3 Power Parley Breaks Down In Italo Abyssinian Talks
Mussolini's uncompromising demand for an Abyssinian mandate ends the conference between Britain France and Italy in failure. Britain opposes the demand while France seeks a compromise. An official communique notes no basis for peaceful solution until the League Council meets.
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What Next in Britain After Mussolini's Move
London report surveys mounting doubts about Britain's next step in response to Mussolini. Cabinet to decide policy ahead of the September League of Nations Council meeting. Debates split between sanctions to the brink and avoiding war while press voices warn of broader imperial risks.
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Daily Express
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Mussolini Ignores League as Nations Tension Risks War
The Times criticizes Mussolini for contemptuous flouting of the League of Nations and diplomatic courtesies. Paris and London view his ambitions as exceeding what the League could approve, with warnings Britain and France face grave consequences if diplomacy fails. French and British proposals aimed to reform administration and deter frontier incidents. Mussolini rejects dialogue, signaling possible unilateral action.
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Ethiopia
Muslini
News- Chronicle
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the Times
Parle
Abyssinia
Paris
Daily Mail
Tralian
Suez Canal
Traian Tenka
Italy Relieved by End of Three-Power Conference
Rome reports Italy is relieved by the termination of the three-Power conference. It rejects compromise and seeks a resounding victory to erase Adona from memory and secure economic and political control of Abyssinia with an occupying army.
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Italy
Adona
Abyssinia
Mussolini Reviews Troops in Decisive Hour for Nation
Mussolini, reviewing the October badge Blackshirt Division at Benevento, pledged speeches must end in the hour. He urged march with no obstacles toward the set goal. The Blackshirts roared, "We are ready," as the Italian people kept the fierce resolve in their hearts.
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Rome
Benevento
Ethiopian royalty attend Mass in St Giorghi Cathedral
The Times Addis Ababa report notes the Emperor Empress Duke of Harrar and court at Mass with communion. Abuna head bishop and ecclesiastical dignitary officiated amid splendour. Municipal order compels men without masters to join a minister appointed for War. Firearms must be declared. Unemployed mobilised. drafted to southern army. Cartridge factory soon to operate.
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Ethiopia
Duke of Harrar
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Britain urged to clearly back League machinery
In a Times letter Archbishop of York Dr Temple urges Britain to leave no doubt about operating the League of Nations machinery if others join. Labour’s Dr Langbury calls Canterbury’s Dr Cosmo Lang to lead an appeal to the Pope for a Jerusalem congress and a truce. Daily Mail critic fears inevitable war and urges curtailment, suggesting Britain refrain from insulting Italy and acknowledge shared guilt for colonization while calling for peace.
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Australia
Italy's War Debt to Britain Reported Rising
City editor notes Italy's debt to Britain under the Anglo Italian trade pact stands at £1,831,638 with much of the purchases of war material. An Italian bureau in Cardiff is to buy coal and metal to finance Abyssinian campaigns, settling expiring contracts as supplies are shipped. Daily Mail and Daily Express estimate pensioner value over £5,000,000 annually.
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News Chronicle
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Bri
Abyssinia
Cardiff
Daily Mail
Daily Express
Warning of racial war if Italy invades Abyssinia
Archdeacon J. H. Briggs of Tanganyika warned that war between Italy and Abyssinia could spark dangerous racial conflict across Eastern and Central Africa. He said Italy would be fighting not Abyssinia but all colored peoples, noting Uganda and Benya natives showing interest amid efforts to keep emigration from Abyssinia in check.
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J. H. Briggs
Tanganyika
Oliver Strath
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Uganda
Benya
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Aposanse
Aerial Defence Suggestions Debate at Oxford University
A professor interviewed by News-Chronicle dismissed government promises on aerial defense. He warned against continuing research without safeguards and urged controls on how scientific advances are used, criticizing old rulers' methods.
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London
The
News-Chronicle
Soddy
Oxford University
Premier reviews beef export issues in Australia talk
In Belfast and nearby, leaders debate meat trade tensions as Australia seeks fair access to British markets. The Premier urges expanded empire trade shares, improved beef quality, and coordinated industry support amid Argentine competition and high costs.
Two Liner Collision Kills Six Passenge rs and Injures Five
In the Irish Sea fifty miles from Liverpool the White Star Laurentic collided bow on with the Mapler Star causing six deaths and five injuries. The Laurentic carried 620 passengers on a northern capitals cruise while the Maple Star sailed from Glasgow to Liver pool en route to New Zealand. Passengers were orderly as lifebelts were distributed and boats stations practiced. The scene drew thousands to witness the rescued vessels at Liverpool under bright sunshine. Before docking the Laurentic passengers donated 720 pounds to bereaved families.
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Aplee Star
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Liverpool
Napier Star
Lawrentic
Mapler Star
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New Zealand
No long term agreement seen in sight
The report notes no long term agreement in sight as talks with Auten and others stall. Mentions potential Argentina Britain deal and effects on Dominion agreements depending on Argentina’s acceptance of proposed terms. References Mr Coates and Mr Lyons with noted positions on the matter.
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Blane
Sang Snenoue
Zealand
Coates
Britain
Dominions
Mr. Lyons
Germany population drops by one million due to Jewish exodus
Munich August 18 Dr Conti a racial statistician estimates Germany now has 500000 full hooded Jews and 1500000 non Aryans down from 2500000 in 1912, reflecting an exodus of Jews from the country.
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Dr. Conti
Germany
British Trade Revival Evidence of Recovery in Britain
London reports signs of revived prosperity with higher employment and rising retail sales up 6.8 percent. Iron and steel output shows clear gains from 1932 to 1935, railway traffic exceeds 1934, and foreign trade gradually improves despite world chaos. July exports rise over the previous year.
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London
Britain
Brisbane Accident List Shows Persistent Hospital Toll
Brisbane reports 78 accidents last week with one death and three seriously injured. Week prior had two deaths and one serious injury. totals show a high casualty rate. Home Secretary Mr Hanlon listed collision breakdowns by vehicle type and fault factors, noting misjudgment and failure to keep clear sight as common causes.
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Brisbane
Hanlon
Shooting of Gareth Jones clarified after Kalgan report
Daily Telegraph correspondent reports new details of Gareth Jones case near Piochang Hopei China. Bandits who held Jones were pressed by police. he signalled exhaustion and fell, then was shot. Police pursued, killing one bandit and capturing another who gave murder details. Chinese authorities withheld news for four days.
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Lloyd Creorge
Daily Telegraph
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Hopei
China
Jones
Piochang
Althoug
Mummy from New Guinea arrives in Brisbane
A well preserved mummified man from New Guinea, likely over a thousand years old, was shipped to Canberra via the Nellore after arrival in Brisbane. Dr. E T Bennan notes the cave site in the Buang Range near Salamoa holds hundreds of such mummies, offering scientists a new study subject.
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Nellore
E. T. Bennan
Publi Health
Rabaul
Canberra
Institute of Anatomy
Buang Range
Salamoa
J. R. Atcherley
New Guinea Administration
New Guinea
Air Liner Design Prize Offer Withdrawn
The Air Ministry withdraws its £25,000 prize for the best high speed medium sized airliner design after consulting aircraft industry heads. The industry is too busy with orders from Air Force expansion to consider the matter.
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Daily Telegraph
Ministry For Air
Air Ministry
Chapman Abandons Flight En Route to Australia
Calcutta August 18. Pilot Officer Frank Chapman who last week forced landed in India while flying to Australia to visit his parents Charleville has abandoned the flight and will return to England by tomorrow’s air mail plane.
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Frank Chapman
India
Australia
Charleville
England
International Chess Tournament Opens in Warsaw Round Results
In the first round Hungary defeated British Empire 24 to 3, America beat Czechoslovakia 3 to 1, Sweden beat Romania 4 to nil, Estonia defeated Ireland 44 to 6, Latvia defeated Finland 24 to 16, Yugoslavia beat Denmark 14 to 1, Austria defeated Switzerland 34 to 4, Lithuania drew with France 2 to 3, Palestine drew with Italy 3 to 2, Poland beat Argentina 2 to 1. In the second round Sweden defeated British Empire 14 to 2, Poland beat Denmark 3 to 1, America defeated Argentina 24 to 1, Austria beat Yugoslavia 3 to 1, Italy beat Ireland 20. Hungary drew with Czechoslovakia 14 to 14, France beat Estonia 2 to 1, and Lithuania beat Latvia 24 to 1.
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Lithuania
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Palestine
Italy
Poland
Thaly
Queensland ram sale sets new records at auction
The annual stud ram sale drew 1300 rams with strong demand for studs, led by Mr. R. P. Lord’s 14-ram draft. Ram 1083, launched last December, sold for 330 guineas to Mr. R. H. Nantes, while other Lord rams reached 150, 100, and 350+ guineas as the sale showcased high conformation and substantial wool quality across consignments from Umbercollie, Haddon Rig, and Bundemar.
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Peak Downs Pastoral Company
Roy McCalleghey
Conant
Austin-Wanganella Company
Park North
Buttabone
Otway Falkiner
Boonokée
Egelabra
Ollambeyan
Trade talks with Poland open under British preferences
Warsaw correspondent reports Sir Henry Gullett Australian Minister in Charge of Trade Treaties has begun talks with Polish Commerce Minister M Rajchman. Gullett says any Australian Polish treaty must respect British preferences and plans to visit Prague Paris and Rome thereafter.
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Warsaw
Daily Mail
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Rome
Bris bane driver escapes as car overturns near Southport
Harry Haywood of Returned Soldiers' Auto Co. Ltd. narrowly escaped injury when his tourer car plunged over a 3 ft embankment on the Pacific Highway about three miles from Southport en route from Brisbane to Tweed Heads. The vehicle rolled twice and was badly damaged. Haywood was thrown clear.
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Higher gold yield tied to prospecting aid program
The Minister for Labour and Industry Mr Hynes reports that increased gold production in Queensland over five years stems largely from government aided prospecting. The unemployment relief fund funded unemployed miners in Charters Towers to prospect full time while sharing profits. In the last year 178 individuals worked under the scheme, with payments around £6000. Charters Towers produced £1739 in ore value and £832 in alluvial gold, plus £10,830 from nine prospectors who later stopped drawing relief. Across the state 1277 co assisted, costing about £16,000, with most activity in Charters Towers, Clermont, and Rockhampton areas.
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First Adelaide Darwin Air Mail Flight Opens Service
The Faith in Australia monoplane carried mail and a small passenger list from Parafield at dawn to begin the Adelaide Darwin route by Trans continental Airway Limited. Arrival at Alice Springs expected 5 pm with Darwin by tomorrow night, carrying Miss K H Parsons en route to Alice Springs, after rapid overland and sea connections.
Sugar prices and Cuba push for free trade
Walter E. Dickinson of Havana, visiting Brisbane for a sugar technologists congress, urges removal of production restrictions. He cites Cuban mills operating at one third capacity, producing 2,000,000 tons annually instead of 6,000,000, due to international agreements. He calls free trade the ideal solution and suggests exchanges of Australian hides and cigars.
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Walter E. Dickinson
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Light rain ends longest dry spell in Cane area
Light rain in Ingham began Sunday morning and continued into Monday night, breaking a six week dry spell—the longest of the season. The rainfall was general, though total points recorded were only about 40.
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Heavy showers hit Tully with ongoing rain expected
Heavy showers were reported in Tully tonight with more rain forecast. Registration so far stands at 91 points.
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Pearl shelling inquiry hears Japanese control in Brisbane row
Witness says Japanese dominate Queensland Torres Strait shelling as board weighs bounty. Marine workers report no white labour, urge reorganising industry, defend higher gear duties, and call for patrol to curb lawbreaking while Australian owners seek self‑sufficiency.
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Brisbane
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Shell
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Austra Man Porta
Broome
B. Synan
W. G. Rose
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Beche-De-Mer
Wanetts Pr Company
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Belgian Cycling Championships Namur Result Summary
The world amateur title was won by Mancini of Italy after 182 kilometers in 4 hours 37 minutes with Charmeslet of France second. Aerts of Belgium won the 15 mile professional road race at Puoreste in 6 hours 6 minutes, as Milliken and Brevart from Australia placed high amid a field of 30 riders and an audience of about 100,000.
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Italy
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England
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Australia
Boy Shot Dead in Accident Near Oakey
A ten year old boy, William Hutchins of Toowoomba, visiting Mulda with the Densleys, was accidentally shot in a field near Mulda while out with two other boys. Hutchins picked up a single shot gun left by a wire gate and was fatally injured in the head as the others closed the gate.
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