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  2. ITEMS OF INTEREST

    In a recent speech the West Australian Premier (Mr. Mitchell) urged the necessity of increasing the population of the State, and mentioned that 1,200 immigrants from ...

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  3. CITY TRAFFIC CONGESTION.

    Although it is more than nine months since the report of the expert board appointed to deal with the problem of city traffic congestion was handed to the ...

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  4. STATE SCHOOL TEACHERS.

    Delegates from branches in all parts of Victoria attended the annual conference of the Victorian States School Teachers' Union held in the Town Hall yesterday. The ...

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  5. JAPAN IN SIBERIA.

    The Washington correspondent of the "New York Times" says that the Japanese military attache (Mr. Inouye) has made the statement that sudden aggressive action ...

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  6. TRAMWAY EXTENSIONS.

    Under the provisions of the Tramways Act the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Beard will before November prepare a map showing the proposed new lines, to ...

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  7. FRENCH TROOPS ADVANCE

    Paris advices dated Tuesday state that French troops have occupied Frankfort and Darmstadt. The German troops evacuated the town at midnight on Monday. ...

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  8. THE PRINCE'S VISIT.

    It is expected that H.M.S. Renown, with His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales en board, will arrive at Honolulu at the week-end, and according to present ...

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  9. INFLATED CURRENCY.

    "Money" is the popular term given to the medium by means of which cash transactions are settled. Many who have studied more deeply know that there is ...

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  10. IRELAND AS SHE IS.

    The London 'Daily Express" has obtained an interview with the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (Lord French). Lord Freneh denied that there was any ...

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  11. DOMINION HOME RULE.

    The "Manchester Guardian," commenting on the recent speech of Mr. Bonar Law, Lord Privy Seal, in the House of Commons regarding dominion Home Rule, and making ...

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  12. EXCHANGE RATE IN U.S.A.

    There is general satisfaction in London at the gradual recovery of the pound sterling in New York, which crossed the four-dollar mark at Easter for the first time since the ...

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  13. SCARCITY OF FIREWOOD.

    Fuel merchants throughout Melbourne yesterday welcomed the statement made by the second Railways Commissioner (Mr. W. M. Shannon) that an improvement in ...

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  14. JAPAN IN PACIFIC.

    The Japanese Ambassador to the United States (Mr. Shidehara) has stated in Washington that Japan has not fortified any of the islands in the Pacific formerly possessed ...

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  15. BOLSHEVIK ARMY.

    A Moscow wireless message reports that Trotsky (Bolshevik War Commissary), speaking at a Bolshevik conference in that city, announced that the Red army would ...

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  16. DEARER SUGAR.

    One result of the increased price of sugar is that it is doubtful whether jam manufacturers will buy quinces and other lowpriced fruits, and also melons. If they ...

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  17. CARPENTERS' DISPUTE.

    Union officials state that practically all of the carpenters who ceased work at various jobs in the city on Tuesday, in consequence of the refusal of many builders to pay them ...

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  18. Dutchman's Flight.

    The Dutch aviator M. Koppin, whose flight from Holland to the Dutch Indies was postponed owing to his not getting a permit to pass over British territory because ...

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  19. Overseas Freights and Fares.

    Anglo-Australian shipowners will confer at an early date to determine the amount of further increases in freights and fares. ...

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  20. EX-POLICEMAN CHARGED.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Arthur Leicester Edwards, formerly a policeman, appeared in the Brisbane Police Court to-day on two charges of having broken into ...

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  21. MISSING LADY TOURIST.

    HOBART, Wednesday.—Miss E. L. Banks, a superannuated kindergarten teacher, of New South Wales for Queensland—it is not precisely known which— ...

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  22. MEAT FOR STATE SHOPS.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.—The Government and the meat companies have reconciled their differences, and with the exception of a few details, it is understood, an ...

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  23. BENDIGO EASTER FAIR.

    BENDIGO, Wednesday.—Fine weather was experienced for the third, and concluding, day of the Bendigo Easter Fair to-day. There was a large attendance, and a ...

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  24. STRIKE AFFRAY IN ITALY.

    Strikers at San Mattoo, near Bologna (Italy), were surrounded by carabineers, who fired 40 shots into the crowd, killing eight, including a strike leader, and ...

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  25. Canadian War Gratuity.

    Representatives of six of the Canadian associations of war veterans have petitioned the Acting Premier of the Dominion (Sir George Foster) to grant a bonus of £400 to ...

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  26. CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT.

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The first Australian congress of consumers' co-operative societies is being held in Sydney. Delegates are attending from every State ...

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  27. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN CABINET.

    ADELAIDE, Wednesday.—As expected, the Attorney-General (Mr. H. N. Barwell) was to-day chosen to succeed the late Mr. Peake as Premier of South Australia. ...

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  28. U.S.A. AND PEACE.

    The chairman of the United States House of Representative Committee of Foreign Affairs (Mr. Porter, Republican) stated at a meeting of the committee that ...

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  29. CASUALTIES AND FATALITIES.

    WARRNAMBOOL. Wednesday.—Herbert Walter Chialitt, aged 18 years, of Cudgee, was killed on the Barre[?] Plains road, near Allansford, on Tuesday night. He was riding a motor-cycle, with ...

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  30. Price of Paper.

    The Supreme Court of Canada, sitting at Ottawa, has decided that the Canadian Board of Commerce has not the power to control the price or the suply of news ...

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  31. SKINS WORTH £300 STOLEN.

    Detective W. P. Jones is investigating the robbery of six bundles of skins, valued at £300, from the store of Messrs. Haughton and Co., Macaulay road, Kensington, on Tuesday night. ...

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  32. Edinburgh By-Election.

    Viscount Grey has written to Mr. W. Runciman, who was his colleague in the Asqui[?] Ministry, hoping that he will be successful in the North Edinburgh ...

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  33. Across Pacific by Air.

    The United States Secretary of the Navy (Mr. Josephus Daniels) states that within two years it may be expected that an American airplane will cross the Pacific. ...

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  34. CRIMES ADMITTED.

    In the Court of General Sessions yesterday, before Judge Dethridge, the following prisoners pleaded guilty and were remanded for sentence:—Leslie Clarence Blackwood, 17 years of age, three counts of ...

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  35. PRIEST WELCOMED HOME.

    Last night St. Michael's Parish Hall, North Melbourne, was crowded, the occasion being a welcome home to the Rev. Father John Norris, who returned on ...

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  36. CHINA AND JAPAN.

    In Peking several hundreds of Chinese, representing more than twenty educational and commercial organisations have petitioned the Chinese Government to reject ...

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  37. ANZAC DAY.

    Sir,—It is stated in "The Argus" to-day, in reference to the Anzac anniversary celebrations. "The combined service which has in previous years been held on the M.C.C. ...

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  38. MELBOURNE GENERAL SESSIONS.

    In the Court of General Sessions yesterday, before Judge Dethridge, two young men, named Frederick Allison and Victor Gadd, were charged with having robbed John Patrick Curtis, a seaman, of ...

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  39. CATTS DIVORCE SUIT.

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—In the Divorce [?] to-day, before Mr. Justice Harvey, [?] Alice Catts petitioned for the dissolution of her marriage with James Howard ...

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  40. Winnipeg Riots in 1919.

    The Rev. Mr. Ivens and four other Labour leaders have been sentenced at Winnipeg to one year's imprisonment on charges of [?]ditious conspiracy to ...

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  41. STOLEN CLOTHING.

    Before Messrs. A. A. Kelley, P.M. [?] and T. McMahen, J.P., in the Fitzroy Court on Wednesday, May Binki, married woman, and charged with having stolen a knitted coat, two blouses, and ...

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  42. POSSESSION OF PLATES.

    In the Carlton Court on Wednesday, before Messrs. D. Clyne (chairman) and R. S. Callender, J.P.'s, John Wheeldon, 25, assistant cook, was charged with having in his possession 13 plates. ...

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  43. Orient Liner Damaged.

    The Orient liner Ormonde, which left London for Australia on March 20, damaged her port propeller in the Suez Canal. She is proceeding to Colombo at reduced ...

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  44. Shipping Wool.

    The minister for Munitions (Lord Inverforth) has extended the period for lifting Imperially owned wool by a month. He insists that the whole must be shipped ...

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  45. CITY OFFICE USED FOR BETTING.

    At the City Court yesterday, William Nolan was charged with having, between March 9 and April 6, used an office known as No. 7 on the second floor of Pitt's Buildings, 476 Elizabeth [?], for ...

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  46. Anzac Day in London.

    His Majesty the King will be represented at the Anzac Day memorial service to be held in London. ...

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