SYDNEY, Dec. 21.—A big crowd In Martin-place at lunch-time today cheered the wartime Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) as be made his first open-air address in ...
Article : 202 wordsADELAIDE, Dec. 21.—"The voluntary System of military training may raise its 70,000 men but three years hence there will be only 70,000 trained ...
Article : 260 wordsA meeting of the West Australian branch of the Defence League will be held in the City Council chamber, Murray-street, this afternoon at 4 o'clock. ...
Article : 225 wordsThe secretary of the West Australian Employers' Federation (Mr. L. L. Carter) said yesterday that at the quarterly meeting of the executive committee of the ...
Article : 191 wordsCOLLIE, Dec. 21.—Advice that the Defence Department has approved the establishment of a unit of the 44th Battalion at Collie has been received by the Mayor ...
Article : 129 wordsMELBOURNE, Dec. 21.—The Minister for Defence (Brigadier Street) said today that the industrial advisory panel on defence had agreed to co-operate in ...
Article : 83 wordsHOBART, Dec. 21.—"We are asking young men to join the army," said the State Commandant (Brigadier J. M. A. Durrant) at a Returned Soldiers' League ...
Article : 252 wordsMELBOURNE, Dec. 21.—Desmond Lyons (21), eldest son of the Prime Minister, has been accepted as a trainee for the 21st City of Melbourne squadron of ...
Article : 120 wordsSYDNEY, Dec. 19.—The big defence programme announced by the Common-Wealth Government will have a most marked effect on employment in the ...
Article : 1,021 wordsSYDNEY, Dec. 21.—Goya Henry, the airman who first tested the powers of the Commonwealth Government over aviation in litigation which ultimately led ...
Article : 154 wordsLONDON, Dec. 20.—The Minister of Agriculture (Mr. W. S. Morrison) announced in the House of Commons today that in view of the large proportion of ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 275 wordsSYDNEY, Dec, 21—The Assistant-Minister for Commerce (Mr. Thompson) said today that at the present time there was no question of Australia restricting her ...
Article : 156 wordsCANBERRA, Dec. 21—When the High commissioner (Mr. Bruce) reaches Australia late in January it is believed that he will hold important talks with the ...
Article : 177 wordsLONDON, Dec. 20.—Unfavourable comment has been aroused as a result of Australia s failure to stage a Christmas meat show at Smithfield similar to the ...
Article : 147 wordsSYDNEY, Dec. 21—A man who had escaped from the Callan Park mental hospital and who had been sentenced to death about nine years ago for a serious ...
Article : 312 wordsCANBERRA, Dec. 21.—Following its recent decision to provide a reticulated public water supply for the town of Darwin, the Federal Ministry will shortly ...
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Advertising : 184 words"The time has come, it sems to me, when it is absolutely necessary to have a permanent No. 2 Court appointed." said Mr. President Dwyer In the State ...
Article : 708 wordsA telegram from Canberra, published in "The West Australian" of December 8, contained certain references to the attitude of Mr. Brennan, M.H.R., during the ...
Article : 363 wordsMELBOURNE, Dec. 21.—The land rescue party and the crew of the Royal Air Force Vickers Wellesley bomber (which made a forced landing in rough country ...
Article : 91 wordsThe Acting-Under-Secretary of the Chief Secretary's Department (Mr. A. O. Neville) said yesterday that arrangements had been made to supply tarpaulins from ...
Article : 85 wordsCHRISTCHURCH, Dec. 21.—A severe thunder and hall storm swept portion of South Canterbury this afternoon, doing extensive damage to all kinds of crops ...
Article : 57 wordsAfter an illness extending over several months, Mr. William Watson, founder of the Watson Supply Stores, Fremantle, and former representative for Fremantle in ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 723 words"Like every other West Australian, I have the highest regard for Mr. Watson's public service and for his private benefactions," said the Leader of the ...
Article : 64 wordsThree people were injured when a motor cycle and sidecar collided with a pedestrian in Mt. Lawley early last evening. They were:— ...
Article : 245 wordsSYDNEY, Dec. 21.—When a steam pipe burst on the ferry Kamarooka as it was returning to Circular Quay this evening with 200 passengers, mostly ...
Article : 147 wordsMELBOURNE, Dec. 21.—Accepting as final the statement made by the Leader of the Federal Opposition (Mr. Curtin) that, following the explanation made by ...
Article : 219 wordsReferring yesterday to the personalities reported to have been expressed by the Minister for Civil Aviation (Mr. Thorby) in reply to criticism of the scope of the ...
Article : 269 wordsSYDNEY, Dec. 21.—The Minister for Civil Aviation (Mr. Thorby) refused today to see newspaper representatives but sent a message to them that written ...
Article : 165 wordsConflicting views on whether a five-day week can be instituted by a road board for its employees without a breach of the award were received on Tuesday night ...
Article : 388 wordsWhen a car struck a bridge railing in Kalamunda yesterday afternoon Rosemary Ryan (22), of Wiluna, suffered a compound fracture of her left leg. She ...
Article : 183 wordsBRISBANE, Dec. 21.—The Coriolanus achieved the distinction yesterday of being the first flying boat to make a flight from Darwin to Gladstone in one day. The ...
Article : 111 words"The resignation of Professor Nichols from the Chair of Agriculture at the University of Western Australia will be deeply regretted by farmers in every ...
Article : 191 wordsA handy booklet for students of Australian wild flowers has been published by Robertson and Mullens, Ltd., of Melbourne. The work is the ninth of the ...
Article : 136 wordsSYDNEY, Dec. 21.—Mr. Francis S. Jackson, an official of the New South Wales Department of Justice, collapsed and died at his home in Penkivil-street, ...
Article : 114 wordsA telegram from the Tasmanian police received by the Chief of the Criminal Investigation Branch (Inspector J. Doyle) yesterday afternoon stated that Harold ...
Article : 76 wordsBRISBANE, Dec. 21.—The Minister for Civil Aviation (Mr. Thorby) informed the Premier (Mr. Forgan Smith) today that work at aerodromes and ...
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