The committee appointed to inquire into the forced landing of the Southern Cross, the deaths of Lieut. Keith Anderson and Mr. R. S. Hitchcock, and the loss of the Australian Air Force plane D.H.9A.1, commenced the taking of evidence yesterday, when Squadron-Leader ...
Article : 3,949 wordsMELBOURNE, May 10.—It was stated in some quarters to-day that negotiations for a settlement of the dispute affecting the building trade were made this ...
Article : 401 wordsBRISBANE, May 16.—Of three remaining doubtful seats—Brisbane, Mount Morgan and Cook—the two former are now practically certain to be retained by the ...
Article : 182 wordsSir,—I have come to the conclusion that an isolated case of discourtesy on the part of an employee of the Tramway Department has been pointed out for the purpose ...
Article : 197 wordsMELBOURNE, May 10.—An examination of the statement of receipts and expenditure for the Commonwealth for the nine months ended March 31, which was ...
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Advertising : 528 wordsSir,—I cannot imagine why the tram conductors should have been made the scapegoat when there are so many young fellows and boys who remain, seated and let ...
Article : 142 wordsSir,—I am old-fashioned enough to think that ordinary common courtesy and politeness should cause any man who is not in bad health to offer his Beat in a ...
Article : 81 wordsSir,—If a man in health can sit tight, while the woman stands, he is not what British people would call courteous. Why, even the neasts of the field and the birds ...
Article : 159 wordsBRISBANE, May 16.—The latest election figures in doubtful seats are as under. The retiring member is shown by an asterisk. C.P.N stands for Country ...
Article : 79 wordsSir,—I entirely agree with "Efficiency," who states that extra tram cars should be employed and fail to see why the number of tram cars linked together should be ...
Article : 83 wordsSir,—I have read with interest and some amusement the opinions expressed by your correspondents. There is no solution to the problem, as the inherent human traits ...
Article : 123 wordsSir,—My sister and I are two of the many business women who have to get to the city daily. We stand on our feet eight hours a dav. As soon as another mode ...
Article : 82 wordsSHANGHAI, April 16.—Plans for the State funeral of the late Doctor Sun Yat Sen, China's revolutionary leader, who died three years ago at Tientsin, and whose ...
Article : 419 wordsSYDNEY, May 16.—The secretary of the Sydney Labour Council (Mr. J. S. Garden) was one of seven men who appeared in the central Police Court ...
Article : 134 wordsSir,—Much has been said about the subject so far as what occurs on the train cars, but what girls object to is the fact that men rush to get on the cars before ...
Article : 174 wordsSir,—Please publish my, thanks, as a crippled woman, to the drivers and conductors for their unfailing help to me at all times—Yours etc. ...
Article : 37 wordsSir,—I was pleased to read "Sit Tight's" letter, in asmuch as he stated his case lucidly and succinctly. However, I believe he omitted several fundamental buttresses ...
Article : 317 wordsIt was unfortunate that M: Jascba Spivakovsky's third recital, given last night in the Government ballroom, should have coincided with a hand practice in the ...
Article : 801 wordsSir,—Tiring of the discussion about sex equality in overcrowded tram cars, "Seats for All" wants to discuss the efficiency of the tramway Department. Let him go to ...
Article : 211 wordsSYDNEY, May 16.—A critical stage was reached to-day in the inquiry into the allegations of attempted bribery in relation to an omnibus ...
Article : 421 wordsSir,—It has been interesting to read the different views expressed by your correspondents on the above subject but to my way of thinking, none of them have ...
Article : 265 wordsSir,—I have lately tried both giving up and sitting tight and I find that the few minutes, of sitting; tight was the most miserable time of the 24 hours that I had ...
Article : 383 wordsLONDON, May 15.—"The Times" reports that Dr. Stefansson (the famous Arctic explorer) in addressing the American Chamber of Commerce in London, declared ...
Article : 191 wordsSir,—I am, if I were employed in the civil service, approaching the compulsory retirement age—that age when most young people of both sexes look upon us as ...
Article : 375 wordsADELAIDE, May 16.—Mr. Cecil Madigan, acting-professor of geology at the Adelaide University, who took part in Sir Douglas Mawson's last Antarctic ...
Article : 106 wordsThe lady members of the Mount's Bay Sailing Club arranged a cabaret at Temple Court last evening. The president (Mrs. Louis Joubert) wore a French frock of ...
Article : 138 wordsSir,—I would like to take "Sit Tight" around to some of the factories to see how some of the girls have to stand all day There may be a number of girls ...
Article : 149 wordsSYDNEY, May 16.—Rear-Admiral Evans, the new Commander of the Australian Naval Squadron, and his family, were welcomed to Sydney to-day, when ...
Article : 278 wordsBROOME, May 16.—On Tuesday last Mr. Jock Castilla received a report from Port Darwin that the first diver on his lugger Idalia was dead. The diver was ...
Article : 54 wordsSir,—The women should see that an the perambulators are home, before 5 o'clock, and then, perhaps, business people would have a chance. Five o'clock is ...
Article : 81 wordsThe following list of best-sellers has been compiled from information supplied by the courtesy of several well-known Perth booksellers:— Fiction: ...
Article : 120 wordsIn his book of memories, "Private and Personal," Brigadier-General Waters says that when he was Military Attache at Berlin in pre-war days, among his friends ...
Article : 192 wordsSir,—The tramway conductors and drivers are a fine lot of men and do all they can to help those who need help. What is wanted is more cars at rush times and ...
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Advertising : 95 wordsLONDON, May 15.—The Paris correspondent of "The Times" states that the new advanced post in the upper Ziz region of Morocco has been attacked by 300 ...
Article : 110 wordsSir,—Is it not time that the "Sit Tights" found another excuse for their lack of chivalry, courtesy and manners besides the well-worn one that women do not ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Fri 17 May 1929, Page 22
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