The brief tenure of office of the first British Socialist Government has ended as the result of Wednesday's general election. The Government sought the fight, and have been decisively beaten. Notable was the defeat of the Liberal leader, Mr. Asquith. Mr. MacDonald and several of his principal Ministers have been re-elected, but there have been several casualties in the Government ...
Article : 167 wordsThe decision of the council of the League of Nations, to whom the question of the status quo on the Turko-Iraq frontier was referred, establishes a ...
Article : 231 wordsA communique issued from Mukden (Marshal Chang-tso-lin's headquarters) claims the complete Occupation of Lanchow on Tuesday last, and that the ...
Article : 59 wordsThe French note to Russia conveying the Government's recognition of the Soviet stipulates that its recognition will in no way infringe on any ...
Article : 78 wordsThe principal business of the House of Assembly was to defeat Mr. McPhee's Liquor Referendum Bill, the Speaker's casting vote being cast in that direction. Railway works and public works appropriations were passed. ...
Article : 3,098 wordsReports here confirm the occupation of Lanchow by Chang-tso-lin's forces. Official foreign messages indicate that the retreat of the Chih-li troops towards ...
Article : 73 wordsThe Soviet Governments reply expresses the hope that all questions mentioned in the French note will be satisfactorily settled in the forthcoming ...
Article : 38 wordsWhile the Left newspapers applaud the recognition of Russia the Opposition press accept the fact with resignation, and derive comfort from the belief ...
Article : 109 wordsGeneral Feng-yun-Isiang has issued a proclamation offering 100,000 dollars for the capture of Wu-pei-fu alive, and 50,000 dollars to anyone shooting him. ...
Article : 26 wordsProfessor Moellgar gave a lecture before the Medical Society, describing 300 cures of tuberculosis which he claimed to have been obtained in six hospitals by ...
Article : 126 wordsPolling began in many constituencies the unusually early hour of 7 a.m. The returning officers had used discretion, and fixed the polling hours at 7 ...
Article : 314 wordsWhen a deputation from the Tasmanian division of the Locomotive Engine- men's Association waited on the Commissioner of Railways at Launceston a ...
Article : 103 wordsThere were wild scenes at the close of the trial of Dr. Hadwen (an anti-vaccinationist on a manslaughter charge). When the jury returned a ...
Article : 182 wordsNine delegates, representing New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia arrived at Launceston by the Nairana yesterday from Melbourne, and ...
Article : 102 wordsAs a result of the decision of the Waterside Workers' Federation to stop work on all wharves throughout Australia from Saturday until Monday ...
Article : 226 wordsThere was a relentless downpour of rain from live this evening. Nevertheless the Londoners turned out in large numbers in Fleet-street, the Strand, and ...
Article : 130 wordsMrs. Elias, daughter of the defeated Liberal candidate, Mr. Macnamara, was defeated in a three-cornered fight for South-east Southwark, which the ...
Article : 154 wordsReuter's representative at Port Soudan reports that an attempt by leading residents of Jedda and Mecca to arrange terms with the Wahabis failed. A ...
Article : 112 wordsCrowds, despite the bad weather, thronged the West End. Last year a sudden fog obscured the illuminated results but this year the crowds were ...
Article : 393 wordsThe Prime Minister (Mr. Ramsay MacDonald) was re-elected at Aberavon. The Lord Privy Seal and deputy leader (Mr. J. R. Clynes) was re-elected. ...
Article : 225 wordsAlthough mainland press messages state that at every port in the Commonwealth the waterside workers will cease work at 5 o'clock this afternoon until ...
Article : 148 wordsGeneral Sir Ian Hamilton (who was in command on Gallipoli), in a speech on the occasion of the exchange of banners at Enfield (Middlesex) with ...
Article : 240 wordsThe Marquis of Tavistock, heir to the Duke of Bedford, and one of the greatest ground landlords in London, has declared himself a supporter of the ...
Article : 89 wordsPolling opened with a Conservative gain from a Liberal at Manchester Exchange, which the Liberals last year won from the Conservatives; also a ...
Article : 113 wordsThere is still nothing definite in Hobart with regard to the overtime strike which it is said will take place in all ports of the Commonwealth on Saturday, ...
Article : 159 wordsSir Steel Maitland, Sir W. Joynson Hicks, and Mr. Lawrence were defeated. ...
Article : 14 wordsMr. H. H. Asquith, the leader of the Liberal party, was defeated at Paisley. The successful Labourite at Paisley was Advocate Rossini Mitchell, whose ...
Article : 194 wordsThe Under Secretary for Air (Mr. William Leach) was defeated for the Bradford Centre seat. He had made himself famous with pacificist speeches while ...
Article : 116 wordsViscount Curzon, who was Secretary of Foreign Affairs in the Baldwin Cabinet was re-elected for Battersea South, defeating a Labourite with a 5000 ...
Article : 127 wordsTen people were drowned and three saved when the Fleetwood trawler Anida (270 tons) was wrecked on an island off the coast of Argyllshire. ...
Article : 34 wordsEnthusiastic scenes marked the sailing of a number of the dominion Parliamentary delegates for Australia by the Euripides, including General Sir ...
Article : 102 wordsReuter's agent at Amsterdam states that, according to the newspapers, workmen with the new Rolls-Royee engine have arrived at Philippopolis ...
Article : 86 wordsMiss Wilkinson (Labourite) was the first woman elected. She gained the East Middlesborough seat in a three-cornered fight with a majority of 927. ...
Article : 355 wordsThe personal popularity of the Colonial Secretary (Mr. J. H. Thomas) in the railway centre of Derby assured his re-election. ...
Article : 482 wordsMr. Austen Chamberlain was re-elected for Birmingaham West with a majority of 7643 over, the Communist. Dr. [?]tan. ...
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Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954), Fri 31 Oct 1924, Page 5
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