A Bill to abolish capital punishment was approved to-day at a meeting of the State Parliamentary Labour caucus. The Attorney-General (Mr. McTiernan), ...
Article : 174 wordsThe A.R.C. Grand National meeting was concluded yesterday in cold, showery weather. The going was slow. There was a large attendance. Details:— ...
Article : 672 wordsSaturday morning's weather chart indicated that this State and the northern ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 120 wordsPreaching last evening at Leederville, from the text, "If the Lord be God, follow Him," the Rev. J. R. Thrum reminded his congregation he had previously urged ...
Article : 383 wordsTo-day's Stock Exchange sales and quotation's were:—Commonwealth Bonds, 4½ per cent., 1925, £100 17s. 6d.; 4½ per cent., 1927, £100 10s.; 6 per cent., ...
Article : 53 wordsVisits from interstate lacrosse teams occur only at long intervals, and it is some years since a representative combination from our neighbouring State has ...
Article : 1,379 wordsA well-attended meeting, representative, it was claimed, of nearly 1,000 retail grocers throughout Western Australia, was held yesterday afternoon in ...
Article : 825 wordsIn a recent report to the Mines Department, Mr. E. J. Gourley, inspector of mines, Kalgoorlie, writes:—"During my last visit to the Eclipse lease, which ...
Article : 343 wordsWheat cargoes are steady at late rates, but the market is inactive. Parcels are quiet and down 6d. a quarter. Shipments sold to-day included:—Ex City of ...
Article : 148 wordsFine weather was reported from the greater portion of the State on Saturday morning. In the lower south-west it was cloudy to gloomy, while for the ...
Article : 110 wordsState Ministers for some time past have been gathering information from various sources with the object during the term of the present Parliament of ...
Article : 282 wordsSouth-West Division.—Greenbushes, 5 points; Denmark, 12; Kendenup, 4; Bremer Bay, 39; Hopetoun, 23; Collie, 2; Lake Grace, 2; Kojonup, 3; Cranbrook 2; ...
Article : 165 wordsTo-day's quotations for frozen and chilled meat were:— Sheep.—New Zealand: North Island, heavy 7d. Patagonian, light. 6½d. ...
Article : 130 wordsThe forecast for to-day is:— Generally fine, with south-east to north-east winds. Frosts inland. ...
Article : 18 wordsGlenelg Hills.—Referring to the report brought in by Prospectors Kirk and Eastwood, on their area near Hollow and Heaton's reward claim. Dr. Chewings, ...
Article : 109 wordsPerth: Max., 63deg.; min., 40deg. Adelaide: Max., 6ldeg.; min., 48deg. Melbourne: Max., 52deg.; min., 40deg. Brisbane: Max., 73deg.; min., 63deg. Sydney: Max., 63deg.; ...
Article : 79 wordsThe sermon at St. Matthew's Church, Guildford, yesterday morning, had reference to "Come to Church" Sunday, which is being organised in the ...
Article : 547 wordsCotton.—Good middling American, September delivery, 12,49d. per lb. at Liverpool, compared with 12,41d. a week ago. ...
Article : 95 wordsThe ambitious project of the management of the Prince of Wales Theatre in engaging Long Tack Sam and his troupe of Chinese performers was rewarded on ...
Article : 368 wordsFollowing is a list of crushings at the State batteries for the week ended August 21:— Cue.—P.A. 395D, 110¼ tons for 330z. ...
Article : 94 wordsTo-night's programme at the Claremont Pictures will be "The Border Legion," starring Antonio Moreno and Helene Chadwick, with supporting ...
Article : 25 wordsFor their second Perth concert, given in Queen's Hall on Saturday in the presence of a very large audience, both Mr. Paul Althouse and Mr. Arthur ...
Article : 877 wordsThe Chief Justice will sit in Chambers at 10.30 a.m. to-day. The name of the Lower Blackwood Road District has been changed to ...
Article : 426 wordsThe Commissioner of Police has been notified that the Royal Humane Society of Australia has decided to recognise the following acts of conspicuous bravery ...
Article : 367 wordsEnglish antimony is quoted at £75 to £85 per ton, and foreign at £65. ...
Article : 18 wordsYork.—Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., report (August 18):—We held our usual monthly sale today. The yarding comprised principally hoggets which were splendidly ...
Article : 158 wordsAdelaide, Saturday.—Sales and quotations were:—Silver: Broken Hill Proprietary, 25s. 9d., 25s. 7½d., b 25 s. 7½d., s 25s. 9d.; North Broken Hill, ...
Article : 342 wordsTHE ASSOCIATED BROKERS (Dalgety and Co., Elder, Smith and Co., and The Westralian Farmers, Ltd.), report (August 21):—We held our usual weekly sale of ...
Article : 637 wordsIn official Commonwealth circles yesterday attention was drawn to the importance of the fact that the present Commonwealth 5½ per cent. war ...
Article : 198 wordsBox plans for Sir Harry Lander's season of seven nights at His Majesty's Theatre, commencing on Saturday evening next, will be opened at Nicholson's ...
Article : 78 wordsLondon, Friday.—North Broken Hill, b 116s. 10d., s 118s. 9d.; Broken Hill South, 72s. 10d.; Oroya Links, b 1s. 5½d., s 1s. 6½d.; Zinc Corporation ord., 37s. ...
Article : 31 wordsIn the Bagot-road Methodist Church last evening, the Rev. F. R. French gave an address on "The Story of New Britain." He based his remarks on the ...
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Advertising : 126 wordsThe first concert of Dame Clara Butt's Australian tour will be given in Queen's Hall, Perth, on Wednesday, September 2. The return to Australia of Dame ...
Article : 175 wordsSir,—The letter written by the British Imperial Oil Company, Ltd., and published in the Press, is misleading, in-as-much as it tells only half the story. The matter ...
Article : 579 wordsThe monthly business meeting of the Cottesloe Women's Service Guild will be held in the Congregational Hall on Thursday at 2.45 p.m. ...
Article : 267 wordsElizabeth Jane Wallace (39), single, is in the Goolwa Hospital with a bullet wound in her thigh said to have been received in a shooting affray at Currency ...
Article : 118 wordsAlthough some stock has been purchased for Muresk Agricultural College, and other stock is on order, Ministers refuse to say whether a principal has been ...
Article : 299 wordsAnother large crowd attended Wirth's Circus on the Esplanade, on Saturday night. The programme comprised several novelties, including Torelli's "miniature ...
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Advertising : 57 wordsSeveral desperate thefts were committed in the bookmakers' ring at Rosehill on Saturday. Frank Aldritt, a well-known bookmaker, turned to look behind ...
Article : 181 wordsThe proprietors of Wirth's Circus, Ltd., have consented to donate the proceeds of the performance on the night of September 1 to the Perth Hospital. Tickets ...
Article : 48 wordsThe Mayoress of Perth (Mrs. J. T. Franklin) entertained a large number of ladies at afternoon tea at the Savoy Hotel on Friday last when opportunity ...
Article : 118 words"A Pair of Silk Stockings" closed its Perth season at His Majesty's Theatre on Saturday night. As a result of the successful season, the appeal for the blind ...
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Advertising : 221 wordsA widespread search was made by the local police and motor car detachments on Saturday night in an effort to find the men who attacked a constable at Glebe ...
Article : 125 wordsFollowing upon the Highett level crossing disaster in March when a railway parcels van crashed into a motor car containing seven persons, all of whom ...
Article : 96 wordsGoing into a hotel at Essendon on Saturday afternoon and calling for drinks two men then refused to pay for them and attacked the licensee with a soda ...
Article : 123 wordsA full house greeted the performers at the Luxor Theatre on Saturday night, when the entertainment included singing, dancing patter and comedy. The ...
Article : 98 wordsThe appeal of William Henry Conwell Rothery, who had been convicted and twice sentenced to death on a charge of having administered poison to his ...
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Advertising : 81 wordsThe following have been selected to play for Western Australia in to-day's match against South Australia at the Subiaco Oval. Anyone unable to play ...
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Advertising : 24 wordsTo-night's programme at the Lyceum Theatre, Mt. Lawley, will include "Her Love Story," starring Gloria Swanson, Songs will be contributed by David Lyle. ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Mon 24 Aug 1925, Page 8
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