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NEWS SUMMARY.
WEATHER FORECAST.
Genoral. - Cool and cloudy, -with further showers, chiefly in the south and east, but improving from Hie north-west. Southorly
Tvinds.
Metropolitan. - Cool and cloudy, with Bomr further showers, but later improving. Southerly winds. (Chart and weather re- port will be found on pago 11.)
CABLES AND WIRELESS.-Pages 7 and 8.
Speaking at Ennis (Ireland) Mr. de \ alera, referring to the oath of allegiance, »?aid that so far as the Ministry was con- cerned there could be no going' back.
Field-Marshal von Jliiidenburg has been l-c-cleelcd President of the German Repub- lic bj' a majority of moie than 6,000,000
votes.
Sino-Jnpanesc negotiations concerning Shanghai have been postponed owing to failure to agree upon a time limit for the withdrawal of Japanese troops. j Writing from Geneva, the special corres-j pondent of the League of Kations 6tatcs that the great Powers are making an in- sidious move against the League of Kations.
Délégations arc gathering in Geneva pre- paratory to the resumption of the Disarma-
ment Conference.
1'urthcr serious rioting has occurred in Allahabad, where the mob attempted to loot and burn the houses in the .European
quarter.
GENERAL.
Pago 4.
Edwin Jones, retired master stevedore, petitioned for the sequestration of the estate of his brother, William Aaron Jones, who it was stated owed petitioner £37,624 for money lent and interest.
More fat sheep and lambs will be offered at the Flemington market today, the entry consisting of 32,000 fat sheep and
26,000 fat lambs'.
The last of the regular seiies of Victorian wool auctions for the season of 1931-32 began yesterday.
Page 5.
Judge Williams had before him a case in which a young woman, sued by u firm of costumiers for goods supplied, took the defence that she was a minor.
Two men were each lined £100 in the City Court yesterday for street betting.
Pago 6.
The State Ministry has authorised the appointment of 50 additional police to make up the deficiency in the force caused by
deaths and retirements.
Speaking at Ballarat, Mr. Menzies, M.L.A., said that Governments must adopt the heroic course of Raying "Whatever the political results may be, we must pay our
way,"
Pending an investigation into financial arrangements for the support of St. Paul's Cathedral, the chapter decided yesterday that it would not moke any appointment to lhe deanery, which has been vncunt since the retirement of Deau Aickin.
Pago 7.
A deputation from the Koi thooto Coun- cil suggested to the Assistant Minister for Health (Mr. McKnniara) that the Minis- try should meet the cost of scrum for the treatment of infections diseases cases which could not be admitted to the Fair- field. Hospital.
A youthful employée of a circus was mauled by a lioness at Kurrabi i (K.S.W.).
?Wholesale prices of tobacco have beep increased, and it is expected that retail prices will rise about tho end of this week.
The Acting Premier (Mr. Ttiniiccliffe) has undertaken to ask the State Cabinet to consider an amendment of the Lord Mayor's Fund Act, to enable a contributory plan of bospttul finance to be applied.
Terms of imprisonment . totalling 20 years nero imposed on each of three men found gtiiltv of having shot Plain-clothes Constable Derham. ? A" whipping was
ordered.
Damage estimated at more than £5,000 was «lone in the silk and dress materials department of Buckley and Kunu's pre- mises yesterday by the bursting of n water
pipe.
At the entrance to the TÜvor Varia yes tcrdtiv the steamer Ashridge was caught by the fierce southerly gale and went ashore. She ivas towed oft later.
The body ot a young man who had been missing from his home for a week was found by Kew South Wales police almost buried by sand. Ile had been battered fiercely, bouud.'and shot:
Pagos 7 and 8.
Under proclamations issued at Canberra yestcrduy by the Governor-General^ (Sir Isaac Isaacs) the following classes of Kew South Wales revenue ,ire uttaehed by the Commonwealth for the purpose of meeting Hie loan interest by which the Stale has defaulted :-Betting tax. race ticket tax. entertainment tax, totalisalor tax, railway
and tramway revenue.
All banks tt acting in Kew South Wales
have been asked to pay to the Common-j ?wealth for ii specified period all moneys i the property of that Stute that ure in their |
possession.
Finnneinl returns for the Hrst three-quar- ters of the current financial year issued by the State Treasury yesterday show that the accumulated dcíiciencj- in the ac- counts for the nine months is IPRS by nearl) £1.000.000 than for the corresponding period of the last financial year.
Pago 0.
Had it not been necessary for the Com- monwealth to pay £1,700,000 to meet Joan interest on behalt of Kew South M'aies, the Federal deficit for the nine months ended Mareil 31 would have been reduced by £572,000. As a result of the default by Kew South Wale« the deficit has been
increased by £301.000.
A velum issued by the Federal Treasury »hows that the expenditure for nine months ended March 31 on behalf of the Common- wealth exceeded the revenue by only £1,688.000. compared with £2,200,000 at
the end of Februar).
While a chemist was struggling with an inti udor in his consulting loom at Korti) Uichmond vestenl.ij another man rifled the till of tljo cash register in the shop. One man wa« raptuicd later.
Large crowds continue to be attracted to the Radio show at the Town Hall.
Pago 9.
Two plans im the bulk-handling of wheat are under consideiation in Western Aus-
tralia.
At a conference of the Australian Public Service Federation it was alleged Unit the Premiers' plan had imposed an "unjust and excessive burden" on the public servants of
Australia.
Widespread rain has fallen in Victoria. Other States have also benefited.
Page 10.
By 00 votes to 77 the Cnultield unem- ployed affirmed their previous decision sanctioning a trial for one month of the plan proposed by the mayor of C'tiiiliicM I Councillor ,T, T. Packer 1 to provide new work instead of sustenance.
A proposal has been mude nu .ubitialioti in an effort to settle the dispute between lhe Victorian Cricket Association and the Melbourne Cricket Club about the foes fiom and HIP contiollhig of tho biondciist ine of cricket from the club's ground.
Xcarly 60 right-oared cie-tts can be- seen
baining on the Yarra every evening in ¡ pi épuration for the King's Cup i.icc ? April 2? and otlici event«.
Sportlnn- Pane
Bowls -. .. .. «. «.«.... ». .- 10 Croquet .. ** ,. ,,.« .. .. 10 Coursing .. .. .. .. ... »s .. vc .. 10 Draughts ., ,. ,» ». r. .. :.» »K ». 10
Football .. .. .. ». ,. IO Golf.». ,. ». .. »s .. 10 Lawn Tonnis .. .» .. .. .,. 10
Rowing. 10 Rino Shooting. 10 Sporting Cables. 10
Tho Turf . 10
Women's Sports ... 10
Boy Scouts . S
Cahlos. 7-8 Country Nows . !)
Country Page. 9 Flnanco and Commorco. -1 Illustrations .... . 5 Indox to Advertisements. Ii Horns of Interest .,r. 3
Law Notices . (i Motoring .. . 3 Melbourne Markots . -I Notes for Boys. 5 Shipping anil Weather. II The Novel .... . 3 Wireless Programmes.;. ii
Woman's Roalm. 3
Wool Trad«. .1