. PALM ISLAND TRAGEDY

    TOWNSVILLE, March 27.—The terrible events of the night of February 2 at the Palm Island aboriginal settlement; where Superintendent Curry ran amok, ...

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  24. SOLDIER SETTLERS' TROUBLES.

    Discussing the position of distressed soldier settlers yesterday, the Premier (Mr. P. Collier) said that a comparatively small area was affected—morrel country which ...

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  25. A LONDON INTERPRETATION.

    LONDON, March 26.—The "Daily Express" features Dr. Page's speech in a streamer headline. "Australian plan for Empire Free Trade." The introduction ...

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  26. BANK NOTES ON SALE.

    CANBERRA, March 27.—"There is no obligation on the Commonwealth Government for the Commonwealth Bank to redeem Australian notes in London," said ...

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  27. AUSTRALIA HOUSE STAFF.

    LONDON, March 26.—The staff of Austral House is being subjected to personal inquiries, which include questions as to the nationalities of the personnel, where ...

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  28. FLIGHT TO ENGLAND.

    BRISBANE, March 27.—A meeting unprecedented in the history of Australian aviation was brought about to-night by the simultaneous arrival at Camooweal, near ...

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  29. KIDNAPPED GENERAL.

    BERLIN, March 26.—According to a newspaper report, General Koutepoff, the head of the White Russians in Paris, who disappeared mysteriously some weeks ago, ...

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  30. UNDERWORLD FEUD.

    SYDNEY, March 27.—John William Prendergast (23), ship's fireman, died in the Sydney Hospital to-day from a bullet wound in the stomach. Later Kathleen ...

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  31. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.

    LONDON, March 26.—Giving evidence before the Parliamentary Committee, which is considering the question of the abolition of capital punishment. Lord ...

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  32. OFFICIAL AMERICAN VIEW.

    WASHINGTON, March 26.—The possibility of obtaining a five-Power naval agreement in London is still felt to be remote, despite Mr. Stimson's statement ...

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  33. EMDEN'S EXPLOITS.

    LONDON, March 26.—Mr. J. G. Lockhart, in introducing a translation of Lieutenant Helmuth von Mucke's book describing the escape of the Emden's ...

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  34. STRIKE OF PRISONERS.

    A strike of prisoners in the Fremantle Gaol occurred yesterday. Nothing could be elicited from the superintendent of the institution (Mr. A. T. Badger) or other ...

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  35. MARCONI'S TRIUMPH.

    ROME, March 26.—When a voice from Sydney announced the success of his experiment—lighting up the Sydney Town Hall by wireless from his yacht Electra, at ...

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  36. JAPANESE CRUISER RATIO.

    TOKIO, March 27.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Hamaguchi) is faced with a severe test of his statesmanship on the question of the instructions to be sent to London ...

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  37. AN AIRMAN'S END.

    NEW YORK, March 27.—A message from Hatton, North Dakota, states that Lieut. Eielsen, the Arctic flyer, who was killed in a flight in Northern Siberia, was ...

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  38. SUGAR INDUSTRY.

    LONDON, March 26.—A deputation representing the Empire's sugar industry urged on the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. P. Snowden) to-day the importance ...

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  39. CHICAGO STORM.

    CHICAGO, March 27.—Communications and business are still paralysed by heavy snow, which, commencing with the terrific blizzard which struck the city yesterday. ...

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  40. Official Statement.

    The Controller-General of Prisons (Mr. H. C. Trethowan), when asked for an official statement last evening concerning the strike of prisoners at the Fremantle ...

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  41. CITY SOLICITOR ARRESTED.

    In his office in St. George's-terrace, John O'Dea (34), solicitor, was arrested yesterday by Detective-Sergeant Jackson and Detective Smith on a charge alleging that ...

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  42. ANGLO-EGYPTIAN RELATIONS.

    LONDON, March 26.—The Foreign Secretary (Mr. A. H[?]nderson), together with officials of the Foreign Office and of the Egyptian Legation, to-night met the ...

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  43. TROUBLE IN TRADE UNION.

    MELBOURNE, March 27.—There was a surprising move among members of the Powlett branch of the Coal Miners' Union at Wonthaggi to-day, when a stop-work ...

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  44. BRITISH POLITICS.

    VANCOUVER, March 26.—Mr. Geoffrey Harmsworth, a nephew of Lord Rothermere, who is on a visit here, declared to-day that Britain was suffering from too ...

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  45. STRUCK BY LIGHTNING

    KELLERBERRIN, March 27.—During a violent thunderstorm on Tuesday after noon, four horses, the property of Mr. C. S. Wood, of Daadenning Creek, were ...

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  46. CHINESE UNREST.

    LONDON, March 26.—In answer to a question in the House of Commons today, the Foreign Secretary (Mr. A. Henderson) said that the British Ambassador ...

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  47. DEATH IN FIRE.

    LONDON, March 27.—It became known early this morning that Scotland Yard detectives have been called in to investigate the death of Mrs. Edith Mills, of ...

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  48. CAMEL CORPS MEMORIAL.

    LONDON, March 26.—A wreath of gum leaves, brought from Australia in ice by Colonel Langley, was placed on the Imperial Camel Corps memorial in the ...

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  49. LEAK IN GAS PIPE.

    SYDNEY, March 27.—Miss Agnes Finney (80), who with her sister, Miss Mary Finney, was found in their home at Annandale on Monday suffering from gas ...

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  50. 48-HOUR WEEK.

    SYDNEY, March 27.—Protests against the reversion to a 48-hour week in the railway services were made to-night at the meeting of the Labour Council. A ...

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  51. CHILD SHOOTS FATHER.

    PARIS, March 26.—A case is reported from Bantages of a six-year-old boy, who, seeing his father quarrelling with his grandfather, took the old man's part and ...

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  52. "THE DAMASK ROSE."

    LONDON, March 26.—A musical romance, "The Damask Rose," based on themes from Chopin, was produced at the Savoy Theatre. The critics commend the ...

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