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  2. COAL DISPUTE.

    SYDNEY, Dec. 22.—Although the miners spent a quiet week-end on the coalfields, there were lively meetings in Sydney at a combined conference of members ...

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  3. UNEMPLOYMENT.

    LONDON, Dec. 20.—There was a debate in unemployment in the House of Commons to-day, at the report stage of the supplementary Estimate for the salary of ...

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  4. THE NAVAL CONFERENCE.

    PARIS, Dec. 20—In the course of the debate on the Naval Estimates in the Chamber of Deputies to-day, M. Herriot insisted that there was danger in ...

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  5. BRITISH GOAL BILL.

    LONDON, Dec. 21.—It is anticipated that there will be many close divisions during the Committee stage in the House of Commons of the Government's Coal ...

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  6. DARING BURGLARY.

    Opening the strongroom door with a key taken from the office, intruders stole £520 from the warehouse of D. and W. Murray, Ltd., at the corner of Barrack ...

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  7. EMPIRE STATUS.

    MONTREAL, Dec. 20.—The "Star," in a lending article, comments upon an Ottawa message, which reports that, as a result of the Imperial Constitutional ...

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  8. REUTIONS WITH RUSSIA.

    LONDON, Dec. 20.—The new Russian Ambassador to Britain (M. Sokolnikoff) presented his credentials to the Prince of Wales (acting for the King) to-day. The ...

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  9. AEROPLANE CRASHES.

    WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—Mr. William Kaynor, M.H.R., of Massachusetts, his secretary, Captain Harry Dinger, an army pilot and two others were killed when ...

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  10. NORTH AFRICAN TRAGEDY.

    TUNIS, Dec. 20.—The bodies of Squad-ron-Leader Jones-Williams and Flight-Lieut. Jenkins, the victims of the crash 30 miles south of Tunis, will be taken to ...

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  11. General Hertzog's Sympathy.

    LONDON, Dec. 20—The following telegram from the Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa (General Hertzog) has been received by the Dominions ...

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    Looking for winners at Goodwood with the help of a magnifying glass. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  13. AIR FORCE ACCIDENTS.

    LONDON, Dec. 21.—A Btriking decrease in the number of accidents to the Royal Air Force has resulted from the standardisation on all British service machines ...

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  14. TRADE BARRIERS.

    PARTS, Dec. 21.—Britain is among the 25 nations represented at a conference here, at which a convention abolishing import and export restrictions imposed as ...

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    Aquaplaning on the Swan. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  16. VICTORIAN POLITICS.

    MELBOURNE, Dec. 22.—After its all-night sitting on Thursday the Legislative Assembly sat continuously from l1 o'clock on Friday morning until 10 minutes past ...

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  17. THE ANTARCTIC.

    WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—A Bill advancing Commander Richard Byrd (who recently flew over the South Pole) to the rank of Rear-Admiral on the retired list ...

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  18. CHRISTMAS CHEER.

    LONDON, Dec. 20.—The High Commissioner for Australia (Sir Granville Ryrie) and the Secretary to the Hipb Commissioner (Mr. Trumble), with Lady ...

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  19. MIGRATION DECLINE.

    LONDON, Dec. 20—At the annual meeting of the Orient Steam Navigation Company to-day, Sir Alan Anderson (one of the principals) said:—"Our chief ...

    Article : 255 words
  20. BATTLESHIP REPLACEMENT.

    NEW YORK, Dec. 21.—The Washington correspondent of the "Herald-Tribune" reports that it is authoritatively indicated that the United States, at the ...

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  21. FLIGHT TO AUSTRALIA.

    LONDON, Dec. 21.—Captain Chichester, who left Croydon yesterday morning on a flight to Australia, with the object of beating Mr. Bert Hinkler's record, learned to ...

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  22. AUSTRALIAN CONGRATULATIONS

    NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—The Commissioner-General for Australia (Mr. Herbert Brooks) gave a representative oft the Australian Press Association a copy of a ...

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  23. Perth Hospital Fund.

    The secretary of the Perth Hospital (Mr. Eagleton) acknowledges the following donations to the hospital's Christmas cheer fund:-Previously acknowledged £168/12/6; ...

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  24. JAPANESE HOPES.

    TOKIO, Dec. 21.—The authorities are pleased with the reception which was given the Japanese delegation on the naval conference when it visited Washington ...

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  25. EGYPTIAN ELECTIONS.

    CAIRO, Dec. 21.—The elections to the Chamber of Deputies, which were held to-day, passed off quietly. The Wafd (Nationalist Party), who had nearly 100 ...

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  26. Children Entertained.

    On Friday last an entertainment, arranged by a committee of business men and representative citizens, was given to the children of the unemployed at the Prince ...

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  27. AIR MAIL SERVICE.

    LONDON, Dec. 21.—The first air mail on the new extension to Delhi from Karachi left Croydon to-day. It will make a further savins of 24 hours to central and ...

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  28. CANADA'S REPRESENTATIVE.

    OTTAWA, Dec. 20.—The Minister for Defence (Mr. Ralston) will be Canada's representative at the naval conference in London. He will be accompanied by ...

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  29. THE WORLD'S WHEAT.

    WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—The world's wheat crop for 1929, outside Russia and China, is placed by the Department of Agriculture at 3,415,000,000 bushels and the ...

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  30. MILITARY PRISONERS.

    LONDON, Dec. 21.—Comment has been aroused by the fact that the 16 Germans, sentenced by the British military authori­ties, were released soon after the ...

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  31. MODERN KNIGHTS.

    SCHWAZ (Tyrol), Dec. 21.—Overlooking the medieval town of Schwaz there stands a loffy castle from which an underground passage leads to a secret temple. ...

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  32. INDIAN POLITICS.

    CALCUTTA, Dec. 21.—It is now known that the idea of a conference between Ghandi ami other Indian political leaders, with the Viceroy (Lord Irwin) at ...

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  33. THE NEW ARCHBISHOP.

    Members of the Anglican Church in the Diocese of Perth attended a garden party to welcome Archbishop Le Fanu on Saturday afternoon in the grounds of Craigie ...

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  34. CHILD FALLS OVER CLIFF.

    BRISBANE, Dec. 22.—Frank Doyle (5) had a remarkable escape from death yesterday, when he fell 200ft. over the Mapleton Falls. He was not found by ...

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  35. CARTER ROBBED.

    SYDNEY, Dec. 22.—As he was leaving a house in Randwick on Friday night Spencer Holt, a carter employed by Grace Bros., was struck from behind and ...

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  36. STABILISING THE PRICE.

    CHICAGO, Dec. 22.—The Farmers' National Grain Sales Corporation's entrance into the wheat market with a bid of 1 dollar 18 cents caused a jump of five cenes ...

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  37. PERSISTENT STOWAWAYS.

    LONDON, Dec. 21.—After having travelled to New Zealand as stowaways on a steamer of the Shaw Savill and Albion line, and returned in a similar manner ...

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  38. METROPOLITAN TELEPHONES.

    More calls were made through the Perth telephone exchange ou Saturday than ever before in one day. The Deputy Director of Posts and Telegraphs (Mr. S. | ...

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  39. JUDGE BEEBY'S ORDER.

    SYDNEY, Dec. 22.—An application was made to the Chief Justice of the High Court (Sir Adrian Knox) in Chambers yesterday for a summons to compel the ...

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  40. BRITISH CHIVALRY.

    LONDON, Dec. 21.—"Let England play the ace of hearts now and win a trick!" exclaimed Sir Ian Hamilton at a dinner at the British Legion Club to-day. How ...

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  41. PRICE OF NEWSPRINT.

    NEW YORK, Dec. 21.—The International Paper Company lias announced through the American Newspaper Publishers' Association that the present price of ...

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  42. EMPIRE TRADE.

    TORONTO, Dec. 20.—On his return from Britain to-day, the Leader of the Federal Opposition (Mr. Bennett) said that all Parties there were agreed that something ...

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  43. THEFT OF TOOLS.

    BOULDER, Dec. 22.—George Taylor was charged in the Boulder Police Court yesterday, before Messrs. F. W. Coath and J. Sheehan, J's.P., with having stolen a ...

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  44. CHILDREN'S HOME ENTERED.

    ADELAIDE, Dec. 22.—The Minda Home at Brighton, for weak-minded children, was broken into yesterday morning, and cheques valued at £96 and £27/10/ in ...

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  45. BROTHERS HANGED.

    MONTREAL, Dec. 20.—Two brothers—Norman and Lawrence Meuard—both under 20 years of age, were hanged together in the Bordeaux gaol to-day for the ...

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