Port Darwin, July '3.
'The Imperial" Airways' flying-bon Challenger arrived here at 810 am toddy (British Standard Time) com pleting the England-Australia igh! inaugurating the longest, direct al route in the world in seven days, 'A last-minute change was made at when the. Challenger was the Journey Is jeho, which had sel out from Southampton for Sydney o the inauguration tri The. Chollenger accompanied the Cordelia from: Karachi to Singapore—Reuter, 5
Australia Welcomes Settlers Sydney, July Settlement of persons from nor them countries in Australia. will welcomed, declared' Mr, J, A, Lyons the Prime Minister, today, He called attention to the recom mendation of tha: British Overseas Settlement Board that in view of the fact that too few British: subject emigrate to Australia, settlers from racially. related northern: countries should be encouraged, He declared that the Government could not Iend ancial support would-be settlers in the form passage money.—Trans-Ocean, Paracels Occupied by France London, July 3.
'The French Government recently informed HM, Government that have definitely occupied the Para Islands, lying south-east of Hains Lslend,' diplomatic circles here clared, Tt was recalled in that connect lot that following the Great War, France hud provisionally occupied this tiny archipelago.and established - Frens® sovereignty thereon.
The French expedition which wet!, recently to the. Paracel met. v0: [Japanese cruisers which were ply lot hear the islands; cordial visits wer exchanged between the officers of (DF two navies, it was, reported,—Hava
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