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  2. BRITISH MANHUNT

    LONDON, May 2.—One of the biggest manhunts in the history of British crime is in full swing as a result of the murder of George ...

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  3. CANADA'S MIGRANTS.

    OTTAWA, May 2.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Mackenzie King) told the House of Commons last night that Canada's present immigration ...

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  4. WAGES POLICY IN FRANCE.

    PARIS, May 2.—A three-hour meeting of the Cabinet ended last night without agreement on wages policy. It was later announced that ...

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  5. PALESTINE PROBLEM AT U.N.O.

    NEW YORK, May 2.—After a debate lasting nearly two hours and vigorous Arab objections the United Nations General Assembly, without a dissentient voice, decided yesterday to place on the agenda the British ...

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  6. INDONESIAN SETBACK.

    BATAVIA, May 2.— The Indonesian Republican President (Dr. Soekarno) is not prepared to come to Batavia to visit the Netherlands ...

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  7. MAY DAY BLOODSHED.

    PALERMO, May 2.—Six persons were killed, including a woman, and 20 were injured (Reuters reports) when unknown persons hiding ...

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  8. RECORD FLIGHTS.

    CAPE TOWN, May 2.—Two planes yesterday broke the England to Cape record established by the R.A.F. Lincoln bomber Aries I in ...

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  9. UNITY FOR DEFENCE.

    WASHINGTON, May 1.—Ten of the nation's most powerful labour leaders, who have frequently fought each other vigorously, met ...

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  10. THE FATE OF A GREAT BATTLESHIP.

    H.M.S. Warspite, veteran of Jutland, Narvik, Salerno and the Normandy beaches, fast on the rock of Prussia Cove, near Penzance. She went aground last voyage. A lifeboat is seen leaving with aground after breaking her tow wires in a gale on her last voyage. A lifeboat is seen leaving with the Warspite's skeleton crew on board. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  11. THE JEWISH CASE.

    CANBERRA, May 2.—Australia would support the cause of the Jews in the United Nations Organisation if she understood the Jewish ...

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  12. JAPAN'S NEW REGIME.

    TOKIO, May 2.—The Premier (Mr. Yoshida) and his Cabinet will resign en bloc on May 6, when an Imperial Edict will be issued calling ...

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  13. BRITISH COAL NEEDS.

    GENEVA, May 2.—If a five-day week in the British coalmining industry did not lead to increased production "we shall consider the ...

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  14. GUILLOTINE STAYED.

    LONDON, May 2.—The Lord President of the Council (Mr. Herbert Morrison) announced in the House of Commons last night that ...

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  15. U.S.-MEXICAN RELATIONS.

    WASHINGTON, May 2.—President Truman and the President of Mexico (Senor Miguel Aleman), who is returning the visit which ...

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  16. DEMONSTRATION BANNED.

    ADELAIDE, May 2.—The State Executive of the Australian Labour Party has decided that it cannot take part in the demonstration ...

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  17. DOUBLE TRAGEDY AT SEA.

    The cargo ship Samtampa (7,200 tons), which was pounded into three pieces by gigantic seas after it had been driven on to rocks by a fierce gale at Sker Point, near Porthcawl (Wales) last Tuesday. The Mumbles lifeboaf, which set out to rescue the crew ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  18. LORD BIRDWOOD HONOURS ANZACS.

    Field Marshal Lord Birdwood, who commanded the Dardanelles Army in 1915, shaking hands with on Australian soldier at an Anzac Day service in London. At a memorial service honouring the Australian and New Zealand dead of two World Wars, the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  19. DECISION ON INDIA.

    NEW DELHI, May 2.—General Sir Hastings Ismay, a senior member of the staff of the Viceroy (Rear-Admiral Viscount ...

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  20. U.S. TELEPHONE STRIKE.

    NEW YORK. May 1.—Negotiations today for a settlement of the telephone strike had no result. After hours of futile bargaining the ...

    Article : 240 words
  21. HIGH INCIDENCE OF DISEASE.

    CHICAGO, May 2.—A panel discussion on poliomyelitis at the annual session of the American College of Physicians indicated that ...

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  22. WHARF SHEDS RAZED.

    BATAVIA, May 2.—Sabotage is suspected to be the cause of a fire last night which razed the wharf sheds of the Rotterdam Lloyd ...

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  23. GOLD SMUGGLERS'S INGENUITY.

    JOHANNESBURG, May 2.— Smugglers over a period of six months transferred £A125,000 worth of stolen gold from the Rand ...

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  24. ROYAL GESTURE.

    ABOARD H.M.S. VANGUARD, May 2.—Many of the 150 inhabitants of Ascension Island cheered and waved from a small boat and ...

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  25. MUSSOLINI'S SON IN ARGENTINA.

    BUENOS AIRES, May 2.—Vittorio Mussolini, eldest son of the former Duce, reported his presence in Argentina to the police yesterday ...

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  26. BURMA'S FINANCES.

    RANGOON, May 2.—It is stated authoritatively that Britain and Burma have reached complete agreement in the financial talks held in ...

    Article : 180 words
  27. BRITAIN'S COAL LOSSES.

    LONDON, May 2.—The President of the Board of Trade (Sir Stafford Cripps) at his weekly Press conference today said that Britain's ...

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  28. WEST BORNEO'S AUTONOMY.

    AMSTERDAM, May 2.—The Dutch Government announced today that it recognised Western Borneo as autonomous territory with ...

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  29. LONDON DOCKERS.

    LONDON, May 2.—Nine thousand of the 10,000 London dockers who struck on Monday in sympathy with the Glasgow dockers have ...

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  30. BRITISH MISSION TO LEAVE CAIRO.

    LONDON, May 2.—The Foreign Secretary (Mr. Bevin), replying to a question in the House of Commons, said Egypt had decided not ...

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  31. PRICE CUTS CAMPAIGN.

    WASHINGTON, May 1.—Mr. Earl O. Shreve, the new president of the United States Chamber of Commerce, at a Press conference today ...

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  32. INDIA'S AUSTRALIAN TRADE.

    GENEVA, May 2.—With tariff and preference negotiations between the Indian and British delegations to the International Trade Organisation conference believed about to begin, India's growing trade with Australia, rather than with Britain, appears to be making India's attitude ...

    Article : 307 words
  33. COMMUNISM REJECTED

    TOKIO, My 2.—Independents and Conservatives were far ahead early this morning in the last of Japan's elections—that for prefectural councils (State legislatures). Over 1,400 seats have been decided, of which Independents have won 482, Democrats 300, Liberals 255, Socialists 242, ...

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  34. "WAIT AND SEE."

    CANBERRA, May 2.—The Prime Minister (M r. Chifley) told Mr. Rankin (C.P., Vic.) in the House of Representatives today that ...

    Article : 123 words
  35. COSTLY OFFENCES.

    LONDON, May 2.—Sassoon Ezra, the principal director of a hosiery company, was fined £A4,000 for eight offences against ...

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  36. CENTRALIA MINE DISASTER.

    SPRINGFIELD (Illinois), May 2.—The chairman of the State Industrial Commission (Mr. William Kaiser) announced today that a ...

    Article : 73 words
  37. AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS.

    Except where otherwise designated, the overseas intelligence published in "The West Australian" is transmitted to Australia by the Australian ...

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