The retirement of Mr. Justinian Oxenham, I.S.O., from the position of secretary to the Postmaster-General's Department, a post which he has held ...
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Article : 75 wordsMr. Baldwin, the Prime Minister, speaking at Glasgow to-day, said that owing to the restriction deliberately applied by foreign Powers in their own ...
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Article : 176 wordsThe Duke of Devonshire, Secretary of State for the Colonies speaking at Batley, was heckled by the Labourites, who sang "The Land Song." ...
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Article : 120 wordsAfter a protracted sitting the Ship Manning Committee decided to-day that the claim of the Seamer's Union in regard to the number of men ...
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Article : 219 wordsThe British auxiliary schooner Louise F., recently seized by prohibition officers, has been released. The judge decided that the crew brought ...
Article : 90 wordsThe Canadian Government announces that another effort will be made in January, ostensibly on the occasion o[?] the visit to Canada of Mr. Bruce, [?] ...
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Article : 45 words[?] the late Mr. Nathan[?] Charles Rothschild, who committed suicide last month, has been proved at £2,500,000. The death duties on the ...
Article : 215 wordsThere were remarkable scenes in Cork to-day on the arrival of the body of Denis Barry, who died on the 19th inst. from hunger-striking in prison. ...
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Article : 159 wordsIn the Divorce court, to-day, Eveline Maude Brotherton, aged 38 years, of Alma-road, St. Kilda, petitioned for a dissolution of her marriage with [?] ...
Article : 174 wordsPlacing his hands on the parapet of the third storey of the Port Phillip Club Hotel, Flinders-street, James Eadie Duff, a boarder at the hotel, was ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Fri 30 Nov 1923, Page 7
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