Efforts of various kinds are being made to prevent a strike of coalminers, but if all of them fail and a stoppage of work occurs after all, the coal position in the ...
Article : 1,041 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday.—Mr. A.C. Willis, secretary to the Coal Miners' Federation, stated to-day:- "I am prepared to admit that in the ...
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Article : 711 wordsThe sale of frozen mutton and lamb to consumers in the metropolis has increased greatly during [?]e past few weeks. Butchers who before advertised that only ...
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Advertising : 90 wordsIntercepting the White Star liner Baltic at sea on Sunday night, a British destroyer conveyed Dr. Mannix to Penzance in Cornwall, near Land's End. While not ...
Article : 305 wordsDr. Foley, Bishop of Ballarat, in an interview given to the Australian Press Association at Liverpool, said:—British destroyers accompanied the Baltic for three ...
Article : 1,185 wordsThere was a large attendance at the Athenaeum Hall last night, when a dinner was given to all the delegates to the Protestant Federation Convention. The chief ...
Article : 840 wordsA largely attended meeting of the Irish Ireland League last night decided to hold a demonstration at the Richmond City Reserve on Sunday afternoon next at 3 ...
Article : 41 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday.—At a meeting of women held at the Sydney Town Hall this afternoon, the following motion, by Mrs. Kate Doherty, was agreed to: ...
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Article : 757 wordsA Labour conference hald at the House of Commons on Monday agreed to the following motion:- "This joint conference, representing ...
Article : 392 wordsThe Pope has issued a letter directing the Catholic hierarchy's attention to Poland's critical condition. The letter says:—"The Holy See was the only power in the world ...
Article : 94 wordsThe German Foreign Minister (Herr von Simon) says that he is prepared to establish diplomatic relations with Russia, realising that German and Russian co-operation ...
Article : 112 wordsIn the 1,000 metre cycle race at the Olympic games at Antwerp the result was:—Peeters (Holland) 1:Johnson (England),2; Ryan (England) Peeters won ...
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Advertising : 59 wordsA motion authorising the payment of £100,000 as the Government's share towards the guarantee fund for the forthcoming British Empire Exhibition, has been ...
Article : 152 wordsCaptain Yeates, of New Zealand, who claimed to belong to the New Zealand Army Medical Corps, was in July, 1918, at the Bow Street Police Court, in London, ...
Article : 177 wordsThrough the death of his father, Lord Cozens-Hardy, Mr. W. H. Cozens-Hardy has succeeded to the peerage, and his seat in the House of Commons for Southern ...
Article : 95 wordsCaptain Amundsen sailed from Nome (Alaska) on Saturday. He proposed to take a course west of Wrangel Island toward Siberian Island, keeping in open ...
Article : 82 wordsCAPE TOWN, August 9.—The South African Assembly on Monday afternoon ratified by a large majority a contract between the Pretoria Iron Mines Ltd. and ...
Article : 92 wordsThe Agent-General for Western Australia (Sir J.D. Connolly) has obtained the whole of the passengers accommodation on the Shaw, Saville steamer Zealandia, ...
Article : 79 wordsADELAIDE, Tuesday.— The Premier (Mr. Barwell) made a statement in the House of Assembly to-day respecting the Wheat Pool. He said that a conference ...
Article : 237 wordsAt a meeting of representatives of the Victorian State School Teachers' Union, Professional Association, Penal Worders' Association. Inspectors' Association, and ...
Article : 188 wordsEURO, Tuesday.—Athol Rex Buckley, the 10-year-old son of Mr. Frank Buckley, of "Holmwood," Harry's Creek, lost his life under distressing circumstances ...
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Advertising : 37 wordsIncreases in the salaries of officers and wages of adult day workers in the employ of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works were granted at a meeting of the ...
Article : 422 wordsAbout 100 members were present at the annual meeting of the Victorian branch of the Commonwealth Public Service.Clerical Association at the Hardware Club last ...
Article : 691 wordsSYDNEY Tuesday.—A meeting of the council of the New South Wales Graziers Association was held in Sydney to-day to consider the shearers' strike. ...
Article : 110 wordsThe ballot for the election of employees representatives to the Clerks' Wages Board closed at 4 o'clock yesterday. Over 4,000 votes were east. The returning officer (Mr. ...
Article : 340 wordsReference was made in the legislative Assembly yesterday to the death of a platelayer on the Melbourne line about a fortnight ago caused by a blow from a bottle ...
Article : 391 wordsAt the request of the Prahran City Council, representatives of municipal councils in the metropolitan area met in conference yesterday to consider the charges made by ...
Article : 334 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday.—There were noisy scenes at a womens meeting, held in the vestibule of the town hall to-day. The public notice invited "all [?]omen" to ...
Article : 253 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday.—The case in which Mrs. Eva Alice Catts recently obtained [?] decree nisi for divorce from Mr. Catts, M.H.R., was mentioned again in the ...
Article : 276 wordsThe following soliders are returning to Victoria by the steamer Narkunda, which left England on July 9:- Col. R. Fowler. O.B.E. (A.A.M.C.): Capt. ...
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Advertising : 117 wordsMIOWERA (N.S.W.), Tuesday.—Shearing was in full blast at Miowera this morning when the Prince of Wales arrived at the woolshed. Fourteen shearers were ...
Article : 261 wordsWARRAGUL, Tuesday.—In a[?] article published in "The Argus" on January 23, it was suggested that the through road from Melbourne to Sydney ...
Article : 886 wordsHOBART, Tuesday.—White starting an Avro biplane at the Elwick racecourse today, Lieutenant Cummins. A.F.C., was struck by the propeller, and had his right ...
Article : 156 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday.—Returned soliders are indignant at the attitude adopted by the Sydney branch of the Boilermakers' Union towards repatriated soldiers. These ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Wed 11 Aug 1920, Page 9
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