AUSTRALIAN NEWS
EXPEDITION FOR S. AFRICA:
SYDNEY, March 20. The . Commonwealth; i' Gpvern'mjnt has agreed'to send -expedite to South Africa to take observations of the total eclipse of the sun\on October Ist'- ’ri'&tf'Tiie exfieaitihir''swillp, be headed by the Director of the. Commonwealth Solar Observatory. ; Doctor It Wdolley. COAL STRIKE POSITION. . "•* * , 'aiMJvalMß *• -V* 1 .SYDNEY, Mrach 20, The Prime Minister, Honl R. fG. Menzies, announced to-day that the Commonwealth Government •v Woafd n'ot*'Mt'4r^ehe ,, '-iii the coal strike. ' He s’Aid It’wolrld''stand by its# decision ip uphold the, authority of - the Federal Arbitration Court. 1 - ' ‘V ' ■
AIR : TRAINEES : KILLED ••• . ' :r. ; U h!\. i\ l ; j: • - PERTH, March .20. An air crash similar 'to . ah. Adelaide yesterday, bccrtrfiM ‘‘cTb-day near Perth. Two Aero Club trainees, •James 4 EVanS and' Air • Cadet’ v 'Alau M%Phersoh, ' were • killed. They were making a forced, landings Their machine collided with ' trees. It was smashed to matchwood. •
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Hokitika Guardian, 21 March 1940, Page 6
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