SYDNEY, Dec. 5.—Before Mr. Acting-Justice Barton and a jury in the Supreme Court today the hearing began of a case in which Garry Bray Raymond Kidd ...
Article : 262 wordsMELBOURNE, Dec. 5.—John William Davis (39), accountant, was found guilty in the Bendigo Supreme Court today of having murdered his wife and ...
Article : 108 wordsKALGOORLIE, Dec. 5.—Returning from a conference of the Anglican bishops of Australia, the Primate (Dr. Le Fanu), passed through Kalgoorlie by the ...
Article : 285 wordsCANBERRA, Dec. 5.—The Assistant-Minister for Commerce (Senator McBride) said in the Senate today that because of the shortage of shipping space ...
Article : 117 wordsKIMBERLEY, from Darwin. 2.50 p.m. Yesterday. MacRobertson, Miller Aviation Co. BUNGANA. from Melbourne. 6.25 p.m. yesterday. Orient Line. ...
Article : 25 wordsSYDNEY, Dec. 5.—A fire which did damage estimated at £7,000 today in the workshop of the Mechanical Rubber Company, Arncliffe, apparently was caused by ...
Article : 97 wordsIn the report of the Lands Department for the year ended on June 30 last, which was tabled in Parliament yesterday, it was stated that land settlement had ...
Article : 357 wordsSYDNEY, Dec. 5.—A relief Lockheed airliner has left Bandoeng, Java, for Brunette Downs station, Northern Territory, where the K.N.I.L.M. Java air ...
Article : 148 wordsMURCHISON, for Wiluna and Kalgoorlie, 9.30 a.m. yesterday. Airlines. Ltd. ...
Article : 11 wordsMURCHISON, from Kalgoorlie and Wiluna. 1 p.m., tomorrow, Airlines, Ltd. BUNGANA, from Melbourne, 6.25 p.m. tomorrow. Orient Line. ...
Article : 32 wordsMELBOURNE, Dec. 5.—Surrounded by flames and huge clouds of smoke, firemen on extension ladders fought a spectacular blaze early today on the top ...
Article : 132 wordsCANBERRA, Dec. 5.—Employment of a town planning expert to advise on the future development of Darwin is recommended in a report by the Federal ...
Article : 114 wordsBUNGANA. for Melbourne. 6.45 a.m., today. Orient Line. CANBERRA. for Darwin. 7 a.m. today. MacRobertson. Miller Aviation Co. ...
Article : 21 wordsCANBERRA, Dec. 5.—The Minister for External Affairs (Sir Henry Gullett) announced today that the first Canadian High Commissioner to Australia (Mr. ...
Article : 82 wordsThe following have booked to travel by the mail plane Canberra. which is due to leave Maylands today:—Perth to Wyndham: Capt. C. M. Clayton and Mr. J. A. Johnston. Perth ...
Article : 155 wordsCANBERRA, Dec. 5.—The viewpoint of the Australian Broadcasting Commission on the broadcasting of overseas news as expressed by the chairman of the ...
Article : 131 wordsNOTES ON CHART.—Tuesday's chart showed that barometric pressure was still fairly high in the southern districts of Western Australia, a large anti-cyclone centred off the south-west coast extending northwards to beyond Geraldton and north-eastwards over the Coolgardie Goldfields and most of South Australia. In the Western Australian tropics ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 131 words10 a.m.: Schools' broadcast. 10.15: Music. 10.20: Service. 10.30: Music. 10.40: "The Watchman," 10.55: News. 11.0: Music. 11.30: News. 11.35: Music. 1.40: Schools' broadcast. ...
Article : 450 wordsSYDNEY, Dec. 5—A westerly gale swept most of New South Wales today. The wind reached a velocity of 60 miles an hour at Sydney. A church steeple ...
Article : 116 wordsMELBOURNE, Dec. 5.—An agreement granting a general rise of 3/ in the fruit Preserving industry was approved by Judge O'Mara in the Arbitration Court ...
Article : 123 wordsCANBERRA, Dec. 5.—The question of supplying ammunition to rifle clubs will be considered by the Federal Government as soon as practicable. Making this ...
Article : 110 wordsCANBERRA, Dec. 5.—Details of the claims for payment of expenses arising out of the royal commission on the signing of the contract for the erection of ...
Article : 181 wordsSYDNEY, Dec. 5.—"I don't know what makes me do it, but I always like to pretend I am somebody that I am not." said Maxwell Vernon Gifford (28), ...
Article : 331 wordsAUCKLAND, Dec. 5.—The Minister for Housing (Mr. Armstrong), reviewing the State housing scheme today, stated that to date the Government had called ...
Article : 52 wordsCANBERRA, Dec. 5.—Australia exported 3,719,000 gallons of wine from last season's vintage, according to the annual report of the Australian Wine ...
Article : 67 wordsBRISBANE, Dec. 5.—A special rate of 3¾d. in the £1 levied by the Brisbane City Council at a meeting today, means an increase of 40 per cent and brings ...
Article : 124 wordsThe following appointments or reappointments to the State committee of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research have been approved by the ...
Article : 169 wordsOn Monday night the Fremantle City Council fixed the annual rating at 2/8, the same as last year. There is an increase in the loan rate from 7¾d. to ...
Article : 181 wordsExcept for very light showers at two isolated places, dry weather conditions prevailed throughout Western Australia during the 24 hours ended at 9 am. ...
Article : 256 wordsSYDNEY, Dec. 5.—William Ernest Calway (40). senior examiner In the Munitions Branch of the Defence Department, was acquitted in the Central ...
Article : 111 wordsCANBERRA, Dec. 5.—Efforts to control the Oriental peach moth in Australia have so far failed. A report presented to the Federal Parliament today ...
Article : 123 wordsHELSINKI, Dec. 4.—The official news-agency announced today that Finland was receiving a large sum from Sweden for the relief of refugees from the ...
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Advertising : 391 wordsSouth Australia.—Some further showers to the south and south-east; otherwise improving to fine. Queensland.—Local thunderstorms between ...
Article : 120 wordsYesterday.—Perth, max. 85.9deg., min. (during previous night). 59.4; Adelaide. 68. 50; Melbourne. 63. 48: Sydney. 79. 64; Brisbane. 89. 71; Hobart. 54. 43. ...
Article : 28 wordsToday.—Sun rises at 5.4. sets at 7.11: moon rises at 1.35 a.m., sets at 2.30 p.m. Tomorrow.—Sun rises at 5.4. sets at 7.11: moon rises at 2.14 a.m., sets at 3.33 p.m. ...
Article : 34 wordsThe above diagram represents the barometric curve for the 24 hours ending at noon yesterday when the barometer read 30.15 inches. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 23 wordsEAST GASCOYNE.—Mundiwindi 5 points. CENTIRAL SOUTH.—Broomehill. PERTH RAINFALL. Points. ...
Article : 139 wordsSir,—Owing to the difficult times at present existing and the necessity for the strictest economy, the Children's Hospital Board has reluctantly decided that ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Wed 6 Dec 1939, Page 17
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