A proclamation prohibiting the lighting of fires in the open in most parts of the State from to-day until March 31 was approved by the State Executive Council ...
Article : 611 wordsMr. James Wedell, of the Wedell-Williams Air Service Corporation, in an exclusive interview with a representative of the Australian Press Association, ...
Article : 374 wordsIn a leading article with reference to press accounts of British fortification developments at Singapore, the "Herald-Tribune" rebukes American pacifists who ...
Article : 253 wordsBinding and gagging Mr. Heywood Johnston, caretaker of Bruce Small Pty. Ltd., Elizabeth street, Melbourne, at 10 p.m. yesterday, a man made an audacious, ...
Article : 508 wordsWhile Melbourne sweltered yesterday, when thermometers in the city registered more than 100 degrees, the north coastal area of Queensland was deluged by torrential rain, which flooded rivers, causing much damage. ...
Article : 114 wordsAddressing the Diet to-day the Minister for Foreign Affairs (Mr. Hirota), dealt with the relations between Japan and other nations, including Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and China. Japan strongly desired peace, said Mr. Hirota. He appealed to ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 2,258 wordsVictoria experienced another hot day yesterday, when thermometers in the city registered more than 100 degrees. Sultry weather during the morning in Melbourne ...
Article : 432 wordsBRISBANE, Tuesday.—A cyclonic disturbance which has been in evidence for the last two days near Willis Island, North Queensland, crossed the coastline ...
Article : 487 wordsThe chairman of the United States Naval Committee (Mr. Vinson) predicted in the House of Representatives on Monday that Japan would insist upon a fleet ...
Article : 123 wordsNews from Nepal indicates that the earthquake havoc threatens to rival that in North Bihar. The messages received state that the important towns of ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 137 wordsNewfoundland was startled to-day by the news that Mr. W. J. Walsh, the Minister for Agriculture, had been arrested on a charge of larceny, and that he had ...
Article : 165 wordsBALLARAT, Tuesday.—When a motortruck in which they were driving was struck by a light locomotive at the Wallace level crossing at 8.15 a.m. to-day, one man ...
Article : 269 wordsHOBART, Tuesday.—Mr. George Alton, superintendent of fire brigades, of Burnic, was killed late hist night when a fire engine belonging to the Hobart Fire ...
Article : 157 wordsCommenting in a leading article on the speech in Melbourne by the Hon. Alexander Shaw, head of the P. and O. Co., in which he referred to the unfair ...
Article : 162 wordsRelief work in the earthquake area of Bihar and Orissa is now on an organised footing in the damaged towns. Money was placed at the disposal of district ...
Article : 213 wordsCANBERRA, Tuesday.—As a result of the investigations of the Newnes shale oil committee, it is expected that a recommendation will be made to the Federal ...
Article : 152 wordsHOBART, Tuesday.—Although at one stage to-day the conditions were conducive to an extension of the bush fires in the Derwent Valley owing to a strong ...
Article : 166 wordsSir,—While I agree with the Hon. Alexander Shaw that the decline of British shipping is deplorable, I cannot see, judging by the conditions on the route from ...
Article : 314 wordsNARRANDERA (N.S.W.), Tuesday.— Mr. Walter Storrier, aged 75 years, who was injured near Ganmain on Sunday, died in Narrandera Hospital last night. ...
Article : 93 wordsADELAIDE, Tuesday.—According to members of the train crew and passengers who have travelled on the east-west railway frequently, the express which reached ...
Article : 145 wordsADELAIDE, Tuesday.—A fire in the Paracombe district, in the Adelaide hills, to-day proved to be the worst on record in that district. At sunset to-night it was ...
Article : 163 wordsShortly after 10 a.m. yesterday a baby motor-car ran through the closed railway gates at the Glenhuntly road crossing at Elsternwick. Although the top of the ...
Article : 55 wordsWith a detonation that shook the workyard an air compressor on the premises of Messrs. George F. Atyeo and Sons, memorial sculptors, in Bell street, ...
Article : 280 wordsThe opinion is expressed by seismologists that Bihar is likely to become an active earthquake centre. This will probably seriously affect the future of the province, ...
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Article : 96 wordsSir,—The Australian public is loyal to British interests, but, like everyone else, it wants value for its money. If the Hon. Alexander Shaw will examine the ...
Article : 127 wordsMOUNT GAMBIER (S.A.), Tuesday.— With the shade temperature at 102deg., a grass fire broke out in Grouch street south, near the rubbish depot, this ...
Article : 201 wordsTwo small wooden factories in Buckingham street, North Richmond, were destroyed by fire about midnight last night. The fire began on the premises of E. J. ...
Article : 103 wordsDuring the five days of the heat wave last week 52,000 fruit drinks were sold at railway fruit stalls in the metropolitan area, representing a revenue of more than ...
Article : 110 wordsBROKEN HILL (N.S.W.), Tuesday.— Two miners, Albert Ellis and Frank Kovavich, were killed when a fall of earth occurred at the South mine to-night. ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Wed 24 Jan 1934, Page 7
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