The Duke of Gloucester spent many pleasant hours in the Australian countryside yesterday. After an invigorating ride in the morning he visited the Cootamundra Show and addressed the gathering ...
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Article : 622 wordsNo Australian event has excited such widespread interest in London as the air race. Even Test Match excitement has been easily eclipsed in the unanimity of ...
Article : 211 wordsHis Majesty the King, accompanied by tne Queen, opened the new Cambridge University library to-day. It is probably the most modern library in the world, ...
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Article : 98 wordsIn a leading article commenting on the Centenary Air Race the "New York Times" says:—"Not since Lindbergh new across the Atlantic has aviation received such an ...
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Article : 493 wordsShortly after an official announcement that the last rebel province of Asturias had been subjugated, 32 soldiers were killed and many wounded by the explosion ...
Article : 58 wordsKing Victor Emmanuel has reprieved a woman, aged 55 years, who was sentenced to imprisonment for life three years ago for murder. This action was ...
Article : 80 wordsFive hundred pounds has been given by Sir Macpherson Robertson to supplement a prize of £500, which a committee of citizens in Tasmania is offering for an air ...
Article : 100 wordsEvents of the opening week of the Centenary celebrations, including scenes associated with the visit of His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, the ...
Article : 265 wordsThe American Department of Commerce has informed Colonel J. C. Fitzmaurice, the Irish aviator, who withdrew from the Air Race on Friday, that its ...
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Advertising : 403 wordsCHARLEVILLE, Tuesday. — C. W. A. Scott arrived from Darwin at 8.40 a.m., landing at a terrific speed Scott, who appeared to be almost exhausted, ...
Article : 154 wordsOn the completion of his remarkable flight from the Mildenhall aerodrome, England, to Melbourne yesterday, Mr. C. W. A. Scott handed to Mr. J. Ruthven, a director ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Wed 24 Oct 1934, Page 8
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