AUSTRALIA
(By Cable —Press‘ Assn. —Copyright.) NEW YEAR HONOURS. MELBOURNE, December 1. Mr Frank A'nstey, a member of the Federal Cabinet indicates that the Government will not recommend any titles of any sort for inclusion in the New Year Honours. PETROL ABLAZE. ADELAIDE, December 1. A man named J. Hinsey lit a match while a heated lorry had its tank being filled with petrol. The fumes reached his clothing which took fire. Hinsey then ran across the road, and he knocked the petrol pump-hose, and. blazing spirit soon enveloped the lorry and four pumps, till it was quelled by chemicals. Hinsey’s clothing was bfirnt off, but he refused to go to the hospital. He is expected to recover.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 2 December 1929, Page 8
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