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  2. FIREMEN'S CONTESTS.

    The volunteer fire brigades demonstration was concluded at Perth Oval yesterday. The brigade championship was won by Guildford (last year's champions) with ...

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  3. THE SOUTHERN CROSS.

    No further news was received up to a late hour last night of the late of the crew of the Southern Cross, which was forced down west of Wyndham on Sunday morning through lack of petrol after becoming hopelessly lost on the first stage (Sydney-Wyndham) of a flight to England. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  4. FIREWORKS SPOILT.

    Expectations that the Centenary fireworks display would be a magnificent spectacle were unfortuntaely not realised last night, owing to the conduct of a gang of ...

    Article : 529 words
  5. CHINESE CIVIL WAR.

    SHANGHAI, April 2.—Well-informed circles believe that the Government forces will enter Wuhan by the end of the week. The vanguard has already reached ...

    Article : 149 words
  6. SINKING OF SELJE.

    MELBOURNE, April 2.—Resting on tie slipways in dry dock, her torn bows mute evidence of the force of the collision with the Norwegian wheat freighter Selie. ...

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  7. EFFORTS AT COMMUNICATION.

    The Applecross wireless station reported yesterday afternoon that it had received no further news of the missing 'plane. A wireless message had been broadcast from ...

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  8. HOW THE MACHINE IS FLOWN.

    In the following special interview published in "The West Australian" last August, when the Southern Gross had completed its record non-stop flight across ...

    Article : 936 words
  9. A SECEDING GENERAL.

    SHANGHAI, April 2.—Nanking Nationalists claim that their gunboats on the river Yangkse-Kiang are bombarding posts held by the Hankow insurgents. 10 miles ...

    Article : 65 words
  10. TRADE WITH RUSSIA.

    LONDON, April 2.—The Riga correspondent of the "Morning Post" states that the British trade delegation has had a surprising reception in Moscow, where ...

    Article : 117 words
  11. INHOSPITABLE COUNTRY.

    Port George IV. is on George Water, an inlet above Collier Bay, which is considerably further west than Drysdale. The country in the vicinity of Port George inlet ...

    Article : 336 words
  12. SHOPKEEPERS HARD HIT.

    LONDON, April 1.—The Riga correspondent of "The Times" states that owing to the scarcity of essential products and the recent Soviet measures designed to ...

    Article : 69 words
  13. ENGLISH FARMING.

    After a twelve months' world tour, Mr. H. G. Hawkins, chairman of the South Australian Fanners' Co-operative Union, reached Fremantle yesterday from London ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  14. INNOCENT CONVICT.

    PARIS, April 1.—Henri Bellon, a former Marseilles hairdresser, has arrived at Havre, after eleven years on Devil's Island, where he had been sent for a life ...

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  15. TRAFFIC IN THE CITY.

    More than an hour before the fireworks display was due to start crowds [?] to fill the city from suburbs in all a actions, intent upon securing vantage points. ...

    Article : 241 words
  16. LUNCHEON AND MEETING.

    The president of tho West Australian Fire Brigades' Board (Mr. J. R. Campbell) presided at a luncheon given by the board to the visiting firemen and ...

    Article : 285 words
  17. INDIA'S NORTH-WEST.

    CALCUTTA, April 1.—Serious trouble is threatened on the north-west frontier of India owing to an outbreak of fighting between the tribes of Sunnis and Shiahs. ...

    Article : 158 words
  18. WRONG WEATHER INFORMATION

    SYDNEY, April 2.—Mystery is attached to certain messages received in Sydney shortly before the departure of the airmen on Saturday. A message was received by ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  19. MIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA.

    Since be first visited Australia as a midshipman on a sailing ship in 1801, Captain C. G. Matheson. D.S.O., R.D., R.N.R. who is in command of the mailboat Orama ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 274 words
  20. AVIATION.

    LONDON, April 1.—The Secretary of State for Air (Sir Samuel Hoarc), accompanied by Air Vice-Marshal Sir Vyell Vyyyan and his private secretary, who are ...

    Article : 179 words
  21. AMERICAN CAPITAL.

    LONDON, April 2.—Following the recent controversy regarding the decision of a meeting of shareholders of the British General Electric Co. to confine a new issue ...

    Article : 136 words
  22. ULTRA-VIOLET RAYS.

    LONDON, April 1.—The medical editor of the "Actinic Practitioner" strongly criticises the Medical Research Council for its report on March 14 upon artificial light ...

    Article : 176 words
  23. BOGGY PLAINS.

    MELBOURNE, April 2.—From his experience as a former administrator of the Northern Territory, Dr. J. A. Gilruth said to-night that there would be little chance ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 335 words
  24. FOUNDERED COLLIER.

    SYDNEY, April 2.—"Accidental drowning" was the verdiet of the City Coroner (Mr. May), who to-day held an inquiry concerning the death of the master and ...

    Article : 268 words
  25. AIR BOARD STEPS IN.

    MELBOURNE, April 2.—The Commonwealth Air Board has made arrangements to despatch Wing Commander L. J. Wackett in his Widgeon with the least possible ...

    Article : 192 words
  26. NAVAL DISCIPLINE.

    LONDON, April 1.—As a sequel to the Royal Oak case (in which Captain Dewar and Commander Daniel were dismissed their shin last year, following on the ...

    Article : 136 words
  27. POLAR EXPLORATION.

    WASHINGTON, March 31. Dr. Fridtjof-Narisen, the famous Arctic explorer, will arrive in Washington shortly to consult the Government with regard to plans for ...

    Article : 85 words
  28. SCHNEIDER CUP PREPARATIONS.

    LONDON, April 1.—Great Britain's speed kings who are training for the Schneider Cup contest, have completed training at Felixstowe, with high-speed ...

    Article : 145 words
  29. RELIEF 'PLANE AT WYNDHAM.

    WYNDHAM, April 2.—The De Havilland 50 aeroplane sent from "Port Hedland by the managing director of W.A. Airways, Ltd. (Major N. Brearley) to search ...

    Article : 359 words
  30. THIN TIME FOR THIN GIRLS.

    PARIS, April 1.—The campaign of Mr. C. B. Cochran, the noted British theatrical producer, for plumper choras girls, has spread to Paris and already the pinch has ...

    Article : 89 words
  31. GENERAL CABLE NEWS

    The French Senate has unanimously ratified the Kellogg anti-war pact. Staggering revelations of the growth of London are made in the London Country ...

    Article : 67 words
  32. THE ANTARCTIC.

    MELBOURNE, April 2.—Captain J. K. Davis, who will command the Discovery on the scientific expedition to the Antarctic under Sir Douglas Mawson, will leave ...

    Article : 103 words
  33. SOVIET EXPULSIONS.

    BERLIN, April 2.—A local Russian newspaper, the "Roul." says that the Soviet has expelled from Russia M. Rakovsky former first envoy to Great Britain, and M ...

    Article : 46 words
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