Fine, hot weather is forecast for today. It is expected that there will be easterly winds chiefly, but sea breezes on the west and south-west coasts in the afternoon. ...
Article : 673 wordsSir Alexander and Lady Small and their daughter, Irene, arrived in Melbourne yesterday on their way to Perth where they will probably make their ...
Article : 230 wordsCANBERRA, Feb. 8.—Investigations by Federal Ministers have shown that within the next few months it will be necessary for the Commonwealth Government to ...
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Advertising : 494 wordsDetails of the system of allotting tenders for defence supplies and of contracts let to industries in this State were given to the Returned Soldiers' League ...
Article : 619 wordsMELBOURNE, Feb. 8.—Overseas trade returns which show a favourable balance of £3.300,000 sterling for the first seven months of the financial year continue to ...
Article : 98 wordsLONDON, Feb. 7—Replying in the House of Lords today to the Archbishop of Canterbury (Dr. Lang), who asked whether the Government was in a ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 584 wordsTwenty-five years ago the Commonwealth Government, faced with the solution of extremely difficult problems of securing seaborne transport at a ...
Article : 893 wordsThe Executive Council approved yesterday of the terms of reference for the inquiry to be made by Mr. Justice Wolff, as a Royal Commissioner, into the ...
Article : 453 wordsThe following booked to travel by the Westland express due in Perth tomorrow:— Misses Esier, Leitch, Handshier, Thonson. Smith, Pearson (2), Vincent Gilbert, McCullogh, ...
Article : 139 wordsWhat will the Perth of the future be like? In which direction will the city expand? When will electrification of the railway system in the metropolitan area ...
Article : 716 wordsMAIL 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 Nosing time for letters, but ...
Article : 62 wordsEASTERN 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 p.m Saturdays; ...
Article : 174 wordsBRISBANE, Feb. 8.—Captain W. Wiltshire, flying an Airlines of Australia Dragon plane to the Mitchell River Mission, who was reported missing ...
Article : 128 wordsBELLA COOLA (British Columbia), Feb. 8.—Mr. Thor Heyerdahl, an anthropologist has announced that he has solved the riddle of Easter Island (in the ...
Article : 133 wordsHOBART, Feb. 8.—Problems in the field of technical education created by the outbreak of war were discussed by the Australian Educational Conference ...
Article : 515 wordsEASTERN STATES.—Tuesday and Thursday, at 2.30 p.m. (late fee, 3 p.m.); Saturday, at 12.30 p.m. (late fee, 3 p.m.). MARBLE BAR (via Meekatharra).— ...
Article : 61 wordsSYDNEY. Feb. 8.-The Deputy-Leader of the Country Party (Mr. Thorby) revealed today that when he was Minister for Defence in the Lyons administration ...
Article : 376 wordsLONDON, Feb. 7.—It was New Zealand's day in London yesterday, the celebration of the centenary running through a dignified sequence, beginning with ...
Article : 193 wordsPERTH-EASTERN STATES.—Outward mails for the Eastern States close at the G.P.O. Perth. at 5.30 am. (late fee. 5.45 a.m.) on Sunday. Wednesday and Friday. Inward mails ...
Article : 237 wordsLONDON, Feb. 7.—Dealing in a dispatch tonight with the rejection by Mr. M.K. Gandhi (the Congress leader) of the British proposals, as stated in his ...
Article : 229 wordsCOLLIE, Feb. 8.—An inspection of the Proprietary mine, in one section of which a serious "creep" developed on Tuesday, will be made tomorrow by the ...
Article : 238 wordsCRIMINAL COURT.—At 10.30 a.m., before Mr. Justice Dwyer and a jury. INDUSTRIAL BOARD (Wire Workers).—At 10.30 a.m ...
Article : 22 wordsComplete figures of enrolments this year at State schools are not yet available, but the secretary of the Education Department (Mr. E. C. F. ...
Article : 157 wordsTOKIO, Feb. 8.—An army spokesman revealed today that there had been two exchanges of fire recently between troops on the Manchukuo-Outer Mongolia ...
Article : 71 wordsAMBASSADORS: "Eternally Yours" and "Pride of the Bluegrass"; 10.40 am., 2 and 7.45 p.m. GRAND: "I Stole a Million" and "They Asked ...
Article : 116 wordsLONDON, Feb. 8.—In a message to the "Daily Herald" (Labour), Mr. M. K. Gandhi (the Indian Congress leader) states:—"A wide gulf still exists between ...
Article : 77 wordsHOBART, Feb. 8.—The Agricultural Council today discussed expansion of the fat lamb industry and it was decided that the Commonwealth Council for Scientific ...
Article : 246 wordsLONDON, Feb. 7.—It was announced in the House of Commons today that the Government, the four main railways and the London Passenger Transport Board, ...
Article : 139 wordsLONDON, Feb. 8.—The Royal Aero Club has awarded the Britannia trophy to Mr. Alexander Henshaw for his flight to the Cape, which was adjudged the most ...
Article : 80 wordsBEACON (South Fremantle): "Ice Follies" and "Prison Without Bars." CLAREMONT and SWANBOURNE: "Some Like It Hot" an "Swing sister swing." ...
Article : 221 wordsMADRAS, Feb. 7.—Sir C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar (All-Indian Secretary of the National Congress in 1917-18 and in 1933 a representative of the Chamber of ...
Article : 60 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 : 211 wordsA sharper note of apprehension for Finland is noticeable in the cabled comment during the past three days. It is true that as yet there are no definite ...
Article : 891 wordsTOKIO, Feb. 8.—Rear-Admiral Masao Kanazawa, the naval spokesman, reiterated today that Japan would bomb the French Indo-China-Yunnan railway so ...
Article : 70 wordsLONDON, Feb. 7.—Commenting on the meeting at The Hague this week of representatives of ten nations, Including Britain, France and Australia. in an ...
Article : 132 wordsNEW YORK, Feb. 7.—Seventeen members of the Christian Front who ere arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (G-men) on January 14 have ...
Article : 92 wordsLONDON, Feb. 7.—Replying to an allegation in the House of Commons that uncontrolled prices of yarn and cloths were 60 to 100 per cent above the ...
Article : 92 wordsTOKIO, Feb. 8.—It is authoritatively reported that. Japan has definite grounds for believing that the Chinese are planning air raids on Japan. While details ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Fri 9 Feb 1940, Page 14
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