"I thank God there are still some places where you don't need a policeman at the crossing of the tracks and elaborate electric lights in red, green and ...
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Advertising : 388 wordsThe 76th annual general meeting of the Perth Road Board at Mt. Lawley last night, though sparsely attended, was marked by some strong complaints. The ...
Article : 627 wordsSYDNEY, Oct. 9.—In the Paddington Police Court today, evidence was given by Sergeant C. J. Chuck that in consequence of a statement made to the police ...
Article : 354 wordsNEW YORK, Oct. 8.—The Washington correspondent of the "New York Times" states that the eagerness of Administration leaders to force the issue in the ...
Article : 193 wordsMELBOURNE, Oct. 9.—Three main camps-two in New South Wales and one in Victoria-will be established for the training of troops of the second A.I.F., ...
Article : 243 wordsMELBOURNE. Oct. 9.—All canteens in military camps which the Government will establish or has already established are to be dry. The Prime Minister ...
Article : 45 wordsCANBERRA, Oct. 9.—Limited licences to undertake transactions with Germany and German organisations are granted by the Governor-General in a special ...
Article : 286 wordsCHICAGO, Oct. 8.—American aircraft, motor and accessory manufacturers are speeding up the construction of £16,000,000 worth of war planes and ...
Article : 107 wordsCANBERRA, Oct. 9.—Decisions made by the Federal Government last week on rates of pay for the militia forces for the three months of continuous camp ...
Article : 256 wordsRecruiting for the 10th Garrison Battalion began yesterday, when volunteers interviewed last week were called up for medical examination and enlistment. Of ...
Article : 319 wordsSYDNEY, Oct. 9.—Loco enginemen, who occupy a key position in the State railways, have threatened to go on strike unless the hearing of their claims for ...
Article : 198 wordsLOS ANGELES, Oct. 8.—The "Los Angeles Examiner" learns that a vital oil line on the battleship Arizona was damaged in a manner which, if it had ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 116 words"I am very proud to add a few words of welcome to our distinguished visitors," said Canon E. M. Collick at a reception given in the Mayor's Parlour, Fremantle, ...
Article : 284 wordsSYDNEY, Oct. 9.—More than 1,440 applicants for the new A.I.F. were passed as fit and eligible today, when recruiting for the Sixth Division began. ...
Article : 408 wordsMELBOURNE, Oct. 9.—Charged with the murder of Alvan Archie McCallum (30). of Moyhu, George Albert Gormley appeared in the Wangaratta Police Court ...
Article : 97 wordsSYDNEY, Oct. 9.—Mention was made of gambling by "big people" at a Rush-cutter Bay flat during the hearing of a conspiracy trial in the Quarter Sessions ...
Article : 262 wordsDr. Halliday Sutherland, the noted author, who is at present in Perth and will give the first lecture of his Australian tour tonight in the Capitol Theatre, ...
Article : 285 wordsInquiries made by the traffic police into a collision between a parlour coach and a truck In Stirling-highway. Cottesloe, last Wednesday night resulted in ...
Article : 104 wordsLONDON, Oct. 8.—The first big fire during a black-out broke out in Belgravia tonight at a furniture depository where many prominent persons. ...
Article : 95 wordsConvictions for betting offences returned £548 in fines in the Perth Police Court yesterday. Mr. T. H. Hannah, S.M., was on the Bench and Inspector ...
Article : 176 wordsADELAIDE, Oct. 9.—In awarding James William Aldridge, grazier, of Angle Vale, damages of £604/10/—the amount claimed for the loss of 95 sheep after ...
Article : 176 wordsCANBERRA, Oct. 9.—Wedged between several formal proclamations in a special "Commonwealth Gazette" Issued tonight is an interesting story. Mr. Albert Peick, ...
Article : 171 wordsLONDON. Oct. 8.—The Sing, in the course of a two-days' visit to the Home Fleet and auxiliaries at a northern base, boarded representative warships and ...
Article : 179 wordsMELBOURNE, Oct. 9.—The Minister for Supply and Development (Mr. Casey) announced today that emergency measures to expedite production of cloth ...
Article : 117 wordsIn connection with Kalamunda Week, special hikers' excursion trains will run to Kalamunda next Sunday. The first special will leave Perth at 10.5 a.m., and ...
Article : 137 wordsRecommendations by the Perth City Council regarding a site for a memorial to the late Lieut.-General Sir J. Talbot Hobbs, the removal of unauthorised ...
Article : 185 wordsWhen riding across the Causeway yesterday morning on a bicycle Trevor Collins (12), of Adelaide-terrace, was injured as a result of a collision between ...
Article : 84 wordsFrom injuries caused when her clothes caught fire at her home in Loftus-street, Leederville, on Sunday morning, Gloria Acres (3) died in the Children's Hospital ...
Article : 88 wordsHOBART, Oct. 9.—Military activity in Tasmania is taking more definite shape. Considerable progress has been made with the building of the camp at ...
Article : 101 wordsHONG KONG, Oct. 8.—The Japanese claim to have occupied the strategic city of Shekki, completing the conquest of the Chungshan district. A dozen planes ...
Article : 39 wordsThe divisional warden for the Perth division under the air raid precautions scheme (Mr. C. Thomson) submitted a report of progress made in organising the ...
Article : 255 wordsBRISBANE, Oct. 9.—Opening the case today against the 38 men charged with unlawful assembly in connection with the raid on Parliament House in August, the ...
Article : 199 wordsCANBERRA, Oct. 9.—A price regulation order Issued tonight by the Commonwealth Prices Commissioner (Professor D. B. Copland) fixes the maximum ...
Article : 55 wordsHanging from a rafter in a lavatory at the rear of the Swan View Hail, the body of John Quirk (about 72), an old-age pensioner, was found early last ...
Article : 115 wordsMELBOURNE, Oct. 9.—In ten special troop trains and five ordinary trains, 6,000 militia soldiers left for Seymour today to begin a month's training under ...
Article : 168 wordsThe Perth Australian Hellenic Association will conduct a musical entertainment at the Capitol Theatre tomorrow at 8 p.m. The proceeds will be for ...
Article : 94 wordsLady Mitchell, who is president of the Red Cross Society in this State, yesterday visited the branch at Boans, Ltd., where members of the branch were packing the ...
Article : 127 wordsNewsagents were informed yesterday by the wholesale distributors handling newspapers and periodicals that the prices of most American publications had ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Tue 10 Oct 1939, Page 8
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