An announcement that the Commonwealth Government was in communication with Messrs. H. G. Whittle & Co. with a view to having the firm's contract for additions to the Sydney G.P.O., at a cost of £410,776, held in abeyance by mutual consent was ...
Article : 775 wordsTwo attempts to take the proceedings out of the hands of the Government were made during the second reading debate on the National ...
Article : 650 wordsAfter a brief retirement, a jury at the Central Criminal Court today found Leslie Cornelius Wilson (20). laborer, not guilty of having ...
Article : 122 wordsObjections expressed by the Country Party leader (Sir Earle Page) to all-night sittings during the Canberra winter drew strong criticism ...
Article : 240 wordsTHE new British submarine Thetis, which failed to come up yesterday, after diving during acceptance trials off Birkenhead, was located to-day, 14 miles from Great Orme's Head, with its tail 18 feet out of the water. ...
Article : 951 wordsST. ARNAUD (Vic.), Friday. After a remarkable series of accidents, Mr. T. O'Connell, clerk of the court at St. ...
Article : 177 wordsThe Pope told the College of Cardinals that, as a result of his recent overtures, he had received from Europe's principal statesmen ...
Article : 101 wordsRalph Moore (3) left Bowral at 9 a.m. yesterday on a small bicycle to ride 85 miles to Sydney. Pedalling at seven ...
Article : 92 wordsAUCKLAND, Friday. — "Widespread inquiries are being made, by police investigating the discovery of a human foot, clad in a boot and sock, on Napier ...
Article : 68 wordsAn incinerator which consumes its own smoke, and which is guaranteed not to emit any noxious smells, is now undergoing tests at Canberra. ...
Article : 93 wordsSYDNEY, Friday. — A finding that Mrs. May Truda (60) was murdered by her son, Nicola Truda, was recorded by the coroner to-day. Truda, (21), ...
Article : 78 words"I killed him all right. How, I do not know, and I don't know what became of him. I did not burn him. There was not enough ...
Article : 469 wordsThere was another development to-day in the threatened separation move by members of the Tasmanian branch of the Australian ...
Article : 173 wordsFour persons were killed, and two injured in a collision between a car and a truck on the Brisbane-Ipswich road last ...
Article : 105 wordsThe recognisance of £20 entered into by Joe Oatt, a waterside worker, pending the hearing of his appeal against sentence of three ...
Article : 288 wordsWalter John Howard Eastland, who, as a director of a Tasmanian public company, Tasmanian Credits Ltd., was charged with fraud, has ...
Article : 126 wordsWhen Kingi Spooner (39), electrician, appealed to-day against a sentence of one month, he was told that he could secure his ...
Article : 135 wordsBALLARAT, Friday.—Mr. R. Crouch, of Armadale, who has made numerous gifts to Ballarat, has informed the City Council that he will give £1000 to the ...
Article : 69 wordsAlthough nightlong inquiries by the police failed to trace the lorry, which, it is alleged, knocked down and killed Phyllis Dawn Higgins (7) ...
Article : 259 wordsThe Assistant Treasurer (Mr. Spender) annouuced to-night that, with a view to making the purchase of Treasury Bonds in the £4,750,000 ...
Article : 250 wordsA warning to business firms was given to-day by the Treasurer. (Mr. H. Dwyer-Gray), commenting on the provision of the Stamp Duties Act, ...
Article : 290 wordsThe Minister for External Affairs (Sir Henry Gullett) announced today that Royal Notherlands Airways (K.L.M.) machines would be ...
Article : 284 wordsLAUNCESTON, Friday. —James Egbert Morrell, of Launceston, who appeared in the Police Court this morning on five charges of having obtained goods ...
Article : 226 wordsBRISBANE, Friday. — Jim Ferrier (N.S.W.) entered the final of the Queensland amateur golf championship to-day by defeating J. D. Land, 14-12. ...
Article : 78 wordsLONDON, Thursday.—The Belgians, Kaers and Debruyeker, were still leading in the six-day cycle raco at 11.30 p.m. Joe Buckley, the Australian, and ...
Article : 39 wordsHOBART, Friday. — The Treasurer (Mr. E. Dwyer-Gray) stated to-day that under the Gaming Act, 1935, he had plenary powers to issue licenses to ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 27 wordsThe opening day of the Sheffield Club, which had been arranged to take place to-day, has been unavoidably postponed until next Saturday, when the mixed ...
Article : 80 wordsHOBART, Friday.—The appeal by the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) for the new Commonwealth loan was supported to-day by the Treasurer (Mr. ...
Article : 135 wordsCANBERRA, Friday.—Federal Cabinet would discuss the whole question of embargoes as soon as possible, the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) told a ...
Article : 365 wordsHOBART, Friday. — Consideration of an appointment to the Supreme Court Bench will not be given until the Premier (Mr. A. G. Ogilvie) returns from ...
Article : 83 wordsThe Prime Minister (Mr. Savage) announced to-night that £4,704,000 had been subscribed to the Government loan, although only ...
Article : 56 wordsIn conjunction with the flag competition, which was won by Mrs. B. Burnlev, who carried the flag to the 19th hole, the last round for the spoon for ...
Article : 77 wordsHOBART, Friday. — Motor registrations for the week were: Motor Cars (51): Vauxhall 17, Ford 12, Chevrolet 4, Morris 4, Austin 3, ...
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Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954), Sat 3 Jun 1939, Page 9
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