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  2. AUSTRALIAN FINANCE.

    CANBERRA, May 1.—Figures released by the Commonwealth Treasury to-day show that Customs revenue for the ten months of the financial year up to the end ...

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  3. RUSSIAN EARTHQUAKE.

    MOSCOW, April 30.—Latest estimates hare brought the death roll in the Transcaucasian earthquake to 536 names. Scores of villages were wiped out and the ...

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  4. USING THE GOLD RESERVE

    CANBERRA, May 1.—Over-riding Government protests, the Senate agreed to-day to a motion moved by the Leader of the Opposition (Sir George Pearce) that ...

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  5. TARIFF DEBATE.

    CANBERRA, May 1.—An assertion that the present tariff imposed most severe and grinding taxation upon the community generally was made by Mr. Parkhill ...

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  6. MAIL ROBBERY.

    SYDNEY, May 1.—Bank notes to the value of £10,000 consigned by the Commonwealth Bank in Sydney to its branch at Canberra, were stolen during transit ...

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  7. MAY DAY ARRESTS.

    TOKIO, May 1.—In view of rumours that there was a Communist plot in connection with May Day to interfere with the electric lighting and power supply ...

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  8. INSURANCE GUARANTEES.

    SYDNEY, May 1.—At the meeting of the State Parliamentary Labour Caucus to-day, the Premier of New South Wales (Mr. Lang) announced that the Cabinet ...

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  9. STEAMER WRECKED.

    WELLINGTON, May 1.—The email coastal steamer Progress broke its tail-shaft in Cook Strait, near Wellington Heads, last night, when a southerly gale ...

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  10. RUMANIAN COUP.

    BUCHAREST, May 1.—Effecting a dramatic coup, King Carol dissolved the Roumanian Parliament yesterday at its first meeting following the appointment of the ...

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  11. SYDNEY COMMUNISTS ORDERLY.

    SYDNEY, May 1.—The presence of hundreds of plainclothes and uniformed police along the route prevented unseemly conduct during a May Day procession through ...

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  12. QUEENSLAND RETURNS.

    BRISBANE, May 1.—The State revenue returns for April and the ten months ended on April 30, which were issued to-day, show that the revenue for ten ...

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  13. LONDON'S SOCIAL ROUND.

    LONDON, April 30.—Although the grand opera season began on Monday night and, throughout this week, has been attracting fashionable audiences to ...

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  14. SMALL MELBOURNE GATHERING

    MELBOURNE, May 1.—Although May Day is not officially celebrated by the Trades Hall until to-morrow, the Melbourne Communists to-day held a separate ...

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  15. BRITISH BY-ELECTION.

    LONDON, May 1.—The by-election at Ashton-under-Lyne, which was formerly held by a Labour member, resulted in a return of a Conservative. This was the ...

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  16. REPORTED NEW SCHEME.

    CANBERRA, May 1.—After quoting a report from the Melbourne "Argus" in which it was stated that the Federal Treasurer (Mr. Theodore) had announced at ...

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  17. EMPIRE AIR MAILS.

    SINGAPORE, May 1.—The Southern Cross, piloted by Air Commodore Kingsford Smith, which is carrying the first Australian air mail for Britain to Akyab ...

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  18. TASMANIAN REVENUE.

    HOBART, May 1.—Although a comparative statement of the consolidated revenue of the State for the ten months ended on April 30, 1930, and the ...

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  19. COUP WELL PLANNED.

    CANBERRA, May 1.—Public servants glumly pictured a payless Friday when it became known this morning that £10,000 had disappeared from the mail bags which ...

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  20. ARRESTS AT PORT ADELAIDE.

    ADELAIDE, May 1.—At Port Adelaide to-day a May Day procession of demonstrators was broken up by the police, who arrested eight men.—T. C. McGillick (28), ...

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  21. CAPTAIN STACK'S ILL-LUCK.

    LONDON, May 11.—Captain Neville Stack, with Mr. J. R. Chaplin, made another attempt this morning to carry out his intended flight to Australia, but, 20 ...

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  22. BRITISH LAND TAX.

    LONDON, April 30.—In the House of Commons to-night the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Snowden) moved that permission be given for the Finance Bill to ...

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  23. QUICK ACTION AT BRISBANE.

    BRISBANE, May 1.—A demonstration by Communists who had contemplated a march to the Treasury buildings from the Trades Hall this afternoon was effectively ...

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  24. TASMANIAN SERVICE.

    MELBOURNE, May 1.—After having been delayed in leaving Tasmania owing to bad weather, and having been further impeded by heavy winds when crossing ...

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  25. SIR J. MITCHELL INTERVIEWED.

    TEROWIE, May 1.—"There is ground for hoping for fruitful results from the latest meetings of the Loan Council, because at long last it was unanimously ...

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  26. SPECULATION IN THE LOBBIES.

    CANBERRA, May 1.—It was stated in the lobbies to-day that when the chairman of the Commonwealth Bank Board (Sir Robert Gibson)—providing he accepts the ...

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  27. MR. GREEN QUESTIONED.

    CANBERRA, May 1.—In the House of Representatives to-day, Mr. Bayley (Nat., Qld.) asked the Postmaster-General (Mr. Green) whether he had any statement to ...

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  28. WORKS BLOWN UP.

    RIO DE JANEIRO, April 30.—Half of the 400 employees of the Naval laboratory at Nichtheroy are reported to have been killed or injured in an explosion ...

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  29. PRECAUTIONS IN PERTH.

    Expectations of a disturbance in the shopping centre of Perth yesterday, on the occasion of May Day, did not materialise. There were thousands of people, ...

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  30. A Useful Precedent.

    LONDON, May 1.—There as some surprise that the land valuation resolution was passed without division in the House last night. The political correspondent ...

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  31. CRITIC OF KITCHENER

    LONDON, April 30.—Sir John Fortescue, the author of the standard work, "A History of the British Army, 1899-1929," and other military works, has a ...

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  32. THE ROYAL FAMILY.

    LONDON, April, 30.—His Majesty the King was able to enjoy a walk in the grounds at Windsor Castle to-day for the first time since his illness. Accompanied ...

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  33. MISSING NOTE NUMBERS.

    SYDNEY, May 1.—The numbers of the bank notes stolen from the Canberra train were:—One thousand £5 notes, numbered Q over 20 followed by the numerals ...

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  34. CHINESE DISUNITY.

    SHANGHAI, May 1.—On the eve of the first People's Convention, which has been called for May 5 at Nanking, serious political disturbances which are ...

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  35. BRITISH MINING.

    LONDON, April 30.—The Prime Minister (Mr. MacDonald), accompanied by the Lord Chancellor (Lord Sankey) and other Minister received a deputation from the ...

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  36. LION IN SCHOOL.

    CINCINNATI (U.S.A.), April 30.—A lion cub, which, with several other wild animals, was being used for lecture and exhibition purposes at Whittier School, ...

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  37. MADEIRA CAMPAIGN.

    LISBON, May 1.—A telegram from the Minister for Marine, who is in charge of the punitive expedition, against the rebels in Madeira, is reminiscent of the official ...

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  38. THE BRITISH NAVY.

    LONDON, April 30.—The naval correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" describing the gradual conversion of the British Navy from steam to internal ...

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  39. DEATH PENALTY IN GERMANY

    BERLIN, April 30.—Although the death penalty has been in abeyance for some time in Germany, the authorities have refused to reprieve Eric Tetzner, who was ...

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  40. A DIAMOND-STUDDED DOME.

    CALCUTTA, May 1.—The golden dome of the famous Shwe Dagon pagoda at Rangoon, which was destroyed in last year's earthquake, has been replaced. The new ...

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  41. ENTHUSIASM FOR TASMANIA.

    LONDON, April 30.—Sir R. Eccles Snowden (a former Agent-General for Tasmania) gave a lunch to Sir James O'Grady (the late Governor of Tasmania) ...

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  42. INDIAN UNREST.

    CALCUTTA, April 30.—The authorities are still apprehensive of trouble at Chittagong in Bengal. All arras and ammunition have been removed from licensed ...

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  43. MR. GANDHI ON THE TALKIES.

    CALCUTTA, May 1.—Mr. M. K. Gandhi (the Indian Congress leader), who appeared in a talking picture filmed by an American agency yesterday, declared that he did ...

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  44. DISTRESSED SETTLERS.

    LONDON, April 30.—In the House or Commons to-day, the Secretary of State for the Dominions (Mr. J. H. Thomas) informed Mr. Somerville (Cons.) that he ...

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  45. CANADIAN LOANS.

    OTTAWA, April 30.—The Prime Minister of Canada (Mr. Bennett) announced to-day that the Government was preparing plans for a new long-term conversion issue ...

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  46. SHEARERS' UNION.

    The secretary of the West Australian Shearers' and Shed Workers' Union (Mr. A. Clackson) stated yesterday that he had been notified that an appeal had been ...

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  47. MISSING EXPLORER.

    BERGEN (Norway), May 1.—Captain Ahrenberg the well-known Swedish pilot, left in Junkers amphibian 'plane to-day to participate in the search for the ...

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  48. MISSION TO CANADA.

    LONDON, April 30.—The mission despatched by the Federation of British Industries to Canada to study conditions with a view to stimulating trade relations ...

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  49. 6,000 MILES IN FOUR DAYS.

    PARIS, April 30.—In addition to breaking records for 48 hours and 64 hours' motoring in their class on the Montlhery course, the Englishmen, Messrs. Eyston. ...

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  50. MR. KATE DON HONOURED.

    LONDON, April 30.—Sir Malcolm Campbell (the British racing motorist) and Lord Wakefield were present at a luncheon in London to-day in honour of Mr. Kaye ...

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