Discussing the effect of the reduced basic wage on the State Government's labour costs, the Minister for Public Works (Mr. J. Lindsay) said yesterday, that up-to-date ...
Article : 369 wordsIn the Criminal Court yesterday, Benjamin John Dunstan (34), an ex-employee of the Electricity Department of the Perth City Council, was found guilty of the ...
Article : 872 wordsKALGOORLIE, March 4.—When the Premier (Sir James Mitchell) passed through Kalgoorlie this afternoon by the Great Western express on his return ...
Article : 673 wordsCALCUTTA, March 4.—An agreement has been reached between the Viceroy (Lord Irwin) and Mr. M. K. Gandhi, the Congress leader, on all outstanding ...
Article : 396 wordsLONDON, March 3.—The Labour Party and the Liberal Party met separately to-day to consider the position caused by the Liberal amendment to the Trade ...
Article : 335 wordsMELBOURNE, March 4.—Bankers resent the attack made by the Federal Treasurer (Mr. Theodore), in his speech to the Federal Caucus, in which he said ...
Article : 384 wordsSYDNEY, March 4.—Serious allegations of roll-stuffing in the East Sydney campaign were made to-day by the secretary of the Nationalist Association (Mr. H. W. ...
Article : 196 wordsLONDON, March 3.—The Prime Minister (Mr. MacDonald) in a telegram to the President of the French Council (M. Laval) and to Signor Mussolini, to-day ...
Article : 145 wordsPARIS, March 4.—The Foreign Minister (M. Briand), intervening in the Foreign Affairs debate in the Chamber of Deputies to-day, said that when the Chamber ...
Article : 111 wordsSYDNEY, March 4.—The general secretary of the Socialist Labour Party (Mr. E. E. Judd), on behalf of the general executive, to-day issued a statement parts of ...
Article : 237 wordsWASHINGTON, March 3.—While the State Department declines to make any comment on the Continental naval agreement, it is feared here that its provisions ...
Article : 134 wordsLONDON, March 4.—Emphasising the necessity for a broder perspective in British politics, "The Times," in a leading article drawing attention to the ...
Article : 242 wordsCANBERRA, March 4.—In 1924 the Federal Treasurer of the day (Dr. Earle Page) secured the removal from the Commonwealth Bank Act of a provision that ...
Article : 82 wordsSYDNEY, March 4.—The West Indies team won the Fifth Test against Australia the last match of the tour—at the Sydney Cricket Ground to-day by 30 runs. The ...
Article : 528 wordsSYDNEY, March 4.—The Premier (Mr. Lang) announced in the Legislative Assembly this morning that legislation would be introduced as soon as possible ...
Article : 73 wordsGOOMALLlNG, March 4.—With a gaping wound in his throat and a severe cut on the head, Mate Vlahov, a Yugoslav, who disappeared mysteriously from a train ...
Article : 353 wordsThe secretary of the west Australian Employers' Federation (Mr. L. L. Carter) said yesterday that the basic wage declaration of the State Arbitration Court ...
Article : 318 wordsLONDON, March 3.—In the House of Commons to-day the First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr. A. V. Alexander) in a written answer to a question, stated that ...
Article : 69 wordsBRISBANE, March 4.—"It is perfectly absurd to say that the banks are endeavouring to dictate what the Governments should do." declared the Premier (Mr. ...
Article : 210 wordsLOS ANGELES, March 3.—Before Sunday next, Prince Jean Chica, Rumanian Minister for Air, and a cousin of King Carol, plans to leave Los Angeles in a huge ...
Article : 158 wordsLONDON, March 3.—The timetable in the House of Commons for the discussion of the Electoral Reform Bill, which embodies the principle of the alternative vote ...
Article : 116 wordsLONDON, March 3.—Sir Miles Lampson (British Minister at Peking) arrived at Nanking on Sunday and, during hid visit to the seat of the National ...
Article : 219 wordsLONDON, March 2.—The League of Nations Committee appointed to consider what assistance could be given the Liberian Government in carrying out the ...
Article : 191 wordsKALGOORLIE, March. 4.—Referring to the financial position when passing through Kalgoorlie this afternoon by the Great Western express on his return from a ...
Article : 901 wordsLONDON, March 3.—"I will not make an attempt on any records," declared Mr. H. F. Broadbent, to-day. He intends to leave England on a flight to Australia on ...
Article : 149 wordsA prominent employer in the sawmilling industry said yesterday that workers engaged at timber mills in country districts had a decided advantage over men in other ...
Article : 254 wordsNEW YORK, March 3.—The investigations into conditions of vice in the city reached a pitiable climax to-night with the suicide, by inhaling gas, of the 16-year-old ...
Article : 230 wordsMELBOURNE, March 4.—Officials of Nobel (Australasia), Pty., Lid., to-day estimated at approximately £15,000 the damage caused yesterday by the explosion ...
Article : 196 wordsSYDNEY, March 4.—Following a brief but heated argument with his wife in Goulburn-street, Sydney, early this morning, a man killed her and then committed ...
Article : 227 wordsSYDNEY, March 4,—Although complete accounts for the West Indies team's tour will not be available for some time, the loss will be about £700. The Australian ...
Article : 64 wordsThe conference of representatives of aviation interests and oil companies, convened by the West Australian section of the Aero Club, to discuss plans for the ...
Article : 296 wordsALICE SPRINGS, March 4.—Somewhere in the interior, "Das" Lassiter, an old prospector, whose tales of a fabulously rich goldfield have led to many ...
Article : 230 wordsLONDON, March 3.—After having exhaustively discussed six alternative schemes for dealing with the Charing Cross traffic problem, a special advisory ...
Article : 96 wordsMELBOURNE, March 4.—When dealing with further applications for a reduction of 10 percent, in various award rales, the Full Court of the Federal ...
Article : 282 wordsKALGOORLIE, March 4.—At Coolgardie this afternoon, Constable Martin arrested an aborigine named Kumalwarra, for whom a warrant had been issued on a ...
Article : 77 wordsALBANY, March 4.—At the Albany Police Court to-day, Henri Reeder, proprietor of the Piccadilly Cafe, was committed for trial at the Southern Sessions ...
Article : 130 wordsLONDON, March 4.—The Air Ministry has agreed to a request from Australia that it should accept 12 flying officers this year on short service Royal Air Force ...
Article : 78 wordsDARWIN, March 4.—At a union meeting on Monday last, the suspension of the standing orders was moved for the purpose of reopening discussion on the matter ...
Article : 70 wordsPARIS, March 3.—Handcuffed and guarded by two policemen, Henri Bauer, who is charged with having murdered two men, was married to-day. By special ...
Article : 92 wordsLONDON, March 3.—In the House of Commons to-day the President of the Board of Trade (Sir. W. Graham) sair it was proposed to ratify the convention ...
Article : 64 wordsThe preservation of war diaries, and memories of the war in word and picture is aimed at by the State branch of the Returned Soldiers' League. At the ...
Article : 105 wordsLONDON, March 3.—On the conclusion of the evidence to-day in the inquest concerning the death of Brigadier-General Alexander Baird, who was killed when a ...
Article : 131 wordsMELBOURNE, March 4.—In the presence of a large number of scholars, parents and district residents, an enlarged photograph of the Prime Minister (Mr. ...
Article : 52 wordsMELBOURNE, March 4.—Strong efforts are being made to revive gold mining at Bendigo, and it is estimated that more than 500 men are prospecting there. For ...
Article : 82 wordsBOUNDER, March 4.—At an inquest at the Boulder Courthouse yesterday, the Coroner (Mr. T. Y. A. Lang) found that Thomas K. Holloway (44), died in the ...
Article : 120 wordsCHICAGO, March 3.—The Democrats are greatly cheered by an apparent improvement in their chances of defeating Mr. W. Thompson (Republican) in the ...
Article : 70 wordsADELAIDE, March 4.—On behalf of Albert Augustine Edwards (40), a member of the State Parliament, an appeal against a conviction and sentence of imprisonment ...
Article : 72 wordsOTTAWA, March 3.—"The present is no time to cut wages," declared the Minister for Labour (Senator G. D. Robertson) to-day, when referring to the proposal of a ...
Article : 58 wordsADELAIDE, March 4.—South Australian wine makers are asking for a 20 per cent, reduction in the prices fixed for grapes by the Federal Government. Their request ...
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