Owing to persistent interruptions by some of the delegates, the proceedings of the Trades Hall Council last evening were brought to an abrupt termination ...
Article : 599 wordsTrenchant criticism of the action of the Government in proceeding with what was described as a minor measure and deferring the urgent financial emergency ...
Article : 999 wordsAt the annual meeting of the Victorian branch of the Australian Forest League last night. Professor Dr. G. L. Wood delivered an address on Floods and Forests. ...
Article : 846 wordsThe question as to whether an operation for appendicitis should have been proceeded with after the patient had collapsed under the an[?]sthetic was debated at an inquest ...
Article : 862 wordsNo settlement has been reached in the dispute between the Railway Commissioners and the Harbor Trust regarding the provision of passenger train services on ...
Article : 291 wordsGEELONG, Thursday.--Professor D. B. Copland, Dean of the Faculty of Economics at Melbourne University, who came to Geelong to-day at the invitation ...
Article : 385 wordsThe question of the temporary suspension of awards, of State wages boards lint again been raised, and a conference of employers' organisations is to be held on ...
Article : 468 wordsADELAIDE, Thursday.--Suburbs near he Hills, and lower down towards the coast, were flooded to-day as a result of torrential rain which fell early this ...
Article : 593 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday.--Under a new award, engravers' operators and half-tone etchers will receive £5 186. instead of £6 16 a week. Photo, engravers, ...
Article : 39 wordsBRISBANE, Thursday.--Notwithstanding the edict of the Federal Attorney-General (Mr. Brennan) that returned soldiers were entitled to entry to the ...
Article : 326 wordsA deputation from Bet. Bet shire council waited on the chairman of Railway Commissioners during his visit to-day, to urge a ...
Article : 178 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday.--In giving evidence before the select committee appointed by Parliament to inquire into the banking system in this State, Mr. H. C. ...
Article : 145 wordsReferring yesterday to the circular issued by the fuel merchants, the Electricity Commission said it was only a reiteration of complaints which had been ...
Article : 256 wordsBy an order made by the Executive Council, a bread trade board was appointed, in lieu of the bread board, country bread board and provincial bread ...
Article : 102 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday.--the president of the Chamber of Manufactures (Mr. Be[?]nett) referred to-day to the proposal before the State Parliament to brand all goods ...
Article : 142 wordsThe recent rise in the price of bread sold ever the counter in the eastern sub[?]bs is being watched vigilantly by [?]ose who fear that the move may be the ...
Article : 262 wordsEndeavors are to be made by the Railway Commissioners to secure a liquor licence for the Mt. Buffalo chalet, according to a statement yesterday by the ...
Article : 106 wordsMr. Justice Starke was asked in the High Court yesterday, on summons taken out, under section 21AA of the Arbitration Act, to say whether in the ...
Article : 284 wordsADELAIDE, Thursday.--The flooded Torrens has broken its banks in several places. Henley Beach-road is under water for miles, and in some parts is two feet ...
Article : 113 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday.--Judge Beeby to-day resumed his sittings as a royal commission to determine whether Jacob Johnson a former secretary of the Seamen's ...
Article : 186 wordsDARWIN, Thursday.--H. F. Broadbe[?] left Darwin at 6.20 this morning. He made a good take-off, and flew s[?] towards west, and should reach P[?] ...
Article : 205 wordsAt its meeting this week the council of the Victorian Employers' Federation discussed the refusal of the State Electricity Commission to supply in Parliament ...
Article : 147 wordsADELAIDE, Thursday.--The river hank at Jervis, ten miles from Murraybridge, the most important point along the South Australian stretch of the ...
Article : 241 wordsA statement concerning forestry activities was issued by the Minister for Home Affairs (Mr. Blakcley) yesterday. The Commonwealth Forestry. Bureau and ...
Article : 475 wordsBENDIGO, Thursday.--Speaking at it civic reception at Bendigo this evening, Mr. Pollard, M.L.A., Assistant minister of Agriculture, said Russia was a new ...
Article : 201 wordsAUCKLAND, Thursday.--The post master at Taumaranui reported this afternoon that the Erua office, near Ohakune, had advised that Warwick Stanton, 19 ...
Article : 294 wordsHORSHAM, Thursday.--A letter from the secretary of the Melbourne and Suburban Fuel Merchants Association protesting against the marketing of briquettes ...
Article : 244 wordsMr. Justice Starke, in the High Court yesterday delivered reserved judgment on a summons under section 21 Aa of the Arbitration Act, in which he was asked ...
Article : 606 wordsALBUBY, Thursday.--Mr. C. W. Swiney, District Coroner, opened an inquiry to-day into the circumstances surrounding a fire on 25th August, by which ...
Article : 382 wordsThe second rending debate on the Treasury Overdrafts Bill was resumed in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, Sir S. Argyle said the bill authorised ...
Article : 182 wordsBALLARAT, Thursday.--Emphatic com demnation of the proposal to divert portion of the motor fees from the country Roads Board to general revenue was ...
Article : 146 wordsShot through the head with a bullet from an automatic pistol, Aubrey Harbour, 55 years, secretary and manager of Whybrow and Co. Pty. Ltd., shoe ...
Article : 196 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday.--The Tariff Board met to-day, when Mr. S. W. England secretary of the Country Saw Millers' Association, asked that dumping duties ...
Article : 146 wordsFurther consideration was given in the Legislative Assembly yesterday to the Wrongs Bill, a private measure introduced by Mr. Blackburn. ...
Article : 162 wordsThe attention of the Federal Treasurer was drawn yesterday to a report which had the previous day been published in Sydney to the effect that he had said at ...
Article : 155 wordsOn Saturday week, 12th inst., the air service for passengers and mails will be resumed by Australian National Airways, with the liners ...
Article : 225 wordsApproval of a Greater Melbourne Council was expressed by Oakleigh Property Ow[?]rs' Defence League at its meeting this week. Mr. H. F. Brine suggested ...
Article : 139 wordsBENDIGO, Thursday.--While in Bendigo to-night the Assistant Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Pollard, intimated that he had received an intimation, that ...
Article : 46 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday.--The High Court to-day decided a special case, stated by agreement between the Federal Taxation Commissioner and Beard, Watson and Co. ...
Article : 123 wordsBROKEN HILL, Thursday.--David William Lee, 37 years, an electrical fitter in the employ of the Public Works-department, met his death at Stephens Creek ...
Article : 106 wordsPERTH, Thursday.--To-day the Stale Arbitration Court refused an implication by the pastoral and agricultural section of the Australian Workers' Union against ...
Article : 113 wordsA lively discussion in promised at the next meeting of the Brunswick council, when it in expected that some of the councillors will ask for further ...
Article : 116 wordsSir,--The bank interest rate has been reduced to 6 per cent. for overdrafts. On inquiry at a mutual life insurance office I find that those who have borrowed at 7 ...
Article : 86 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday.--H. Campbell Jones, well known m newspaper circles, has caused a writ to be issued out of the Supreme Court, claiming £5000 damages ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Fri 4 Sep 1931, Page 8
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