SYDNEY, Wednesday. — The Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) arrived in Sydney to-day. He was entertained at luncheon by the Chamber of Manufactures. In ...
Article : 1,169 wordsThe Canadian "group" at the International Labour Conference now silting at Washington has objected to the eight hours' day resolution, on the ground that ...
Article : 260 wordsAdvices have reached London that Finland has refused to assist in the Allied attack on Petrograd. According to an earlier message the ...
Article : 144 wordsA belated message which reached Paris on Tuesday staled that Etienne Poulet had arrived at Constantinople on his flight from Paris to Australia. ...
Article : 88 wordsDealing with wheat, flour, and bread, the third report of the State Roya Commission on the cost of living was presented to the Legislative Assembly yesterday. In effect, ...
Article : 1,777 wordsEvidence regarding the price of meat was given before Sir James W. McCay (chairman) and Dr. R. C. Mills, members of the State Royal commission on high ...
Article : 655 wordsAfter the Necessary Commodities Control Bill had been rend a third time in the Logislative Assembly yesterday, Mr. Snowball (Nat., Brighton) moved an amendment ...
Article : 819 wordsThe British President of the Board of Trade (Sir Auckland Geddes) announced in the House of Commons on Monday that £190,000 worth of goods were imported ...
Article : 77 wordsThe United States Senate, by 41 votes to 20, defeated tho motion of Senator H. C. Lodge (Floor-leader of thc Republican party) to strike out tho section of the ...
Article : 46 wordsAt the opening of a conference with the ruling princes and chiefs of India to-day, the Viceroy (Lord Chelmsford) conveyed His Majesty the King's thanks for the ...
Article : 232 wordsA clause in the protocol of the German Peace Treaty in regard to the Seapa Flow incident, which has been prepared by the Supreme Allied Council, compels Germany ...
Article : 106 wordsIt is reported from Copenhagen that, under pressure of public opinion, the German troops sent to Flensburg (SchleswigHolstein) have been withdrawn. The ...
Article : 76 wordsSerious riots took place, in Alexandria during the week-end. An army ambulance, driven by an Egyptian driver, dashed into a procession ...
Article : 74 wordsThe Secretary of the United States Navy (Mr. Josephus Daniels) refuses to "discipline" Admiral Sims for his articles in the press, in which he makes grave charges ...
Article : 87 wordsThe Austro-German delegates to the "Fight the Famine" conference, Professors Brentano, Guttinan, and F; Oppenheimer, have arrived in London. The conference ...
Article : 71 wordsSpeaking at a reception by a Jewish committee in Johannesburg, at which the South African Prime Minister was paid a tribute for the work he had done for the Jews, ...
Article : 143 wordsMr. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labour, in discussing the industrial unrest in the United States, declared that the foisting of ...
Article : 81 wordsAn interstate conference of federated unions to prepare a case for a basic wage for submission to the Royal Commission arranged by the Prime Minister (Mr. ...
Article : 450 wordsOne million men are now out of work in the ironfoundry, engineering and shipbuilding trades in the United Kingdom, owing to the strike of moulders, apart from a ...
Article : 73 wordsThe leader of the Federal Opposition (Mr. Tudor) opened his campaign in the Richmond Town Hall last night, and there were no vacant seats in the building. ...
Article : 2,913 wordsThe London "Daily Express" states that the financial boom in London grows daily. Such a wave of speculation has not been known for many years. ...
Article : 76 wordsThe first municipal elections which have taken place in England since 1912 were held on Saturday. The polling was small. There were three thousand candidates, of ...
Article : 115 wordsThe formation of a combination to control the diamond mines of South-west Africa, under the auspices of an AngloAmerican corporation controlled by Mr. ...
Article : 92 wordsIt is probable that notice will be given to the chief electoral officer (Mr. J. Gilder) to-morrow of the intention to issue writs in respect of extraordinary elections to fill ...
Article : 473 wordsThe Commission which is inquiring in London into the question of awarding a bonus to the inventor of the tank reports that great credit is due to Corporal Lance ...
Article : 273 wordsThe British cruiser Calliope has been severely damaged by fire off the Lizard. She was proceeding to the Azores when the oil feedpipe burst, and set fire to the ...
Article : 92 wordsThe Interstate Commission, sitting as a Royal commission on the sugar industry, resumed its inquiries yesterday. Mr. A. B. Piddington presided. ...
Article : 476 wordsFour small vessels were wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, off the Kentish coast, in a violent gale on Saturday night. Deal lifeboat men saw a wave wash away ...
Article : 103 wordsA serious railway collision which has occurred in Denmark was caused in a singular manner. A child fell out of an early morning train, which backed to enable a ...
Article : 387 wordsSpeaking at the Congress of the South African Party at Pretoria on Monday, the Prime Minister (General Smuts) said that Sir Thomas Smartt (leader of the ...
Article : 110 wordsThe Federal Treasurer (Mr. Watt) addressed a number of his friends and supporters at the St. Kilda Town Hall last evening, when the preliminary work of ...
Article : 1,212 wordsHerr Haase, the German Socialist, whose life was recently attempted, is in a critical condition, and his death is a question of only a few hours. ...
Article : 32 wordsOn the s.s. Ascanijis, which is expected to reach Melbourne to-day, 450 Victorian soldiers are returning, and motorists, whether members of the Royal Automobile ...
Article : 271 wordsA bomb exploded in Tokio on Monday in front of the Foreign Oflice. There were no casualties. The day was being celebrated in honour of the Emperor. ...
Article : 60 wordsIn connection with the strike of men employed on the Great Western railway, the Commonwealth Commissioner of Railways (Mr. N. G. Bell) last evening received a ...
Article : 87 wordsIt is announced from Washington that France has made overtures to the United States for a new settlement of the Fiume question. Great Britain has notified her ...
Article : 45 wordsPermission was given by the Legislative Assembly yesterday lo the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways to sit for the remainder of the session during the ...
Article : 141 wordsThe quarterly meeting of the Victorian Scottish Union, represent about 40 Scottish societies in Victoria, was held at 70 Elizabeth street last night. Mr. D. Rankin (Colac) presided. A letter ...
Article : 145 wordsFollowing the example set in other centres of the State, the Burnley school committee on Monday night passed a resolution recommending parents to send their ...
Article : 48 wordsHOBART, Wednesday, — The Government Tourist Bureau has a new attraction for tourists this season in aeroplane trips. lt is issuing tickets for flights. The ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Thu 6 Nov 1919, Page 7
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