CANBERRA, Aug. 20.—An increase of twopence a lb. in the retail price of tea was approved today by the Acting Prices Commissioner ...
Article : 211 wordsThe question of the morality of accepting money from the Lotteries Commission was the subject of an interesting half-hour debate at the ...
Article : 814 wordsVarious aspects of the wheat stabilisation scheme, and a plan for organising wheat farmers in this State into one body, occupied ...
Article : 871 wordsCANBERRA, Aug. 20.—A new naval depot is to be built in Western Australia to provide for expansion of naval activities there, with ...
Article : 322 wordsSir Hugh Seely, a Liberal member of the House of Commons, who was appointed an additional Under-Secretary at the Air Ministry as a ...
Article : 484 wordsCANBERRA, Aug. 20.—Plans for a possible expansion of the Empire Air Scheme are being discussed in London, according to the Air ...
Article : 109 wordsJudgment of the issue whether Mr. Menzies should return to London as Prime Minister and a co-opted member of the British War Cabinet ...
Article : 946 wordsFine weather in the morning but cloudy in the afternoon, with temperatures below normal and southeast to south-west winds, is forecast ...
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Advertising : 24 wordsSeveral questions on a reported visit by taxation officials to the home of Senator E. B. Johnston in Adelaide-terrace last February were ...
Article : 481 wordsAn assurance that members would be given every opportunity to study the revised Companies Bill thoroughly was sought by the Leader of ...
Article : 314 wordsLONDON, Aug. 20.—Viscount Stonehaven, who was Governor-General of Australia from 1925 to 1930, has died, following a heart ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 465 wordsThe following list of honours and awards to West Australian members of the A.I.F. has been received by Headquarters Western Command. ...
Article : 196 wordsNEW YORK, Aug. 19.—At Casper (Wyoming), six eastern woolbuyers paid 2,000 dollars (£500 sterling) today for 4,000lb. of Wyoming wool ...
Article : 66 wordsDeferred pay will be credited to members of the A.I.F. who are called upon to serve in an operational station in Australia. At the ...
Article : 208 wordsCANBERRA, Aug. 20.—Wing-Commander T. W. White, M.H.R. (U.A.P., Vic.) will go abroad shortly to assume command of an ...
Article : 196 wordsComplaints about the petrol rationing scheme were voiced by Mr. Seward (C.P., Pingelly) during the Address-in-Reply debate in the ...
Article : 414 wordsLONDON, Aug. 19.—Awards for gallantry and distinguished services in the Middle East include 14 Australians, all of whom will receive the ...
Article : 78 wordsCANBERRA, Aug. 20.—Control of communications overseas by internees is tightened by an amending National Security Regulation ...
Article : 63 wordsCANBERRA, Aug. 20.—The time Was not ripe for a general moratorium to assist people sheering from financial hardship, said the ...
Article : 100 wordsOfficers are wanted for the A.I.F. Headquarters Western Command stated yesterday that no other service offers such opportunities for ...
Article : 356 wordsCLOSING TIMES.—Closing times hereunder are for the Perth G.P.O. Registered articles must be posted one hour before closing time for letters, but ...
Article : 201 wordsMeasures to obviate overcrowding of public transport resulting from petrol rationing were discussed at a conference between the Transport ...
Article : 369 wordsCANBERRA, Aug. 20.—The cost-plus system, now used ill paying for munitions orders, was defended today by the Minister for Munitions ...
Article : 183 wordsCANBERRA, Aug 20.—Australian air crew and ground staff personnel serving overseas had proved themselves second to none in their ...
Article : 145 wordsSYDNEY, Aug. 20.—The striking engine-drivers in three large Sydney foundries, at a meeting today, reaffirmed their decision not to ...
Article : 175 wordsCANBERRA, Aug. 20.—Early consideration of legislative action to remove an anomaly which permits taxation to be levied on the ...
Article : 205 wordsNISI PRIUS.—At 10.30 a.m., before the Chief Justice: James Francis Phelan and Mary Ellen Phelan v. Nancy Mary Booth. ...
Article : 44 wordsCANBERRA, Aug. 20.—Unemployment among trade unionists at the end of May last was only 3.6 per cent for the whole of Australia. This ...
Article : 75 wordsWASHINGTON, Aug. 19.—The Secretary of State (Mr. Cordell Hull) said today that he had been advised by the British Embassy that the ...
Article : 67 wordsOne minute . . . eight . . . nine . . . 17 seconds! And "Linemond" clocks in for furlongs on her morning work out. Les Hambly, apprentice, has a tough job there. Up at 5 a.m. and out on the cold, foggy track. It's no bed of roses. But Les loves every second of it. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 166 wordsCANBERRA, Aug. 20.—The Oil Advisory Committee had not been appointed, the Minister for Supply (Senator McLeay) said today, ...
Article : 127 wordsHalf an hour's wrangling among [?] delegates to the Wheat and Wool Growers' Union annual conference followed an announcement ...
Article : 239 wordsCANBERRA, Aug. 20.—The Hurricane fighter which was presented to Australia by Sir Archbald Sinclair, the British Minister for Air, was ...
Article : 74 wordsCANBERRA, Aug. 20.—Motions of condolence in the recent deaths of three former members of the Commonwealth Parliament—Senators J. ...
Article : 67 wordsPITTSFIELD (Mass.), Aug. 19.— Believing that example is better than precept in defence economy, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of the ...
Article : 47 wordsCANBERRA, Aug. 20.—Attempts to evade Australian exchange control by exporting capital in the form of small but valuable goods will be ...
Article : 191 wordsThe main features of today's programmes from the national stations 6WF and 6WN are given below:— Station 6WF: 6.45 and 8 a.m., 2.15. ...
Article : 147 wordsCANBERRA, Aug. 20.—A promise that he would review the cases of returned soldiers in the present war who had been refused pensions on ...
Article : 117 wordsTwo training centres for the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force are to be established in Victoria. One will open next month at ...
Article : 129 wordsCANBERRA, Aug. 20.—A suggestion by Mr. Scully (Lab., N.S.W.) that instead of erecting one power alcohol distillery capable of ...
Article : 113 wordsCANBERRA, Aug. 20.—A drop of almost 9 per cent from May to June in the number of registered motor vehicles in Australia is attributed to ...
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