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  2. MAHOMET ALLUM Honored in His Own Country

    In these days of self-seeking it is unusual to hear of a man doing something for nothing. The offer to do so would be at once viewed with ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. Life and Lore of the Bush

    At this season of the year snakes are in their element, and during bush rambles reptiles of various kinds are likely to be encountered. Without ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,040 words
  4. WORLD'S NEWS IN BRIEF TIMBER-YARD FIRE

    Believed to have begun in the mill [?]s the result of an electric power wire or switch fusing, a serious fire broke out in the centre of the timber yard ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 57 words
  5. DR. JUNKERS DEAD

    Professor Hugo Junkers, the famous aeroplane designer and inventor, has died at Munich (Germany) at the age of 76. He first designed a glider in ...

    Article : 49 words
  6. ROYAL JUBILEE

    It has been announced in the House of Commons that the King's Jubilee on June 6 would rank as a public holiday throughout England, but the ...

    Article : 67 words
  7. SYDNEY HOLDUP

    A sequel to a sensational hold-up occurred in Sydney on Monday, when Albert Snow (33). laborer, was charged with having on June 26, 1934, while ...

    Article : 92 words
  8. NARROW ESCAPE

    Several buildings were damaged and roofs were lifted when a whirlwind passed over the mining township of Bellbird, near Cessnock (N.S.W.) ...

    Article : 64 words
  9. LEVEL-CROSSING SMASH

    Neville Slater (10), of Koonwarra (Victoria), and Thomas Cross (about 30), of Leongatha, were killed when a petrol driven train crashed into their ...

    Article : 59 words
  10. TWO CHILDREN KILLED

    Two children were killed instantly in different suburbs of Sydney on Wednesday. Keith Stevens, aged three years, of Parramatta, was knocked ...

    Article : 70 words
  11. HUGE DEATH TOTAL

    Due to the malaria epidemic in the north-western province of Ceylon in January, 7038 persons died as compared with the normal death rate of ...

    Article : 54 words
  12. WHOLESALE POISONING

    Mme. John Nagy (72), known as "The Arsenic Witch," was sentenced to death at Debreczen (Hungary) during the week for having poisoned her ...

    Article : 61 words
  13. OPIUM SEIZED

    George Wollport (47), dealer, of East Brunswick, and Vincent Hayes (36) and John Hayes (28), fishermen, of Port Melbourne, were arrested early ...

    Article : 73 words
  14. DEATH FROM BURNS

    As the result of severe burns received on Gould Island (Queensland). Albert Ireland (30) died in the Tully Hospital on Tuesday afternoon. He ...

    Article : 62 words
  15. KIDNAPPER CONVICTED

    David Meisner, an American bookmaker, was convicted at London (Ontario) of kidnapping John Labatt, a millionaire brewer, last August, and ...

    Article : 52 words
  16. NEW TRIAL ORDERED

    The Full Court at Brisbane has allowed the appeal of Randolph Bedford, M.L.A., of Brisbane, journalist, from a judgment given at the ...

    Article : 92 words
  17. ANNIVERSARY OF RIOTS

    Although there were no riots in Paris on Thursday, the anniversary of last year's rioting arising from the Stavisky scandals, the police during ...

    Article : 62 words
  18. SUSPECT ELUDES POLICE

    Late on Wednesday night cracksmen entered a shop in Boorowa (N.S.W.). blew open the safe and escaped with £108 and tobacco, clothing, ...

    Article : 82 words
  19. WATER ON STOCK ROUTES

    The Queensland Government is considering a scheme for the provision of water on stock routes which, should the proposals be fully met, will involve ...

    Article : 63 words
  20. SWITZERLAND FATALITIES

    When an avalanche of snow swept away a large chalet in the canton of Grisons (Switzerland) seven people were killed. Huge snowdrifts, the ...

    Article : 68 words
  21. TWO MOTORISTS KILLED

    Herbert Berry and his wife, of Christchurch (N.Z.). were fatally injured early in the week when their car fell nearly 200ft. at Whangamoa ...

    Article : 65 words
  22. Country Women's Association

    The Cunderdin Hall was the venue of a programme of entertainment when the local Younger Set held their annual flower show recently. There ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,221 words
  23. CHINESE PIRACY

    The Canton Government and the owners of the pirated steamer Tungchow have offered rewards of 5000 dollars and 2000 dollars respectively ...

    Article : 87 words
  24. RIOT AT SHEFFIELD

    Because the Sheffield Council refused to receive their representatives 6000 demonstrators against the unemployment relief scale rioted on Thursday. ...

    Article : 79 words
  25. When All Shall Face the Judge

    From sun[?], far Afghanistan A country great in deed, Whose sons are Britain's bulwark 'Twixt India and Russia's greed. ...

    Article : 219 words
  26. LOCAL HAPPENINGS DANGEROUS DRIVING

    A charge against William Victor Wood (51), traveller, of having driven a motor car while under the influence of liquor in Main-street, Osborne ...

    Article : 85 words
  27. SHUNTER KILLED

    While carrying out shunting operations with other railway employes in the Midland Junction goods marshalling yards on Wednesday night, ...

    Article : 66 words
  28. MISSING MAN FOUND

    After having been missing from his camp on Alisa Downs Station, near Port Hedland, for five days, S. Holt, well-sinker, was found by three blacks ...

    Article : 80 words
  29. MOTOR CYCLE AND CAR COLLIDE

    When his motor cycle collided with a car at the corner of Zebina and Westralia streets, East Perth, on Tuesday night, Reginald Keevers (20). hotel ...

    Article : 93 words
  30. TRUCK OVERTURNS

    As the result of a collision with a small motor van at the corner of Westminster-street and Albany-road, Victoria Park, on Thursday, a motor ...

    Article : 74 words
  31. AN ALLEGED THEFT

    In the Perth Police Court on Wednesday Harold Hastings Wilson (48), fruit hawker, was remanded to await a police escort from New South Wales, ...

    Article : 55 words
  32. BODY IDENTIFIED

    It has been definitely established that a dead body found one and a half miles from the main road near Long Point, six miles from Rockingham, on ...

    Article : 65 words
  33. WATCHES STOLEN

    It was reported to the C.I.B. on Monday that 18 watches, valued at £18, and various other articles had been stolen from the shop of Robert W. ...

    Article : 46 words
  34. SLY GROG CASE

    A fine of £20 was imposed on Frederick Gangernia, who pleaded guilty in the Perth Police Court to a charge of having, while not being the holder of ...

    Article : 54 words
  35. WATCH AND CHAIN STOLEN

    A gold watch and chain and a gold medal of a total value of £25 were stolen from the home of George Alexander Wilson, in Nanson-street, ...

    Article : 46 words
  36. OLD MAN GAOLED

    Stanley Watson, alias Bert Thomas (60), drover, admitted four charges of fraud in the Perth Police Court on Wednesday, and was sentenced to six ...

    Article : 88 words
  37. BEDROOMS ENTERED

    Two cases of thieves having entered bedrooms, and stolen money were reported to the C.I.B. on Monday. Shortly after being wakened by his wife at ...

    Article : 102 words
  38. MOTOR TRUCK CAPSIZES

    When a motor truck left the road and capsized near Burracoppin during the week, the four occupants had narrow escapes from serious injury. They ...

    Article : 74 words
  39. AIR CYLINDER EXPLODES

    With a report that was heard in Boulder and Kalgoorlie, the receiver of an air compressor exploded on the North Kalgurli United mine on ...

    Article : 86 words
  40. MISSING YACHT

    A boom and a piece of freshly splintered decking, about 6ft. long and 5ft. wide, were found by a fishing party on the beach about 20 miles ...

    Article : 71 words
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