Sir John Longstaff, doyen of Australian artists, died in a private hospital in Melbourne yesterday in his 80th year. He had been in ill-health ...
Article : 224 wordsThe accumulated deficit of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the three months ended September 30. 1941, was £213,319, compared with ...
Article : 332 wordsCANBERRA, Oct. 1.—A conference of Federal and State advisers to work out means of relieving the manpower shortage in rural ...
Article : 146 wordsCANBERRA, Oct. 1.—The Minister for Air (Mr. McEwen) disclosed tonight that a number of N.C.O.'s and men stationed at the R.A.A.F. ...
Article : 218 wordsWASHINGTON, Sept. 30.—Reports from all cities indicate that there is an unprecedented wave of retail buying far in excess of the ...
Article : 318 wordsCANBERRA, Oct. 1.—Post Office revenue and Customs and Excise revenue for the three months ended September 30 exceeded the Budget ...
Article : 97 wordsEmphasising "the complete unity of the Australian people, and of this Parliament, to prosecute the war to a successful conclusion," the Leader of ...
Article : 1,177 wordsCloudy weather, with some rain, mild temperatures and strong northerly winds, is forecast for the metropolitan area today. The maximum ...
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Advertising : 60 wordsCANBERRA, Oct. 1.—The possibility of additional newspapers being named in the terms of reference for the secret fund Royal Commission ...
Article : 215 wordsDetails of arrangements inane recently with local firms for supplies and services to the defence forces disclose that an order worth £53,500 ...
Article : 796 words"It was reported recently that the meetings of we International Wheat Committee in America were to be discontinued, the question of quotas ...
Article : 654 wordsBoth Houses of the State Parliament met at 4.30 pm. yesterday. In the Legislative Council the Municipal Corporations Act ...
Article : 208 wordsCANBERRA, Oct. 1.—The Minister for the Army (Mr. Spender) announced today that Major-General J. Northcott, General Officer ...
Article : 140 wordsHeadquarters Western Command stated yesterday that as from October 1 the officers and non-commissioned officers, down to and including ...
Article : 256 wordsCANBERRA, Oct. 1.—"Wholly unwarranted and unfair" was the description applied today by the Minister for Information (Senator Foll) ...
Article : 170 wordsCANBERRA, Oct. 1.—Before the Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Curtin) made his attack on the Government in the House of ...
Article : 117 wordsMr. W. B. Hardwick, a former Principal Government Architect and former chairman of the Workers' Homes Board, died at his home in ...
Article : 272 wordsFifty-six men and women are talking about Western Australia today. They are from Victoria, South Australia and New South Wales and ...
Article : 313 wordsCANBERRA, Oct. 1.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Fadden) announced tonight that the King, on the recommendation of the Federal ...
Article : 91 wordsCANBERRA, Oct 1.—The Owen sub-machine gun is now undergoing exhaustive continuous firing tests at a New South Wales range and, ...
Article : 201 wordsSir,—My answer to the questions put by Sir Hal Colebatch in his letter in Wednesdays issue are:— (1) Having heard the evidence ...
Article : 872 words"There is a conviction that the Army Education Service has a really big job ahead of it, both during the war and after the war. I believe ...
Article : 601 wordsIn reply to a question by Mr. McDonald (Nat., West Perth) in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, the Treasurer (Mr. Willcock) said that ...
Article : 112 wordsSYDNEY, Oct 1.—There was an extension of the brickmakers' strike today when about 120 brick carters, who are members of the Brick ...
Article : 391 wordsNearly the whole of Western Australia was covered by cloud at 3 p.m. yesterday. The maximum shade temperature in Perth today was 70.3 ...
Article : 191 wordsWINNIPEG, Sept. 30.—Sir Herbert Gepp, Consultant on Development to the Australian Government, arrived here today en route for Hamilton ...
Article : 65 wordsSINGAPORE. Oct. 1.—The Malayan Government has lifted the ban on the return for Christmas holidays of children over 10 years ...
Article : 143 wordsCANBERRA, Oct. 1.—When applications for child endowment closed yesterday the number in band was slightly less than 480,000 the ...
Article : 53 wordsMELBOURNE. Oct. 1.—For bravery in action Squadron-Leader W. R. Bungey, leader of the R.A.A.F. Spitfire fighter squadron in England ...
Article : 273 wordsHamlet's philosophical forget-me-not, "To Be or Not to Be," was no poser for Perth's retail traders. For Hamlet the question was one of life ...
Article : 445 wordsMr. Boyle (C.P., Avon), moving the second reading of the Agricultural Bank Act Amendment Bill in the Legislative Assembly last night, ...
Article : 239 wordsCLOSING TIMES.—Closing times hereunder are for the Perth G.P.O. Registered articles must be posted one hour before closing time for letters, but ...
Article : 442 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 : 364 wordsApproximately 70 tons of heat-insulating material is required for the new munition factory in. this State. The latest report of the Council for ...
Article : 187 wordsThe main features of today's programmes from the national stations 6WF and 6WN are as follows:— Station 6FW: 6.45, 9 a.m., 2.15, 4 ...
Article : 175 wordsCANBERRA, Oct. 1.—If the Federal Government survives the Labour censure motion on the Budget the Army Minister (Mr. Spender) ...
Article : 165 wordsCANBERRA, Oct 1.—Although no official advice has been received, it is expected that some Australians will be included in wounded British ...
Article : 86 wordsIN CHAMBERS.—At 10.30 a.m., before Mr. Justice Dwyer. ...
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