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AUSTRALIA

[BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] BANK CHAIRMAN MELBOURNE, January 5. At a meeting of the Board of the Commonwealth Bank, Mi’. C. H. Reading was elected chairman for the unexpired portion of the late Mr. R. Gibson’s term, namely, until next October. HARBOUR BRIDGE SUICIDE. SYDNEY, January G. Another man jumped over the harbour bridge last night, making four this week. Frank Graham, amateur wrestler, thinking the man might have survived the drop, plunged into the water at Milson’s Point, and was swimming to the rescue, when seized with cramp in midstream. Graham himself was rescued by a boy in a canoe. SCHOONER'S CARGO SYDNEY, January 4. Regarding the schooner Isabel, Captain Weeks, interviewed, stated that the allegedly dutiable goods impounded by the Customs, were largely the property of his wife, for her personal use. He had unfortunately omitted to include her name in the ship’s crew when interrogated by the Customs officers. The goods seized were the residue of a store which he owned, and which he had closed, at Norwich. N.Z. SCHOOLBOYS CANBERRA, January 4. Mr. Perkins, Federal Minister of the Interior, on behalf of the Prime Minister, Mr. J. Lyons, and the Commonwealth Government, welcomed the New Zealand touring schoolboys here. He expressed a. desire that there should be more intercourse between Australia, and New Zealand, and greater trade relations. The boys leave for Melbourne tonight. Afterwards they visit the Blue Mountains in New South Wales, the Jenolan caves and Newcastle. KINGSFORD SMITH SYDNEY, January 4. Sir C. Kingsford Smith, with, two companions appeared in a new role to-day. Using an Australian-made sports car, they began a non-stop trip to Melbourne from Sydney at dawn. Smith expects to reach Melbourne tonight and to be back at Sydney tomorrow. The total distance is about nine hundred miles. Smith’s companions are Mr. Marks, the designer of the car, and Mr. S. Neilson, of New Zealand. MELBOURNE, January 5. Kingsford Smith and party arrived at 11.20 last night. The actual running time was 15i hours. At one stage the car reached' seventy-five miles an hour. Smith intends to fly back to Sydney to-day, in the Percival Gull, to make final preparations for the flight to New Zealand.

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Greymouth Evening Star, 5 January 1934, Page 9

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AUSTRALIA Greymouth Evening Star, 5 January 1934, Page 9

AUSTRALIA Greymouth Evening Star, 5 January 1934, Page 9

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