When the D.H. Comet piloted by Messrs. Cathcart Jones and Waller crossed the finishing line at the Flemington racecourse yesterday afternoon to gain fourth place in the Melbourne centenary air race, the next competitor was approaching Singapore. This is the smallest plane in the race, the Miles Hawk flown by Squadron-Leader McGregor and Mr. ...
Article : 1,585 wordsLONDON, Oct. 25.—Commenting to-day on the reference by the Governor-General (Sir Isaac Isaacs) in his speech at the opening of the Commonwealth ...
Article : 263 wordsCANBERRA, Oct. 25.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) announced tonight that in consequence of the support accorded the Labour Party in Tasmania ...
Article : 277 wordsCANBERRA, Oct. 25.—An extraordinary weakness in the powers which the Federal Government has taken under the Commerce Act, which hampers it in ...
Article : 357 wordsLONDON, Oct. 24.—The "Daily Telegraph" publishes sections of a Gaumont news film wirelessed from Melbourne, and showing Mr. Scott talking to Miss ...
Article : 167 wordsMELBOURNE, Oct. 25.—Exceptionally heavy rains which have fallen all over Victoria have caused the principal rivers to rise rapidly, and serious flood losses ...
Article : 803 wordsLONDON, Oct. 24.—Celebrating the inauguration of direct shipping facilities between Manchester and Australia, in which enterprise the Ellerman, Shire ...
Article : 418 wordsLONDON, Oct. 25.—The aviation correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" states that the Post Office intends to send all first-class mail to the Dominions by ...
Article : 388 wordsHOBART, Oct. 25.—Feeling in Tasmania over the announcement that the Navigation Act amendment may be dropped is rising rapidly. A strong ...
Article : 258 wordsSYDNEY, Oct. 25.—The first Commonwealth prosecution under the amended Bankruptcy Act for failure to keep proper books of account broke ...
Article : 309 wordsMELBOURNE, Oct. 25.—Reaching Melbourne this afternoon, less than five days after leaving Mildenhall (England), Mr. K. Waller and Mr. O. Cathcart Jones ...
Article : 1,017 wordsCALCUTTA, Oct. 25.—Growing Soviet influence in Chinese Turkestan is likely, to precipitate an early clash between Chinese forces and Tungan rebels in the ...
Article : 289 wordsLONDON, Oct. 24.—Japanese and United States delegates were engaged in informal conversations today in connexion with the series of bilateral conversations ...
Article : 205 wordsWASHINGTON, Oct. 24.—President Roosevelt, speaking tonight before the American Bankers' Association, assured bankers that the Government did not ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 264 wordsNEW YORK, Oct. 24.—A sudden and dramatic climax occurred today in the feud between two of the most socially prominent American families, when the ...
Article : 239 wordsThe chart below shows the position of every entrant in the centenary air race, both relatively to his rivals and in total milage covered from London. The thick black line indicates the milage to the point from ...
Article : 260 wordsSYDNEY, Oct. 25.—Torrential storms over the southern and western portions of New South Wales, following on days of persistent rain, have caused extensive ...
Article : 329 wordsLONDON, Oct. 25.—The "Daily Herald" states:—"Following the visit to Japan of the British Federation of Industries mission to Manchukuo, ...
Article : 100 wordsMADRID, Oct. 25.—It is revealed that 2,500 persons were killed in fighting between insurgents and troops in the Province of Asturias, the scene of one of the ...
Article : 129 wordsROME, Oct. 24.—Two high-speed air squadrons are in special training with a view to undertaking a strathosphere flight to Buenos Aires in the spring of ...
Article : 117 wordsMEXICO CITY, Oct. 24.—General Calles, a former President, talking to Senators and members of the Chamber of Deputies who visited his home tonight, ...
Article : 144 wordsLONDON, Oct. 24.—Bradman, the Australian cricketer, who is recovering from appendicitis, had his first outing after the operation today. He ...
Article : 97 wordsNEW YORK, Oct. 24.—The chief medical officer of Rear-Admiral Byrd's antarctic expedition, Dr. Potaka, in a broadcast from Little America tonight. ...
Article : 87 wordsMELBOURNE, Oct. 25.—Flood reports are also being received from the country districts, particularly from the Murray valley in the region of Albury. ...
Article : 146 wordsLONDON, Oct. 24.—Lady Hore-Ruth ven launched the Manoora, the Adelaide S.S. Co.'s new twin-screw motorship, at Glasgow today. Sir Alexander ...
Article : 103 wordsWASHINGTON, Oct. 24.—An inflow of £181,000,000 sterling of gold and £6,000,000 sterling of paper currency during the first six months of 1934, when ...
Article : 73 wordsLondon, Oct. 25.—The "Yorkshire Observer" states that there is a pleasant coincidence in the almost simultaneous release of Bradman and Bowes (the ...
Article : 98 wordsLISBON, Oct. 25.—Senhors Humberto Del Cruz and Carlos Bleck, the Portuguese who left England on October 10 to fly to Timor in a Leopard Moth, took off ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Fri 26 Oct 1934, Page 23
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