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NOTED FLIERS SUVA CITIZENS’ WELCOME. [ Australian Press Assn. ] Received June 26, 5.5 p.m. SUVA, June 26. To-morrow *hc citizens of Suva will entertain four noted fliers at luncheon at the Grand Pacific Hotel. These are Mr Warner and Liteutcnant Lyon, who accompanied Captain Kingsford Smith to Australia, and are now returning to the United States by steamer, and Captain Lancaster and Mrs Keith Miller, who recently flew from England to Australia.
PEERAGE REFUSED EX-SPEAKER BREAKS CENTURY LONG CHAIN. [ Australian Press Assn. ] Received June 26, 8 p.m. LONDON, June 25. Mr J. H. Whitley, ex-Speaker of the House of Commons, refused a peerage. He is the first to do so for 120 years. EGYPTIAN POLITICS NAHAS MINISTRY DISMISSED. [ Australian Press Assn. 1 CAIRO, June 25. A Royal rescript has been ■issued dismissing the Nahas Ministry on the ground of the break up of the coalition. FIRE IN TASMANIA FACTORY AND STORE DESTROYED [ Australian Press Assn. ] HOBART, June 26. A large fruit pulping factory and general store in the Huon district were destroyed by lire. The damage is £20,000. GALE ON N.S.W. COAST SHIPPING AND COMMUNICATIONS AFFECTED. [ Australian Press Assn. 1 Received June 26, 9.5 p.mSYDNEY, June 26. A cyclonic gale along the coastal districts caused heavy damage 4 property and the postponement of the depart ire of coastal shipping, with great interruption of telegraphic communications. The gale is still raging at a rate of 54 miles an hour. THE SYDNEY SCANDALS CABINET DELIBERATIONS. [ Australian Press Assn. I Received June 26, 9.5 .m. SYDNEY, June 26. Cabinet discussed the Civic Royal Commission’s finding to-day, but deferred action pending the decision of counsel as to whether a prosecution could be successfully launched.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20183, 27 June 1928, Page 7
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