NORTHAMPTON, Aug. 11.—Rain during the night delayed the resumption of the match between the Australians and Northamptonshire for 45 minutes to-day. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,701 wordsALICE SPRINGS, Aug. 11.—Mr. Coote, the pilot of a 'plane that left Alice Springs with a prospecting party three weeks ago to search for a reported gold discovery ...
Article : 297 wordsSitting at the driving wheel of his taxicab, with his hands resting loosely in his lap, and a bullet-wound in the side of his head, Charles David Patterson (27) ...
Article : 809 wordsLONDON, Aug. 10.—Unsettled conditions persist in a large part of China, and unofficial messages report further advances towards Hankow of the Communist bandit ...
Article : 130 wordsSYDNEY, Aug. 11—"The agreement we have made with the banks will mean that we shall not be able to raise any further loans abroad for the purpose of public ...
Article : 384 wordsCALCUTTA, Aug. 10.—While official details have not been published of the bombing operations against the raiding Afridi tribesmen who are menacing Peshawar, ...
Article : 209 wordsLONDON, Aug. 11.—The Bucharest correspondent of the "Daily Express" states that the astonishing proposal of King Carol, that he should be crowned King ...
Article : 167 wordsWELTEVREDEN (Java), Aug. 11.—After a trial flight, an examination of Mr. Cunningham's 'plane revealed a worn crank axle and a choked oilpipe. New parts ...
Article : 63 wordsLONDON, Aug. 10.—England will experience four days' mimic air war this week. The Royal Air Force's annual exercises, which will begin on Tuesday, will consist ...
Article : 192 wordsActing on behalf of the Perth Chamber of Commerce, the secretary (Mr. E. S. Saw) telegraphed to Senator Sir George Pearce as follows:—"Further to our ...
Article : 185 wordsSYDNEY, Aug. 11.—Detectives inquiring into the hold-up by two armed men of a motor 'bus in Camperdown last night are faced with a difficult problem. To-day ...
Article : 205 wordsLONDON, Aug. 11.—"The Times," in a leading article declares that the Afridi raids show most clearly that the former dissociation of frontier politics from Indian ...
Article : 143 wordsBASRA, Aug. 10.—Mesopotamia is far outdoing the American heat wave, and is at the present time the hottest place on the earth. ...
Article : 83 wordsBERLIN, Aug. 10.—The huge German Dornier flying ship DO X. which flew over Lake Constance in October with 170 passengers, has been fitted with new ...
Article : 119 wordsHOBART, Aug. 11.—Under the system of pooling London credits, which will come into operation on September 1, Tasmania will incur an additional impost of £37,000 ...
Article : 64 wordsCharles Daniel Curtin, of Blencove-street, West Leederville, was driving a motor car, with Miss Ivy Berrell, of Aberdeen-street. ...
Article : 146 wordsAn instruction in regard to the sales tax was issued by the Deputy Commissioner of Taxation (Mr. E. A. Black) yesterday. He stated that all persons not required to be ...
Article : 228 wordsMELBOURNE, Aug. 11.—Declaring that nothing could be pointed to with satisfaction as having been done to improve the lot of the workers of Australia, the ...
Article : 120 wordsMELBOURNE, Aug. 11.—Norman Mclver (29), stevedore's labourer, was found guilty of perjury in the General Sessions to-day, and was remanded by Judge ...
Article : 194 wordsLONDON, Aug. 10.—Flight-Lieutenant Atcherley, one of the British pilots who flew in the Schneider Cup race last year, will represent Great Britain in the ...
Article : 131 wordsVirulent criticism of the methods and policy of the Federal Government was made by Senator W. Carroll, after his arrival in Perth from Canberra by the ...
Article : 661 wordsNEW YORK, Aug. 8.—The Navy Yard will repair and alter the submarine No. 12 at a cost of £2,000 for the use of Sir Hubert Wilkins in Arctic exploration. Mr. ...
Article : 101 wordsGordon Thomas (21), painter, of Vance-street, North Perth, fell from a motor truck when the vehicle swerved to avoid a tram car at the corner of Angove and ...
Article : 62 wordsSir,—Your correspondent. "P.V." whose complaint is voiced in to-day's issue is not the only one who considers he has been the victim of a "profiteer." Possibly my ...
Article : 213 wordsLONDON, Aug. 8.—Sir Arthur Witten Brown, who with, the late Sir John Alcock, was the first to fly the Atlantic, unveiled at Burryport (Carmarthanshire), ...
Article : 88 wordsJohn R. Williams (49), linesman, of Loftus-street, Leederville, was cutting a limb from a tree in Lyall-street, Belmont, yesterday, when the limb fell to the ground, ...
Article : 51 wordsLONDON, Aug. 11.—The political correspondent of the "Daily Herald" states that a panel of Ministers has been appointed to prepare Britain's case at the ...
Article : 191 wordsMELBOURNE, Aug. 11.—The Coroner (Mr. Grant) opened an inquest to-day into the death of Ena May Drury (19), of Bacchus Marsh, at her home on July 13. ...
Article : 136 wordsMELBOURNE, Aug. 11.—Nellie Rodgers (21), domestic, of Carnarvon-street, Brunswick, was making toast at a fire in the kitchen of the Brittania Hotel, ...
Article : 64 wordsNEW YORK, Aug. 8.—Sir Charles Burney, the designer of the airship R100, which is now in Canada after having flown the Atlantic, Wing Commander Colemore ...
Article : 67 wordsSYDNEY, Aug. 11.—During an Australian rules football match at Wagga yesterday, two players collided, their heads striking heavily. They played on, but one ...
Article : 50 wordsSir,—The case quoted by "P.V." in your issue of to-day, is only one of many that has happened since August 1. Only to-day I bought 11b. of nails from a ...
Article : 94 wordsLONDON, Aug. 10.—The King summoned Frederick Draper, chief waiter of the Royal Yacht Squadron, aboard the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert at Cowes ...
Article : 54 wordsSir.—It was recently stated that the Minister for Defence (Mr. A. E. Green) had notified Senator E. B. Johnson that a representative of the Civil Aviation ...
Article : 189 wordsSYDNEY, Aug. 11.—Carbon monoxide fumes, inhaled when sitting over a dining room fire, were blamed to-day at Coolamon for the death of Freda Webster (20). At ...
Article : 89 wordsCANBERRA, Aug. 11.—Owing to the exodus from Canberra of members of Parliament at the end of the session, there is now a surplus of hotel accommodation ...
Article : 248 wordsRIGA, Aug. 10.—Under the watchword, "Back to the Swine," the Soviet leaders have appealed to trade unions and Communist organisations not to forget pigs. ...
Article : 120 wordsMERREDIN, Aug. 9.—A meeting of workers and business men was held in the Town Hall last night for the purpose of protesting against the Government's ...
Article : 232 wordsLONDON, Aug. 9.—Sir Thomas Lipton sailed for America to-day by the Leviathan to race his yacht, the Shamkrock V., against the yacht selected to represent the ...
Article : 53 wordsThe Perth City Council met at the Council Chambers yesterday afternoon, the Lord Mayor (Mr. J. T. Franklin, M.L.C.) presiding. ...
Article : 274 wordsLONDON, Aug. 11.—The Paris correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" states that the latest development in the struggle by dressmakers, to prevent the clandestine ...
Article : 177 wordsBRISBANE, Aug. 11.—In a little store opposite the Mt. Bruce State school. Camp Hill, Brisbane, Thomas Lee, a middle-aged man, fatally wounded the proprietress— ...
Article : 67 wordsMELBOURNE, Aug. 11.—Thieves entered three shops at Belgrave early this morning and by setting fire to one caused considerable damage. From Claude ...
Article : 107 wordsCAPE TOWN, Aug. 11.—The Leader of the Opposition (General Smuts), accompanied by Mr. Hutchinson, of Kew Gardens (London) and Dr. Evans, Government ...
Article : 155 wordsAfter having served on the Clan line ever since he went to sea at the age of 13 years in 1888. Mr. J. o. Jones, chief steward of the freighter Clan Mactaggart, ...
Article : 338 wordsLONDON, Aug. 10.—The delegates to the Lambeth Conference, which completed its sessions yesterday, attended an impressive final service at Westminster ...
Article : 151 wordsCOLLIE, Aug. 9.—A letter was recently received by the Town Clerk (Mr. S. Simpson) from the main Roads Board, asking the council to give permission to deviate ...
Article : 306 wordsMELBOURNE, Aug. 11.—When the interstate steamer Katoomba berthed at North Wharf to-day, detectives went on board and arrested a seaman, who, they say, was ...
Article : 68 wordsMELBOURNE, Aug 11.—Harold True (39), photographer of Capitol House, an American, who was arrested yesterday on a charge of manslaughter, was remanded ...
Article : 61 wordsGERALDTON, Aug. 11.—There has been little falling off in the registration of motor cars at Geraldton this year. The number of persons who have not ...
Article : 92 wordsThe Minister for Defence (Mr. A. E. Green) has received the following letter from the Postmaster-General:—"As you are aware, the Bill that was recently ...
Article : 135 wordsCAPE TOWN, Aug. 9.—The Wool Council has decided to admit Japanese buyers to South Africa on a basis of equality with Europeans. It has agreed also ...
Article : 93 wordsSYDNEY, Aug. 11.—Little progress has been made by detectives investigating the theory that the woman whose skeleton was found recently on a beach near ...
Article : 54 wordsTOKIO, Aug. 11.—To bring the Japanese Navy up to the strength permitted by the London Naval Treaty, the navy staff has presented a building programme that ...
Article : 66 wordsBy special arrangement, Reuter's world service, in addition to other special sources of information, is used in the compilation or the oversea intelligence published in ...
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