SYDNEY, Wednesday.--Three fierce electrical storms to-day resulted in the death of a youth, while two men and a woman were rendered unconscious. After a hot morning the sky at Forbes became dark and rain commenced to fall. Noel ...
Article : 599 wordsThe Gipsy Moth, piloted by Paul Flack, lying upside down on the Essendon aerodrome yesterday afternoon after the accident. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 25 wordsThe Rome correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" states that further evidence of inspired cordiality towards Britain is expressed in the "Avvenire d'Italia." ...
Article : 467 wordsOnly the strength of his safety belt saved a young pilot from being decapitated, when a Gipsy Moth plane crashed, skidded along the ground and overturned on the edge of the Moonee Ponds Creek, about half a mile from Essendon ...
Article : 279 wordsA warning against the serious extent of subversive movements in the United States and a' request for an additional appropriation-to-continue the inquiry are ...
Article : 182 wordsThe capture of Artesa is one of the most important victories in the Franco offensive, as it was the key point of the Republican left wing defences. Simultaneously the anti-Government forces are pressing towards Tarragona, 24 miles ...
Article : 327 wordsMILDURA. Wednesday.--Jeannette Evelyn Hobbs, 2 years, the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Hobbs, 11th street, Mildura, was drowned in two ...
Article : 120 wordsHOBART, Wednesday.--The story of the thrilling rescue from the centre of the Casteaux channel of a yachtsman and two young children, after they had ...
Article : 470 wordsWARRNAMBOOL, Wednesday.-- During a severe thunderstorm on Tuesday night, lightning struck a tree at Narringal, and four bullocks, valued at £50, ...
Article : 41 wordsBRIGHT, Wednesday.--When the driver attempted to pass a burning tree about three miles from Tawonga at about 6.30 p.m. yesterday, a motor truck skidded, ...
Article : 297 wordsLight-hearted members gave no indication of the heavy responsibility to be borne this session when an unusually important Congress assembled. ...
Article : 167 wordsCOBDEN, Wednesday.--During a severe thunder storm the electricity failed. The storm yielded 13 points of rain. ...
Article : 20 wordsA plan, estimated to cost £1,000,000, for the construction of a "Youth City" in London, preferably on the old Crystal Palace site, as a central meeting place ...
Article : 383 wordsReporting from Rome, the correspondent of the "Daily Mail" says that in order to lay down guiding principles for his successor, the Pope is retiring to his ...
Article : 164 wordsThe Japanese Prime Minister (Prince Konoye) has tendered the Government's resignation. The Cabinet's resignation was due to ...
Article : 165 wordsIn a special report the U.S.A. Navy Department recommends strengthening the defences by establishing new air bases and strengthening existing naval ...
Article : 191 wordsIt is stated that the film performers Betty Grabic and Jackie Coogan have separated pending the outcome of a suit accounting for the estate of Coogan's ...
Article : 125 wordsActing oh instructions from Washington, Mr. W. Phillips, American Ambassador at Rome, called on Signor Mussolini. "The" interview lasted 40 minutes, ...
Article : 168 wordsGEELONG.--Marcel Gray, 18 years, of Geelong West, died late last night from a bullet wound sustained on a shooting expedition. The bullet ...
Article : 64 wordsPERTH, Wednesdays.--Somersaulting when a tyre blew out, a sedan car containing six persons turned completely over, and landed with a crash on its ...
Article : 144 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday.--Three men were injured; one critically, when a stock train crashed into the roar of a stationary stock train at East Fork Junction, near ...
Article : 248 wordsThree hundred central Paris picture theatres are closing to-day for a week as a protest, against the new cinema tax, which ranges from 3.6 per cent, to 15 per ...
Article : 63 wordsNo reply has been received to official protests against the arrest by the Spanish anti-Government forces of Mr. E. Golding, British pro-consul at San ...
Article : 191 wordsProvision of a national reserve of switch gear, transformers and other, electrical equipment under the administration of the Central Electricity Board as a ...
Article : 91 wordsFrederick Harwood, middle aged, of Claremont-place, Albert Park, was crossing the road near the Board of Works depot at Albert Park yesterday morning, ...
Article : 47 wordsWednesday.--In bringing in a verdict to-day of accidental death, the deputy coroner (Mr. C. Dreverman), who conducted an inquiry into a collision in ...
Article : 70 wordsBANNOCKBURN, Wednesday.--When J. O'Connor, of Lethbrldge, was riding a motor cycle yesterday a motor car struck him and knocked ...
Article : 45 wordsThat the former Secretary of Commerce, Mr, Roper, had used a Government-owned-vessel for parties, and had billed the State with the cost of flowers ...
Article : 158 wordsThe spirit of the Public School camp at Cowes, where these boys are spending a part of their holiday, is reflected in this energetic picture taken in the water yesterday. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 38 wordsWith its performance figures still a secret, the Handley Page Hampden, the latest bomber to go into the Royal Air Force, in flight during a test flight. It is regarded as the most efficient machine of its class in the world. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 50 wordsEDMONTON (Alberta), January 4. The Alberta Social Credit Government has defaulted in respect of 1,006,000 dots. (£A250,000) worth ol ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Thu 5 Jan 1939, Page 9
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