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  4. AN AMAZING JOURNEY IN A GIANT BALLOON

    IN ORDER to examine the atmosphere and to conduct other scientific investigations ten miles above the earth, Professor Piccard, of Switzerland, and his assistant Dr. Kipfer, ascended in a hermetically sealed ball attached to a balloon in Germany ...

    Article : 171 words
  5. WARTIME MARRIAGES

    Astounding revelations regarding the desertion of French wives and children by American soldier fathers were revealed today with the failure of the ...

    Article : 184 words
  6. BURGLARS BLUFFED

    Two nervous young men with an automatic pistol were bluffed out of a haul of £17 when, just after closing time last night, they held up ...

    Article : 129 words
  7. WHOLESALE MURDERS

    Margaret Summers faces a charge of murdering her husband and three others who resided at her home, by poisoning. ...

    Article : 127 words
  8. CONVERSION LOAN PRESENTS MANY-SIDED PROBLEM

    THE PREMIERS' CONFERENCE today gave further consideration to methods by which rates of interest on internal loans should be reduced, to effect the proposed over-all cut of 22 1/2 per cent. A tremendous amount of detailed consideration is ...

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  9. AN APT SIMILE

    "We see today an ostensible swing round of the present Commonwealth Government to a policy which looks like the policy we have been ...

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  10. KNIGHTHOOD FOR CHARLIE?

    The "Daily Sketch" says that Charlie Chaplin may be asked to ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  11. ASCENDED TEN MILES!

    The "Times" correspondent at Vienna states that the fears for Professor Piccard's safety are growing. The commander of the aerodrome at Innsbruck saw the ...

    Article : 279 words
  12. ENORMOUS BALLOON

    The balloon is the largest that has been built. It took two hours to fill with hydrogeon, beginning at 2.30. a.m. Thousands of Augsburg residents ...

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  13. CLASSIC DERBY

    Thirty-two horses are left in the Derby out of 404 entries. Cameronian, which will be ridden by Fox, is favorite, and Pomme d'Api ...

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  14. SCHOOL-GIRLS STRIKE

    The correspondent of the "News-Chronicle" at Belgrade says because the new headmaster at a girls' grammar school forbade cosmetics, the pupils ...

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  15. ART UNION CONTROL

    Following on the statement of the Minister for Police (Mr. J. Scaddan) in "The Daily News" last night, that a committee appointed by the Minister would conduct ...

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  16. LEADER OF GREAT BALLOON ASCENT

    PROFESSOR PICCARD photographed inside his aluminium gondola, showing the instruments which he was to use in his journey in to the unknown. Professor Piccard holds the Chair of Physics at the University of Brussels, and is an authority on meteorology. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  17. A.F.A. LEAGUE'S ATTITUDE

    Opposing the suggestions made at the Premiers' Conference that Australian bondholders who refused to convert their holdings at a lower rate of ...

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  18. FRENCH GIRLS, TOO

    The correspondent of the "Daily Mail" at Paris says the growing practice among French college girls of makingup has raised a controversy, and may ...

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  19. STRIKERS SHOT

    The correspondent of the "Daily Mail" at Hendaye, in France, near the Spanish border, says that ten persons were killed and 50 wounded when the ...

    Article : 78 words
  20. REPORTS OF PROGRESS

    Professor Piccard's balloon was sighted late this afternoon with powerful telescopes south of Kochel Lake, in Bavaria. Apparently it was in a windless region, ...

    Article : 232 words
  21. COSMETICS IN SCHOOLS

    "There is little wrong with cosmetics. It is the manner in which they are used." This observation sums up the attitude of some headmistresses in girls' schools in ...

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  22. THREE PRINCIPLES

    Interviewed before leaving for Sydney, Mr. A. C. Davidson (general manager of the Bank of New South Wales) said that the Melbourne Premiers' Conference ...

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  23. A COUNCIL "BROKE"

    Heavily in debt and unable even to pay wages, the Alexandria Municipal Council has dismissed all its employes with the exception of officials. ...

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  24. SHOWERS COMING

    Following is the official weather forecast for Western Australia:— "Continued fine conditions with milder day temperatures. ...

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  25. PROFESSOR PICCARD AND HIS ASSISTANTS

    In this photograph Professor Piccard is shown standing in front of his metal sphere attached to the balloon in which he made his great ascent. Second from the left is his assistant, Dr. Kipfer. The globe may be called the first flying laboratory. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  26. LOSS OF OXYGEN

    Sir Leonard Hill (Director of the Department of Applied Physiology, National Institute of Medical Research) says: "If the oxygen gives out the inmates will ...

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  27. NOW OVER ITALY

    The correspondent of the "News-Chronicle" at Irnsbruch says the balloon has been sighted at 9000ft. over the Italian Tyrol at 11 p.m. with signs of life ...

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  28. HONORING PROMINENT MEN

    In accordance with its policy of honoring prominent past citizens of Western Australia the Historical Society has arranged two ceremonies for Sunday, ...

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  29. THEFTS AT BUNBURY

    The premises of Peter Williams, newsagent, and George Cox, photographer, Wellington-street, were broken in to on Tuesday night and £4 cash was stolen ...

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  30. STOP PRESS

    Mr C W A S [?] here at 11.15 a.m. and left for Alorstar at 1 p.m. today. ...

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  31. WATERSIDE REGULATIONS

    By 10 votes to five the Senate today disallowed the fourth regulation prom[?]pated under the Transport [?] Act giving preference on ...

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  32. UNLUCKY NUMBER?

    Professor Piccard's balloon bore the number "CH 113," which many regarded as unlucky. ...

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  33. PERSONAL

    The secretary of the Layreaders' Association of Western Australia (Mr. Reg. Middleton) leaves tomorrow for Bruce Rock, Narembeen and Kalgoorlie. ...

    Article : 110 words
  34. PREVIOUS ATTEMPT

    A message of September 14, 1930, stated: Dangling in a hermeticallyse[?]ed aluminium ball just large enough to contain himself, an assitant and an ...

    Article : 367 words
  35. BOMB ON VERANDAH

    Phillip L[?] greater and [?]house owner, of Wer[?]bee, extinguished just in time a lighted place of candle attached to a fuse connected to a ...

    Article : 44 words
  36. M'LARNIN WINS AGAIN

    Jimmy M'Larnin, the Irish-American welterweight, took a ten-round decision from Billy Petrolle tonight. (M'Larain was the outstanding ...

    Article : 68 words
  37. M. BRIAND RE-CONSIDERS

    Yielding to the pressure of friends M. B[?]and has withdrawn his resignation from the position of Foreign Minister in the French Cabinet. ...

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