LONDON, Feb. 4.—Among a number of important questions which were down for answer today at the first meeting of the House of Commons for business since ...
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Advertising : 565 wordsInterviewed at Geraldton yesterday the Minister for Railways (Mr. J. C. Willcock) promised that "some concrete action would be taken as soon as possible" to lessen the dangers at level crossings. Further statements were made yesterday by representative ...
Article : 210 wordsBROOME, Feb. 4.—Outspoken criticism of the action or the Mines Department in granting further temporary exemption from the working conditions of the iron ...
Article : 1,662 wordsBUSSELTON, Feb. 5.—To have to cling to the keel of an upturned boat for nearly 24 hours while sharks swam around him was the nerve-racking experience of ...
Article : 253 wordsSir,—The cause of railway crossing accidents is extremely simple. The victims are not aware the train is coming, and so do not keen out of the way. In the ...
Article : 257 wordsCANBERRA, Feb. 5.—The Minister for the Interior (Mr. Paterson) has received advice from the Deputy-Administrator at Alice Springs that Mr. Ellis ...
Article : 156 wordsSir,—May I add some remarks and some suggestions on the problem of dangerous crossings. In the first place, the Government ...
Article : 634 wordsSir,—Despite the fact that my head was full of the recent fatality, I was right on the Maddington crossing the other night before being aware of it. Dazzling ...
Article : 173 wordsThe disappearance of Mr. Ellis Bankin in Central Australia must have prompted many bush folk to advocate some sort of supervision over the wanderings of ...
Article : 814 wordsThe Rhodes Scholarship scheme was making its' influence felt, though necessarily slowly, on the communities from which the Rhodes scholars were drawn. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 522 wordsAs chairman of the Road Board Association of Western Australia (Mr. R. S. Sampson, M.L.A.) said yesterday:— "The increasingly heavy motor traffic ...
Article : 789 wordsSYDNEY, Feb. 5.—A Hawker Demon fighter made a forced landing at Webb's Creek, about eight miles from Wiseman's ferry, this afternoon owing to shortage ...
Article : 191 wordsKALGOORLIE, Feb. 5.—Mr. President Dwyer, of the Arbitration Court, arrived at Kalgoorlie today and held discussions with representatives of both parties ...
Article : 179 wordsMELBOURNE, Feb. 5.—The misdirected enthusiasm of Chinese at the little coastal port of Tinghai has twice resulted in the sinking of the former Victorian coastal ...
Article : 338 wordsSYDNEY, Feb. 5.—Three men narrowly escaped being drowned today when a motor lorry plunged into the Hawkesbury River at Wiseman's ferry, and sank ...
Article : 193 words"Adequate warnings at railway level crossings are a community matter, not a local responsibility," said the secretary of the Primary Producers' Association ...
Article : 420 wordsSYDNEY, Feb. 5.—Police made a search of the sea front from Shelly Beach to Harbord today in the hope that the body of David Paton (14), who was taken ...
Article : 74 wordsSir,—Motor accidents at level crossings on main roads would be greatly reduced if warning notices were placed in positions where a driver must see them. At ...
Article : 169 wordsThe South Perth Zoo will be a scene of gaiety on Saturday, March 7, for on that day the Australian Broadcasting Commission is to tender a monster party ...
Article : 212 wordsADELAIDE, Feb. 5.—The dispute over milk prices between producers and distributors in Adelaide, shows no sign of settlement, and a shortage of supplies ...
Article : 71 wordsLONDON, Feb. 4.—The latest Exchequer returns show that the total ordinary revenue, excluding self-balancing items, amounts to £556,566,536. ...
Article : 61 wordsSir,—The authorities are still discussing the Maddington crossing. It seems a remarkable thing to me that the authorities are so anxious to save lives in other ...
Article : 147 wordsADELAIDE, Feb. 5.—The Queensland Minister for Railways and Transport (Mr. J. Dash), who has been visiting Adelaide, has undertaken to do everything possible ...
Article : 77 wordsADELAIDE, Feb. 5—The Royal Australian Air Force flying boat, in charge of Squadron-Leader A. E. Hempel, which has been engaged in a round Australia ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Thu 6 Feb 1936, Page 18
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