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  2. MIGRANTS' PROSPECTS.

    MELBOURNE, Aug. 3.—The possibility of Dutch skilled artisans and agricultural labourers migrating to Australia is referred to in a letter received from a ...

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  3. AUSTRALIAN AIR DEFENCE

    BRISBANE, Aug. 3.—The recommendations of Air Marshal Sir Edward Ellington, Inspector-General of the Royal Air Force, who recently visited Australia ...

    Article : 498 words
  4. THRUST AGAINST HANKOW

    SHANGHAI, Aug. 3.—The Japanese are intensifying their efforts to push on up the Yangtze Valley so as to capture Hankow and force the Chinese to the ...

    Article : 232 words
  5. THE SPANISH WAR.

    LONDON, Aug. 2.—According to the Hendaye correspondent of "The Times," warfare is now general throughout Spain following the recent launching of new ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. THE CZECH ISSUE.

    LONDON, Aug. 3.—Coinciding with Viscount Runc[?]man's arrival in Prague today to act as an independent investigator and mediator, the Czechoslovak ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. BORDER DISPUTE.

    While the battle between the Russian and Japanese frontier forces rages round Changkufeng hill, in the disputed country abutting on Siberia, Manchuko and korea, both Moscow and Tokio continue to assert that they are acting solely in defence against invasion ...

    Article : 650 words
  8. OVERSEAS AIR MAIL.

    SYDNEY, Aug. 3.—The Minister for Defence (Mr. Thorby) today warmly de- fended the decision of the Federal Government to retain a surcharge of 3d. a ...

    Article : 304 words
  9. FOREIGNERS IN QUEENSLAND.

    BRISBANE, Aug. 3.—Although Queen land had suffered because of the failure of the Department of the Interior to police the Federal immigration laws, said ...

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  10. CUSTOMS CRUISER BOMBED.

    HANKOW, Aug. 3.—Mr. J. G . Crawley, of Dublin, commander of the Chinese Customs cruiser Chiang Sing, also the second engineer and a boatboy, were ...

    Article : 80 words
  11. INWARD FLYING BOAT.

    SINGAPORE, Aug. 3.—The Empire flying boat Capella, bound for Sydney, left Singapore this morning with a payload within 300lb. of Its maximum capacity. ...

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  12. ITALIAN LOSSES IN JULY.

    ROME, Aug. 2.—It is officially announced that during the period from July 13 to July 24 Italian losses in Spain included 27 officers killed and one ...

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  13. SHANGHAI ANNIVERSARY.

    SHANGHAI, Aug. 3.—Elaborate precautions are being organised in the International Settlement in readiness for the anniversary of the outbreak of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  14. SEA AND LAND ENGAGEMENT.

    LONDON, Aug. 2.—The Spanish rebel cruisers Canarias (10,000 tons) and Almirante Cervera (7,850 tons) have put into Cadis badly damaged after an ...

    Article : 74 words
  15. RUSSIAN OUTBURST.

    MOSCOW, Aug. 2.—Allegations of criminal British activities in Russia are made by the Soviet Public Prosecutor, M. Vishinsky, in the current issue of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  16. GERMAN-JEWISH REFUGEES.

    MELBOURNE, Aug. 3.—Fourteen Jewish refugees from Germany comprising five families arrived in Melbourne today in the Norddeutscher Lloyd liner Main. ...

    Article : 77 words
  17. ARMY MECHANISATION.

    MELBOURNE, Aug. 3.—Despite the growing importance of mechanical transport in military strategy the horse is not likely to disappear from the Australian ...

    Article : 187 words
  18. TREASON AND ESPIONAGE.

    LONDON, Aug. 2.—The Madrid correspondent of the British United Press states that after a six weeks' trial of 195 persons accused of high treason and ...

    Article : 84 words
  19. THE MOSCOW VERSION.

    The Russian view of the dispute is stated by the official Tass News Agency in Moscow as follows:—"Further continuation of war operations is fraught ...

    Article : 101 words
  20. MINERS MILITANT.

    SYDNEY, Aug. 3.—The question whether there should be a general strike in the mining industry is the main object for discussion at the national convention ...

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  21. AIR PIONEER DEAD.

    LONDON, Aug. 2.—When a monoplane he had designed for his private use crashed soon after he took of from the Bristol airport today, Captain Frank ...

    Article : 219 words
  22. DEFENCE OF EMPIRE.

    BERLIN, Aug. 3.—The position of the British Dominions in relation to Empire defence is discussed by Admiral Gadow, naval correspondent of the "Deutsche ...

    Article : 161 words
  23. STRATOSPHERE FLIGHT

    LONDON, Aug. 3.—The aviation correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" states that the biggest balloon ever to be constructed is nearing completion in Poland ...

    Article : 175 words
  24. PATROL ATTACKED.

    CANBEBRRA, Aug. 3.—A native constable was killed and another was seriously wounded when a New Guinea patrol led by Patrol-Officer Francis H. Moy ...

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  25. DESIRE FOR PEACE.

    BERLIN., Aug. .—The Japanese Prime Minister (Prince Konoe), Interviewed yesterday by the "Volkischer Beobachter," stated:—"Japan Is determined to urge ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  26. RAILWAY SMASH.

    When a railway locomotive crashed into the rear of a stationary goods train at the signal box known as Tunnel Junction, on the Parkerville side of the ...

    Article : 314 words
  27. RUSSIAN AIR RAIDS.

    Further allegations are made of Russian air raids on Korean territory, and the following communique from the Korean Army headquarters was ...

    Article : 251 words
  28. CORRUPTION CHARGE.

    NEW YORK, Aug. 2.—Proceedings took a dramatic turn today in the case against James P. Hines, a powerful Tammany Hall district leader, who is charged ...

    Article : 173 words
  29. "CHRONIC POISONING"

    SYDNEY, Aug. 3.—Medical evidence was given at the Central Police Court to-day when the hearing was resumed of the case in which Joe Camilleri (33), a ...

    Article : 303 words
  30. AIRCRAFT WORKERS.

    MELBOURNE, Aug. 3.—Tentative proposals for a resumption of work by the 300 engineers, sheet-metal workers and others who are on strike at the factory ...

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  31. COLLISION WITH YACHT.

    HORTA (Azores), Aug. 2.—When alighting here today the German seaplane Nordwind collided with a yacht. The nose and a wing of the machine ...

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  32. GERMAN-ITALIAN VIEW.

    LONDON, Aug. 3.—Opinion in Germany generally is that neither the Soviet nor Japan wants war. The chief interest is in whether Moscow's policy is intended ...

    Article : 77 words
  33. PALESTINE PROBLEM.

    LONDON, Aug. 3.—The Conservative "National Review" contends that the policy advocated in some quarters of leaving the Jews and Arabs to cut each others' ...

    Article : 178 words
  34. TOKIO'S CASE.

    The Japanese Foreign Office spokes- man (Mr. Kawai) made the following statement this morning:—"We still hope to localise the Changkufeng affair to ...

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  35. POLITICS AND MERINOS.

    CAPE TOWN, Aug. 2.—Dr. Callaghan, leader of the Australian wool delegation, which leaves by the Anchises on Friday, said in an interview today that his ...

    Article : 145 words
  36. GERMAN FRONTIERS.

    BERLIN, Aug. 3.—The decree making the Rhineland frontier area a prohibited zone for foreign soldiers or military attaches has been extended to include the ...

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  37. RUSSIAN DIPLOMACY.

    Sir,—The Russian claim, reported in "The West Australian" on Wednesday, that part of the Siberian coast now being assailed by. Japan is within Soviet ...

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  38. AFFILIATION WITH THE A.L.P.

    SYDNEY, Aug. 3.—An appeal to members of the Miners' Federation to retain their affiliation with the Australian Labour Party was issued tonight by ...

    Article : 124 words
  39. ITALY'S STRENGTH.

    ROME, Aug. 3.—A communique states that Signor Mussolini has decided to increase still further the strength of the armed forces. ...

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  40. INFANTILE PARALYSIS.

    LONDON, Aug. 2.—Suffering from infantile paralysis, Mrs. H. F. Goodwin (26) is fighting for her life in an "Iron lung" at the Braintree (Essex) isolation ...

    Article : 104 words
  41. ROBBERY UNDER ARMS

    MELBOURNE, Aug. 3.—Sentence of imprisonment for two years on a charge of robbery under arms was imposed on John Smith (32), labourer, of Carlton, ...

    Article : 117 words
  42. German Writer's View.

    LONDON, Aug. 3.—"The key to friendship between British imperialism and Arab nationalism can be found only in Palestine," declares Dr. Boettiger in ...

    Article : 107 words
  43. MISSION TO PORTUGAL.

    LONDON, Aug. 2.—Rear-Admiral N. A. Wodehouse, head of the British military mission which has been for some time in Portugal, is expected to return to London ...

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  44. MOTOR CYCLIST'S DEATH.

    SYDNEY, Aug. 3.—Frederick H. Stead (28), of Chapple-lane, Baulkham Hills, was riding a motor cycle today when he collided with a motor lorry at the ...

    Article : 66 words
  45. AMBASSADOR ON VACATION.

    LONDON, Aug. 2.—The Earl of Perth, British Ambassador in Rome, arrived in England today on his summer vacation. During his absence the British Embassy ...

    Article : 38 words
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