Why any nation should be told that a declining birthrate is a matter for reproach baffles me. It is quite obvious that there are far too many people in ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 451 wordsThe Labour motion censuring the British Government for its attitude to the Spanish rebels' attempt to blockade the Basque port of Bilbao was defeated after a long debate in the House of Commons on Wednesday by a majority of almost three to one. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 2,121 wordsLONDON, April 15.—It is reported from Madrid that the insurgents, advancing on three fronts with the object of relieving 10,000 comrades besieged in ...
Article : 124 wordsSYDNEY, April 15.—Heavy driving rain and fierce gales swept Sydney and the coast today. Ships were delayed and airliners were unable to complete their ...
Article : 237 wordsLONDON, April 15.—The British Consul at Bilbao Informed the Foreign Office today that the Bilbao harbour entrance was free of mines and that the ...
Article : 294 wordsA strong plea for closer and more earnest attention to the welfare of children of the pre-school age was made yesterday by Dr. Lindsay Male at the ...
Article : 306 wordsNEW YORK, April 15.—A message from Burbank (California) states that it has been revealed that a huge transport plane designed to fly in the ...
Article : 127 wordsNEW YORK April 14.—The "British owned Viscose Corporation, the largest rayon yarn manufacturing concern in the United States, has signed a contract ...
Article : 56 wordsLONDON, April 15.—When the British freighter Thorpe Hall, loaded with food, was about to enter Bilbao harbour on April 6, she was stopped by the rebel ...
Article : 353 wordsTOKIO, April 10.—General Uyemura, a former Director of Government Arsenals, has been sentenced to imprisonment for two and a half years for ...
Article : 40 wordsLONDON, April 14.—Twenty persons were injured when the restaurant car and another coach of the train carrying the Irish mail from Holyhead to London ...
Article : 64 wordsBUKAREST, April 14.—Prince Nicholas, King Carol's brother, who has resigned his rank and titles as a protest against the King's refusal to recognise ...
Article : 55 wordsMr. Curran intends applying early to the Court of Criminal Appeal for leave to Mrs. Burrows to appeal against her conviction and sentence. ...
Article : 494 wordsLONDON, April 15.—Mrs. Jordan, wife of the High Commissioner for New Zealand, officially opened the New Zealand apple season of 1937 at New Zealand House ...
Article : 129 wordsROME, April 15.—The Rome correspondent of "The Times" states that a possibility of Signor Mussolini returning Herr Hitler's visit is indicated in ...
Article : 59 wordsLONDON, April 15.—Jessie Jean Mattin (22), an Australian, who was discharged by a police magistrate yesterday on a charge of having stowed away on ...
Article : 160 wordsRANGOON, April 14—A Burmese monk, after making his obeisance before the image of Buddha in a pagoda near Yawnghwe in the Shan states, set light ...
Article : 57 wordsPARIS, April 14—The inquiry into the shooting of the Comte de Chambrun, a former French Ambassador to Italy, by Madame de Is Ferriere, a 30-year-old ...
Article : 134 wordsLONDON, April 14.—The Commonwealth Treasurer (Mr. I. G. Casey), speaking at the annual meeting of the Fairbridge Farm Schools today, declared ...
Article : 177 wordsSir.—At a meeting of the Perth City Council on Monday, Counciller Baker asked what was the amount of revenue lost by the reductions in the City Valuer's ...
Article : 194 wordsLONDON, April 15.—When the chairman's sub-committee of the international committee for the application of the agreement regarding non-intervention in ...
Article : 103 wordsLONDON, April 15.—The New Zealand Minister for Finance (Mr. Nash) has decided to use the interval before the Prime Minister (Mr. Savage) joins him in ...
Article : 100 wordsLONDON, April 15.—Damages of 50 a foot were awarded to John Richard Plumb, formerly a London policeman, in a libel claim against the Jeyes Sanitary ...
Article : 184 wordsBUDAPEST, April 14.—Riding a Brough Superier motor cycle, the British rider Eric Ferniough established a world record for a mile from a standing start ...
Article : 41 wordsHenry John Burrows, aged 43 years, who had mining interests at Peak Hill, where he formerly lived, was a garage proprietor at the time of his death, and ...
Article : 763 wordsLONDON, April 15.—"George the Sixth if not such 'an ordinary sort of fellow' as his father described himself after his jubilee has yet that common touch which ...
Article : 204 wordsLONDON, April 15.—Correspondents of the "Daily Mail" and "News-Chronicle" and other commentators express the opinion that a naval battle in the bay of ...
Article : 101 wordsLOS ANGELES, April 14—A Federal grand jury has indicted Groucho and Chico Marx (the well-known film comedians) on a charge of having violated ...
Article : 80 wordsLONDON, April 14—If the normal procedure is followed, the earliest date on which Mrs. Simpson may apply for a decree absolute in her divorce from her ...
Article : 80 wordsTOKIO, April 15.—Japanese statistics show that the market prices of woollen yarns have risen 35 per cent compared with prices a year ago. While 1936 ...
Article : 75 wordsLONDON, April 14.—The Duke of Kent at a Bolsover (Derbyshire) today officially opened the new low-temperature carbonisation plant which has been erected at ...
Article : 49 wordsPARIS, April 15.—The Dean of Canterbury (Dr. Hewlett Johnson), who led a party of British clergymen of Spain to investigate the position on the Church ...
Article : 128 wordsWASHINGTON, April 15.—The fleet will leave the west coast tomorrow in preparation for the forthcoming manoeuvres. Ships will return to their usual stations ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Fri 16 Apr 1937, Page 26
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