In the House of Representatives yesterday the amendment to postpone the operation of the States Grants Bill was defeated by 23 votes to 21. ...
Article : 830 wordsIn the course of a statement to-day the Premier (Mr. Lang) said that the Large Estates Taxation and Management Bill was an honest attempt to compel owners ...
Article : 318 wordsStill smiling, although looking far from well, the Duchess of York left Nelson yesterday morning. She cheerfully waved to the crowds outside the hotel and on ...
Article : 820 wordsThere is good reason, to believe that a satisfactory basis [?] settlement has been found in the building trades dispute, and that this week will see the end of the trouble. The most profound secrecy was ...
Article : 345 wordsA remarkable memorial service on the second anniversary of the death of Dr. Sun Yat Sen was held in the stately rooms of the Chinese Legation, in ...
Article : 553 wordsIn the Supreme Court to-day the Chief Justice (Sir Robert M'Millan) dismissed Evan Clarke's claim for the £1000 reward offered by the ...
Article : 370 wordsBasing the loss of stock by drought at 65 per cent., as estimated by the District Stock inspector (Mr. J. E. C[?]egg), it is believed that 4,620,285 ...
Article : 323 wordsAt a meeting of the Disputes Committee of the Building Trade Group to-night, Mr. B. M'Innes said that the building trade did not want the A.W.U. ...
Article : 132 wordsInterviewed at Wellington, en route to Australia, Sir Douglas Mawson said that he regretted that Australia, which had discovered the richest part of the great ...
Article : 261 wordsThe "Courier" fund to relieve the distress occasioned by the recent disastrous cyclone and floods in North Queensland is nearing the £1100 mark, but so ...
Article : 182 wordsBeyond the fixing of a concession boat fare of £11, very little is being done by the Queensland authorities to induce women desirous of giving service as ...
Article : 832 wordsThe trials of the beam wireless service between Britain and Australia will conclude to-day. It is understood that officials of the Marconi Co. and ...
Article : 86 wordsIn an exhausted condition, having been five days without food, Vincent M'Klernan, of Leichhardt, was found in the Inhospitable Willis country in ...
Article : 190 wordsMarshal Chang Tso-Lin's troops fought a fierce battle, lasting all night, in a heavy snowstorm, against semi-independent Honan forces at Hanchuang, which is ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 141 words"Nobody can now doubt that the League of Nations is moving slowly, as it should move, but it is gathering strength," said the Secretary of State for Foreign ...
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Article : 395 wordsConsiderable indignation prevails in the Chinese city of Shanghai owing to many cases of lawlessness by Shantung troops, who are maintaining, with the civil ...
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Article : 104 wordsMajor Saramento Bieres, the Portuguese aviator, who left on Friday from Bolama (Portuguese Guinea) for Natal (Brazil), on the Transatlantic section of his world ...
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Article : 122 wordsThe District Naval Officer (Lieutenant-Commander E. S. Mutton) stated yesterday that the escort cruiser, H.M.A.S. Adelaide, will arrive in Brisbane about ...
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Article : 54 wordsThe Premier (Mr. P. Collier), commenting on the State Grants Bill passing its second reading in the House of Representatives, said that apparently it now ...
Article : 528 wordsMr. G. A. Gahan, Chief Engineer of the Commonwealth Railways, has returned from an official visit to America and England, and passed through Adelaide on ...
Article : 106 wordsThe Cabinet, on the recommendation of the Premier (Mr. Lang), today agreed to the appointment of a Royal Commission into the ...
Article : 144 wordsThe celebrations of the 10th anniversary of the Russian revolution here to-day was marked by the first public appearance of M. Kerensky[?] since his arrival. This ...
Article : 215 wordsA batch of delayed and probably censored despatches from Hankow reveals that under the surface of the Nationalist movement a big struggle is being waged ...
Article : 268 wordsA railway waggon was derailed near Mayne Junction Station about 5.30 p.m. yesterday, obstructing the lines for about an hour. ...
Article : 143 wordsA delayed message from Hankow, dated March 10, states: "The workers in a British cigarette company, a subsidiary concern of the British-American Tobacco ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Tue 15 Mar 1927, Page 11
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