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  2. Advertising

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  3. HOLLYWOOD SCANDAL

    LOS ANGELES, June 18.—After a hearing lasting two days the Grand Jury dismissed today charges of assault brought by one complainant as a result of what ...

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  4. PATROL CONVOY IN PORT

    DARWIN, June 20.—Grimy and weatherstained, the Commonwealth patrol boat Larrakia yesterday completed its long and eventful voyage back to port ...

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  5. AGRICULTURAL RAIN.

    The best general agricultural rain since the widespread downpour of May 17 and 18 occurred on Friday night and Saturday morning, and brought relief to sections of ...

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  6. SIR JAMES BARRIE DEAD.

    LONDON, June 20.—Sir James Barrie. the eminent Scottish playwright and novelist, died yesterday afternoon, early in his 78th year, in a London nursing home, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. ROUND THE WORLD.

    SINGAPORE, June 20.—Completing a further stage of her attempt to fly round the world, Miss Amelia Earhart (Mrs. G. P. Putnam) reached Singapore this ...

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  8. BURNING TRAGEDY.

    LONDON, June 20.—Fire broke out during last night in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Beet, of Birmingham, while they were at a neighbour's house. They ...

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  9. RABAUL ERUPTIONS.

    SYDNEY, June 20.—Sheets of rain which drenched the dim wharves at Walsh Bay on Saturday night made an appropriate background for the arrival of the ...

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  10. JEWELLERY STOLEN.

    SYDNEY, June 20.—While heavy rain was falling in the city shortly after 6 o'clock tonight, a smash-and-grab thief took advantage of Martin-place being ...

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  11. BATTLE WITH MONSOON.

    AKYAB (Burma), June 18.—Describing her experiences today after she had been forced back to Akyab by bad weather on the route to Bangkok (Siam), ...

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  12. TWO WOMEN GASSED.

    MELBOURNE, June 20.—Two women were found gassed in a house in Docker-street, Elwood, this afternoon. One of them, a blind invalid, aged 86 years, was ...

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  13. THE MAN OF THRUMS

    James Matthew Barrie, the Scottish novelist and playwright, was born on May 9, 1860, at Kirriemuir, which he immortalised in many of his books under ...

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  14. COUNTRY REPORTS.

    The following reports were received during the week-end from country correspondents of "The West Australian":— ARRINO.—Over an inch of rain fell here ...

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  15. DELUGE IN SYDNEY.

    SYDNEY, June 20.—Since Friday 530 points of rain have fallen in Sydney and of this amount two inches fell on Saturday and more than an inch between ...

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  16. DENOMINATIONAL SCHOOLS.

    BRISBANE, June 20.—Speaking at the Ann-street Presbyterian Church tonight the Rev. P. W. Pearson said that Archbishop Duhig was flirting with the ...

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  17. A GOLFER'S "BIRDIE."

    MELBOURNE, June 20.—A golf ball played by Mr. K. B. Lewis, a junior member of the Kingston Heath Golf Club, struck a magpie during a game at the ...

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  18. WRIT AGAINST WARD AND CO.

    MELBOURNE, June 20.—A writ was issued out of the Supreme Court of Victoria yesterday morning by Mr. H. D. de Gruchy, solicitor, of Melbourne, on ...

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  19. AUSTRO-GERMAN REUNION.

    VIENNA, June 18.—After intensive diplomatic negotiations, the Austrian Government has agreed to allow a great reunion of Austrian and German ...

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  20. DAMAGES CLAIMED.

    Claiming damages from Donald Charles Collier, of Clotilde-street, Mt. Lawley, a writ was issued on behalf of Mrs. Ethel Irene Bride and her two children, on ...

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  21. HIT-AND-RUN DRIVER.

    MELBOURNE, June 20.—Having failed to stop after the accident, a motor car disappeared in the fog in Flemington-road, North Melbourne, last night after ...

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  22. PLAY BANNED.

    The University Labour Club has decided to ban the play "Where's That Bomb?" which it previously asked the Workers' Art Guild to present in the ...

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  23. CITY IMPROVEMENTS.

    For foreshore improvements near the proposed riverside drive the expenditure of £2,000 will be recommended to the Perth City Council today by the general ...

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  24. NATIONAL INSURANCE

    CANBERRA, June 20.—Concrete plans for the establishment of national insurance in Australia will be discussed by the Commonwealth. Government with the ...

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  25. CORONATION GROVE PLANTED

    LONDON, June 19.—An unprecedented ceremony, at which all parts of the British Empire were represented, took place today with the planting of 60 oak trees ...

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  26. WEATHER BUREAU'S FIGURES.

    Following are the official rainfall registrations up to 8 a.m. on Saturday:— NORTH COASTAL. Geraldton. 83 points; Northampton, 73; ...

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  27. TWO PERSONS UNIDENTIFIED.

    MELBOURNE, June 20.—Two persons, one a man who collapsed at a football match and the other a girl who was injured in a fall from a cable tram, have ...

    Article : 142 words
  28. ADMIRAL'S CAR IN COLLISION.

    MELBOURNE, June 20.—When a motor car driven by Admiral Sir Francis Hyde came into collision with a car which was being pushed along Bluff-road, ...

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  29. "Friendly Societies Have Machinery"

    MELBOURNE, June 20.—At the annual meeting of the Ovens and Murray District Oddfellows at Wangaratta yesterday, Mr. C. S. Bates, a director of the Grand Lodge, ...

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  30. COTTON FOR JAPAN.

    AMSTERDAM, June 19.—So successful have been cotton-growing experiments in Dutch New Guinea, especially at Geelvink Bay, that the Japanese South Sea ...

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  31. ACCIDENT VICTIM'S CONDITION.

    It was stated at the St. John of God Hospital last night that the condition of Thomas Campbell (70), of Adelaide-terrace, who received multiple injuries on ...

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  32. ACCIDENT VICTIM DIES.

    MELBOURNE, June 20.—George W. Gorey (42), of Kooyong-road, Elstern-wick, died in the Royal Melbourne Hospital yesterday morning. He was ...

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  33. CYCLIST'S HEAD INJURED.

    As a result of a fall from a bicycle which skidded at Wembley yesterday, Leslie Thorne (13), of Tower-street, Leed-erville, was admitted to the Perth ...

    Article : 38 words
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