LONDON, Sept. 1.—In a speech last night Sir Leonard Hill, the physiologist, declared that unless the birth rate was improved the British Empire was doomed. ...
Article : 160 wordsFor the present fine weather is forecast for the most part, but conditions are expected to become unsettled later in the South-West. ...
Article : 1,013 wordsMr. V. C. H. Eagleton, secretary of the Perth Hospital, sustained a partial collapse at Yanchep last night, and he was brought into the hospital where he was ...
Article : 491 wordsCANBERRA, Sept. 1.—An announcement in the House of Representatives today by the Minister for Defence (Sir Archdale Parkhill) that the Federal ...
Article : 296 wordsReference to the "rather trenchant" criticism by Mr. Parker of the Government's proposal that the new traffic bridge at North Fremantle should be of ...
Article : 379 wordsWhether the ballot of members of the Amalgamated Engineering Union on the question of holding a stop-work meeting is a move to short-circuit the ...
Article : 886 wordsCANBERRA, Sept. 1.—A Bill to increase the rate of soldiers' pensions from 19/ to £1 in accordance with the undertaking given in the Budget was passed ...
Article : 330 wordsCANBERRA, Sept. 1.—Customs receipts for the first two months of the current financial year have exceeded receipts for the corresponding period of last year by ...
Article : 163 words(Every request for Information" must be accompanied by the name and address of the writer, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of goon faith.) ...
Article : 801 wordsBoth Houses of the State Parliament met yesterday. In the Legislative Council the Address- in-Reply was adopted after the Chief ...
Article : 338 wordsRATES OF POSTAGE.—Letters, within the Commonwealth and to places in the British Empire, 2d. per ounce; U.S.A., Java and all other places, first ounce, 3d.; each succeeding ounce ...
Article : 86 wordsThe aimless and wanton destruction of public property such as occurred on Monday and Tuesday nights in King's Park shows a mental kink so ...
Article : 777 wordsCANBERRA, Sept. 1.—Members of the Labour Party have failed in an effort to have the Unlawful Assemblies Ordinance, which was proclaimed in ...
Article : 233 wordsPERTH-ADELAIDE.—Outward mails for the Eastern States close at the G.P.O.. Perth, at 10.30 a m. on Tuesday and at 5.80 am. on Friday, arriving at Adelaide at 12.30 p.m. on ...
Article : 455 wordsLONDON, Aug. 31.—"Where the tariff has been revised since Ottawa the duties on British goods are much lower than for very many years," writes Mr. ...
Article : 239 wordsLONDON, Aug. 31.—The secretary of the University of Birmingham (Mr. C. G. Burton) said today that a committee of the university council had asked Dr. R. E. ...
Article : 335 wordsLONDON, Aug. 31.—In a letter from Shanghai Professor A. F. Barker, Professor of Textile Industries in Chiao-Tung University, Shanghai asserts that, ...
Article : 111 wordsLONDON, Aug. 31.—Busts of the late King Albert of Belgium and the Belgian Queen Mother, Queen Elisabeth, were unveiled yesterday at the Shorncliffe ...
Article : 64 wordsCANBERRA, Sept. 1.—Strong requests that the Federal Government, in distributing the apple and pear bounty on fruit exported, should adhere this year ...
Article : 151 wordsHOBART, Sept. 1—The Hobart session of the New Education Fellowship Conference ended today when three of the delegation-Dr. Pierre Bovet ...
Article : 124 wordsUNITED KINGDOM, EUROPE, EGYPT, ADEN, ASIA, MALTA and INDIA.—Wairangi, September 6; letters, 2 p.m. (late fee, 8 p.m.); newspapers, packets and registered articles, 1 ...
Article : 292 wordsCANBERRA, Sept. 1.—Senator Marwick (U.C.P., W.A.) asked in the Senate today whether, in view of the great losses suffered through rabbits and the ...
Article : 129 wordsAMBASSADORS: "Woman Wise" and "Midnight Court." Continuous from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. CAPITOL: "Ramona" and "Step Lively, Jeeves." ...
Article : 113 wordsMr. Baxter asked the Chief Secretary (Mr. Kitson) in the Legislative Council yesterday whether the Government Tender Board had at a duly constituted ...
Article : 173 wordsCANBERRA, Sept. 1.—The Post- master-General (Senator McLachlan) stated in the Senate today that it was intended gradually to issue postage ...
Article : 90 wordsMELBOURNE, Sept. 1.—Dr. R. E. Priestley, who is retiring from the Vice-Chancellorship of the University of Melbourne, said today that the recent ...
Article : 127 wordsWater is now running away through the needle valve of Canning Dam at the rate of 110,000,000 gallons a day, which is approximately equivalent to ...
Article : 181 wordsSeveral British ships have been bombed by insurgent aeroplanes in Gijon harbour, a Russian ship has been sunk by an unknown submarine ...
Article : 646 wordsBROADWAY and SAVOY (Victoria Park): "Madame Spy" and "Brief Moment." CLAREMONT: "Stolen Holiday" and "Forgotten Faces." ...
Article : 140 wordsUNITED KINGDOM, EUROPE. ASIA. SINGAPORE, JAVA and INDIA.—Wairang[?], September 6, at 4.30 p.m. (late fee, 5.15 p.m.). EASTERN STATES.—Saturday, at 12.30 ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 44 wordsLONDON, Aug. 31.—Business done at the Radio Exhibition at Olympia this year is said to show an increase of nearly one-quarter for the home market while ...
Article : 94 wordsLONDON, Aug. 31.—A telephone service between any place in Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Irak, which at the outset will be restricted to Bagdad, ...
Article : 49 wordsIN CHAMBERS.—At 10.30 a.m.. before Mr. Justice Draper. NISI PRIUS.—At 10.80 a.m.. before Mr. Justice Dwyer: J. W. Sutton v. T. A. Bryce. ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Thu 2 Sep 1937, Page 18
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