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  2. N.S.W. DEADLOCK.

    SYDNEY, July 2.—Following a special meeting of the State Cabinet to-day, it was learned that the Ministry intends to insist upon the appointment of additional ...

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  3. FAMILY WIPED OUT.

    BRISBANE, July 2.—A family of six was wiped out at Yandilla this morning, the mother and four children being incinerated in their house, and the father, ...

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  4. WAR DEBT RELIEF.

    PARIS, July 2.—Though a final decision by France was expected yesterday on the proposal by the United States President (Mr. Hoover) for a year's suspension of ...

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  5. HEAT WAVE BREAKS

    NEW YORK, July 1.—The heat wave, which has caused 766 deaths in the United States, was broken to-night with the advent of a low atmospheric pressure ...

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  6. THE RECOVERY PLAN.

    CANBERRA, July 2.—Representatives of all returned soldier organisations have spent the day and evening in an effort to obtain some modification of the Federal ...

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  7. DEBT CONVERSION.

    CANBERRA, July 2.—The Commonwealth Debt Conversion Bill passed the Committee stage in the House of Representatives to-night. After pressure from ...

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  8. AN EPIC FLIGHT.

    NEW YORK, July 1.—When Mr. Wiley Post and Mr. Harold Gatty (a former Australian naval cadet) landed here in the monoplane Winnie May at 7.47 p.m. ...

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  9. "THE FIRST PHASE."

    SYDNEY, July 2.—"The thing we have to realise in connection with the financial plan is that it is but the first phase," said the manager of the Bank of New ...

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  10. SEVERE CANADIAN DROUGHT.

    OTTAWA, July 1.—Expressing the fear that Canada would be faced with perhaps the greatest national calamity that had ever overtaken the country, as a ...

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  11. SCENE IN COMMONS.

    LONDON, July 2.—An angry scene occurred to-day in the House of Commons when Mr. J. McGovern (Labour) demanded the release of a layman who ...

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  12. JUDGES ACCEPT SALARY CUT.

    MELBOURNE, July 2.—Although they are not included in the scale of reduction applying to the public service, it was stated to-night that Mr. Justice ...

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  13. MR. CATTY'S FATHER.

    HOBART, July 2.—Mr. Harold Gatty's father, Mr. J. Gatty, "who is a council clerk at Richmond, Tasmania, said to-day that he and his family were delighted ...

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  14. INDIAN WORKERS.

    LONDON, July 1.—A document which may well prove to be a charter of progress in Indian industrial matters for many years to come, has been issued ...

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  15. TRAGIC 'PLANE CRASH.

    HAMILTON (Ontario), July, 1.—Five persons were killed to-day, when a monoplane crashed at the Hamilton airport. Those dead are Harold Raine (34), of ...

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  16. SOLDIERS' CONFERENCE.

    A report on the recent interstate conference of limbless soldiers in connection with the proposed reduction of war pensions was given by Mr. R. Stephenson, ...

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  17. A DAY'S GOLF.

    LONDON, July 1.—Sir Oliver Lambert, an 28-year-old Irish Baronet, has eclipsed the one-day golf endurance record. Beginning at 3.30 a.m. he played five rounds ...

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  18. STOWAWAYS MISSING.

    MELBOURNE, July 2.—The police and the lighthouse-keeper at Gabo Island are searching for some trace of three alien stowaways, who are believed to have dived ...

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  19. WHITE STAR LINE.

    LONDON, July 1.—At a meeting of preference shareholders in the White Star Line, Ltd., held yesterday, it was decided to extend for a further six months the ...

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  20. PREMIER'S COMMISSION.

    SYDNEY, July 21.—Among the correspondence which the Premier (Mr. Lang) tabled in the Legislative Assembly last night was a letter to him from the State ...

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  21. RAILWAY ACROSS AFRICA.

    CAPE TOWN, July 2.—The linking of the railway from Lobito Bay, in Portuguese Angola, with the main system running through the Belgian Congo was ...

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  22. KUERTEN EXECUTED.

    COLOGNE, July 2.—Peter Kuerten, the author of the notorious Dusseldorf murders, whose recent trial disclosed a lifetime of Ghastly crime, was guillotined early ...

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  23. DEATH ON BEACH.

    CALCUTTA, July 2.—Captain Harry Derby, said to be an Australian airman, who has been staying for two months at a hotel at the seaside resort of Juhu. ...

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  24. ANTI-CLERICALISM.

    ROME, July 1.—The Vatican in a fifth Note addressed tp the Italian Government protesting against the Fascist attacks on Catholic institutions, demands the ...

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  25. INDIAN FINANCE.

    LONDON, July 1.—The Prime Minister (Mr. MacDonald), In the House of Commons to-day, answered several questions with reference to his declaration last week ...

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  26. A SENATOR'S DOUBTS.

    CANBERRA, July 2.—Strong opposition to the Premiers' Plan was expressed by Senator Kneebone (S.A.) when the debate was resumed in the Senate to-day on the ...

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  27. MAORI HOME BURNED.

    AUCKLAND, July 2.—Rangi Matahaere, a middle-aged Maori widower and five of his young children perished in a fire which destroyed his two-roomed where near ...

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  28. LIMA TO ATLANTIC.

    NEW YORK, July 1.—South American jungle that has never before been penetrated by white men has been traversed by Mr. J. Simpson, a young Australian ...

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  29. GRAF ZEPPELIN.

    FREDERICHSHAFEN, July 1.—The Graf Zeppelin has left for Iceland, via Holland and Britain, with twelve passengers, including the daughter of the ...

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  30. NORTHERN WHEAT.

    WASHINGTON, July l.—The Department of Agriculture has estimated that the wheat production of the Northern Hemisphere, excluding Russia and China. ...

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  31. Proposed Meeting with Nautilus.

    MUNICH, July 1.—It is stated that Dr. Eckener, commander of the Graf Zeppelin, which has left for Iceland, is reconsidering bis decision to abandon the projected ...

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  32. PEDIGREE STOCK.

    LONDON, June 30.—Sir Daniel Hall, speaking at the Agricultural Organisers' Conference, Cambridge to-day expressed the opinion that the day had gone for ...

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  33. NEW ITALIAN PENAL CODE.

    ROME, July 1.—The new penal code, which is operative from to-day, re-imposes the death penalty for many crimes hitherto punishable by imprisonment. Young ...

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  34. NEW SOUTH WALES DEFAULT.

    CANBERRA, July 2.—It was learned to-night that the Premier of New South Wales (Mr. Lang) has not yet made any move to reimburse the Commonwealth ...

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  35. BEEF FOR BELGIAN ARMY.

    LONDON, July 1.—Three Australian companies share a new Belgian Army contract for the supply of 150 tons of beef, at prices ranging from 2 5-8d. and 2 11-16d. ...

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  36. BURMESE REVOLT.

    LONDON, July 1.—A message from Rangoon states that 200 more rebels have surrendered in the Prome district in Burma, following the Government's offer ...

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  37. GERMAN ECONOMY CUTS.

    BERLIN, July 1.—Soldiers and police are exempt from the wage reductions provided for in the emergency financial decrees promulgated recently. It has been ...

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  38. A RARE DISEASE.

    LONDON, July 2.—A disease caught from Australian vegetables was blamed for the death of Ernest Hawkins (41), ship's carpenter, who died under an ...

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  39. TASMAN FLYER IN ENGLAND.

    LONDON, July 1.—Mr. Guy Menzies, the young Sydney pilot, who in January last made the first solo flight across the Tasman Sea, has accepted a five months' ...

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  40. NON-STOP FLIGHT.

    PARIS, July 1.—A record non-stop flight for a woman has been achieved by Mdlle Bastie. She set out from Le Bourget and landed at Nijninovgorod, 1,680 miles ...

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  41. UNKNOWN GREENLAND.

    OSLO, July 1.—Two students are leaving for Greenland with the intention of walking across unknown territory, which is reputed to be free of ice and ...

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  42. 400 PILOT WHALES TRAPPED.

    COPENHAGEN, July 1.—Danish whalers operating off the Faroe Islands made a record catch when they trapped 400 pilot whales in the narrow waters of ...

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  43. OPPOSITION'S SUPPORT.

    SYDNEY, July 2.—Stirring pleas for unity to ensure the success of the Premiers' economy plan were made by the Leader of the Opposition in the House ...

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  44. KILLED BY POISON GAS.

    PARIS, July 1.—An attempt by Jean Bacbeliers to kill badgers on his estate at Anders with poison gas ended in tragedy. His motor car overturned, pinning ...

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