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  2. THAMES EPISODE

    Extraordinary scenes were witnessed by thousands of spectators at Kew Bridge, London, yesterday afternoon, when two cowboys tried to swim the swollen River Thames ...

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  3. "STOP GAP"

    M. Francois-Marsal has virtually completed his "stop gap" Cabinet, including M.Lefebre Duprey (Minister of Foreign Affairs), and M. Andre Maginot (Minister of War), ...

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  4. DAIRYING

    The Australian Commissioner in the United States, Mr. D. Mackinnon, and his secretary, Mr. Black, have returned from an extensive tour of the Middle West, ...

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  5. TABLES TURNED

    SYDNEY, Monday.—The New South Wales Rugby League team succeeded in turning the tables on the English team in the return match at the ...

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  6. NEW STATES

    SYDNEY, Monday. — Lieut.-Colonel Bruxner, leader of the Progressive party, referring to the statement that the Cabinet is considering the withdrawal of the New ...

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  7. FLIERS PLEASED

    MELBOURNE, Monday.—Wing-Command, er Goble states that the Air Force generally is pleased that the Federal Public Works Committee has recommended to Parliament ...

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  8. SNAKES

    MARYBOROUGH (Q.), Monday.—A parcel post clerk at the Maryborough railway station in accepting a dress basket over the counter on Saturday night little suspected ...

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  9. PERSIAN OILFIELDS

    MELBOURNE, Monday.—At the invitation of the directors of the Commonwealth Oil Refineries, Ltd., a large number of guests were present at the Chamber of ...

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  10. REDFERN FIRE

    SYDNEY, Monday.—A fire broke out at Hadcock's news agency shop, Redfern, at 3 o'clock this morning, and the place was gutted. ...

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  11. EXCLUSION LAW

    This afternoon at the Acyama cemetery a public memorial service was held in honour of Ryuntro Hoskizaki, who drowned himself in a well as a protest against the American ...

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  12. TWO KILLED

    An aerial wire attach by an amateur wireless enthusiast to an electric light standard caused the death of two firemen at Upper Montclair. ...

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  13. CONCRETE HOUSES

    Speakhig at the International, Cement Congress at Olympia, Col. H. Vaughan Kent, consulting engineer, who was assistant director of fortifications at the War Office ...

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  14. HOOLIGAN BRUTALITY

    SYDNEY, Monday.—A tram conductor, Harry Howes, was brutally assaulted and kicked from a moving tram car by a gang of hooligans at Erskincville last night. ...

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  15. RACING MOTORIST KILLED

    MELBOURNE, Monday.—A fatal accident marred the motor racing at Aspendale to-day. In the third race, the first heat of the ...

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  16. MAORI MURDERER'S FATAL DIVE

    AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Monday.—:The Maori, Ruki Pene, who beat his wife to death at Hokianga in a fit of jealousy on Friday night last, eluded the police until Saturday, when ...

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  17. CANCER

    PHILADELPHIA. (U.S.A.), Sunday. The Philadelphia "North American," in an article withheld from publication for 15 months "in the interests of science," says ...

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  18. UNTRAINED IMMIGRANTS

    SYDNEY, Monday,—Sir James connolly, feymerly Agent-General for Western Australia in London, says that he is convinced that many people coming from England are of ...

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  19. NEW EDUCATIONAL PROJECT

    SYDNEY, Monday.—Six schools for the education of backward children three for boys and three for girls, are to be con' structed shortly at Macqunrie Fields. ...

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  20. WORLD FLIGHTS

    Lieutenant Lowell H. Smith, commanding the American aviators who are attempting a flight around the world, was engaged today in changing one of the pontoons on his ...

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  21. GERMAN MYSTERY SOLVED

    Strange and almost incredible is the tale of how a man named Liebeck caused the death of a boy who has since been identified as Hans Beyer. ...

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  22. FEDERAL POLITICAL FORECAST

    SYDNEY, Monday.—It is believed that the farmers' Federal organisation will endorse the Bruce-Page election agreement. The future of the composite Ministry ...

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  23. TREATMENT OF NATIVES

    SYDNEY, Monday.—At a meeting in the domain yesterday a resolution was carried strongly urging the Federal Government to appoint a Royal Commission to inquire into ...

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  24. ALLEGED STREET ROBBERY

    SYDNEY, Monday.—At the Central Police Court to-day William O'Keefe and Charles Evans were remanded on a charge of having attempted to choke Charles Devet ...

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  25. BRITISH LEGION

    The Duke of York inspected 3C00 members of the British Legion at the Horse Guards Parade, who afterwards, headed by bands, marched to the Cenotaph, where the legion's ...

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  26. PRICKLY PEAR BILL

    SYDNEY, Monday.—The Parliamentary party which has been touring the prickly pear infested country in the north-west of the State returned to Sydney yesterday. ...

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  27. PREPARING FOR ELECTIONS

    According to the "Daily Express" leading Ministers have decided that the Government should go to the country in the autumn, immediately after the mid-summer ...

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  28. FOUND DEAD

    A forester has found the body of a man called Jonas, formerly a member of the Communist party, in the depth of the forest near Fritzin, in Meeklenburg. Four bullet ...

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  29. PROTEST AGAINST "CONSCRIPTION"

    SYDNEY, Monday.—At a meeting of the Industrial Christian Fellowship in the Domain a resolution was carried protesting against the continuance of the system of ...

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  30. ARCHBISHOPRIC OF SYDNEY

    MELBOURNE, Monday.—Archbishop Lees, owing to other business, vacated the chair at the Communion breakfast of the Church of England Men's Society at the Cathedral ...

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  31. OLD CRIME RECALLED

    MELBOURNE, Monday.—George O'Sullivan, an elderly man, appeared at the City Police Court to-day charged with having broken and entered the premises of Messrs. ...

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  32. YOUNG MAN SHOT

    CRABBE'S CREEK, Monday.—A young man named Robert Sanderson, who was working on a banana plantation at Grabbe's Creek, was found shot in the chest. ...

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  33. CARBONISED

    An extraordinary fatality occurred at Saint Die as a result of a debate between two electricians as to the lethal power of electric currents. ...

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  34. ADVENTURE IN A CAVE

    A large party of visitors entered the famous Congo caves, but as time went on and they did not come out, an old guide was sent in to investigate. ...

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  35. PATENT MEDICINES

    MELBOURNE, Monday.—In political and official circles it is considered that certain regulations, made at the instance of the Food Standard Committee and requiring the ...

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  36. RAILWAY STRIKE CONTINUES

    The underground railway strike continues and the situation is serious, but the services were maintained throughout Sunday and the situation this evening was better rather than ...

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  37. PREMIERS' CONFERENCE MOOTED

    SYDNEY, Monday.—It is understood that the New South Wales Government intends to bring about another Premiers' Conference at an early date for the purpose of ...

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  38. PONY'S NOVEL JOURNEY

    M. Drouhin, a French air pilot, has established a record in transferring a pony from Lebouruet to Rotterdam in three hours. The pony, which was consigned to a Dutch ...

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  39. LONG STRIKE

    At the annual meeting of the National Union of Distributive and Allied Workers in Edinburgh a resolution was adopted drawing attention to the serious financial position ...

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  40. SNAKE GUARDS MONEY

    A burglar entered the office of the Copenhagen Zoological Gardens on Monday night and forced the safe, where he found only a few coins. ...

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  41. LORD CARSON PUGNACIOUS

    Speaking, at Belfast on Sunday Lord Carson said: "I do not forget what our relations were in the old days, and old as I am, if it becomes necessary I will not ...

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  42. DAUGHTER'S SHOCKING DISCOVERY

    ADELAIDE, Monday.—Having made an appointment to meet her father, Charles Ranford, on Semaphore road, Miss Ra[?]ford returned to the house to inquire why the ...

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  43. SOLDIERS' REQUEST REFUSED

    MELBOURNE, Monday.—The Federal Government has refused the request of the Returned Soldiers' League that the Public Service Act be amended in the direction of ...

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  44. ALBANIAN REVOLUTIONARIES

    The revolutionaries are masters of the situation in Albania, and are concentrating against the Government stronghold at Elbasan. where 8C00 loyalists are entrenched. ...

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  45. CYCLING FATALITY

    BATHURST, Monday.—George Howard was riding a bicycle along George-street, Bathurst, when he collided with a tree, sustaining shocking injuries, which resulted in ...

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  46. BOAT SWAMPED

    Three men are believed to have been drowned as the result of a boat being swamped by the wash of a crowded pleasure steamer on the River Usk at ...

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  47. EX-CROWN PRINCE'S NEW HOME

    The Government has given permission to the ex-Crown Prince of Germany and his family to make their home in Italy. The application was made by Prince ...

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  48. THIEVES' ATTEMPT ON BANK

    AUCKLAND, Monday.—Burglars forced the back door of the Union Bank of Australia last night and made an attempt to blow open the strong room. They exploded ...

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  49. DEATH OF SIR ARTHUR MASON

    The death is announced from Pretoria of Sir Arthur Mason, a judge of the Pretorian Supreme Court, as a result of blood poisoning. Sir Arthur Mason was born in the year 1860 ...

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  50. IRISH PRISONERS RELEASED

    Sixty of the prisoners interned at the Curragh military camp have been released. ...

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