Articles from page 13: Previous page Next page

  1. Please wait. Loading browse data... loading
  2. At HONOLULU.

    Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and Mr. P. G. Taylor (navigator) arrived at Wheeler Field this morning at 8.40, having covered the 3150 miles from Suva in 25 hours, compared with 34 hours 50 minutes taken on the flight from Honolulu to Suva in the Southern Cross six years ago. ...

    Article : 153 words
  3. CRICKETERS

    The victorious Australian cricketers arrived at Fremantle this morning by the Orontes, and were cheered by a small crowd when they disembarked, after receiving a welcome by ...

    Article : 899 words
  4. WORK AND RURAL RELIEF.

    As soon as State schemes for rural relief have been submitted to the Commonwealth, and it has been decided how far financial responsibility can be accepted for them, agreements will be entered into between the Commonwealth and the States separately to give effect to the plans. ...

    Article : 353 words
  5. THE DUKE.

    The Duke of Gloucester's three days' country exile ended to-day. His Royal Highness enjoyed every moment of the respite at Ercildoune, the station home of Mr. and Mrs. ...

    Article : 556 words
  6. AIR RACE.

    Mr. C. J. Melrose, who left Newcastle Waters at 12.36 a.m. and Cloncurry at 9.27 o'clock yesterday morning, arrived at Charleville at 2.32 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and was welcomed ...

    Article : 496 words
  7. AERIAL MAIL.

    The achievements of the aviators in the centenary air race has caused an immediate reconsideration of the aerial mail services between London and Australia. ...

    Article : 1,420 words
  8. TUMULTUOUS WELCOME.

    Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and Mr. Taylor sighted the south tip of Hawali at 6.30 a.m. to-day, but they were not certain of their posi[?]on until over Moloka[?], 30 miles from ...

    Article : 711 words
  9. RURAL DEBT PLANS.

    One of the most important phases of the wort of the Loan Council was the discussion of plans for rural debt relief initiated by the Minister for External Affairs (Sir George ...

    Article : 2,790 words
  10. SARAZEN'S GESTURE.

    Gene Saracen caused great enthusiasm at the New South Wales Golf Club at La Perouse yesterday when he informed members that he would like to give £50 to a fund to send ...

    Article : 226 words
  11. MR. ULM'S PLANS.

    Mr. C. T. P. Ulm will shortly make tests at Portsmouth of a twin-engined Airspeed Envoy monoplane. He intends to ship it to Canada in a few weeks, and then to fly to ...

    Article : 49 words
  12. STODARTS IN MELBOURNE.

    Squadron-Leader D. E. Stodart and Sergeant K. G. Stodart, in their Airspeed Courier, filled sixth place in the air race, passing the finishing line at Flemington at 10.55 to-day. Helped ...

    Article : 238 words
  13. AVIATION.

    The expansion of the Royal Air Foice has resulted in the re-engagement of 300 reser[?]ts. In the meantime, increased numbers are being trained at the aircraft apprentices' ...

    Article : 203 words
  14. TREASURE HUNTERS.

    The correspondent of the New York "Times" at San Jose (Costa Rica) says: "The Cocos Island treasure hunters, comprising 18 Britons, were found guilty to-day on charges ...

    Article : 145 words
  15. BIG-GAME HUNTING.

    After a successful and exciting three months' tour of Eastern Transvaal and Northern Rhodesia, big-game hunting, Mr. N. M. Kater, of Co[?]m[?]ee, Moree (a son of Sir Norman Kater, ...

    Article : 396 words
  16. NAVAL ARMAMENTS.

    The first official naval talks between representatives of the British and United States Governments began at No. 10 Downing-street this afternoon. ...

    Article : 239 words
  17. DANISH AIRMEN AT CLONCURRY.

    Lieutenant Michael Hansen and Mr. D. Jensen, the Danish airmen, left Darwin at 6 o'clock this morning in their Desoutter monoplane and arrived at Cloncurry at 7.23 p.m. ...

    Article : 205 words
  18. FLOODED RIVERS.

    The Murrumbidgee River at Narrandera rose steadily throughout yesterday, but the rise was very slow, and the peak of the flood is not expected to reach there until to-morrow ...

    Article : 346 words
  19. A WOLF GIRL.

    An amazing patallel to Kipling's wolf child [?]owgli, has been revealed by the death of a girl at an orphonage in Bareilly (United Pro[?]s). Two years ago peasants in the ...

    Article : 345 words
  20. OTHER AIRMEN.

    Messrs. Wright and Polando, who withdrew from the race after reaching Calcutta, have now abandoned their flight to Australia, owing to a cracked cylinder. They will sail for ...

    Article : 155 words
  21. MEAT TRADE.

    The Australian High Commissioner (Mr. S. M. Bruce) and dominions representatives will meet the Secretary for the Dominions (Mr. J. H. Thomas), the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. ...

    Article : 136 words
  22. RACE TO COOTAMUNDRA.

    It was announced at the municipal council meeting last night that Messrs. F. S. Falkiner and Sons, of Boonooke, had given £150 towards a cash prize for the speed section in ...

    Article : 77 words
  23. ALBURY MURDER.

    Detectives working on clues discovered locally are endeavouring to establish that the victim of the Albury murder was a young Scotch woman, who, until she married a young ...

    Article : 248 words
  24. NO DINNER SUIT.

    A difficulty of an unusual kind prevented the Premier of Tasmania (Mr. Ogilvie) from attending a dinner given by the Governor-General to the members of the Loan Council ...

    Article : 159 words
  25. INDIAN CONGRESS.

    The conference of the Indian National Con[?]ss, which has concluded at Bombay, was a personal triumph for Mr. Gandhi, whose proposals to change the party constitution were ...

    Article : 155 words
  26. COLLIER

    The Miners' Federation has declared black the steamer by which coal from Aberfield Colliery, Swansea, is taken to Sydney. The colliery itself was declared black some time ...

    Article : 122 words
  27. COMET'S FLIGHT.

    Flight-Lieutenant Cathcart Jones and Mr. K. Waller, who are making a fast return trip to England in the De Havilland Comet which they used in the air race, took off for Karachi ...

    Article : 83 words
  28. NEW AIR SERVICE

    The Union Steam Ship company, Ltd., is one of the principal shareholders in Cook Strait Airways, Ltd., a new company which will operate air services from Wellington across ...

    Article : 70 words
×

Buy

Download

Please choose from the following download options:

Share

Share this item on:

Print

Print page as...

The National Library of Australia's Copies Direct service lets you purchase higher quality, larger sized photocopies or electronic copies of newspapers pages.

Scope
Format of download
as... PDF PDF

You need to login before you can save preferences.

$