r M ft WOKHKk— — —-—During » dobato 10 th* Houna olOuiunm* tho ChaiK-ellor ol tho Exchequer ox pros sod sympathy with tlio 40-hour week proposal*, which, ho kinil, would load U» wcr©a*©d employ, pi. nt without raising the oo*t of pro-ilutlion.The liomlon Huiulay Ttmaa” aaya tJml a trade agreement l*etwi*n lira mu nod Argon tin* will shortly In* 0,. him!, ensuring the removal ol rx change roatrictuma and a muluul lowering of land* 11»« diacuaaiuna havo |lt; i n kept so mTrct that nothing i» known uimrrning the nctuul proposals.Tin- laps *•* I’Jmluumy m Merlin «!«•-r . - the report that negt»iiaiw»na ar«i taking ni uv hrlwm'D Germany and Japn i regarding the m Ocrmun colo i .... in the Pan ho which Japan hold*ult; ler mandates,• • •I U'ii im Daily lvlugraph' * »\ -t h; Me Imperii! I ttinuialUw On hoo* f.iii if ( oiKultution will reeommeiid i rdoMtmn of tin II h**l . • that m aiding Empire trade.iiUo eurrespoudont of Mm* ly T« lograph state* that Govern munt intends to M*I of Dm V u kiTM ( o.'s it Mam »w early nextto prohilot thelt;f Hu-wan good* if the I Itritivh iMiijiriprra ar*»iOwi o', to tin- rod oral Government'st in i* imports continue t*.tfnu into Victoria iti largo volume, h r eight months ol l'j.'S-CI they vert J-14 901 ,/hVJ. or £4,9-16.884 more Iti. ri flt;r the hko term of the previousfn n.«- of a emfed Chum\ • lt;; nut n .n Melbourne lat» d to in • the led. rul Got, 10 mvlto tlio Kntiih S . ret ■ , ■ i ai- f. i Doth u ii Afl-nrH, III i 1 to VO It \ii’11 .i11A,f i'l (*oiti»rinw*'iiltl» Arbitration 1 refit-* d tin* ai'plilt; ation* bv|L I*•« of lour;itiflQ of FederalWWW Ilf \\ W’I’FD TO KNOW1 .me tell'T I *oo dark and• water*, fMirtcndmp graveI ' d In-* hut *tay, there •« hop*-. A lt;d I , lit llum a thousandtenjruoM of flume.••I ,.n v»w , i! gel away' 'rv m which H prnr.|MMding f i tv mi. trnrdlitiR from Itroken Millto V\ii*triilin. fell over nn emInr Wilmington. F rode-lb l«.'rf (83) sustained in-vliirh ho died. Throo m| minot injuries.1 iu n relumed to their home* in *’■ 11 I Thursday nnd found their The d.'.«i.Ml nrn Kliaa ||«nderron (59), of Victoria Park, *•.« died of poisoning, nnd Gladys (12), of Maylandn, who wan 1 'oid with a slushed wrist.1: in r. port' d Mod, under the now ^ .u nth treaty, Ar-j. ntuia **dl give to lfi itam vpenul taiill advantaged in rospdet to motnrC..I*. t«*tili i, and agricultural uiarh\ kui;; for nn uunie*Unto Rumman .gmtiuo u- uu uid t*» world pia.oant I rude recovery, a petition signed I] 1700 of Ainerua's hudmg women, m i. hi whom w ro Jane Adams, of C inn i'», AdeU C'omsUn’k, prosidflnt of I.Id!, ami Mr*. Ronamund Pun hot (;„.vf.-n, of N» w York, bua been pre-• ntvd lo Pr«-*»nl* lit Rooweielt.Newh from Wuahington, March 21, says that Ruoacvult d»«w not mtoiid t«i uxk for fkiwor hi doler war ih-ht puy-niontt. Tli« naxt inatalimiits are duo on Juno 1ft, and America oipec-to pay-ment to hr mado.• • •I'hui lotto Kvana \UP), wif« of a farinor at M. rkuiula, ioutli Australia, whh burned to d.Miih Inst Weduusdav night through her mglit clothing nlt;«i-lt;iontally coming into contact with a J'ghted candle.• • •Whoii .Mrs (’..ilia ('tidlonl i 12) did not return after going for a bathe in North (‘reek, Hnlttaa, lust Thursday owning, search was mado, and her dealt;l l*d», find in luithmg cctinne,was found in shallow water.• • •lt;'har!lt;« Harper Keith, dairy farmer, of Mympie, who shot dead his neigh-lw»r .\llnd Allan Hmilli, snd was found guilty of manslaughter, was sentenced by Judge Ms-mssan l**t Wcdnemlay t*» ton years' imprisonment, B**th men w.*re returned sol-In attoinptirig to board tlio Towns-villo to Innislnd tiuin at (iarbutt’s Hiding last Friday, Daniel Jonathan If nr U. ii (10), of IhxdihampUui, sli|i|H^I under n waggon, llo loft foot w.ia tom oil at tin* anklu jointOne thousand two hundred and ftftv . emigrants aro leaving Tokio by thu strainer Africa Mnru on March ,'NI for i IU.»*il making n total Japanese popii-lu ticn in that country of about 3f..(W0.d«crlt;A young bijian nam»d Fmusi (24), in Dm town of V unidmiha (Fip). run amok and pra* ticnily U h. a.U-d his niotli. i ami si-tor with a can,, kmf.killing ImiMi instantlv. I h,» only vs pUnation i* Mint the man w.nt sud doiily iimam* II,. was Mr* 4wl.CArrUltKD THI HFI.T*'Wl at! Nothing for the inn*., f u i , w dm iptoii miser of tin* town always gives uis sixpence.'*• Oli docs li»- \\ • II ga/« n|»*u thonc•hiimpionTrudo negotiation* hcivnon Hrita n and Russia have be»*n *us|end«.d peud-in - i -uf.isfa ’ rv ch.m: . ill V! cow's altitude toward* Hrita.n and Itrititd) subjectslli,. I S' A PcnaU* lins nflrniel tin* Praaidont * nomination of R \V Ring ham, of Kentn k» as Anibu** ohir t-.Rritain.Piv.md' Ui l(lt;M.nOV«-lt on Multll iT.f »ij»m d the Herr Hill which I. -ulis.-dlb,, snl*' lt;»f hover age*, where not otherwi-„ prohllnte«| a* tlio eh*, k sink. * midnight on April ti, Kourtivn suitov allow (lit* sale of beer, which must ho limited to * strength «»1 'J p. r »«’nlnlcv.hol by weight or I |w*r cent byvolumeTin* Amur1, an N;aU Department hop- i shortly to Hiciiro tho |«u--ugc of Icgishitioii nulhonsing Mm adminurtra tioii Ut negotiate e»4prolt;nl commercial trc.itoh.. In.vctl on mutual Uudi coticesMons.• # •Thn German (iov.-iniic viI e.thitlcn that Japkin'w aiiiniuiurnicnt that shewill not surrender her Par: he mandate* wh n dm U av« , the I-» ij »iu of N iDon* cre.i.t*-* a w rfuu’* problem.11 is Ih'Iicv,*! that two skolutons \ whiv li h.ivo b*« n found h. ,,k* tho *»»**. k ot an aeroplane in Newfound laud ar. fth.we of Nogg.-sscr and Cull, lt;two French airmen, wlio loft l-e Hoar iget (Franco) lt;u» June 13. on a ,flight U» N.-w N ,n k and wi.-r«* never \ aitorwards Inard of. t• • •Twelve men w.-r«* kdl.d, and 2» in jur* .1 when thr.^ railway Uudi carry ,mg 7i» workers nuched into a rurmc 1 ‘JHJHft dop on the I.arodo highway in lt;M siu’o lust Saturday I ho no n worn | M\ican workers returning from tlo lt;Initoi Sla lea. |* * iKrn K»iw ird M int (fll), of O*p|o r held, who w in iiijiidsI in a gunpowder c.xplusion at Mount Hope station la/t i month di.d ut p. ik Down* II pital i on Wednesday of last week. He »alt; , milling, r ,d Mt 11.»|- stationJ ph (I ilvoi* h (1 1), out on a -h.mt I iiiR . vcuraion la»t Saturday with a f parly of boys, on tin Onulbum Hivor, I was shot through tlie -U»ma« h by tlio i n.tnlentiil dinchnrgtt of a rifle, and died J m :» Mi'lbourno h-pit 1VSi.d.n huddle:' in M- Ih-.itrne, K flri inlo) laborer of North Riclimend, I--I1 tii'ftto the ground, and lie died id most imttlollilfe!\ 11 fie curned by on. of a pui ty t.f | (•mm--.u who r.ri retiirning from th- i William “town Rifle Run* (Mrllmnmc) iI -I ^-.dumlny !n • id*nt.illy dislt; barged v I ho ballet struck Arthur Smnlo (IA), of Fitxmy in tho he id and killoil himiiirtnntl*.N I* Harris chief no h.mu ni em i n r Ol tin* V n tor.an KuiJwu.va D* par merit., has been appointed n Railway n ( ’oiMllll •••loner. Ill Nil O-rOOTI to W M Shannon who dd md seek r. appoint merit The appointment is |.lt;r seven year*.Aftor Consul, rub lo *■ t per irm-nt, the Vn-1 r.ilian imval aut horities haveev,ilvi;d -» sulixf ictorv catapult for the hiutiehm^; of gcnplunes.Agent (h nerat \\ I c-it»|, (Victoria), Fir Henry Hnrwell (South Australia f, and C W Angwin (W.*‘it Australia), who w ill shortly |enve fain,Ion fr Australia. uere fnrewelh'! hy the Hrifc-h Umpire IjCiignr and Hritish Fmpire Club last' wreck.• # •The former Smith Au-tralmn Pr* niicr, 1j. L. Hill, airompanied by h*« w d. ( son, nnd daughter, sailed )u f Thilfwlay for I.omiori III lake over the position of Agent General for Houlli AiiNtraliait u •utn-ulered likely thaf an Fug hind Australia air mail serviie Hill bo , tiildish. .| before* n« st November ill the latestA committee ol riiiuuig . \perts has D * n formed t*i lor niulaU* a scheme for the dvvekipment of the mining in dustry. and particularly gold mining on a larger scale m Victoria. I’h scheme will lie prepared for the Go* crnment.Japan la I Monday (init«-ly we. d e,l to leave the Dag ot Nation*, thlt; resignatioo being cabled to (c neva in the .iflernoonTV,Inrmntton of a new bank, the ’lt;rd Hank , 1 Detroit, with n raj.i • 1 f -‘..noo.nno dollars (jft.nno.000) J u“»‘«“ud Inst wovk by the United Mntns Heeonstruction Oorporation and ilbcrt P. Slonn (provident of tlio Gono-*1 Motors Corporation).Colonel T. W, Al.lmtt, of tho Royal Kngmccia, and I» wilo, wcrw found murdered In tlmir bungalow m Duet ta, India, last Wednesday. No political significance is nttacliad to the cruue Two Horvonts have Ihhih arrest*-1 a a •Merlin'* oldest female inhabitant Frcdcrike Muller, died In-t week nged ]04, This euterpriamg, active old lady two years ago applied for a grant of a free aeroplane flight over Merlin, a • •Recently John ('Inrk celebrated b» 100th birthday at Alhnry, in which town he ha* lived for a great ninny tear*. A week lator a Wsgga rest dent celebrated bin 100th birthday, and by qunint coincidence hi* nnmr is also John Clark. Moth John Clark* retain all their faculties.The Imperial Coinnuttec on Kcouo-nnc ('orisultntmn and Coo|m ration will shortly prffnni 11 f*|»*rt recomniend-ing the eo-nrdination ol the II bodies that a re aiding Kmp-re trad««, including the Kmpira Marketing Monr.l, with a now hnuneinl basis.* * sMritum a crotlit system has bean so fully ruoUircd Umt to-day we mro al most eniharr.^ed I the amount of money that is corning into London from other countries/' said tho Chnn-oellor of the Exchequer, m a apaerh at Mirrniugham.The United States Government is socking power to negotiate reciprocal r trade treaties m preparation, it is 1 behoved, for the war debt ncgotin- 1 *4on*. I