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  2. WAR IN THE AIR.

    AMSTERDAM, Aug. 14.—Mr. Anthony Fokker, the famous aeroplane constructor, who designed many of Germany's wartime machines, stated in an exclusive ...

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  3. EASTERN GALES

    Violent gales raged in four States of Australia on Tuesday night and yesterday, causing several deaths and many injuries, and wreaking considerable damage to property and destruction on farms. The storms were most severe in South Australia and New South ...

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  4. GERMAN PLEBISCITE.

    BERLIN, Aug. 14.—The latest pronouncement in the Government's gigantic "Say Yes" campaign which is proceeding continuously throughout Germany is ...

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  5. COTTON TARIFF.

    LONDON, Aug. 15.—The joint committee of the Lancashire cotton trade organisations has sent a delegation to London to see the President of the ...

    Article : 328 words
  6. RUSSIA AND JAPAN.

    SHANGHAI, Aug. 15.—Bandits wrecked and attacked another train on the Chinese Eastern railway, 20 miles west of Hengtaohotsze, today, and kidnapped the crew. ...

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  7. FEDERAL ELECTIONS.

    Speaking at the Richmond Town Hall last night, the Leader of the Federal Labour Party (Mr. J. H. Scullin), before outlining the policy of his party if returned to office at the forthcoming elections, made an irate reference to a cartoon published in Melbourne. He ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  8. A JAPANESE VIEW.

    TOKIO, Aug. 15.—Referring to the reported arrests of a large number of Soviet officials on the eastern section of the Chinese Eastern railway, the Foreign Office ...

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  9. GOERING INJURED.

    MUNICH, Aug. 15.—General Goering, Hitler's lieutenant and Premier of Prussia, received minor injuries to the body, face and knees last night in a motor car smash ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  10. AMERICAN FINANCE.

    WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.—Opponents of inflation found encouragement today in the action of the Treasury in approving the exportation of the first ...

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  11. FEDERAL MINISTER'S REPLY.

    MELBOURNE, Aug. 15.—"The cotton industry in Great Britain evidently fails to appreciate that the range of cotton goods on which protection has been ...

    Article : 238 words
  12. QUEENSLAND DUST STORMS.

    BRISBANE, Aug. 15.—Practically the whole of Central and Southern Queensland, from the far interior to the coast, was thickly enveloped in dust today. ...

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  13. "TROUBLED SEAS."

    BERLIN, Aug. 15.—It is reported that Herr von Papen has handed to Herr Hitler a document containing the late President von Hindenburg's "political ...

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  14. COST OF DROUGHT RELIEF.

    WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.—Fears that the Administration will shortly embark in a drastic inflationary programme have been Greatly strengthened by the ...

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  15. VICTORIAN SHIPPING.

    MELBOURNE, Aug. 15.—Fierce coastal gales, accompanied by heavy seas and driving rain squalls, are seriously disorganising shipping movements. Many ...

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  16. FRIENDSHIP WITH FRANCE.

    PARIS, Aug. 15.—The ex-Crown Prince of Germany, interviewed by the Berlin correspondent of the "Petit Journal" yesterday, declared emphatically that there ...

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  17. CENTENARY AIR RACE.

    LONDON, Aug. 14.—The Turkish Embassy in London stated today that it had no knowledge of the reported refusal of the authorities to allow Air ...

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  18. BREWER KIDNAPPED.

    MONTREAL, Aug. 15.—John Labatt, owner of one of the largest breweries in Canada, was abducted for ransom today in what the police declare to be the ...

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  19. ECONOMIC DIFFICULTIES.

    BERLIN, Aug. 14.—The formation of a supervisory board to control dealings in iron ores, iron, steel and alloys thereof, and manufactured and unfinished ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  20. EASTERN AFRICA.

    LONDON, Aug. 14.—Members of the United Kingdom branch of the Empire Parliamentary Association forming the Parliamentary delegation to Uganda and ...

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  21. BYRD'S COURAGE.

    LITTLE AMERICA, Aug. 14.—Rear Admiral Byrd, who, after some months alone at the American antarctic expedition's advance base, was reached in the ...

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  22. SHOOTING AT CORK.

    DUBLIN, Aug. 14.—Much feeling against the Government has been aroused at Cork as a result of the shooting during yesterday's riots at a forced sale of ...

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  23. BRITAIN'S FINANCES.

    LONDON, Aug. 14.—The Exchequer return of receipts and expenditure during the present financial year, up to August 11, shows that, excluding self-balancing ...

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  24. DESTRUCTION IN N.S.W.

    SYDNEY, Aug. 15.—Violent gales, accompanied by dust storms, hail and lightning, swept across the State last night and today. So far, only one death due to the ...

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  25. ITALIAN MANOEUVRES.

    ROME, Aug. 14.—Signor Mussolini has ordered all Ministers and Under-Secretaries to participate in the army manoeuvres from August 17 to August 24. More ...

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  26. AMERICAN WRESTLER.

    CANBERRA, Aug. 15.—A decision will be made next week by the Minister for the Interior (Mr.Perkins as to whether "Whiskers" Blake, the American wrestler. ...

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  27. MUSICAL FAUX PAS.

    CALCUTTA, Aug. 15.—An amusing situation recently arose in Lhasa, the Tibetan capital, when a police band marched daily through the streets playing "Cock of the ...

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  28. TAXICAB WAR.

    SYDNEY, Aug. 15.—A taxi cab war broke out in Sydney today. Two taxi cab companies have already decided to reduce fares, and it is expected that at least one ...

    Article : 178 words
  29. FRENCH TARIFF.

    PARIS, Aug. 14.—A four per cent increase in the majority of French Customs duties, introduced for the purpose of raising approximately £2,000,000 to subsidise ...

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  30. EX-QUEEN MOURNS.

    VIENNA, Aug. 14.—Ex-Queen Ena, of Spain, arrived by motor car today at Poertschach, where her youngest and favourite son. Don Gonzalo, died in the ...

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  31. STEAMER AGROUND.

    SUVA, Aug. 15.—The steamer Inverbank (5.149 tons) was stranded yesterday on Chaumimasi reef, when bound from Suva for Wellington. She is in sheltered water ...

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  32. NAVAL LIMITATION.

    TOKIO, Aug. 15.—The attitude of the Prime Minister (Admiral Okada) on naval policy, the Foreign Office spokesman said today, had not chanced since his ...

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  33. THIRTY DROWNED.

    BAHIA (Brazil), Aug. 14.—Thirty persons are believed to have been drowned today when a passenger steamer sank in the Sao Francisco River. ...

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  34. U.S. COASTGUARD SHIP.

    MELBOURNE, Aug. 15.—While Mr. Norman Brookes was in Honolulu, be made tentative arrangements with Admiral H. G. Hamlet, Commandant of ...

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  35. FIGHTING IN COLOMBIA

    BOGOTA (Colombia), Aug. 15.—Seven were killed and more than a score wounded today in a clash between peasants and Civil Guards at Tolima Farm, in Tolima ...

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  36. COMPANIES INQUIRY.

    ADELAIDE, Aug. 15.—The inquiry which has been instituted by the Government into the affairs of 17 companies operating in this State will begin probably ...

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  37. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN ORANGES.

    WELLINGTON, Aug. 13.—Invereargill's allotment of 650 cases of the first shipment of South Australian oranges and mandarins under the new arrangement ...

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  38. YACHT BUFFETED.

    SYDNEY, Aug. 15.—The auxiliary yacht Derwent encountered terrific seas shortly after leaving Ballina for Brisbane yesterday and was forced to put back to port this ...

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  39. BOMB ON CATHEDRAL STEPS.

    CALCUTTA, Aug. 15.—A bomb exploded on the steps of the Roman Catholic cathedral at Agra today, seriously injuring an Indian gardener who was attempting to ...

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  40. AUSTRALIAN FLOUR.

    OTTAWA, Aug. 14.—Under an arrangement arrived at by the Government of Canada and Australia, the latter will prohibit further shipments of Australian flour ...

    Article : 53 words
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