The clause in the protocal of the Peace Treaty relating to the scuttling of German war vessels at Scapa Flow compels the surrender to the Allies and associated Powers ...
Article : 64 wordsThe cruiser Calliope was damaged severely by a fire while she was off the Lizard, and proceeding to the Azores, An oil feed pipe burst, and the oil fuel was ...
Article : 81 wordsIt is reported from Copenhagen that after a bombardment which lasted several days, the Allied Fleet silenced the Kronstadt and Krasnaya-Gorka batteries. Heavy ...
Article : 44 wordsIt is estimated that about one million persons are now out of work in the iron foundry, engineering, and shipbuilding trades, owing to the ironmoulders strike. ...
Article : 44 wordsMr. Frank Tudor, the leader of the Australian Labour Party opened the Labour election campaign at Richmond to-night. His speech was based largely on the policy ...
Article : 2,656 wordsIn the Legislative Council yesterday the debate was concluded on the motion of Mr. Sanderson: "That in the opinion of this House the Government should at an early ...
Article : 420 wordsTroops continue to po[?] into the coal mining districts, where work is at a standstill. ...
Article : 26 wordsAccording to a message received from Helsingfors, the British Mission says that if Finland is to help Russia, the former must have a loan of £18,000,000. With ...
Article : 102 wordsA Copenhagen message states that under pressure of public opinion, German troops which were sent to Flensburg (Slesvig-Holsten) have been withdrawn. The German ...
Article : 65 wordsFour small vessels were wrecked on the Goodwin sands during a violent gale on Saturday night. The Deal lifeboat-men saw the seas wash away six people who ...
Article : 104 wordsA mass meeting of telephone girl employees, who are members of the Telephone Officers' Association, was held to-night for the purpose of declding on the ...
Article : 125 wordsThree German delegates to the Fight the Famine Council have arrived in London. The delegates are Professors Brentano, Guttman, and F. Oppenheimer, representing ...
Article : 71 wordsA White Paper shows that the British naval and military expenditure in Russia since the armistice was signed has amounted to £78,000,000. This includes stores and ...
Article : 51 wordsAccording to the London "Daily Express" the financial "boom" in the city grows daily, there being such a wave of speculation as has been unknown for many years. ...
Article : 84 wordsAt a meeting of the A.M.A. in Broken Hill yesterday, a motion was moved by Mr. Deed, in favour of the resumption of work. Mr. Deed said, amid interruption, that the ...
Article : 93 wordsIn the American Senate Senator L. Y. Sherman (Republican Illinois) made an attack on the International Labour Conference. He declared that among those who ...
Article : 140 wordsSpeaking in Pretoria at the Congress of the South African Party of the Transvaal, General J. C. Smuts (the Prime Minister) said that Sir Thomas W. Smartt (the leader ...
Article : 394 wordsThe first municipal elections held in England since 1912 took place on Saturday. There were small polls. About three thousand candidates, of whom many were ...
Article : 133 wordsThe strike at Broken Hill is interfering considerably with operations in the sulphide works at Cockle Creek. About 400 men who are employed there are sharing ...
Article : 62 wordsA deputation from the Trades Hall Council waited upon the Minister for Labour (Major Baird) to-day and asked that legislation be introduced to limit the hours of ...
Article : 238 wordsThe American Senate voted down Senator H. C. Lodge's motion to strike out the Shantung section of the Peace Treaty. The voting was 26 to 41. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) was entertained at lunch to-day by the Chamber of Manufactures. Responding to the toast of his health, Mr. Hughes said he would ...
Article : 505 wordsIn the House of Commons Sir Auckland Geddes (the President of the Board of Trade) said that goods of the value of £196,000 were imported from Germany ...
Article : 46 wordsA Washington message reports that France has made overtures to the United States for a new settlement oi the Fiume problem, and that Britain has notified her ...
Article : 36 wordsIt is understood that in Tokio during the Japanese Privy Council's consideration of the German Treaty of Peace some members blamed the Japanese peace delegation for ...
Article : 77 wordsIn the House of Commons last evening Mr. Bonar Law (the Leader of the House) said that the Government declined to frame the reference as to war fortunes to ...
Article : 54 wordsOn November 2 the following were the rates of exchange according to the pound sterling:—Paris, 36-92 francs; Stockholm, 18.45 kr.; Christiania. 18.33 kr.; Montreal, ...
Article : 41 wordsThe Viceroy (Lord Chelmsford) in opening a conference of ruling princes and chiefs to-day spoke of the advantage of such a gathering-in affording an ...
Article : 744 wordsThe transport Nestor (14,500 tons) carrying over 1,000 repatriated Australian soldiers, sailed for Melbourne to-day. ...
Article : 127 wordsIt is evident that the Wheat Commission's inquiry is drawing to a close. At to-day's sitting Mr. Blacket intimated that he believed that on Friday, when he would ...
Article : 107 wordsIn his report on the French Mission to Australasia General Pau (the President of the Mission), acknowledges the cordiality of the reception tendered to the delegates by ...
Article : 159 wordsSerious week-end riots occurred in Alexendria, An army ambulance driven by an Egyptian drived, dashed into a workers' procession, killing one and injuring several ...
Article : 380 wordsPreparations are still being made for bringing into effect certain portions of the Navigation Act, especially those relating to the coastal trade. The short Bill making ...
Article : 231 wordsThe Federal executive committee of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League, which has been meeting in Melbourne for a week, closed its sitting ...
Article : 309 wordsThe Tank Commission of Inquiry says that very great credit is due to Corporal L. E. de Mole (the Australian soldier), whose suggestions on the subject would have been ...
Article : 89 wordsChief among the illustrations in the current issue of the "Western Mail," published this morning, is a page of views depicting several of the sailing events on ...
Article : 189 wordsMr. Samuel Gompers (the President of the American Federation of Labour), discussing the unrest, declared that the foisting of prohibition on the people of the United ...
Article : 374 wordsThe arrival in Brisbane of Dr.Hirschfeld formerly German Consul in this city, has been the subject of a considerable amount of comment. The King and Empire ...
Article : 160 wordsThe Federal Treasurer (Mr. Watt) addressed a number of his friends and supporters at the St. Kilda Town Hall to-night. Mr. Watt stated that although the ...
Article : 415 wordsEvidence regarding the price of meat was given to-day, before the State Royal Commission on High Prices, by Mr. T. Reynolds (of Reynolds and Son, Pty., Ltd., ...
Article : 195 wordsMr. Josephus Daniels (the Secretary for the Navy) has refused to "discipline" Admiral W. S. Sims for his magazine article concerning Sinn Fein. Mr. Daniels says ...
Article : 57 wordsSome time ago references were made to the intention of the Government to bring forward a Shops and Factories Bill, which would amend and consolidate the ...
Article : 266 wordsThe Minister for Repatriation (Senator Millen) has made available an analysis of the activities of the War Service Homes Commission throughout the ...
Article : 100 wordsA belated message announces the arrival of Etienne Poulet, the French aviator, at Constantinople. ...
Article : 147 wordsYesterday morning a deputation from the railway unions' joint executive waited upon the Minister for Railways (Mr. J. Scaddan) with reference to the industrial ...
Article : 163 wordsIn pursuance of his candidature for the Metropolitan Province election. General Hobbs will address public meetings at frequent intervals throughout the ...
Article : 130 wordsTwo trains collided near Copenhagen, 40 persons being killed and many injured. A child fell from a train, and this caused the disaster, which occurred in the early ...
Article : 95 wordsThe Australians in their second innings against Natal made 341 runs, Taylor scoring 81 and Docker 45. Natal were dismissed in their second innings for 106, and ...
Article : 42 wordsThe Minister for Defence (Senator Peace) when spoken to yesterday regarding the Official Labour Party's manifesto outlining that Party's policy in the Federal arena. ...
Article : 713 wordsThe Miners' Federation in the Northern District has decided by 3,423 votes to 2,567 to continue its affiliation to the Australian Labour Party. ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Thu 6 Nov 1919, Page 7
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