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  2. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.

    MELBOURNE, March 2.—Afer having been stranded at Forrest since February 20, the Great Western express, which left Kalgoorlie on February 19 for Port ...

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  3. QUEENSLAND RAINS.

    BRISBANE, March 2.—Further heavy rains fell on parts of the tropical coast in the 24 hours ended at 9 a.m. yesterday The chief registrations were:— ...

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  4. SPANISH REGIME.

    MADRID, Feb. 28.—The position of King Alfonso, which has been thrown into prominence since the fall of the dictator. General Primo de Rivera, is now ...

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  5. FRENCH POLITICS.

    PARIS, March 2.—M. Tardieu, who has been negotiating with political leaders. aided by the moral support of M. Poincare for the formation of a new Ministry ...

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  6. LIBERAL PARTY.

    LONDON, March 1.—A crisis has developed in the Liberal Party as a result of the voting on the Liberal amendment to the Coal Mines Bill. The amendment was ...

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  7. AUSTRALIAN TARIFF.

    LONDON, Feb. 28.—To-day Mr. J. E. Fenton (Australian Minister for Trade and Customs) inspected the Birmingham section of the British Industries Fair, where ...

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  8. NAVAL CONFERENCE.

    LONDON, March 1.—Private conversations between the delegation to the five Power naval conference were continued yesterday, but there were apparently no ...

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  9. UNEMPLOYMENT.

    WASHINGTON, March 1.—The unemployment that was the spectre behind the recent Wall-street financial collapse has finally materialised and unemployment has ...

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  10. BLENDED BUTTER.

    LONDON, Feb. 28.—Following Sir William Wayland's denunciation yesterday of the wrappers used on blended butter in Britain as a cross deception of the ...

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  11. COAL DISPUTE.

    MELBOURNE, March 2.—In a report which was submitted to the All-Australian Trades Union Congress at the Trades Hall yesterday by a committe representing ...

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  12. ANOTHER RELIEF TRAIN.

    KALGOORLIE, March 2.—About 2 p.m. to-day a seven-coach train left the Commonwealth railway station at Parkeston to Proceed as near as possible to Forrest, ...

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  13. PRAYERS FOR SUCCESS.

    LONDON, March 1.—After a service for Free Churchmen conducted by the Bishop of Winchester, in the City Temple, the congregation marched in procession to ...

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  14. EFFECT ON EMPLOYMENT.

    LONDON, Feb. 27.—In the House of Commons to-day, in answer to Sir John Birchall (Conservative), who said that Australia's 60 per cent, duty on clothing ...

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  15. COALFIELDS FIRE.

    SYDNEY, March 2.—Damage estimated between £50,000 and £60,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed the carriage sheds of South Maitland Railways, Ltd., ...

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  16. RELIGION IN RUSSIA.

    LONDON, Feb. 28.—The Archbishops of Canterbury and York, in a statement issued from Lambeth Palace to-day, fixed March 16 as a day of prayer in all the ...

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  17. OPEN CONFERENCES NEEDED.

    WASHINGTON, March 1.—Asserting that the people of the world demanded a reduction of armaments at the naval conference, the Chairman of the Senate ...

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  18. SHOCKING TRAGEDY.

    MELBOURNE, March 2.—More than 12 hours, it is believed, after it had occurred, a shocking tragedy was discovered in a house in Lawsons-street. Albion, near ...

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  19. TRADE UNION CONGRESS.

    MELBOURNE, March 2.—The All-Australian Trade Union Congress decided yesterday to request the Federal Government to repeal the Transport Workers' ...

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  20. BIG TREASURE HUNT.

    TORONTO, March 1.—The "Star" states that a big aerial treasure hunt is being organised. In about three months, eight aeroplanes will set out from Toronto ...

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  21. WAR BOOK ATTACKED.

    LONDON, March 1.—The honour of the Australian soldiers in the war is defended by the Rev. Philip Clayton, founder of Too H, who has written to the "Daily ...

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  22. DELATED ENGLISH MAILS.

    MELBOURNE, March 2.—The Director-General, of Postal Services (Mf. H. P. Brown) explained yesterday why it had been decided to leave 17 tons of English ...

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  23. NEW GIANT LINER.

    LONDON, March 1.—On May 28, Britain's new giant liner, Empress of Britain, which is being built for the Canadian Pacific Company, will be launched on the ...

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  24. RETALIATION URGED.

    WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.—Diplomatic isolation of the Soviet by the nations of the world until it ceases attacking God and all who profess religious beliefs, was ...

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  25. MINES IDLE FOR A YEAR.

    SYDNEY, March 2.—The dispute on the coalfields commenced twelve months ago this week and the duration of the trouble constitutes a record for the coal ...

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  26. CUSTOMS REVENUE.

    CANBERRA, March 2.—Although the Customs revenue of the Commonwealth for last month ( £3,161,403) was less by £84,394, than that for February, 1929, ...

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  27. WHEAT MARKETING.

    OTTAWA.—The Federal Government is advised that Portugal is in the market for 3,000.000 bushels of wheat, half of it to be delivered by the end of March, and ...

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  28. POLAR TOURS.

    HAMBURG, Feb. 28.—The Hamburg America Line is organising airship tourist trips to the North Polar ice barrier. It is proposed that the route will be across ...

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  29. BRITISH ESTIMATES.

    LONDON, March 1.—The Estimates for the Civil Service and Revenue Departments for the coming financial year total £368,095,000, which is an increase of ...

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  30. POSITION INDEFINITE.

    "It is hoped to get the west-bound passengers across the washaway at Forrest to-morrow or on Wednesday." the secretary for the State Railways (Mr. J. F. ...

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  31. "LONELY AND GOD-FORSAKEN"

    CAPE TOWN, Feb. 28.—A vivacious girl, 17 years of age, who ia attending a school at Cape Town, wrote to the London "Daily Mail" from her parents' farm ...

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  32. "THE STORY IS RIDICULOUS."

    MELBOURNE, March 2.—Lieutenant General Sir John Monash, who was in command of the Australian Army Corps, in 1918, said to-night that Glisy was to the ...

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  33. TALKIE PRODUCTION.

    SYDNEY, March 2.—The plans of Union Theatres, Ltd., to establish an Empire unit for the production of talking pictures in Australia were explained to ...

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  34. EMPIRE TELEPHONY.

    LONDON, Feb. 28.—In a letter to the Prime Minister (Mr. Ramsay MacDonald) regretting the Government's dicision not to use the company's beam wireless stations ...

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  35. 'PLANE TO THE RESCUE.

    First-hand information of the plight of passengers at Forrest and Cook was brought by Messrs. J. Chapman and R. Wise, who reached Perth at 3.30 p.m. on ...

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  36. FARMING AT CANBERRA.

    CANBERRA, Feb. 28.—An announcement of the policy of the Federal Ministry affecting rural lessees in the Federal Capital Territory was made to-day by the ...

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  37. WOMEN'S FRANCHISE.

    CAPE TOWN. Feb. 28.—The Prime Minister (General Hertzog) has introduced in the House of Assembly an Enfranchisement Bill, which provides for womanhood ...

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  38. RAZOR SLASHING.

    SYDNEY, March 2.—With startling swiftness, a man slashed Owen Mulheron, of Raglan-street, Waterloo, across the face with a razor in a hotel at Waterloo ...

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  39. LONDON-SCOTTISH RAILWAY.

    LONDON, March l.—Sir Josiah Stamp, who presided at the annual meeting of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway said that development schemes for the ...

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  40. ADRIFT ON ICEFLOE.

    MOSCOW, March 2.—It is reported that 137 fishermen are adrift on an icefloe near Astrakhan. Aeroplanes and sea vessels are searching for the men but no tract ...

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  41. BRITAIN AND AMERICA.

    LONDON, March l.—Sir Esme Howard, who has retired after being British Ambassador at Washington since 1924, arrived in London yesterday, accompanied ...

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  42. SHOTS FIRED AT THIEVES.

    SYDNEY, March 2.—Disregarding two shots fired over their heads by a constable, two men who were suspected of having robbed telephone bureaux made a bold ...

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  43. PATROL VESSEL SUNK.

    VANCOUVER, March 1.—The fisheries patrol vessel Thiepval, which was formerly a mine sweeper in the British Navy, struck an uncharted rock off the coast of British ...

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  44. FAKED PASSPORT.

    LONDON, Feb. 28.—After having been brought back from New Zealand because they were described in a passport certificate as man and wife, Frederick David ...

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  45. CONSTABLE BITTEN.

    SYDNEY, March 2.—In a desperate struggle with a suspected thief at Chippendale yesterday afternoon, Constable Dunk, of the Redfern police station, was ...

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  46. CHARGES OF HERESY.

    CAPE TOWN, Feb. 23.—The special Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church, which is a final court of Appeal, and is comprised of 400 clergy and elders, commenced ...

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  47. YOUNG PLAN IN GERMANY.

    BERLIN, Feb. 28.—The Finance committee of the Reichstag adopted the Young Plan for a final settlement of reparations by 29 votes to 23 to-day. Eleven members ...

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