WwJnnday, March !W, 1931T H fi WORKERtouring a debate m the llou*# olCommons th® Chancellor of the Kt-chequur axprossod sympathy with tho |(Vht*ur week proposals, which, ho Mii.i, would had tlt;» increased employment without raising the co*t of production.• s $Th«t Umdon Huiiday Times’' *ft.v* that b Lradtt agreement Iwdwoen Urn mn and Afji entina will shortly h*» #ii iuhI, ensuring tbe removal ol px chiinf.e restrictions and a mutual lowering of tar ill* The discussions have bolt; n kept no secret that nuthmK im Iiii,.^n luturtrung the actual proi*osals.• • •j: .. reported that, under the now jy,, A«i.- ui.itiian tru*h* treaty, Ar j.ntmu edl iS»vu to Untain tpcciui ittiill advantage* In rOijHftt to ilJOtOT i .i i*. tlt; *tdc*, and agricultural mach pier v.• • •.N Ituij if .mi unmodjato fluSMian ^••.■jEbttn-u a-* im uol to world peacti sml trade Tixowrj, a petition signed |.j l*U0 of America • leading women, „, i l)t- v* In 'in aero Jjfio Adams, ol i },p,!tO, Adela Comstock, president of J{ 1.1 l!« . and Mrs. Rosamund Tun hot-Ion, of N* * Y«rk, baa been pre ■• n «■lt;! to l‘r*-mb nt Kooscvelt.• • •I in* I t|»nii*‘“«‘ Rmtiaasy in Berlin d«-i, fhr teport that n«*gotiatioiin art*t.ik*M^ piaev liotwwB (}*rn»inj andJttpn ; regarding the iti-G«rmun eolo-i , ■ it th«* Paeih* winch Japan hold*umler mandates,• s eI Uwdon Daily telegraph' *a*» t i ltit}Hiriai Committee on fca*»-4 on«uituUon will roiuiiuufii'l tijm.ii.n-n Of tJi« 11 blt;*den that n,; Krap ft' trade.iv lo*lt;Di*ttwi(tor«tbifin4111 iiPitbS’iluinaUc correspondent of Mu' IKiity I * legraph states that cfc l ov or union t intends to tr ;•! of the V ittkvm Co.'* i at Muhiw iai iy next!i Uir* at« n^ tlt;i jirohilot tfui •ii «if Uti o.in if tihoa- nti'f Britiafi c-uj^tnr^ni ari* ttirawn.• •. tin KoiKrnl (JrtvcrriffieBt'n i •, importk c«utmin* t^io ^ H-toria ui larj_:o volume, •fit month* Ot !V'f2-i.1 they t.'.^l! or £4^Mti,iff4 more tlu* |ik*- terra of tho nrcvitm*• n* of :V • ' Mlt;i •! Chum :• ».( rlt; i ;|i MI*lh Ilfn** la■*t .! .* to in • thn r*’«f« rulf t.. tin Ilf Ill’ ll .w■•* ri'. j. I.«tii ii it ifi.or**, I 11. . i it Nu tialia.+ #: i Cnni'H’-Fnvlt; nUli Arlntmiion r« lt;■!-. d tin* application** by 4' rmni‘'lt;*nfw‘rM of four !*» lt;Mn»-«*llaf »*u of l’’rd«*ralWHAT HF W WIFI) Tt) KNOWtnfitAto.1 ,-AI km. s II. r ”1 sco dark and *wi**ra, jmrtcndinp Rrari* hut Btay, thcro •« hope. •l I / lit. liom u tlioinuiiidf flunn*.*•1 ui you *• !■ ii (M i awayiii*iiranco K*' 1 r' in which a pmuiHM'lini;I . ■*n.« tr ivcllniR from llrokon Hill '• !• rn \u.‘;ralla, fill over (in ♦•in b''n i i r Wilmington. Fr4*ifc-ri'• W no l)i Korf (fy’A) sustained in iuiu« ii »ni which ho ditl. Throo 1(1 ilf«-r*y1 mifiof injuries.• • •1 • in. u r*'tnin«'d t^i their hom4j« in In-I I’hiir^lny and found their 1 ho • car*. lt;1 nr*. Kfisn 1,1 -l II- rulicon (50), of Victoria I’ark, s'1.* tin*] of poiftooing, and 0|alt;lv» lt;nt M iylawls, who wa •'otini! with a alaslicd wrist,• • p formation of a new hank, the Nmi intftl Bank ri Detroit, with a capi i I f IT,,(100,000 dollar* (£5,000.000), ‘iiMimnn4«d lawt week by the United Mnt-fl* l!coon«truction Corporation and Albrrt P, Monn (prosidcnt of tio Gonlt;v «l Moton Corporation),Nows from Washington, Mari’h 21, says that ItLHiM-vvlt dooa not intend to imk fur |Kwor to ijofor war bt puy-monta. Tli^, next instalments am duo lt;*n Juno lo, ami Ainonca cxpc*:t« pay-mi nt to be made.• • •(MiarlottO Kvaua vtitf), wifo of a fannor at- M* i U umla, Moulli AunUalm. u im burned to d«Mith Idat Wodimsday iit^lit through her ni^lil. chithing ncci-deutally coining into oonUrt with a J'ftfitod candle.• • •When Mrs. CVciljji Cadbird (fdidnot return after ^oiin* fur a baths iu North t’leok, Ifallina, lust 'Piurndiiy cvwninn, march wait made, ami her dend bo«lyf clad in tiathing coj*tumc, w-ms found in ahaJlow water.• • •I’harh s lfnr]»or Keith, rf«*iry farmer, of Ciympio, who shot rfuad his neinh-hor .Milt'd Allan Hmitli, and wan found guilty *»f man*ilaut*ltt4r, was S4inteni-lt;Hl hy Jnd^e Mar-rowsan la*t Welt;lae*»day to t«»n years' imprisonment H*»th men w*rr* return**] *ol diers,• • •A young; Fijian tUUUPil Kmun (•-!), in tht* Umn ol V umdeuha (Kl|l), ran amok and pnvi ticadly behead*hJ hi* mot Ik r and m-ver with a ran,, knif*-. k 111ii}.* lmth instantly Th,. only v.t plarmtion t* that tin man M«iit »ud ly insane. IU. w;.* tirri *Iim1,•T• udo ne;otlafion** lutwi’im Mrita n and hr«%be. n Niispende*! p. nd*in - i • ;i 10'f.» *.*ry lt;fi.inj:i- Hi M *.•»'•* attitude tow an) * Britain and British suhjccU• • •IV I! S A Semite ha« eohfirnu| tJie Prfianient * nomination of It W Mini' him, of kontu kv a* Anibm** oho toBritain.• • •Fii^iili'ni l(«M.Mi»v«-lt on Mar* h sijOi'd tile Ih'i-r liill which h *alis***l tl ( *jil* lt;d h«o«o:i|0 *, wker«B not other a io* prohibited a# tin* eh*, k * trike* midnight on April 6, fourteen State* allow t he sale of l* « r, which must be limited to a strength of .’l '2 pi r cent aleohol by w* ij'ht *r 1 p«*r c**nt bv volume,• • •Hi.. Ano.r « mi v a(lt;• Ih p.n t im ut hojH'd abortlv to *t« cure tlio (»a**sa*?o of leii*l.ition aulleuisintx iho odministra ti'in to negotiate r* * ipr*»« al comnu'r-• -i.il tr*Mtie4*t b..M«l oil mutual tan If roticesMons.• • *The C..Titian (;ov.onne nl r-.-n i*!**/*» tbat .lupin * announo'nu’nt thut she will not mirremler her l*ar;fio man *fat(a when *dnt I* jvt n tb** K* u 'lu of N iti.rin (•r* .i(. '* a M» riou • probb-ni.• • •. it tb« i 1' a buihiti';t m Me|lN»i»rne I* h^mli-j, l.dmrer of Nirth Iti*liini-nd I 11 tilt t* the Ktoutul, and lie died tlimmt im* m«’»liat*d,B* * *N t’ Hunt ' chu t on hann ul * ni;i n.-r ol tb*1 VuUmiati KatJw.i\s llt; p.irt in*‘iit, ho* be* n appoint* ,| a |{ad-• jj Commissioner, in suelt;*»ssion t* W M Sbuniioti who *hlt;| not «. * k f» nppomtm. nt Th* iippointlii*nt u* llt; r sov*-n y*‘ar«.« • •A * nf O- tifi.il \V I ^itrl. (VietoiiaV Kir Mnnry Harwell (South Aupfrahn), and (’ W An^win (West Australia!, who will shortly l*av*. I«*nifen for A Ultra ha, a ere farewell* d by the Mrdi*-li Kmpir** I.ea^ne and British Empire (lub Inst. w*’**k.• * •The former South Au*trnli.in l*r** rnier, b. b. Mill. ac*-ompani«d by Ini wifi son, x^n.l daiifibter. *aile*l lalt; t I'bui «I «y For l.onib'ii to take t»v««r tin position of A:'Oht (•encml for South A ustratia.• • •('oloiw'l T. W Abbott, of th* Ivoyal l.nuuoers, and bis wdo, wcr»* found murdered in tlmir bungalow iq t.hietta, India, last. We*l»M‘sday, No political »i«nifJcanre is attached to the crime Two servant# have boon arrested• • *Berlin's oldest female inhabitant Frcdorike Muller. lt;11* • I last w*.-* Ii an* ' KM. Thia eutei|»ri»nn^, nrtlva old holy two year* ago applied for a grant »l a free aeroplane fligbi over Berlin,• ' * •Recently .lolm t'tark e*'|ebrat*d h»s 100th birthday at Albury, in which town he has livwl for a ureat many tenra. A week later a W*||ga resi-dent celebrated his 100th birthday, and by quaint coincidence his name is also John Clark. Both John Clarks retain all their faculties.In attempting to board tJio Towns-vdhi to Innisiai! tium at (*.rbutt'a IFi«ling last Krulay, Dannd Jonathan tBurton (10), uf Rockhampton, slipped a wnd.vr a wa*4g*»n. lie left foot. w;mi torn ol! at the anklu joint.s • • AOn. thousand lv*«- hundred and fifty t'lcmi^rauls *ti len*in**. Tokio by th*» olsii .nner \ft ii a Mm u on M.in h H) I.*t atIt^uxil n.akmr a t*-'«l Japanese popn- hilation m that country lt;d about Jt tfi.OUO.CArrOllKli Till BKI.T*'W1 at I N*»t hin^ f• -r th»\ iiiun*. I Wh th** champion miser lt;*| tins utwn always give** im* sixpence “Ob d«»es be ' Well, ga/* upon the new champion **11 is believed t hi*f. two skeletUms whnb have boi*n found l* do Lint wr.**k ot an aeroplane m N« wfound html ar* tie vs** of Ntmc-Mer and Coli, two hnpneb ntrmen, who l»*ft Le Ikiur pet (Frati4*o) on J lino 12. I'r/T, on a flight to N»*w Voik and w*vr.- n«-v*’i alu rwardi, hlt; art! of• • •Twelvo m* ti w. ro kdhvl, un.l 'Ji) in jun.l when thr»« radway trmks tarry-mi* Til mtrloi* *ia bid into a rut-ine ilit4Mt «f*'«’p on tbe Laredo highway in Mexico lust Saturday The men w*'r«i M* \n an w -rk«*iii rt turnmif fr*un tJi*I mU‘d Stat*»s.• • sKrn K*iw fd Mont (HI), f i'. pjr. r field, who w *h iiijun*d in a jrun|siwd* r explosion ot. Mount If |* station la,-' month died at l’« I» *w u • II pital on Wednesday of bint wi*l* II. wa iun;*^i‘j -l Mi 11• • |- station,• • •J .i*.’ph (jjilvoi* h (11), out on a -.hoot ing * icurai ni la*t. Saturday witb a party ,tf b.i\-i on tb* f.nulburn Bivor w«ii shot through tbe btoma* h by Ui*» a«t nfentnl disi bar^e *»f a rifle, and du «lII .» Mclb«*urii* hospital• • •\ i ill** rritr i'd b» f»tir of a party *.f ti/un«^« who rerc returning from th*' Williams town Rifle Butts f Melbourne) i t ^ * t ui*l i \ :i i • ■iderit illy di •* h:i t II ho bullet stru* k Arthur Srnnlt* (If)), of Fitxroy in tb** b* i*l nul killed him instantly.• • •After considerably *'S|Hkrintent, the AmUralian naval authorities have ev*tlvr«l •* «ut'’d-u'torv catapult for the l.iunehio^ ot seaplanes.• • «It .on-idiT.d likely that no Kng lamb Australia jiir mad si'rvu** will be• stahlmlud befi*M» n* tt Nov«*nib*'i til tbe lat**st• s •A louimittee ol miiiiui' e\|»ertn has !»*•«-i» for mini t« formulati n s.-hem** for the d*-vt lopmint of th** mining in *1 US try, and partuulatly gold mnuug on a larger seal- m Vu-toria. Ih* scheme » II l*n pr*p»r» l foi th*' Uov ernmeiit,• • lt;0•lapiiQ In t Mominy *1*-fimU-ly va1* id 0(1 to h‘ave tbe Ix'.ij ot Nations^ th* nviignatkm hi ing r*bhd t*t ii nwt* in the afternoon.# 4 0The Imperial Committee on I'a'ono-mie Consultation and t’o op* ration will shortly present 11 report rei'ommend-ing tbe *M-or«linaf ion of the 11 bodies that are aiding Kinp*re trado, mchiil-mg the Kmpire Marketing Board, with a new financial tmso*• • •''Britain’s credit system has bean sofully restored that today we arc al most lt;!aiharri.**od I th,* amount of money that, is c*irnmg into Ijoudon from other countries. said the Chancellor of the Eschi-qucr, m a sjoelt; h nt Birmingham.• •The United States Government is seeking power to negotiate reciprocal trade treaties in preparation, it is believed, for the war debt ncgotm-*4ons.