Seven charges of fraud were laid by detectives last night against Archibald Gilchrist Clayton (76), a retired schoolteacher, of 237 Berwick-street, Victoria ...
Article : 282 wordsThe seventy-second Melbourne Cup was run yesterday, in the presence of a large crowd. The favourite, Peter Pan, won by a neck from an outsider, Yarramba, with Shadow King two lengths away third. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,800 wordsCANBERRA, Nov. 1.—For the first four months of 1932-33 the Federal Treasury has a surplus of £1,869,068 for Customs revenue in excess of the estimate for the ...
Article : 78 wordsBERLIN, Oct. 31.—Rumours are again current that the leader of the Nazis (Herr Adolf Hitler) will order a march on Berlin to seize the reins of government after the ...
Article : 264 wordsNEW YORK, Oct. 31.—"This presidential campaign approaches its end amid the general conviction that a great political change is impending. It was said of ...
Article : 933 wordsSYDNEY, Nov. 1.—It is understood that the report of Mr. Justice Halse Rogers, who, sitting as a Royal Commission, inquired into the issue of licences for ...
Article : 186 wordsLONDON, Nov. 1.—Twenty detectives raided the "hunger marchers'" headquarters this morning, examined documents and arrested the leader of the Unemployed ...
Article : 542 wordsMELBOURNE, Nov. 1.—Latest figures available show that the short-term debt in Australia has reached approximately £52,000,000. Practically all of this is ...
Article : 171 wordsGeorge Archibald Jamieson (45), widower, of 29 Holmesdale-road, West Midland, was arrested at his home last night on warrant, by Sergeant O'Halloran, on ...
Article : 246 wordsSYDNEY, Nov. 1.—At the Moorelands tobacco plantation at Ashford, 45 miles from Glen Innes yesterday, a 16 h.p. boiler blew up killing a grower, Samuel Clifford, ...
Article : 154 wordsBRISBANE, Nov. 1.—State revenue for October amounted to £946,880, an increase of £14,001, compared with that for October of last year. For the expired four ...
Article : 90 wordsBRISBANE, Nov. 1.—A billiards saloon and two shops were damaged at Tully this morning when explosives were thrown under the billiards saloon. This is the ...
Article : 85 wordsHOBART, Nov. 1.—Tasmanian revenue for the first four months of the current financial year shows a decrease of £7,900, compared with that for the corresponding ...
Article : 74 wordsLONDON, Oct. 31.—When the preparatory commission for the World Economic Conference met at Geneva to-day, Dr. Leonardus Trip, president of the ...
Article : 91 wordsADELAIDE, Nov. 1.—The English cricketers were given a typically warm reception when they arrived from Western Australia by the Great Western express ...
Article : 308 wordsSYDNEY, Nov. 1.—When the hearing was resumed to-day of the action in which Norman Leslie ("Wizard") Smith is suing Smith's Newspapers, Ltd. for damages for ...
Article : 568 wordsBUENOS AIRES, Oct. 31.—The price of wheat fell to-day to the equivalent of 40 cents (1/8 at par) a bushel—the lowest level for 70 years. This represented a ...
Article : 166 wordsLONDON, Oct. 31.—The Home Secretary (Sir John Gilmour), in answer to the Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Lansbury) in the House of Commons to-day, said ...
Article : 115 wordsLONDON, Oct. 1.—Messrs. J. B. Mills and H. W. Osborne, who represented the Australian Fruit and Dairy Produce Boards, respectively at the Ottawa ...
Article : 149 wordsLONDON, Oct. 31.—In the House of Commons to-day. Captain Eden (Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs) was asked whether there had been, or would be. ...
Article : 73 wordsLONDON, Oct. 31.—The Ottawa Agreements Bill was considered in Committee in the House of Commons to-day. Mr. Rhys Davies (Labour) moved to exempt ...
Article : 348 wordsMELBOURNE, Nov. 1.—Tangent was the only withdrawal from the Cup Hurdles and a field of 14 good horses went to the post. That bold jumper Walter Scott, ...
Article : 566 wordsSYDNEY, Nov. 1.—The result of two interesting developments in methods of wireless recording were broadcast to-night respectively by 2FC and relayed through ...
Article : 132 wordsADELAIDE, Nov. 1.—An attack of influenza has resulted in the inability of T. W. Wall, the international fast bowler, to play for the State team against the ...
Article : 80 wordsLONDON, Oct. 31.—The illustrated "British Industries Number" of "The Times," comprises 32 pages. It summarises the prospects resulting from the Ottawa ...
Article : 95 wordsLONDON, Oct. 31.—The British Broadcasting Company is arranging to broadcast a commentary on some of the Tests, probably the last three, relaying by the ...
Article : 45 wordsBERLIN, Oct. 31.—A bank messenger and a colleague were carrying £2,500 from the branch of the Reichsbank at Erfurt, in a handcart to-day, when several bandits ...
Article : 121 wordsThere was no development yesterday in connection with the theft of £146 from the Fremantle Workers' Social and Leisure Club early on Monday morning, Discovery ...
Article : 213 wordsHONG KONG, Nov. 1.—The British steamer Glenshiel (Captain P. L. Sanders) arrived to-day with 31 Japanese seamen who were rescued under the most hazardous ...
Article : 107 wordsNEW YORK, Oct. 31.—In an effort to win the New York vote in the presidential elections Mr. Hoover, after his campaign tour of the country returned to the ...
Article : 340 wordsBERLIN, Oct. 31.—It is stated semi-officially that Germany will refrain, while her claim for equality in armaments is refused, from replying to a from the ...
Article : 56 wordsLONDON, Nov. 1.—The "Daily Express" suggests that motors may rescue the railways from their financial difficulties. Following successful tests over 25,000 miles ...
Article : 101 wordsLONDON, Oct. 31.—In accordance with the right reserved to them under the prospectuses of December, 1927, and August, 1928, issued by the Bank of England, the ...
Article : 95 wordsTOKIO, Nov. 1.—The navy has submitted demands for a 460,000,000 yen (£46,000,000 at par) three-years second replenishment plan including the building ...
Article : 51 wordsLONDON, Oct. 31.—It is understood that at Cabinet meetings held this morning and afternoon prolonged consideration was given to disarmament Questions and to ...
Article : 34 wordsMADRID, Oct. 31.—The Prime Minister of France (M. Herriot) arrived here to-day on a short official visit. He was met at the Madrid railway station by the ...
Article : 105 wordsCALCUTTA, Nov. 1.—A ruby of absolute purity, weighing 175 carats and valued at £7,500, has been found in a mine near Mogok (Burma). ...
Article : 33 wordsLONDON, Oct. 31.—It was announced in the House of Commons to-day that the Government had decided to suspend the opera subsidy for next year. The British ...
Article : 49 wordsLONDON, Nov. 1.—The Australian Press Association understands that Prince George, on his 30th birthday on December 20, will be given a dukedom, either ...
Article : 35 wordsLONDON, Oct. 31.—In reply to a question in the House of Commons to-day, the Foreign Secretary (Sir John Simon) said that the British Government had so far ...
Article : 78 wordsLYNDEN—J. B. Shaw's charge by Poitrel— Torbrooke, 6yrs., 10.0 (1. Tucker) 1 WALTER SCOTT, a., 11.13 (R. Inkson) 2 PHOCIS, 6yrs., 10.2 (A. Fullarton) 3 ...
Article : 2,127 wordsMONTREAL, Oct. 31.—The subscription books for the 25,000,000 dollars (£5,000,000 at par) short-term Dominion loan opened for subscription to-day closed ...
Article : 44 wordsLONDON, Nov. 1.—The "Daily Telegraph" says that it is thought that the Lancashire cotton spinners' strike is not as bad as it appears, and that a settlement ...
Article : 48 wordsCALCUTTA, Nov. 1.—British firms selling Lancashire cotton goods in India are confronted with a serious problem as a result of the action of Japanese ...
Article : 122 wordsAt a meeting of the Irwin-Moore district council of the Primary Producers' Association on October 25, Mr. P. D. Ferguson, M.L.A., and Mr. C. V. Honner, of ...
Article : 59 wordsLONDON, Oct. 31.—Latest statistics of the London County Council show that 261,000 persons are housed on estates developed by the council with State ...
Article : 62 wordsTOKIO, Nov. 1.—It has been discovered that the conflagration at Komatsu on October 22, in which 1,200 houses were destroyed, was caused by the proprietors of ...
Article : 70 wordsLONDON, Oct. 31.—Prince Olaf, of Norway, reached Croydon this afternoon by air. ...
Article : 22 wordsLONDON, Oct. 31.—Princess Ingrid, of Sweden, who had been visiting her grand father, the Duke of Connaught, at Sidmouth (Devon) returned to London to-day ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Wed 2 Nov 1932, Page 13
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