The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) and Mrs. Menzies spent a quiet Christmas with their three children at their country home at Macedon (Victoria). ...
Article : 267 wordsWASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—President Roosevelt today invited the head of the British Purchasing Mission (Mr. A. B. Purvis) to luncheon, the Secretary of the ...
Article : 304 wordsAfter last night's New Year's Eve celebrations Perth will welcome the New Year holidays today and tomorrow. Sporting fixtures for today and ...
Article : 272 wordsLONDON, Dec. 31.—The Ministry of Shipping is being subjected to criticism, principally on account of its alleged failure to expedite the discharge of ...
Article : 461 wordsFine weather, with easterly winds, rising temperatures and an afternoon sea breeze, is forecast for the metropolitan area today. The maximum ...
Article : 738 wordsThe Christmas season in Western Australia offers a period of festivity and holiday-making to many, but to the small army of trainers, jockeys and stable ...
Article : 300 wordsA year whose tremendous and terrible events transcend and enfeeble every attempt to assess and transcribe them has passed through our souls. ...
Article : 1,641 wordsCountry Party supporters are confident that Mr. T. W. Marwick, who with Mr. P. D. Ferguson received the Country Party endorsement for Swan, will be ...
Article : 187 wordsCriticism of the new liquid fuel regulations was expressed yesterday by the general secretary of the West Australian Service Station Association (Mr. S. H. ...
Article : 444 wordsDuring 1940 the number of deaths resulting from road accidents in Western Australia increased greatly. In the metropolitan area there were 75 fatalities and ...
Article : 710 wordsBARKER, Claude Osmonde (Independent), broker, Leonora-street, Como. DINAN, James (Federal Labour Party). farmer, Kellerberrin. ...
Article : 105 wordsMADRID. Dec. 30.—The British Ambassador (Sir Samuel Hoare) and the United States Ambassador (Mr. Alexander. W. Weddell) were hosts today at a New ...
Article : 79 wordsCANBERRA, Dec. 31.—The Attorney- General (Mr. Hughes) has ordered the cancellation of an advertised sale of books seized from the library of the ...
Article : 131 wordsSir,—Now that the month's appeal has been completed, I desire to take this early opportunity, on behalf of my council, of thanking all those, not only who ...
Article : 789 wordsSYDNEY, Dec. 31.—All the representatives of the film industry on the National Film Council of the Department of Information resigned today. They are ...
Article : 229 wordsIn a New Year's message to the people of Australia, received in Perth yesterday, the Federal Treasurer (Mr. A. W. Fadden) urged an intensification of the war ...
Article : 248 wordsThe Premier (Mr. J. C. Willcock) was yesterday informed by the Prime Minister (Mr. R. G. Menzies) that the Minister for Commerce (Sir Earle Page) ...
Article : 212 wordsEach week in "The Western Mail" appears a six-page summary of the world's news, including local news and sporting events. Cut out ...
Article : 45 wordsIn Perth and 34 other centres in Western Australia 1940 was the driest year on record. In parts of the Kimberley divisions the total rainfall ...
Article : 618 wordsCLOSING TIMES.—Closing times hereunder are for the Perth G.P.O. Registered articles must be posted one hour before closing times for letters, but between 9 am. and 6 p.m. ...
Article : 347 wordsProfits announced in 1940 by 685 companies engaged in all classes of Australian industry with the exception of mining, aggregated £30,033,101, compared ...
Article : 359 wordsSYDNEY, Dec. 31.—The metal trades dispute took an unexpected turn today, when the engine-drivers decided to declare a strike in all metal trade shops ...
Article : 206 wordsA total of £41/8/ in free-of-interest loans to assist the war effort was received at the Commonwealth Sub-Treasury, Perth, yesterday. This was made ...
Article : 53 wordsSYDNEY, Dec. 31.—"We are working for the race, not for the individual," said the new Administrator of Papua (Mr. Leonard Murray) on his arrival in Sydney ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 255 wordsCANBERRA, Dec. 31.—The Commonwealth Government's general policy on commercial shipbuilding in Australia will be discussed at a meeting of the War ...
Article : 208 wordsSYDNEY, Dec. 31.—A mass meeting of seamen, including members of the crews of ships tied up in Newcastle. decided today to continue to refuse to take ...
Article : 118 wordsGOTHENBURG, Dec. 30.—The newspaper "Dagens Nyheter" publishes a report from Oslo that Ronald Fangen, a Norwegian writer and journalist, has ...
Article : 41 wordsBUDAPEST, Dec 30.—Count Nicholas Banffy has succeeded Count Michael Teleki, brother of the Prime Minister of Hungary (Count Paul Teleki), as ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Wed 1 Jan 1941, Page 4
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