The Governor-General and Lady Helen Ferguson entertained at luncheon at Government House yesterday Sir Francis Newdegate, Colonel and Mrs. Kingscote, ...
Article : 931 wordsIn opening Parliament to-day, the King, after an allusion to the ratification of the Peace Treaty, emphasised the excellent relations existing with all the Allies, and ...
Article : 990 wordsStrong opposition to the making of the so called "Prince's Highway" through Gippsland was voiced to the Premier yesterday by a deputation representing the ...
Article : 656 wordsThe Prime Minister stated last night that, pending settlement of the conditions of payment of the war gratuity and its authorisation by Parliament, the Defence, ...
Article : 155 wordsThe proclamation of the Federal Government under the War Precautions Act, practically cutting off all supplies to the marine engineers now on strike, created ...
Article : 372 wordsTwo hundred armed men captured Castlemartyn Police Barracks, Cork. A sharp fight took place, and there were man casualties. ...
Article : 204 wordsIn a letter to President Wilson, the ex-Crown Prince William of Germany offers to surrender himself instead of the War criminals whom the Allies seek to bring ...
Article : 334 wordsAlthough it has been stated in Melbourne that the Orient mail steamer Indarra--a former inter-State liner of the A.U.S.N. line--has been added to the fleet of idle ...
Article : 148 wordsThe sub-committee appointed by the Victorian branch of the Returned Sailors' and Soldiers' Imperial League to arrange details regarding the distribution of tweed ...
Article : 126 wordsFREMANTLE.--The State steamer Brambra left Fremantle at 3.15 p.m. on Wednesday for north-west ports, the vessel's departure having been made possible ...
Article : 64 wordsA new Aliens Bill, which has been introduced in the Chamber of Deputies, proposes the adoption of stringent rules in regard to the admission to France of ...
Article : 75 wordsA statement explaining the Federal Government's attitude towards the payment of sustenance allowance to returned soldiers was made yesterday by the Prime ...
Article : 855 wordsYesterday afternoon a compulsory conference, summoned by Mr. Justice Higgins, on the application of the Merchant Service Guild, was held before his Honor in ...
Article : 212 wordsThe Jugo-Slavs' reply to the Allies' Note has been received. It is believed to be favorable to the Allies compromise rather than acceptance of the London pact. ...
Article : 33 wordsFollowing upon a session in camera held on Tuesday, the chairman of the Railway Classification Board announced yesterday that the board would be prepared to ...
Article : 265 wordsThe Prime Minister, when questioned last night, was not prepared to comment further upon the drastic War Precautious order cutting off the marine engineers' ...
Article : 184 wordsA Moscow wireless message states-- "The Reds occupied Odessa on 7th inst. after three hours' fighting. The enemy offered a fierce resistance. Guns rattled through the ...
Article : 156 wordsSYDNEY.--The drastic action of the Federal Government in prohibiting the rendering of any aid to the Institute of Marine Engineers and preventing that ...
Article : 353 wordsWELLINGTON.--A compulsory conference in reference to the coal dispute has been commenced the Premier presiding. The proceedings, which are expected to be ...
Article : 51 wordsHot, summer conditions again prevailed in Melbourne yesterday, when high temperatures were recorded until 4 p.m. At 11 a.m. the thermometer at the Central ...
Article : 228 wordsPERTH.--A telegram from the Prime Minister was received by the Premier's department on Tuesday giving the text of the Commonwealth proclamation ...
Article : 59 wordsDespite the extra shipping tonnage allotted at long intervals to the Melbourne New Zealand trade, it is still far from adequate to cope with the accumulation of ...
Article : 122 wordsBENDIGO.--Cornelius William Breen, 29, pleaded guilty in the Court of General Sessions on Wednesday to a charge of larceny from a dwelling. He admitted ...
Article : 216 wordsRear-Admiral Sims, addressing the Senate committee which is investigating the question of naval decorations denied that he bad ever belittled America's war efforts. He said ...
Article : 62 wordsSYDNEY.--The following official statement was issued on Wednesday afternoon by the Institute of Marine Engineers:-- "The proclamation of the Federal ...
Article : 267 wordsDespite a letter from President Wilson, requesting that the Democratic members of Congress should not formulate an attitude on the question of universal ...
Article : 84 wordsPERTH.--The Controller of Soldier Settlement, Mr. A. M'Carthy, has replied to the petition of the Perth Returned Soldiers' Association to the Premier asking for ...
Article : 123 wordsWANGARATTA.--In the Court of General Sessions on Wednesday Stanley Owens was charged with having, at Chiltern Valley on 12th December, set fire to ...
Article : 261 wordsGeorge Manners, late of Mead, fanner, who died on 19th October last, by his will of 8th February 1918, left £1928 real estate and £339 personalty to his widow. ...
Article : 73 wordsSYDNEY.--The executive of the Marine Engineers Institute is practically in session all clay long. The next move it expects is to find the office raided and all its books ...
Article : 42 wordsHOBART.--A boy named George Pearce, whilst out rabbiting with his father at Strickland on Wednesday, was bitten on the thumb by a black snake. The father, ...
Article : 85 wordsSeveral hundred trade union delegates attended a meeting held in London to protest against the Underground Railways Bill, which seeks authority to raise railway ...
Article : 117 wordsLitigation in respect of the estate, valued at about £8000, of the late Maria Sarah Clare Mousley, who was found dead on 4th February, 1919, in her house at ...
Article : 288 wordsIt is understood that the itinerary of the visit of the Prince of Wales to Victoria, which is being drawn up under the supervision of General Sir C. B. B. White, ...
Article : 68 wordsSYDNEY.--There are at present over 27,000 tons of cargo awaiting shipment from Sydney. Shipping orders issued show that 11,107 tons have been booked at Sydney ...
Article : 84 wordsSir,--Wednesday, 11th February, roaring hot day Camouflaged civilisation. Pigs being driven along King-street, at the intersection of Little ...
Article : 174 wordsSYDNEY.--A member of the Institute of Marine Engineers called at the Commonwealth Savings Bank on Wednesday to make a withdrawal from his private ...
Article : 65 wordsADELAIDE.--In connection with the visit of the Prince of Wales to South Australia copies of addresses, which it is desired shall be presented to his Royal ...
Article : 48 wordsADELAIDE.--The Coal Board on Wednesday decided to permit the use of electric and gas irons in private houses, boarding houses, hotels and restaurants, between 12 ...
Article : 85 wordsActing on behalf of the Commonwealth Steamship Owners' Association, Mr. O. Dixon applied to Mr. Justice Higgins, President of the Arbitration Court, in ...
Article : 986 wordsThe Department of Commerce has issued statistics which show that the United States exports of cotton will be decreased by 59 per cent, if England's inability to ...
Article : 75 wordsMembers of the vigilance committee appointed some months age by a conference of country municipalities held at Wangaratta to urge upon the Government the ...
Article : 141 wordsSYDNEY.--Two trains collided on Wednesday night near the central railway station. One car was following another down the incline from the station when the ...
Article : 126 wordsIn a report presented to the Minister of Public Works, the chairman of the Country Roads Board (Mr. W. Calder) sets out details of the expenditure that would be ...
Article : 322 wordsDespatches report that 2000 Koreans, organised by Russian Bolshevists, defeated 700 Japanese in Northern Korea, the encounter resulting in 300 Japanese being ...
Article : 91 wordsHuddart Parker Limited notifies passengers and shippers that, under instructions from the Coal Board, in consequqence of the shortage of coal, owing to the ...
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Advertising : 292 wordsHoward Smith Limited's cargo carrier Buninyong, one of the few inter-State steamers still in commission, moved yesterday from Melbourne to Geelong for the ...
Article : 43 wordsBritish trade returns show that the imports for January were valued at and the exports at £105,879,909. Compared with the ...
Article : 97 wordsSir,--I am informed on reliable authority that the building trade of Melbourne is greatly affected through tho shortage of cement that now exists both in Australia ...
Article : 139 wordsThe attention of ship owners yesterday as regards the industrial position was directed mainly to matters connected with the application to the Arbitration Court ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Thu 12 Feb 1920, Page 7
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