Representatives of the Allied nations were the guests of the British Government at luncheon at the Carlton in connection with the proposed formation of an international health ...
Article : 163 wordsMr. Edgar Horne, M.P., for the Guildford division of Surrey in the House of Commo[?], has been visiting Canada, New Zealand, and Australia for the purpose of investigating the ...
Article : 402 wordsThe secretary of the Necessary Commodities Commission states that the wholesale and retail prices of all local timber and bricks throughout the whole of the State have now ...
Article : 227 wordsA Berlin message says the Chancellor, Herr Muller, in a speech in the National Assembly, said the danger of the reactionary movement was not ended by the Kapp fiasco. ...
Article : 387 wordsThe Australian Comforts Fund held its fourth, and probably final, conference in the vestibule of the Town Hall yesterday. The work undertaken by this fund during the ...
Article : 441 wordsA proposal for the repayment out of excess interest earned since 1914 of extra war risk premiums to the holders of policies who had paid such premiums, or to their ...
Article : 673 wordsOne day only was spent in Honolulu by the Renown, but enough romance, interest, and unusual entertainment were compressed into the brief visit of the Prince to suffice for ...
Article : 657 wordsThe New South Wales United Operative Bricklayers' Union appeared before Judge Rolin in the Industrial Arbitration Court yesterday morning to show cause why the ...
Article : 752 wordsWith the exception of the rises in July, 1914, the bank rate is the highest since the American crisis of 1907. The policy of dearer money was adopted in co-operation with the ...
Article : 176 wordsThe Premier, Mr. John Storey, stated yesterday that the Cabinet had decided to investigate the complaints made against the management of the State railways. ...
Article : 133 wordsThe diver's examination of the hull of the Aughinish was completed yesterday. The damage is considerable, and extends along almost the full length of the ship. ...
Article : 138 wordsTowards the close of last year the Australian public was startled with the news that the people of the Northern Territory had virtually deposed the Director, Mr. H. E. ...
Article : 322 wordsThe question of flat life is one upon which doctors differ. This was made clear at the sitting of the Commonwealth Basic Wage Commission yesterday, when evidence was ...
Article : 269 wordsThe new Minister for Labour and Industry, Mr. George Cann (himself a returned soldier) expressed a new view yesterday with regard to the Returned Soldiers and Sailors' ...
Article : 109 wordsIn the House of Representatives the Minister for Home and Territories, Mr. Poynton, informed Mr. Makin (S.A.) that recently the Government undertook to make available ...
Article : 405 wordsAfter a few Sinn Feiners had been released from Mountjoy prison the rest discovered they were required to give their parole to return in six weeks. They refused, and the ...
Article : 360 wordsThe inquest on the Rhynie tragedy, in which Mrs. Leo and her three children were poisoned, was continued at Riverton to-day. One of the witnesses, Ida Vera Scholz, a single woman, ...
Article : 194 words"We have reached a position where we should apply ourselves to the study of Australian problems," said Professor Meredith Atkinson, in the course of a lecture entitled ...
Article : 354 wordsLord Atholstan has arrived from Canada to discuss with Lord Burnham the final arrangements for the Imperial Press Conference in Ottawa. ...
Article : 416 words"Critics and prophets are rising up in various places, as may be expected, now that Labour has come back to power. The trend of the criticism shows that a good deal of it will ...
Article : 422 words"I'll tell you what you've been doing—you've been hiding your light under a bushel," said Mr. Chester A. Doyle from behind big bundles of tourist literature, which littered the desk ...
Article : 516 wordsIn the Senate to-day Senator Gardiner drew attention to a recent statement of Mr. W. H. Kelly, an ex-member of the House of Representatives, who was a Minister at the outbreak ...
Article : 292 wordsThe interstate conference of the master carriers concluded its sittings in Sydney yesterday. The conference decided that it would be in ...
Article : 208 wordsMr. John Storey, Premier, said yesterday that an immediate inquiry would be held by Ministers of the Crown into the case of the twelve I.W.W. prisoners. ...
Article : 88 wordsFranco-Russian negotiations, which were opened in Copenhagen, have reached a deadlock. The Soviet delegates refused to recognise the debts of the old Russian Government, ...
Article : 57 wordsThe Lord Mayor (Alderman Fitzgerald) said yesterday that dissatisfaction has been expressed by members of suburban municipalities at the insistence on the giving of ...
Article : 472 words"I sincerely hope that the deliberations of the conference being held in Melbourne with a view to ending the existing industrial dispute between the mine workers and the mine ...
Article : 101 wordsCaptain Matthews will start from Kalidjati on Saturday morning, at 6 o'clock, for Bali or Little Java. On Sunday morning he will leave Bali for Bima (Dutch East Indies). On ...
Article : 58 wordsThe "Evening Standard" publishes the full text of the telegrams which passed between Lord Kitchener and Lord French at the end of August, 1914, and says it was a rude shock ...
Article : 377 wordsA collision occurred between trams at the corner of Elizabeth and Liverpool streets last night, as a result of which several passengers were injured. ...
Article : 208 wordsMr. O'Dea, secretary to the Dispensary Assistants' Union (a branch of the Shop Assistants' Union), stated yesterday that he had been directed to convene a meeting, when a ...
Article : 160 wordsTaxes and fees on motor vehicles reached over £142,573 for the year ended December 31 last, while in this period there were over 27,000 motor vehicles in the State. ...
Article : 151 wordsThe J. C. Williamson Grand Opera Company, which disbands as far as "opera seria" is concerned three weeks hence in Brisbane, closed its season at the Theatre Royal last ...
Article : 232 wordsOwing to an adverse report by Major Phillips on his appointment as officer commanding the Graves Detachment in France, a general inquiry was held. The evidence showed that ...
Article : 72 wordsA sequel to the Molong shooting case, heard on Wednesday, engaged the attention of the Dubbo Circuit Court yesterday. Alfred Askel Sirjalainen, who was acquitted on a charge ...
Article : 279 wordsA telegram from Chicago says that 12 Labour leaders associated with the railwaymen's strike have been arrested on a charge of violating the Congressional Anti-strike ...
Article : 70 wordsAccording to the Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Dunn, an effort is being made in Victoria to stop the export of wheat from that State to New South Wales, which requires it, to make ...
Article : 208 wordsThe trial of Leo Campbell, George Innes, William James, Margaret Elizabeth Masters, and Stella Clark, charged (1) with breaking, entering, and stealing between £150 and £200 ...
Article : 189 wordsReplying to a question put by Senator Fairbairn as to rainmaking experiments, the Minister for Defence, Senator Pearce, said in the Senate to-day that the experiments ...
Article : 123 wordsMr. G. M'Girr, Minister for Public Health and Motherhood, said yesterday that he had arranged with his officers to pay an early visit to all the hospitals and other ...
Article : 109 wordsOne phase of the Vaucluse mystery has been cleared up, as a result of the Government Analyst's investigation yesterday. Dr. Cooksey reported to the police that Mrs. Hale's death ...
Article : 72 wordsThe building operatives have formally demanded 3/ an hour for mechanics and 2/9 for labourers. They say the miners "must not have it all their own way." ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 17 Apr 1920, Page 13
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