Melbourne, Dee. 12.
new reconnaissance bomber from Great Britain arrived here today for the Royal Australian Air Force, and other batches. of the same machine are following. The planes will be Incorporated Into {wo new squadrons stationed at Laverton. Victoria, and Richmond, New South Wales.
company with a capital of £1,000,000 has been formed 10 construct chiefly military aeroplanes, for which it is now bulld-ing a. factory.
Flying-best facilities are to be provided at Fishermen's Bend, on the River Yarra—Reuter, Arthur and Port Neches, imprisoning 217 persons in the past 48 hours.
The sailors had quit work as part the general strike of maritime workers on the Adantic and Gulf coasts in sympathy with Pacific Coast employees—United Press, San Francisco, Dec. 11.
Striking maritime unionists agreed to-day to Toad and to man a food ship destined for Hawaii. in order to avert a threatened shortage there. "United Press.
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