Before the excitement aroused by the arrival of the Dutch 'plane had subsided at Laverton news was received of the imminent approach of Turner and ...
Article : 530 wordsProfessor and Madame Piccard left from Detroit (Michigan) at 6.58 a.m. to-day on a balloon ascent into the stratosphere. They landed at 3 p.m. near Cadiz (Ohio). ...
Article : 160 wordsPERTH, Wednesday.—An explosion in the Triton gold-mine at Reedy, on the Murchison goldfield yesterday, caused the death of two men, and severe injuries to ...
Article : 86 wordsCOWES, Wednesday.—Three children were drowned and their mother was rescued early this morning. The victims were:— ...
Article : 346 wordsExcellent progress in the handicap section of the air race is being made by the New Zealand competitors, MacGregor and Walker, whose Miles Hawk machine ...
Article : 328 wordsHope of the safety of the 10 passengers and two pilots of the missing, airliner Miss Hobart has been abandoned. Although land parties are still searching the ...
Article : 220 wordsThe result of the Centenary Air Race has aroused a lively discussion of the state of British civil aviation, and there is strong insistence that ...
Article : 538 wordsCHARLEVILLE (Q.), Wednesday. — Engine trouble beset the Americans, Turner and Pagborn, throughout their flight from Darwin. They arrived here at 6.5 ...
Article : 178 wordsMiss Merle Oberon, the film actress, who was born in Tasmania, and who recently announced her engagement to Mr. Joseph Schenck, president of the United ...
Article : 112 wordsSupreme admiration of the skill and ability of both Parmentier and Moll was expressed by Messrs. P. M. J. Gilissen and B. J. Domenic, two passengers who, with ...
Article : 339 wordsGold is quoted at £6/19/10 an ounce fine, compared with £7/0/3 an ounce yesterday. Adding exchange and allowing for ...
Article : 61 wordsPersons in Swanston street, near the intersection of Collins street, yesterday afternoon, saw a man pursuing a large, long-haired goat ...
Article : 189 wordsThe first meeting between Japanese and British representatives who are taking part in preliminary naval conversations was held at No. 10 Downing ...
Article : 143 wordsJ. A. and Mrs. Mollison, who have been delayed at Allahabad with engine trouble, are eager to proceed to Australia; but it is impossible to do more than patch up ...
Article : 72 wordsMessrs. C. W. A. Scott and T. Campbell Black, winners of the air race, spent a quiet night in their suite at Menzies Hotel last night reading the 1,000 telegrams ...
Article : 431 wordsThe prospects of a reshuffle, concentrating upon rugged youth, for the 1935 United States Davis Cup team appears to be a real possibility. On Tuesday the ...
Article : 107 wordsMOUNT ISA (Q.), Wednesday. — Mr. K. Waller and Flight-Lieut. Cathcart Jones, the fourth air race competitors to reach Australia, landed here this evening ...
Article : 353 wordsThe fact that Great Britain had a new and overwhelming chemical weapon ready for use if the Great War had been continued is revealed by Major-General ...
Article : 137 wordsTrade figures reveal serious declines in imports. In the first nine months of 1934 they fell by £53,000,000. Exports decreased by £5,500,000, compared with ...
Article : 63 wordsThe Prince of Wales, speaking at Birmingham to-day, paid a tribute to "two very gallant airmen," and said that everyone was very proud that two Britons ...
Article : 171 wordsIn a clear, melodious voice, Mr. John Masefleld recited some of his poems to an audience of more than 1,000 people in the Wilson Hall at the University last ...
Article : 147 wordsAmerican newspapers are making a conspicuous display of accounts of the the sensational victory achieved by Scott and Black in the air race and other ...
Article : 104 wordsCoffins containing the bodies of Mr. J. K. C. Baines and Flylng-Officer H. D. Gilman, of New Zealand, who were burned to death when the machine in which they ...
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Advertising : 720 wordsThe British United Press correspondent at Amsterdam reports a remarkable scene in the streets early to-day. Thousands gathered to cheer the news of the arrival ...
Article : 76 wordsSir,—From the recent report of the meeting of the Prahran Council, at which plans were passed for four shops and 14 flats on a site in Toorak road, near Grange ...
Article : 351 wordsAlthough the calculations required to determine the winners of the handicap section of the race will not be made until after the arrival of all the. competitors ...
Article : 167 wordsThe King and Queen have sent through the High Commissioner for New Zealand (Sir James Parr) their condolences to the relatives of Mr. J. K. C. Baines and ...
Article : 43 wordsThe Nazi newspaper "Angriff" publishes under a streamer headline three inches high, "Why Colonel J. C. Fitzmaurice Was Scratched," a statement ...
Article : 207 wordsBecause all aircraft owned by competitors in the air race must be "checked in" by the authorities, weighed, and the seals examined, they cannot be inspected by ...
Article : 69 wordsThe K.L.M. line, owners of the Douglas machine which came second in the air race, is ordering 10 more Donglases similar to that flown by Parmentier, for its ...
Article : 65 wordsThe annual show and Centenary reunion of the Castlemaine Fraternal Society is to be held in the Victoria Hall, corner of Russell and Victoria streets, on Saturday evening. ...
Article : 42 wordsThe seventh annual communion und breakfast of the Old Faradlana' Association will be held on Sunday, November 11. Mass will be celebrated by Arehbishop Mannix at 8 o'clock ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Thu 25 Oct 1934, Page 12
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