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  2. AFTER THE SPEED RACE

    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. ...

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  3. AUSTRALIAN PROTECTION.

    LONDON, Oct. 25.—Commenting to-day on the reference by the Governor-General (Sir Isaac Isaacs) in his speech at the opening of the Commonwealth ...

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  4. NAVIGATION ACT.

    CANBERRA, Oct. 25.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) announced tonight that in consequence of the support accorded the Labour Party in Tasmania ...

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  5. CONTROL OF EXPORTS.

    CANBERRA, Oct. 25.—An extraordinary weakness in the powers which the Federal Government has taken under the Commerce Act, which hampers it in ...

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  6. AIR RACE FILM.

    LONDON, Oct. 24.—The "Daily Telegraph" publishes sections of a Gaumont news film wirelessed from Melbourne, and showing Mr. Scott talking to Miss ...

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  7. FLOOD DAMAGE

    MELBOURNE, Oct. 25.—Exceptionally heavy rains which have fallen all over Victoria have caused the principal rivers to rise rapidly, and serious flood losses ...

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  8. TRADE WITH BRITAIN.

    LONDON, Oct. 24.—Celebrating the inauguration of direct shipping facilities between Manchester and Australia, in which enterprise the Ellerman, Shire ...

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  9. EMPIRE MAILS BY AIR.

    LONDON, 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 ...

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  10. FEELING IN TASMANIA.

    HOBART, Oct. 25.—Feeling in Tasmania over the announcement that the Navigation Act amendment may be dropped is rising rapidly. A strong ...

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  11. "APPALLING VAGUENESS."

    SYDNEY, Oct. 25.—The first Commonwealth prosecution under the amended Bankruptcy Act for failure to keep proper books of account broke ...

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  12. FOURTH IN SPEED RACE.

    MELBOURNE, Oct. 25.—Reaching Melbourne this afternoon, less than five days after leaving Mildenhall (England), Mr. K. Waller and Mr. O. Cathcart Jones ...

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  13. TURKESTAN REBELS.

    CALCUTTA, Oct. 25.—Growing Soviet influence in Chinese Turkestan is likely, to precipitate an early clash between Chinese forces and Tungan rebels in the ...

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  14. NAVAL LIMITATION.

    LONDON, Oct. 24.—Japanese and United States delegates were engaged in informal conversations today in connexion with the series of bilateral conversations ...

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  15. AMERICAN BANKING.

    WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.—President Roosevelt, speaking tonight before the American Bankers' Association, assured bankers that the Government did not ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  16. FEUD IN HIGH SOCIETY.

    NEW YORK, Oct. 24.—A sudden and dramatic climax occurred today in the feud between two of the most socially prominent American families, when the ...

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  17. THE RACE AT A GLANCE.

    The 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 ...

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  18. N.S.W. STORMS.

    SYDNEY, Oct. 25.—Torrential storms over the southern and western portions of New South Wales, following on days of persistent rain, have caused extensive ...

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  19. LOANS TO MANCHUKUO

    LONDON, Oct. 25.—The "Daily Herald" states:—"Following the visit to Japan of the British Federation of Industries mission to Manchukuo, ...

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  20. SPANISH REVOLT.

    MADRID, 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 ...

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  21. ITALY TO SOUTH AMERICA.

    ROME, 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 ...

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  22. CHURCH IN MEXICO.

    MEXICO CITY, Oct. 24.—General Calles, a former President, talking to Senators and members of the Chamber of Deputies who visited his home tonight, ...

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  23. BRADMAN OUT OF BED.

    LONDON, Oct. 24.—Bradman, the Australian cricketer, who is recovering from appendicitis, had his first outing after the operation today. He ...

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  24. GERMS' LONG JOURNEY

    NEW YORK, Oct. 24.—The chief medical officer of Rear-Admiral Byrd's antarctic expedition, Dr. Potaka, in a broadcast from Little America tonight. ...

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  25. THE UPPER MURRAY.

    MELBOURNE, Oct. 25.—Flood reports are also being received from the country districts, particularly from the Murray valley in the region of Albury. ...

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  26. NEW INTERSTATE LINER.

    LONDON, Oct. 24.—Lady Hore-Ruth ven launched the Manoora, the Adelaide S.S. Co.'s new twin-screw motorship, at Glasgow today. Sir Alexander ...

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  27. FAVOURABLE TRADE BALANCE.

    WASHINGTON, 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 ...

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  28. Bowes Also Convalescent.

    London, Oct. 25.—The "Yorkshire Observer" states that there is a pleasant coincidence in the almost simultaneous release of Bradman and Bowes (the ...

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  29. ENGLAND TO TIMOR.

    LISBON, 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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