Sir Samuel Hoare Minister of Air, speaking at Oxford University last night, said it was hoped that the two new air ships would be completed some time next. ...
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Article : 730 wordsA feature of the foreign exchange market is the steady upward course of the pound sterling. Measured in the terms of the United States dollar to-day's price, ...
Article : 772 wordsMiss Gleitze, who intends to try to swim the Strait of Gibraltar, and Miss Hudson, who intends to make a race of it in spite of Miss Gleitze's refusal, left ...
Article : 278 wordsBandits attacked the British steamer Siangtan while she was anchored in the Yangtsze Gorge owing to engine trouble. Using sampans, 100 pirates surrounded ...
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Article : 37 wordsSpeaking on behalf of the members of the Victorian Chamber of Manufactures on Saturday, the president (Mr. James MacDougall) said:-- ...
Article : 184 wordsAltogether ten overseas vessels and four inter-State vessels arrived at Sydney over the week end to swell the growing list of idle tonnage. They were the ...
Article : 1,097 wordsCaptain Kingsford Smith, accompanied by Lieutenant Ponds, an American naval airman, took off at 8.55 a.m. to-day in the Spirit of California (formerly the Southern ...
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Article : 109 wordsThe hearing was concluded in Glamorgan Assizes to-day of a case in which four racecourse frequenters were charged with having murdered David Lewis, a ...
Article : 122 wordsThere was a good attendance of country branch representatives at the meeting of the council of the Pastoralists' Association of Victoria. Mr. G. D. Kelly (president) ...
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Article : 90 wordsA seven-reel film depicting the recent world tour of the Duke and Duchess of York was shown for the first time at Hitchin on behalf of Earl Haig's fund. ...
Article : 192 wordsMr. Lloyd George has issued an official statement replying to criticisms of the origin and disposal of the "Lloyd George Fund." He declares that it was ...
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Article : 149 wordsA diversion from the comparatively dull period in South African politics has been created by a full-blooded Republican speech delivered by Mr. de Waal ...
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Article : 202 wordsDue to an unsatisfactory monsoon and famine conditions a grave epidemic of cholera is raging in Bengal. The reported cases for the province ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Mon 5 Dec 1927, Page 12
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