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  2. REVOLT IN SPAIN.

    MADRID, Jan. 26.—Troops have been hurriedly ordered to Alcorisa (near Saragossa), where revolutionaries have proclaimed a Communist government and have ...

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  3. MOTOR CAR SPEED.

    AUCKLAND, Jan. 26.—Mr. Norman ("Wizard") Smith lowered the world 10-mile land speed record to-day on the Ninety-mile Beach with an average speed ...

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  4. DARTMOOR MUTINY.

    LONDON, Jan. 26.—All is quiet in Dartmoor Prison following the grave but unsuccessful mutiny on Sunday, in which nearly 100 men were injured and a £10,000 ...

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  5. INDIAN STABILITY.

    CALCUTTA, Jan. 26.—A summary of the week's events in India shows a generally satisfactory tendency. The main features have been the diminishing extent to ...

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  6. MINE EXPLOSION.

    LONDON, Jan. 26.—Twelve persons have been killed and six are missing through an explosion in the Llwynpia colliery in the Rhondda Valley. ...

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  7. MELBOURNE HOLD-UP.

    MELBOURNE, Jan. 26.—Seven men were charged at the City Court to-day with having on November 20 last wounded Plainclothes Constable Charles Alexander ...

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  8. FEDERAL BASIC WAGE.

    CANBERRA, Jan. 26.—A change in the Federal basic wage in New South Wales, Western Australia and Tasmania will take place as a result of the quarterly ...

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  9. DANGER IN SHANGHAI.

    SHANGHAI, Jan. 26.—A dangerous situation exists in Shanghai arising from the tension between the Chinese and Japanese which was brought to a head ...

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  10. BRITISH CABINET.

    LONDON, Jan. 25.—The Prime Minister (Mr. MacDonald) said to-day that the decision to allow those members of the Cabinet who dissented from the tariff proposals to ...

    Article : 348 words
  11. EXPULSION OF JESUITS.

    MADRID, Jan. 26.—The Jesuits will have little opportunity to protest against their suppression in Spain with their chief organ, "El Debate," suspended. It is ...

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  12. WATERFRONT DISPUTE

    MELBOURNE, Jan. 26.—The Minister for Industry (Mr. Latham) to-day reiterated his desire for a speedy settlement of the waterside trouble, but added that ...

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  13. EMPLOYERS' FEDERATION.

    In connection with the cost of living figures for the quarter ended December 31, the following statement was made yesterday by the secretary of the West ...

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  14. LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

    LONDON, Jan. 26.—Members of the League Council to-day held a private meeting to consider the notification of the desire to resign in 12 months' time received ...

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  15. THE MANCHURIAN DISPUTE.

    LONDON, Jan. 25.—The Sino-Japanese dispute in Manchuria again came before the League Council at Geneva to-night. M. Paul Boncour (France) presided and ...

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  16. RISING IN SALVADOR.

    SAN SALVADOR, Jan. 25.—Government officials announced to-day that their forces were in complete control of the country having suppressed all ...

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  17. SHIPPING DISPUTE.

    ADELAIDE, Jan. 26.—Notwithstanding the ban imposed on vessels of the Adelaide and Coast Steamship Companies by the local branch of the Seamen a Union, the ...

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  18. HEALTH PROBLEMS.

    CANBERRA, Jan. 26.—The international health problems associated with Asiatic cholera, yellow fever, bubonic plague and smallpox will be discussed a ...

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  19. ATTEMPT ON WORLD RECORD.

    Mr. Norman Smith, who broke the world land speed record for ten miles yesterday on the Ninety Mile Beach (New Zealand) will also make an attempt on the outright ...

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  20. BRITISH COLONIAL SERVICE.

    LONDON, Jan. 26.—The Colonial Office announces that it has been decided to discontinue the competitive examination hitherto held annually for cadetships in ...

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  21. RACIAL BITTERNESS.

    CALCUTTA, Jan. 26.—A grave situation has developed in Kashmir State, where 12,000 Moslem insurgents in the Reasi district looted and burned 12 villages ...

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  22. NUMBER OF DEATHS.

    NEW YORK, Jan. 25.—Unconfirmed private advices assert that 1,000 or more persons have been killed since Sunday in the Salvador rising. The American ...

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  23. WOMEN REFUGEES ON WARSHIP.

    OTTAWA, Jan. 25.—The Canadian destroyer Skeena, which was despatched to the port of Alcajuhl (Salvador) on account of the Communist rising, has on ...

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  24. AMERICAN FINANCE.

    WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.—Rumours such as were current at the end of 1929 that the Federal Reserve Board intended to augment the note issue, virtually taking ...

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  25. NATIONAL DEBT.

    LONDON, Jan. 26.—The city editor of the "Daily Express" understands that a gigantic conversion scheme for the whole of the national debt is under consideration ...

    Article : 89 words
  26. GREEK FINANCES.

    LONDON, Jan. 25.—It is understood that the Greek Prime Minister (M. Venizelos), who has arrived in London on a private visit, will use the occasion to ...

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  27. ILLICIT STILLS.

    CANBERRA, Jan. 26.—The Minister for Customs (Mr. Gullett) stated to-day that as a result of the prevalence of illicit stills in Australia the Commonwealth ...

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  28. MOSCOW TRAIN SMASH.

    MOSCOW, Jan. 25.—A court inquiry into the railway disaster in which 68 persons were killed on January 2, has sentenced the drivers of the trains to ten ...

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  29. STABILITY OF STERLING.

    LONDON, Jan. 25.—The Bank of England announces that on January 31 it will repay credits of £15,000,000 each to the Federal Reserve Bank of the United ...

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  30. MELBOURNE FATALITIES.

    MELBOURNE, Jan. 28.—Fatalities reported to the Coroner last year numbered 1,259, of which 187 were due to motoring accidents. Seven drivers were ...

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  31. BATHING FATALITY.

    ADELAIDE, Jan. 28.—The Rev. H. S. Joyce (56), of the Port Adelaide Congregational Church, and chairman of the South Australian Congregational Unions, was ...

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  32. POLICE NEWS.

    Extensive inquiries by the police have so far failed to locate anyone who can identify the man who was found shot dead in the bush near Clieveden-street. North Perth ...

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  33. THEFT FROM BANK.

    BUNBURY, Jan. 26.—In the Quarter Sessions opened to-day, Allan Oliver Baxter, of Collie, pleaded guilty to having stolen £3,670 between June 1, 1928, and ...

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  34. AMERICAN DEBTS.

    WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.—American Government indebtedness, State, county and city, is now estimated at between £7,000,000,000 and £8,000,000,000 being ...

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  35. MINING REVIVAL.

    WILUNA, Jan. 28.—An optimistic note regarding the future of the mining industry was struck by the Warden (Mr. E. Y. Butler) last night when proposing the ...

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  36. FARM COLLEGE DISPUTE.

    ADELAIDE, Jan. 26.—The Roseworthy Agricultural College, in which a "strike" of students recently occurred, will not hold an annual speech day this year. The ...

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  37. MURCHISON MYSTERY.

    SYDNEY, Jan. 26.—Mr. A. W. Sims, a dentist, of Hamilton (New Zealand) arrived in Sydney this morning by the steamer Marama en route for Cue (Weet ...

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  38. GOLD HIDDEN IN CHIMNEY.

    KALGOORLIE, Jan. 28.—In the Police Court to-day the Resident Magistrate (Mr. J. E. Geary) delivered reserved judgment in the case in which Peter Consetti was ...

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  39. Alleged Stealing.

    Jacob Houghton McMullen (42), of the Horseshoe Coffee Palace, Murray-street, was arrested by Detective S. Smith and Constables Kendall and Richardson ...

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  40. RUSSIA AND POLAND.

    MOSCOW, Jan. 25.—The text of a Russo-Polish treaty of non-aggression is published to-day. The parties agree to abstain from direct and indirect ...

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  41. AMERICAN NAVY.

    WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.—The House of Representatives' Naval Affairs Committee decided on a vote to-day to shelve until after the Disarmament Conference at ...

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  42. Unlawful Possession Charge.

    On Monday night, Horace Hunt (40), labourer, of no fixed address, was arrested on a charge of drunkenness, and was subsequently released on depositing £1 from ...

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  43. £2,000,000 UGANDA LOAN.

    LONDON, Jan. 26.—A Uganda Government loan of £2,000,000 issued at £96 and bearing interest at 5 per cent., has been underwritten. ...

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  44. RICH AMERICAN ESTATE.

    NEW YORK, Jan. 25.—Seventy-three lawyers, representing some of the 1,507 claimants to the Wendel estate (valued at between 10,000,000 and 20,000,000). ...

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  45. NEW WELLINGTON DOCK.

    BUNBURY, Jan. 28.—The Witte Zee (465 tons), one of the tugs need for towing the Jubilee Dock from the Tyne to Wellington (N.Z.) berthed in Bunbury ...

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  46. NAZI BOY MURDERED.

    BERLIN, Jan. 26.—The murder of a Nazi schoolboy aged 16, by Communist youths armed with daggers, while he and four companions were distributing ...

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  47. SCHOOLGIRLS' TOUR.

    As the motor vessel Manunda moved to her berth at Victoria Quay yesterday morning, coo-ees came across the water from the 76 girls who had toured ...

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  48. PRINCE'S MANY INTERESTS.

    LONDON, Jan. 25.—A film shortly to be released, which was taken with the Prince of Wales'a permission, records the Prince's activities as farmer, landlord and ...

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  49. ITALIAN MURDERED.

    SYDNEY, Jan. 28.—Rocco Tremaphi, an Italian farmer, was found murdered to-night on the verandah of his home at Griffith, as the result of a family quarrel. ...

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  50. WRITERS CHARGED WITH LIBEL

    LONDON, Jan. 25.—Two young New Zealanders, Geoffrey Potocki Demotalk, poet, who appeared in sandals and a scarlet cloak, and Douglas Glass, author ...

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  51. CONTRACT BRIDGE

    LONDON, Jan. 25.—A series of duplicate contract bridge matches was begun in London to-day between British, German and Dutch teams. The Dutch ...

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  52. DRY WEATHER IN TASMANIA.

    HOBART, Jan. 26.—Exceptionally dry weather has been experienced in many parts of Tasmania during December and January. Hobart baa bad only 45 points ...

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