LONDON, Jan. 7.—A remarkable position has developed in regard to the meeting of the High Council of the Salvation Army (comprising 64 officers from all parts ...
Article : 772 wordsLONDON, Jan. 8 (1 p.m.).—Sir Stanley Hewett, Sir Hugh Rigby and Lord Dawson consulted for an hour and a half at the Palace this ...
Article : 121 wordsThe Minister for Metropolitan Water Supply (Mr. A. McCallum) made available, yesterday, a report on the metropolitan water supply by the ...
Article : 3,066 wordsWASHINGTON, Jan. 8.—After a day occupied with a spiritless debate, the Senate adjourned to-night with the possibility of an early agreement on the ...
Article : 156 wordsThe year 1928 proved yet another period of quiet, uneventful prosperity to W.A. Airways. During the year, 171,825 miles were flown by the Company's 'planes; ...
Article : 147 wordsLONDON, Jan. 7.—Reports, from Kabul regarding the Afghan Government's negotiations for peace with the tribesmen who rose in revolt against King Amanullah's ...
Article : 151 wordsMELBOURNE, Jan. 8.—Visiting a house in Part Melbourne last night, a party of detectives found several counterfeit florins and a number of plaster moulds. The ...
Article : 336 wordsBELGRADE, Jan. 7.—The telegrams state that complete calm reigns throughout Yugo-Slavia following the dramatic, coup-d'etat of King Alexander on Monday ...
Article : 364 wordsThe second heat of the Australia skiff championship will be raced over the special championship course this afternoon. The course starts at Quarry spit-post ...
Article : 173 wordsLONDON, Jan. 7.—Flying officers Moir and Owen, whose splendid airmanship in the ill-fated Spirit of Australia flight is warmly regarded by British experts who ...
Article : 477 wordsCAPETOWN, Jan. 7.—The central figure during the week-end at Port Nolloth (Namaqualand), in connection with the trouble on the diamond fields was ...
Article : 199 wordsLONDON, Jan. 7.—Although to-night's bulletin does not report any definite improvement, it is regarded as satisfactory, and there is reason to believe that the ...
Article : 175 wordsCANBERRA, Jan. 8.—A comprehensive review of present-day conditions in Australia, as seen by members of the British Economic Delegation, is contained ...
Article : 348 wordsThe Commonwealth Government has decided to scrap H.M.A.S. Sydney, famous for her victory over the German raider Emden. The scrapping will be carried out immediately at the Cockatoo Island dockyard to tide over the shortage of work among the skilled tradesmen until the dockyard is leased to its new owners. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 114 wordsBERLIN, Jan. 8.—It is announced that Professor Esau, of Jena, without using an aerial, has succeeded in sending ultra-short waves possessing peculiar properties, a ...
Article : 79 wordsNEW YORK, Jan. 8.—The Rosenbach Company paid £4,700 at a book sale to-day for a second edition of Robert Burns's "Poems Chiefly in Scottish Dialect." The ...
Article : 102 wordsLONDON, Jan. 7.—The Cuban half-caste, Jackson, who was the central figure in the Jervis Bay trouble, who arrived in England on the Largs Bay from Colombo has ...
Article : 102 wordsLONDON, Jan. 7—A message from Southwold received late to-night stated that the General's health rendered it practically impossible that he could attend the opening ...
Article : 147 wordsSYDNEY, Jan. 8.—Ernest Stapleton, a tram conductor, reported to the police that he was held up by an armed and masked man early this morning at Yarra Bay La ...
Article : 164 wordsROME, Jan. 7.—King Victor Emanuel has ordered that the Court should go into mourning for the late Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia, who was Queen Elena's ...
Article : 36 words"With our wines selling at less than the cost of production, any substantial increase of price would immediately reduce the consumption," said Mr. R. C. ...
Article : 319 wordsSYDNEY, Jan. 8.—Details of the attack by a huge shark upon a Fijian at Suva last week were given by passengers on the Moeraki, which reached Sydney last night. ...
Article : 270 wordsLONDON, Jan. 7.—In an elaboration of her appeal for funds the creation of an Empire opera house, Dame Nellie Melba has accorded an interview to the ...
Article : 152 wordsBRISBANE, Jan. 8.—As a result of recent rains at Winton, all stock routes are now open, and confidence has been restored to such an extent, that most ...
Article : 197 wordsLONDON, Jan. 8.—The chief of staff (Commissioner Higgins), presided over the opening stages of the meeting of the High Council this morning, but he vacated the ...
Article : 250 wordsLOS ANGELES, Jan. 7.—The monoplane Question Mark was forced down through the failure of the left motor at 2.12 p.m. to-day, after a flight of 150 hours ...
Article : 90 wordsSYDNEY, Jan. 8.—A move has been made in certain Labour quarters to prevent Senator A. Rae from participating in meetings of the Federal Labour caucus ...
Article : 233 wordsBERLIN, Jan. 7.—For the first time in history the entire ensemble of the famous Scala Opera House, Milan, including an orchestra of 100, a chorus of 130, and ...
Article : 60 wordsBURKETOWN (Q.), Jan. 8.—A further 123 points of rain were registered up to 3 o'clock this afternoon, making a total of 480 points within the last 48 hours. ...
Article : 50 wordsMELBOURNE, Jan. 8.—Senior Detective Bruce and Railway Inquiry Officer Beal to-day arrested two youths in connection with the finding of two heavy ...
Article : 303 wordsLONDON, Jan. 7.—Lady Bailey, wife of Sir Abe Bailey, who reached Paris yesterday on her return flight from Cape Town in a light Moth aeroplane, was ...
Article : 49 wordsNEWCASTLE, Jan. 8.—The police, who are still investigating the mysterious death of Hilda Johnson, who died after eating chocolates in a picture theatre are now ...
Article : 102 wordsBRISBANE, Jan. 8.—It was ascertained at the State Immigration Department to-day that 2,140 immigrants arrived in Queensland last year. They included:— ...
Article : 92 wordsSYDNEY, Jan. 8.—Gallant efforts to rescue two girls from a treacherous undertow in the surf at Diamond Head, near Taree, to-day, endangered the lives of four ...
Article : 201 wordsLONDON, Jan. 8.—One of the biggest fires of recent years in Edinburgh has destroyed the Bankers' Clearing House, which is on the north side of Saint ...
Article : 69 wordsCHICAGO, Jan. 7.—Numerous deaths have been reported as a result of the intense cold prevailing over the mid-west, with temperatures ranging from zero to 10 ...
Article : 84 wordsSYDNEY, Jan. 8.—When the Morinda was docked at Sydney to-day it was found that about three-quarters of the hold below the water line had been affected by ...
Article : 145 wordsSYDNEY, Jan. 8.—A fire in one of the bunkers of the steamer Trelissick, which arrived in Newcastle on Monday night, was discovered when the vessel was at ...
Article : 106 wordsTHURSDAY ISLAND, Jan. 8.—The police arrested James Maurice Kelly on Monday evening. He appeared in the Police Court this morning on a charge of ...
Article : 116 wordsLONDON, Jan. 8—According to the Paris correspondent of "The Times," French economists say that if a railway tunnel were constructed under the channel. ...
Article : 84 wordsSUVA, Jan. 8.—The Sutlej sailed for Calcutta this afternoon with 654 repatriated Indians, who took over £20,000 with them. ...
Article : 70 wordsWELLINGTON, Jan. 8.—A notable mountain climbing feat was accomplished on Sunday by Miss K. Gardiner, of Liverpool (England), Accompanied by two ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Wed 9 Jan 1929, Page 15
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