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  • FATAL PLANE CRASH IN NORTH PERTH One Of Two Injured Men Dies In Hospital

    Two brothers were injured, one fatally, early yesterday morning when a Tiger Moth aircraft in which they were returning from Rottnest Island trashed nose-first into the ground a few feet off ... [Article] (660 words)
  • FIRE STRIKES HEAVY BLOW AT PEANUT INDUSTRY

    BRISBANE, Feb. 6: A disastrous fire at Kingaroy early this afternoon destroyed the peanut installation, including all machinery and buildings with the exception of the silos, only the concrete shells of ... [Article] (281 words)
  • ADVENTURES OF STOKER Long Swim And Longer Walk

    MELBOURNE, Feb. 6: A stoker who fell overboard from the Indian destroyer Rajput eight miles off Point Lonsdale, ... [Article] (174 words)
  • MANAGER AND CAPTAIN OF M.C.C. TEAM INJURED

    ADELAIDE, Feb. 6: Brig, Michael A. Green and Freddie Brown, Joint manager and captain, respectively, of the M.C.C. team, were injured in a motor-car accident in North-terrace, city, tonight. ... [Article] (208 words)
  • NOSE-DIVE INTO SUBURBAN STREET

    The Passenger in this Tiger Moth aircraft, Maxwell William Reilly, was fatally hurt and Ernest James Richard Reilly, his brother, was injured when the machine crashed yesterday morning on the space between the roadway and the fence of the North Perth State School in Bedford-street, North Perth. The plane narrowly missed surrounding houses and outbuildings of the school. ... [ILLUSTRATED] [Article] (62 words)
  • "MARKING TIME" ON THE COAL CRISIS

    SYDNEY, Feb. 6: The Federal Cabinet will consider tomorrow more drastic steps to end the coal crisis if the miners remain defiant and carry out their threats to intensify their programme of weekly stoppages. ... [Article] (483 words)
  • EXPLOSIONS IN BLAZE An Old Watchman's Bravery

    SYDNEY, Feb. 6: More than 40 workmen fled to safety as ether fumes ignited and explosions occurred when fire ... [Article] (151 words)
  • NEW GUINEA VOLCANO The Danger Radius Reduced

    CANBERRA, Feb. 6: The Mt. Lamington volcano in New Guinea was more active yesterday than on any day ... [Article] (186 words)
  • CONCESSION TO WEST Chance Of Big Four Talks

    LONDON, Feb. 6: A Big Four meeting this spring is "rather more probable" as a result of Russia's latest Note ... [Article] (170 words)
  • SIGNAL FROM YACHT Hope Renewed For Missing Argo

    AUCKLAND, Feb 6: The yacht Argo, for which there has been an intense air and sea search since she was ... [Article] (208 words)
  • INDO-CHINA CLASHES

    SAIGON, Feb. 6: An Army communique issued today said that Communist-led Vietminh rebels. lost 36 killed in a clash, ... [Article] (60 words)
  • AUSTRALIA SEEKS U.S. SECURITY GUARANTEE Move Linked With Peace Treaty For Japan

    LONDON, Feb. 6.: Australia has proposed that the United States should guarantee her security in the Pacific against a resurgence of Japanese aggression, British Commonwealth sources ... [Article] (429 words)
  • PREMIER LEAVES TODAY ON VISIT TO ENGLAND

    The Premier (Mr. McLarty) will join the Orion about 1.30 p.m. today and some two hours later will be on his way to England, accompanied by Mrs. McLarty, the Under-Secretary of the Premier's Department (Mr. ... [Article] (366 words)
  • INFANTS DIE IN HEAT Centuries On Goldfields

    The deaths of two infants as a result of the heat last weekend have been reported to the Northam police. ... [Article] (256 words)
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