His Excellency the Lieutenant- Governor will perform the opening ceremony of the hostel for members of the fighting forces in Mill-street ...
Article : 46 wordsCANBERRA, Feb. 20.—Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate met in secret session this afternoon to discuss the was position ...
Article : 973 wordsLONDON, Feb. 19.—There was great activity outside the Riom Court House today when the French Supreme Court trials began against ...
Article : 1,199 wordsBRISBANE, Feb. 20.—Nine Persons were killed this morning when a De Havilland 86 passenger plane, owned by Qantas Empire Airways, ...
Article : 231 wordsSYDNEY, Feb. 20.—Although the £35,000,000 Liberty War Loan has been open for three days, applications already number about 28,000, ...
Article : 226 wordsThe third trial blackout since the new year will take place from dusk this evening until dawn tomorrow. The blackout has been ordered over ...
Article : 311 wordsWestern Command Headquarters advise that artillery and anti-aircraft practice will be held tomorrow, between 7 a.m. and midday, in ...
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Advertising : 298 wordsThe Archbishop of Perth (Dr. Le Fanu) will preach at South Perth tomorrow, at 11 am., and give confirmation at Bayswater at 7.30 p.m. ...
Article : 688 wordsAs fast step in the clarification of the economic proposals announced by the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) on February 10 the regulations to ...
Article : 770 wordsCANBERRA, Feb. 20.—Before the House of Representatives adjourned tonight, the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) announced that ...
Article : 79 wordsAdvice was received in Perth yesterday from his Brisbane solicitors that Mr. J. L. Stewart, well-known pastoralist and racehorse owner, had ...
Article : 370 wordsNEW YORK, Feb. 19.—The Australian Minister (Mr. R. G. Casey), speaking at a Salvation Army dinner at the Hotel Pierre, New York, ...
Article : 240 wordsThe imminent danger of enemy raids on the more heavily-populated parts of Australia and the need to strengthen defences and to back up ...
Article : 930 words"A.R.P. services will co-operate in large-scale tactical exercises on Saturday night," said the Chief Warden (Professor N. S. Bayliss) last ...
Article : 155 wordsCANBERRA, Feb. 20.—The Minister for the Interior (Senator Collings) denied in the Senate today that he had made a statement ...
Article : 203 wordsTo provide for greater efficiency in air raid precautions and to extend the powers of the civil defence authorities to suit wartime ...
Article : 508 words"It may be some gratification to the public to learn that a Consultative Council has been arranged in this State so that all sides of public ...
Article : 145 wordsCANBERRA, Feb. 20.—All coalmines in New South Wales have resumed work, according to advice received by the Minister for Supply ...
Article : 70 wordsCANBERRA, Feb. 20.—The president of the Miners' Federation (Mr. H. Wells) said that if any shortage of labour existed men retired on ...
Article : 91 wordsNEW DELHI, Feb. 18.—It is announced officially that the administration of the Maharaja of Rewa, Sir Gulab Singh, has been suspended, ...
Article : 248 wordsLONDON, Feb. 19.—In the House of Commons today Commander R. T. Bower (Conservative) proposed death sentence or life imprisonment ...
Article : 82 wordsNEW YORK, Feb. 19.—The noted American columnist, Miss Dorothy Thompson, in a stirring article to-day, replies to critics of Britain over ...
Article : 287 wordsThe main features of week-end programmes from the national stations 6WF and 6WN are as follows:— ...
Article : 459 wordsCANBERRA, Feb. 20.—Under regulations issued today extremely wide powers are taken by the Government in respect of the services ...
Article : 245 wordsCANBERRA, Feb. 20.—When the Senate met this afternoon Senator McLeay, Opposition Leader in that chamber, urged that an open ...
Article : 209 wordsDUBLIN, Feb. 19.—The resignation of the Deputy Leader of the Cosgrave Party in the Dai Eireann (Mr. James Dillon) from the Cosgrave Party has ...
Article : 105 wordsFollowing the announcement earlier in the week by the Civil Defence Council and the Director of Education (Mr. M. G. Little), Perth ...
Article : 181 wordsNEW YORK, Feb. 20.—The "Wall- street Journal" says that the Ford and Union carbide companies are to start magnesium production, using ...
Article : 96 wordsCANBERRA, Feb. 20.—Referring to the restriction of profits to 4 per cent, an official spokesman today emphasised that because a ...
Article : 171 wordsCaptain Robert Laurie, a well-known Fremantle man and a former member of the Legislative Council for the West Province, who died on ...
Article : 111 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 : 236 wordsCANBERRA, Feb. 19.—The Government's prohibition on the manufacture of a large number of non-essential goods in Victoria and South ...
Article : 183 wordsCANBERRA, Feb. 20.—The Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde) said today that an inspection tour of medical facilities for Australian, ...
Article : 100 wordsMr. R. N. Percival, honorary secretary of the W.A. Sportsmen's Organising Council, which conducted a War Stamp street collection ...
Article : 34 wordsCANBERRA, Feb. 20.—Although all machine tools in Government munitions factories are being fully operated to the extent to which the ...
Article : 93 wordsSix able-bodied men willing to assist in the building of a slit trench in the grounds of the Leederville State school (Oxford-street) are invited to attend at ...
Article : 69 wordsWASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—Vincent Astor the millionaire sportsman and friend of President Roosevelt is serving as a full commander in the ...
Article : 73 wordsCANBERRA, Feb. 20.—By Gazette notice yesterday the Minister for Customs (Senator Keane) declared: "Edible oils and mixtures thereof," ...
Article : 69 wordsBRISBANE, Feb. 20.—Damage caused by recent floods in the Chinchilla district is estimated at £100,000. Some houses were washed ...
Article : 53 wordsCANBERRA, Feb. 20.—The Minister for External Affairs (Dr. Evatt) announced tonight that negotiations between Australia and Russia for ...
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