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  2. FLIERS' REMARKABLE ESCAPE IN MELBOURNE

    After being lost in the fog over Melbourne for nearly an hour, two occupants of a De Havilland 60 Moth 'plane had remarkable escapes when their machine crashed into the south [?] of St. George's Church of England, Malvern, at 6.40 p.m. on Wednesday. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. Reported Arrest of Japanese Ship

    A message received late to-night from Darwin states that the patrol vessel Larrakia is reported to have arrested the ...

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  4. OVERSEA FREIGHT RATES REDUCED

    Agreement has been reached with the shipowners for a reduction of freights on wool and chilled beef exports. The reductions will effect a saving in freights to exporters of approximately £500,000 annually and will operate for ...

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  5. AUSTRALIA'S PART AT CONFERENCE

    The Imperial Conference issued its first reports this morning, namely the constitutional and economic outcome of the deliberations of the committees presided over by Messrs. Lapointe (Canadian Attorney-General) and ...

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  6. OUTLOOK FOR WHEAT

    "Good falls of rain have been reported during May throughout the whole of the wheat belt of Australia, and the seasonal outlook at the ...

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  7. TRI-WEEKLY AIR SERVICE

    The new agreement reached with the British Government for a tri-weekly Empire air mail service is welcomed by the Federal Ministry, ...

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  8. PRICE OF GOLD

    Gold sales further fell to £385,000 to-day, the smallest total for a fort- night. The stock markets were quiet owing to settlement day routine. ...

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  9. REFUGEES ON WAY

    Advices received in Canberra to-day were to the effect that a total of 139 Rabaul refugees were being brought to Australian ports b" the island ...

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  10. Pumice Covers Rabaul Harbour

    Advice has been received in Sydney that as a result of the recent eruptions, pumice is floating in Rabaul harbour so ...

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  11. RAINFALL FOR MAY

    The rainfall in Tasmanian districts, for May, with the average for previous years in parenthesis, was as follows:— ...

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  12. POLICE PATROL INTO INTERIOR

    A long police patrol ended last night. Some time ago complaints were made by Mr. Fred Ruggatt, of Glen Helen station, about 200 miles ...

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  13. MAKING ENQUIRY

    "Transactions with members of the Stock Exchange left uncompleted by Messrs. Ward and Co. are being investigated by the committee of the ...

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  14. RAIN CEREMONY SUCCEEDS

    The prestige of an aboriginal rainmaker at the Forrest River mission has been suddenly enhanced by a fall of rain at an unusual period of the ...

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  15. Recovers From Bite of Adder

    Peter Cody (26), an attendant at the Taronga Park Zoo, was bitten on the hand by a death adder while placing fresh water ...

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  16. BRITISH BY-ELECTION

    The Hillhead by-election, made necessary owing to the elevation of Sir Robert Horne (Cons.) to the peerage, was held to-day. It resulted:— ...

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  17. OIL SUBSIDIES

    The Commonwealth Oil Advisory Committee, which recommended to the Cabinet sub-committee on petroleum development the granting of conditional ...

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  18. FAMOUS DOGS

    The famous dogs of the hospice of St. Bernard have been reprieved, after a threat of destruction when a pack worried a girl to death. ...

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  19. MANY ENQUIRIES

    In the life of the present Parliament of over 18 months, two Royal Commissions and 31 other Commissions and committees have been appointed. The ...

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  20. PADDLE STEAMER

    The paddle steamer Ulonga, which wits the last of the cargo, vessels trading on the Upper Murray and Murrumbidgee rivers, and which was ...

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  21. STOCKMAN RAN AMOK

    Driving all night from Mr. Rundall Stafford's station at Consiston, 106 miles north-west of Alice Springs, on the Granites-road, Mr. L. R. Tull reached ...

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  22. CAUSE IS MYSTERY

    The committee investigating the Hindenburg lire has returned from America and published a report declaring that, despite careful enquiries, the ...

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  23. AUSTRALIA'S RECOVERY DUE TO SPIRIT OF WORKERS

    Replying to the toast of his health, the Australian Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) emphasised to-day that Australia's ...

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  24. MOTHER AND DAUGHTER

    "The quarrel seems to have been caused through a discussion about the marriage of the Duke of Windsor. I am afraid that the Duke was unaware ...

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  25. CONVERSION LOAN

    Cash applications for the Australian conversion opened and closed to-day. The results were not disclosed, but it is reported that they were only fair, ...

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  26. KIDNAPPING HOAX

    Police Investigations have proved that a reported case of kidnapping was a hoax. It seemed at first that an attempt ...

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  27. GOLDEN APPLE APPEAL

    Every effort has been taken by the organising committee to ensure that the Public Hospital Golden Apple Appeal Ball, to be held at the Albert Hall ...

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  28. MIGRATION QUESTION

    The Newcastle migration conference has appointed a sub-committee to organise an Empire migration conference in London at an early date. Sir ...

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  29. BOY FOR TRIAL

    Bryan Henson Gibbings, 14 years and three months, of South Perth, was committed to-day for trial on a charge of manslaughter, at the end of the ...

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  30. STINSON CRASH

    The adjourned inquest into the deaths of Thomas Stewart Cameron (pilot) and Ernest Norman Shang (a Chinese passenger who was ...

    Article : 112 words
  31. RECRUITS INCREASE

    During May 4458 recruits were approved for the Territorial Army. Since January 1 there has been an intake of 25,671 recruits, compared with 19,152 ...

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  32. Restoration of Sight to Blind

    "The blind can see," says the Soviet scientist, Dr. Filatov, in an article in "Lancet," He writes: "Cornea from human ...

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  33. DOG PARADE

    Next Saturday the Tasmanian Kennel Club will conduct a dog parade for all breeds in Genders pavilion at Elphin show grounds. The entrance ...

    Article : 101 words
  34. Advertising

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  35. YIELDED ONLY £23,000

    The sale of German art pieces from the State Museun yielded a total of £23,000. A German firm bought Boticolli's painting, "Nativity of ...

    Article : 53 words
  36. MOTOR CAR INSURANCE

    It was stated to-day that increased Insurance premium rates on motorcars, to come into effect on August 1, will in some cases be as much as 33 ...

    Article : 59 words
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