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  2. Advertising

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  3. THE BRITISH TARIFF.

    LONDON, Feb. 20.—During the debate in the House of Commons on the Import Duties Bill last night the clause establishing an advisory committee which will ...

    Article : 265 words
  4. LEAKING WHEAT SHIP.

    Making the daily soundings of the ship's tanks when the Japanese freighter Altai Maru was about 950 miles on her journey from Fremantle to Europe with a cargo of ...

    Article : 650 words
  5. FILM CENSORSHIP.

    CANBERRA, Feb. 21.—The Minister for Customs (Mr. Gullett) has announced that the question of film censorship has for some time been receiving careful ...

    Article : 517 words
  6. NEWS AND NOTES.

    Warm to hot and sultry weather is officially forecast for to-day. The maximum temperature in Perth on Saturday was 86.5deg., and yesterday it was 91.6deg. ...

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  7. PERSONAL.

    Mr. G. Nopenaire, woolbuyer, will leave for Adelaide to-morrow by mail 'plane. The Rev. J.S. Griffith chairman of the Congregational Union of Australia and ...

    Article : 316 words
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  9. NEW GERMAN DUTIES.

    LONDON, Feb. 20.—Referring to the proposed change in the German tariff which will provide for a new schedule applicable to goods from all countries ...

    Article : 96 words
  10. OVERLAND PASSENGERS.

    The following passengers were booked to leave Perth for the Eastern States by the Great Western express on Saturday night:—The Rev. H. Morton; Messrs. Williamson, M.L.C. Hay, ...

    Article : 119 words
  11. BANK RATE REDUCTION.

    LONDON, Feb. 20.-The city editor of "The Times" states: "Cheaper money following on the reduction of the bank rate from 6 per cent. to 5 per cent. stimulated ...

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  12. CURRENT COMMENT.

    Overcrowding in central schools is a condition that has arisen gradually. It cannot be charged to the present Government. The Minister for Education ...

    Article : 640 words
  13. COLLIE DISPUTE.

    COLLIE, Feb. 20.—The meeting of all the miners on the Collie coalfield which has been called for Monday next, is expected to be one of the most momentous ...

    Article : 263 words
  14. WORLD'S WHEAT CROP

    LONDON, Feb. 20.—The Imperial Economic Committee, in its report reviewing the wheat situation states that during the last 30 years the world's wheat area ...

    Article : 541 words
  15. TRANSPORT SERVICES.

    SYDNEY, Feb. 20.—The Conference of Australian railway and transport authorities resumed its sittings this morning. It was officially stated subsequently that the ...

    Article : 129 words
  16. THE LANG BILL.

    Only the imperative necessity for ending an intolerable and desperately dangerous threat to Australia's credit could warrant the introduction of the ...

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  17. MAIL TIME TABLES.

    RATES OF POSTAGE.—Letters within the Commonwealth and to places in the British Empire, 2d. per ounce; U.S.A. and all other places, first ounce, 3d.; each succeeding ounce or part, ...

    Article : 356 words
  18. DISABLED CAPE TOWN MARU.

    Several weeks are likely to pass before the Japanese freighter Cape Town Maru, which is now under repairs at Fremantle, will he ready for sea again. Last week a ...

    Article : 157 words
  19. MOTORISTS' CRITICISM.

    Reference was made yesterday by the president of the Royal Automobile Club of Western Australia (Mr. W. R. Campbell) to the conference of Railway ...

    Article : 575 words
  20. FLIGHT TO AUSTRALIA.

    ROME, Feb. 19.—Flight-Lieut. Leslie Hamilton and Flying-Officer R. K. Coupland, who left England yesterday in a Puss Moth on a flight to Australia, and ...

    Article : 184 words
  21. HARBOUR SQUALL.

    SYDNEY, Feb. 21.—The restricted class yacht N.S.W. 2, owned and sailed by Mr. A. A. Wedderburn, when a few hundred yards from the finish of her race ...

    Article : 268 words
  22. PERTH.

    UNITED KINGDOM, EUROPE and EGYPT.—Port Gisborne, to-day; letters, 2 p.m. (late fee, 3 p.m.); newspapers and packets, 1 p.m.; registered letters, 1 p.m.; parcels, noon; due ...

    Article : 253 words
  23. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

    "Inquirer," Tamin.—"Patent," Armadale: Your inquiries will receive attention upon receipt of your full name and address. A Malay Ward. ...

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  24. ANXIETY AT ATHENS.

    ATHENS, Feb. 20.—Anxiety concerning the safety of Flight-Lieut. Hamilton and Flying Officer R. K. Coupland is felt here, as they are overdue. ...

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  25. LAND SPEED RECORD.

    KAITAIA (New Zealand), Feb. 21.—A south-westerly wind has smoothed out the surface of the Ninety Mile Beach considerably, but it was still too bumpy to ...

    Article : 92 words
  26. RESTORED TO LIFE.

    MELBOURNE, Feb. 21.—Smiling and joking in his cot at the Children's Hospital yesterday morning lay a four-year-old boy who only 24 hours previously lay ...

    Article : 127 words
  27. SIR T. LIPTON'S ESTATE.

    LONDON, Feb. 20.—The late Sir Thomas Lipton, famous as yachtsman and tea merchant, left estate valued at £556,000, on which death duties of £225,000 will have ...

    Article : 93 words
  28. FREMANTLE.

    UNITED KINGDOM and EUROPE.—Per Port Gisborne, to-day; at 4.30 p.m. (late fee, 5.15 p.m.). DERBY and PORTS.—Per Koolinda, February ...

    Article : 103 words
  29. Sir M. Campbell's Practice Runs.

    DAYTONA BEACH (Florida), Feb. 20.—Sir Malcolm Campbell made two practice runs to-day, and then decided to wait for better beach conditions. He made ...

    Article : 45 words
  30. THE TOTALISATOR.

    LONDON, Feb. 19.—The "Daily Telegraph's" turf writer states that open warfare is threatened between the bookmakers and the Betting Control Board which ...

    Article : 108 words
  31. ENGAGEMENTS.

    The engagement is announced of Doris Thelma, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Hopkins, of Boyup Brook, to Aubrey Clarence Roy, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. ...

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  32. CLIMBING HIMALAYAS.

    LONDON, Feb. 20.—The King has commanded a special performance of the film showing the ascent by a British expedition of Mount Kamet, the second highest ...

    Article : 189 words
  33. INSURANCE BILL.

    HOBART, Feb. 21.—The Premier (Mr. McPhee) sent a telegram to Mr. Lyons yesterday, pointing out that the State Government held about £200,000 deposits ...

    Article : 127 words
  34. ROTTNEST ISLAND.

    The chairman of the Rottnest Island Board of Control (Mr. J. F. Allen), who returned to Fremantle by launch from a week's inspection of the island on ...

    Article : 323 words
  35. AIR RACE IN INDIA.

    CALCUTTA, Feb. 20.—Completing the 709-miles course at an average speed of 96 miles an hour, Dr. Sproul, of the Punjab Flying Club, yesterday won the Viceroy's ...

    Article : 118 words
  36. ON OTHER PAGES.

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  37. CROSS TO CRESCENT.

    LONDON, Feb. 19.—The method adopted by the Dayang Muda of Sarawak (wife of the heir presumptive to the Raja of Sarawak, Sir Charles Vyner Brooke), who ...

    Article : 80 words
  38. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.

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  39. KINEMA STAR'S FORTUNE.

    NEW YORK, Feb. 20.—The estate of the late Rudolf Valentino, the famous motion picture actor, which was first estimated at £500,000, has shrunk to below ...

    Article : 52 words
  40. STRAIT-JACKET ESCAPE.

    ADELAIDE, Feb. 21.—Crashing head first to the ground from a height of six feet while trussed in a strait-jacket, Percival Kay, (22), of Hughes-street, North ...

    Article : 101 words
  41. FORTUNATE WHEAT GROWERS

    BRISBANE, Feb. 19.—It was stated at the annual meeting of the Queensland Wheat-growers' Association at Toowoomba to-day that, owing to the assistance of a ...

    Article : 60 words
  42. NEW PACIFIC LINER.

    AUCKLAND, Feb. 21.—The arrival of the Mariposa, the new 19,000-ton Matson liner, on her maiden voyage yesterday morning attracted considerable interest. ...

    Article : 71 words
  43. BROKEN MELODY.

    VIENNA, Feb. 20.—Listeners to an orchestral concert which was being broadcast were surprised to-day to hear a sudden crash and the music cease. The ...

    Article : 51 words
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