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  2. LABOUR PARTY.

    SYDNEY, Feb. 22.—An interstate conference of the Australian Labour Party has been summoned to deal with the threatened split in the movement. It will ...

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  3. THE WOOL MARKET.

    LONDON, Feb. 21.—A call for confidence on the wool market was made by the High Commissioner for New Zealand (Sir T. M. Wilford) in a speech at a banquet of the ...

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  4. AROUND THE WORLD.

    LONDON, Feb. 20.—Mrs. Victor Bruce, the famous airwoman and racing motorist, concluded her world flight of 19,000 miles to-day, when the arrived at the Croydon ...

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  5. THE SILVER SLUMP.

    WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—On Friday the Senate approved without debate a resolution suggesting that President Hoover should negotiate with other ...

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  6. PLATOON AMBUSHED.

    FREETOWN (Sierra Leone), Feb. 20.—A fanatic of the Mad Mullah type, named Haidara Kontofili, recently crossed the frontier from French Guinea into Sierra ...

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  7. SOUTH AMERICAN UNREST

    LIMA (Peru), Feb. 20.—An attempt to overthrow the Government of President Cerro early to-day failed. The conspirators fled from the capital to Callao, where ...

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  8. STREET TRAGEDY

    MELBOURNE, Feb. 22.—While he was driving in a phaeton with his wife and two children at the corner of Canterbury and Rooks roads. Vermont, early this ...

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  9. SHOTS FIRED AT KING.

    VIENNA, Feb. 20.—As king Zogu, ruler of Albania, accompanied by his suite, was leaving the Opera House after witnessing "I Pagliacci," three men opened fire on ...

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  10. PARAGUAYAN RISING.

    BUENOS AIRES, Feb. 20.—A correspondent of "La Nacion" at Posadas (Argentina) reported to-day that revolutionaries had captured the Paraguayan ...

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  11. AUSTRALIAN STOCKS RISE

    LONDON, Feb. 20.—The official announcement to-day that the Commonwealth is paying off £5,000,000 of short-term Treasury bills maturing on March 2 ...

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  12. ACCIDENTS.

    A motoring accident with fatal results occurred on the Kalamunda-road, about 1½ miles from the Guildford-road turn-off, on Saturday afternoon. The following ...

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  13. FINANCIAL POLICY.

    MELBOURNE, Feb. 22.—After a meeting which lasted for more than three hours yesterday afternoon, the conference between the Prime Minister (Mr. ...

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  14. MEAT EXPORT.

    CANBERRA, Feb. 21.—"Owing to the uncertainty of overseas market conditions meat export operations for January were somewhat curtailed," declared the Minister ...

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  15. AN IMPROVING TONE.

    LONDON, Feb. 21.—Mr. W. P. Devereux, the official representative in Britain of the Australian Woolgrowers' Council, reports that the firm and improving tone ...

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  16. IN NEW YORK.

    NEW YORK, Feb. 21:—Continuing their recovery after slumping to the lowest price touched, in recent years, Australian Government loans were buoyant ...

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  17. MAN ELECTROCUTED.

    Charles McRitchie (40), married, a fuel hand employed at the East Perth power house, and residing at 373 Beanfort-street, Highgate Hill, was electrocuted about 10.30 ...

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  18. AVIATION.

    LONDON, Feb. 21.—Mr. G. P. Fairbairn, the Cambridge undergraduate who made a secret departure from England on Friday morning, intending to fly to ...

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  19. FOREIGN HONOURS.

    LONDON, Feb. 20.—Mrs. Bruce arrived at Croydon escorted by 'planes piloted by Miss Amy Johnson, Miss Winifred Spooner (who was placed fourth in the ...

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  20. A HUNGRY ARMY.

    MEXICO CITY, Feb. 22.—A despatch from Mexicali in Lower California (near the United States border), stated that a mob of 3,000 hungry and jobless peasants ...

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  21. LONDON COMMENT.

    LONDON, Feb. 20.—The city editor of the "Daily Telegraph" says:—"The result of the conference between Messrs. Scullin and Theodore and the representatives of ...

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  22. CAR STRIKES PEDESTRIAN.

    Robert White (57), of 101 Hay-street, was struck by a motor car being driven along St. George's-terrace, near Mill-street, on Saturday night by John Selwyn Allen, of ...

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  23. MR. ROSE'S 'PLANE DAMAGED.

    LONDON, Feb. 21.—Flight-Lieutenant T. Rose has abandoned his attempt to establish a new record for a solo flight from England to Cape Town. He is likely ...

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  24. WATERFRONT WORK.

    BRISBANE, Feb. 22.—Members of the Waterside Workers' Federation, who expected to get employment on the waterfront after two years (since the ...

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  25. CHINA AND RUSSIA.

    SHANGHAI, Feb. 21.—Anxiety is expressed in northern China over the heavy concentration of Soviet troops on the Manchurian border. The intentions of the ...

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  26. FLIGHT OVER AFRICA.

    LONDON, Feb. 21:—The three Royal Air Force Vickers-Victoria troop carrier machines, which are on a flight from Cairo to Cape Town and return, left ...

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  27. TAINTED SANDWICHES

    ELKTON (South Dakota), Feb. 20.—Emergency calls were sent to physicians to rush from t neighbouring towns to the aid of over 250 persons who are seriously ...

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  28. PILLION RIDER HURT.

    Mrs. Phyllis Seabrook, of South Como, was riding a motor cycle with Charles Scott, senior, of Leonora-street, South Como, as a pillion passenger, alone ...

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  29. SHEFFIELD SHIELD.

    ADELAIDE, Feb. 22.—The batting of the South Australian tail-enders, Grimmett, Carlton and Walker, was the one bright feature of the second day's play ...

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  30. COMMONWEALTH RAILWAYS.

    MELBOURNE, Feb. 21.—Mr. G. A. Gahan, Commonwealth Railways Commis­sioner, said to-day that the decision of the State and Commonwealth Railways ...

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  31. WOMAN GAINS "B" LICENCE.

    SYDNEY, Feb. 22.—Mis Phyllis Arnott has attained the distinction of being the first woman pilot in Australia to gain a "B" licence for commercial flying. She ...

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  32. VIOLENCE IN BURMA.

    CALCUTTA, Feb. 22.—There was a further serious outbreak of violence in the Tharrawaddy district, Burma, yesterday, when hundreds of villagers attacked the ...

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  33. COW UPSETS CYCLIST.

    While riding a push cycle towards Perth along Wanneroo-road on Saturday, Walter Watson Littler (26), of Wanneroo-road, Osborne Park, collided with one of two ...

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  34. STRANDED IN LAUNCH.

    SYDNEY, Feb. 22.—The three men who were stranded in a disabled launch in a heavy sea off Stanwell Park on Friday afternoon were rescued at 8 a.m. ...

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  35. SEA SCOUTS.

    "Splendid work is being rendered by the Sea Scouts in life-saving work, first aid, and in assisting capsized craft in the Swan River," said Lieut.-General Sir Talbot ...

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  36. INJURED IN COLLISION.

    After having been treated for concussion and fractured ribs, at the Perth Hospital, about 1 a.m. on Saturday, Charles Cave, of Palmerston-street, went home at ...

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  37. A.C.T.U. CONGRESS ENDS.

    SYDNEY, Feb. 22.—The congress of the Australasian Council of Trade Unions in Sydney concluded abruptly to-day in the midst of a heated debate, in which ...

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  38. SHOT IN A TRAIN.

    A passenger on the Merredin-Perth train on Saturday morning was shot in the cheek with a pellet from a gun which, it is believed, was fired from a motor truck at a ...

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  39. FALL FROM WHARF.

    While witnessing the departure of some friends on the Karoola at Victoria Quay, about noon on Saturday, Mrs. Edith Castly, of Tower-street, Leederville, fell ...

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  40. AERIAL TRAGEDY.

    MELBOURNE, Feb. 22.—An inquest was held at Geelong yesterday before the Coroner (Mr. D. W. O'Grady) into the deaths of Eric Ainsley Morris (31), and ...

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  41. MAN KILLED BY TRAIN.

    MELBOURNE, Feb. 22.—After falling between the running board of a moving railway carriage and the platform at the Albert Park station at 10.30 p.m. ...

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  42. CONSTABLE SHOT.

    MELBOURNE, Feb. 22.—While arresting Joseph McFarlane (38), trapper, at his camp at Whitfield to-day, Constable Hutchinson was shot in the left thigh. ...

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  43. ALLEGATIONS WITHDRAWN.

    BRISBANE, Feb. 22.—An action which the Attorney-General (Mr. MacGroarty) was to have brought against the superintendent of the Queensland Prohibition ...

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  44. N.S.W. COAL INDUSTRY

    SYDNEY, Feb. 22.—Following the amalgamation a few weeks ago of Abermain Seaham Collieries, Ltd., and J. and A. Brown, steps have been taken to bring ...

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  45. WONTHAGGI TRAGEDY

    MELBOURNE, Feb. 22.—David Jones, one of the deputies who was seriously injured in an explosion in the State coal mine at Wonthaggi on Friday, died at the ...

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  46. DOWN AN OPEN CUT.

    WILUNA, Feb. 21.—An inquest concerning the death of Cyril Francis, whose body was found in an open cut of the Wiluna mines leases on February 17, was ...

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  47. BURIED BY AVALANCHES.

    VIENNA, Feb. 2O.—Sweeping down the valley of Villgraaten, in the eastern Tyrol, from a height of 7,000ft., an avalanche overwhelmed three mills and a house. A ...

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  48. HUNTING MISHAP.

    LONDON, Feb. 21.—While the Earl of Harewood (husband of Princess Mary) was hunting to-day with the Bramham Moor hounds, of which he is master, his horse ...

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  49. "PUSH" BATTLE AVERTED.

    SYDNEY, Feb. 22.—A fight between rival "pushes," which seemed imminent in Ivy-street, Darlington, last night, was prevented only by determined action on ...

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  50. CONJECTURE IN LONDON.

    LONDON, Feb. 21.—The "Observer" gives prominence to a cable message from its Sydney correspondent, and an article, totalling two columns, saving that Mr. ...

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  51. EARTHQUAKE RELIEF WORK.

    LONDON, Feb. 20.—The New Zealand earthquake relief fund now amounts to £33,950. The following donations were received to-day:—Barclay's Bank, £525; ...

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