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  2. OTTAWA FUNCTIONS.

    OTTAWA, May 20.—The King and Queen arrived in Ottawa yesterday and In the afternoon His Majesty made history by addressing both Houses of ...

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  3. PALESTINE QUIET.

    LONDON, May 20.—Palestine is again quiet after the disorders associated with the Jewish one-day strike in protest against the British Government's new ...

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  4. BRITISH CONSCRIPTION.

    LONDON, May 20.—The Trades Union Congress resolved yesterday, by 3,678,000 card votes to 450,000, to protest against the introduction of conscription in ...

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  5. BATTLESHIPS IN PACIFIC.

    LONDON, May 21.—It is learnt from an authoritative source that the Admiralty intends to send five Royal Sovereign class battleships (29,000 tons) to the ...

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  6. AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE.

    SYDNEY, May 21.—The Minister for Supply (Mr. Casey) said in an interview yesterday that the 200 Taurus engines for the first 100 Bristol Beaufort bombers ...

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  7. DANZIG TENSION.

    DANZIG, May 21.—A German crowd, including many in uniform, fired and destroyed a Polish Customs house at Kalthof, on the East Prussian frontier, ...

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  8. THE MADRID PARADE.

    LONDON, May 20.—Following yesterday's victory parade through the streets of Madrid by General Franco's troops, including 10,000 Italians, who practically ...

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  9. RUSSIAN NEGOTIATIONS.

    LONDON, May 21.—The Anglo-French conversations in Paris, which are expected to have a very important bearing on the Anglo-Russian negotiations for an ...

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  10. SPEECH BY THE DUCE.

    ROME, May 20.—"Italy and Germany want peace and they will impose it if necessary," declared Signor Mussolini in a speech at Cuneo today, when he was ...

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  11. CAMBRIDGE SUPPORT.

    LONDON. May 20.—In a ballot conducted by the Cambridge Undergraduate Council yesterday 1,869 voted in favour of the Government's conscription plan ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  12. ECONOMIC ENCIRCLEMENT.

    MADRID, May 20.—General Franco, in a broadcast address today, declared that he intended to collaborate for peace in Europe, but he warned "certain nations" ...

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  13. NEW SEAPLANE STATION.

    CANBERRA, May 20.—The cost of providing the new Royal Australian Air Force seaplane station at Rathmines, Lake Macquarie (near Newcastle), will ...

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  14. FORREST BY-ELECTION.

    In the by-election for the Forrest seat in the Legislative Assembly, polling for which took place on Saturday, Mr. E. J. F. Holman, the Labour candidate, is ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  15. GERMANY AND LITHUANIA.

    BERLIN. May 20.—A trade agreement between Germany and Lithuania was concluded and signed today. It covers 30 per cent of Lithuania's commerce. ...

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  16. A THOUSAND ITALIANS RETURN.

    NAPLES, May 20.—A thousand Italian legionaries today landed here from Spain. ...

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  17. FAST TORPEDO BOAT.

    LONDON. May 21.—A secret motor torpedo-boat, designed by Mr. H. Scott-Paine (founder of the British Power Boat Company), carrying a full war-load—13½ ...

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  18. CHINA CONFLICT.

    CHUNGKING. May 19.—Chinese troops under General Tang En-po, counter-at- tacking in North Hupeh, are reported to have slaughtered 18,000 Japanese, ...

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  19. JAPAN AND THE AXIS.

    TOKIO, May 20.—The inner Cabinet, urgently called, met this morning after which it was announced a final decision had been reached on Japan's policy ...

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  20. PROTECTING MERCHANT SHIPS.

    LONDON, May 20.—Admiralty preparations are now completed for the laying down next month of 20 new escort vessels of an entirely new type. These ...

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  21. THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

    MELBOURNE, May 2.—Union representatives of Victoria, New. South Wales. South Australia and Queensland attended a conference of the interstate executive ...

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  22. TROOPS IN KULANGSU.

    HONG KONG, May 19.—Japanese sources state that the British and American naval commanders at Kulangsu (on which the Amoy International Settlement ...

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  23. THE WILL FOR PEACE.

    LONDON, May 21.—Earl Baldwin (the former Prime Minister), in a public speech today said: "I am more confident than ever that the will of the common ...

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  24. ROAD ACCIDENTS.

    Frederick Green, an elderly man, was killed instantly about 8.30 o'clock on Saturday morning when a motor truck on which he was a passenger overturned on ...

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  25. LITHUANIANS ROUSED.

    KAUNAS, May 21.—The President (M. Smetona) declared today the people would defend themselves at all costs. Wrongs experienced in recent weeks had ...

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  26. EMPIRE AIR POWER.

    LONDON, May 20.—The Air Ministry has removed from the secret list the Bristol Beaufort high-wing monoplane, the manufacture of which is ...

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  27. PACIFIC AIR SERVICES.

    SYDNEY, May 17.—Six technicians of Pan American Airways have arrived in Sydney and will proceed to New Caledonia by the next steamer for the ...

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  28. SWEDISH COASTAL DEFENCE.

    STOCKHOLM, May 20.—Parliament has approved of the construction of two 8.000-ton coastal defence ships. They will cost £3,700,000. ...

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  29. BATTLE PRACTICE.

    SYDNEY, May 21.—Battle practice on a most extensive scale will be conducted off the coast of Sydney this week. The naval, military and aircraft units will ...

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  30. HEAVY TOLL IN VICTORIA.

    MELBOURNE, May 21.—Skidding in loose gravel while passing another motor car in Dandenong-road, between Clayton and Oakleigh, last night, a car ...

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  31. "HUMAN FLY."

    LONDON, May 20.—"It must be a dreary life, this perpetual conflict with the law," said the Recorder, Sir Gerald Dodson, today when sentencing George ...

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  32. DETAILS OF THE POLL.

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  33. THE BERLIN VIEW.

    BERLIN, May 20.—The official comments on the speech on foreign policy delivered by the British Prime Minister (Mr. Chamberlain) in the House of ...

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  34. LATEST SERVICE CRAFT.

    LONDON, May 20.—A private air demonstration to acquaint members of both Houses of Parliament and other distinguished visitors with the latest ...

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  35. MEN FOR NEW CRUISER.

    MELBOURNE, May 21.—The Blue Funnel Line freighter Autolycus sailed from Port Melbourne on Saturday for Portsmouth, taking 464 officers, petty ...

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  36. CARETAKER TRAPPED.

    SYDNEY, May 21.—A caretaker nearly lost his life in a fire which caused more than 6,000 damage to a five-storey building in Kent-street, city, early yesterday ...

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  37. JOKE ON THIEVES.

    ADELAIDE, May 21.—Two or more safe-breakers went to great lengths in the early hours of yesterday morning at Maylands to open a 2cwt. safe which was ...

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  38. CRASH DOWN RAVINE.

    SYDNEY, May 21.—One man was killed and three others were injured when a motor truck left the road at a sharp bend on the Pacific-highway near ...

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  39. FAMILY TRADITION CONTINUED.

    Mr. E. J. F. Holman is a brother of the. late Miss May Holman., who held the Forrest seat from 1925 to the time of her death in March last; and a son of the ...

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  40. HOTEL FIRES IN ENGLAND.

    LONDON, May 20.—Six recent hotel fires in various parts of England are believed to have been caused by members of the Irish Republican Army. Three ...

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  41. NORSEMAN STRIKE.

    NORSEMAN, May 21.—About 400 members of the Norseman division of the Australian Workers' Union attended a meeting today in connection with the ...

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  42. TRUCK PLUNGES INTO WATER.

    BRISBANE, May 21.—A utility truck driven by Mr. Downing, of Upper Mulgrave, in the Cairns districts, when rounding a curve at Little Mulgrave ...

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  43. Two Men Imprisoned.

    LONDON, May 20.—Refusing to plead, "as soldiers of the Irish Republic," John Leo Dulgnan (26), who declared himself uninterested in the proceedings, and Peter ...

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  44. THE WESTERN DEFENCES.

    BERLIN, May 20.—Herr Hitler, on concluding his inspection of the defences on the western frontier yesterday, issued the following Order of the Day:—"The ...

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  45. MAN ELECTROCUTED.

    BRISBANE, May 21.—Ambulance bearers worked unavailingly for an hour on the body of Eric Flamank i35), at his home in Elfin-street, East Brisbane, this ...

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  46. "BLIND MAN'S BUFFET."

    LONDON, May 20.—The British Broad- casting Corporation has arranged a television session aptly entitled "Blind Man's Buffet." Diners, while blindfolded, will ...

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  47. MOTORSHIP REFLOATED.

    BRISBANE, May 21.—The motorship Babinda, which grounded near Stewart Island, Sandy Strait. on Tuesday night. on a voyage from Maryborough to ...

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  48. ANTWERP-LIEGE CANAL.

    BRUSSELS, May 20.—King Leopold today opened an exhibition at Liege to mark the completion of the Antwerp-Liege canal. Prince Albert of Liege, ...

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