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  2. DUTY ON SHEEPSKINS.

    MELBOURNE, Dec. 25.—The resolution of the House of Representatives' imposing an export duty of a ½d. a lb. on sheep-skins in the wool led to an unexpected ...

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  3. ADVANCE ON WHEAT.

    MELBOURNE, Dec. 25.—to guide those who may be in doubt about the operation of the Wheat Advances Act, the Acting Minister for Markets (Mr. Forde) issued ...

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  4. RACING CARNIVAL.

    Lovers of good racing and an attractive course will be well catered for at the W.A.T.C. annual meeting which, opens at 1 o'clock to-day. The committee ...

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  5. TOWN DESTROYED.

    SALTA (Argentina), Dec. 24.—Thirty-five persons were killed and 70 injured in an earthquake which rocked the state of La Poma in the Province of Salta, early ...

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  6. UNITY IN INDIA.

    LONDON, Dec. 23.—In order to keep in touch with the affairs of the Indian Round Table Conference the Prime Minister (Mr. MacDonald) has abandoned his usual ...

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  7. THE HOLIDAYS.

    To-day (Boxing Day) shops, factories, warehouses, banks, insurance offices, the public library and museum, and Government offices will be closed. The principal ...

    Article : 172 words
  8. RELIEF FOR DESTITUTE.

    NEW YORK, Dec. 24.—Christmas, 1930, in the United States is nothing like Christmas, 1928, or even the festival in 1929. Wall-street bonuses, which in the ...

    Article : 368 words
  9. PUNJAB VIOLENCE.

    CALCUTTA, Dec. 24.—The Punjabi youth who was arrested after the attempted assassination of Sir Geofrey de Montmorency. Governor of the Punjab, ...

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  10. WEATHER FORECAST.

    The following special weather forecast for the metropolitan area was issued last night by the Commonwealth Meteorological Bureau:— ...

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  11. PUSS MOTH TRAGEDY.

    MELBOURNE, Dec. 25.—The Minister for Defence (Mr. Green) has received the following report from the Air Accidents Investigation Committee in ...

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  12. CONTROL OF THE PRESS.

    CALCUTTA, Dec. 24.—The appearance of a number of revolutionary news sheets and newspapers containing incitement towards crime spreading untrue stories of ...

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  13. SPORTING FIXTURES.

    Details of the chief sporting events are given below:— Racing.—To-day, Derby Day, at headquatres to the West Australian Turf Club, ...

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  14. CANADIAN WHEAT.

    OTTAWA, Dec. 23.—An announcement by the Government on the wheat position is taken to indicate that it will stand behind the banks in preventing distress ...

    Article : 95 words
  15. SHEFFIELD SHIELD.

    ADELAIDE, Dec. 25.—The play in the Sheffield Shield match between South Australia and Queensland, which was begun at the Adelaide Oval to-day, was dull ...

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  16. WEST INDIES TEAM.

    HOBART, Dec. 25.—The second match between Tasmania and the West Indies team was commenced at Hobart yesterday and continued to-day. Winning the toss, ...

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  17. CLAIM AGAINST SOVIET

    PARIS, Dec. 24.—A bailiff, armed with a distress warrant, visited the fine building in Paris occupied by the Soviet Commercial Mission and attempted to take ...

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  18. SYDNEY SHIPPING.

    SYDNEY, Dec. 25.—The annual report of the Sydney Harbour Trust, issued yesterday, stated that during the year ended June 30 last the total number of vessels ...

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  19. PERTH THEATRES.

    The following entertainments will be presented in Perth Theatres:— Luxor Theatre.—To-night, "Beware of Widows," Nellie Bramley Company. ...

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  20. U.S.A. FEARS IMPORTS.

    WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.—The President of the United States Farm Board (Mr. Legge) suggested to the Senate Agricultural Committee to-day that a ...

    Article : 135 words
  21. ICEBERG MENACE.

    CANBERRA, Dec. 24.—The following wireless message (dated December 22) has been received from Sir Douglus Mawson, on board the Discovery:— ...

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  22. A RUMANIAN STATESMAN.

    LONDON, Dec. 24.—M. Vintila Bratianu, the Rumanian statesman, has died at the age of 63 years. The late M. Bratianu was the son of ...

    Article : 344 words
  23. ACCIDENTS.

    Severe injuries to the left leg and foot were received by Mrs. S. May, of Cargill-street, Victoria Park, on Wednesday, when a concrete washing trough fell from its ...

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  24. TRANSPORT FACILITIES.

    Special train and tramway services will operate during the holidays. For details, intending travellers are advised to study time tables and handbills displayed at ...

    Article : 215 words
  25. UNEMPLOYMENT.

    When questioned on Wednesday concerning the £32,500 which is Western Australia's share of the Federal Government's recent grant for the relief of ...

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  26. FALL FROM RAILWAY PLATFORM.

    Arthur Olsen (21), of Glyd-street, Cottesloe Beach, received an injury to his right hip and abrasions when he fell from the platform on to the rails at the ...

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  27. VICTORIA v. N.S.W.

    MELBOURNE, Dec. 25.—Only 38 minutes of play took place in the Sheffield Shield match on the Melbourne ground yesterday between Victoria and New ...

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  28. FALL FROM SCAFFOLDING.

    When he fell from some scaffolding on which he was working, at the new Commonwealth Bank building in Murray-street on Wednesday morning, Robert Hunter ...

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  29. STATE AS FATHER CHRISTMAS.

    It is seldom—particularly in times like the present—that a Government is able to play Father Christmas, but the State Government did so very effectually on ...

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  30. TRUCK RUNS INTO TREE.

    On the North Beach-road, late last night, a motor truck ran into a large tree at the side of the road, and William O'Neill, a young man residing at Paddington-street. ...

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  31. THE CIVIL SERVICE.

    The Government departments closed on Christmas Eve right over the week-end, and trill re-open on Monday. On Wednesday afternoon most of the heads of ...

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  32. BRITAIN'S OLDEST MAN.

    LONDON, Dec. 23.—The oldest man in the British Isles, Patrick Flood (115), died at Killegrey (Scotland) to-day. He was twice married, but had never ridden ...

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  33. A STREET FALL.

    Alan Nugent, of Bailey-street, North Fremantle, was conveyed in the St. John ambulance from the corner of High and Market streets. Fremantle, to the ...

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  34. ATTACKED BY TIGERS.

    PARIS, Dec. 24.—The horror-stricken audience in a circus at Miramont saw a tigress attack a trainer named Waniecke. The animal ripped his face, and he fell ...

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  35. AEROPLANE WINGS.

    LONDON, Dec. 23.—The Aeronautical Committee of the Air Ministry has undertaken to carry out experiments in testing a compound wins for aeroplanes invented ...

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  36. THE EVERINGHAM MILLIONS.

    SYDNEY, Dec. 25.—Mr. A. J. C. McGrath, of Park-road, Paddington, has returned from England after a search for documentary proof of the existence of the ...

    Article : 161 words
  37. CYCLE RUNS INTO CAR.

    John Williams (20), of 92 Flinder-street, Mt. Hawthorn, was admitted to the Perth Hospital late on Christmas Eve, suffering from concussion. He told the police that ...

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  38. ATTACKED IN BED.

    HOBART, Dec. 25.—In the early hours of yesterday morning Robert Warne, who has a fruit shop in the city and resides at a boarding-house in Davey-street, was ...

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  39. QUIET TIMES IN LONDON.

    LONDON, Dec. 24.—It in generally agreed that this Christmas is one of the quietest and dullest experienced iu recent years in Great Britain. The shadow of trade ...

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  40. TRADE WITH CANADA.

    OTTAWA, Dec. 24.—In a statement to-day the Australian Minister for Markets (Mr. Parker Moloney) said: "During my first visit to Ottawa I explored the whole ...

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  41. WARATAHS SENT TO ENGLAND.

    LONDON, Dec. 24.—The experiment of Lady Game, wife of the Governor of New South Wales, in sending her mother, Mrs. Hughes Gibb, a noted botanist, a bunch ...

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  42. A BOY WOUNDED.

    From the orchard of his parents at Karragullen, Johiu O'Meajrher (13½) was brought to the Perth Hospital early last night suffering from gunshot wounds in ...

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  43. SHOOTING IN BANK.

    SYDNEY, Dec. 25.—Evidence was concluded at the Redfern Police Court yesterday in the case in which Victor Hoare (28), taxi driver, was charged with having at ...

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  44. FOG IN ENGLAND.

    LONDON, Dec. 24.—To-day the fog, which had hung over London and suburbs for three days, cleared after having caused trouble and delay to workers coming ...

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  45. CYCLISTS HURT IN COLLISIONS.

    The name of Arthur Green (22), of King George-street, Victoria Park, was placed provisionally on the danger hat at the Perth Hospital on Wednesday, ...

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  46. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

    BRISBANE, Dec. 25.—Changes in the geological survey branch of the Mines Department were announced yesterday by the Minister for Mines (Mr. Atherton). ...

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  47. FOOD FOR THOUSANDS.

    MELBOURNE, Dec. 25.—Mr. Sydney Myer, the governing director of the Myer Emporium, Ltd., invited 10,000 persons to be his guests at dinner at the Exhibition ...

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  48. MARRIED' WOMEN TEACHERS.

    SYDNEY, Dec. 25.—The Minister for Education (Mr. W. Davies) told a deputation from the annual conference of the New South Wales Public School Teachers' ...

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  49. ENGLAND TO AUSTRALIA.

    BRISBANE, Dec. 25.—Almost unnoticed a 'plane approached the Eagle Farm Aerodrome just before noon yesterday and ended one of the most unlucky England ...

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  50. ARMED HOLD-UP.

    SYDNEY, Dec. 25.—Mr. Samuel William Lawrence, an estate agent, at Bronte, was forced by two men to sit still on Tuesday night while his offices were ...

    Article : 72 words
  51. HIGH COURT JUDGES.

    ADELAIDE, Dec. 25.—The council of the South Australian Law Society has adopted the following resolution:— The council express its strongest ...

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  52. BRITISH COAL SETTLEMENT.

    LONDON, Dec. 24.—The Miners' Federation announced to-night that by a small majority districts had accepted the principle of spreading working hours over a ...

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  53. IN HER SECOND CENTURY.

    SYDNEY, Dec. 25.—Mrs. Kathleen McGinley, of East Maitland, celebrated the 111th anniversary of her birth yesterday. She was born in Ardmore (Ireland). Her ...

    Article : 80 words
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