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  2. DARING ATTEMPT ON BANK

    BRISBANE, Monday.--One of the most sensational happenings in the history of the North Coast occurred at Eumondi about 80 miles north of Brisbane, at 2 ...

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  3. IN THE AIR AGAIN

    DARWIN, Monday.--Wing Commander Kingsford Smith left here at 6.30 a.m. today in continuation of his flight to Sydney. Half an hour later Captain F. R. ...

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  4. FURTHER TAXATION.

    CANBERRA, Monday.--Measures involving higher rates of taxation on incomes derived by personal exertion and form properties, increased customs and ...

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  5. WATER SUPPLY.

    Nothing so aptly expresses the ambition of the Metropolitan Board as its recent bid for supreme authority in bridge building in the metropolis. But there is ...

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  6. ABOUT PEOPLE.

    Lord und Lady Somers, attended by Captain R.T.A. McDonald, O.B.E., and accompanied by Mrs. McDonald, were present yesterday at the Empire luncheon ...

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  7. THE BASIC WAGE

    Preliminaries connected with the hearing of the application of The Railway Commissioners in Victoria. New South Wales, South Australia and Tasmania for a ...

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  8. CHURCH DISCIPLINE.

    In an award given recently the Consistory Court of Durham ordered the removal from Pelton Church, Chester-le-Street, of certain ornaments, against which 600 ...

    Article : 364 words
  9. GIGANTIC FLYING BOAT.

    The huge Dornier DO.X flying boat which has carried 160 passengers, is to be flown to America. She will leave on 3rd November and fly via Calshot, Havre and ...

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  10. LORD SOMERS'S PRAISE.

    Speaking at the luncheon of the Victoria League yesterday, Lord Somers said that at the present time one name in Australia stood out above the rest-Kingsford ...

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  11. CAPTAIN MATTHEWS.

    The Shell Company received advice from its Darwin agents that Captain Matthews, flying his Puss Moth machine, left Darwin yesterday at 6.45. a.m. for ...

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  12. THE WELCOME AT CLONCURRY.

    BRISBANE, Monday.--"Don't knock her about, boys, she has many a mile to carry me yet," was Kingsford Smith's greeting at Cloncurry, when he landed at ...

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  13. RAILWAYS AND THE TREASURY.

    In addition to the proposal in the State [?] for a reduction in the amount to [?] recouped to the Railway Commissioners from the Treasury in regard to the ...

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  14. Free Passage Offered to Hill.

    SYDNEY, Monday.--Flight-Lieutenant Hill has been offered a free steamer passage to Sydney or Brisbane from Atamboca by Burns, Philip and Co. ...

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  15. KINGSFORD SMITH TO BROADCAST.

    Wing Commander Kingsford Smith will all being well, broadcast from the Queensland station 4QG at 9.30 this evening. His speech will be relayed to station 3LO, and ...

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  16. ROYAL CONGRATULATION

    A telegram has been despatched from Sandringham to Lord Somers, requesting him, as acting Government-General, to convey the King's congratulations to ...

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  17. BOMBAY GAOLS FULL.

    The Bombay Government is faced with the problem of accommodating 5000 odd prisoners sentenced for civil disobedience in the last few months. At present 200 ...

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  18. MATTHEWS AT BRUNETTE DOWNS.

    BRISBANE, Monday.--Captain F. R. Matthews headed south from Darwin today, accompanied by the Golden Shell plane. The two machines passed over ...

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  19. Kingsford Smith's Chivalry

    The newspapers give prominence to Kingsford Smith's latest record, and publish photographs of the airman and his parents and finance, together with views ...

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  20. KINGSFORD SMITH'S TIME TABLE.

    SYDNEY, Monday.--The Vacuum Oil Company has received a telegram from Captain Haig, its aviation representative in Darwin, stating that Wing-Commander ...

    Article : 145 words
  21. BODY FOUND IN YARRA.

    About 9.39 a.m. yesterday the police at Collingwood were notified by residents in the vicinity of the Yarra at Studley Park that the body of a man was floating in the ...

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  22. A TESTING TIME.

    Members of the Victoria League Club [?] Lord Somers in what he described [?] informal and conversational" speech [?] yesterday's club luncheon, when both ...

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  23. CANADA'S HARVEST.

    A conference of the agriculturists of Western Canada is to be held to discuss measures to alleviate the situation caused by the snow storms in the prairie ...

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  24. OFFICIAL RECOGNITION.

    The Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Fenton) yesterday sent a telegram to Wing-Commander Kingsford Smith on behalf of the Federal Government congratulating ...

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  25. THE AIR MAIL TO LONDON

    According to the "Morning Post" there is much dissatisfaction in London with the air mail, service from Australia via Karachi. ...

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  26. SYDNEY GRAMMAR SCHOOL

    The seventh annual dinner of the London branch of the Old Sydneians' Union was held at Romano's Hotel last night. Mr. H. N. P. Sloman, who was head ...

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  27. MAN DROWNED IN RIVER.

    SYDNEY, Monday.--Lulling at Wee Was police station a week ago, Arthur Kearns, 68 years, asked for rations. The police sent him to The local hospital, for ...

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  28. WILLS AND ESTATES.

    Jane Mary Reynolds, formerly of "Bendemeer," Bell-street, Cohurg, but late of Trafalgar-road, Camberwell, who died on 14th July last, left by will dated 10th March, 1910, real estate valued ...

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  29. Minister Congratulates Airmen.

    The following telegram was sent to Wing Commander Kingsford Smith by the Minister of Defence:-- "Please accept heartiest congratulations ...

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  30. INJURED BY CRICKET BALL.

    MORNINGTON, Monday.--While playing cricket for the Tyabb team against Mount Eliza, H. Denham was struck on the back by a fast delivery, and ...

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  31. SOVIET ESPIONAGE.

    The Berlin correspondent of the "Morning Post" states that details of a remarkable Soviet system of espionage in the Balkans and Central Europe, with head ...

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  32. SAFEBREAKERS IN BAKERY.

    SYDNEY, Monday.--Expert cracksmen are believed to have been responsible for a burglary in the bakery of J. Crossby, of Goulburn, in the early hours of this ...

    Article : 70 words
  33. Shunter Killed.

    While engaged in shunting operations in the West Melbourne railway goods yards at 11.55 p.m. on 13th inst. Hugh Henry Dowling, of Bishop-street, Box Hill, 41 ...

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  34. Sympathy for Hill.

    Hill's performance was a splendid one, considering the limited speed of his machine," said the Minister of Defence (Mr. Green) yesterday. His night flying ...

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  35. HAPPY FRANCE.

    PARIS, 19th October. In the course of a speech at a banquet [?] Prime Minister, M. Tardieu, em[?]d that in the midst of the world ...

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  36. THE LATE MR. FORREST, M.L.A.

    Mr. Forrest, M.L.A., who was a lieutenant-colonel on the unattached list, will be accorded a military funeral at Brighton cemetery to-day. The cortege will ...

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  37. PRODIGIOUS MUSHROOMS.

    Some giant fungi of the mushroom family were secured by a motoring party on Sunday at Shady Lane in forest country six miles from Warrnambool. The ...

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  38. KNIGHTHOOD PROPOSAL.

    SYDNEY, Monday.--The Minister of Health (Mr. Anstey) enjoyed a few jokes to-day regarding the proposed knighthood for Wing-Commander Kingsford Smith. ...

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  39. Girl Drowned in Reservoir Channel.

    In the City Morgue yesterday an inquest was held into the death of Alice Beatrice Chateris, six years, of Dumbarton-street, Reservoir, who was found drowned in the ...

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  40. ENDURANCE RECORD.

    The swimming endurance record put up at Malta recently by Arthur Rizzo, who swam in the open sea for 68 hours' 11 minutes, has been beaten by Mahomed ...

    Article : 52 words
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  42. The King's Message.

    CANBERRA, Monday.--The Acting Governor-General, Lord Somers, has received the following message from the King:-- "Please convey to Kingsford Smith my ...

    Article : 67 words
  43. GENERAL CABLES.

    The rebels in Brazil claim that they are captured Victoria, the capital of the [?] of Espirito Santo, thus cutting off [?] important loyal State of Bahia from ...

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  44. St. Kilda Council's Sympathy.

    At last night's meeting of St. Kilda council, on the motion of the mayor (Cr. Jacka) a motion of sympathy with the relatives of the late Mr. Forest. M.L.A., ...

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  45. HAWTHORN A.N.A. SPELLING BEE.

    Believing that spoiling is a weak point with many Australian children, Hawthorn A.N.A. has decided to conduct a spelling bac, which will be open to all State ...

    Article : 58 words
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