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  2. LEADERS' JOINT TRIBUTE

    CANBERRA, Tuesday. —News of the wreck of the Kyeema was received just as the House of Representatives was about to meet. ...

    Article : 429 words
  3. SERVICE IN WAR AND PEACE Mr. Hawker's Career

    One 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 words
  4. POPULAR FLIERS Plane's Crew

    Captain 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 words
  5. FULL INVESTIGATION PROMISED COMMITTEE WILL SIT AS COURT

    CANBERRA, 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 words
  6. DECLINED SEAT IN PLANE Insurance Official

    Chance, 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 words
  7. RESOLUTION OF SYMPATHY Members Stand

    Membeis 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 words
  8. Honeymoon Couple Among Victims

    ADELAIDE, Tuesday. — Mr. and Mrs. Gloe, two of the Kyeema victims, were married in Perth only on Saturday, ...

    Article : 85 words
  9. JUNIOR-CAPTAIN A. J. STEEN

    Junior-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 words
  10. WORK RESUMED IN PITS

    WONTHAGGI, Tuesday.— Replying to a statement made by the president of the Wonthaggi branch of the Miners' Federation (Mr. I. Williams) that the ...

    Article : 567 words
  11. GOVERNOR'S SYMPATHY

    His Excellency the Governor (Lord Huntingfield) has sent the following telegram to the Controller of Civil Aviation (Captain E. C. Johnston):—"Am deeply ...

    Article : 47 words
  12. BEACON ISSUE

    Apart from the tragedy to-day the urgent need for the beacons was demonstrated at Mascot yesterday afternoon, when two different Douglas machines in ...

    Article : 130 words
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  14. CADET P. D. PRING

    Cadet 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 words
  15. IN S.A. PARLIAMENT

    ADELAIDE, 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 words
  16. MISS ELVA JONES

    Miss Elva Jones, the air hostess on the plane, possessed a placid and charming disposition, which made her extremely popular with passengers flying over the ...

    Article : 204 words
  17. Advertising

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    Advertising : 402 words
  18. "MATTER PURELY TECHNICAL ONE"

    The statement declared that the direction-finding station at Essendon was operating satisfactorily. This system, however, works on a principle entirely ...

    Article : 1,112 words
  19. A.N.A. PLANES

    The traffic manager of Australian National Airways (Mr. Dare Holyman) said last night that the services of the company would suffer no interruption. ...

    Article : 97 words
  20. BROADCAST OFFENDS

    Objection 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 words
  21. l8 DIE IN TERRIBLE PLANE DISASTER

    Eighteen 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 words
  22. MANAGER'S STATEMENT

    ADELAIDE, 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 words
  23. DIRECTOR RETURNING

    LAUNCESTON, Tuesday.—"I do not know enough about the disaster to comment," said Captain Ivan Holyman, managing director of Australian National ...

    Article : 40 words
  24. Advertising

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    Advertising : 115 words
  25. CAREERS OF OTHER VICTIMS

    Mr. 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 words
  26. MR. A. C. GAIN

    Mr 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 words
  27. MR. L. W. SHIRLEY

    Mr. 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 words
  28. SYMPATHY IN N.S.W.

    SYDNEY, 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 words
  29. MR. J. I. MASSEY

    Mr. 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 words
  30. MR. G. H. GODDARD

    Mr. 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 words
  31. MR. H. L. GRAMP

    Mr. 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 words
  32. MR. VAUGHAN PATE

    Mr. 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 words
  33. AIRMAIL CANCELLED

    The airmail for Sydney, which was scheduled to leave Melbourne at 6 a.m. ...

    Article : 17 words
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