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  • Heroes In Sunken Sub joke And Then Vanish

    LONDON, Sat. (AAP): Survivors of the rammed British submarine Truculent, which is lying a shattered wreck on the bottom of the Thames Estuary, last night told a heartrending story of their escape. It is a story of calm, cool bravery and unflinching naval discipline on the part of 45 men who ... [Article] (617 words)
  • A Wife Again Waits For Heroic Engineer

    LONDON, Sat. (AAP): "I have been through all this before," said the wife of Chief Engineroom Artificer Sam ... [Article] (145 words)
  • A Record Is Broken

    ABOVE you see brilliant sprinter and Empire Games selectee Verna Johnston winning the A grade 100yd. at ... [ILLUSTRATED] [Article] (66 words)
  • BOXER SHOT DEAD AT PARTY, WOMAN HELD

    SYDNEY, Sat.: Well-known Illawarra boxer and Rugby League player William Terris (30) was found lead at the back door of his home at Wollongong arly today. ... [Article] (148 words)
  • SCIENCE BAFFLED

    LONDON, Sat. (AAP): Truculent's men represent the highest skill in naval science yet all ... [Article] (74 words)
  • City's Heat See-Saws

    Perth's temperature rose and fell slightly during the afternoon as winds swung from north-easterly to ... [Article] (95 words)
  • WIFE KILLED IN A DREAM

    SINGAPORE, Sat. (AAP): Reuter): A Chinese contractor told the Judge in the Selangor Assizes today that he ... [Article] (84 words)
  • Fire Watchers Learn Own House Is Ablaze

    MELBOURNE, Sat.: While the Fahey family in the Melbourne suburb of Pascoe Vale, south, were watching flames shooting from a nearby house shortly before noon today, a neighbour ... [Article] (97 words)
  • GOODS SEIZED

    Detectives who went to a House today seized about £50 worth of goods. Later a 17-year-old boy was ... [Article] (28 words)
  • GIRL STAR GETS SECOND RECORD

    Western Australia's 19-year-old Empire Games representative Verna Johnston secured her second State women's sprint record at Leederville today. She clocked 10.9sec. in the 100yd. to break the ... [Article] (192 words)
  • Glider Crash Kills 10

    NEW YORK, Fri. (AAP): Ten student paratroopers were killed and seven others were injured when a glider crashed ... [Article] (28 words)
  • Last Word In Page 1 Man Cooling his Beer Slips And Drowns

    MELBOURNE, Sat.: An elderly man overbalanced and was drowned yesterday while he was lowering two bottles of beer into a deep well to cool them down to celebrate his birthday today. ... [Article] (64 words)
  • Apprentice Badly Hurt

    SYDNEY, Sat.: Apprentice rider S. Taylor (20) is in hospital in a serious condition following a race fall at ... [Article] (90 words)
  • Local Rider Is Lucky

    A few strides after he had passed the post third in the Purse (1) at Belmont today Cajonda slipped and fell. Horse and rider were quickly on their feet. Most of the field passed Jakens on the inside and a smash was averted. ... [Article] (97 words)
  • BASHER LEAPS TO DEATH

    SYDNEY, Sat.: Before leaping to his death under an electric train today a man rang the Granville police and told ... [Article] (91 words)

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