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  2. FIRST NAVAL MEMBER.

    CANBERRA, Wednesday. — The first member of the Naval Board of Administration (Rear-Admiral William R. Napier) will retire from his position when his ...

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  3. BRITISH POLITICS.

    The National Union of Conservative Associations has elected as its chairman Mr. Gwilym Rowlands, a working man, who spent many years in a Welsh ...

    Article : 342 words
  4. GREEK CLUB BOMBS.

    The trial of five men charged with having bombed the Greek Club, in Lonsdale street, on the night of December I will end to-day. Yesterday was the seventh day ...

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  5. PEACE IN INDUSTRY.

    The British Engineers' Association has issued a statement in which it contends that criticisms of its manifesto issued on January 28 were not justified by the ...

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  6. FIFTH TEST.

    The fifth Test match, the last ot the series, will begin on the Melbourne Cricket ground on Friday, March 8. The Englishmen, who are to meet Victoria on Friday, ...

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  7. FRANCO-BELGIAN TREATY.

    The alleged Franco-Belgian agreement was the subject of two interp[?]llations in the Belgian Chamber of Deputies, to which the Foreign Minister (M. Hymans) replied ...

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  8. KANOWNA WRECK.

    Yesterday was the third day of the inquiry into the loss of the A.U.S.N. Company's steamer Kanowna, which struck a rock in the A[?]ser group, off Wilson's ...

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  9. WHEAT HARVEST.

    The wheat harvest now ending has been the greatest since that of the 1916-17 season, according to the figures of the Railways department. The commissioners said ...

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  10. BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES.

    "We are facing the winter with more than anxiety. The position is heart-breaking, and unless assistance is forth-coming at once we shall have to close," ...

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  11. POTATO BY-PRODUCTS.

    The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Pennington) announced yesterday that he had refused a request that a State factory for the manufacture of starch and glucose ...

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  12. CAPTAIN SCOTT.

    A film, "An Epic of the South Pole," which records Captain Scott's last Antarctic expedition, after it had been specially shown at the Albert Hall, in the presence ...

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  13. FEDERAL LEGISLATION.

    CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Nationalist and Country parties in the Federal Parliament will meet jointly to-morrow morning to consider the Ministry's ...

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  14. AERIAL FIRE ENGINE.

    The aviation correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states that an organised effort is being made to obtain a world market for British aeroplanes. Already aviation ...

    Article : 165 words
  15. Australia As Others See Us.

    Mr. J. Petrus van Heerden, a member of the Union Parliament, who visited Australia in 1926 as a member of the Empire Parliamentary Delegation, replying to the ...

    Article : 113 words
  16. PUBLIC HEALTH CONTROL.

    Surprise was expressed yesterday by the Minister for Health (Dr. Argyle) when statements that the Federal Ministry desired to control public health activities ...

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  17. PETROL TAX.

    State Ministers expect that at the conference of Premiers which the Prime Minister (Mr. Bru[?]) proposes should be held in Canberra soon after Easter, the Premier ...

    Article : 181 words
  18. HISTORIC FILMS.

    "I am dubious about your policy—whether you ought to drag me into a gathering of enthusiasts," said Professor W. A. Osborne at the first meeting of the newly ...

    Article : 268 words
  19. Heavy-weight Boxing.

    MIAMI BEACH (Florida), Feb. 26. Jack Sharkey and "Young" Stribling concluded their training to-day. Both declared themselves fit and ready for their ...

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  20. ACCIDENT ON POLO FIELD.

    During an exciting period of play in the polo tournament at the Moonee Valley racecourse yesterday, Major R. H. Nimmo, of the Moonee Valley C team, fell heavily ...

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  21. "Big Bill" Thompson.

    The forces of "Big Bill" Thompson, the former anti-British mayor of Chicago, suffered further defeats at the municipal elections to-day when party lines were ...

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  22. MEAT TRADE.

    There is every indication that the consumer will be called upon to pay higher prices for prime joints to the butcher during the autumn. This week the sheep ...

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  23. BANK OFFICIAL DISAPPEARS.

    AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Wednesday.—The disappearance of Mr. G. A. Campey, a former resident of Auckland, from the Ma[?]ka while travelling from Melbourne ...

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  24. MUNICIPAL STRIKE.

    BROKEN HILL (N.S.W.), Wednesday. —Because the Broken Hill Municipal Council gave a position to a man named Chigwidden this morning, in the face of the ...

    Article : 147 words
  25. "NO HIGH PROTECTION."

    WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday. — Addressing a conference of New Zealand manufacturers, the Prime Minister (Sir Joseph Ward) said that his Ministry had ...

    Article : 80 words
  26. GIFT OF £11,000.

    AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Wednesday.—The Methodist conference has passed a resolution to attempt to raise £20,000 for the Western Solomons Mission medical and ...

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  27. MAYOR'S SON DETAINED.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday. — A letter of apology has been received by the mayor (Alderman Jolly) from the Tasmanian commissioner of police (Colonel J. E. C. Lord) ...

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  28. ROTARY MOVEMENT.

    WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday.— Opening the annual conference of the New Zealand Rotary clubs at Christchurch to-day, Sir Alexander Roberts said that the ...

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  29. DRIFT FR0M THE CHURCH.

    PERTH, Wednesday.—Referring to the drift from the churches, the Rev. J. W. Grove, principal of the Methodist Ladies' College, Hawthorn, Victoria, and lately of ...

    Article : 92 words
  30. British Submarines.

    The Admiralty has placed contracts for five new submarines. ...

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  31. DEATH AT 104 YEARS.

    YARRAWONGA, Wednesday.—Miss H. Newton, of Yarrawonga, has died, aged 104 years. Miss Newton had lived in Victoria for 38 years, and for most of this time ...

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