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  2. SPORTING NEWS.

    Notwithstanding the showery weather experienced during the afternoon, there was a fair attendance at the trotting meeting held on Saturday evening. A heavy shower ...

    Article : 1,331 words
  3. ENTERTAINMENTS.

    The popularity of Mr. Bert La Blanc's musical travesty stars with Perth patrons of vaudeville was again exemplified, when a large audience in the Melrose Theatre on ...

    Article : 1,558 words
  4. RED CROSS APPEAL.

    The Red Cross Appeal Fund now stands at £36,762 9s. 10d. Pingelly has brought its total to £272 11s. 9d.; Mt. Lawley to £250 15s. 4d., and Subiaco to £195 19s. ...

    Article : 798 words
  5. MINING NEWS.

    While the ore reserves at the Edna May Consolidated mine, Westonia, were drawn on to the extent of about 10,000 tons during the half-year ended March 31, the mine ...

    Article : 1,001 words
  6. THE UNIVERSITY.

    The Senate met on Monday last. There were present the Chancellor (Archbishop Biley), the Pro-Chancellor (Mr. Cecil Andrews), the Vice-Chancellor (Professor ...

    Article : 851 words
  7. COMMONWEALTH PUBLIC SERVICE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,430 words
  8. FINANCE AND COMMERCE.

    The report of the Midland Railway Company of Western Australia for the year ended June 30, 1917, states that the gross receipts were £1,186 in excess of the ...

    Article : 1,648 words
  9. THE LADY LAWLEY COTTAGE-BY-THE-SEA.

    Next Saturday evening a concert to raise funds for the Lady Lawley Cottage-by-the-Sea will be held, by permission of the Governor, in the ballroom at Government ...

    Article : 395 words
  10. FOOTBALL.

    A heavy defeat was sustained by South Fremantle, when they met East Perth on Saturday at Perth Oval. The weather, the state of the ground, and the hopelemly ...

    Article : 612 words
  11. THE SHARE MARKETS.

    Adelaide, Saturday.—Block 50, 33s., 33s. 3d.; British old, 42s., 41s., 7½d.; Junction, con., 9s., 9s. 2d., 9s.; Zinc Corporation, ord. 19s. 6d., 20s 3d.; Boulder Perseverance, b 3½d; Lake ...

    Article : 419 words
  12. KNITTING WOOL.

    As a result of evidence given to the Interstate Commission to the effect that there is a serious scarcity of knitting wool in Australia, the Chief Prices ...

    Article : 85 words
  13. POLITICIANS AND THE PUBLIC FUNDS.

    Sir,—Some days before the Premiers' Conference opened there appeared in your columns a list of matters which were to be dealt with, including proposed ...

    Article : 456 words
  14. PERTH POLICE COURT.

    Thief Sent to Gaol.—William Linton (38), a labourer. was sentenced to two months imprisonment for having stolen a razor. Sergeant Leen. who prosecuted, stated that ...

    Article : 583 words
  15. SIR HENRY PARKES'S TOMB.

    A crowd, numbering about 1,500, made a pilgrimage to the tomb of Sir Henry Parkes, at Faulconbridge, Blue Mountains, on Saturday. A simple ceremony was held ...

    Article : 71 words
  16. PETROLEUM IN AUSTRALIA.

    Sir,—The expected has happened and Australia is facing a kerosene famine along with a shortage of petrol and lubricants. During two visits to California in ...

    Article : 279 words
  17. THE LAW COURTS.

    Full Court.—Before the Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Burnside, at 10.30 a.m.:— R. Cusack (plaintiff, appellant) and H. V. Piesse and another the surviving executors ...

    Article : 59 words
  18. "TO THE BUSH"

    Sir,—"To the Bush!" So said the Rev. John Fahey, D.S.O., on the day of his return from the war. As an old pre-war days' admirer of the now priest-hero, I ...

    Article : 202 words
  19. HUNTING.

    Norwithstanding the unfavourable weather conditions there was a surprisingly large muster of both members and friends at the opening meet of the West ...

    Article : 589 words
  20. Advertising

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    Advertising : 1,046 words
  21. TAXATION.

    Sir,—In order to wipe out our deficit, which Mr. John Scaddan said was in our pockets, what about having a poll tax earmarked for that particular purpose—and ...

    Article : 89 words
  22. LETTER POSTAGE RATES.

    The Postmaster-General (Mr. Webster), referring to-night to the report that penny postage was likely to be abolished and a minimum of twopence for letter postage ...

    Article : 92 words
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