Cloudy and unsettled weather in the western and southern divisions of the sub-tropics is forecast for today Some further showers are expected, chiefly on ...
Article : 1,009 wordsSir Granville Bantock, the distinguished British composer, who will arrive in Australia in November to conduct orchestral concerts for the ...
Article : 596 wordsA statistical history of the State, in nine-page pamphlet form, has been issued by the Deputy Government Statistician (Mr. W. L. Wilson). It is entitled ...
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Advertising : 432 wordsLONDON, May 13.—An early announcement is expected of the appointment of an Inspector-General of the Commonwealth military forces. Sir Earle ...
Article : 127 wordsLONDON, May 12.—No new taxes and no tax reliefs marked the Budget introduced in the Dal Eireann today by the Minister for Finance (Mr. Sean ...
Article : 234 wordsMEXICO CITY, May 12.—President Cardenas, who recently issued a decree expropriating petroleum properties in Mexico owned by British and American ...
Article : 149 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 ...
Article : 87 wordsReferring yesterday to the report in "The West Australian" to the effect that members of the Country Party in the Federal Parliament had interviewed the ...
Article : 296 wordsPERTH-ADELAIDE.—Outward mails for the Eastern States close at the G.P.O., Perth, at 5.30 a.m. on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, arriving 15 Adelaide at 5.15 p.m. on the ...
Article : 501 wordsCANBERRA, May 13.—The Agricultural Council today failed to reach any solution of the internal marketing problem caused by the Privy Council ...
Article : 387 wordsIf, as the poet Longfellow observed, the lives of great men remind us that we (presumably by a process of adherence to ensample) can make our lives ...
Article : 1,404 wordsCOLLIE, May 13.—A summary of the report of the Government committee appointed some time ago to inquire into proposals that the coalmining Industry ...
Article : 198 wordsCANBERRA, May 13.—The whole of the chain of shortwave wireless beacons for aiding aerial navigation between eastern Australian airports is expected to be ...
Article : 115 wordsVery heavy rain occurred in the lower South-West and along the south coast as far as Albany during Thursday night and yesterday, falls of up to five inches being ...
Article : 172 wordsBRUSSELS, May 13.—Following on the decision of the Roman Catholics not to co-operate, the troubles of the Prime Minister (B. Paul Janson) have reached ...
Article : 108 wordsCANBERRA, May 13.—During 1936-37, £7,683,089 was paid in war pensions, according to the report of the Repatriation Commission for 1936-37. During the year ...
Article : 392 wordsUNITED KINGDOM, EUROPE, EGYPT, ADEN, ASIA, MALTA and INDIA.—Otranto, May 16: letters. 2 pm. (late fee. 3 p.m.); newspapers. packets and registered articles, ...
Article : 333 wordsFor long the accommodation at the Midland Junction Technical School has failed to hamper efforts to cater for the growing number of students seeking ...
Article : 218 wordsMELBOURNE, May 13.—Officials of the Defence Department expect that a fast modem aeroplane will soon be provided for the Civil Aviation Board. It is ...
Article : 261 wordsThe following reports were received yesterday and last night by country correspondents of "The West Australian":— ...
Article : 489 wordsThe question of the manner in which Anzac Day should be observed provoked animated discussion at the May meeting of the Carlisle sub-branch of the ...
Article : 231 wordsUNITED KINGDOM, EUROPE, ASIA, SINGAPORE, JAVA and INDIA.—Otranto. May 16, at 4.30 p.m. (late fee. 5.15 p.m.). EASTERN STATES.—Tuesday and ...
Article : 89 wordsLONDON, May 13.—The severe drought is threatening agriculturists and fruit-growers with ruin. The water scarcity has been broken in Wales and ...
Article : 92 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.) ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 142 wordsNEW YORK, May 12.—The Washington correspondent of the Australian Associated Press says that informed sources state that an obscure item of 25,000 ...
Article : 82 wordsCANBERRA, May 13.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) announced today that His Excellency the Administrator (Lord Huntingfield) had received the following ...
Article : 105 wordsSYDNEY, May 13.3—The Federal Government will be asked to send an official delegation to represent Australia at the International Exposition of Japan, to be ...
Article : 224 wordsPARIS. May 13.—Only a miracle can save Paris from an acute water shortage. French agriculture is already severely crippled. ...
Article : 23 wordsLONDON, May 13.—Dramatic Advances" in cancer treatment were claimed by Dr. Cecil Rowntree, senior surgeon of the hospital, at the annual ...
Article : 136 wordsCANBERRA, May 13.—Since the Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) returned from a brief private visit to Tasmania in the middle of January he has covered about ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 215 wordsCANBERRA, May 13.—Employment in Australian factories and shops is steadily increasing. The Commonwealth Statistician (Dr. Roland Wilson) announced ...
Article : 137 wordsCANBERRA, May 13.—The Federal Cabinet has decided that in future no veteran of the South African war will be buried as a pauper. Ten pounds will ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 46 wordsTOKIO, May 13.—The "Nichl Nichi Shimbun" states that the Japanese authorities are favourably considering a German proposal for a barter ...
Article : 53 wordsTOKIO, May 13.—The Domei News- agency reports that a Japanese company has bought Italian patents for the manufacture of wool from milk and also soya ...
Article : 61 wordsCAPE TOWN, May 13.—South Africa, as well as Britain, is alarmed at the dumping of low-priced German motor-cars. In 1937 imports of German cars ...
Article : 57 wordsSYDNEY. May 13.—Accounts of the State for 10 months show an increase of £3,253,332 in revenue, bringing the amount to £46,233,447. Expenditure at £47,428,077 ...
Article : 56 wordsGENEVA, May 13.—The Council of the League of Nations decided today to authorise its President (M. Munters) to seek a means of preserving Chile's ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Sat 14 May 1938, Page 20
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