When the Commons reassembled after Mr. MacDonald's policy speech Mr. Asquith almost at once challenged the Ministry, indicating that one of its acts, unless reconsidered, "would not receive the countenance and approval of the ...
Article : 999 wordsAt 9 p.m. Superintendent Cook was advised that Mr. Lawrence and Mrs. Hannah, of Walwa, saw the fugitive Batson at 5 o'clock this afternoon four miles from Walwa, on ...
Article : 517 wordsMr. E. P. Simpson appears to be the only yachtsman in Sydney who has installed a wireless receiving set on his yacht. About six months ago an aerial and ...
Article : 433 wordsThe former First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr. L. C. M. Amery), in a lecture at the Colonial Institute on "Naval Defence in the Pacific," expressed regret that the Cabinet had stopped ...
Article : 163 wordsThe only development in the sensational occurrences in the Woodhouselee and Kingsdale district to-day is the theft of a sulky from the residence of Mr. Gale, situated in a ...
Article : 534 wordsThe aeronautical correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" says:- A great scheme to mako London the most perfectly air-defended city in the world has ...
Article : 155 wordsThe capital has become a hive buzzing with actual scandal or rumours of scandals and impending scandals, causing nation-wide apprehension and distrust. There exict ...
Article : 275 wordsThe Paris correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" says: "France, whose public men continually are preaching peace and goodwill among nations, has a Government which is ...
Article : 158 wordsA Reuter's message from Cobleuz says: It is reported that 10 were killed and many wounded at Kaiserslautern, where a crowd, armed with Mauser rifles, attacked the ...
Article : 327 wordsMr. Asquith's declaration in the House of Commons with regard to the decision of the Ministry of Health concerning the Poplar Guardians' administration of outdoor relief, ...
Article : 523 wordsSenator Wilson to-day supplied the Australian Press Association with the following statement:—Our conversations with Canadian Ministers continued until nearly midnight, and ...
Article : 134 wordsThe Melbourne sittings of the Royal Commission appointed to investigate the operation of the Navigation Act, began to-day. The following members were present: Mr. ...
Article : 391 wordsOfficial circles in Paris appreciate Mr. MacDonald's cordial tone towards Franc[?]. They are convinced of his sincerity and determination to appreciate the French ...
Article : 77 wordsThe secretary of the Australasian Lawn Tennis Association (Mr. T. H. Hicks) said to-day that he had received a telegram from the council of the association notifying him ...
Article : 216 wordsCommander Burney, M.P., speaking before the Cambridge Aeronautical Society, said that the British Empire required the equivalent of the great trunk railways of America—a ...
Article : 138 wordsThe State Government has not yet been notified from England as to the date on which the first batch of settlers under the migration agreement entered into between the ...
Article : 432 wordsThe conclusion of the negotiations to-day left a feeling that a general dock strike on Saturday is a real probability. It is understood that the employees [?]a[?] stiffened in ...
Article : 110 wordsThe Moscow newspaper "Pravda" publishes a detailed report of the Pan-Russian Congress of chiefs of the provincial women's sections of the Republic, which was attended ...
Article : 178 wordsA Reuter message from Christiania says: The National Association of Employers has proclaimed a lock-out of 32,400 workmen from February 28. The lock-out applies to the ...
Article : 46 wordsMr. Theodore (Premier of Queensland), speaking at a luncheon tendered him to-day, said that Queensland considered that the treatment she had received on the New York ...
Article : 166 wordsIndications have been given to the Commonwealth Treasury that the terms of the n[?]w 6 per cent. loan are regarded by financiers and bankers as eminently attractive. ...
Article : 243 wordsAt the police court this morning Thomas Newton, aged 40 years, was charged with having wilfully murdered Joseph Leslie Quinlan at Orange on February 12. The court was ...
Article : 279 wordsEnglish racing authorities are discussing the advisability of following Australia's lead by introducing protective headgear for steeplechase jockeys. ...
Article : 180 wordsDetails of the agreement entered into between Canada and France with regard to the Customs tariff duties on wines have been received by the Minister for Customs (Mr. ...
Article : 236 wordsThe correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph Agency at Luxor says:—Mr. Howard Carter's decision to close Tutankhamen's tomb came like a thunderbolt after the ...
Article : 320 wordsThe Berlin correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" says: The Dawes Committee of Experts inquiring into means of stabilising the Germany currency and balancing the ...
Article : 395 wordsAt a meeting of the creditors of Lord Loughborough, only son of the Earl of Rosslyn, held to-day, the official receiver stated that, according to the debtor's statement of ...
Article : 196 wordsLater particulars in regard to Monday's sensational motor accident reveal that the young Man Caslick, despite serious injuries to his head, acted with remarkable ...
Article : 143 wordsA heavy downpour occurred in the city and some of the suburbs last night. Oppressive conditions culminated shortly after 6 o'clock in light rain, but at half-past 7 a heavy ...
Article : 217 wordsDuring the debate in finance committee of the City Council on Tuesday, relative to the Lord Mayor's minute proposing that power be given to him to open up negotiations with the ...
Article : 151 wordsThe condition of Miss Nita Derrett, the victim of the vicious shark attack at Bront[?] on Wednesday evening, did not undergo much change yesterday. Despite her terrible ...
Article : 56 wordsThe three original members of the Commonwealth Tariff Board—Messrs. R. M'K. Oakley (chairman), H. R. Brookes, and W. Leitch— have been reappointed for a further term of ...
Article : 82 wordsThe majority of the House of Laity in the National Assembly decided that reservation of the Sacrament was not contrary to the doctrine or law of the Church, after the Right ...
Article : 104 wordsIt was announced in Sydney yesterday that Patrick Steamships, Ltd., had decided to establish a regular service between Melbourne and Hobart, in amplification of the former ...
Article : 221 wordsThe city solicitor, referring to a report by Dr. Purdy, city health officer, reported to the health committee yesterday, that on the assurance that the mosquito was a danger to ...
Article : 130 wordsThe rush for the Japanese loan, which led to the closing of the lists at noon, was reflected in an unofficial quotation of over £1 premium.—Reuter. ...
Article : 147 wordsAlthough it was stated on Wednesday that a full crew had been obtained for the German steamer Hannover, yesterday it was found that several of the men who had signed on for the ...
Article : 134 wordsPaul Remaley, a visiting American motor cyclist, while trying to break the motor bicycle record from Sydney to Melbourne, crashed into a motor car at Hilla's Creek. ...
Article : 68 wordsThe Australian Press Association is informed that the Trinity College, London, will place the college grounds at the disposal of Australian and New Zealand competitors ...
Article : 96 wordsMr. H. R. Kelly, honorary secretary of the Australian Swimming Union, stated yesterday that his union had arranged with the Amateur Athletic Union of the United States for ...
Article : 79 wordsThere will be a world struggle for the [?]l centre of Pawhuska (Oklahoma) in the Osage Indian country on March 18, when 19,100,305 acres will be sold as Government oil leases by ...
Article : 60 wordsThe request of the State Government for a Federal subsidy to the amount of £25,[?]00 this year, and £25,000 next year to assist the State in the eradication of the tick has been ...
Article : 78 wordsIn recognition of their meritorious services on the British barquentine Amy Turner, which foundered near Quam on March 27, 1923, the Commonwealth Government has decided ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Fri 15 Feb 1924, Page 9
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