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  2. THE BRITISH BUDGET.

    LONDON, April 21.—Resuming the de­bate on the Budget resolutions in the House of Commons to-day, Mr. Winston Churchill (Conservative) said that tariffs ...

    Article : 368 words
  3. DISARMAMENT.

    GENEVA, April 21.—Geneva to-day was the meeting place of many of the world's leading Statesmen. The Prime Minister of France (M. Tardieu) ...

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  4. COMMUNIST EVIL.

    MELBOURNE, April 22.—Far-reaching proposals for dealing with Communism will be among the most important matters to be discussed daring the session ...

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  5. VICTORIAN ELECTIONS.

    MELBOURNE, April 22.—It was an­nounced to-night that the Acting Trea­surer (Mr. Jones) and the Honorary Min­ister (Mr. Kiernan) had resigned from the ...

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  6. N.S.W. DEFAULT VERDICT.

    The High Court yesterday refused the application of the State of New South Wales for leave to appeal to the Privy Council against the validity of the Enforcement Act. The Court also dismissed the State's application for an Injunction restraining the banks from ...

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  7. COLONIAL SUGAR PREFERENCE.

    LONDON, April 22.—The Secretary for Colonies (Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister) telegraphed to the sugar-producing colonies explaining the details of the special ...

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  8. POSSIBLE TREASURY ISSUE.

    LONDON, April 22.—The "Daily Tele­graph" states that there are reports of an impending Treasury issue. The scheme for the conversion of the War Loan (five ...

    Article : 83 words
  9. TRUST MONEY.

    MELBOURNE, April 22.—Referring to the decision of the High Court to-day upholding the validity of section 15 of the Financial Agreement Enforcement Act. ...

    Article : 153 words
  10. BRUTAL ASSAULT.

    SYDNEY, April 22.—One of the worst cases of wanton assault in the criminal history of the State, and one which will probably result in the death of one, at ...

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  11. NEW TARIFF DUTIES.

    LONDON, April 21.—The Treasury to-night issued the first report of the Import Duties Advisory Committee for the imposition of extra duties on a wide ...

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  12. PARTY PREPARATIONS.

    SYDNEY, April 22.—In anticipation of an early election the State branch of the Federal Labour Party has selected 40 can­didates to oppose Lang Plan candidates. ...

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  13. SCOTT'S FLIGHT.

    BASRA, April 22.—Mr. C. W. A. Scott. on his flight from England in an attempt to lower the record to Australia, arrived here at 4 p.m. yesterday and resumed his ...

    Article : 159 words
  14. POLICY SPEECHES.

    MELBOURNE, April 22.—The State election campaign was begun to-night when the Acting Premier (Mr. Tunnecliffe) and the Leader of the Opposition (Sir Stanley ...

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  15. BREACH OF OLD ACT.

    LONDON, April 22.—Lord Hailsham (Secretary for War) in the House of Lords last night, mentioned what he described as a very remarkable situation. A very ...

    Article : 249 words
  16. COUNTRY PARTY CONFIDENCE.

    SYDNEY, April 21.—Senator Hardy, speaking to-day at Gloucester, to a large gathering, said:—"All we ask, and I be­lieve that the time is rapidly approaching, ...

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  17. CEILING FALLS.

    BASTIA (Corsica), April 22.—The ceiling of the Correctional Court collapsed in a solid mass to-day during the hearing of a case, burying magistrates, barristers ...

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  18. "BASED ON FALSEHOOD."

    SYDNEY, April 22.—Broadcasting to-night the Leader of the State Opposition (Mr. Stevens) said that the speech of the Premier (Mr. Lang) at the Town Hall on ...

    Article : 276 words
  19. SHOOTING TRAGEDY.

    MIAMI (Florida), April 21.—Mrs. Keith Miller and Captain Lancaster, the well-known aviators, are being held in the Country gaol pending an investigation into ...

    Article : 330 words
  20. AMERICAN COMMUNISTS.

    NEW YORK, April 22.—Disorder broke out yesterday afternoon at a demonstration for unemployment relief at the City Hall, when a group of several hundfed ...

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  21. CORRIDOR COLLAPSES.

    BRISBANE, April 22.—A sensational accident that fortunately was unattended by fatal consequences occurred during building operations at the new ...

    Article : 159 words
  22. Criticism from Wool Trade.

    LONDON, April 22.—The "Evening Standard." in an editorial referring to the new British duties, says that the Government has done well but a free trade ...

    Article : 415 words
  23. CARGO ON FIRE.

    LONDON, April 22.—The fire brigade controlled a fire in the fourth hold of the motor vessel Winton, from Port Adelaide and Rabaul. now at the Alexander Dock. ...

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  24. MASTER BUTCHERS ANXIOUS.

    SYDNEY, April 22.—It was learned to-day that the Government is £20,000 in arrears to the master butchers for dole meat. A special meeting of the Master ...

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  25. CYCLIST'S SKULL FRACTURED.

    Vernon Johnson Jones (21), of Guildford-road, Rivervale, was thrown from his motor cycle on the Ascot-road, Victoria Park, yesterday morning, and received ...

    Article : 65 words
  26. SERVANTS ABERRATION.

    LONDON, April 22.—A curious case "without recorded parallel," is narrated in the "Lancet" by two medical men, concerning a domestic servant aged 28 ...

    Article : 92 words
  27. POSTAL WORKERS.

    Referring yesterday to the report which appeared in "The West Australian" to the effect that the Postal Union of Hew South Wales had decided to withdraw from ...

    Article : 204 words
  28. FUNDERS-LANE ROBBERY.

    MELBOURNE, April 22.—Hugh Martin, one of the men who is serving a sentence for his part in the Fliader, s-lane robbery, admitted in the General Sessions Court ...

    Article : 85 words
  29. NOVELISTS ESTATE.

    LONDON, April 21.—A surprising re­velation of the affairs of the late Mr. Edgar Wallace, the famous novelist, who has hitherto been believed to have been ...

    Article : 87 words
  30. A CRITICAL POSITION.

    SYDNEY, April 22.—The position has become critical for the long Ministry in view of the refusal of the High, Court to day to permit the Government to appeal ...

    Article : 538 words
  31. BANK THIEVES.

    MELBOURNE, April 22.—Imprisonment for three years with hard labour was the sentence imposed to-day by Mr. Justice Foster, in the General Sessions ...

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  32. SALES TAX FRAUD.

    SYDNEY, April 22.—"This is a serious charge and the evidence of guilt with in-tent to defraud against this man is over-whelming," said Mr. Laidlaw. C.S.3. at ...

    Article : 127 words
  33. ABROAD FOR 18 YEARS.

    LONDON, April 21.—His Majesty the King sent by wireless a message of greet­ing to the 1st Battalion of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, of which he is Colonel-in-Chief. ...

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  34. AMERICAN OPINION.

    NEW YORK, April 20.—The Washington correspondent of the "New York. Times" states that semi-official comment to-day on the British Budget took the ...

    Article : 256 words
  35. DANISH TRAINING SHIP.

    COPENHAGEN, April 22.—Plans have been completed for building a full-rigged training snip accommodating 120 boys to replace the Kobenhaven, which vanished ...

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  36. VILLAGE BURNED OUT.

    TOKIO, April 22.—A night-long conflagration fanned by a gale has wiped out the village of Omiya at the base of Fuji Yama. Thirteen hundred persons are ...

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  37. Advertising

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  38. AUSTRALIAN MOTOR CYCLISTS

    LONDON. April 22.—Australian speedway riders have formed a team of six with one reservist, under the name of the "Kangaroos." They have adopted a ...

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  39. ROYAL VISIT TO HOSPITAL.

    LONDON, April 21.—Their Majesties the King and Queen this afternoon paid a visit to the King Edward VII. Hospital, at Windsor, afterwards returning to ...

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