A majority in favour of direct action was disclosed when the votes in the secret ballot of the tramwaymen, which was held on Friday, were counted on Saturday morning. ...
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Article : 213 wordsThe All Australian conference of trade unions decided, during the week end, by 144 votes to 10, to oppose the referendum proposals ...
Article : 690 wordsCommendatore Arnaldo Cipolla, a distinguished Italian journalist, who is at present in Sydney, says Italy must acquire colonies, even by ...
Article : 253 wordsA group of great scientists watched Sir Jagadis Bose (India), at the British Association, prove that plants have hearts, nerves, and muscles, also ...
Article : 189 wordsThe Warsaw correspondent of the "Berlingske Tidende" states that a military revolt has broken out in Leningrad and Kronstadt. ...
Article : 68 wordsThe paragraph which appeared in the "Courier" recently in connection with the proposed removal of the old Customs House from the butfer area at Tweed ...
Article : 987 wordsAll France is jubilant over the phenomenal recovery of the franc. M. Polncare has become a national hero, comparable with Napoleon. ...
Article : 156 words"I can guarantee that Australia is going to pull her weight in the great work of Empire development," declared the Governor-General (Lord Stoneheaven), ...
Article : 667 wordsMr. H. W. Hodgetts, jun., returned today from a business and pleasure trip to the Eastern States, extending to Cairns. He expressed wonder at the ...
Article : 179 wordsSchool days linger long in human memory, and few men forget their Alma Mater. It is with the idea of reviving happy memories that the old boys of the ...
Article : 710 wordsReferring to the tramwaymen's decision to adopt direct action, the Mayor of Brisbane (Alderman W. A. Jolly) on Saturday made the following statement:— ...
Article : 51 wordsA shocking accident befell William Merwick Whatmore, an [?]e-driver, whose body was found on an engine in a city engineering shop on Saturday. His head ...
Article : 367 wordsFollowing Press announcements that the Duke and Duchess of York will leave England on the Renown in January, calling at Fremantle, Hobart, and then New ...
Article : 386 wordsThe rapid progress of the French financial measures is reflected in the improv[?] ment of the frane, which opened yeste[?] day at 164½ to the £. It closed a[?] ...
Article : 63 wordsMr. Alan Cobham has started on his flight across Australia. He left Darwin at 8.40 o'clock yesterday morning for Brunette Downs. Owing to a ...
Article : 560 wordsFor the first time in several months the French frane sold to-day above three cents, the first trading being at 3.05, almost 20 points above Thursday's ...
Article : 38 wordsAn important speech, in which the chief point was a defence of the Federal Government roads policy, was made by the Federal Treasurer (Dr. Earle Page) at the ...
Article : 425 wordsMr. John Beard, in his presidential address at the Triennial Conference of the General Workers' Union, admitted that there must be a limit to the continual ...
Article : 144 wordsMiss Ederle went for a swim in Dover Harbour this morning, "just to freshen her up" after a restless night. Enthusiastic crowds followed her, and all day ...
Article : 182 wordsThe Toowoomba police to-night furnished details of a shooting tragedy which occurred about 4 o'clock this afternoon at Meringandan, the victim being Max ...
Article : 203 wordsAs the result of a collision between his motor cycle and a motor ear on the Bowen Bridge road, Kedron, on Saturday morning, John Edmund Hopper, of ...
Article : 195 wordsA peculiar position exists in the local gem industry. No buying has been done under the Government monopoly since early in March, and the pinch is being ...
Article : 272 wordsIn replying to a statement by the Prime Minister (Mr. Baldwin) to Americ[?] regarding the exact position of the British miners' strike, the secretary of the ...
Article : 117 wordsAt a meeting of the Konnedy Electoral Executive Committee, held on Saturday. the following resolution was carried, to be forwarded to the secretary of the ...
Article : 94 wordsThe Federal Treasurer (Dr. Earle Page), speaking at the 42nd annual dinner at the Commercial Travel[?]ers' Association last night, said that of the trade of ...
Article : 404 wordsGeorge Lewis Harris and his son. George, who reside in Brookfield-street, Indooroopilly, were both injured when the cart in which they were riding collided ...
Article : 141 wordsDE AAR (Cape Colony).-August 6. The Minister for Mines (Mr. F. W. Beyers). in a speech here, dealt lengthily with the Constitutional question, and ...
Article : 207 wordsThe American Federation of Labour has decided to place facilities at the disposal of the British delegation, which is [?]lanning to tour the United States to [?]alse ...
Article : 81 wordsThe motor vessel Leise Maersk, which arrived in port from New York on Saturday, under the command of Captain H. Houman, met with a serious accident ...
Article : 176 wordsReturned soldiers last night welcomed Mr. "Alan Cobham and his mechanic. Colonel Brinsmead's party were present. Mr. J. W. Young, president of the ...
Article : 280 wordsAn unsuccessful attempt was made to blow open the safe in the Albion Post Office in the early hours of yesterday morning. Burglars gained entrance to ...
Article : 88 wordsThe following telegram has been forwarded by the president, Brisbane branch of the Royal Society of St. George, to Captain Alan Cobham at ...
Article : 73 wordsTwo small cottages situated in Dorrigostreet, Coramba, were totally destroyed by fire between midnight and 1 a.m. on Thursday. One cottage was unoccupied, ...
Article : 53 wordsThe secretary of the Queensland Ambulance Transport Brigade has received the following amounts:—Mrs. Winepress, [?]et proceeds of cuchre party and dance, held ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Mon 9 Aug 1926, Page 7
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