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  2. UNITED STATES NAVY.

    WILLIAMSTOWN (Mass.), July 29. Admiral William Pratt, formerly chief of operations in the United States Navy told a conference on the limitation of ...

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  3. WAR IN SOUTH AMERICA.

    The Buenos Aires correspondent of the "New York Times" says that the century old dispute between Paraguay and Bolivia over the possession of Gran Chaco, a vast ...

    Article : 202 words
  4. ROAD ACCIDENTS.

    HAMILTON, Sunday.—A motor-car driven by Mr. Robert Speirs a farmer of Colac, skidded on the wet road at "Breakneek Cornel," on the Penshurst to ...

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  5. OLYMPIC GAMES

    In bright sunshine tempered by a cool Pacific breeze, 105,000 persons attended the opening of the Olympic Games this afternoon by Mr. Charles Curtis, Vice-President ...

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  6. FOOTBALL INCIDENTS.

    Early in the Association football match between Northcote and Port Melbourne, at Northcote on Saturday considerable illfeeling between the teams was shown in ...

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  7. BRITISH CONVERSION.

    The triumphant success of the war loan conversion is now assured. There are 2,600,000 holders, and considerably more than 2,000,000 applications have been ...

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  8. DAVIS CUP FINAL.

    A record crowd including the President (M. Lebrun) and Mr. Dwight Davis (who presented the cup), witnessed two remarkable matches in the Davis Cup final played ...

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  9. Chevalier's Divorce Suit.

    Maurice Chevalter, the film actor, and his wife appeared in the "Chamber of Reconciliation" at the Divorce Court. where the judges invariably talk alone ...

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  10. Race Between Car and Ship.

    Captain T. Yates-Benyon, who left London in a low-powered car on July 9. the same day as the British-India liner Manora. and is trying to race the ship to Calcutta. ...

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  11. MR. WELLS AND LABOUR.

    Mr. H.G. Wells, in a seathiug attack on the Labour party, which he delivered at the Liberal Summer School, said:—"The King was so ill-advised as to depart from his ...

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  12. Indian Terrorists.

    Mr. E.B. Ellison, the police superintendent who was shot at Comilla, East Bengal, was removed to the Dacca hospital yesterday. The bullet was extracted by a ...

    Article : 254 words
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  14. SOLICITOR'S PUNISHMENT.

    BRISBANE, Saturday.—In the Full Court an appeal by Andrew John Handran to set aside an order of the statutory committee of the Queensland Law Society ...

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  15. BRITISH BONDHOLDERS.

    In a farewell statement to the press, Mr. Hogan, formerly Premier of Victoria amplified the speech be made to Labour members of the House of Commons three ...

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  16. COURSING.

    Entries will close with Mr. H. J. Tayler, secretary of the Victoria Coursing Club, to-night for the club's licensed victuallers' cup meeting on the Geelong plumpton on Tuesday and Friday. There ...

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  17. Memorials to Missing.

    Air-Marshal Lord Trenchard will unvell at Arras (France) on Sunday a memorial bealing the names of 34,821 officers and men of the British Empire who, between ...

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  18. Aviator Killed.

    Flying-Officer Peter Walter Johnston Pharazyn, formerly of New Zealand, was killed when a Wapiti day bomber crashed near Canterbury. An aviator named ...

    Article : 181 words
  19. "Smash and Grab" Theft.

    A daring "smash, and grab" theft was committed at a jeweller's shop at Southwark with the aid of an undertaker's motor-car, which was standing outside a ...

    Article : 95 words
  20. Blind Woman's Feat.

    Blind since she was aged six years Beatrice Audersen died in hospital to-day at the age of 56 years. She had spent 30 years in hospital completely paralysed, excent for ...

    Article : 86 words
  21. STATION SAFE ROBBED.

    Extensiie damage to the office and contents was caused by thieves, who broke into the Darling railway station early yesterday morning and stole £4. Residents ...

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  22. Ex-King Manoel.

    The British cruiser Concord lett Portsmouth this afternoon healing the remains of ex-King Manoel of Portugal, who died at Twickenham recently, to Lisbon. The ...

    Article : 106 words
  23. Fighting in Manchuria.

    After three days of severe fighting, Japanese troops under General Tanaka routed General Ma Chan-shan's Chinese troops, near Hailungfu, cast of Tsitsihar, ...

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  24. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The British Board of Trade has approved the use of Australian spotted gum and New Zealand kauri for parts of ships' lifeboats. ...

    Article : 590 words
  25. Purchase of Ships.

    A company to be known as Royal Man Liners Ltd., with a capital of £4,000,000, has been registered to acquire the vessels of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, ...

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  26. Coal for Free State.

    Thirty thousand tons of coal from the Ruhr will reach Dublin next week. Probably 50,000 tons will arrive there the following week. ...

    Article : 99 words
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  28. "MACBETH."

    Sir,—While giving due credit to Dame Sybil Thorndike and Mr. Lewis Casson for their excellent production of "Macbeth," I think that we may question Mr. ...

    Article : 127 words
  29. Petrol Explosion.

    A man carrying a lighting candle entered the cellar of a garage at Romysvatikriz, where the proprictor was filling a can with petrol. The light exploded the fumes. The ...

    Article : 87 words
  30. GIRLS' DRAMATIC COMPETITIONS.

    Appreciation was shown by a large audience of the items presented in the finals of the dramatic competitions organised by the Methodist Girls' League, which were held at the South Melbourne ...

    Article : 154 words
  31. Civil Marriages in Spain.

    In response to theh issue by the Government of a decree recognising only civil marriages. Archbishop Eijo broadcast a decree that such marriages were only a ...

    Article : 77 words
  32. Chicago Board of Trade.

    The Board of Trade filed in the United States Ciurcuit Court of Appeals to-day its appeal from the Government decree suspending it from operating in the grain ...

    Article : 130 words
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