Results of the operations of the Commonewealth railways for the year ended June 30, 1924, disclose heavy losses, but there is an improvement on the financial ...
Article : 942 wordsInterest in the annual report of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board to the Minister for Public Works (Mr. Jones) centres principally in the ...
Article : 1,295 wordsInterviewd by the Australian Press Association, Lord Vestey, director of the Union Cold Storage Co. Ltd. and head of the Blue Star Line, said that he would ...
Article : 577 wordsReplying in the House of Representatives yesterday to questions asked from time to time by various members, the Minister for Customs (Mr. Pratten) made ...
Article : 683 wordsThe precise statement made by the British Home Secretary (Mr. Henderson) upon the provisional text of the arbitration and disarmament protorol under consideration ...
Article : 155 wordsThe depression in the beef trade at the present time is responsible for a temporary slump in the heavy breeds of cattle. Periods of depression have been experienced before, ...
Article : 1,927 wordsThe three army world-fliers returned here to-day, six months and six days after they left on their flight round the world. ...
Article : 186 wordsMr. Charlton, against the advice of other Australians, has carried out his threat to protest to the Assembly of the League of Nations against the committee's decision to ...
Article : 353 wordsVictim's Brother Sent for Trial. Thirteen witnesses were called upon to give evidence at the morgue yesterday at an inquest held by the city coroner (Mr. ...
Article : 3,805 wordsThe diplomatic correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" states that under Article 7 of the peace protocol Britain would be solemnly bound to lend her fleet for the ...
Article : 211 wordsMajor Zanni, the Argentine airman, his mechanic, Filipe Beltrame, and Senor E. Rousillon, Consult for Peru, wer nearly drowned in a collision with a motor-boat ...
Article : 51 wordsA court-martial at Khartoum sentenced five cadets to five years imprisonment, and two cadets to two years imprisonment, in connection with charges arising from the ...
Article : 190 wordsIt is officially announced that Germany will shortly endeavour to enter the League of Nations on a footing as a Great Power. The announcement was made at the ...
Article : 173 wordsThe defence made by M. de Brouckeres (Belgium) of the plan was in sharp contrast with Mr. Charlton's unrestrained criticism. The Belgian was gently satirical, ...
Article : 331 wordsA picturesque demonstration took place at Victoria station this afternoon on the arrival of Zaghlul Pasha (the Premier of Egypt) to confer with Mr. Ramsay ...
Article : 87 wordsThough members of Parliament usually take an all-night sitting lying down, that is not to say that they accept the situation meekly. Their lying is literal and ...
Article : 653 wordsSpeaking at a reception to representatives of German Chambers of Commerce abroad. Herr Ebert emphasised that every German abroad was under an obligation to ...
Article : 153 wordsAn exciting race to assist a distressed steamer was reported by the Orient liner Orsova (12,036 tons) which is on its homeward journey from Australia. By a ...
Article : 164 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday. The conference of Australasian Rotary was continued today at the Hotel Australia, the chariman for the day being Sir Henry Braddon. ...
Article : 414 wordsReplying to Mr. Charlton. M. de Jouvenal (France) recalled the fact that two years ago the Australian delegate voted against the small credit for the committee ...
Article : 88 wordsThe imposition by France of a levy of 26 per cent. on German imports with the application of the Dawes plan has been received most unfavourably in German ...
Article : 62 wordsA dramatic incident occurred at the inquest upon Walter Mourilyon, solicitor, of Richmond, Surrey, who was found dead in his flat with his head inside the oven of a ...
Article : 230 wordsMr i:ains.ii Mai Donald, repli mu; to a litter from the eve. nine of tile Miners' I. deration, iskinp an i.itli lut.riieti. m onlir to discuss tin- ilfitts of the Dines ...
Article : 217 wordsMr. Raymond clarke, a member of the South African Lawn Tennis union, has arranged for a French team to tour South Africa. It is announced that the team will ...
Article : 342 wordsInformation about the present season's Australian sugar production conveyed in a telegram that was received yesterday by senator Crawiord (honorary Minster) ...
Article : 551 wordsA Reuter message from Warsaw, Poland, states that the International Students Congress has been concluded. It was re solved to hold students Olympic games ...
Article : 585 wordsAustralian boy scouts, numbering 220, who have been on a visit to Britain, sailed to-day in the Moreton Bay, and there were enthusiastic farewell scenes at St. Paneras ...
Article : 102 wordsProfessor Wagner, president of the Berlin Telelgraphic Technical Institute, claims to have discovered a method of cabling across the ocean 1,000 letters a mintue as ...
Article : 67 wordsTwenty-three Chinese, who were denied admittance by the immigration authorities, were granted writs of habeas corpus by Federal Judge Neterer, who holds that the ...
Article : 101 words"The boys are simply splendid, and a credit to Australia." remarked Sir Alfred Pickford after an inspection of the scouts on the Moreton Bay. ...
Article : 22 wordsJadging from appearances, there was a good sprinkling of primary producers in the Strangers Gallery of the Legislative Assembly last night when the Minister ...
Article : 363 wordsA message from Moscow states that the Soviet naval programme for the next four years is as follows:- Baltie Fleet,—Two light cruisers, four ...
Article : 69 wordsA romantic expedition set out from the Coty Hall this morning. Major Court Treatt, with three companions, and Mrs. Court Treatt, intends to accomplish a ...
Article : 86 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday.—An accident at the Sydney Central railway station to-night caused delay to the two divisions of the Melbourne express and other trains. Owing, ...
Article : 246 wordsEarly yesterday morning a collision occurred in the bay near Williamstown. The steamer Wareaten (475 tons), of the Holyman line, was proceeding to Geelong ...
Article : 241 wordsThe small public response to the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board's loan is attributed to the price of issue, which is regarded as exceptionally ...
Article : 84 wordsSir George Tallis is sailing to London on Thursday. He has completed his study of American radio methods, and consulted the Western Electric Company of ...
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Advertising : 131 wordsThe " Reso" train which will leave Melbourne on Monday for a tour in the Wim mera district will be the largest "Reso" train yet run. It has been arranged to ...
Article : 128 wordsTo protest against the reejection of the Women Justices Bill by the Legislative Council on Tuesday a meeting of the executive of the National Council of Women ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Thu 25 Sep 1924, Page 11
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