His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor and Lady Mitchell will attend the opening meet of the West Australian Hunt Club at the Ascot Inn, Belmont, at 2.45 ...
Article : 63 wordsCloudy weather in the sub-tropics, with some further showers, chiefly in the south-western divisions, is forecast for today. ...
Article : 1,007 words{No abstract available}
Advertising : 651 wordsDiscussing the report on road safety measures published in "The West Australian" on Tuesday, which advocated white lines on roads and other measures ...
Article : 450 wordsHOBART, May 26.—Tomorrow will mark the culmination of one of the most vigorous campaigns waged in Tasmania for years, when the by-election for the ...
Article : 239 wordsRear-Admiral J. B. Stevenson, formerly of the Royal Australian Navy, is a passenger for London by the steamer Ormonde, which will pass through ...
Article : 616 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 : 104 wordsIn any consideration of the beginnings of English comedy it is essential to have at least a casual acquaintance with the scope and invention of those ...
Article : 1,402 wordsBRISBANE, May 26.—Five more ballot papers which have been received by the Griffith Returning Officer may decide the election. It was stated this evening that ...
Article : 166 wordsUNITED KINGDOM, EUROPE, EGEYT ADEN, ASIA, MALTA and INDIA.—Ormonde, May 29. 4 p.m. (late fee, 5 p.m.); newspapers. packets and registered articles, 3 p.m.; parcels, ...
Article : 306 wordsWELLINGTON, May 28.—Overseas trade figures in New Zealand currency for the four months ended April 30 were as follows:—Exports, £24,990,000 ...
Article : 57 wordsHOBART, May 26.—"The Government of Australia believes it is sheer folly to think that Australia could exist for one week except as part of the British ...
Article : 114 wordsAUCKLAND, May 26.—Strong criticism of the Government was expressed at a large meeting of Auckland importers today. A resolution was passed ...
Article : 224 wordsCANBERRA, May 26.—Dissatisfaction is growing among members of the Federal Parliament representing industrial districts at the failure of the ...
Article : 191 wordsPlans have been approved and work is to be put in hand at once on the new buildings which will increase accommodation at the Heathcoe Mental Reception ...
Article : 327 wordsUNITED KINGDOM, EUROPE, ASIA, SINGAPORE, JAVA and INDIA.—Ormonde, May 29, at 5.30 p.m. (late fee, 6.15 p.m.). EASTERN STATES.—Tuesday and ...
Article : 108 wordsADELAIDE, May 26.—The Director of Education (Mr. W. J. Adey) retired from office today after 52 years' service in the Education Department. His successor ...
Article : 37 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 : 929 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 : 323 wordsAlthough heavy rain was experienced in the metropolitan area and parts of the South-West, the disturbance which passed inland during the early hours of ...
Article : 224 wordsLONDON, May 25.—Sir Frank Dyson, a former Astronomer Royal, has died at sea during a Voyage from Australia to South Africa. He was 71. Astronomer ...
Article : 346 wordsMr. M. P. Cullity, of Walcott-street, Mt. Lawley, has had a tender of £16,775 accepted for the provision of a new general service hangar at Pearce aerodrome. ...
Article : 292 wordsProposed extensions of the work of the Adult Education Board of the University of Western Australia were outlined yesterday by the Director of Adult ...
Article : 278 wordsMonday, June 5, being a public holiday (Foundation Day), the following arrangements will be observed:—The Chief Telegraph Office. G.P.O., Perth. ...
Article : 245 wordsCANBERRA, May 26.—The Federal Government is unlikely to veto the proposal that the Australian Broadcasting Commission should publish a weekly radio ...
Article : 152 wordsSYDNEY, May 26.—The Minister for Commerce (Senator McLeay) announced today that he would meet representatives of the dairying industry at Canberra on ...
Article : 55 wordsAMBASSADORS: "Breaking the Ice" and "Torchy Blane in Chinatown"; 10.45 a.m., 2 p.m. and 7.45 p.m. GRAND: "Rose of the Rio Grande" and "The ...
Article : 144 wordsCANBERRA, May 26.—The problems of leadership of the Federal Parliamentary Country Party are likely to be informally revived next week when the Leader of the ...
Article : 175 wordsLONDON, May 26.—An official bulletin issued from Marlborough House today states that Queen Mary, who was involved in a motor accident on ...
Article : 56 wordsCANBERRA, May 26.—The Post-master-General (Mr. Harrison) today officially confirmed the statement that the Australian Broadcasting Commission ...
Article : 164 wordsBelieved to be a relic of sealing days on the southern coast of Western Australia, a copper penny coined during the reign of King George III in 1797 has ...
Article : 172 wordsThe chairman of the Wheat Products Prices Committee (Mr. C. P. Mathea) stated yesterday that a supplementary proclamation published in the ...
Article : 70 wordsCANBERRA, May 26.—His Excellency the Governor General (Lard Gowrie) has received the following reply to a message sent to Her Majesty queen Mary:— ...
Article : 51 wordsBEACON (South Fremantle): "The Cowboy and the Lady" and "Kentucky Moon-shine." CLAREMONT and SWANBOURNE: "Hold That ...
Article : 186 wordsLONDON, May 25.—Imperial Airways announces that one of the three flying beats to be used on the trans-Tasman air mail service between Australia and, ...
Article : 61 wordsCANBERRA, May 26.—The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research is to be asked to investigate as soon as possible the possibilities of the southern ...
Article : 150 wordsLONDON, May 25.—"The country cannot raise the vast sums it is now spending yearly by the process known as "soaking the rich," said the Chancellor ...
Article : 161 wordsAs a result of recent information he had received from abroad, he wanted to sound a note of optimism, said the retiring District Commandant (Brigadier P. ...
Article : 143 words{No abstract available}
Detailed lists, results, guides : 52 wordsSYDNEY, May 26.—Brigadier-General Heane (chairman of the Australian Citrus Advistory Council) today asked the minister for Commerce (Senator McLeay) ...
Article : 73 wordsPlease choose from the following download options:
Share this item on:
Print page as...
Testing
The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Sat 27 May 1939, Page 20
It's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
With your Trove account you can: