BRISBANE, Dec. 8.—The heaviest downpour in the history of Toowoomba occurred to-day when a severe storm broke over the town and yielded four ...
Article : 342 wordsLONDON, Dec. 7.—Full appreciation of Squadron-Leader Bert Hinkler's achievement in making a solo flight across the South Atlantic in a light 'plane came to ...
Article : 715 wordsNo development occurred yesterday in the dispute between the employers and men engaged in the Fremantle wool stores. The day was taken up with separate ...
Article : 351 wordsSYDNEY, Dec. 8.—"Lack of resoured is at the bottom of the depression which assails Australia to-day. Confidence and faith is lacking." said the Federal Leader ...
Article : 403 wordsWith a hot sun already blazing in a cloudless sky, most of the citizens of Perth awoke yesterday morning to face the seventh day of the heat wave, with little ...
Article : 749 wordsSHANGHAI, Dec. 8.—The Japanese field commander in Manchuria (General Honjo) to-day ordered the launching of a comprehensive campaign against Chinese ...
Article : 322 wordsLONDON, Dec. 7.—In the House of Commons to-day, the Minister for Agriculture (Sir John Gilmour) informed questioners that he could not make a ...
Article : 295 wordsWILUNA, Dec. 8.—Another large meeting of Wiluna mines employees was held last night. Considerable discussion took place, and the position was viewed from ...
Article : 253 wordsWASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—The new House of Representatives met to-day, with a record opening attendance since the earliest days of the Federal Government. ...
Article : 400 wordsADELAIDE, Dec. 8.—Senator Lynch, of Western Australia, said to-day that he had sent the following telegram to the Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin): "In view ...
Article : 162 wordsBASLE, Dec. 7.—When the membership of the Advisory Committee of the Bank for International Settlements is completed on Wednesday, by the attendance of ...
Article : 242 wordsSINGAPORE, Dec. 8.—Injuries sustained by Colonel H. C. Brinsmead, Controller of Civil Aviation in Australia, in the tragic crash of a Dutch mail 'plane at Don ...
Article : 193 wordsSHANGHAI, Dec. 8.—Traffic on China's most important railways is interrupted by a policy of passive resistance adopted by students on both sides of the Yangtsze ...
Article : 174 wordsBRISBANE, Dec. 8.—Mr. J. G. Latham, Deputy Leader of the United Australia Party, addressed a large audience in the Brisbane Town Hall to-night, the ...
Article : 73 wordsOTTAWA, Dec. 7.—Consequent on the recent conclusion of a Reciprocal Canadian- Australian trade treaty, evidence is accumulating of increased trade between the ...
Article : 383 wordsSYDNEY, Dec. 8.—Led by a party of members of the New Guard, several hundred anti-extremists broke up a Communist meeting at Lane Cove to-night in ...
Article : 101 wordsMELBOURNE, Dec. 8.—Special efforts are being made by the police to find the men responsible for the bomb outrage at the home of Senior Detective H. S. Dunn ...
Article : 301 wordsTHE HAGUE, Dec. 7.—The cause of the accident is said to have been a little aluminium window built at the request of air mail pilots in the wing of ...
Article : 94 wordsSYDNEY, Dec. 8.—The Sydney Stock Exchange was in cheerful mood to-day because of the approach of the Federal Election. An expected change of Government ...
Article : 44 wordsLONDON, Dec. 8.—Morning newspapers continue the chorus of praise of Squadron- Leader Hinkler's effort. "The Times" says that he has stamped himself as a pilot ...
Article : 211 wordsBERLIN, Dec. 8.—The Bruening Government's Christmas present to the people is likely to be an unpleasant surprise. The newspapers forecast an announcement ...
Article : 154 wordsSenator Sir Hal Colebatch, speaking at Victoria Park last evening in support of the candidature of Mr. Gregory, M.H.R. for Swan and of the Nationalist-Country. ...
Article : 832 wordsLONDON, Dec. 7.—The Air Minister (Lord Londonderry), on behalf of the Air Council, has sent a message of sympathy to the Netherlands authorities on the ...
Article : 50 wordsMOORA, Dec. 8.—Moora residents have for the past seven days sweltered in a heat wave which to-day culminated in a shade temperature of 109 degrees. It is the ...
Article : 141 wordsLONDON, Dec. 7.—A [?] model of a mountain arsenal and piles of firearms and monitions covered the President's table when, before the Dublin Military Tribunal ...
Article : 217 wordsLONDON, Dec. 8.—Lobby correspondents are giving prominence to the threatened revolt of a large body of Conservatives who are insisting that something ...
Article : 116 wordsLONDON, Dec. 7.—Mr. W. E. Elliot, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, informed a questioner in the House of Commons to-day that no negotiations had been ...
Article : 62 wordsTwo deaths following collapse, probably caused by the heat, occurred in Perth yesterday. Florence Moar (52), of Wuraming, who was staying at 456 Hay-st., collapsed ...
Article : 119 wordsTOKIO, Dec. 8.—The seaport of Aomori is appealing to the Government to grant £3,000,000 to relieve 900,000 inhabitants of the prefecture, who are facing ...
Article : 64 wordsWASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—The Department of Agriculture in its annual report states that the gross income of the American can farmer in 1931 will be from 25 to 30 ...
Article : 81 wordsSYDNEY, Dec. 8.—Communist, seamen at a meeting of the union to-day unsuccessfully tried to have the ships of the Union Steamship Company declared black. ...
Article : 163 wordsLONDON, Dec. 8.—The Empire Marketing Board reports that as a result of the "Buy British" campaign, which it has been conducting the demand for certain ...
Article : 112 wordsLONDON, Dec. 7.—"There is a difference between a tariff as necessary in dealing with an emergency and its imposition as a deliberate and settled change of ...
Article : 71 wordsHigh temperatures during the past week have resulted in the consumption of water in the metropolitan area assuming large proportions. Excluding yesterday's ...
Article : 134 wordsWELLINGTON, Dec. 8.—The New Zealand Ironworkers' Federation is demanding a new award for a 35-hour week in place of the existing 44-hour week. The ...
Article : 53 wordsLONDON, Dec. 7.—"I intend building a Miss England III., with such modifications as will give the pilot greater control and safety." Lord Wakefield ...
Article : 142 wordsLONDON, Dec. 7.—A committee of the Associated Chambers of Commerce, in a report on trade with Russia, virtually recommends that Britain should regulate her ...
Article : 199 wordsLONDON, Dec. 7.—The Hull Chamber of Commerce has decided to urge the Government to recognise the need for some reciprocal arrangement in view of the ...
Article : 113 wordsBUKAREST, Dec. 8.—The High Court has pronounced Prince Nicholas's marriage to Madame Savianu "non-existent" on the ground that the Mayor performing ...
Article : 84 wordsLONDON, Dec. 8.—Lengthy negotiations between the Port of London employers and the Transport Workers' Union have led to an agreement for the ...
Article : 85 wordsLONDON, Dec. 7.—In committee of the Burma Round Table Conference to-day the Sawbwa of Hsipawa, on behalf of the rulers of the Shan states, advocated their ...
Article : 165 wordsLONDON, Dec. 7.—After a ten days' hearing Mr. Justice Branson in the King's Bench Division has given judgment in favour of Unilever Limited. Lever ...
Article : 182 wordsLONDON, Dec. 7.—The Minister for Agriculture (Sir John Gilmour), replying to a question in the House of Commons to-day suggestion that South African and ...
Article : 70 wordsLONDON, Dec. 7.—The Duchess of Manchester has made absolute the decree of divorce recently granted her. The Duke will shortly marry an English actress. ...
Article : 143 wordsBELGRADE, Dec. 7.—There are now many sore heads and ribs among the 2,000 University students, who, disgruntled at the disallowance of a Sunday ...
Article : 125 wordsGERALDTON, Dec. 8.—Ronald Webber (11), of Moonkeoonooka (12 miles from Geraldton) was bitten by a snake during last night. His bed had been placed on ...
Article : 93 wordsLIMA (Peru), Dec. 7.—A message from Trujillo states that ten persons were killed and 13 wounded in fighting between citizens and police at Paiian on the eye of ...
Article : 72 wordsKARACHI, Dec. 8.—The monoplane Southern Star, which, piloted by Air- Commodore Kingsforth Smith, is carrying to England the passengers and mails ...
Article : 95 wordsSYDNEY, Dec. 8.—A large elephant known as Cissie escaped from a circus at Goondiwindi recently. She had an [?] period of freedom in the bush, ...
Article : 99 wordsLONDON, Dec. 8.—The "Daily Telegraph" states that it is anticipated that the Lord Chancellor (Lord Sankey) will shortly retire and go to India as ...
Article : 75 wordsLONDON, Dec. 8.—The "Daily Express" states that Mr. Lloyd George has made a change in his plans and will leave Colombo, where he has gone on a holiday ...
Article : 73 wordsLONDON, Dec. 8.—The report of the Comptroller of the Royal Mint states that, owing to the huge redundancy of gold coin and the steadily-increasing ...
Article : 55 wordsLONDON, Dec. 7.—The King and Queen returned to Buckingham Palace to-day and the Court will remain in London for a fortnight. The Queen has recovered from ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Wed 9 Dec 1931, Page 13
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