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  2. FLOUR AND BREAD.

    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 words
  3. NEWS AND NOTES.

    Unsettled weather, with some further rains. Is forecast for today. The maximum shade temperature at the Perth Observatory yesterday was 76deg. ...

    Article : 626 words
  4. PERSONAL.

    Professor Walter Murdoch, Professor of English in the University of Western Australia, has been invited by the University of Queensland to give the ...

    Article : 748 words
  5. OPENING OF THE SEASON.

    It 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 words
  6. The West Australian.

    Yesterday 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 words
  7. ITALIAN SETTLERS.

    CANBERRA, 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 words
  8. DECREASING COST OF FLOUR.

    Since 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 words
  9. FEDERAL CABINET.

    CANBERRA, 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 words
  10. MAIL TIMETABLES.

    BATES 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 words
  11. HISTORIC DOCUMENTS.

    LONDON, 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 words
  12. WHEAT STILL FALLS.

    With 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 words
  13. PROPAGANDIST VOYAGE.

    BERLIN, 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 words
  14. AIR MAIL SERVICES.

    PETH-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 words
  15. OTRANTO'S PASSENGERS.

    Among the passengers by the liner Otranto, which passed through Fremantle yesterday on her way to Great Britain, were the following:— ...

    Article : 240 words
  16. WORLD RADIO CONVENTION.

    SYDNEY, April 19.—Marchese Guglielmo Marconi, the inventor of wireless telegraphy and the outstanding figure in modern wireless development, has ...

    Article : 247 words
  17. THE NEW LOAN.

    CANBERRA, 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 words
  18. CURRENT COMMENT.

    Widely respected as he is for humanitarian enthusiasm, public spirit and absence of personal ambition, Sir Frederick Stewart has shown rather a ...

    Article : 784 words
  19. PURCHASES FROM JAPAN.

    LONDON, April 16.—In a letter to the "Manchester Guardian" from Shanghai, Professor Aldred Barker, Professor of Textile Industries at the Chiao-Tung ...

    Article : 297 words
  20. PAINTING FETCHES £17,500.

    LONDON, 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 words
  21. BAD TIME TO BORROW.

    SYDNEY, 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 words
  22. TREATMENT OF LEPERS

    The 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 words
  23. TODAY'S ENTERTAINMENTS.

    AMBASSADORS: "Barred Windows" and "Here Comes Carter." Continuous from 11 a.m. to 11 pm. CAPITOL: "Theodora Goes Wild" and "15 ...

    Article : 117 words
  24. STATE LABOUR PARTIES.

    SYDNEY, 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 words
  25. PERTH.

    UNITED 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 words
  26. WELLS'S "INVISIBLE MAN."

    LONDON, 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 words
  27. ITALIAN INDUSTRY.

    ROME, 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 words
  28. DUTY ON RUBBER.

    CANBERRA, 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 words
  29. Suburban Theatres.

    BROADWAY (Nedlands): "East Meets West" and "Touh Guy." BROADWAY and SAVOY (Victoria Park): "Mary of Scotland" and "Star for a Night." ...

    Article : 121 words
  30. THE LAW COURTS.

    IN 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 words
  31. UNIVERSITY POST.

    The University Senate last night appointed Dr. Curt Teichert, a German exile, as research palaentologist at the University. The Vice-Chancellor ...

    Article : 178 words
  32. CURDS AND WHEY.

    OINDON, April 18.—The nursery rhyme telling of "Little Miss Muffet eating her curds and whey" might have been inspired by the Nutrition Advisory ...

    Article : 142 words
  33. OUR STAPLE PRODUCTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 43 words
  34. FREMANTLE.

    UNITED 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
  35. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

    (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 words
  36. SUCCESS OF THE QUEEN MARY.

    LONDON, 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 ...

    Article : 71 words
  37. Advertising

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