r M ft WOKHKk— — —-—During a debate 10 th* Houne olOuiumas tho Chancellor ol tho K»-chrtjuwr sx pro* sod sympathy with the 40-hour week proposals, which, ho *iuj, would load U» increased employ-pi. nt without raising tiio c**«t of pro-dut(ion.The l..»n«lon Bunday Time*” says tJml a urude agreement hetwu«-n lira am und Argon tin* will shortly In* 0,. ui'il( ensuring the removal ol rxchange restriction* and a mutual lowering of tarid* The discussions have |„, n kept so »MTCt llmt nothing it*known iiinirrnmg Uio nciuul proposal*.I in« 14|*nii*M' Fm hussy m Berlin de-rile report that m*glt;»iiatw»na ar«»taking piio-v brlwma Germany and Japn-t regarding thn wx Oerinun colo-1 . m the Pacific wliirb Japan hold*under nwiii'lnlex .1 U'ii '11 Daily lvlugruph' * »\ \ 1; tin Import.d I om unite* on h***t in«uIUiiion will rxteoiuniind tiiiM.itmn 01 tin ll I«*hI * • that ng Kiupiro Irado,alio ourroapoodont of the ly ’I* lograph state* that (1 over an tout iiihiinh to ;d of Uult; V n iff)* f o.*» il lluatow early noilualcn* l»i prohibit the if II ii‘ii,in goods if I ho I British (liiifinmhf ar*»rodornl (jon'mracnt ■ import* continueV 1 'lona m largo volume, t month* ot l'J.'fc? -Cl they '411 ,562. or £4.8411.884 rnnro iho hki Mm of tho previousbII, p.,- n.-iirrmled Chum in»T e n Melbourne la*t d to ut • the Federal Got invito the Kntnh S • re. |. 1 Ihitii mi 11 Adair*, I ilt; vi a \u ti.ihft.c11'itiirionwlt;nllti Arhilrnlion ix lt;1 the nppfu uti»i by('onintii'timM'ni of four nii^llihi'a of FederalAM! VI HI \\ \NTFJ) TO KNOWV !w*u teller 1 s*v dark and * '“i wafer**, portending p.mro! ; a hut stay, there •« hop.*.A I /Jit. liom a ihotnuuidt-nml 1 of 9ame.**( '( in you *iv it we get awayuin which 11 prospecting travelling from Broken Mill \o*t rnlm. f.-ll over no urn t ir Wilmington Frede-■11 l)i k«*rt (M) sustained inti which hn dieil. Throo••rod minor injuries.t'*,.1- in r« port* '1 Uuit, under the le w . .11 .v. t. treaty, Ar-j. iitma «• 11 »:•*»' to JJritam special taidl advantage* in rokpdet t». motor i.iii, to* til* 1, and agricultural mar ft uury.\ king for an unnislt;linte Rumman gnitii-io a- uu uel t,» world peace•n i I rude recovery, u palitmn ngnod I] 1700 of Ami*nca,» hading women, m i-ni whom were Jane Adaraa, of C iiier p, A di l.i I'ouiAtock, preaidont of p. I.tali and Mm. Koi«amiind I'imliot (;„.vt.-n, of N* w York, boa been pr«-• ntud 1*1 I'rttldi'iit Rooneielt.Newh from Woahington, March 21, ruiyi that Uuuaovolt dooa not inti nd t.i «xk fur (Hiwer to dolor war ih-ht puy-nionta. Tlio u«xt inataliuciilt arn duo on June 16, and America oipcct* poy-iiu nt to hr mado.• • •('hui lotto Kvana tfHf), wif« of a farmer ut M. rkuiula, ioutli Australia, will hurried to dnath Inut Wvdnu«iiiiv night through her night clothing n«1 • dentally coming into contact with j lighted candle.• • •VVh.-n Mra (.Veilia (Nidhird 112) did not return after going fur a bathe m North (‘reek, Mnlhnu, la»t Tliurad.iy owning, uenndi wan made, and her den«l iK^ly, cln*l in Imthmg CC'tume,»»» found in ahnllow water.• • •lt;'hurl » Harper Knith( dairy farmer, of (Jympie, who idiot den,I hit* neighbor. A Hi od Allan Hnutli, and *« found guilty of manxlaiighfer, wan sentenced by Judge Mmramsn lu*t Wednemlay to t**n years' impnaou-ment, B**th men w,«re returned uol-•her'A young kijinn Hu rued Fauoei (24), 111 M.tt town of V umdeuha (Kip), ruu amok and pro* Licnily U h* a,blt;d hia mot Ik-r and ui-t «r with u ratio knif.killing luith inaLootly. only v\plunation i.« ihnt the man went »ml tb'iilv insane lie w;i* undMl.Trudo oegntiatinna hot wcum Mrita n and Ruiaia have be,»n «u«|ended p-mblit :» • :it 1f.» ' rv ch in; , itl M row's■ftitudn toward* Itrihnu and Itntixli auhiiw’taliio I 'lt; A Penate ii»»* »■ nflrme,| tin-Proeidont ■ nomination of H \V Ring hum. of Kentn I, n« Anibu-*.ohif t-«llritain.I’i.-shI. ih RiM.i ei. lt on Mart h 22 eij'io'd the Beer Hill which b jalii*! Ib** in!1 lt;•( heter.ii**, where not other wi*o prohibited ttH thn dock utnkc* midnight on April ti, Koyrtivn Statei allow (lie sale of beer, which must he limited t*» » atrrngth ol .'I 2 per ««’nt nleolnd by weight «ir I |W'r cent by volumeThe Amur'tau S;uU lh»|uirtmeiif hop- 1 nhortly to H«t\ire th»» |«u-iigc of leund.itmu niith*irnnng thn adminmtrn tioii to negotiate nupwul coiunier-I’iul treat lew, d oil mutiiiil tnidlpi 1 n rt* n m nThn (,*erman (eiv eimn* til e.ti-nkTfi that Japan’* aiinouiu'crmnt lh.it *hn will not aur render her l\n:fic man dates wh n «ho I* av« * tbo lu ni uu of Nationlt;■ create* u wrioU’* pfobleTO.While Woikilie till t h« I* • ofn buihliii;T in 11- Ih'-orne, K Ifn'inley, laborer of N-»rtb Kn'limi.nd, b ll hrtftt( tbo gtauml, ami lie dud dtmait im-medintobIn attempting to buard tho Tuwna-villo to Inuiilnd tium at (iurbutt’a Hiding lant Friday, Dan id Jonathan iiurUiii (10), of Rockhampton, ■lipp«,*l under n waggon, llo left lout was Luiii Oil at llm anklu jointOne thousand two hundred ami ftftv ctuigruQia «iu leaving Tokio by thu atcainnr Africa Maru on March JO for firaail making a U*(«l Japanese population in that country of about 3f.,(W0.CAPrUltKD Till Itfcl.T ''Wlntl Nothing fi*r the nim*i,lWhy w dm ititiui miaer f Lius town always givca uiw limoi*.till do* •• be3 Well, gn/, up*»u tbo new champion **11 in Imlicvwd tliat two akelatons whn h k.ivo been foUIHl In- .«b* tl*» wreik *»t »« a*'r*»plaw in Newfoundlaud an tllose of Nii*.'lt;wr and Cull, two French airmen, who left Hour get (Frauen) 011 Juno 12. I'f-’T. 011 a flight to New Mnk and wore never ai ut words h*ard of• • •Twelve men worn kill«*df and 2» in jur*.| when llir*^ railway umU carry mg 7(1 worker* crashed into a ruvine 2l(4)ft. duop on the Laredo highway in M exico lust Saturday I lu no n worn Mexican worker* returning from tie I ruled St,xi«-e.Krn Ktiw ird Mont (31), of 0‘p|*lt; tfiehi, who w .is 111 jnr« mI in .1 gunpowder cxplokion at Mount Hup.* Rtutmn lazt nmntli died id IVdi Mown* II ipital on Wnlmnlay of last week, lie w.i • manager ol Mi II..|. staiioaJ ph Galvoi. !i (1 1), out on a sh-mt itig . kcursion lo*t Saturday with a fiurly «*f Iwj*, on tin Omilburn Rivor, wan abut tbrough tlte *U»inu« h by tin?n*tidilt;ntul dinchnrgtt of a rifli', and didm :» Mi'lbourno blt;»*ptt-d• • •( nlle r?i 1 r ted by on. of n party oftaim--i who »err rot urn im- Irotn tb“ Willinnivt.iwri Rifle Butt* (Melbourne) l -*t ^.'furvliiy :ie»'id«*utally dun hnr;!«‘d I ho bullet atrtu-k Arthur Smnlo (Ifl), of Fitaroy, in the b. id nml killed him initnntlv.N t’ Harris elm f mlt; b.mienl em 1 n r Ol tlii* SnUUi.iii RaiJwa.va lb par merit., boa been appointed n Kail-wiiyn (’♦ minii»loner, 111 mi -e-'sion to W M Shannon who lt;jn| rml «• ek r. Oppointno nt The ip|Kintn.lt; iit in lor woven year*,Att. r eoriNul. r ihl.. ei|Hrinient, the AiiHralinn imval authoritie* have evolved * vulixf ictory catapult for the l.mm hiri^ of mu plane*.Ai'eni (b neral W I eit»|, (Victoria), Fir Henry Bnrwcll (Snnth AuNtrnlrn), and (' W Angwin (Went Australia), who will whortrlw leave Isinrfori for Ao-t trnlia. Were farewelb'rl by the Hritc-h Umpire League and Bri(i*h Kmpirc (lllll IrtNt week.• • •I he former South Au-tralmn I'r*itiu r, I,. L. Mill, aimmpanii'd by h*«wife( non, and d«tighter. aaiUai lu t'I hill'd.iy for I.omiori In take over thoposition of Agent (kurrnl for Sooth AimtrabaIt u lOO-iilered likely that .ill Kng land Amtr-dia air mail ncrvhe wdl be• MtabliNlwsl bikini nlt; «t Nov em he r nt the lateNtA committee ol ruining e*|H'rtN ban I** , n formed t* for mu la U* n a hrm«' for tho development of the mining in diiatry, and partuulmly gold mining on a larger scale m Vntoria. I’h Nfheme wdl U prepared for the (lot crnmeut.Japan la I Monday dt finiL-ly vie* «l 0*1 to limvo the l«*ag ot Nation*, the reaignatioo being cabled to (c neva in the afSTiuton.1 m. (i returned to their h**me* in11 1»*-1 Thursday and found their The tie coax'd nre Kliaa ^-h Ib'rulerron (59), of Victoria Dark, *•‘‘1 *lilt;d of poinouing, and Gladys (12), Cif M ivlnwls, who was '■'iigl with a nlinJiod wrist.0idon*'| r. W Ahlmtt, of tho Royal I.ngim era, and hut wile, w« rw found murder*1*! in tli**ir bungalow 10 (Jurtta, India, la*t W«*« Inowl ay. No politiral significance i* nttnchod to the crime Two ho*vant* huvu Immui arrested.1 rnrntion of a new hank, the in| Hank rf !• tr-nt, with n capi • 1 f 2;(noo,noo dollar. (£8,000.000)1 antiuuncod Inst wovk by tho United T'tntn* Reconstruction Corporation and * rl **• ^I«nn (provident of tiio Gons-'*1 M'»Urs Corporation).Berlin’s oldest female inhabitant Krederike Muller, died f« -1 week ng* d ]04, This nuterprising, »lt; live ol.! lady two year* ago applied for a grant *•! a froe aeroplane flight over Berlin, a • •Recently John Clark r*»bbrated h 100th birthday at Albury, in which town he lias lived for a great many tear*. A week later a Wngga rest dent celebrated his 100th birthday, ami by qunint wiaridrnr* hi* nnmr in also John Clark. Both John Clark* retain all their facultie*.The Imperial Coinuuttit' no Keimo-mic ConHultntMiii and Oo-uperation will shortly present a re|mrt reeoinnien*!-mg the *lt;»-ordinatton ol the 11 ho*ln-.i that arc aiding Kmp're trade, inelud-ing Uio Kmpira Marketing Mimr.l, witha new hiianciai hum*.• • #Britain's credit system hu* iKtm no fully nurtured Uint to-day wo are a! most eniharr.JU'ed I the umouut of money that is coming into London from other eountH**/' said tho Chan-otdlor of the Exclkequrr, m a spots h nt Birrnmgbam.Tim United States Government is (V seeking power to negotiate reciprocal men trade treaties in preparation, it is Hrtu heliored, for the war diiht negotm- Lyoi *4cn*. had