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  2. STORY FROM KOOLINDA

    WYNDHAM, March 31.—A graphic account of the events that occurred when the motorship Koolinda ran into one of the most severe willy-willies that has ...

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  3. FOUND DYING IN LANE.

    MELBOURNE, March 31.—Charged with having at West Melbourne on March 23 murdered Timothy Patrick O'Sullivan (32), clerk, Alfred Charles Wright (25), ...

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  4. INFANTILE PARALYSIS.

    BRISBANE, March 31.—Commenting on a proposal by the Federal Minister for Health (Mr. Hughes) for the utilisa­tion of Sister Kenny's methods for the ...

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  5. STATE FINANCES.

    A surplus of £217,527 was shown in the State financial returns for March, which were Issued on Saturday. The surplus was more than eight times that for the ...

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  7. REBELS PUNISHED.

    ATHENS, March 30.—A court martial has sentenced to imprisonment for life 10 officers and others involved in the recent revolt against the Government, ...

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  8. MISSING MAN.

    Perth detectives are inquiring into the disappearance of John Joseph Simcox (38), an Englishman, who was last heard of at Tarin Rock, in the Lake Grace ...

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  9. ARRANGEMENTS FOR PLANE.

    When news of the willy-willy was first received in Perth, the Civil Aviation Department, in conjunction with the State Government, arranged for an aeroplane to ...

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  10. MISHAP TO LINER.

    BRISBANE, March 31.—Unable to make sufficient headway when broadside on to an ebbing tide yesterday, the Aberdeen and Commonwealth liner, ...

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  11. ATTACKED BY SHARK.

    BRISBANE, March 31.—While engaged in diving for trochus shell, about 100 miles out from Mackay, near the Bar­rier Reef, yesterday, a Thursday Island ...

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  12. MYSTERIOUS SHOOTING.

    BRISBANE, March 31.—The police are investigating the mysterious shooting last night of Ruth Filmer (40), of Boston-street, Clayfield. Accompanied by ...

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  13. CRASH INTO TREES.

    MELBOURNE, March 31.—The driver of a racing car, which was entered for the Australian Grand Prix of 200 miles to be held at Cowes tomorrow, was ...

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  14. AMERICAN RESEARCH.

    NEW YORK, March 30.—The current issue of the magazine "Science" publishes a report of a group of scientists who have been engaged in research relating ...

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  15. N.S.W. PUBLIC SERVANTS.

    SYDNEY, March 31.—The Premier (Mr. Stevens) proposes to make an announcement tomorrow in regard to public servants' salaries. It is understood ...

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  16. MINISTER'S REGRET.

    The Minister for the North-West (Mr. P. J. S. Wise), discussing the northern willy-willy disaster yesterday, expressed his gratitude at the news brought, that ...

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  17. ON THE PEARLING GROUNDS.

    A striking photograph of a storm blowing up at Broome. Luggers are seen at anchor. A view of Barred Creek in which luggers are sheltered by a natural bar from which the creek takes its name. It was for this anchorage that the basis were making last week when the willy overtook them ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  18. TOLL OF THE ROAD.

    SYDNEY, March 31.—Five people were fatally injured and nine others were hurt, one critically, in motor accidents during the week-end. Edward Stephen ...

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  19. TWO MEN DROWNED.

    AUCKLAND, March 31.—Reginald Owen Burrow (51), carrier, and Thomas Henry Mooney (66), farmer, were drowned while bathing in the northern ...

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  20. AIRMAN AND ACTRESS.

    LONDON, March 30.—Mr. T. Campbell Black (who with Mr. C. W. A. Scott won the Melbourne centenary air race last year in a Comet machine) and Miss ...

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  21. FLOUR TAX PAYMENTS.

    SYDNEY, March 31.—The State Government decided yesterday to issue writs against three flour millers alleged to be indebted to the Crown for an unpaid ...

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  22. PAINTERS AND DECORATORS.

    HOBART, March 30.—The question of wallpaper and the sales tax thereon was further discussed at the eighth and last session of the conference of the ...

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  23. Adjustment on Sliding Scale.

    MELBOURNE, March 31.—No reply has been received by the Master Bakers' Council to the telegram sent to the Act­ing Prime Minister (Dr. Pace), in which ...

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  24. SALVATION ARMY LEADER.

    MELBOURNE, March 31.—More than 700 young people and 4,000 spectators at­tended the young people's demonstration in honour of General Booth, which was ...

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  25. AN EPIC JOURNEY.

    Andrew Bahr, a Laplander, has just completed a trek with a great herd of reindeer across arctic Alaska and the North-West which is one of ...

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  26. POLICE RAID CLUB.

    WELLINGTON, March 31.—Sixty-five persons were arrested as a result of a raid on the Gloucester Club, Christchurch. Police invaded the premises from three ...

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  27. TREATMENT OF BLACKS

    CANBERRA, March 31.—Sensational allegations published in Sydney today concerning abuses of the blacks of Northern Australia have caused surprise in ...

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  28. TWO CARS COLLIDE.

    BRISBANE, March 31.—Two persons were killed and three were injured, two seriously, when a sedan car collided with a single-seater car on a bend of the ...

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  29. PETROL EXPLODES.

    BRISBANE, March 31.—Jean Carrie (23), of Eskgrove-street, East Brisbane, was severely burnt on her back, arms and lees, when petrol with which she ...

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  30. LABOUR IN QUEENSLAND.

    BRISBANE, March 31.—By the defeat of the "father of House"—Mr. G. P. Bar­ber, the member for Bundaberg, and Mr. E. J. Hanson, the Chairman of ...

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  31. VICTORIAN FIGURES.

    MELBOURNE, March 31.—Victoria's net revenue for March amounted to £2,416,902, an increase of £538,753 over that for March last year. The total for ...

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  32. KNOCKED DOWN BY TRUCK.

    ALBANY, March 30.—When they were knocked down by a motor truck on the Perth-road at about 10 o'clock last night, one man was killed and another was ...

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  33. IMPROVEMENT IN S.A.

    ADELAIDE, March 31.—The elapsed portion of the current financial year shows a general improvement in South Australia's financial position compared ...

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  34. A Solicitor's Accusations.

    SYDNEY, March 31.—Mr. Beecher Webb, solicitor, of Alice Springs, who reached Broken Hill on the way to Syd­ney yesterday, denounced the white men's ...

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  35. SUSTENANCE WORKERS' STRIKE

    MELBOURNE, March 31.—Explaining why there had been no payment on Friday to the sustenance workers who are on strike, the Minister for Labour (Mr. ...

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  36. VICTORIAN UPPER HOUSE.

    MELBOURNE, March 31.—Two by-elections to fill vacancies in the Legislative Council were held yesterday. The election for the vacancy which was ...

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  37. THREE HORSES KILLED

    SYDNEY, March 31.—Two horses were killed in the second division of the Maiden Welter Handicap at Rosehill on Saturday. Braytina, ridden by H. ...

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  38. EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPES.

    MELBOURNE, March 31.—Wandering from the Royal Park Mental Hospital yesterday, a man had two extraordinary escapes from serious injury. First be ...

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