His Excellency. the Lieutenant- Governor (Sir James Mitchell) will attend the Christmas function of the R.S.L. a Anzac House this ...
Article : 38 wordsTomorrow (Christmas Eve) the commercial office of "The West Australian" in Perth will close at 6 p.m. and the Fremantle office at 5 p.m. ...
Article : 751 wordsThe formal submission of the European aid programme to the United States Congress by President Truman marks the beginning of the ...
Article : 831 wordsDespite weather of a kind not expected within three days of Christmas, Perth streets presented a brave face yesterday. Bustling shopping ...
Article : 380 wordsA larger proportion of sleeping cars was provided for passengers from the Eastern Goldfields than on any other route and special trains ...
Article : 280 wordsDifferences of opinion had arisen between the Government and the Australian Wheat Board in regard to the terms and conditions of the ...
Article : 821 wordsThe Most Rev. John A. Coleman, Roman Catholic Bishop of Armidale since 1929. died yesterday at St. Vincent's private hospital. ...
Article : 314 wordsAs expressed in its charter—the work, no doubt, of Canberra's ablest bureaucrats—the functions of the newly-christened division of ...
Article : 441 wordsIn relation to State-sponsored housing, including the Commonwealth-State rental scheme, Western Australia per head of population ...
Article : 195 wordsCANBERRA, Dec. 22.—The possibility of developing a big dollarearning trade by sending Australian orchids by air to America will be ...
Article : 208 wordsWith more people than usual taking their annual holidays over the Christmas and New Year period, tourist resorts adjacent to the coast ...
Article : 217 wordsThe Chancellor of the University of W.A. (Professor Walter Murdoch) yesterday announced the 1 creation of a chair of history in the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 500 wordsIn accordance with the Street Collections (Regulation) Act, approval has been given for the following street collections to be ...
Article : 121 wordsMELBOURNE. Dec. 22.—Private shipping companies would be given the first opportunity to buy the 12 merchant ships to be built in ...
Article : 102 wordsThe charm of "toylands" in city stores has an appeal not only for those for whom they cater, but for those whose childhood is long past ...
Article : 172 wordsSYDNEY. Dec. 22.—A further increase today in notes withdrawn for Christmas spending is expected to be revealed when returns from ...
Article : 158 wordsCANBERRA. Dec 22.—Sorrowing in any form for property investment purposes has been forbidden under instructions from the ...
Article : 171 wordsA meeting of the Perth City Council yesterday decided to request the council's town planning advisory committee to consider and ...
Article : 40 wordsPolice believe that two cars struck Peter John Sullivan (51), of Reserve-street. Claremont, on Saturday night in Stirling-highway, but that ...
Article : 97 wordsLast night over 200 seamen from) ships in port at Fremantle attended the annual Christmas dinner conducted by the British Sailors' Society ...
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Advertising : 725 wordsFollowing the resignation of Mr. Cosgrove from office as Premier of Tasmania, his deputy (Mr. Brooker) has formed o Cobinet, His Ministers were sworn in last Friday. They are (left to right): Messrs. Reece (Lands), Madden (Agriculture), Howroyd (Education and Transport), Brooker (Premier and Treasurer), Fagan (Attorney-General), White (Chief Secretary and Health), Worsley (Honorary Minister) and Bramich (Honorary Minister). Mr. Aylett, another Honorary Minister, was absent. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 70 wordsIn St. George's Cathedral tonight. commencing at 8 o'clock, there will be a festival of Christmas carols and lessons which the Dean of Perth ...
Article : 140 wordsCANBERRA. Dec. 22.—"Habitual drinking in Canberra is becoming more prevalent and more persons are given to consuming more alcohol than they can comfortably carry." the superintendent of Canberra Community Hospitals (Dr. L. W. Nott) said today speaking at ...
Article : 249 wordsMore mail is now being hand by the General Post Office. Pe[?] than at any time before. By weekend it was estimated that ...
Article : 217 wordsMELBOURNE. Dec. 22.—The Victorian Government would persevere to see that a start was made soon with the enlargement of the ...
Article : 131 wordsLONDON, Dec. 22.—Merseyside dockers worked overtime yesterday unloading what will probably be the last cargoes of seasonable food to ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Tue 23 Dec 1947, Page 8
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