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  2. PEARLING.

    The pearling fleet has gone to see to fore now, though a few boats may still be lying in Broome. Of this important minor industry little is written, and a large ...

    Article : 1,529 words
  3. SOME RECENT FICTION.

    Those among us who have read and enjoyed reading Colonel Drury's previous book, "The Peradventures of Private Pagett," will welcome the feet that, of ...

    Article : 1,072 words
  4. COUNTRY WOMEN IN PERTH FOR RURAL HOUSEHOLD SCIENCE CLASSES.

    Nearly IN women from country districts between Albany and the Geldfields who are attending the 1930 simmer course In [?] household [?] at the University. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 51 words
  5. ANCIENT RUT USEFUL.

    Despite Its thirty years' association with Bunbary, this old fire fighting machine performed yeoman service in helping to extingalsh the fire on the Holt Sine [?] The picture shows the old steam [?] being lowered over the side of the ship inset: The type of safety [?] used to penetrate the smoke-field hold. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 223 words
  6. WHEAT LOADING AT BUNBURY.

    The steamer Kenilworth Castle taking on wheat at Bunbury this week. What is claimed to be a State record was performed [?] by the Bunbury waterside workers while loading the Baron inchape with a carpe of [?] wheat. The men engaged on the work averaged 9,580 bags a day, and in one day, working two hours overtime, they reached the total of 13,150 bags. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 140 words
  7. EMPLOYERS' FEDERATION

    He has been appointed secretary of the West Australian Employers' Federation in succession to Mr. F. S. Andrews, who resigned recently. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 58 words
  8. BIG ENGINES FOR THE WILUNA GOLD MINES.

    This illustration shows one of a at et seven National heavy oil engines to be Installed by the Wiluna Gold Mines at their contra power plant, Wilsoa. Each of these engines, capable of developing 650 h.p., at 275 revolutions per minute, will be directly coupled to an [?] generator. The total weight of each engine is approximately 75 tons. These engines were [?] by the National Gas Engine Company. Ashton-under-Tyne, England, who are makers ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 209 words
  9. BANKS AND MERCANTILE SWIMMING CHAMPIONS.

    The Cider, Smith and Co. Ltd. team which won the annual banks and mercantile teams relay race at the carnival at Claremont baths on Thursday night. Back row: J. Salmon and P. A. Devitt, Lower: S. M. Grelg and M. Webster. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 101 words
  10. NEW BOOKS AND REPRINTS.

    "More Obiter Dicta," by Augustine Birrell (Surrey: Wh. Heipemann, Ltd.) 3/6. "Plays for Middle Forms," edited by Reed Moorehouse (London: J. M. Deat and Son), 1/4. ...

    Article : 538 words
  11. 1931 CENSUS.

    A census will Be taken in Australia next year in accordance with the provisions of the Census and Statistics Act. At the conference of statisticians, which ...

    Article : 824 words
  12. WEALTH OF MALAYA.

    "It is time that the British Empire woke up to the fact that it owns valuable raw products in the rare metals, molybdenite, scheelite, wolfram and tin, aa well as ...

    Article : 534 words
  13. PUZZLE CORNER.

    Each letter of WRIST end ANKLE represents a figured. Where the same letter occurs more than once it represents the same figure each time. WRIST plus ...

    Article : 51 words
  14. DRIED FRUITS.

    Mr. A. Yeates, West Australian representative on the Commonwealth Dried Fruits Export Control Board stated yesterday that according to advices received ...

    Article : 178 words
  15. THE REVERSE NUMBERS.

    A number of three digits added to the same number reversed will sum to 1,170, and the difference between the two numbers is divisible by 8 without remainder. ...

    Article : 36 words
  16. COINCIDING VALVES.

    The diameters of the front and back tyres of a lorry are 28in. and 35in. respectively. How far does the lorry travel between each time the positions of the ...

    Article : 36 words
  17. HARD TIMES.

    Sir,—From day to day I see various suggestions for tiding Australia over this bad season, but I have not been one yet that was worth the paper it was printed ...

    Article : 252 words
  18. A MUDDLED QUOTATION.

    The letters of each of the six words of the following quotation are in their wrong order. The words are however, in their right sequence, but their length is not ...

    Article : 41 words
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    When quite a child the anonymous author of "Uncensored Recollections" was taken by his male nurse to visit the Due and Duchesse de Moray. At that time the ...

    Article : 172 words
  20. To the Editor, "The West Australian."

    Sir,—We are informed by the Chairman of the State Dried Fruit Board (Mr. Davis) that a publicity campaign is about to he launched with a view to popularising ...

    Article : 139 words
  21. THE LONGEST PALINDROME.

    What is the longest word in the English language that reads backwards and forwards alike—like "reviver"? This word can be beaten, but you may have to give ...

    Article : 38 words
  22. Last Week's Problems.

    (1) "Let every man skin his own skunk," (2) The missing words are "Asterisk" ("ass to risk") and "Parallel," (3) Subtract 14 from whatever result you are given, which will ...

    Article : 73 words
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