After leading over the last four furlongs, The Dimmer won the Perth Cup in hollow fashion yesterday, with Serbury second and Knight Commander (the favourite) third. Although strongly supported in ante-post betting, The Dimmer ...
Article : 1,215 wordsBRUCE ROCK, Jan. 1.—The body of William Halbert (21), farm labourer, formerly of Ravensthorpe, which was found hanging by the neck at the home of his ...
Article : 1,080 wordsLONDON, Jan. 1—The New Year was heralded by the usual festivities. The crowd outside Saint Paul's Cathedral at midnight was huge but not so large as ...
Article : 368 wordsMELBOURNE, Jan. 1—A dramatic dash to the relief of an aviator and a mining expert missing in central Australia began from Point Cooke this morning. ...
Article : 473 wordsLONDON, Jan. 1.—The New Year honours bestowed by the King include four peerages and three new Privy Councillors. The list includes the following:— ...
Article : 677 wordsOf £350; second £70; and third £35 from stake. About two miles and a quarter. LORD ABBEY.—H. S. Noyce's b g, by Lord Multifid—Quin Abbey ...
Article : 2,739 wordsIn some respects this year's Perth Cup was disappointing, and it will probably cause more discussion than any of its predecessors. Taisho. who. unfortunately for ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,457 wordsLONDON, Dec. 31.—The Miners' Federation has officially announced that it has instructed the South Wales coal miners not to work to-morrow following the ...
Article : 226 wordsThe half dozen acceptors went to the post in the Cup Hurdles. The best backed horses were the topweight Freezeout and Kombrook, whose performances of late ...
Article : 793 wordsSYDNEY, Jan. l.—The aeroplane in which Captain Pittendrough and Mr. Hawse left Alice Springs is the Golden Quest, which was reported missing in ...
Article : 123 wordsNEW ORLEANS, Dec. 31.—Four persons were killed to-day in a cold blooded and audacious bank robbery which is the climax to the bandit depredations that ...
Article : 162 wordsLONDON, Dec. 31.—At the Indian round table conference to-day, the Prime Minister (Mr. MacDonald) presided over a meeting of the Minorities Sub-committee, ...
Article : 275 wordsADELAIDE, Jan. 1.—Carpenter's Rocks, a popular fishing and holiday resort in the south-east, was the scene of a drowning accident to-day. Messrs. J. Kerr and H. ...
Article : 110 wordsLONDON, Jan. 1.—Miss Amy Johnson left Stag Lane aerodrome at 10.40 a.m. to-day on a flight to Peking in the Gipsy Moth plane with which she was ...
Article : 90 wordsOTTAWA, Dec. 31.—The negotiations between the Australian Minister for Markets (Mr. Moloney) and the Canadian Cabinet regarding the new trade agreement ...
Article : 254 wordsADELAIDE, Jan. 1.—Cecil Edwin Muller (40), of Long-street, Plympton, was riding a bicycle on Anzac Highway, Plympton, this afternoon, when he collided with ...
Article : 57 wordsNumerous instances of pilfering from clothing left under sunshades by bathers during the annual carnival at Cottesloe were reported to the police yesterday. One ...
Article : 70 wordsLONDON, Jan. 1.—It is announced that the Prime Minister of Australia (Mr. Seullin) has accepted the resignation of Sir James Cooper from the chairmanship of ...
Article : 87 wordsBasil Broad, lately of the South Perth troop of Boy Scouts, yesterday saved Bonny Hales, the five-year-old son of the Scoutmaster at Rivervale from drowning ...
Article : 75 wordsWilliam Cartwright (about 50), of Fitzgerald street, West Perth, was struck on the head with a picket torn from a fence, near the corner of Fitzgerald and James ...
Article : 85 wordsSuffering from severe burns due to the exploding of a spirit stove, Ethel Trembath (14), of Park-street, Subiaco. was admitted to the Perth Hospital yesterday ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Fri 2 Jan 1931, Page 7
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