CANBERRA, Wed.—Australia has decided to maintain the auction system of wool sales. ...
Article : 264 wordsAll 17 of the crew of the 967-ton British hopper barge J. P. Webb, bound from Glasgow to Melbourne, were rescued safely yesterday after a strong westerly gale had driven their vessel hard ...
Article : 1,004 wordsAbandoned by her crew, the hopper barge J. P. Webb, which ran aground on reefs south of Lancelin Island was struck amidships by a powerful breaker that mounted bridge-high as this picture was taken from the air yesterday. The master of the vessel (Capt. G. A. Thexton), right, has the weary look and stubbly chin of a man who had little time to think of bed or razor. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 76 wordsNew South Wales did not expect any shortage of butter if four other States adhered to their decision to increase the price of butter by 11½d. per lb., the New South Wales Minister for Prices (Mr. Finnan) ...
Article : 417 wordsBERGAMO, Wed.—Mountain guides today recovered the body of one of two young Italians who slipped while ...
Article : 106 wordsSYDNEY, Wed.—The Melbourne-Sydney air record was reduced to 47 minutes by the R.A.A.F. ...
Article : 98 wordsTAMPICO, Wed.—The hurricane which killed 150 people on Jamaica bore down on this rich oil port on the Gulf of ...
Article : 106 wordsTEHERAN, Wed.—The British Minister for Raw Materials (Mr. Stokes) today gave the Persians three extra hours to answer his ultimatum calling for a decision on the latest British proposals for an oil ...
Article : 367 words"Touch wood," said a member of the staff of the casualty ward of the Royal Perth Hospital in reporting ...
Article : 86 wordsMELBOURNE, Wed.—It is unlikely that any Victorian wholesale house or chain store will handle Japanese toys if they are imported into Australia. The deputy chairman of the ...
Article : 339 wordsCANBERRA, Wed.—Air fares and air freight charges will increase, by about 15 per cent in a few weeks. The Minister for Civil Aviation (Mr. Anthony) has ...
Article : 214 wordsLONDON, Wed.—Firemen wearing gas masks rescued 100 men trapped in the fume-filled engine-room of the Ciudad de ...
Article : 87 wordsWASHINGTON, Wed.—The United States Navy has awarded a contract for the first atomic-powered submarine to ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Thu 23 Aug 1951, Page 1
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