CANBERRA, Tuesday. —News of the wreck of the Kyeema was received just as the House of Representatives was about to meet. ...
Article : 429 wordsOne of the ablest and most promising members of the Federal Parliament, Mr. Charles Allan Seymour Hawker, aged 44 years, had been the member for Wakefield ...
Article : 635 wordsCaptain A. C. D. Webb, generally known among his co-pilots and friends at Essendon as "Mick," was born in Vhryheld, South Africa, in 1906. He was trained by ...
Article : 140 wordsCANBERRA, Tuesday.—For the first time in the history of Australian aviation, the Government has agreed to allow an open inquiry to be conducted by the Air Accidents Investigation Committee. ...
Article : 325 wordsChance, which was responsible for the death of Mr. G. W. Ling, of Adelaide, saved tho life of Mr. W. T. Harris, the secretary of the Royal Commission on National ...
Article : 223 wordsMembeis of the Legislative Assembly last night stood in silence to pass a resolution of sympathy proposed by the Premier (Mr Dunstan) with the relatives and ...
Article : 311 wordsADELAIDE, Tuesday. — Mr. and Mrs. Gloe, two of the Kyeema victims, were married in Perth only on Saturday, ...
Article : 85 wordsJunior-captain Alan J. Steen was born at Bendigo in November, 1913. He was trained as a pilot by the Royal Victorian Aero Club, and became an assistant ...
Article : 137 wordsWONTHAGGI, Tuesday.— Replying to a statement made by the president of the Wonthaggi branch of the Miners' Federation (Mr. I. Williams) that the ...
Article : 567 wordsHis Excellency the Governor (Lord Huntingfield) has sent the following telegram to the Controller of Civil Aviation (Captain E. C. Johnston):—"Am deeply ...
Article : 47 wordsApart from the tragedy to-day the urgent need for the beacons was demonstrated at Mascot yesterday afternoon, when two different Douglas machines in ...
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Advertising : 90 wordsCadet Phillp D. Pring, of Sydney, who was aged about 20 years, was attached to the crew of the Kyeema yesterday to gain wireless experience as third officer. He ...
Article : 126 wordsADELAIDE, Tuesday.—After striking tributes had been paid to the memory of Mr. Hawker, M.H.R., and other occupants of the Kyeema, both Houses of Parliament ...
Article : 147 wordsMiss Elva Jones, the air hostess on the plane, possessed a placid and charming disposition, which made her extremely popular with passengers flying over the ...
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Advertising : 402 wordsThe statement declared that the direction-finding station at Essendon was operating satisfactorily. This system, however, works on a principle entirely ...
Article : 1,112 wordsThe traffic manager of Australian National Airways (Mr. Dare Holyman) said last night that the services of the company would suffer no interruption. ...
Article : 97 wordsObjection was taken last night by several listeners to a broadcast description of the crash from the scene of the accident made by the Australian Broadcasting ...
Article : 56 wordsEighteen persons, among whom were Mr. Hawker, M.H.R., and other leading Australians were killed instantly when the Douglas airliner Kyeema crashed about 1.45 p.m. yesterday on the western slopes of Mt. Dandenong. It was the worst disaster in the history of ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 2,731 wordsADELAIDE, Tuesday.—The general manager of Australian National Airways (Mr. H. R. Matthews), who is on a business visit to Adelaide, was shocked to ...
Article : 93 wordsLAUNCESTON, Tuesday.—"I do not know enough about the disaster to comment," said Captain Ivan Holyman, managing director of Australian National ...
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Advertising : 115 wordsMr. Leonard Sydney Abrahams, K.C., was a leading member of the senior Bar in Sydney. He specialised in bankruptcy and company law, and had an extensive ...
Article : 166 wordsMr A. C. Gain, barrister, was born at Warren (N.S.W.), and was at one time a telegraphist in the Postal Department. In the eight years he was at the New ...
Article : 140 wordsMr. Lancelot William Shirley and Mr. James Ian Massey were employed as managing clerks in the firm of Allen, Allen, and Hemsley, solicitors, of Sydney. ...
Article : 70 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesdays.—The Kyeema dlsaster was referred to this afternoon in the Legislative Council. "It is a dreadful tragedy," said the Minister for Labour and ...
Article : 147 wordsMr. J. I. Massey, who was aged 25 years, was a son of Mr. J. F. Massey, sales manager of Messrs. Pratten Bros., Sydney. He was unmarried, and lived with ...
Article : 45 wordsMr. G. H. Goddard was aged 30 years, and unmarried. He was an associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Australia, and had been practising in ...
Article : 56 wordsMr. Louis Hugo Gramp, who was recognised as an expert judge of wines, was managing director of G. Gramp and Sons Ltd., vignerons, of Rowlands Flat. He was ...
Article : 82 wordsMr. Vaughan Pate was to have flown to Melbourne to join another plane for Hobart, and should have left Adelaide on Monday, but owing to business reasons ...
Article : 123 wordsThe airmail for Sydney, which was scheduled to leave Melbourne at 6 a.m. ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Wed 26 Oct 1938, Page 2
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