LONDON, Dec. 27.—A light aeroplane which promises great success is under construction for Squadron-Leader Bert Hinkler. It is a small monoplane driven by ...
Article : 225 wordsPiting through a stout harpoon-rope and a fishing line, a 14ft. shark gained its freedom yesterday morning after a fight lasting if more than an hour, at North Cottesloe ...
Article : 976 wordsMELBOURNE, Dec. 29.—Torrential rains throughout Central Australia have broken a seven years' drought and many new water courses have been formed ...
Article : 626 wordsLONDON, Dec. 27.—The chief business at the preliminary meeting on January 20 of the Prime Minister (Mr. MacDonald) with the delegates to the five-Power ...
Article : 517 wordsThe Western Australian Turf Club's annual race meeting was continued on Saturday in fine, warm weather. The attendance was a most satisfactory one and the racing well up to the high standard of the club's meetings. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 680 wordsOSLO, Dec. 25.—The "Tidens Tegn" today published a report from Captain Larsen, who is with the Norwegian exploration expedition in the Antarctic, stating ...
Article : 108 wordsWASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—The Treasury Department announced to-day that an agreement had been reached between the United States and Germany for the ...
Article : 178 wordsCONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 27.—At least 15 persons were drowned in the Sea of Marmora in a collision at midnight between a Greek vessel and the Bulgarian ...
Article : 63 wordsBERLIN, Dec. 28.—The German delegation to the second conference at The Hague on January 6, when details associated with the Young Plan for German reparations ...
Article : 150 wordsLONDON, Dec. 28.—A great change is to be made in the structure of the airship R101. This involves cutting the airship in two and inserting another complete bay ...
Article : 217 wordsLONDON, Dec. 28.—The Palestine Commission of Inquiry into the recent Arab-Jewish riots, which will end its sitting to-day, has issued the following statement ...
Article : 268 wordsMigrants from Great Britain lining the rails of the Largs Bay, which reached Fremantle from London on Friday. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 36 wordsMELBOURNE, Dec. 29.—Because it is believed that more business will be obtained in New South Wales the De Haviland Aircraft Pty., Ltd., intends to remove ...
Article : 88 wordsNEW YORK, Dec. 28.—The Washington correspondent of the United Press says that the Secretary of State (Mr. Stimson) asked the French yesterday for ...
Article : 550 wordsLONDON, Dec. 27.—The text has been published of the Notes exchanged on December 20 between the newly appointed Russian Ambassador in London (M. ...
Article : 755 wordsADELAIDE, Dec. 29.—Reports from the country show that pastoral areas benefited greatly from heavy rain on Thursday Friday last and sheepowners are ...
Article : 58 wordsReady for the dip. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 8 wordsBRISBANE, Dec. 29.—During the weekend heavy rains fell over a wide area of the southern and south-western portions of Queensland. The falls will do a great ...
Article : 109 wordsCALCUTTA, Dec. 29.—A determined attack is being led against Mr. M. K. Gandhi's resolution demanding independence at the critical session of the Indian ...
Article : 184 wordsCANBERRA, Dec. 29.—Heavy rain has fallen in Canberra during the past three days and nearly three inches have been recorded since Thursday morning. The ...
Article : 339 wordsWASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—Drastic changes in the method of enforcement of prohibition appear to be impending as a result of recent discussions on the ...
Article : 186 wordsA shark about five feet long was seen cruising about the jetty in the Swan River at Como at 12.45 o'clock this morning. A party of motorists had alighted ...
Article : 124 wordsThe racing was again of a high standard but winners were hard to find, and generally speaking, bookmakers finished up on the winning side. In the Officer Handicap ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,598 wordsAPIA (Samoa), Dec. 28.—Adherents of the Mau (a league of Samoans organised by certain white settlers with the object of obtaining self-government in ...
Article : 142 wordsMELBOURNE, Dec. 29.—Consternation caused among bathers at Chelsea yesday morning by the appearance of a shark about five yards from the shore. In a ...
Article : 81 wordsBUDAPEST, Dec. 27.—Esther Takacs (37) has been acquitted on a charge of having poisoned her father-in-law by means of arsenic obtained from fly paper ...
Article : 169 wordsPARIS, Dec. 28.—The Chamber of Deputies to-day voted large sums for naval and land defences. The naval vote is to conform to a fixed programme under which ...
Article : 156 wordsNEW YOrK, Dec. 28.—The Woodrow Wilson Foundation, under the provision of its charter permitting the award of the prize for the promotion of peace to groups ...
Article : 178 wordsMELBOURNE, Dec. 29.—Ernest Michael Simonsen (25), police constable, who was arrested on Friday and charged with having stolen £171/7/3, the property of ...
Article : 218 wordsPARIS, Dec. 28.—The Chamber of Deputies to-day, after the Prime Minister (M Tardieu) had spoken on foreign policy, carried a vote of confidence in the ...
Article : 115 wordsMADRID, Dec. 28.—It is understood that the Spanish Dictator (General Primo de Rivera) is negotiating to secure a seat at the London naval conference on the ...
Article : 73 wordsOf £300; second horse £60; third horse £30. Six. furlongs. EINGA—Messrs. wittenoom and Lefroy's b. f., by Claro—Loversland. 3 yrs., ...
Article : 2,131 wordsKALGOORLIE, Dec. 29.—A passer-by on the Celebration-road, near the Boulder Cemetery, found the dead body of Frederick Mackman (80), pensioner, of ...
Article : 42 wordsCAPE TOWN, Dec. 27.—The warning of the Prime Minister (General Hertzog) that trade depression was imminent has been belied by the Christmas trade. There ...
Article : 53 wordsSYDNEY, Dec. 29.—The Inspector-General of Mental Hospitals has forwarded s report to the Minister of Health (Dr. Arthur) showing that the total number of ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Mon 30 Dec 1929, Page 13
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