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„ PARIS, May 6. JI, I.con Trotsky lias been allowed refuge on the tiny island of Aix, off Roeehfort, the whole of the surface of which is visible from the lighthouse. CANBERRA, May 7. The Commonwealth Statistician (Mr E. T. McPhee), giving evidence before the commission which is enquiring into the question of increasing the Commonwealth grants to Western Australia, South Australia, and Tasmania, said the cost of social services in Australia was more than £30,000,000, of which £11,000,000 represented old age and invalid pensions. RU T GBY, May 6. Between 1926, when the use of parachutes was made compulsory in the Royal Air Force, and the .beginning of the present year, 109 lives have been saved by their use.
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Kaikoura Star, Volume LIV, Issue 36, 10 May 1934, Page 2
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