His Majesty the King has sent to the Acting Prime Minister (Mr. E. Page) the following cablegram dated Buckingham Palace, 21st December, 1926:-- ...
Article : 145 wordsA hazardous aerial feat was performed yesterday by Mr. Leeming, chairman of the Lancashire Aero Club, and Mr. Bert Hinckler, the Australian pilot. ...
Article : 175 wordsThough the Railway Commissioners and the shopkeepers combined in an appeal to the public to shop early for Christmas, the crowded shops yesterday indicated that ...
Article : 173 wordsFollowing the sensational discovery of a plant for forging £5 bank notes at Caulfield on Wednesday afternoon, and the arrest of three persons in connection ...
Article : 669 wordsThe public indignation throughout Germany over the decision of the French court-martial in the Germersheim incident is unabated. Two French soldiers ...
Article : 304 wordsMr. and Mrs. Bruce embarked on the Majestic at Southampton to-day for the first stage of the return journey to Australia. They will spend a fortnight in ...
Article : 490 wordsEyen though complaints are still being made regarding the hole-and-corner methods of conducting pre-selection ballots for the next State general elections, the National ...
Article : 878 wordsFollowing ratification of the, Federal roads agreement by the Parliament of Victoria, arrangements have now been made for the operation of the ten years' ...
Article : 655 wordsEach Christmas there is a very special treat for the patients at the Austin Hospital, for the choristers from St. Paul's Cathedral, led by Dr. Floyd, pay a ...
Article : 510 wordsFine, cool to moderate temperatures with southerly winds tending E. to N. later, with warmer conditions. At present there are anti-cyclonic conditions ...
Article : 74 wordsThe King invested the Duke of York with the insignia of the Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George, at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday. ...
Article : 1,157 wordsFour officers were killed to-day, when two aeroplanes collided head on in midair near the army aerodrome at Chanutefield, Illinois. ...
Article : 34 wordsThe French air force is planning a long distance flight from Paris to New York, via Dakar, Buenos Aires and Panama and back to Paris. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe first prize in a Christmas, lottery, 15,000,000 pesetas (roughly £500,000), was won by students of the Academy of Fine Arts, who had pooled their chances. Half ...
Article : 69 wordsOne of the most unpleasant of the Melbourne policeman's duties during the holiday season is dealing with the dozens of children lost by their parents in the big ...
Article : 135 wordsThe German journalists who daily reported the Germersheim case have sent to M. Briand a protest against the "extraordinary judgment, which is a serious ...
Article : 47 wordsKing Ferdinand, who has been critically ill for some time, has now left his sick bed. In a pathetic reply to loyal messages ...
Article : 109 wordsAccording to the diplomatic correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" Russia recently placed with foreign yards a number of orders for submarines, including ...
Article : 203 wordsSpecial church services will be held on Christmas day. The following are the services to be held in St. Paul's Cathedral during the ...
Article : 274 wordsLast week 4,468,000 tons of coal was produced in Great Britain, compared with 3,226,000 tons in the previous week. There were also 150,000 more miners at ...
Article : 150 wordsChildren from the industrial suburbs, to the number of 246, were entertained by the Salvation Army at a day's outing at the seaside yesterday. Six large ...
Article : 175 wordsAn Empire Christmas pudding, weighing 14 lb., has been taken to Buckingham Palace for the Royal family's Christmas dinner. A cask of Cyprus brandy was ...
Article : 102 wordsThe remarks of Rev. Dr. Norman Maclean, of Scots' Church, appearing in "The Age" yesterday, concerning the inadequacy of stipends in Australia, has ...
Article : 523 wordsAt a meeting to-day, the shareholders in the well-known armaments firm of Armstrong Whitworth, which is unable to pay its debenture holders, accepted the ...
Article : 142 wordsChristmas day is one on which people to a large extent provide their own amusement. Family parties will flock in thousands to the beaches and gardens, while ...
Article : 260 wordsA commercial trade treaty between Canada and Czecho-Slovakia has been approved by the Federal Cabinet. The Department of Finance points out ...
Article : 115 wordsProposals for tightening up the aircraft regulations were made by witnesses at the Morgue yesterday, when an inquest was concluded into the death of Geoffrey ...
Article : 401 wordsOn Christmas day a trim motor yacht of 20 tons, the Bona, triple screwed and one of the most expensive and lavishly appointed in Australia, will leave Little ...
Article : 158 wordsCr. R. W. Sylvester, of Malvern council, one of the unsuccessful Nationalist candidates for the new Boroondara seat pre-selection, yesterday expressed strong ...
Article : 206 wordsThe term of office of the Deputy-President of the Arbitration Court (Sir John Quick), according to a notification in the Commonwealth "Gazette" yesterday, has ...
Article : 141 wordsThe railway board has given German firms orders for engines to the value of £500,000. It is stated that no purely British ...
Article : 78 wordsCommenting on the Federal roads agreement yesterday, the Minister of Public Works (Mr. Goudie) said he had recognised all along that the scheme was a ...
Article : 112 wordsMembers of the Grocers' Association of Victoria will close their shops, numbering 1000, on 25th and 27th December and 1st and 3rd January. ...
Article : 25 wordsProspects of sport for the holiday season are good, according to Mr. F. Lewis, Chief Inspector of the Fisheries and Game department. He said trout and ...
Article : 109 wordsIndustrial and economic development were studied by Mr. F. E. Taylor, Commissioner of Chinese Customs, who for twelve months has been travelling in ...
Article : 196 wordsThe selection of the Nationalist candidate for Burwon seems to have been carried out at Geelong on much the same lines at the selection for seats in ...
Article : 494 wordsThe report of the West Ham Board of Guardians upon its administration since the socialist board was turned out in July last by the Ministry of Health and an ...
Article : 182 wordsAccording to advices received by the Railway Commissioners yesterday, 60 trucks of Victorian produce were cleared by the New South Wales railways at ...
Article : 73 wordsFollowers of all classes of sport will be catered for on Boxing Day. Racing enthusiasts will be provided with a good programme at Caulfield. Country ...
Article : 178 wordsSix wills were lodged for probate yesterday the total amounts involved being £615,576. On the previous day thirteen wills were lodged, the total amount being £222,000. ...
Article : 323 wordsHenry Bolton, of Crown-terrace, Ascot Vale, was fined £10, with 106 costs, at Footscay yesterday for having on 28th October, on the Western Highway, used ...
Article : 64 wordsThe enactment of legislation to close theatres on Christmas day and Good Friday was said to be keenly appreciated by members of the Theatrical Employes' ...
Article : 100 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday.--A party of eleven Nauru chiefs on an educational tour of the Commonwealth arrived at Newcastle by the steamer Nauru Chief this ...
Article : 126 wordsCharles Meneghini, 18 years, an Italian, following the occupation of a motor driver, was charged before Mr. Macnamara, P.M., at the Fitzroy court yesterday with ...
Article : 117 wordsFollowing representations from the Tasmanian Government, a notice, published in the "Commonwealth Gazette" yesterday, permits unlicensed ships of 10,000 ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Fri 24 Dec 1926, Page 7
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