OVERSEAS NEWS IN BRIEF
Stamps Willed to Nation. A stamp collection said to be worth £lOO,OOO has been willed to tile Australian nation by the'late Miss Amy Alfreda Vickery, Sydney. The collection is the finest in Australia. It has never been completely inspected. Hie Sydney view section alone is valued at £30,000. Drouth in Sydney. Saturday was Sydney’s driest _day. The immediate application of the la per cent cut in beer supplies left a number of hotels unserviced. Some bars were not open, and others closed at midday. Milo Record Broken. A Stockholm message says mat Guudar Haegg broke the world record tor the mile, his time being 4min b 1-usec. A later message says Haegg lias now lowered his world record of 4min b l-ssec. by runping the mile in 4min. 4 3-osee.
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Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 291, 7 September 1942, Page 6
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134OVERSEAS NEWS IN BRIEF Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 291, 7 September 1942, Page 6
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