The Government was defeated in committee to-day on the Agricultural Wages Bill. The division was on the clause providing that agricultural wages committees, subject ...
Article : 87 wordsWith the assistance of the provision of the standing orders, known as the guillotine, the Treasurer (Dr. Page) succeeded in having the amending Commonwealth Bank Bill passed ...
Article : 2,715 wordsDetails of the new regulations governing wireless broadcasting in Australia were announced by the Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce) in moving the adjournment ...
Article : 871 wordsThe present condition of Australian Industries is reviewed at length in the Tariff Board's annual report, which was tabled in the House of Representatives by the Minister for Trade ...
Article : 778 wordsMr. A. J. Swan, a director of Cement Products, Ltd., referred in a statement yesterday to Mr. Dooley's allegations in Parliament concerning the tentative cement contract entered ...
Article : 852 wordsReplying in the House of Commons to-day to Mr. Baldwin, the Prime Minister said that he went to Paris to try to remove an unfortunate situation which had arisen there ...
Article : 777 wordsThe wonderful stamina and pace of distance runners from Finland was again revealed at the Colombes stadium on Thursday. Having won the 1500 metres in record time Nurmi, after a short rest, established a new record for 5000 ...
Article : 1,022 wordsA telegram from Halifax (Nova Scotia) stales that pirates boarded the French Steamer, Malhouse, and stole 500,000 dollars worth of liquor, and some cash. ...
Article : 76 wordsWarwickshire resumed its innings to-day against the South Africans, and scored 440. Calthorpe and Bates each contributed 76. Pegier injured his hand fielding, and had ...
Article : 156 wordsP. Nurmi, of Finland, has demonstrated that he is the world's greatest distance runner. His remarkable effort of winning the 1500 metres in 3m 53 3-5s constitutes a world's and ...
Article : 835 wordsPursuant to Senator Magnus Johnson's resolution asking for increased protection of American dairy products against foreign competition, the Tariff Commission decided to ...
Article : 91 wordsPlaying at St. George's Hill, Weybridge, G. Duncan, and Abe Mitchell, secured a four-hole lead over W. Hagen and MacDonald-Smith, in the first half of the four-ball match, which ...
Article : 188 wordsThe Loan Council of Australia will meet in Sydney to-day. An important decision is expected in regard to future public borrowing by the Commonwealth and the States, and ...
Article : 706 wordsMr. Oakes (Chief Secretary) said yesterday that he had received a report from the Health authorities in London upon the experimental consignment of chilled beef treated by the ...
Article : 441 wordsThe audacious robbery of an old man in Stewart-street, Glebe, during the dinner hour yesterday was witnessed by pedestrians, who, however, were unaware at the time of what ...
Article : 451 wordsThe estate of the late Viscount Pirrle was valued for probate at £4,000,000, half of which will be absorbed in death duties. King George at Buckingham Palace to-day, ...
Article : 407 wordsMr. W. D. Scott, president of the Association for Developing Wireless in Australia, New Zealand, and Fiji, commenting yesterday on the statement by Mr. Forbes Mackay, manager ...
Article : 165 wordsLord Leverhulme, in a remarkable lecture at Liverpool, said:—Men of science, once freed from the, thraldom of the Churches' wrong interpretation and maladministration ...
Article : 160 wordsKelling and Hunt, Limited, M. Issacs and Sons, Limited, J. and J. Adam and Company, and Kuill and Grant, city fruit brokers, have served a writ for alleged libel on Sir Joseph ...
Article : 222 wordsDuring the pnst few days detectives have been recovering explosives hidden at different parts of the city. On Tuesday a quantity of gelignite was found ...
Article : 252 wordsAfter an extensive tour of the world, investigating problems relating to the dairying industry, the Commonwealth dairy export (Mr. O'Callaghan) returned to Melbourne to-day, ...
Article : 200 wordsThe Minister for Education (Mr. Bruntnell), accompanied by the Minister for Justice (Sir. Ley), visited various schools and centres in the St. Ceorgo electorate yesterday. Quite ...
Article : 185 wordsBetter progress than was anticipated has been made with the work of consolidating that section of the mine between No. 3 and No. 4 West to-day. The last of the four large ...
Article : 133 wordsThe action for breach of promise of marriage against Robert Lebaudy by Mrs. Mendham, an American widow, abruptly concluded to-day. The jury stopped the hearing, and ...
Article : 117 wordsA telegram from Spokane (Washington) states that Mr. W. M. Hughes, formerly Prime Minister of the Australian Commonwealth, has expressed himself Impressed with the ...
Article : 59 wordsThe Commercial Hotel, Kalkoura, was destroyed by fire this morning, and George Denton, aged 60 years, labourer, lost his life. Several other inmates had a narrow escape. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 12 Jul 1924, Page 15
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