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Advertising : 272 wordsA bridge and another cottage at Piesse Brook were destroyed yesterday by the bushfire sweeping through the Darling Range road district. An area of about ...
Article : 752 wordsFremantle experienced the worst day of the summer yesterday. The temperature at the Fremantle Signal Station rose to 106deg. shortly before 2 p.m. The ...
Article : 249 wordsKATANNING, Feb. 8.—A report was received today that a fierce bushfire broke out on Tuesday morning in the Orchard Valley district, about 16 miles ...
Article : 366 wordsSYDNEY, Feb. 8.—A general strike in the coalmining industry throughout Australia now appears to be inevitable. The combined mining unions today issued an ...
Article : 684 wordsSYDNEY, Feb. 8.—In the next 2½ years the Federal Government will spend £25.000,000 in aircraft construction and maintenance. This was announced today ...
Article : 355 wordsLONDON, Feb. 7.—Eire is in mourning for Peter Barnes (32) and James Richards (29). the Irish Republican Army terrorists, who were hanged this ...
Article : 171 wordsMany country districts have been in the grip of a heat wave since last week Yesterday, 112deg. was recorded at Northam and Walebing, and at York, ...
Article : 572 wordsLONDON, Feb. 8.—The "Daly Telegraph's" Vatican City correspondent says:—"It is understood that the Pope's intervention was sought on behalf of the ...
Article : 64 wordsNEW YORK, Feb. 7.—Irish Republican Army sympathisers today invaded the closed grounds of the World's Fair. lowered to half-mast the Eire flag and laid ...
Article : 44 wordsALBANY, Feb. 8.—Although a few bushfires are still burning in the back country, they are no longer a danger to settlements. Losses in dry feed have been ...
Article : 76 wordsLONDON, Feb. 7.—Brendan Beham (16), of Dublin, charged in the Liverpool Police Court today with the possession of explosives, said: "I have no ...
Article : 138 wordsCAPE TOWN, Feb. 7.—The souse Assembly again endorsed the war policy of the Prime Minister (General Smuts) to-day by a majority of 20 votes, when the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 529 wordsThe Deputy-Director of .Posts and Telegraphs (Mr. P. W. Arnold) was notified yesterday afternoon that bushfires had isolated the post office at Darradup. ...
Article : 44 wordsBRISBANE, Feb. 8.—In this war there seemed to be little doubt that Hitler hoped to strike a lightning blow against the Allies with his mighty air force, ...
Article : 500 wordsLONDON, Feb. 7.—The Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs (Mr. Butler) was asked by a member in the House of Commons today if, without prejudice to ...
Article : 383 wordsFor several hours yesterday the Weather Bureau was kept buoy answering continuous inquiries over the telephone concerning the temperature. "We have ...
Article : 91 wordsSYDNEY, Feb. 8.—"If the miners declare a strike, then it shall be fought out to a finish," said a leading colliery proprietor tonight. "There can be no ...
Article : 111 wordsA suggestion that the Darling Range Road Board should seek a coroner's inquiry into the cause of the bushfires which have swept through Gooseberry ...
Article : 652 wordsDuring the 24 hours ended at 8 a.m. yesterday, 30,973,000 gallons of water was consumed in the metropolitan area, being 1,973,000 gallons less than on the ...
Article : 47 wordsWhile women walked the streets yesterday in diaphanous contentment, men wore heavy clothing and felt very uncomfortable. Of 100 men who passed a ...
Article : 262 wordsSYDNEY, Feb. 8.—The New South Wales Trades and Labour Council, which is the governing body of the trade union movement in New South Wales and ...
Article : 136 wordsLONDON, Feb. 7.—Interesting reports are reaching London from reliable sources which reflect the strain on the German economic system. In the textile ...
Article : 144 wordsMELBOURNE, Feb. 8.—Coincidentally with a nation-wide broadcast by Sir Donald Cameron tonight the Minister for Air (Mr. Fairbairn) announced that ...
Article : 143 wordsMELBOURNE, Feb. 8.—Agreement was reached by the Railways Commissioners and representatives of the Wonthaggi miners today on terms for a resumption ...
Article : 59 wordsSAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 8.—Speculation as to whether the Mexican port of Manzanillo has become the point of trans-shipment for American copper ...
Article : 217 wordsLONDON, Feb. 7.—William Young (67), an Australian, who described himself as a "lumberjack," was charged at the Marylebone Police Station today with ...
Article : 184 wordsLONDON, Feb. 7.—The "Aeroplane" publishes details of two new German planes which the Nazis have hitherto believed to be secret. The Focke-Wulf 198 ...
Article : 277 wordsCANBERRA, Feb. 8.—Defence expenditure from revenue between July and December was £3,165,444 greater than in the corresponding period of last year. ...
Article : 137 wordsLONDON, Feb. 7.—Three New Zealand members of the Royal Air Force—Squadron-Leader R. J. Cohen and Flight-Lieuts. A. B. Greenaway and L ...
Article : 42 wordsTHE HAGUE, Feb. 8.—It is believed that the Cabinet has decided to order three battle-cruisers of about 26.000 tons each, with a speed of 33 knots. ...
Article : 32 wordsAMSTERDAM, Feb. 7.—The icefloe which has been sweeping down the Rhine has broken up, seriously endangering dykes, ships, bridges and houses. Masses ...
Article : 78 wordsCANBERRA, Feb. 8.—Tenders for defence works aggregating £306,000 were accepted formally today. Included in the list of works are the first tenders for the ...
Article : 77 wordsTOKIO, Feb. 8.—Commenting on a report that the Netherlands Government was planning a strong naval base and three battle-cruisers for the East Indies ...
Article : 70 wordsLONDON, Feb. 8.—Awakening at 3 a.m. to find the living-room downstairs ablaze, Mrs. Walker, of Battersea, rushed out to I knock up her neighbours. In the ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Fri 9 Feb 1940, Page 16
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