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  2. AIR MAIL DISTRIBUTION.

    MELBOURNE, July 15.—Contracts for a period of six months have been given to several Australian aviation companies for the carriage of air mails on the new ...

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  3. VALUABLE RAIN.

    Developing unexpectedly under the influence of an easterly wind, valuable rains were experienced yesterday in the north-eastern and eastern portions of ...

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  4. WORLD FLIGHT.

    NEW YORK, July 14.—Having circled the world, the Lockheed Super-Electra twin-engined monoplane commanded by Mr. Howard Hughes landed at New York ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. TRADE TALKS.

    LONDON, July 15.—The Australian Attorney-General (Mr. R. G. Menzies) and the President of the British Board of Trade (Mr. Oliver Stanley) had a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. THE ARMS RACE.

    SAN FRANCISCO, July 14.—In a public address delivered prior to his reviewing the United States fleet here today, President Roosevelt said that all ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. SPANISH CONFLICT.

    LONDON, July 15.—According to a dispatch from Salamanca, the Spanish insurgent forces advancing on Valencia under the direction of General Varela ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  8. CHINESE WAR.

    HONG KONG, July 15.—A large squadron of Japanese planes raided Canton at noon today, subjecting it to a heavy bombing. It is reported that 96 ...

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  9. A DUTCH VISION.

    LONDON, July 15.—A vivid picture of the future of travel to Australia is given by M. Albert Plesman (managing director of Royal Dutch Airways and Royal ...

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  10. SEEKING BRITISH LOAN.

    LONDON, July 14.—The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Sir John Simon), stated in the House of Commons today that various proposals had been made by the ...

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  11. THE OLYMPIC GAMES.

    TOKIO, July 15.—The Cabinet today gave approval to the decision of the Public Welfare Department that the Olympic Games should not be held ...

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  12. NORTH-WEST SERVICE

    Confirmation was received yesterday by the MacRobertson, Miller Aviation Co., that it would be required to operate the North-West aerial service, from Perth to ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  13. MONEY FOR THE NATION.

    HANKOW, July 15.—The Chinese People's Political Council has issued a decree appealing to Chinese women not to use powder, rouge or lipstick and to ...

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  14. £71,000,000 CONVERSION.

    CANBERRA, July 15.—Members of the Federal Loan Council will be summoned to a special meeting which will probably be held about the middle of next month ...

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  15. SANDYS PRIVILEGE CASE.

    LONDON, July 15.—As a result of yesterday's unexpected development in the House of Commons, the case of Mr. Duncan Sandys, M.P., arising from a question ...

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  16. NEW VENUE.

    LONDON, July 15.—"The Games certainly will not be abandoned." said Count Baillet Latour (president of the International Olympic Games Committee). ...

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  17. GERMAN AUXILIARIES.

    LONDON, July 14.— Asserting that reinforcements from Germany to rebel Spain are largely increasing, the "News- Chronicle" says that the Kondor Air ...

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  18. ROYAL TOUR.

    PARIS, July 15.—It is thought that France will have to look back 250 years before finding a parallel for the spectacular welcome to be given to the King ...

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  19. BRITISH SHIPPING.

    LONDON, July 14.—The First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr. Duff Cooper) speaking at Newton Abbot today, emphasised the obligation of the Government to ...

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  20. TOUR BY PASSENGER ROUTES.

    BERLIN, July 15.—Herr Hans Bertram left Berlin at 12.30 a.m. today on a trip round the world as a passenger on commercial air services. He will go flint to ...

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  21. DEFENCE OF GIBRALTAR.

    LONDON, July 14.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Chamberlain) was asked in the House of Commons today whether instructions would be given to the ...

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  22. ROYALTY ENTERTAINS.

    LONDON, July 14.—As Queen Mary entered Hampton Court for a garden party today, celebrating the centenary of the opening or the historic structure to the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  23. A FINNISH REQUEST.

    HELSINGFORS, July 15.—Following on Japan's decision to surrender the Olympic Games at Tokio, the City of Helsingfors intends immediately to ...

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  24. COUNTRY REPORTS.

    The following reports were received last night from country correspondents of - "The West Australian":— ARDATH.—Thunderstorm occurred here ...

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  25. POLICE CHASE.

    Shots were fired in Fremantle early yesterday morning by a policeman when pursuing a man who, with two companions, was alleged to have been ...

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  26. AMERICAN OPINION.

    NEW YORK, July 15.—The chairman of the United States Olympic Committee (Mr. Brundage) said today that the decision by Japan not to hold the Olympic ...

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  27. PALESTINE UNREST.

    JERUSALEM, July 15.—Troops fired today on Arabs who were invading the Jewish quarter of Sated and one was killed and three wounded. The Arab ...

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  28. "ALL FOR THE GOOD."

    SYDNEY, July 15.—Inquiries in Sydney tonight showed that as far as Australia was concerned the decision by Japan not to hold the Olympic Games ...

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  29. BROADCASTING PLANS.

    LONDON, July 15.—The British Broadcasting Corporation announced to- day that a full description of the unveiling of the Australian war memorial at ...

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  30. ITALIAN PLANE LOST.

    ROME. July 15.—Disaster overtook an Italian flying boat which, with 16 passengers and a crew of four, left Cagliari (Sardinia) for Rome on Wednesday ...

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  31. OUTWARD FLIGHT.

    SINGAPORE. July 15.—Owing to the delay in the arrival of mails from Melbourne and Adelaide at Darwin and the subsequent additional two hours taken in ...

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  32. PARALYSIS IN CHILDREN.

    LONDON, July it-Sister Kenny, the Queensland nurse, who has been in London for the past year introducing her method for the treatment of paralysis ...

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  33. JAPAN PROTESTS TO SOVIET

    TOKIO, July 15.—The Japanese Foreign Office has protested to Russia that a Soviet detachment is occupying a military hill in Manchukuo near Posyeta ...

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  34. DANZING NAZI IN LONDON.

    LONDON, July 15.—Herr Albert Forster, head of the Danzig district of the Nazi Party, who is on a private visit to London, has had interviews with Mr. ...

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  35. BRITISH AIR ARM.

    LONDON. July 15.—The Air Minister (Sir Kingsley Wood) announced today that the Air Ministry bad placed an immediate initial order with Lord Nuffield's ...

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  36. FLYING BOAT FACILITIES.

    DARWIN, July 15.—A hint of an early move to improve facilities for flying boat passengers at Darwin was given today by the private secretary to the Minister for ...

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  37. DR. DOLLFUSS'S WIDOW.

    GENEVA. July 14.—Frau Dollfuss, widow of Dr. Engebert Dollfuss, Chancellor of Austria, who was shot and killed by a band of Nazis in the Chancellery ...

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  38. THE KING IS GETTING BETTER.

    LONDON, July 14.—The King's doctors-Lord Dawson of Penn and Sir John Weir—saw their patient again today at the Royal Lodge, Windsor. The ...

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  39. AWARD TO JEAN BATTEN

    CANNES, July 14—Miss Jean Batten, New Zealand airwoman, has received the Harmon Trophy for the third year in succession. ...

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  40. MINISTER TO MARRY.

    SYDNEY, July 15.—The Minister for Social Services (Mr. H. M. Hawkins) will shortly be married to Mrs. George H. Bosch, widow of G. H. Bosch, whose ...

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  41. DAMS FILLED.

    NAREMBEEN.—A heavy thunderstorm. ac. companied by rain, broke over the district last night, 41 points being registered up to 10 o'clock this morning. An additional 63 ...

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