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  2. FLIERS IN TROUBLE

    Flying full-out through bad weather in a last dash for Melbourne, Parmentier and Moll veered off their course late last night and ...

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  3. CONGRATULATIONS

    CANBERRA, Tuesday. — His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester this evening sent the following telegram from the Royal train to the Governor of ...

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  4. SCOTT'S GREAT WIN IN AIR RACE

    C. W. A. Scott and T. Campbell Black, flying a De Havilland Comet monoplane, won the Centenary Air Race. They flashed over the finishing line at the Flemington racecourse at 3.35 p.m. yesterday, two days 23 hours after having left Mildenhall, England. They averaged 185 miles an hour for the journey of 11,323 miles. ...

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  5. LONG JOURNEY ENDS

    Gliding swiftly into the wind, the De Havilland Comet barely cleared the fence at the south-west corner of the aerodrome at Laverton, and made an excellent ...

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  6. "FIRST OF NOBLE BAND"

    CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The Governor-General (Sir Isaac Isaacs) sent the following message to Mr. Scott to-day:— "I offer you and Mr. Campbell Black, as ...

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  7. "A Stout Showing"

    "A stout showing on Scott's part," said Sir Charles Kingsford-smith, when interviewed by the Fiji "Times." "I am very glad to see it. I have a shade more ...

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  8. WAITING THRONG THRILLED

    One hundred thousand wildly excited persons greeted Mr. C. W. A. Scott and Captain T. Campbell Black with cheers, cooees, and whistles as they flashed across ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  9. AVERAGED 220 M.P.H.

    Waller and Jones (Eng.) reached Batavia from Singapore at 5.33 p.m. to-day (Melbourne time), but were delayed there by engine trouble, which had shown ...

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  10. "WELL WORTH IT"

    Tired, husky, and limping with cramp, [?]C. W. A. Scott was in good spirits last [?]t after his arrival, and showed no [?]of the nervous strain which he had ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  11. New South Wales Congratulates Successful Airmen

    SYDNEY, Tuesday. — The news of the arrival in Melbourne of Mr. C. W. A. Scott and Captain Campbell Black was announced in the Legislative Assembly by ...

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  12. SCOTT'S PERSISTENCE

    Scott's heroic persistence has aroused enthusiasm everywhere from Sandringham, where His Majesty receives regular bulletins from the Air Ministry to be noted ...

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  13. CIRCLED ABOVE AERODROME

    CHARLEVILLE, Tuesday.—Hundreds of people saw the Dutch Douglas 'plane, carrying a crew of four and three passengers, come in from Darwin to-night. ...

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  14. Handicap Honours

    The New Zealand competitors, MacGregor and Walker, are making a bold bid to gain second place in the handicap event behind Parmentier and Moll. They ...

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  15. "DARE-DEVIL YOUNG MAN"

    Mr. T. Campbell Black's mother is an Australian, and they have many relatives in Victoria. Yesterday a Melbourne business man, an intimate friend of the family, ...

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  16. Scott Brings Cartoons From "Punch"

    As a consequence of the magnificent flight by Mr. C. W. A. Scott and Captain T. Campbell Black, cartoons from "Punch" have been ...

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  17. AMERICANS PASS DARWIN

    DARWIN, Tuesday.-Colonel Roscoe Turner and his co-pilot, Clyde Pangborn, landed at Fanny Bay aerodrome in their all-metal Boeing (Warner Bros.' Comet) ...

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  18. Dutch Tribute to Scott

    A basket piled with beautiful roses, lilies, and carnations was received by the Air Race Committee at the Town Hall yesterday, bearing the message:— ...

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  19. Mollisons' Misfortunes

    J. A. and Mrs. Mollison are delayed at Allahabad with engine trouble. One engine is reported to have seized badly. When they landed at Jubbulpore no grades ...

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  20. SPACE CONQUERED

    The astonishing rapidity with which the time necessary for a flight from England to Australia has been reduced by developments in aircraft ...

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  21. PLANS AT CHARLEVILLE

    CHARLEVILLE (Q.), Tuesday.—Parmentier and Douglas landed here in the gathering darkness at 6.45 p.m. There was some discussion before their arrival ...

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  22. Parer Not Disheartened

    R. Parer, the Australian, who has had engine trouble, is still at Le Bourget, on the coast of France, but he[?]intends going on to Melbourne. ...

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  23. News in London

    London received the news of Scott's arrival at 5:38 a.m. (3.38 p.m. Melbourne time) as the light of dawn was appearing behind the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral. ...

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  24. Mr. Black and Actress

    [?] his departure from Mildenhall [?] asked Miss Florence Desmond, the [?] to marry him. [?] Desmond said at breakfast-time ...

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  25. Great Interest in Europe

    The "Daily Telegraph's" Amsterdam correspondent reports that there is tremendous interest in the flight throughout Holland. Crowds surge the streets and ...

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  26. GIVE YOUR NERVES A SPELL

    Spend a week or two of idleness. Let someone else do the thinking for you. Come to VICTORIA'S LEADING HYDRO. Lazy days in beautiful ...

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  27. CHIPPED CROCKERY

    Nothing is more objectionable than chipped crockery — besides, its use is illegal. DURALINE Plates, manufactured by The Grindley Hotel Ware Co., are ...

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  28. RED LABEL WHISKY

    is a blend of fine old whiskies, and has been matured in sherry casks, which accounts for its peculiar softness and mellowness of flavour. Red Label has been, ...

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  29. "BU-TEX" FADELESS PAINT,

    Made with pure paint pigments, fadeless imported colours, and "Vitafused" weather-resisting oil, TAUBMAN'S "BUTEX" is the best non-fading enamel ...

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  30. SEE ROSELLA'S NEW SHOW EXHIBIT

    A variety of over 100 Unrivalled Foods displayed at Rosella's 1934 Pavilion. Lennon avenue. Taste the fine Rosella Products in this modern setting. FREE—Folder Rosella ...

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  31. TIRED BUSINESS MEN,

    recuperate at Y.M.C.A. gymnasium. Games, exercises, massage, swimming. Individual or class work. 'Phone M2161.— [Advt.] ...

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  32. "OVO" YOUR EGGS NOW

    Don't wait. Time is short. Put down a year's supply in "OVO." Save £1. Tried and trusted. Keeps eggs fresh for years. All grocers.—[Advt.] ...

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