President Wilson has sailed for France. Most of the newspapers are disappointed with President Wilson's speech on the League of Nations. They point out that ...
Article : 79 wordsThe Official Press Bureau announces that the provisional joint committee of the National Industrial Conference has appointed three sub-committees. The first will ...
Article : 133 wordsCongress adjourned after a day and night sitting. Republican obstruction resulted in the loss of numbers of important measures. The Session Bill allotting the ...
Article : 106 wordsAccording to a wireless Berlin official message the Workers and Soldiers' Councils on Monday decided upon declaring a general strike. The proposal was carried ...
Article : 148 wordsWhen seen at the Public Works Department yesterday, the Minister for Works (Mr. W. J. George) was busily engaged with files which had been awaiting his ...
Article : 526 wordsAt a special meeting of the Perth Chamber of Commerce last night Mr. F. A. Moss was invited to speak on the subject of the exportation of base metals, and the ...
Article : 1,089 wordsSome disadvantages under which lumpers and trans-Australian railway employees are suffering on account of the quarantine regulations were brought under the notice of ...
Article : 1,194 wordsNine deaths from pneumonic influenza occurred to-day, and 233 fresh cases were reported. The admissions to the hospital numbered 63, and the discharges 78. ...
Article : 42 wordsThe Paris correspondent of the New York "Evening Sun" sums up the French official viewpoint regarding the American senators' opposition to Dr. Wilson as follows:—The ...
Article : 81 wordsPresident Wilson has signed a Bill guaranteeing the price of wheat at 2 dollars 26 cents per bushel. ...
Article : 26 wordsReplying to-day to questions as to whether there was any indication in the present situation of the length of time during which an epidemic might be expected to ...
Article : 341 wordsThe strike began with riots, great crowds attacking and disarming policemen and entering and occupying several police stations. Herr Noske arrived in Berlin from ...
Article : 90 wordsIn giving evidence before the Royal Commission on Coal Mines, Mr. Dickinson (the financial adviser of the Controller of Coal Mines) said that an increase of 30 per cent. ...
Article : 369 wordsA Pretoria message states that light and power are to be cut off by the strikers to-night except for the hospital asylum, and waterworks. ...
Article : 35 wordsThe Paris correspondent of the United Press Association states that the belief is expressed in official quarters that the German delegates will be called to Paris to ...
Article : 56 wordsThe troops and police patrolling the Berlin streets have had a number of gfihts with the Spartacists who seized 20 police stations. The Spartacists arrested Captain ...
Article : 84 wordsThe Brussels correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" states that the Olympic games will shortly be held at Antwerp. The Belgian Government has voted a large sum ...
Article : 111 wordsA Russian Jew named Kniller fired shots at President Poincare's residence as a protest against Allied intervention in Russia He was arrested ...
Article : 35 wordsThe Geneva correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" has received a letter from Kieff which discloses the fact that M. Lenin and M. Trotsky planned to renew the ...
Article : 115 wordsThe Berlin correspondent of the United Press Association states that the revolutionary Radicals presented the following demands to the German Government:— ...
Article : 110 wordsA message from St. John's, Newfoundland, states that the Furness liner Appenine, 3,684 tons, has been driven ashore on the coast by an icepack. The rescue of the ...
Article : 45 wordsA Johannesburg message states that the general council of the Mine Workers' Union threatens if the Government refuee to introduce favourable legislation ...
Article : 46 wordsThe House of Representatives adopted by 216 votes to 41 a resolution hoping that the Peace Conference will favourably consider Ireland's claims for self ...
Article : 43 wordsSeven new cases of pneumonic influenza were notified officially to-day, including the four from Binalong, which were announced yesterday. The other three are ...
Article : 54 wordsSubsequent to yesterday's Cabinet meeting, the Premier (Sir Henry Lefroy) was asked if he had received any reply from the Acting Prime Minister to his ...
Article : 134 wordsThe executive power at Berlin conferred with Herr Noske, Minister for Defence, who issued a proclamation that he would severely punish treason, murder, rebellion, ...
Article : 136 wordsThe British Official Press Bureau announces that Sir Evan D. Jones, Bart., M.P. for Pembroke has been appointed Controller of Coal Mines, in the place of ...
Article : 125 wordsThe coloured workers who were thrown out of employment through the building strike held a mass meeting and decided to form a coloured federation of trades. ...
Article : 44 wordsPreparations are ebing made to receive the German plenipotentiaries, headed by Herr Philip Schiedemann (the Premier of the German Republic) and Count von ...
Article : 116 wordsNotwithstanding the precautions taken in the Newcastle Hospital, the influenza outbreak continues to spread in the district. The three "suspects" of yesterday ...
Article : 93 wordsInquiries at the office of the Commonwealth Public Service Inspector yesterday showed that the Federal Government has conceded the 12s. 6d. rate to the temporary ...
Article : 141 wordsCommenting to-day on the protests of the Premier of Western Australia (Sir Henry Lefroy) that he and others had been compelled to travel from Perth to ...
Article : 154 wordsIt is expected that the Government control of leather will cease in June. ...
Article : 28 wordsIn the House of Commons this evening Mr. Bonar Law (the Leader of the House) said that the statement that Britain would refrain from making a money claim against ...
Article : 50 wordsThe "Neueste Nachrichten" (Munich), referring to the Germans' eagerness to emigrate, urges the establishment of a State emigration office. It declares that ...
Article : 53 wordsIn the House of Commons Mr. W. C. Bridgeman, Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade, promised to inquire whether it was true that Britain had ...
Article : 63 wordsThe South Australian Government has notified the Commonwealth quarantine authorities that that State is now free from influenza. The Federal Director of ...
Article : 85 wordsThe current issue of the "Western Mail" is exceedingly attractive. Of particular interest are the pictures relating to life in certain of the Pacific Islands, showing the ...
Article : 341 wordsTo-day Eva Alice Catts, wife of James Howard Catts, petitioned for alimony, "pendente lite." Mrs. Catts has filed a petition for divorce on the ground of ...
Article : 137 wordsLord Knutsford (the chairman), presiding at a meeting of the committee of the London Hospital, said that a new mode of treatment had enabled 150 women who had ...
Article : 47 wordsMr. M. L. Shepherd, secretary to the Prime Minister's Department, made a statement to-day regarding the wages paid to temporary Federal clerks in Western ...
Article : 538 wordsLate last night the Commissioner of Public Health (Dr. Atkinson) stated that a meeting of the Medical Advisory Committee had been held to consider the condition ...
Article : 111 wordsThe troopship Port Melbourne with 1,215 soldiers, has been released from quarantine. There were on board 59 cases of influenza and pneumonia, and one ...
Article : 54 wordsIn the House of Commons to-day, Mr Winston Churchill (the Minister for War) said that the casualties in the Ypres salient from the end of July to November 18, ...
Article : 72 wordsThe interstate shipping situation is still in a tangle. On the one hand, owners are inclined to express their belief that the dispute will be settled very shortly, while, ...
Article : 67 wordsReplying to a question in the House of Assembly this afternoon, the Minister for the Interior (Sir Thomas Watt) said that the s.s. Kenilworth Castle, which was ...
Article : 400 wordsAt yesterday's meeting of Cabinet consideration was given to the position in connection with the Trans-Australian railway, in view of the published statement that the ...
Article : 110 wordsIn the House of Commons to-night Mr. Cecil B. Harmsworth, replying to a question, said that the Allies were supporting General Denikine's volunteers in South ...
Article : 81 wordsThe Colonial Treasurer (Mr. James Gardiner) while in Melbourne is endeavouring to secure some relief from the position in which the base metal industry in ...
Article : 456 wordsThe following official circular has been issued by the Western Australian division of the Red Cross Society to all branches. "March 6, 1919. ...
Article : 406 wordsFor the last two weeks matters at the German internment camp at Holdsworthy have been in a state of turmoil, owing to the bakers going on strike for more money. ...
Article : 272 wordsThe rainfall during the 24 hours ended at 9 p.m. to-day was generally heavy, up to 217 points being registered at Rokewoods 214 at Werribee, and 190 at Queenscliffe. ...
Article : 224 wordsSome further serious allegations concerning the treatment of patients from the Boonah, and the lack of necessary provision at Woodman's Point were made in the ...
Article : 375 wordsThe troops ex s.s. Delta comprising 106 men, will be released from Woodman's Point at 11 o'clock this morning, and should land at E shed about 12 o'clock. ...
Article : 414 wordsThe State Government has granted a obsidy to Mr. H. Verbrugghen, director of the Sydney Conservatorium, for the maintenance of a permanent orchestra. ...
Article : 43 wordsExtraordinarily heavy falls of rain have occurred again in some of the country districts. Some 1,400 points fell in 19 hours at Dorrigo, 1,300 points in three ...
Article : 80 wordsThe steamer St. Louis, bound for Noumea, put into Newcastle last night owing to damage having been done to her engine room by heavy seas and severe ...
Article : 52 wordsThe exportation of condensed milk from Australia has been prohibited, unless the consent in writing of the Minister for Customs is first obtained. ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Fri 7 Mar 1919, Page 7
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