Reports received here from Warsaw state that the Russians are fleeing in disorder on the Vistula and the Bug, and that 3000 of them have bene taken ...
Article : 291 wordsThe War Office reports that further outbreaks have occurred in Mesopotamia on a considerable seale, particularly northcast and West of Bagdad. Bands of ...
Article : 172 wordsThe Governor-General (Sir Ronald Mu[?] Ferguson) has received from his Majesty the King the following reply to the message sent by his Excelency ...
Article : 122 wordsLieutenants Parer and M'Intosh, the intrepid aviators, who have [?]own from England to Australia, and are now on their way to Melbourne, were tendered a ...
Article : 609 wordsSubstantial increases in wages and conditions are proposed in a log which has been drawn up by the Federated Carters and Drivers' Union, and served on the ...
Article : 241 wordsIn the Senate to-day, The Institute of Science and Industry Bill was finally passed, the Nationality Bill was passed, and the report of the ...
Article : 310 wordsSome months ago the world was apprised of the fact that a general strike had been declared throughout France, and that the Government regarded the situation as ...
Article : 1,103 wordsAt a meeting of the Taringa branch of the N.D.C. last evening, the president (Mr. J. J. Fisher) presiding, the matter of Mr. E. H. Macartney's retirement from ...
Article : 213 words[?] view of the beginning of the reforms scheme in India, several new appointments have been announced, including that of Lord Singa, who was appointed ...
Article : 62 wordsThe following farewell message was sent by the Acting Premier (Mr. J. Fihelly) to the Prince of Wales, under date August 18:— ...
Article : 188 wordsThe Toowoomba National plebiscite nominations closed at 4 o'clock this afternoon, and Mr. G. Lindley, the returning officer, received the following:—East ...
Article : 64 wordsHis Honour Mr. Justice Starke stated in the Commonwealth Arbitration Court to-day that he would hear the telephone officers' plaint immediately after ...
Article : 108 wordsThe Overseas Settlement Committee has received 47,000 applications from ex-service men and women for free passages to the Dominions, numbering 250,000 ...
Article : 102 wordsConsequent upon the decision of the delegates to the recent conference at Gayndah, under the auspices of the P.P.U., to endorse the candidature of ...
Article : 155 wordsIn the House of Representatives, Mr. Ryan (C.) asked if it were corrct that at about the end of July a body of troops was brought up from ...
Article : 764 wordsThe diplomatic correspondent at Washington of the "New York World" telegraphs that he understands that Mr. Lloyd Gcorge will cross the Atlantic to meet the ...
Article : 196 wordsThe Li[?]-Governor (Mr. W. Le[?]n) received the following argent telegram from the Prince of Wales at 7 o'clock last night:— ...
Article : 128 wordsThe tribunal appointed to settle the coal miners' dispute will begin its sittings in Sydney on Monday morning. Mr. C. Hibble, of Newcastle, will ...
Article : 79 wordsA large attendance of the public is expected next Monday afternoon in the Domain, when his Excellency the Governor-General will present the King's ...
Article : 188 wordsSir Matthew Nathan, the new Governor of Queensland, will sail for Australia in October. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe Primary Producers Union has issued a circular, in the course of which it is stited: Before the 1915 election, Messrs. Theodore and Fibelly issued a pink ...
Article : 224 wordsThe Rome correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states that the Vatiean is deluged with telegrams from the [?]atholie hierarchy all over the world urging the ...
Article : 88 wordsAt a special meeting of the South Australian League Umpires' Association last night it was decided that if B grade did not give them a written guarantee of the ...
Article : 72 wordsThe request of the Prince of Wales that all men in the Australian Navy should "splice the main brace" has caused the Naval Board some concern, for it is ...
Article : 113 wordsTHE 1914-15 STAR. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 3 wordsLicats. Parer and M'Intosh wete entertained by the Acting Premier (Mr. Fihelly) at [?]n at Parliament House yesterday. Those present included the ...
Article : 227 wordsThe brickmakers in the metropolitan area ceased work this morning. Notwith standing that the new wages board determination was published in this week's ...
Article : 118 wordsThe attention of the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) was drawn to the cabled statement that Mr. Lloyd George was going to Vancouver to attend a Dominions' ...
Article : 71 wordsThe Socialist Parliamentary Party has followed up its protest against the expulsion of the British Lubour leaders (Messrs. Adamson and Gostling) by ...
Article : 57 wordsThe English mail for the Renown, which left Port Augusta by aeroplanes at 7.45 a.m. arrived in Sydney at [?].25 p.m yesterday. The actual flying time was ...
Article : 216 wordsOfficials of both the Steamship Owners' Association and the Waterside Workers' Federation, when questioned yesterday concerning the situation created by the ...
Article : 482 wordsThe Democratic candidate for the Preside[?]y (Governor James M. Cox), in a speach, said "We pro[?]se, after March, 1921, if I am elected, that we will enter ...
Article : 120 wordsThe English, Scottish, and Australian Bank, Limited is arraging to purchase a contro[?]ng intrest in the London Bank of Austrslia, Limited. ...
Article : 762 wordsAn interesting statement was made at the Harbour Board meeting yesterday concerning the hours worked by employees under the local authorities' award in the ...
Article : 192 wordsShipping circles complain that the influ[?]e of lapanese merchantmen in the South Peas has declined owing to the resumption of operations by foreign shipping ...
Article : 70 wordsAir Commodore E. M. Maitland, C.M.G., D.S.O,, A.F.C, in the course of a lecture delivered at the House of Commons on June 28, said he thought it would be ...
Article : 1,027 wordsYesterday a cable message was received from the Prince of Wales for the children of the public school, and they were granted a public holiday. At a welcome ...
Article : 59 wordsMr. Harkness, the chief electoral officer, has formally advised the Government that he cannot conduct a by election for a suecessor to Mr. Beeby for Murray under the ...
Article : 81 wordsIn answer to a telegram sent by the head mistress of the Girls' State School, Fortitude Valley (Miss J. Carraway), on behalf of her pupils, conveying a farewell ...
Article : 106 wordsWith reference to a guarantee for Queensland cotton, the British Cotton Groeing Association now offers a guarantee of 1/6 per lb. for five years, ...
Article : 318 wordsCompulsory conferences have been summoned by the President nnd Deputy President of the Commonwealth Arbitration Court (Mr. Justice Higgins and Mr. ...
Article : 99 wordsIn his report for the year ended December 31, 1919 the Inspector-General of Police (Mr.James Mitchell) says that the outstanding feature is the phenomenal ...
Article : 159 wordssir,—As an Australian mother, I would like to persnally express my appreciation of our Prince's message to our boy's and girls. We who believe in the power of ...
Article : 284 wordsSir,—I think it is time that the public were made acquainted with the way returned soldiers are being treated in their dealings with the War Service Homes ...
Article : 408 wordsReports issued by managers of Commonwealth Government factories for the year ended June 30, 1919, show that the total liabilities of the six factories ...
Article : 249 wordsA memorial service was held in the Methodist Church on Sunday evening in connection with the death of Mr. [?] Goddhead. The Rev. W. Shenton gave ...
Article : 37 wordsThe following officers were elected at the annual meeting of subscribers to the eumundi School of Arts:—President, Mr. E. Wilkes; vice-presidents, Messrs. T. J. ...
Article : 208 wordsProposais of a revolutionary nature in regard to the management and employment of prisoners were to-day placed before the board of inquiry which is ...
Article : 177 wordsThe Premier of New South Wales, in a speech in Sydney on Saturday, expressed the opinion that war in the Pacific is inevitable. He said be wished he could ...
Article : 221 wordsMajor-General Sir Henry Burstall has [?]een appointed Inspector-General, with [?] rank of Licutenant-General, of the [?]adian Militia, in succssiom to Sir ...
Article : 34 words[?]ss the Lower House of Tenness[?] re[?]nds the adoption of woman suffrage, which was [?]ed to-day by a ma[?] of two, the system will beecome operative. ...
Article : 90 wordsM[?]Jean V. Parmentier, Administrator of the French Ministry of finance, reached New York to-day to float a loan of 150,000[?] dollars (about £30,000,000) in ...
Article : 110 wordsAll members of both Federal Houses have received a letter from the Victoria Racing Club cancelling the free admission to the club's meetings hitherto ...
Article : 61 wordsMr. F. I. Finnis, who for the past 38 years has been Customs officer at Darwin, has received notice of transfer. Mr. W. Degnian, from Townsville, has been ...
Article : 74 wordsThe Presidnet (Mrs. Woolcock) presided over the annual meeting of the Benevolent Society to-day. The annual report stated that 920 orders for relief had been issued, ...
Article : 69 wordsThe Northern Territory auxiliary ketch Sir John Forrest left Darwin this morning for Borroloola and the Roper River, using one engine only owing to an accident ...
Article : 56 wordsThe Government Metropolitan tramway system showed a profit on last year's operations of £10,106, as against a loss of £4046 for the previous 12 months. The ...
Article : 45 wordsOpen trading in wheat futures has been resumed for the first time since the war. The export [?]ses bought fairly for October deliveri[?]. ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Sat 21 Aug 1920, Page 5
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