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  2. MAIL ROBBERY

    Five bags of registered letters were stolen from the mail van while the train which left Bunbury at 11.25 last night for Perth was halted outside the shunting loop at ...

    Article : 144 words
  3. THE LOINA.

    The wreckage of the air liner Loina, which crashed into the sea near Flinders Island on Wednesday, was sighted to-day from the air. The machine is lying about two miles off the ...

    Article : 443 words
  4. EUROPEAN REACTION.

    Italian admissions of bombing help to clear the path for speedy decisions by the League Council. It is now realised that the Committee of Thirteen's report, which it was instructed to draw up under Article 15, will be of little practical value. It is ...

    Article : 227 words
  5. FARM TRAGEDY.

    Arthur Nelson Durrant, 22 farm hand, appealed in custody to-day at Mt. Barker Police Court, where an inquest was conducted regarding three deaths at a Bugle Ranges farm. ...

    Article : 770 words
  6. ITALIANS PRESSING ON.

    An unconfirmed report received in London by "The Times" early this morning says that Adowa has been captured by the Italians. The commander of the Abyssinian forces at Adowa has sent ...

    Article : 321 words
  7. Armoured Cars.

    to Italy's unheralded offensive; and secondly, at the end of the Emperor's proclamation, when it was sounded three times." The boom of the war drum caused excited ...

    Article : 748 words
  8. THE SEAGULL V

    H.M.A.S. Australia took on board this week the first of a batch of 24 Supermarine Seagul[?] V biplane amphibians, which have been ordered for the equipment of the Royal ...

    Article : 423 words
  9. AIR TRANSPORT.

    Yesterday a new air transport company was registered at Sydney, with a proposed capital of £1,000,000, for the purpose of absorbing Ne England Airways and of instituting aerial ...

    Article : 103 words
  10. CONSERVATIVE PARTY'S DEMAND.

    In the course of a discussion at the Conservative Conference on a resolution declaring that the Government must, at all costs provide that the naval, military, and air ...

    Article : 716 words
  11. SYDNEY-HOBART SERVICE.

    The Deputy Postmaster-General advises that mails will close for the first trip of the new Sydney-Hobart air mail service at the General Post Office at 7 a.m. next Monday. ...

    Article : 151 words
  12. AIR LINERS.

    Important changes in the power equipment of airliners operating on the Empire routes are foreshadowed by the success of first trials in regular service of the new sleeve-valved ...

    Article : 306 words
  13. ITALIANS MARCH ON ADOWA.

    An official communique issued in Rome states "Italian divisions of the regular army, Black Shirts, and native troops crossed the River Mareb, and advanced 12 miles into ...

    Article : 1,034 words
  14. OXFORD GROUP.

    Mr. Ivan Menzies, chief comedian of the Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company, which arrived yesterday, spoke of the rapid growth and increasing power of the Oxford Group ...

    Article : 330 words
  15. PETROL EXPLOSION.

    A motor car, petrol pump, and garage caught alight and a mechanic was burned last night when petrol exploded while the car was being filled at Parramatta. ...

    Article : 207 words
  16. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The price of gold to-day was £7/1/11 an ounce fine, compared with £7/l/10½ yesterday. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. ...

    Article : 306 words
  17. LEAGUE COUNCIL MEETING TO-DAY.

    The League has received telegrams from Italy and Abyssinia. The latter notes the admission of Italian responsibility for the invasion of Agame, the bombardment of two ...

    Article : 713 words
  18. "1917 LOYALIST"

    In the Supreme Court yesterday, the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Jordan, directed a verdict for a defendant newspaper in an action for libel after holding that it was not ...

    Article : 321 words
  19. CLERK DISMISSED

    At a meeting of the Central Illawarra Shire Council last night, the report of the Commissioner (Mr. D W. Reed) who conducted an inquiry into the suspension of the shire clerk ...

    Article : 479 words
  20. TOBACCO PRICES.

    The secretary of the Retail Tobacco Traders Association (Captain Carden) announced yesterday that the price of tobacco manufactured solely from Australian-grown leaf would ...

    Article : 71 words
  21. Advertising

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    Advertising : 78 words
  22. LOTTERY PRIZES.

    The principal prizes in the 295th State lottery were drawn yesterday. First prize was won by the "Slatipsoh" syndicate, Mr. Chas. J. Williams, Post-office, Kingsvale; second by the ...

    Article : 95 words
  23. EMPEROR'S IMPASSIONED SPEECH.

    (Published in "The Times.") The Addis Ababa correspondent of "The Times" says: "Immediately the news of the bombardment of Adowa and Adigrat was ...

    Article : 537 words
  24. FRENCH PRESS ATTACKS BRITAIN.

    The Nationalist newspapers in Paris are almost in a panic, attacking Britain and frantically appealing to M. Laval to refuse to adopt sanctions against Italy. "Liberte" ...

    Article : 1,080 words
  25. BUSHFIRE

    A bushfire is raging in the hills surrounding Pearl Beach, and about 30 cottages are being watched by the fire brigades. At one stage when the fire was blazing fiercely a number ...

    Article : 150 words
  26. DETECTIVE ROBBED.

    Thieves who broke into a house in South Kensington on Thursday night apparently caused all the disorder they could when they discovered that their victim was ...

    Article : 111 words
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