The Solicitor-General has reconsidered the question of the powers of the carters and drivers' wages board, and has given the following opinion thereon:— ...
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Article : 275 wordsMr. Lionel Butler, who has been associate to Sir Thomas a'Beckett, senior puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria, for a number of years, retires ...
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Article : 37 wordsPresident Taft intends making a speechmaking tour to explain the position of various public questions, and to further his Presidential candidature. ...
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Article : 52 wordsEarly in December, Mr. H. W. Bottomley, the Liberal member for South Hackney, and proprietor of the topical journal, "John Bull," and other ...
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Article : 124 wordsThe Scotch mineowners have explained to the Government that they will abide by the agreement of July 30, 1909, to which the Board of Trade ...
Article : 270 wordsReferring to the statement made by Colonel Sam Hughes, the Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence, that no Canadian rifle team will be sent to ...
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Article : 71 wordsThe Minister of Defence (Senator Pearce and the Postmaster-General (Hon. C. E. Frazer) were accorded a civic reception at Perth to-day. ...
Article : 115 wordsThe Steel Trust inquiry committee at Washington has published the results of the investigation of the accounts conducted at the instance of the ...
Article : 113 wordsAlthough there is general satisfaction that the Government has secured the adhesion of employers of 60 per cent, of the miners to the principle of ...
Article : 74 wordsThe conference of Chambers of Manufactures to-day discussed the question of immigration, and carried a motion that the necessity for a definite ...
Article : 196 wordsAt the request of the City Council the Executive Council has gazetted the following by-law:— "No person shall, while standing or ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Fri 1 Mar 1912, Page 5
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