MODEL AEROPLANE AND ITS BUILDER.—Mr. S. R. Ditchburn, president of the Southern Model Flying Club, Williamstown (Vic), and the gasoline-powered plane he built for a contest at Richmond (New South Wales) aerodrome. He named the plane Mr. Melbourne. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 39 wordsIn the event of war, Australia would have to call on men not at present considered acceptable for military service, said the Director-General of Medical Services of the Australian Army (Major-General Rupert Downes), in delivering the annual Anne ...
Article : 365 wordsAT the United Country Party conference at Ballarat this evening, a motion seeking the readmission of the Minister for the Interior (Mr. M'Ewen) to the party was rejected on a show of hands. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 372 wordsPetersham, Murrumbidgee, Gordon and Namoi electorates are providing the most interesting aftermath to the State elections, ...
Article : 342 wordsMELBOURNE, Tuesday. — The enlistment of 6000 extra officers and men for the three services under the new defence-expansion programme will cost ...
Article : 119 wordsWhile there were no outstanding developments in the fight against cancer in Australia last year, there was a general improvement ...
Article : 156 wordsAn event of much interest to returned soldiers was the official opening to-day of the remodelled Anzac Momorial Hostel by the ...
Article : 713 wordsMELBOURNE, Tuesday.— Gladys Monerieff was seriously injured when a car crashed into a post on Prince's Highway, eight miles from Geelong, ...
Article : 203 wordsInsurgent airmen have seen a number of white flags hung on buildings in Lerida. They report large-scale evacuation and great ...
Article : 137 wordsHOBART, Tuesday. — The Weather Bureau to-day issued the following synopsis for the 24 hours ended 9 a.m.:— ...
Article : 392 wordsEarlier shipments to Continental destinations resulted in an increase in apple exports by 32,841 cases during January and February over ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 74 wordsOver six thousand Austrians, principally Jews have applied at the British Consulate in Vienna for visas to go to Australia, according ...
Article : 252 wordsPERSONS may be hard bitten, tough he-men or mothers-in-law, but if they have dark hair, then they are just "sitting shots" for insurance agents. A former insurance agent told the Assurance ...
Article : 88 wordsArgument on how far a bank employe's contract of secrecy with his employers prevented him from giving information to officers of the ...
Article : 317 wordsThe value and ownership of the treasure unearthed on Mopelia Island by Count von Luckner remain a mystery. ...
Article : 176 wordsBefore the quarantined P. and O. liner Strathaird left to-day for Sydney, about 100 tourists who had embarked at Fremantle for a ...
Article : 94 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday.—A dog which raided the pantry probably saved the life of Alfred James Day (25), laborer, living in a hut at Wagga. ...
Article : 107 wordsReviewing the history of the wool-growing industry in Australia at the convention of the Chamber of Agriculture to-day, Senator ...
Article : 146 wordsOne forecast states that the N.Z. Government intends to improve most classes of pensions and make the proposed ...
Article : 125 wordsIn the past financial year, assessable income increased by £7,000,000 to nearly £55,000,000. ...
Article : 33 wordsCANBERRA, Tuesday. — The Federal Director-General of Health (Dr. Cumpston) declined this evening to comment on complaints made by Rev. ...
Article : 54 wordsLONDON, Monday. — Wool sales were continued to-day with an offering of 6847 bales, of which 5774 were sold. The catalogue included: New South ...
Article : 121 wordsFederal Cabinet will be provided next week with official details of the reported rush of Austrians wishing to come to Australia. ...
Article : 206 wordsA large building programme, costing £640,000, will be undertaken by the Commonwealth Government at Darwin, apart from the ...
Article : 71 wordsVIENNA, Tuesday. — The Dollfuss memorial that is being constructed, facing the Chancellery, is likely to be converted into a memorial for the ...
Article : 54 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Burns Philp steamer Morinda (2025 tons), which grounded on a reef off Male Island, New Hebrides, early ...
Article : 60 wordsA petrol wagon attached to a goods train was derailed to-day 19 miles from Wanganui, at the exact spot where Saturday's rail crash occurred, when ...
Article : 57 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday. — At the wool sales in Sydney to-day 10,135 bales catalogued. The clearance, including private sales of passed-in and ...
Article : 90 wordsGrave warning that the Dominions could not continue to regard Britain as their best market for primary products was given to-day ...
Article : 261 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday. — The nameplate souvenired from the Canberra office of the British High Commissioner (Sir Geoffrey Whiskard) on ...
Article : 102 wordsLONDON, Monday — The Australian Associated Press' diplomatic correspondent says it is understood that the Commonwealth Government ...
Article : 62 wordsLANCEFIELD, Tuesday.—The body of John Johnston (40), farmer, single, of Lancefield, who disappeared from his home on Sunday afternoon, was ...
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Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954), Wed 30 Mar 1938, Page 7
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