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Advertising : 611 wordsLONDON, Dec. 9.—Reversing its previous view, the Admiralty now favours Australia's constructing a battleship. It is emphasised that such a decision rests ...
Article : 504 wordsLady Mitchell will open the new Presbyterian Children's Homes at the Leeland Estate, near Byford, at 3 o'clock this afternoon. ...
Article : 23 wordsLONDON. Dec. 8.—A Bill was introduced In the House of Commons today by the President of the Board of Trade '(Mr. Oliver Stanley), and formally read ...
Article : 164 wordsFine weather generally, except for a few light showers in the far south-west and south and scattered thunderstorms in the Kimberley and De Grey divisions, ...
Article : 773 wordsMr. W. R. Hall was yesterday granted leave of absence from the Legislative Council for six consecutive sittings on the ground of ill-health. ...
Article : 692 wordsWhat is perhaps rather ambiguously I described as a "lively" controversy—I controversial amenities usually being c the reverse of "lively"—seems recently ...
Article : 1,436 wordsTwo of the three record-breaking Vickers Wellesley bombers of the Royal Air Force long-range development flight will reach Perth on Monday afternoon ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 426 wordsThe director of the fisheries section of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (Dr. H. Thompson), in a report to the council, stated that it was ...
Article : 232 wordsLONDON, December 8.—Bidding farewell at Australia House, to a party of 17 farm boys, 14 domestic workers, and 53 children from the Barnardo Homes, ...
Article : 106 wordsThe Perth City Council will fix the rates for the current municipal year on Monday, and will have before it the estimates of revenue and expenditure which ...
Article : 372 wordsHOBART, Dec. 9.—The Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committee today chose Mr. Robert Wilfred Baker for nomination as Tasmanian Rhodes Scholar ...
Article : 168 wordsLONDON, Dec. 8.—The Minister of Transport (Dr. Burgin) again met the chairmen and general managers of the four main line railway companies this ...
Article : 123 wordsMELBOURNE, Dec. 9.—Greater guarantee of security for Australia and New Zealand by developing regional pacts in the Pacific with the United States, Dutch ...
Article : 147 wordsROME Dec. 8.—The "Popolo d'Italia" states that in consequence of the resentment of those wishing to remain good Fascists and yet conform to social ...
Article : 92 wordsLONDON, Dec. 8.—A motion for the erection of a memorial within the precincts of Parliament to the late Earl of Oxford and Asquith will be moved by ...
Article : 41 wordsNEW YORK, Dec. 9.—According to the Mexico City correspondent of the "New York Times" the Mexican Government has signed an agreement under which ...
Article : 206 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 ...
Article : 94 wordsThe Legislative Council was the only House of the State Parliament that met yesterday. The Road Districts Act Amendment ...
Article : 175 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 : 257 wordsUNITED KINGDOM, EUROPE. EGYPT, ADEN, ASIA, MALTA and INDIA.—Orion, December 12; letters, 2 p.m. (late fee, 3 p.m.) newspapers, packets and registered articles, ...
Article : 298 wordsNot till 1941 will be the new lens for Mt. Wilson observatory in California be ready for the telescope which is to bring unknown worlds into the astronomer's ...
Article : 296 wordsA plan for giving settlers in marginal wheat areas an opportunity to move to districts in the South-West was announced by the Minister for Lands (Mr. ...
Article : 172 wordsADELAIDE. Dec. 9.—After paying official calls on the Premier (Mr. Playford) and the District Commandant (Brigadier Martyn) today, the officers and men of ...
Article : 96 wordsLONDON, Dec. 8.—Memorial services for Queen Maud of Norway, aunt of Ring George VI, whose funeral took place in Norway today, were held at ...
Article : 177 wordsMELBOURNE, Dec. 9.—A farcical position under which betting on any racecourse in Victoria will be illegal will, it is believed, arise if the Legislative Council ...
Article : 204 wordsArrangements have been made by broadcasting stations 6PM and 6AM to broadcast a description of the arrival of the Vickers Wellesley long-distance planes ...
Article : 109 wordsCAPITOL: "Algiers" and "Cowboy from Brooklyn" with stage band; 1.30 p.m. 7.50 p.m. HOYTS (Fremantle): "Alexander's Regtime ...
Article : 110 wordsThe chairman of the Agricultural Bank Commission (Mr. 8. B. Donovan) said yesterday that the commissioners had planned a tour of the eastern wheatbelt ...
Article : 109 wordsUNITED KINGDOM. EUROPE. ASIA. SINGAPORE, JAVA and INDIA.—Orion, December 12, at 4.30 p.m. (late fee. 5.15 p.m.). EASTERN STATES.—Tuesday and ...
Article : 123 wordsCANBERRA, Dec. 9.—Australian tobacco manufacturers now show a marked disposition to use Australian leaf, according to an official statement issued by the ...
Article : 133 wordsCANBERRA, Dec. 9.—The Minister for Civil Aviation (Mr. Thorby) announced today that a conference of representatives of the New Zealand and ...
Article : 216 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 in Adelaide at 5.15 p.m. on the same ...
Article : 343 wordsAMUSU (Victoria Park): "Broadway Melody of 1938" and "Penrod's Double Trouble." BEACON (South Fremantle): "Mannequin" and "Salling Along." ...
Article : 244 wordsKALGOORLIE, Dec. 9.—Delayed by engine trouble, the Australian National Airways airliner Bungana did not leave Maylands until 9.15 a.m. today, reaching ...
Article : 89 wordsCANBERRA, Dec. 9.—Additional large conversions to the current loan announced today by the Commonwealth Treasurer (Mr. Casey) were £100,000 by ...
Article : 91 wordsLONDON, Dec. 9.—The Labour members of the House of Commons who dined at Earl Baldwin's home at Eaton-square on Wednesday night, together with the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 49 wordsLONDON, Dec. 9.—The city editor of "The Times" states that in the face of strong German competition two British firms have obtained a £500,000 contract ...
Article : 45 wordsLONDON, Dec. 9.—At the cost of £1,000,000 the British Broadcasting Corporation is doubling its premises in Portland-place. ...
Article : 67 wordsWARSAW, Dec. 8.—The Lithuanian authorities at Kaunas are appointing M Victor Gailjus, a native of Memel, as governor of the territory, in the hope ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Sat 10 Dec 1938, Page 18
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