paring a debate io the lloua* ol('.unuioaa tho Ohuiicotlcr of tin* Ki-th«^U*T axpreaaed yrnpnthy with tin* 40 h*»ur wk propnanla, which, ln nu,!, would lead to incnuaod employment without raiaing U10 c«*t «f pro-durtinn.• f PThe London Hunday Timea” aaya that a trade agret*iiie®t lietwoen lint Min and Argentina will ahortly lx» auuud, cnauruig the removal ol « chniir.i* reatnctioiui anti a mutual lowering of tar til* The diactiaaiana h»vo |.lt; lt;11 kpt #0 nocrct that nothing 1* knew a concerning U10 actual projKHiaia.• • •j* in r*port»d that, under the now An. A i... in itium tiudo treaty, Ar-4 . nl.ua «* ill tpvv to Ifntoui apeciai hI'ant.ro#p«ct t«i motiir t ki», tlt; side*, and agricultural uneh-jiu'/y.• • •A -1, uig for an uiiiuwljiito Ku*«iun Hlt;- tfXllt-HJ® Hi ill! Ul'l to aorld p*a* lt;1 an t 1 ratio rK«'M-r,v, u petition aigued |ij IV00 of Americana jcudmg women, ai.i 11} whom «**n Jane Adumi, of 1 m 1». «», Ad* la Coniatork, prvoiiioDt ol t. lil!* , »i ■ • * I Mm. Rnxamund Pun hot , |..n of New York, baa hern prc-rnd lo Preaident lloo*c\clt.• • •I in I »|iuii**,M» Fhnhuimy m Merlin do* r * f.het import that n«g»ii«ttnni aro taking plan* bHwiN'O (Jermany and Japan regarding the i»»-0«rmun wlo-1 , ft th«* 1‘aeih* which Japan hold* aadar mandatra.• • •I l/i11 il«m Dally lVlograph' aaya t iv the Imperial t ommiltee on he**1 10 t •unuituUon will ri'iomiin ii'l l 11 tdm.ition of tiM 11 .•*». Unit• 1 1 I ng Kiupiro trade,• • •Mu* diplomatic curroapondont of th» London Puiiy Telegraph state* tiiat t f s,i\,vt (iovommoiit wteiida t*» » Ai'i M tr ill ol Uip Viukera (’o.'i #11 iiioviea at Mote *w early neat#••Un* a ten0 toprthdottin1 of Hu-u.mgoo*U iftinnn*f Hiitnhaneng1inoeranlt;*t wninir vwu.• • • tla ;i t» llu* Kedt rul (»*iv• rnmcnt,n t m *, import* continue to Pm into V iciona 111 large vulumo. 1 .=r lt;fit niontlm of IV'tt-CI they wet il4.lKn.fWK!, or 1*4^94(1.884 rnnrlt;» tli. n f’-r tIi** hki term of tho pronott* fcn.m a! J* r»r.• • •» ■ lt;mi f •' n Mrlh*mmi* la^t «. !. J to 111 « tho l »'«l« rul (J«ni to im 111o tli»- Mr»ti*»h S « rot 1 . t-*i Ihmi’n n Af*-t 1 r*lt; I J! 1 ilt;i vi-it Xmt 1 alia,# 4II. K I ( li ArhilmtumC u * r‘f.i-*d (Ik* appliratlona by il t vn lt;*.'Mimr ■hmii'Tm *f lour S' *• 1 for r.uiMlftt oa of l’Vd«*ralNewh from WaAlnii^Uiti, Manh 21, nayH that liooeM »jlt doo« not intend to auk fi^r |owi-r t4» i|«*lur war d«rht pay-nionta. I Ilo uoxt itnttulnx iiU nr** lt;luo on June 16, iuilt;i America expect* pay-im lit to hr imulo.• • •('hai lotto Kvaita wifo of afanner Mt. Mi-tkumi*, Boutii Aualiaiui, ni l*nr»u «l to d«Mith Innt Wlt;dnlt; mlay infill through her m^ht rlotliing a- • i-«lenUl|y coming into oonlart aJighttnJ cant tie.• • •VVlu’ii Mm (*i.ilm Oudbird (12) did not rvturn aftor Ki»U fr a bathe iu Ni.rth i-Veek, llnlhna, laat Ttiuralt;tajr evwning, Mearo.li waa mad*-, and her *1i'n«l tx'dt, cliilt;l in hadun^ fontiooic, wii* found in ahnlhiw water.• • •Chari* • Han»#r Kfith, dairy farmer, of CSympie, wh« shot d«»ail bin tilt;*i|(h-hor, A11 r«xl Mian Hunth, nnlt;| wa» found K*idty *»f niamilai)|*bter, »ui MDtniiml by Jud^o Malt; ro**nn lu*t Wcflnondaj to t*n yrnr*»’ impriMin-ment, H*th mm w»rr ratarniHl ml* dim,• • •.A jounjt I'ljmii ii a Hi* lt;1 Kinoni lt24). in t.K». town ol V umdfiiba (Klji). ran amok and prat ticnily U h* ad« d In* moth* r and ai-i« r w ith a r«vn«« knife, killing Inith inaUmtiy. Ih,. only n planation 1* ihnt tin* man unlit aud doidy iiiAitiKv He wat am-*t*lt;l.•Trado m*i*otiationa Utwpt^ii Hrftaa and Have hlt; • n •M«|w*nd«,*l pond-in • 1 *at.i*fa t«ry rli.in-. iu M mw'a attitude toward'* Britain and Mntn.li vubjerti• • •The f v A Senate boa ronflrin*) tiie Prtiaidont • nomuifttioii of It \V Itinn him, of Kentn k» n*i Aniht^ nhji t..Mritoin,• • •Freaidont Klt;M*«e*«*lt on Mar* h 23 «i;'int| tiie Moor M«ll wHlkH N ralm»’d I ho ial** of Im'*pi :»(•* wb«*re not other «i»o pr.-inhitc,| im tile el*». k atnkea midnight on April 6 Kourtrcn State.1* allow the aale ot Im « r, whi* h muat he limited t*» n ntrcii^th of .'I ’J |».-r r**nl ah'ohnl by wi*i|'lit or I |H*r c**nt by volume.• • •Th«* Aimr.un State Deiwirtmi'ni ho|»*a shortly to H«euro th,. [W4ii^jc of l**t*ntl.ition AUtlnmainK the ailminiotra tinii to negotiate p ipr*»lt; al coin me r-eial treatif«», ba^x! oil mutual Uuit! rtincokMitnfl,• • •The G*-nnan (I»v«»rniiM‘nt eoii »lt;lerathat Japun’M »iim*nnrvmlt;n( that *«ho udl not auiremler Inr l*aH6o man *ht!ij* tth- n (die l*av«n the L»mhiiu of Notion* t*n*atea a mnon proUKni.In attoinptmK to board tiio Town** viilo to Ininaind tium at (iarbutt’a Fiding lant Knday, Darnel Jonathan iiurUin (10), uf llockhiimpttui, alip|H«l under a wii^od. Ho hit f«Mt km Lorn oif at the ankiu pant• • eOne thouannd two buridrlt;d am) ftftv cuu*;ruuta *io leaving Tokio hy tho an amor Afrim Mnru on March W for lUaxtl, making a t4»(«t Japanrae population in that country of about ‘//..OUO.w 1 v i in w vvrri) To knowV pii teller; *‘1 rco ^larU and• • wH»**r“, portending j»nt*oIn • I • l.ut ntay, tht*r«* •« nope.A of I'^’lit from a UiotiHiiijdtofi: it* « of flame,**( • i; '*( in you t, il we jp't awayKilb flu moiramt'h*‘' rv. m which a pronpeetini' t i\» travelling from ISroken Hill!l v Mi \ii*trnlih. 1*11 nver an em-* f| r 1 ir Wilmington. Fretlr-r1,: m I • kert (/■»,'!) auata 1 nod in-Jinii.'i Irani wliieh ho died, 'ilireo i»thi i(Ier‘«l minor injuHea.* • •• ' in. n rettirn«‘d |4i their homca in* ' 11 h« I Thursday anlt;l found I heir»!»d The dtieeaatNl are Klisa-I* ,f 1 lenderron of Vietfiria I’urk.ahu died of poinoning, and (Jladya ( I-), of M iyland», who w;i«» omi'! wit|, #laKln»d wriat,• • p I ho formation of a new hank, tho ‘,M! ’’rtl Bank of I. tr*nt, with a eapi-- 1 1 /‘i)0,ntX dollnrN (L'fiMiimin*i.lt;| Inat week by the United State* H«*eonatt notion Corporation and ^ Ih* rt 1*. Rlonn (president of tio Geno-'tl Mi.torn Corpt^ratiun).While u-nUor* oil lh«- iv»|ixl. ota huildimt m VI- H»*.iinio. I*' Mioinh v, lalairer of N »rth H»ehmot*l. t- II IW'ftto the ground, and In *!«•-«) ulmoat im-nie«liflte!v #• • #N' C llarria thu-t rm-'hiinieal rni.i n. r ol tin1 V n U| u»n ItaiJwaya llt; pii nont, lrn been appointed a Had-v* iiya Couimi •• ion* r. in mi «.v.nion to W M Shannon who «li«| not *eok n 0{»|)oiutment Th, nppoiutmlt;*ut ih lor aeten y**arn,o • •A *-nt (o noral \\ I **it» It (Vietoria), Kir Henry Harwell (Smith Anpfralin), and C W An»fwm (We*it AuNtralia), who will nhortly Jcave liondon for Aui tralia. »i*n» fnrowelled hy the Mritiah Kmpire I.eagiie and Mrlti^h Empire Club la«t. w**ek.• • •The former Kouth Australian l*r» mier, 1.. h. Hill, areompannd by h»a wifr Kon, nnd dn lighter, aade*l Im t Thin *day for l.ondii to take over tin* position of A:'«*nt (.eneral for H*iuth Auatralia.• • •f »lone| T, W Abbott, of tho Royal fcngincera, anu bia wil**, worn found murdered in their bungalow 10 Quetta, India, la*it We»lneaday. N* politn'al •Ignifiianoe ia attncluHl to the crimeTwo aorvojita have boon arreated.6 • #Ihrlma oldest female inhabitant Kroderike Muller, died last week ac*d ]04. Thia enterpriHing, active old lady two yenra ago appliod for a grant ofa free aeroplnne flight over Merlin.• a aUef-ently John Clark celebrated h»» 100th birthtlay at Alhury, in which town ho haa livotl for a groat many ymra. A wrek laN*r a W ngga rent dent celebrated bin 100th birthday, and hy quaint coincidence hi* name ia alao John (Mark. Doth John Clarka retain all their facultiea.CAI'TUUKl# llll llftCl.TWhatl Nothing f**r tiie inuaef Why th*« champion miaor of tioa umn aiwavit given m.. »i)k|M-iu«'•‘Oh *!« • ** he9 Well, ga/« uj)i*u the new ctminpnm Ii in liolwvwl that two iikelettin1* w hit-h h.ifo U^ii found In^taie tlm nilt;« k »it in a*'niplam* in Newfound laud are Uew of Nu*ge*aor and Cull, two I- reneh airmen, wlu loft U iWiur iret (France) on Juno 12. I9.T. on nRight to New \nik and worn neveralUTward* heard of.• • •Twelve mlt; n wlt;*n» kilh^l, and in pin d when thr** rudu«y trm-ka carrymg 7u work ora crashed mt*» a runnu ‘il(ilt;Mt (!•'« p on the l.are*lo highaay in M«»ii'o laat Saturday The men weto M« mi an * «rkei* ri turning fr**in tin 1 niU'd Staloa.• • •Km Ktiw ud Mont (31), « f Clt;*pjH-r field, who w.ui m pi rod in .1 gun|»oader cxpltaiun at Mount ilo|w ntatnm la^t month, dad at I’* \U Dowua II pital on W film' id ay of la«t work. II*- «.r manager ol M' llojx aiation • * *J i**.-ph (I . vol. h fl 1), out on a sh*mt iug rveuraion Iop.1, Saturday vnth a parly of I*’»\«, on the Onulburn Miv**r, *Aa ahot through tiie atomalt; h hy tiie aetufental diacharge of a rifle, and die«I in * M« II iiirne li *pit il• • •A ritlo rarniHl by onr of a party of t*aim*i « who t er» returning Irom tie* Williamntown Rifle Mufti (M-lf«ume) l -t '•'IiimI iv ni'eidentiilty diat hnrgod I ho bullet atrm k. Vrthnr Sn nlo of htnniy iu the In id nnd killed him instantly.• • •Aftor eonaiderahle eipi^rimi'nt, tin* Aiftralian naval authorities have evolve «| «ati*«factory raf apult for tin* launching lt;d aonidanea.* • •It iu rnn*idored likoly that an I ug luml Avnctr.ilia air mail aervire will he fMtuhlndied before n«vt Nov**mh*'i »i tho llttewt• • •A e*uiiniitt*e ol mining I'lpmrtii haa l»e« n forrnelt;| to formulate a telieim* for tin* development of th** mining in duatry, and partieula-rly gold mining, on a larger n.ale m Victoria. Ih» acheme will U* pr. pand for the t«ov eminent.I I • ••lapnn la t Monday d«Tinil* ly vi** id ed to leave tho l.lt;eat ot Nationa, the reaignatioo hoing rabh^l to (. nem in the afternoon.• • •Tin* Imperial C«miuittie on I'.i'ouo-mic (’onaultatiou and f*onpentlion will , ahortlv pmaent a report recommend- . mg t he co-ordinal ion of the 11 botliea ( that »ro anling Kmp*re trado, including the lCmpire Marketing Board, with a now financial hinua.a * a*'Britain'a credit ayat^'m haa btwi a«» fully ro.'rtored that today wt* are al niofft emharr.'.aMed I the amount of rnnin-y that ia coining mlo London from other countHea, aaid (ho (lt;h»n-cellor of the Kxchequor, m a apaech at M*i mi ugh am.• •Ttie United Statea Govern ment ia Becking power to negotiate reciprocal trade treaties in preparation, it 1a beliovt'fl, for the war debt nt^gotia-*4«na.