The International Socialist Conference was opened at Stuttgart, the capital of Wurtemburg, Germany, on Saturday. There were present 900 ...
Article : 370 wordsThe following is a copy of an urgent telegram which has been received by the Collector of Customs (Mr. C. T. Mason) from the Comptroller-General ...
Article : 82 wordsHis Majesty the King, in a personal letter to Lord Minto, Viceroy of India, expressed anxious concern with regard to the spread of bubonic plague in ...
Article : 305 wordsThe Shipbuilding Employers' Federation has given a week's notice of dismissal to 50,000 members of the Boilermakers' Society in the shipbuilding ...
Article : 121 wordsThe Premier has received a communication from Mr. R. W. E. Wilmot (secretary of the Royal Humane Society of Australasia) enclosing the awards ...
Article : 271 wordsA telegram from Waroona published in the "West Australian" yesterday stated that the remains of Miss Leah Fouracre, of Peppermint Grove farm, ...
Article : 1,549 wordsMr. Chapman, referring to-day to the duty on kerosene, maintained that there should be no increase in the retail price for the present, before the tariff ...
Article : 122 wordsA meeting of business men, convened by Mr. L. Alexander, the Perth representative of P. Falk and Co., Ltd., was held at the office of the "Daily News" ...
Article : 189 wordsIn submitting his motion at the International Peace Conference at the Hague on Saturday confirming the resolution passed in 1899 with regard to ...
Article : 359 wordsThe Chief Secretary has handed to the Press for publication a long report received by him from the Fire Brigrades Board dealing with the ...
Article : 561 wordsDeputations are continually waiting upon the Minister for Customs with reference to the new tariff, but as these will be of almost daily occurrence, it ...
Article : 116 wordsMr. Scott, the secretary of the Postal Department has prepared a short report on the working of the post-office. It shows a very satisfactory result. The ...
Article : 129 wordsThe Governor-General (Lord Northcote) and Lady Northcote will terminate their visit to Western Australia to-day, travelling to the Eastern States ...
Article : 616 wordsA meeting of business men of Fremantle was held yesterday afternoon at Mr. M. E. Pye's office, to consider the Federal tariff and the advisableness of ...
Article : 189 wordsReference was made by Mr. Chapman to-day to the question whether goods in transit when the new duties were imposed should be allowed in at ...
Article : 131 wordsMr. William Allan Pinkerton, chief of the famous American detective agency bearing his name, died during a recent voyage from New York to ...
Article : 107 wordsSurprise was occasioned in the House of Representatives on Friday when the Minister for Customs stated that the Chief Customs ...
Article : 98 wordsFifty rowing boats engaged in fishing on the Firth of Clyde on Saturday were blown out to sea. Most of them returned safely, and the occupants of ...
Article : 64 wordsSir,—I shall be pleased if one of your protectionist correspondents can inform me of the reason why the increased duties upon imported goods have ...
Article : 983 wordsSince the new tariff came into force merchants and agents have taken advantage of the bonding provisions of the Customs Act to an unusually large ...
Article : 120 wordsAt a meeting held in Adelaide on Friday and presided over by Archbishop O'Reilly it was resolved to start an active campaign against gambling. ...
Article : 449 wordsRecently Captain Calder, commander of a British Guiana frontier force, crossed the border of Venezuela, near Barima River, and compelled a number ...
Article : 84 wordsStone, the chief sufferer in last Friday night's affray at Broomehill, is doing well at the Katanning Hospital. The bullet, which entered his right ...
Article : 72 wordsThe Europeans have evacuated the Moroccan towns of Marakesh and Mogador, and have gone on board a warship. ...
Article : 188 wordsSir,—The articles and correspondence on the passing of the sailing ship which have appeared from time to time lately in the "West Australian" are ...
Article : 690 wordsAt the Fremantle Trades Hall last evening Mrs. Ruffy-Hill lectured to a large audience on the subject of "The Federal Tariff from a Woman's Point ...
Article : 429 wordsMr. W. H. Taft, United States Secretary for War, interviewed at Washington yesterday on the eve of his starting upon a tour of the world, ...
Article : 88 wordsThe Duke of Devonshire, who has been affected with heart trouble for some time, is now nearly convalescent. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe Minister of Customs to-day opened a conference of State delegates on the fisheries question. Mr. Lockyer represented the Commonwealth, ...
Article : 371 wordsThe Surrey batsmen J. B. Hobbs and E. G. Hayes have been invited to join the English Eleven which will shortly tour Australia. ...
Article : 93 wordsNisi Prius.—At 10.30 a.m., in No. 3 Court, before the Chief Justice: (1) C. S. Murphy, plaintiff, and MacFarlane and Co., Ltd., defendants (part heard); ...
Article : 96 wordsAccording to army orders recently issued, any Chinese officer or soldier found smoking opium will be beheaded. ...
Article : 70 wordsExports from the Northern Territory for the half-year ended June 30 last amounted to £111,354. The details include the following items:—Cattle, ...
Article : 42 wordsThe Marine Board opened an inquiry this morning into the recent collision between the Arawatta and the Danish ship Ingeborg, off Port Stephens. H. ...
Article : 181 wordsThe Premier of Tasmania to-day interviewed Mr. Bent regarding the question of paying to Tasmania a fixed sum to make up for the leakage which ...
Article : 102 wordsThe high prices charged as a result of the new Federal tariff are creating some discontent here. The price of kerosene has been raised 2s. per tin. ...
Article : 97 wordsA deputation from the Iron Trades Employers' Association interviewed Sir Wm. Lyne on Saturday in reference to building of ships for the Australian ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Tue 20 Aug 1907, Page 5
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