Rising from the iSeine a seaplane broke the altitude record, reaching 29.700 feet. “Slip” Carr, the champion Australian sprinter, has accepted an invitation to ioin the Olympic team. The Dutch steamer Abbekirk, bound from Antwerp for Australia, collided in the Scheldt with a Dutch auxiliary vessel. The latter was sunk and two of the crew war© drowned. The Abbekirk anchored in th,, roadstead. A new company is being formed in England to inaugurate a regular motor ship passengers and cargo service between England and Australia.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIV, Issue 81, 13 March 1924, Page 5
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