LONDON, Dec. 26.—On Christmas night London and the whole of England was mantled with snow, precedent to an Arctic blizzard, unexampled for severity ...
Article : 723 wordsLONDON, Dec. 27.—A tragedy to-day, at Grasse, in the south-east of France, resulted in five murders and the suicide of the murderer an Armenian labourer ...
Article : 136 wordsNEW YORK, Dec. 20.—The dirigible Los Angeles was ordered to leave the New Jersey flying field to-day and tour the New England waters in an attempt ...
Article : 84 wordsSYDNEY, Dec. 27.—What is probably one of the most contemptible acts of job control ever perpetrated on a vessel of the Australian Commonwealth ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 494 wordsTOKIO, Dec. 27.—Not since the "hari-kiri" of General Nogi in 1912 has an act of ceremonial suicide among the higher classes so deeply stirred the nation as ...
Article : 252 wordsWASHINGTON, Dec. 26.—The United States will participate in the conference of the Preparatory Commission on Disarmament at Geneva next February. ...
Article : 114 wordsTwo day's racing of the W.A.T.C. annual carnival has been concluded and the gatherings have been so pleasant and successful that everything points to ...
Article : 117 wordsLONDON, Dec. 20.—The Teheran correspondent of "The Times" states, that an agreement has been arranged between the Soviet and Persian ...
Article : 70 wordsLONDON, Dec. 26.—The Riga correspondent of "The Times" states that the rumours of negotiations between Marshal Chang Tso-lin and the Nanking ...
Article : 186 wordsAs a result of the good performances put up by Maple and Hint they have both hardened for the Cup. There was no settling yesterday on account of the bank ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 506 wordsLONDON, Dec. 26.—The Paris correspondent of "The Times" states that the publication of the report of the international commission discrediting the Glozel ...
Article : 129 wordsBOMBAY, Dec. 27.—The R.A.F. flying boats left this morning for Mangalore (Madras.) ...
Article : 19 wordsSYDNEY, Dec. 26.—Mrs. Bridget Marsh and Mrs. Caroline Wright (38) were killed yesterday afternoon when a motor car in which they were travelling ...
Article : 140 wordsMANGALORE, Dec. 27.—The flying boats covered the 450 miles from Bombay in six hours, circled the city, and alighted gracefully in the presence of large ...
Article : 30 wordsThe problem of the supposed neolithic cemetery at Glozel has now been settled by an international Commission of anthropologists whose members spent three ...
Article : 452 wordsSYDNEY, Dec. 27.—The aeroplane engaged in the Hay-Melbourne mail service crashed badly shortly after taking off from the Hay aerodrome early this ...
Article : 97 wordsMELBOURNE, Dec. 27.—Victoria, with a score of five for 357 in its second innings, batted for half an hour this morning, and then closed the innings. It ...
Article : 517 wordsMELBOURNE, Dec. 27.—The mechanics of the Royal Australian Air Force at Point Cooke have to-night practically finished the work of assembling ...
Article : 165 wordsAn unenviable experience befell Alex. Johnston, his wife, brother and infant child, during the holidays. On Wednesday last Mr. Johnston left his home in ...
Article : 255 wordsMELBOURNE, Dec. 27.—A warning note was sounded by the Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce) to-night regarding the development of Canberra which he ...
Article : 250 wordsLONDON, Dec. 26.—The Paris correspondent of "The Times" states that there has been an immense police raid in Alsace-Lorraine on the premises of ...
Article : 95 wordsMrs. Coneani Anton, (56) who keeps a fruit shop in Beaufort-street, near Newcastle-street, was knocked down close to her shop last night by a motor cycle ...
Article : 116 wordsSYDNEY, Dec. 27.—There were several thrilling features besides the close racing at the motor races at Penrith yesterday. ...
Article : 248 wordsLONDON, Dec. 27.—Special snow trains have been put on by some railway services to keep open the lines around London. They are fitted with brushes ...
Article : 135 wordsUp to the present Dawn of Youth has started in four races and won the log. He is engaged in the Sapling Stakes, five furlongs, on Saturday and has been given ...
Article : 210 wordsMELBOURNE, Dec. 27.—While bathing at the mouth of Bream Creek to-day, Alex Craig (17), of Fitzroy-street, Geelong, dived into the water and struck a ...
Article : 65 wordsADELAIDE, Dec. 27..—South Australia beat Queensland to-day by eight wickets and gained another four points in the competition for the Sheffield Shield. ...
Article : 418 wordsBERLIN, Dec. 26.—The comet Skjellerup has been sighted from the Potsdam Observatory and from the Bergerdorf Observatory at Hamburg, where it is ...
Article : 161 wordsPARIS, Dec. 26.—Passing over a level crossing near Chinon an express train crashed into a motor car containing a Frenchman, his son wife daughter and a ...
Article : 95 wordsLONDON, Dec. 26.—The newspapers publish cables from Sydney suggesting disappointment that the Christmas broadcast from London did not include carols ...
Article : 151 wordsConrad Robinson, the motor cyclist who was injured when his machine fell during a race at the Claremont Speedway on Monday night and who was ...
Article : 69 wordsBUENOS AIRES, Dec. 26.—The police report the arrest of 11 employees of the Anarchist paper "La Protesta" in a raid carried out in connection with ...
Article : 66 wordsMrs. Lillian Pomroy (28), of Aberdeen-street, Perth, collapsed in William-street last night and was removed to the Perth Hospital in the St. John ...
Article : 35 wordsLONDON, Dec. 26.—Despite the danger of the collapse of the remaining walla and the bitter weather, hundreds of volunteers, including firemen, persisted ...
Article : 105 wordsNEW YORK, Dec. 26.—In South Pittsburgh (Tennessee) militiamen are keeping order to-day, after six officers of the law have been shot dead and a ...
Article : 140 wordsSuffering from internal injuries, Edward Victor Lawson, lorry driver, died in the Fremantle Hospital yesterday. Lawson was injured at Cottesloe on ...
Article : 66 wordsLONDON, Dec. 23.—Despite the fact that last year he admitted having lost £45,000 on coursing, Mr. Oscar Asche, the well-known actor, is again taking up ...
Article : 61 wordsSYDNEY, Dec. 27.—Thomas Daley, (78). of Belmont-street. Alexandria, who is employed as a night watchman at Hadfields Steelworks, in Mitchell-road. ...
Article : 73 wordsWASHINGTON, Dec. 26.—The Census Bureau has reported that it estimates that in December, 1927, the population of New York was 5,970,000. ...
Article : 38 wordsThere was a large attendance at the Bunbury Infant Welfare Centre on December 22, when the official opening was performed by the Minister for Health ...
Article : 195 wordsMONTREAL, Dec. 26.—The steamer Clan MacWilliam has been destroyed by fire in the Vavan Group (South Pacific) and Captain W. Thompson and an ...
Article : 64 wordsNEW YORK, Dec. 26.—Fifteen persons have died of alcoholism through drinking poison liquor in the metropolitan district since Friday. ...
Article : 41 wordsPerth Cup candidates that have won at the meeting so far are Hint (who will now carry 7.4 instead of 7.2), Jolly Odd (10lb, penalty, making his weight 9.5). ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 631 wordsROME, Dec. 26.—A severe earthquake shock was felt in the city aud vicinity this afternoon. Several houses collapsed, but there ...
Article : 31 wordsNEW YORK, Dec. 26.—Reports from Woodland (California) state that Edward Hickman who is charged with having murdered Marion Parker, the ...
Article : 55 wordsLONDON, Dec. 26.—The Union Castle Company to-day received an S.O.S signal from their steamer Crawford Castle (4,300 tons) stating that she was ...
Article : 80 wordsCAIRO, Dec. 26.—The King of Afghanistan is en route to England and Russia on his first trip abroad. He was met by the King of Egypt on arrival at ...
Article : 49 wordsADELAIDE, Dec. 27.—The South Australian Sheffield team to play matches in Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane, will leave Adelaide by the ...
Article : 115 wordsLONDON, Dec. 24.—The Federation of Master Cotton Spinners passed a resolution at Manchester recommending a substantial reduction of wages and ...
Article : 51 wordsLONDON, Dec 26.—The Atlantic edition of the "Daily Mail," published aboard the Mauretania, reports that while carol-singers were singing "Un ...
Article : 56 wordsLONDON, Dec. 26.—Captain Karl Kircheis has arrived at the mouth of the Lower Elbe, completing a trip around the world in a small sailing boat. The ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Wed 28 Dec 1927, Page 9
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