Fanned by winds of gale force, devastating bushfires have raged through a belt of country, extending from Denmark to Manjimup, and adjoining districts, since Wednesday. The dislocation of normal communications renders it difficult to ...
Article : 647 wordsLONDON, Feb. 12.—"I do not cavil at Herr Hitler's demand that the principles governing the distribution of colonies and mandates and Germany's ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 249 wordsAn indication of the cost of the British rearmament programme, which is now well under way, was given in the House of Commons on Thursday afternoon, when the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Neville Chamberlain) announced that the Government proposed, in ...
Article : 1,594 wordsWASHINGTON, Feb. 12.—Continuing his effort to force through Congress without alteration his plan for the drastic re-organisation of the Federal Judiciary, ...
Article : 422 wordsLONDON, Feb. 12.—The chairman's sub-committee of the international committee for non-intervention in the Spanish Civil War was again in session at ...
Article : 563 wordsLONDON, Feb. 12.—In an article in the "Daily Mail" today Lord Rothermere bitterly attacks Czechoslovakia as a "spurious State, a Central European sham and ...
Article : 284 wordsVIENNA, Feb. 12.—A conference of army chiefs today decided upon a scheme to mobilise every citizen for military or civilian duties and to co-ordinate the ...
Article : 44 wordsDETROIT, Feb. 12.—After the announcement early yesterday morning by the Governor of Michigan (Mr. Frank Murphy) that a settlement of the ...
Article : 370 wordsKALGOORLIE, Feb. 12.—The employees of the West Australian Goldfields Firewood Supply Co., Ltd., working in the bush along the Kurrawang wood line ...
Article : 291 wordsBERLIN, Feb. 12.—In the domestic campaign following up Herr Hitler's demand for restoration of the former German colonies, Germans are being ...
Article : 78 wordsMembers of the Liberal Opposition in the House of Commons will meet next week to decide the attitude of the party to the Government's plan. Meanwhile, ...
Article : 168 wordsLONDON, Feb. 11.—In the House of Commons today, the Home Secretary (Sir John Simon), moved the second reading of the Factories Bill, a comprehensive ...
Article : 176 wordsLONDON, Feb. 12.—A continuous artillery bombardment during last night was associated with a new attack by the rebel forces in the western sector of the Madrid ...
Article : 228 wordsCAPE TOWN, Feb. 11.—The British Government has undertaken to supply South Africa with 100 aeroplanes at a cost of £200 each, which is less than ...
Article : 150 wordsLONDON, Feb. 12.—The Government's plan for the financing the rearmament programme was announced in the House of Commons after the close of business ...
Article : 232 wordsThe story of the first outbreak of fire was graphically told this afternoon by Mr. W. J. Morgan, secretary of the Denmark Road Board, through the territory ...
Article : 995 wordsBASLE, Feb. 11.—Alleging libel, M. Leon Trotsky, the Soviet leader now in exile in Mexico, is suing the Swiss Communist newspaper, "Freiheit." ...
Article : 78 wordsMOSCOW, Feb. 11.—A forecast that a war between Russia and Japan would come very soon was made today by Marshal Bluecher, commander of the Soviet ...
Article : 54 wordsLONDON, Feb. 11.—Stipulating that he must do more flying than acting, Mr. J. A. Mollison, the well-known airman, has contracted to take a leading part in ...
Article : 44 wordsNAPLES, Feb. 12.—The Crown Princess Marie Jose gave birth to a son today. ...
Article : 18 wordsDamage caused by the storm which struck Bunbury on Wednesday night. (1) A section of the baths jetty which was damaged by the fishing boat Blue Peter, seen in photograph No. 5. (2) Erosion near Hungry Hollow, Ocean Drive. (3) Rescuing boats sunk during the storm. (4) The remains of Chadd's jetty. Sunken boats are in the foreground. (5) The Blue Peter, one of the Bunbury fishing fleet boats, resting against the Bunbury baths tearooms after having been washed ashore. (6) Several feet of sand over the main railway between Busselton and Bunbury. (7) A boat badly holed and forced up the beach at Busselton. (8) Blown up the beach this motor boat at Busselton was half-buried. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 124 wordsIn a leading article today "The Times" states:—"Mr. Chamberlain's announcement does little more than create the framework of a highly orthodox ...
Article : 129 wordsAt 2.30 o'clock this afternoon, Messrs. C. R. Donaldson and T. C. Vincent, two residents of Perth, arrived at the Denmark Road Board office bringing messages ...
Article : 866 wordsLONDON, Feb. 12.—The first reports from Berlin state that official circles find nothing to criticise in the news of the British Government's plan for financing ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Sat 13 Feb 1937, Page 19
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