The ninth Olympiad was opened to-day with brilliant pageantry, strikingly illustrating the world-wide growth of sport. A crowded Stadium applauded a procession ...
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Article : 195 wordsLady Heath, the well-known British airwoman, arrived at Croydon aerodrome today in the cockpit of a Fokker Jupiter 15passenger Dutch air liner. She has entered ...
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Article : 265 wordsThe net profits of the General Motors Corporation for the half-year ended June 30, including its equity in the undivided profits of its subsidiaries but not ...
Article : 79 wordsAs the result of a message received at police headquarters, Russell street, on Satturday afternoon, Plain-clothes Constable Campbell and Constable Devency visited ...
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Article : 175 wordsProfessor T. Brailsford Robertson, of Adelaide, will arrive in Melbourne to-day to lecture at the University, under the auspices of the Melbourne University ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Mon 30 Jul 1928, Page 11
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