The failure of members of the Government and Mr. McGibbon to make any comment upon the suggestion contained in Monday's leading article that Mr. ...
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Article : 363 wordsThe prospects of the Hampton Celebration have taken a turn for the better. Failing to strike payable are in the crosscut west of the shaft at 195ft. the ...
Article : 227 wordsDue to a temporary interuption in the current supplied by the Government power house at East Perth the city was plunged into semi-darkness last evening, and for ...
Article : 150 wordsAs the result of the efforts of the State Organiser in Melbourne, arrangements have been made for a maximum stary of ten minutes at the Claremont-Cottesloe ...
Article : 169 wordsJohn Panitz, the Russian who avoided arrest recently at Mount Lofty and was shot at as he dashed into the scrub, and who escaped subsequently from the police ...
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Article : 74 wordsThe reports of the agricultural and stock inspectors on the conditions which are now prevailing in this State make tragic reading. Sheep and cattle continue to die in ...
Article : 180 wordsIt is reported from Mexico City that the Revolutionary Government has sent a force in pursuit of Carraza's murderes, the death penalty having been ordered if ...
Article : 71 wordsIn connection with the movement to establish a Y.M.C.A. in Perth, an enthusiastic meeting of the Girls' Council was held to complete arrangements for ...
Article : 115 wordsGeorge Vincent Gunning, a clerk at the Clyde railway station, has reported to the police that a masked robber held him up last night at the point of a revolver and ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Wed 26 May 1920, Page 7
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