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  2. TAMBAR ASHORE ON SEVEN-MILE BEACH.

    WHEN passing through the channel at the mouth of Duck River, Smithton, shortly after dusk on Friday evening, the wellknown Holyman freighter, Tambar, 700 tons, Captain T. J. Bennett, ran aground on a sandy spit on the eastern side of ...

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  3. Efforts to Improve Inadequate Strait Service.

    FOLLOWING announcements by Tasmanian Steamers Pty. Ltd. that it is improbable another steamer will be placed on the Bass Strait service to maintain the running with the Nairana, strong opposition has been shown on the North-West Coast ...

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  4. Wrecked Windhover on Rugged Coast of King Island.

    A GRAPHIC PICTURE OF THE WINDHOVER AMPHIBIAN high on the jagged rocks of the King Island coast, where it was swept by seas after descending in Currie on Wednesday evening. Some of the party who participated in the salvage work are walking about the plane. In the background may be seen the long rollers which, at high tide, smashed up the ill-fated machine. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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    PART OF THE BROKEN SUPERSTRUCTURE. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. WINDHOVER WILL BE REBUILT.

    The amphibian, Saro Windhover, which made a forced landing on the sea near Currie Lighthouse, King Island, on ...

    Article : 117 words
  7. ANCIENT GAME CLAIMS MR. LYONS.

    CANBERRA, Saturday.—Bowls has now won a keen devotee in the Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons), who, on the Parliamentary green to-day, tried his hand ...

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  8. FREE UNDER BY-LAW

    Moves to have pressed metal panels for motor bodies admitted free under the British preferential tariff failed in the Senate ...

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  9. 'PLANE CRASHES

    Norman Keith Field (20), a flying trainee, crashed to death before his parents' eyes near his home in South Waverley yesterday ...

    Article : 339 words
  10. LEGS SEVERED.

    Losing his grip while attempting to board a moving goods train at Tunbridge station at 6.10 a.m. yesterday, a young man fell between ...

    Article : 135 words
  11. PILOT INJURED.

    LAUNCESTON, Sunday.—Crashing in a Moth aeroplane on to a wire fence at the bottom of a depression on Mr. G. W. Watson's ...

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  12. BURIED ALIVE.

    In one of the worst mining disasters in the history of Queensland, four men were buried alive when an explosion occurred in ...

    Article : 381 words
  13. THE BUNGANA.

    The Australian National Airways liner Bungana, which arrived at Western Junction yesterday afternoon after a flight from Melbourne ...

    Article : 254 words
  14. The Next Best Thing.

    Qantas Empire Airways have just received a letter from an optimistic boy Albion: ...

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  15. BEST ENGLISH PORTS FOR FRUIT.

    HOBART, Sunday.—"One is gradually forced to the conclusion that London, Liverpool and Hull are the only ports to which we should be shipping," ...

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  16. GUN EXPLODES.

    LAUNCESTON, Sunday.—When the gun which Andrew George Luckhurst (30), married, of Bourke-street, Launceston, was carrying at Patersonia ...

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  17. HOUSE CATCHES FIRE.

    LAUNCESTON, Sunday—An empty weatherboard dwelling of five rooms at 39 Upton street, Launceston, was gutted when it caught fire early this morning. ...

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  18. LABORER FALLS 79 FEET.

    PERTH, Sunday.—Basil Frank Basili (23), a laborer, yesterday fell 79 feet from the eighth storey to the concrete surface of a cantilever verandah ...

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  19. BATTERED WITH AXE.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Battered severely about the head with an axe, William Morgan (50), proprietor of a kiosk at Kinglake, 36 miles from ...

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  20. AIR MAIL SERVICE.

    BRISBANE, Sunday.—Inaugurating the duplicate air mail service to Singaport, the Minister for Defence (Mr. Parkhill) said yesterday he hoped an ...

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  21. SYDNEY MACHINE DAMAGED.

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—In a forced landing on a racecourse made by an aeroplane belonging to the Aero Club to-day Mr. J. Quinlan one of the ...

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  22. CRYSTAL SETS IN GAOL.

    AUCKLAND, Friday.—Crystal wireless sets by which prisoners in the Auckland Gaol keep in touch with the betting market outside, have been ...

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  23. AMUSEMENTS.

    "Forsaking All Others," the new Metro-Goldwyn picture which is screening at the Burnie Theatre to-night, is an outstanding picture in every respect. In ...

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  24. INDIAN BISHOP'S DIOCESE OF MILLIONS.

    Assistant-bishop of a diocese with a population of more than 50 millions, the Rev. Chandra Banerjee, of Lahore, India, reached Melbourne last week ...

    Article : 179 words
  25. CHILD'S SKULL FRACTURED.

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—As Ernest O'Connor (4), of Redfern, was sitting on the kerb in front of his home yesterday, Robert Moody (13), of Darlington, ...

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  26. PASSENGER IMPRISONED

    ADELAIDE, Sunday.—A South Australian Aero Club plane, piloted by Mr. Clif. Barton, with Mr. Kevin John on as passenger, crashed after taking ...

    Article : 85 words
  27. FRUIT BOARD.

    HOBART, Sunday.—The result of the State Fruit Board election, held on Friday, for the two vacant Southern seats resulted in Mr. D. E. Ryan being ...

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  28. One at Low Head.

    LAUNCESTON, Saturday.—"I have reason to believe an emergency landing ground will be provided at Low Head at an early date," said the ...

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  29. Solicitor Killed When Car Overturned.

    BRISBANE, Sunday.—While motoring to Giru last night Mr. E. A. M' Donnell, solicitor, of Ayr, was killed when his car overturned. ...

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