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  • SHOPPERS WILT AS TEMPERATURE REACHES 104

    Milling crowds of Friday shoppers wilted for two hours in temperature of 104deg. in Hay-street yesterday when Perth recorded its first official century this year. ... [Article] (765 words)
  • MENZIES OPENS TALK ON WORLD FINANCE

    SYDNEY, Friday.—The Commonwealth Finance Ministers' Conference would aim at converting the free world into one flexible economy instead of one divided by currency boundaries and difficulties, the ... [Article] (192 words)
  • WOMAN DIES IN SMASH

    A woman was killed and her husband injured when their utility got out of control and crashed into a tree on the ... [Article] (79 words)
  • Thief Takes Watches Worth £500

    Watches worth about £500 were stolen from a room on the first floor of Royal Arcade, city, early last night. ... [Article] (99 words)
  • Two Politicians Left Estates Of £66,520

    SYDNEY. Fri.—The Supreme Court today granted probate of the wills of two politicians who left estates valued in all at ... [Article] (90 words)
  • MEN SWELTER, BUT WOMEN HAVE ANSWER ON HOT DAY

    With the temperature hovering around the century mark, Perth men sweltered in the city yesterday. But women ... [ILLUSTRATED] [Article] (106 words)
  • Wheat Facing Its "Gravest" Crisis

    MELBOURNE, Fri.—The Australian wheat industry was facing its gravest crisis since the depression, the chairman of the Australian Wheat Board (Sir John Teasdale) said today. ... [Article] (400 words)
  • Family Dies In Smash At Crossing

    MELBOURNE, Fri.—Four people-believed to be one family-were killed when a steam-train ploughed through a ... [Article] (171 words)
  • U.K. Labour Affirms Its "Equal Pay" Policy

    LONDON, Fri.—The Labour Party has pledged that the next Labour Government will immediately enforce its policy of giving women the same pay as men if they do the same work. ... [Article] (259 words)
  • Bribery Charges Are Not Proved

    The Royal Commissioner (Mr. A. G, Smith, S.M.) who inquired into allegations of bribery ... [Article] (553 words)
  • Reds On Royal Ball List Cause Shock

    SYDNEY, Fri.—The possibility that several leading Communists will be invited to attend the Royal Ball at Sydney ... [Article] (153 words)
  • The Leaving Results

    Full results of the Leaving Certificate examination are published on pages 10 and 11. ... [Article] (17 words)

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