FORM 6-K

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                        Report of Foreign Private Issuer


                      Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
                       the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


                   For the month of April 2004 (April 6, 2004)

                          THE NEWS CORPORATION LIMITED
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                              (Name of Registrant)



             2 Holt Street, Sydney, New South Wales, 2010, Australia
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                    (Address of principal executive offices)

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                                    Yes____             No__X__

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                                    Yes____             No__X__

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Annexed hereto as Exhibit A is a press release of The News Corporation Limited
("News Corporation") dated April 6, 2004 announcing that News Corporation is
pursuing a reorganization that would change News Corporation's place of
incorporation to the United States.

Such announcement was released to the Australian Stock Exchange and in New York
on April 6, 2004.





                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


                                         THE NEWS CORPORATION LIMITED



Date:    April 6, 2004                    By:  /s/ Arthur M. Siskind
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                                                   Arthur M. Siskind
                                                   Director







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A.   Press Release of The News Corporation Limited
     dated April 6, 2004.                                         6