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  2. CALIFORNIAN DISASTER.

    LOS ANGELES, March 13.—It is estimated that from 200 to 500 lives were lost in the collapse of the St. Francis reservoir dame on the San Francisquito ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. SYDNEY VENDETTA.

    SYDNEY, March 14.—What is believed to have been a desperate underworld vendetta was fought with revolvers almost within sight of hundreds of persons ...

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  4. MYSTERY FLIGHT.

    LONDON, March 13.—Within a few hours of the Kinkead tagedy Captain Hinchcliffe, one of England's most famous civilian pilots, surprised the world by ...

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  5. A WHITE CANADA.

    VANCOUVER, March 13.—The movement to exclude Orientals from Canada has assumed an acute stage, and the Prime Minister (Mr. McKenzie King), has ...

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  6. HINKLER'S TRIUMPH.

    CANBERRA, March 14.—At two o'clock this afternoon Mr. Bert Hinkler arrived at Canberra and made a perfect landing on the parade ground. He received an ...

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  7. AVIATION.

    LONDON, March 13.—Exactly 24 hours after he had confidently set out to achieve the world speed record the body of Flight Lieutenant S. M. Kinkead was recovered ...

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  8. AFGHAN ROYALTIES.

    LONDON, March 14.—King Amanullah of Afghanistan and his Queen had an imposing official reception and a wonderful popular welcome when they arrived in ...

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  9. Royal Sympathy.

    LONDON, March 13.—His Majesty the King has sent the following message to the Secretary of State for Air (Sir Samuel Hoare):— ...

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  10. OIL SCANDALS.

    WASHINGTON, March 13.—The Secretary of the Treasury (Mr. A. W. Mellon), when called before the Senate Teapot Dome Committee today said that Mr. Will ...

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  11. Question in Commons.

    LONDON, March 13.—In the House of Commons today Mr. P. J. H. Hannon (Con.) inquired if the Air Ministry had approved of the speed trial in which Flight ...

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  12. An Expert's Opinion.

    LONDON, March 13.—Major Turner, the aviation expert of the "Daily Telegraph," in discussing the disaster, dismisses the theory of wing or tail flutter. He ...

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  13. WEATHER POSSIBILITIES.

    LONDON, March 13.—The latest details of the weather possibilities in the Atlantic are that there is a favourable wind for at least 500 miles, and that it is cloudy. ...

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  14. Sir Alan Cobham's Comment.

    CAPETOWN, March 13.—Sir Alan Cobham, who is making a 20,000 miles survey flight of Africa, is at present at Durban. In referring to Flight-Lieutenant ...

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  15. WOMAN CO-PILOT.

    LONDON, March 13.—The "Daily Express," in a front page feature of Captain Hinchcliffe's dramatic start, reveals that the mysterious relief pilot everywhere ...

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  16. Italy's Tribute.

    ROME, March 13.—As a mark of mourning for the death of Flight-Lieutenant Kinkead, the Air Minister has ordered suspension for three days of Major ...

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  17. SOUTH AFRICAN CRASH.

    CAPETOWN, March 13.—An aeroplane crash It Harrismith (Orange Free State) today resulted in the death of Dr. Joubert (pupil) and Captain Dewhurst (pilot). The ...

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  18. CARGO PILLAGING.

    LONDON, March 13.—The Anglo-Australian Shipowners' Sub-committee which was appointed to go into the question of wharf pillaging, has informed the ...

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  19. DAMAGE BY FLOOD.

    LOS ANGELES, March 13:—The gas supply lines to Los Angeles were snapped, and much petroleum was lost when the oil lines were torn up. Great ...

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  20. FARMER SHOT.

    MELBOURNE, March 14.—An inquest concerning the circumstances surrounding the death of Martin Ryan (65), a prosperous farmer at Thalia, who was found dead ...

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  21. AIR COLLISION.

    LONDON, March 14.—Sucked in the wake of a huge bomber, with which it collided and was disabled, a Bristol Fighter crashed from the height of 700 feet at ...

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  22. A MODERN MONARCH.

    The elaborate reception given to the Amir of Afghanistan on his arrival in England is further illustration of the very marked interest which has attended the progress ...

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  23. DEAD NUMBER 274.

    LOS ANGELES, March 14.—When darkness stopped the search this evening 274 bodies had been recovered. The missing number 300. ...

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  24. LADY BAILEY AT NAPLES.

    LONDON, March 13.—Lady Bailey, who is attempting a solo flight to Capetown in a Moth 'plane, has arrived at Naples. ...

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  25. UNSUSPECTING WIVES.

    LONDON, March 14.—The "Daily Express" states that Mrs. Sinclair, who lives in North London, went to stay with Mrs. Hinchcliffe at Purley for a few days so ...

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  26. JOINING A HAREM.

    CALCUTTA, March 14.—Miss Miller, who is to marry the ex-Maharaja of Indore, was converted to Hinduism at Nasik, on the banks of the Godavari River, ...

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  27. AIRSHIPS SERVICE.

    CANBERRA, March 14.—Referring to the British Air Estimates, dealt with in the House of Commons on Monday, when the Secretary of State for Air (Sir Samuel ...

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  28. WINE EXPORT BOUNTY.

    LONDON, March 13.—Importers of Australian, wines are greatly perturbed at the Common-wealth Government's proposal to reduce the amount of the wine export ...

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  29. LORD INCHCAPE IN EGYPT.

    LONDON, March 13.—Lord Inchcape is at present in Egypt, consequently there is only the staff at his London residence to answer inquiries. They stated that as ...

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  30. VISIT TO MELBOURNE.

    MELBOURNE March 14.—Final arrangements have been made for the landing of Mr. Hinkler at the Flemington Racecourse on Sunday afternoon; and for ...

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  31. SOLDIERS' RECEPTION.

    CANBERRA, March 14.—Cheerful hero worship was the keynote of the reception given to Mr. Bert Hinkler at the Capitol Theatre by the Returned Soldiers' ...

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  32. LOCAL ALARM.

    "Bad as the position is at the present day, it is going to be considerably worse," declared one vigneron when raising the matter of the proposed reduction of the ...

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  33. THE ADELAIDE SMASH.

    ADELAIDE, March 14.—The funeral of Flight-Lieutenant McIntyre, instructor of the South Australian Aero Club, who was fatally injured in an aeroplane crash at ...

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  34. 'PLANE SIGHTED.

    MONTREAL, March 13.—An amateur wireless operator has reported having intercepted a message from the steamer Roussillon stating that another vessel "four ...

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  35. ALLEGED SABOTAGE.

    BERLIN, March 14.—Germany is Indignant at the Soviet President speaking publicly as though the guilt of the Germans arrested in the Donetz basin was taken for ...

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  36. DEPARTURE FROM SYDNEY.

    SYDNEY, March 14.—From an early hour this morning Mr. Bert Hinkler was busy at Mascot aerodrome testing and tuning up his 'plane prior to his ...

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  37. WALL-STREET TRADING

    NEW YORK, March 13.—Trading on the Stock Exchange set a new record to—day when the sales passed the 4,000,000 shares mark. Prices were irregular. While ...

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  38. LANCASTER IN JAVA.

    WELTEVREDEN (Java), March 14.—- The light aeroplane Red, Rose, in which Captain Lancaster and Mrs. Keith Miller are attempting a flight to Australia ...

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  39. GERMAN MEAT TRADE.

    BERLIN, March 14.—During the debate on the Bill in the Reichstag to reduce the quota of frozen meat permitted to enter the country duty free, the ...

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  40. BOMB AT WHARFSIDE.

    NEW YORK, March 13.—A bomb exploded to-day at the pier where the steamer Olympic was docked during the landing of the Hungarian delegation for ...

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  41. INDIAN COMMISSION.

    CALCUTTA, March 14.—The Indian House of Assembly has refused a grant of £26,000 for the estimated expenses of the Simon Commission's tour of India. ...

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  42. DIRECTING GUNFIRE.

    LONDON, March 14.—S. G. Brown has perfected a gun-direction compass with gyroscopic device enabling the accurate direction of gunfire at an invisible target. ...

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  43. AIR COMMUNICATIONS.

    CANBERRA, March 14.—There were abort 200 persons present at the dinner at Parliament House to-night, given by the Commonwealth Ministers in honour of Mr. ...

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  44. CEYLON RAILWAY COLLISION.

    CALCUTTA, March 14.—Twenty five persons were killed and many were seriously injured in the collision of an express with a slow train at Kalutara, Ceylon, ...

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  45. RADIO AND CABLES.

    LONDON, March 14.—It is stated in Well-informed quarters that a merger between the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd., and the Eastern cable companies is ...

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  46. NICARAGUAN ELECTION.

    MANAGUA, March 13.—By a vote of 22 to 16 the Nicaraguan Parliament defeated the McCoy Bill providing for the supervision by the United States of the ...

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  47. MEXICAN REBELS.

    MEXICO CITY, March 13.—Thirty-one insurgents and 12 Federal soldiers have been killed in two combats in the State of Jalisco. ...

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  48. WAHHABI MENACE.

    BASRA, March 13.—The British sloop Lupin has arrived at Koweit and has landed 500 Marines. ...

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