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  2. Advertising

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    Advertising : 459 words
  3. NEWS AND NOTES.

    Fine and warm weather is forecast for today. The maximum shade temperature at the Perth Observatory yesterday was 90.2deg. ...

    Article : 960 words
  4. VICEREGAL.

    Lady Mitchell with present the prizes at the annual speech night of the Methodist Ladies' College this evening. ...

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  5. RATES OF TAX.

    The difference between the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly on the rates of income tax and financial emergency tax to be struck for the ...

    Article : 331 words
  6. JAPAN'S AIMS.

    TOKIO. Dec. 7.—The Ministry of Finance has approved of a Budget appropriation to establish a new South Seas Development Bureau in the ...

    Article : 203 words
  7. WAR EXPENDITURE.

    CANBERRA, Dec. 7.—Commonwealth war expenditure which, this year, will amount to about £60,000,000, is expected to increase employment directly by about ...

    Article : 392 words
  8. PERSONAL.

    Dr. R. S. Wallace. Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sydney, who arrived in Perth last Saturday to make a survey as a special commissioner of all the activities ...

    Article : 540 words
  9. The West Australian.

    The first session of the seventeenth Parliament of Western Australia concluded its labours yesterday morning and both Houses have adjourned sine ...

    Article : 916 words
  10. FAMOUS HISTORIAN.

    MELBOURNE, Dec. 7.—The death occurred in Melbourne late last night, after a short illness, of Sir Ernest Scott, Emeritus Professor of History at ...

    Article : 362 words
  11. PRICE CONTROL.

    The Deputy Prices Commissioner (Mr. W. A. White) said yesterday that the Commonwealth Prices Commissioner (Professor D. B. Copland) had decided ...

    Article : 380 words
  12. AUSTRALIAN CARS.

    CANBERRA, Dec. 7.—Estimates prepared by the Federal Government suggest that If its plan for the manufacture of motor cars in Australia is successful, ...

    Article : 310 words
  13. MAIL TIMETABLES.

    MAIL CLOSING TIMES—The closing times hereunder are for the Perth G.P.O. Registered articles must be posted at the G.P.O. one hour before the closing time for, Letters, but ...

    Article : 62 words
  14. PERTH.

    EASTERN STATES.—Westland express, Tuesday and Thursday; letters. 3.30 p.m. (late fee. 4.20 p.m.); newspapers and packets 2.30 p.m.; parcels. 1.30 pm Saturday; letters. ...

    Article : 130 words
  15. OVERLAND PASSENGERS.

    The following booked to leave for the Eastern States by the Westland express yesterday: —Messrs. Rich. Pusey. Booth, Tregaskis, Bruce. Roberts. Lawson. Saunders, Donaldson. ...

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  16. FREMANTLE.

    EASTERN STATES.—Tuesday and Thursday, at 2.30 p.m. (late fee, 3 p.m.); Saturday, st 12.30 p.m. (late fee. 3 p.m.). MARBLE BAR (via Meekatharra).— ...

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  17. MR. CURTIN'S CONDOLENCES.

    CANBERRA. Dec. 7.—The Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Curtin) today telegraphed to Lady Scott conveying the condolences of the Australian Labour ...

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  18. ADDITIONAL GOODS PROCLAIMED

    CANBERRA, Dec. —Many new items were brought under Federal price control by a proclamation issued tonight, and they cannot now be sold at higher prices ...

    Article : 104 words
  19. AIR SERVICES.

    PERTH-EASTERN STATES.—Outward mails for the Eastern States close at the G.P.O. Perth. at 5.30 a.m. (late fee, 5.45 a.m.) on Sunday, Wednesday and Friday. Inward mails ...

    Article : 223 words
  20. WHEAT BOARD MANAGER.

    CANBERRA. Dec. 7.—The general manager of the Australian Wheat Board (Mr. J. Thomson) is In receipt of an annual salary of £3,000, with a disability ...

    Article : 126 words
  21. PITH OF PARLIAMENT.

    The sitting of the State Parliament which began at 4.30 p.m. on Wednesday was still in progress when "The West Australian" went to press yesterday ...

    Article : 332 words
  22. QUESTIONS IN PARLIAMENT.

    CANBERRA, Dec. 7.—Mr. Beasley (Lab., N.S.W.) asked the Minister for Customs (Mr. Lawson) in the House of Representatives today whether the ...

    Article : 99 words
  23. FEDERAL TAXATION.

    The annual report of the Commonwealth Taxation Department was released in Perth yesterday. The report deals with land tax, income tax, estate ...

    Article : 365 words
  24. THE GOLD TAX.

    CANBERRA, Dec. 7.—The Acting- Treasurer (Mr. Spender) told Mr. Green (Lab. W.A.) in the House of Representatives today that the Government could ...

    Article : 108 words
  25. BOOTS FOR THE ARMY.

    CANBERRA, `Dec. 7.—Samples of three types of military boots being supplied to the Australian defence forces were produced in the House of Representatives ...

    Article : 125 words
  26. ALL-NIGHT SITTING.

    In bright daylight yesterday morning Parliament ended the sitting which began on Wednesday afternoon, and with it the 1939 session. The sitting stretched ...

    Article : 521 words
  27. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN OPINION.

    ADELAIDE, Dec. 7.—The announcement of the Federal Government's plan to pay a bounty on the production of motor car engines in Australia was welcomed by ...

    Article : 206 words
  28. SEARCH FOR OIL.

    CANBERRA, Dec. 7.—An impetus to the search for oil in Australia is expected by the Commonwealth Government to follow action by the States in ...

    Article : 200 words
  29. TODAY'S ENTERTAINMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 120 words
  30. AUSTRALIA'S TRADE.

    CANBERRA, Dec. 7.—A sharp rise in exports during November, accompanied by a fall in import values, has markedly improved Australia's trade balance for ...

    Article : 124 words
  31. Suburban Theatres.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 211 words
  32. SUPER-GRADE PETROL.

    CANBERRA, Dec. 7.—No further supplies of super-grade petrol will be permitted to reach Australia when tankers now unloading this spirit, or bringing it ...

    Article : 247 words
  33. N.Z. WAR EFFORT.

    AUCKLAND. Dec. .—Following a meeting of the National Party, the Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Hamilton) today outlined points of Government ...

    Article : 192 words
  34. COMMUNISM IN LATIN AMERICA

    WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—Mr. Martin Dies, the chairman of the House of Representatives committee which is investigating un-American activities, ...

    Article : 99 words
  35. Japanese Delegation in Perth.

    Described as a semi-official trade delegation, a party of Japanese merchants comprising Messrs. K. Hamai, T. Fujimoti, R. Furuya, J. Muranaka and F, ...

    Article : 136 words
  36. IMPORT LICENCES.

    CANBERRA, Dec. 7.—Goods on order overseas when the import licensing regulations were applied on December 1 will, in most cases, be admitted to Australia ...

    Article : 152 words
  37. ANSWER TO CORRESPONDENT.

    (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 : 59 words
  38. RUSSIA'S NEXT MOVE.

    It is clear that the Soviet Union will work to a definite programme of extending its influence in the West during the war that its pact with Nazism ...

    Article : 853 words
  39. THE LAW COURTS.

    NISI PRIUS.—At 10.30 a.m.. before Mr. Justice Dwyer: In divorce--(l1 Applications for decrees absolute. (2) Petitions for dissolution of marriage: Laura Evelyn Bradley v. ...

    Article : 53 words
  40. RETURN FROM GERMANY.

    ZURICH, Dec. 7.—Half of 14,000 Hungarian agricultural labourers who were sent to Germany last spring [?] re returned to Hungary. ...

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