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  2. Underworld War

    A desperate fight with revolvers, close to where hundreds of people were passing through the city underground railway station, ...

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  3. BURSTING OF DAM

    The first official announcement of the cause of the collapse of the San Francis Quito dam, near Los Angeles, which burst in the early hours of ...

    Article : 414 words
  4. Walsh Island

    Walsh Island dockyard will close down on Friday and the Government will then consider the disposal of works, according to an official ...

    Article : 173 words
  5. NATIONAL WELCOME TO HINKLER

    Despite a rainstorm during the last few minutes of his flying, Mr. Bert Hinkler yesterday made a perfect landing at Canberra. As reported in yesterday's 5 o'clock edition of "The Telegraph," he was welcomed on the steps of ...

    Article : 139 words
  6. American Navy

    The House of Representatives to-day began discussion on the Naval Bill. Mr. Andrews described the measure as a programme for the minimum ...

    Article : 220 words
  7. LONG OVERDUE

    Captain Hinchcliffe and the Hon. Elsie Mackay (daughter of Lord Inchcape) were not sighted late on Wednesday afternoon in ...

    Article : 350 words
  8. Shorter Week

    "During the hearing of the plaint of the Australian Institute of Marine and Rower Engineers in the Federal Arbitration Court, Chief Judge Dethridge ...

    Article : 258 words
  9. Cables and Wireless

    It is stated in well-informed quarters that a merger of the Marconi Co. and the Eastern Telegraph Co. is imminent. ...

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  10. Airman's Response

    Replying to the great welcome, and remarks of the Prime Minister, Mr. Hinkler assured the great gathering that he had not yet become ...

    Article : 319 words
  11. American Girl

    Miss Miller, the American girl who is to marry the ex-Maharaja of Indore, was converted to Hinduism at Nasik, on the banks of the Godaverl River, in ...

    Article : 80 words
  12. PERSONAL

    The death occurred yesterday at Southport of Mr. Thomas Percival Napper at the age of 43 years. Mr. Napper became ill on Sunday, but, ...

    Article : 169 words
  13. Commonwealth Line

    The aditional cost of running seven steamers of the Australian Commonwealth Line now in commission under Australian articles, compared with a ...

    Article : 131 words
  14. The Montoro

    The dispute which prevented the steamer Montoro from sailing from Sydney for Rabaul, via Brisbane, on Tuesday, has been settled. The Marine ...

    Article : 111 words
  15. LATE MR. J. W. PALMER

    The funeral cortege of the late Mr. J. W. Palmer moved from his late residence, Chatsworth Road, Greenslopes, to the South Brisbane ...

    Article : 382 words
  16. Bristol Fighter Crashes

    Sucked in the wake of a huge bombing aeroplane, with which it collided and became disabled, a Bristol fighting plane crashed 700 feet at the Monston ...

    Article : 133 words
  17. THE ST. FRANCIS DAM.

    The Queensland Irrigation Commissioner (Mr. F. A. Partridge) states that the wrecked dam way built in the San Francis Quito Canyon in 1926 ...

    Article : 308 words
  18. Taxation Officers

    After consultation with the Prime Minister, the Federal Treasurer, Dr. Earle Page, decided to call for a report from the Commissioner for ...

    Article : 160 words
  19. A Service Welcome

    Rousing cheers greeted the airman when he arrived at the Capitol Theatre to be entertained by the R.S.S.I.L.A. He was accompanied by Mr. Bruce, and ...

    Article : 138 words
  20. Sent to Gaol

    Mrs. Catherine Stickey, wife of a bookmaker, was sentenced to a month's imprisonment yesterday for the manslaughter of a motor cyclist, who was ...

    Article : 86 words
  21. Airship Service

    Referring to the British air service estimates, dealt with in the House of Commons on Monday, when the Secretary of State for Air (Sir Samuel ...

    Article : 215 words
  22. A Gift Aeroplane

    It was announced yesterday that Mr. J. J. Rouse (of Kodaks Ltd.) would present an Avro Avian aeroplane, of the same type as Mr. Bert Hinkler's. ...

    Article : 342 words
  23. CITY ELECTRICITY

    Sir,—It is not my desire to enter into a controversy with the Mayor with reference to his statement as reported in this morning's Press as follows:— ...

    Article : 466 words
  24. The Nation's Guest

    A great tribute by the Prime Minister to the airmail was a feature of the speeches at a dinner given by the Commonwealth Government last night ...

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  25. Post Office Theft

    A canvas bag containing £1,400 in notes disapepared from Wellington Post Office. Suspicion rested on an 18-year-old cadet, Charley William ...

    Article : 60 words
  26. Premature Explosion

    George Wenzel (60), of Greenhill Road, was killed when a charge of dynamite exploded, prematurely, at Dunstan's quarries, Burnside, ...

    Article : 66 words
  27. Sydney Storm

    Frequent and vivid flushes of lightning, a fall of rain yielding 52 points in 45 minutes, and a burst of wind lasting for about 20 minutes, and ...

    Article : 116 words
  28. RETIRING POLICE OFFICER

    A wallet containing £40 in notes was handed yesterday afternoon to Ex-Acting Sergeant H. Costello, who has served in the Queensland Police ...

    Article : 377 words
  29. HUNG FROM WINDOW

    When he heard that the police had located him on the top floor of a billiard saloon, a young man hung by his fingers outside a window sill ...

    Article : 70 words
  30. Tragic Collisions

    In a collision between an electric tram car and a motor cycle and side car in Hawthorn Road last night John Gynn, of Albert Road. South ...

    Article : 86 words
  31. TROOPS LANDED

    The sloop, H.M.S. Lupin, has arrived at Koweit and landed 500 marines. Koweit is an Arab State, a protectorate of ...

    Article : 109 words
  32. Full Court

    Further argument was heard in the Full Court yesterday afternoon in the special case arising out of an appeal by the Union Trustee Company of ...

    Article : 256 words
  33. SENSATIONAL ARRESTS

    Sensational arrests were made last night, when Dr. William S. Bottomly, 47, medical practitioner, Collins Street, was taken into custody with Alice ...

    Article : 72 words
  34. ANOTHER FATAL COLLISION

    As a result of a collision between a motor car and a horse and dray on a road about five miles from Hamilton, into yesterday afternoon, Alexander ...

    Article : 49 words
  35. BOXING IN BRITAIN

    In a boxing contest for the middleweight championship of Europe at Edinburgh, Tommy Milligan, the holder, was disqualified in the ninth ...

    Article : 42 words
  36. HINKLER CITIZENS' FUND

    The honorary treasurer of the Lieutenant Hinkler (Citizens') Fund (Mr. N. F. Hetherington) acknowledges contributions totalling £804 10s. ...

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  37. CHILD DIES FROM BURNS

    Lorraine Parsons, a child, was terribly burned when her clothes caught fire at her home in King Street, Newtown, yesterday. She died later in ...

    Article : 34 words
  38. CENTENNIAL PARK

    A Bill has been prepared by the State Government to lend the site of the Centennial Park to the Commonwealth Government for the Exhibition ...

    Article : 61 words
  39. CABLES AND WIRELESS

    The London Chamber of Commerce has carried a resolution, stating that public interest requires both cable and wireless services, and that healthy ...

    Article : 82 words
  40. KILLED BY FALLING LIFT

    William Hodgkinson (42), a labourer, was killed when he was struck by a falling lift at a building which was under construction for the Bank of ...

    Article : 39 words
  41. GREYHOUND RACING

    The big carnival of greyhound races and goat racing at the Brisbane Cricket Ground on Saturday night is creating much interest. In both sections ...

    Article : 151 words
  42. PENNY WISE

    Heads of the Defence Department are making a determined effort to reduce expenditure and so bring it within the estimate. The latest action in ...

    Article : 75 words
  43. RISING IN MEXICO

    Thirty-one insurgents and 12 Federal soldiers were killed in two combats in the State of Jalisco. ...

    Article : 30 words
  44. MOTOR-CAR FIRE.

    A motor-car, owned by Mrs. Mary Pierce, of Wellington Street, Coorparoo, was damaged by fire at Coorparoo last night. The fire brigade was ...

    Article : 43 words
  45. TASMANIAN APPLES

    The s.s, Medic left yesterday for Liverpool and Southampton with nearly 41,000 cases of apples. She is the tenth fruit steamer to leave this ...

    Article : 47 words
  46. BARGES FOR SAMOA.

    The motor ship Maul Pomare, is expected to sail in a few days, now is loading barges at Southampton for shore work at Samoa. ...

    Article : 36 words
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