The strike of transport workers has reduced some London streets to the quietude of Sunday, for vehicular traffic in these quarters has ceased. ...
Article : 273 wordsThe Mails.—The weekly mail for the Eastern States, New Zealand, etc., is notified to close at the General Post Office to-day at 9.15 a.m. (late fee 10 a.m.) for conveyance by the ...
Article : 3,418 wordsIn the House of Commons last night Mr. Lloyd-George's motion for the establishment of payment of members at the rate of £400 a year was carried after ...
Article : 249 wordsThe anxiety felt as to the fate of the Veto Bill in the House of Lords was dispelled last night, when the decisive division was taken. ...
Article : 687 wordsThe Premier (Mr. Frank Wilson) has definitely decided to deliver his pre-sessional speech on the policy of the Government on Saturday, the 19th inst., at 8 p.m. in ...
Article : 476 wordsA conference of representatives of the parties concerned in the sugar strike took place this afternoon. Mr. Barnes was present as the Minister administering the Wages Board ...
Article : 179 wordsAt Liverpool, where the strike riots have been especially violent, the conditions have grown worse rapidly. At the Central Station on Thursday the rioters ...
Article : 212 wordsThe amended award of the Sugar Wages Board covers the central sugar district of the State, including the Mackay area, which possesses 10 mills. All the other districts ...
Article : 97 wordsAn extraordinary story of revenge by a jealous husband is reported here as having occurred at Baku, on the Caspian Sea, in Russia. ...
Article : 116 wordsA telegram received from Bundaberg to-day states that Messrs. Buss Bros.' Invicta mill will start grinding early next week. The conditions of employment will be those ...
Article : 66 wordsThe Full Court, consisting of the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Hood, and Mr. Justice Cussen, considered further to-day the report made by the Taxing Master (Mr. M. M. ...
Article : 909 wordsThe Berlin News Agency, which is officially inspired, states that France offers to Germany as compensation for abandoning Morocco claims, the "hinterland" ...
Article : 281 wordsIn the House of Commons yesterday the Home Secretary, Mr. Winston Churchill, in reply to a question, said it was useless to expect a settlement ...
Article : 110 wordsSir Wilfrid Laurier is reconstructing his Cabinet, and the following changes are announced:—Dr. Beland becomes Postmaster-General in place of Mr. R. ...
Article : 67 wordsA Bundaberg telegram states that a strike of navvies occurred on the Avondale-Invicta railway to-day in consequence of a special train carrying free labourers for ...
Article : 43 wordsMatters have been given a decidedly grave complexion as regards a possible strike of transport workers. According to news received in Sydney to-night, the conference at ...
Article : 134 wordsIn the Adelaide Police Court to-day Ellen Maria Jones was charged with having taken away her own child from its lawful guardian in Perth on July 22. ...
Article : 258 wordsAn improvement is reported in the condition of Pope Pius X. He had a refreshing sleep last night, and his temperature was reduced. The doctors in ...
Article : 93 wordsIt is stated that the War Office has issued orders to the military commander at the Aldershot camp of instruction, and at Woolwich arsenal, to hold the ...
Article : 315 wordsSome further particulars are now available with respect to the trouble on the Spanish battleship Numancia, on which it was alleged 200 of the crew mutinied ...
Article : 79 wordsIn accordance with a resolution of the executive of the Carters and Drivers' Union, the members of that organisation who were asked to load and cart the sugar which ...
Article : 311 wordsAt 2 o'clock this morning the steam collier Wallarah, belonging to the Wallarah Coal Company, was the scene of an outbreak of fire. The vessel was lying alongside the jetty ...
Article : 175 wordsThe Australian cadets sent to the Coronation under Major Wynne, of Sydney, who have been in camp at the Crystal Palace Grounds, Sydenham, have removed ...
Article : 56 wordsMulai Abd-el Hafid, Sultan of Morocco, is suffering from typhoid fever, and his condition is serious. ...
Article : 22 wordsYesterday a great warehouse, containing large quantities of cotton, wool, and saltpetre, was destroyed by fire, damage being done to the extent of £160,000. ...
Article : 32 wordsNotwithstanding the recent decision of the House of Commons in committee on the Coal Miners Bill striking out the clause obliging miners to take a bath at ...
Article : 196 wordsMr. George Perkins, director of the Steel Trust, was further questioned by the Congressional Committee to-day. He declared that existing laws make it ...
Article : 63 wordsThe Emperor of Russia and the Imperial Grand Dukes yesterday reviewed a grand parade of over 5,000 boy soldiers, who represent the outcome of the ...
Article : 58 wordsLast night a large number of business men met Mr. Woodward, the Assistant Government Geologist, who had thoroughly investigated the scene of coal discoveries at ...
Article : 103 wordsThe fate of two young women who were reported as missing from their homes has been cleared up by the recovery of their bodies from the Saltwater and Yarra Rivers ...
Article : 155 wordsPlenipotentiaries of the French Republic and the Kingdom of Denmark to-day signed the treaty which has been arranged for the reference of all ...
Article : 41 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly last night Mr. Appel tabled an amending Licensing Bill. The measure is to come into force on ...
Article : 365 wordsMr. Keir Hardie, the notable Labour Socialist member for Merthyr Tydvil, encouraged the strikers yesterday by an address delivered at Tower Hill. ...
Article : 74 wordsA terrific explosion occurred here yesterday shattering several buildings in the Italian quarter of the town. A number of persons were buried in the ...
Article : 134 wordsThe Marylebone Cricket Club have invited F. E. Woolley, P. Mead and George Gunn to join the team which is to tour Australia. It is rumoured that J. W. ...
Article : 42 wordsIn the Collingwood Police Court to-day Dr. James P. Ryan, of Collins-street, Melbourne, was charged with having failed to report immediately to the Board of Health ...
Article : 137 wordsMr. Askwith, secretary of the labour department of the Board of Trade, who has been active in conferential mediation, has arranged a settlement of the strike ...
Article : 144 wordsBy the steamer Durham, which is expected to arrive on August 24, 380 navvies will arrive for work on the Queensland railways. A further lot, totalling 700, ...
Article : 93 wordsThe Acting-Treasurer (Mr. Carmichael) has obtained the advice of the Crown Law officials and leading constitutional counsel outside on the matter of interest on ...
Article : 90 wordsThe Australian sculler W. Fogwell is training vigorously for his race with Barry for the championship of England, notwithstanding the hitch that has ...
Article : 85 wordsA dastardly outrage has been [?]ed at Messrs. May Bros. harvester works at Gawler. Forty-eight harvesters were all ready for shipment and the enclosure in ...
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Advertising : 367 wordsThe situation has now improved. The carters are resuming work, and orders for the reception of troops in London have been countermanded. ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Sat 12 Aug 1911, Page 11
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