From the Werribee racecourse last night two searchlights, each of 210,000,000 candle-power, shot their beams into the blackness of the night and "spotted" the "enemy's" raiding Avro-Anson bombers six miles distant. ...
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Article : 186 wordsCASTLEMAINE, Tuesday.--Noel Scott, 20 years, of Albert Park, who was one of the three men injured at Harcourt on Saturday when a motor car overturned, ...
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Article : 211 wordsBobble Locke, with an aggregate score of 279, which is a course record, won Smith African open golf championship He completed the round in 69, ...
Article : 35 wordsFERN TREE GULLY, Tuesday.--A single-seater motor car overturning twice on the road opposite a corner of National Park at 7.30 p.m. to-day, both the driver. ...
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Advertising : 168 wordsIn last night's performance of the Covent Garden Russian Ballet David Lichine distinguished himself in the key role of his own ballet The Prodigal ...
Article : 200 wordsPat Meehan, a . 17-st. Canadian, will appear for the first time in Australia on Saturday night at the West Melbourne stadium against Reuben Wright, Texas. ...
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Article : 20 wordsWill Mahoney, famous stage and screen comedian, together with many excellent variety acts from overseas, are proving a popular attraction in The Laugh Round-Up at the ...
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Article : 61 wordsAs Ron Richards has refused repeatedly to meet Fred Honneberry for a match for the Australian middle-weight championship, due principally to his inability to mako tho weight, ...
Article : 110 wordsLina Basquette, Henry Mollison, Frank Harvey, and many other notable, players are soon in Black Limelight, the novel mystery play now being staged at the Comedy Theatre. ...
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Article : 65 wordsEntries for the Victorian amateur Junior boxing and wrestling championships to be held on May 2 will close, with the secretary, Mr. E. S. Tanner, at tho Amateur Sports ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Wed 12 Apr 1939, Page 12
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