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  2. RIOT AT OTTAWA.

    OTTAWA, Aug. 2.—Half an hour'a rioting followed an attempt by 500 delegates to the "Workers' Economic Conference" to hold a mass demonstration at Ottawa ...

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  3. ECONOMIC WAR.

    DUBLIN, Aug. 3.—Despite a duty of five shillings per ton, importers persist in ordering British coal, because it is superior to and cheaper in the long run ...

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  4. CATHEDRAL THEFT.

    ROME, Aug. 2.—Thieves hid in the cathedral of Ferrara and stole jewels from the famous twelfth-century Madonna Delle Grazie, which were votive offerings of the ...

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  5. SHARE GIFT INQUIRY.

    SYDNEY, Aug. 3.—Negotiations concerning mechanical hare racing at Wollongong were related to-day when Frederick Ford Cowdroy, managing director of the ...

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  6. GERMAN OUTRAGES.

    BERLIN, Aug. 3.—Fresh acts of terrorism are reported from Marienburg, where the houses of prominent Republican municipal councillors have been ...

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  7. EMPIRE CONFERENCE

    OTTAWA, Aug. 2.—The Imperial Economic Conference resumed full activities to-day, the most important features being a further discussion of the monetary ...

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  8. WAGE REDUCTION.

    Judgment was given by the State Full Court yesterday to the effect that the State Arbitration Court, when making an order under Section 15 of the Financial ...

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  9. WAR FEVER.

    NEW YORK, Aug. 2.—The Buenos Aires correspondent of the "New York Times" states that the order for a general mobilisation in Paraguay and the ...

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  10. LANCASTER ON TRIAL.

    MIAMI (Florida), Aug. 2.—Threats against Haden Clarke by Captain W. N. Lancaster, the noted airman, when the latter learned of the growing attachment ...

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  11. SOCIAL SERVICES.

    CANBERRA, Aug. 3.—The extent to which the Commonwealth has committed itself to social services which are not strictly within the scope of Government ...

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  12. THE EXCHANGE RATE.

    CANBERRA, Aug. 3.—The following statement has been issued on behalf of the Federal Ministry with respect to comments by the leader of the Country Party ...

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  13. COALITION NOT SOUGHT.

    BERLIN, Aug. 2.—The German Government does not intend to negotiate for a coalition in the Reichstag in which, as a result of the general election, no party ...

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  14. TIDAL WAVE DISASTER

    CALCUTTA, Aug. 3.—Two hundred and sixteen Moslem labourers were drowned when a ferry boat was overwhelmed by a tidal bore during the night on the ...

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  15. INDIAN TERRORISM.

    CALCUTTA, Aug. 3.—Plans for a terrorist rising are believed to have been frustrated by the arrest at Rangpur, North Bengal, of 115 youths, mostly ...

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  16. PAPUAN CONDITIONS.

    SYDNEY, Aug. 3.—Sir Hubert Murray, Lieutenant-Governor of Papua, has arrived in Sydney with Lady Murray on a holiday visit. Sir Hubert, in the course of an ...

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  17. GOLF CLUB FIRE.

    SYDNEY, Aug. 3.—A fire which gutted the club house of the Killara Golf Club early this morning caused damage estimated at several thousands of pounds. Shortly ...

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  18. CONCRETE RESULTS.

    OTTAWA, Aug. 2.—The Prime Minister of Canada (Mr, Bennett) made his first appearance at the daily Press interview to-day and submitted himself amiably to a ...

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  19. BRITISH WAR LOAN.

    LONDON, Aug. 3.—The number of applications for the conversion of the five per cent. war loan shows that some four-fifths of the total £2,085,000,000 has been ...

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  20. AGITATION IN PUNJAB.

    LONDON, Aug. 2.—Reports received in London indicate that during the past week Congress activities throughout India have been ineffective. The Sikh ...

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  21. OCEAN SURVEY.

    LONDON, Aug. 2.—A scientific expedition to survey the Arabian Sea and the north and west Indian Ocean is being organised, and will begin operations next ...

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  22. "GIRLS TRAINED TO STEAL."

    ADELAIDE, Aug. 3.—"Young girls have been systematically trained to steal goods from Adelaide shops," said Mr. A. L. Pickering, of the Crown Law Office, in ...

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  23. AUSTRALIA-EUROPE FLIGHT.

    LOS ANGELES, Aug. 2.—The Australian Press Association learns of a proposal for a Sydney to Europe flight, via the Dutch East Indies, China and Egypt by ...

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  24. MONETARY REFORM.

    SYDNEY, Aug. 3.—Dealing with monetary problems, in an address to the Institute of Incorporated Secretaries to-day, Mr. E. G. Theodore, former Federal ...

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  25. MOOREBANK MURDERS

    SYDNEY, Aug. 3.—The State Cabinet, after a lone discussion this morning, decided that the law should take its course in regard to the case of William Cyril ...

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  26. England to Australia.

    LONDON, Aug. 3.—Mr. Richard Allen, the son of a Melbourne merchant, left to-day for Brussels, on the first stage of a solo holiday flight to Australia. ...

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  27. PRISONER ESCAPES.

    SYDNEY, Aug. 3.—A prisoner, Thomas Henry Byrne, escaped from Goulburn gaol to-day after he had served half his sentence of 18 months, which he received at ...

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  28. ENGLISH TEST TEAM.

    LONDON, Aug. 3.—It is again rumoured that R. W. V. Robins (Middle-sex) will be unable to accept the invitation to make the tour of Australia with ...

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  29. PETROL PRODUCTION.

    CAPE TOWN, Aug. 2.—The British Burma Oil Company has acquired extensive torbanite fields in Western Transvaal, for the purpose of producing petrol from ...

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  30. DAMAGES FOR ASSAULT.

    MELBOURNE, Aug. 3.—The hearing was concluded to-day of the action in which Murray Edward Garth, of Hamilton (New South Wales), claimed £10,000 damages ...

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  31. THEATRE FINANCE.

    SYDNEY, Aug. 3.—Before the Registrar in Bankruptcy (Mr. N. C. Lockhart) to-day, Mr. Edmund Covell, formerly a director of Harry Rickards Tivoli Theatres, ...

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  32. DEFIANT TRIBAL CHIEF.

    CAPE TOWN, Aug. 2.—The contumacious chief of the Ovambos, who bag taken no notice of an order to pay 10 cattle for trespassing on the property of a ...

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  33. AUDACIOUS BURGLARS.

    LONDON, Aug. 2.—An unusually audacious burglary took place in the early hours of this morning at a block of flats in Mayfair. Just before midnight Sir Edward ...

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  34. EX-KING MANOEL.

    LONDON, Aug. 2.—When the British cruiser, Concord, with the body of ex-King Manoel reached the Tagus to-day, she was met by an escort of Portuguese seaplanes ...

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  35. PRISON RIOT.

    CALCUTTA, Aug. 3.—The punishment of a prisoner who defied the rules led to a serious riot at the Cannanore gaol at Malabar, South India. Three hundred ...

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  36. FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS.

    SYDNEY, Aug. 3.—It was stated in Federal Ministerial circles in Sydney to-day that at the meeting of the Federal Cabinet in Melbourne to-morrow one of ...

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  37. COAL MINES SALE.

    SYDNEY, Aug. 3.—It is understood that the Broken Hill Proprietary Company has for some time been in negotiation with the Scottish Australian Mining Co. for the ...

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  38. COWES REGATTA.

    LONDON, Aug. 2.—At Cowes regatta to-day, Queen Mary's Cup for 15-ton yachts was won by Sir Geoffrey Fielding's Rosemary, with Major Powers-Clark's ...

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  39. STOLEN VAN INTERCEPTED.

    MELBOURNE, Aug. 3.—The police to-night intercepted two men in a motor van containing groceries which had been stolen in Rathdown-street, Carlton. The ...

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  40. THE BRITISH VIEWPOINT.

    OTTAWA, Aug. 2.—To-morrow will be the birthday of the leader of the British delegation (Mr. Stanley Baldwin) and there is speculation whether the Canadian Prime ...

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  41. DISASTROUS LIGHTNING FLASH

    PARIS, Aug. 3.—A single flash of lighting to-day killed 450 sheep in a flock of 600 in a storm over the village of Ternant. Soldiers have been deputed to bury the ...

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  42. MOTORIST FOR TRIAL.

    MELBOURNE, Aug. 3.—George Blackburn (7) was knocked down and killed by a motor car driven by Henry Charles Samuel Tucker, Jun. (29), invalid ...

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  43. TIMBER MILL ACCIDENT.

    MANJIMUP, Aug. 3.—At No. 1 State Mill yesterday afternoon Norman Aitken, a guard on a mill rake, was severely crushed between the log landing and the ...

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