The ex-Prime Minister (Mr. Cook) was disposed to ridicule the tariff as an instrument of protection. "It looks to me," he said, "as if a few arbitrary touches have ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 2,044 wordsThe landing of the Australian First Expeditionary Force in Egypt is considered by all Commonwealth military authorities to be an exceedingly wise move. There ...
Article : 971 wordsThe death of the Earl of Erne, P.C., K.P., in his seventy-sixth year, is reported in a London cablegram. Deceased had been in bad health for some time, and his ...
Article : 1,202 wordsSamuel James Barbor, rail war signalman living at Mount Rowan was charged at Ballarat City Court on Friday with having committed perjury while giving ...
Article : 176 wordsAftre consultation with Mr. H. Smith, president of the Iron Tardes Council, the secretary (Mr. T. Davis) said:--"We are pleased to notice that the Government has ...
Article : 346 wordsIn the absence of the president of the chamber of manufactures yesterday, the secretary, Mr. Theo, Ashby, made some comments on the tariff from the ...
Article : 394 wordsThe ex-Ministor of Defence (Senator Millen) said:--"I cannot regard this as a serious attempt to deal with the tariff. The sole purpose of its introduction appears to ...
Article : 60 wordsThe city council was engaged on Friday in considering estimates for the ensuing year. The estimated expenditure was set down at £44,237, but in order to avoid the ...
Article : 162 wordsMr. C. C. Salmon, president of the Victorian Protectionists' Association, remarked that he had only superficially looked over the new tariff proposals, but he ...
Article : 545 wordsMr. J. Curtin, secretary of the Timber Workers' Union, said, "In common with trades unionists generally, I am pleased with the expedition the Government has ...
Article : 164 wordsThe South Barwon shire council, at [?] meeting on Friday, decided to invite competitive designs for a new bridge over the Barwon River at South Geelong. A letter ...
Article : 96 wordsConsiderable satisfaction was expressed yesterday among members of the hat manufacturing trade in Melbourne over the increased protection afforded by the new ...
Article : 155 wordsThe pay at the State mine on Friday for the past fortnight reached a gross total of £7271. From this, explosives accident fund, hospital doctors' fees, patriotic fund, ...
Article : 120 wordsMembers of the boot manufacturing trade in Melbourne are far from satisfied with the new tar[?], and a meeting of the trade will be held on Monday to consider ...
Article : 84 wordsWhen interviewed, Mr. J. Green, secretary of the Federated Tobacco Workers' Union, said:--"We are not satisfied with the duty which the Government proposes ...
Article : 118 wordsThe conference between the officer of the Water Commission, in charge of the weir (Mr. Collis), and the settlers on the Little Murray, who have been deprived of ...
Article : 414 wordsWhen seen regarding the new tariff proposals last evening. Mr. J. J. Holloway president of the Trades Hall Council, said:--"I was greatly concerned about the ...
Article : 566 wordsIn view of the extra excise duty placed on beer and spirits by the Federal Government, the council of the Licensed Victuallers' Association has compiled a new retail ...
Article : 222 wordsMr. Groom, who was Mr. Tudor's predecessor in the Customs department, said:-- So far I have not had an opportunity for a complete examination of the details ...
Article : 94 wordsIn view of the position the Inter-State Commission has been put in by the production of a new tariff, the Chief Commissioner, Mr. A. B. Piddington, who ...
Article : 145 wordsIn discussing the new taxation proposals of the Federal Budget, Mr. Leslie Smith secretary of the Victorian Land Owners' Association and Pastoralists' Associations ...
Article : 576 wordsThe tariff was eagerly scanned by business men yesterday, but without exception the views expressed were given as of no more value than first impressions. Definite ...
Article : 526 wordsNaturally the conditions arising out of the new tariff list were among the chief topics of interest in the general merchandise markets of the city to-day. Generally, ...
Article : 273 wordsAt the December meeting of the Towing shire council it was decided that in future no German lager beer should he placed on the council's refreshment table. ...
Article : 32 wordsThe mayor of Essendon (Cr. J. Goldsworthy) received a cablegram from Ct[?]tain Jackson to the effect that the members of the first Expeditionary Force from the ...
Article : 39 wordsDONALD.--A fire occurred at Mr. Michael Moloney's farm, Carron, on Sunday morning. A harvester, buggy, binder, seed drill, gig and machinery shed were ...
Article : 206 wordsIt has now been definitely decided that the naval cadets of the Commonwealth are to have a change of residence. In January, when the new term begins, the Geelong ...
Article : 43 wordsBefore Justice Burnside, as a prize court, the master of the Neumunster, owned by the German-Australian Steamship Company, Hamburg, applied for possession of ...
Article : 132 wordsThe Inter-state Commission continued taking evidence regarding tariff matters yesterday. Present: Messrs. A. B. Piddington (chairman), G. Swinburne and N. ...
Article : 1,148 wordsTRAFALGAR.--Dairying is m full swing [?] The output at the local factory is fast increasing and will soon be at its hightest. Dairy cattle are it first class condition. A number of new suppliers ...
Article : 50 wordsSir,—Will you permit me through your columns, to make an earnest appeal to the citizens of Essendon for subscriptions towards supplying a motor ambulance. The ...
Article : 176 wordsThe local branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association has decided to enter a protest against the proposal of the Government to seize the wheat crops. ...
Article : 104 words"I have heard expressions of satisfaction in our trade," remarked Mr. A. Dobson, secretary of the Furniture Trade Society. "We would have been more pleased to see ...
Article : 110 wordsThe Equity T[?] Co. Ltd. and Mrs. Annie Raphael are applying for probate of the will of Abraham Raphael, late of Station-street, Seymour tailor and outfitter, who died on the 6th October. ...
Article : 66 wordsIn Upton-road Windsor, yesterday, between 2 and 3 p.m.. an infant named Joyce Thomaine, twelve months old, toddled in front of a cordial manufacturer's ...
Article : 51 wordsMr. w. Calder, chairman of the Country R[?] Board, and Mr. F. W. Fricke, a member of the board, will leave on Tuesday next on a inspection of the roads in the shires of Huntly, ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Sat 5 Dec 1914, Page 14
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