The Director of Agriculture (Dr. G. L. Sutton), who has been appointed a Royal Commissioner to inquire into the relative prices of flour and bread, ...
Article : 346 wordsUnsettled weather, with some further rains. Is forecast for today. The maximum shade temperature at the Perth Observatory yesterday was 76deg. ...
Article : 626 wordsProfessor Walter Murdoch, Professor of English in the University of Western Australia, has been invited by the University of Queensland to give the ...
Article : 748 wordsIt takes more than one good downpour to make a good season either in the wheatbelt or the pastoral areas, but practically the whole of Western ...
Article : 712 wordsYesterday at midnight there came into force the scheme of coastal patrol and frontier supervision around Spain, designed to prevent volunteers and arms ...
Article : 1,065 wordsCANBERRA, April 19.—Striking evidence of the manner in which the Italians have availed themselves of the freedom which is accorded by the present ...
Article : 260 wordsSince the price of bread was raised last Sunday week by a halfpenny to 6½d. s 2lb. loaf when delivered for cash, the price of flour has fallen by 27/6 to ...
Article : 96 wordsCANBERRA, April 19.—A long list of important business will await the Federal Cabinet when it meets in Canberra to-morrow morning. The meeting will ...
Article : 278 wordsBATES OF POSTAGE.—Letters, within the Commonwealth and to places in the British Empire, 2d. per ounce; U.S.A., Java and alt other places, first ounce, 3d.; each succeeding ...
Article : 86 wordsLONDON, April 16.—The suggestion by Mr. R. A. Grouch, of Melbourne, in a letter to "The Times," that certain historic documents at present in England ...
Article : 256 wordsWith the collapse of the overseas markets, local prices for export wheat sagged a further lid. yesterday, wheat firms in Perth, with one exception, quoting ...
Article : 259 wordsBERLIN, April 19.—Count von Luckner the daring German wartime raider, sailed today in his new motorship, the Sea Devil, on a voyage of propaganda ...
Article : 74 wordsPETH-ADELAIDE.—Outward mails for the Eastern States close at the G.P.O., Perth, at 10.80 a.m. on Tuesdays and at 5.80 a.m. on Fridays, arriving at Adelaide at 12.80 p.m. on ...
Article : 502 wordsAmong the passengers by the liner Otranto, which passed through Fremantle yesterday on her way to Great Britain, were the following:— ...
Article : 240 wordsSYDNEY, April 19.—Marchese Guglielmo Marconi, the inventor of wireless telegraphy and the outstanding figure in modern wireless development, has ...
Article : 247 wordsCANBERRA, April 19.—Prospectuses for the new Federal loan of £7,500,000 which will open for subscription on April 27 will be available in limited numbers in ...
Article : 129 wordsWidely respected as he is for humanitarian enthusiasm, public spirit and absence of personal ambition, Sir Frederick Stewart has shown rather a ...
Article : 784 wordsLONDON, April 16.—In a letter to the "Manchester Guardian" from Shanghai, Professor Aldred Barker, Professor of Textile Industries at the Chiao-Tung ...
Article : 297 wordsLONDON, April 19.—The oil painting by the Dutch artist, Pieter do Hooch known as "The Courtyard," fetched £17,500 sterling at a sale of the Rothschild ...
Article : 128 wordsSYDNEY, April 19.—"The present is not a good time for Australia to contemplate new loans in London," said Professor N. P. Hall, head of the ...
Article : 166 wordsThe Commissioner of Public Health (Dr. Everitt Atkinson) said yesterday that he wanted to join issue with a statement in a "Current Comment" published ...
Article : 131 wordsAMBASSADORS: "Barred Windows" and "Here Comes Carter." Continuous from 11 a.m. to 11 pm. CAPITOL: "Theodora Goes Wild" and "15 ...
Article : 117 wordsSYDNEY, April 19.—The Lang dictatorship in New South Wales may be endangered if certain proposals for an alteration In the constitution of the State ...
Article : 179 wordsUNITED KINGDOM, EUROPE. EGYPT, ADEN, ASIA, MALTA and INDIA.—Strsthaird. April 26; letters, 2 p.m. (late fee. 8 p.m.); newspapers, packets, registered articles, 1 p.m.; parcels, noon. ...
Article : 289 wordsLONDON, April 19.—The Vienna correspondent of the "News-Chronicle" states that Wells's "invisible man" has been translated from fiction to fact by the ...
Article : 80 wordsROME, April 19.—Forty per cent of Italian workers will now cease to enjoy the 40-hour week which was introduced in 1935. Signor Mussolini has suspended ...
Article : 81 wordsCANBERRA, April 19.—Requests for a reduction in the import duty on rubber, which amounts now to 24. a lb., will be made by a deputation from rubber ...
Article : 157 wordsBROADWAY (Nedlands): "East Meets West" and "Touh Guy." BROADWAY and SAVOY (Victoria Park): "Mary of Scotland" and "Star for a Night." ...
Article : 121 wordsIN CHAMBERS.—At 10.30 a.m., before the Chief Justice. PUBLIC SERVICE APPEAL BOARD (General Division).—At 10.80 a.m., before Mr. Justice ...
Article : 34 wordsThe University Senate last night appointed Dr. Curt Teichert, a German exile, as research palaentologist at the University. The Vice-Chancellor ...
Article : 178 wordsOINDON, April 18.—The nursery rhyme telling of "Little Miss Muffet eating her curds and whey" might have been inspired by the Nutrition Advisory ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 43 wordsUNITED KINGDOm, EUROPE, ASIA and INDIA.—Strathaird, April 26, at 4.80 p.m. (late fee, 8.15 p.m.). EASTERN STATES.—Saturday, at 12.80 p.m. ...
Article : 122 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 good faith.) ...
Article : 106 wordsLONDON, April 18.—The conversion of a loss of £61,769 sterling in 1935 into a profit of £546,659 last year by the Cunard White Star Co. is chiefly attributed to ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Tue 20 Apr 1937, Page 14
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