The formal submission of the European aid programme to the United States Congress by President Truman marks the beginning of the ...
Article : 837 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 : 749 wordsDespite weather of a kind not expected within three days of Christmas, Perth streets presented a brave face yesterday. Bustling shopping ...
Article : 378 wordsHis Excellency, the Lieutenant- Governor (Sir James Mitchell) will attend the Christmas function of the R.S.L. at Anzac House this ...
Article : 38 wordsA larger proportion of sleeping cars was provided for passengers from the Eastern Goldfields than on any other route and special trains ...
Article : 280 wordsMELBOURNE, Dec. 22.—The Federal Government had made unsuccessful attempts to buy out both Australian National Airways and ...
Article : 217 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 : 442 wordsYesterday's cool weather gave Perth its twentieth successive day of sub-normal temperatures. Ibis is the longest period of cool weather ...
Article : 141 wordsIn relation to State-sponsored housing, including the Commonwealth-State rental scheme, Western Australia per head of population ...
Article : 192 wordsCANBERRA, Dec. 22.—The possibility of developing a big dollar-earning trade by sending Australian orchids by air to America will be ...
Article : 217 wordsWith more people than usual taking their annual holidays over the Christmas and New Year period, tourist resorts adjacent to the coast ...
Article : 219 words"The near approach of the Christmas and New Year holiday season prompts me once again to make an earnest appeal to everyone ...
Article : 346 wordsThe Chancellor of the University of W.A. (Professor Walter Murdoch) yesterday announced the creation of a chair of history in the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 502 wordsIn accordance with the Street Collections (Regulation) Act, approval has been given for the following street collections to be ...
Article : 122 wordsBRISBANE, Dec. 22.—Thirty thousand persons in Brisbane honoured an unknown American soldier who was given a State funeral ...
Article : 150 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 : 157 wordsCANBERRA, Dec. 22.—Borrowing in any form for property investment purposes has been forbidden under instructions from the ...
Article : 170 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 : 734 wordsFollowing the resignation of Mr. Cosgrove from office as Premier of Tasmania, his deputy (Mr. Brooker) has formed a Cabinet. His Ministers were sworn in last Friday. They are (left to right): Messrs. Reece (Lands), Modden (Agriculture), Howroyd (Education and Transport), Brooker (Premier and Treasurer), Fagan(Attorney-General), White (Chief Secretary and health), Worsley (Honorary Minister) and Bromich (Honorary Minister). Mr. Ayiett, another Hanorary 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 handled by the General Post Office, Perth, than at any time before. By the weekend it was estimated that the ...
Article : 224 wordsMELBOURNE, Dec. 22.—The Victorian Government would persevere to see that a start was made soon with the enlargement of the ...
Article : 131 wordsA decision regarding wharf holidays at Christmas and the new year was reached yesterday at a meeting of a sub-committee of the Fremantle ...
Article : 109 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 9
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