MELBOURNE, Aug. 7.—Ten men lost their lives in Melbourne's worst waterfront disaster today when the 10,000-ton freighter Mahia caught fire after a series of explosions at Victoria Dock. ...
Article : 773 wordsBATAVIA, Aug. 7.—In an official broadcast over Jokjakarta radio yesterday the Republican Government accepted the American Government's ...
Article : 736 wordsCANBERRA, Aug. 7.—The Commonwealth Government may soon announce import restrictions on certain commodities to help Britain in ...
Article : 525 wordsHAMBURG, Aug. 7.—Evidence relating to the shooting of Squadron-Leader J. Catanach. D.F.C., of the Royal Australian Air Force, and ...
Article : 350 wordsWASHINGTON, Aug. 7.—The Senate War Investigation Committee yesterday further questioned Mr. John Meyer, publicity officer for ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 422 wordsLONDON, Aug. 7.—A cut in the basic food ration of Great Britain, especially of meat, is regarded as certain within two months as a result of the announcement in the House of Commons yesterday by the Prime ...
Article : 2,095 wordsNEW YORK, Aug. 7.—In an editorial headed "Britain's Super-Dachau" the "New York Post" says that Hitler invented the ...
Article : 247 wordsNEW YORK, Aug. 7.—"By and large, Mr. Attlee's statement may be summed up by saying that it represented both a sober appraisal of ...
Article : 367 wordsNANKING, Aug. 7.—Floodwaters breaking through the Grand Canal and the Weishanhu dikes have inundated 20 counties of North ...
Article : 87 wordsLONDON, Aug. 7.—The Minister for Defence (Mr. Alexander) said in the House of Commons yesterday that after August 15 British troops ...
Article : 294 wordsPape Pius XII inspects a televisions transmitter, 'the first he had seen, while an American engineer explains its mechanism. The set has been erected in the Consistory of the Vatican. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 34 wordsTOKIO, Aug; 7.—The American representative on the Allied Control Council (Mr. Atcheson) told the council today that the Supreme ...
Article : 250 wordsMELBOURNE, Aug. 7.—Immediate discussion of the 17-union ban on Dutch shipping is imperative in view of its effects on the Government's international relations, the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley)has told the Australasian Council of Trade Unions. Mr. Chifley has postponed ...
Article : 609 wordsOTTAWA, Aug. 7.—It is learnt authoritatively, says the Canadian Press Association, that any relaxation of the Anglo-American loan ...
Article : 146 wordsLONDON, Aug. 7.—The best possible use was not being made of the manpower and material resources of the British Commonwealth, said the Australian Minister for Immigration (Mr. Calwell) in a speech at the Overseas Empire Correspondents' Association luncheon today. If ...
Article : 561 wordsWASHINGTON, Aug. 7.—The White House announced yesterday that President Truman had accepted an invitation for a three-day visit ...
Article : 73 wordsLONDON, Aug. 7.—The "Daily Telegraph's" Birmingham correspondent reports that gravestones in the Jewish cemetery at Perry Common ...
Article : 259 wordsWINDHOEK, Aug. 7.—The South-West African Nationalist Party congress has unanimously resolved to urge the Government of ...
Article : 64 wordsSIGNOR V. ORLANDO. Italian Prime Minister after World War 1 and now aged 87, he has resigned all parliamentary rights ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 43 wordsLONDON, Aug. 5.—The first impression on the London Stock Exchange of the effect of Mr. Attlee's speech was one of relief that fears ...
Article : 87 wordsWASHINGTON, Aug. 7.—Scientists have taken "King Judah," of Bikini atoll, back to his home island for a short visit for the first time ...
Article : 75 wordsExcept where otherwise designated, the overseas intelligence published in "The West Australian" is transmitted to Australia by the ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Fri 8 Aug 1947, Page 11
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