MELBOURNE, Dec. 23.—One man was killed and 13 other passengers were injured, two seriously, when a motor truck overturned on the Prince's-highway, near ...
Article : 212 wordsSixty-five Bills were placed before the State Parliament in the session which concluded on Saturday, and of them 46 passed to the Statute books. The ...
Article : 824 wordsWith every prospect of fine weather, thousands of people throughout the State are looking forward to the Christmas holidays, which will start tomorrow. Large ...
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Advertising : 233 wordsIn the early hours of Saturday morning the Legislative Council passed the Purchasers Protection Act Amendment Bill, a private measure received from the ...
Article : 269 wordsThe following programmes will be shown at the various city picture theatres during the Christmas holidays:— Capitol Theatre.—"Morning Glory" ...
Article : 235 wordsThe following special weather forecast for tomorrow and Boxing day was issued yesterday by the Weather Bureau:— ...
Article : 31 wordsMELBOURNE, Dec. 23.—Investigations by detectives following the discovery of the body of a male child, aged about 12 months, floating in the River Yarra near ...
Article : 116 wordsBRISBANE, Dec. 23.—About 14 inches of rain fell in a storm in parts of the Bli Bli district on the north coast on Saturday night. The disturbance was ...
Article : 137 wordsMELBOURNE, Dec. 23.—Raiding a cell in "B" division at the Pentridge Gaol on Friday night, warders found a cunningly concealed and ingeniously prepared ...
Article : 216 wordsCALCUTTA, Dec. 21.—The bravery of Mrs. Alexander, wife of Captain A. G. S. Alexander, Assistant Military Adviser to the Rajputana State forces, probably ...
Article : 180 wordsMELBOURNE, Dec. 23.—A special excursion train from Melbourne to Bright was passing through Avenel at 1.55 p.m. today when it ran into a cow causing ...
Article : 124 wordsSpecial Christmas services will be held in a number of city and suburban churches tomorrow, in some instances commencing at midnight' tonight. The ...
Article : 426 wordsLONDON, Dec. 22.—A French three engined aeroplane which was descending at Croydon, without passengers aboard, overshot the aerodrome and crashed ...
Article : 128 wordsMELBOURNE, Dec 23.—With great difficulty 11 horses were rescued, by firemen and a wharf labourer from the stables of D. P. Kelly, Pty., Ltd., cartage ...
Article : 354 wordsWith a partly-filled bottle of poison lying nearby, the body of Norma Macdonald (42), a domestic, was found in the scrub in a remote part of the ...
Article : 116 wordsLONDON, Dec. 23.-Flying the De Havilland Comet plane which he used in the Melbourne centenary air race, Mr. Kenneth Waller, accompanied by a ...
Article : 139 wordsThe Rev. Father C. C. Martindale, S.J., well known as a writer and preacher, who attended the Eucharistic Congress in Melbourne, will reach Perth by train ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 305 wordsLONDON, Dec. 22.—In a speech in the House of Commons yesterday, the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Neville Chamberlain), referring to the increased ...
Article : 101 wordsCAPE TOWN, Dec. 21.—The Dairy Control Board is about to authorise the exportation of 1,000,0001b. of butter, in addition to a similar amount remaining ...
Article : 87 wordsKARACHI, Dec. 21.—Transport here was paralysed yesterday through a lightning strike of lorry drivers, who allege that they have been harassed by the ...
Article : 76 wordsLONDON, Dec. 22.—There was widespread fog in the central and eastern parts of England yesterday, and in the southeastern counties it persisted today. ...
Article : 146 wordsBELGRADE, Dec. 21.—M. Yevtitch (former Foreign Minister) has formed a composite Ministry on a national basis, comprising nine Serbs, three Croats, one ...
Article : 39 wordsThe following streets in the city blocks of Perth and Fremantle will be closed to vehicular traffic between 7 and 11 o'clock this eveninor:—Perth: Hay-street from ...
Article : 70 wordsLONDON, Dec. 22.—The "News of the World" states that 40 prisoners working in the stone-yard at Barlinnie gaol, Glasgow. downed tools and dashed to a shed ...
Article : 140 wordsBELORADE, Dec. 22.—Dr. Vladimir Matchek, a Croat leader, who was sentenced last year to three years ...
Article : 62 wordsSpecial arrangements have been made by the Railway Department and Tramway Department to transport people during the Christmas and New-year ...
Article : 265 wordsMELBOURNE, Dec. 23.—When a single seater motor car driven by Mr. George Ager, of Bullhead, and carrying also his wife and children, Pamela (6) and ...
Article : 185 wordsLONDON, Dec. 22.—Possibly the world's coolest stowaway is a Lancashire man who, after three years' unemployment in Australia, reached Plymouth ...
Article : 116 wordsThe work of the State Parliament was far from evenly divided in the marathon sitting of Friday and Saturday last. While mom here of the Legislative Council ...
Article : 948 wordsCHICAGO, Dec. 21.—Martin J. Insull, brother of Samuel Insull, the Chicago financier who sought refuge abroad after the failure of his vast utility corporations ...
Article : 86 wordsCINCINNATI, Dec. 22.—Strong cross winds prevented Sir Charles Kingsford Smith from completing his attempted record flight from Burbank (California) to ...
Article : 86 wordsSir.—In connexion with the article under the heading of "Early Rottnest—Glimpses of History," which appeared in "The West Australian" last Friday, I was ...
Article : 181 wordsBRISBANE, Dec. 23.—Robert James Hancox (10), of Carrington-road, Too woomba, was killed instantly tonight when a pea rifle he was carrying ...
Article : 60 wordsLONDON, Dec. 21.—The Home Secretary (Sir John Gilmour), replying to a question in the House of Commons today, refused to introduce legislation to ...
Article : 74 wordsThe following are the principal sporting fixtures in the metropolitan area for Boxing day (Wednesday). Racing.—Opening day of West ...
Article : 92 wordsLONDON, Dec. 22.—Jack Notyre, alias Mancini, described as a dancing instructor, who was acquitted at he Lewes Assizes recently on a charge of having ...
Article : 56 wordsADELAIDE, Dec. 23.—With the escape of Keith Nas (19), from the Kyreema afforestation prison camp last night there have now been two disappearances of ...
Article : 61 wordsPARIS, Dec. 21.—The Budget, which has been passed, shows a deficit of £10,340,000. Expenditure is estimated at £636,900,000. ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Mon 24 Dec 1934, Page 16
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