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  2. WORK OF THE SESSION.

    The second and concluding session of the fourteenth State Parliament, which ended yesterday, extended over five months. Of the 72 Bills introduced, 57 ...

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  3. ARMED HOLD-UP.

    Two Albanians living in a lonely camp in the Bencubbin district were held up by armed men on Tuesday and robbed of £63. While one of the occupants of the ...

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  4. CABINET SECRECY.

    LONDON, Dec. 21.—The disclosure of proceedings in Cabinet was mentioned during a debate in the House of Lords to-night, when the Secretary for War (Lord ...

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  5. WORLD ECONOMICS

    In this article Mr. J. M. Keynes, the well-known British Economist, who was principal representative of the British Treasury at the Paris Peace Conference, and deputy for the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Supreme Economic Council In 1919. and is the author of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. CHRISTMASTIDE.

    With the prospect of pleasant weather, and the knowledge that they will have three and a half days' holiday, people are looking forward to a happy time ...

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  7. A VOTE FOR BEER.

    WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—The Bill to legalise beer containing 32 per cent. of alcohol by weight, which is equivalent to 4 per cent, by volume, was passed by the ...

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  8. COUNTRY PARTY LEADER.

    "The session just concluded ended the term of the Fourteenth Parliament." remarked the Leader of the Country Party (Mr. C. G. Latham) yesterday. "Although ...

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  9. PROHIBITION REPEAL.

    WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—The Judiciary Committee of the Senate approved, to-day of the tentative draft of a resolution for the repeal of the Eighteenth (Prohibition) ...

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  10. GERMAN DEBTS.

    BERLIN, Dec. 21.—"Germany is consuming her capital and is continually setting poorer," said Herr Hugenberg, the Nationalist leader to-day, in propounding ...

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  11. THE OIL DISPUTE.

    TEHERAN, Dec. 21.—The Persian National Assembly, or Majlis, has ratified the cancellation by the Government of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company's Concession— ...

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  12. WHEAT FROM CANADA.

    LONDON, Dec. 21.—The Customs have decided that preference tinder the Ottawa Act cannot be accorded to a test shipment of Canadian wheat that has reached ...

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  13. LONDON RIOTS.

    LONDON, Dec. 22.—The general council of the Trades Union Congress has written to the Prime Minuter (Mr. MacDonald) protesting against the imprisonment ...

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  14. A BLOW TO BUFFALO

    BUFFALO (U.S.A.), Dec. 21.—The British Customs' decision that on Canadian grain stored at United States ports and then sold to United Kingdom buyers, ...

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  15. TRANSPORT FACILITIES.

    During the holidays special time tables will operate on all transport services. Both the train and tram services will be augmented to-day and to-night and on all the ...

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  16. WAR DEBT PAYMENT.

    LONDON, Dec. 22.—Replying to-day to the representations of the Associated Chambers of Commerce on the effect on the currency of the payment of £19,750,000 ...

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  17. BULK HANDLING.

    In the dying hours of the session early yesterday morning the Legislative Council decided, by 13 votes to 7, not to refuse to the trustees of the Wheat Pool the power ...

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  18. AUSTRALIAN FILMS.

    LONDON, Dec. 21.—Universal Pictures announce the completion of negotiations by which all pictures made by Efftee Film Productions, Ltd. of Melbourne will be ...

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  19. DISARMAMENT DISCUSSIONS.

    LONDON, Dec. 21.—Answering a question in the House of Commons to-day, Mr. Eden, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs stated that the President of the ...

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  20. THE PREMIER'S VIEWS.

    The Premier (Sir James Mitchell) said yesterday that on the whole he regarded the session as a satisfactory one. Many useful measures had been passed and [?] ...

    Article : 526 words
  21. IRISH PRESIDENT.

    DUBLIN, Dec. 22.—The Irish Free State Government, without explanation, has placed on compulsory leave Colonel David Neligan, head of the Political ...

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  22. SEIZED GOLDMINES.

    LONDON, Dec. 21.—Replying in the House of Commons to-day to a question regarding the Lena Goldfields award the Undersecretary for ...

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  23. CHURCH SERVICES.

    Christmas services will be held in churches throughout the State on Sunday morning and evening, and carols and Christmas hymns will be sung by the ...

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  24. BRITISH TRADE POLICY.

    LONDON, Dec. 21.—The President of the Board of Trade (Mr. Runciman) was asked in the House of Commons to-day whether, in view of the opinion' expressed ...

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  25. FALSTAFF IN A FIX.

    LONDON, Dec. 21.—Mr. Osear Asche, the famous actor of renowned physical proportions, was hurrying in a taxi-cab to-day to a rehearsal of "The Merry ...

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  26. PLOT AGAINST STALIN.

    BERLIN, Dec. 22.—In spite of denials, reports continue to circulate of the discovery of a plot to overthrow Stalin, the Soviet dictator. The latest secret ...

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  27. A HERO OF SCIENCE.

    PARIS, Dec. 22.—"His life was a long martyrdom in the cause of science," is one of the tributes paid to the memory of the great French radiolgist, M. ...

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  28. AIR LINE TO ENGLAND

    LONDON, Dec. 21.—At question time in the House of Commons to-day the Under Secretary for Air (Sir Philip Sassoon) stated that it was impossible to give a ...

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  29. TICKET CLERK IMPRISONED.

    ADELAIDE, Dec. 22.—A sentence of 2½ years' imprisonment with hard labour was passed on John James Tobin (59), senior, ticket clerk in the Railway Department. ...

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  30. GREYHOUND RACING.

    LONDON, Dec. 22.—Following the recent judgment by the Lord Chief Justice (Lord Hewart) that the use of the totalisator on greyhound racing tracks is ...

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  31. STEAMERS COLLIDE.

    LONDON, Dec. 21.—The steamers Gateshead and Miranda collided off Seaham this morning. The Gateshead sank and the captain and seven of the crew were ...

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  32. AIR TOURING IN BRITAIN.

    LONDON, Dec. 21.—The first of a fleet of Dragon cabin aeroplanes with which an Esses firm of motor conch proprietors proposes to organise inland air routes and ...

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  33. FALL OF METEORITE.

    ADELAIDE, Dec. 22.—With a roaring sound and a flash which made it visible even in the bright sunlight, a meteorite, believed to be of considerable size fell ...

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  34. SYDNEY TRANSPORT.

    SYDNEY, Dec. 22.—It was learned in official circles to-day that the 'bus services in the suburbs to be controlled by the Government will probably be in ...

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  35. THE ROYAL FAMILY.

    LONDON, Dec. 21.—To-morrow the King and Queen will travel by Royal train to Sandringham, where the Court will remain [or about sis weeks. The Prince of Wales ...

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  36. MR. CLEARY'S RESIGNATION.

    SYDNEY, Dec 22.—It is expected that the appointment of the Chief Transport Commissioner to replace Mr. W. J. Cleary who recently resumed, will be announced ...

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  37. THE OPPOSITION LEADER.

    When invited to comment on the work of the session, the Leader of the Opposition (Mr. P Collier) said yesterday that he did not desire to say very much, as his ...

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  38. EAST-WEST TRAIN CROWDED.

    KALGOORLIE, Dec. 22.—When the Great Western express from the Eastern States arrived in Kalgoorlie this afternoon the train had two extra coaches and ...

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  39. A SON FOR KINGSFORD SMITH.

    SYDNEY, Dec. 22.—Lady, Kingsford Smith, wife of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, has given birth to a son. ...

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