The Council of Ambassadors was unable to reach a decision regarding Germany's proposal to try war criminals, and has cabled asking President Wilson's opinion. ...
Article : 278 wordsThe Prince of Wales's naval staff will consist of Rear-Admiral Sir Lionel Halsey, who commanded H.M.S. New Zealand during its Empire cruise in 1913; Captain ...
Article : 166 wordsAt to-day's conference to consider the question of international exchanges the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Austen Chamberlain) met a number of leading ...
Article : 328 wordsA meeting of the Central Excetive of the Soviets confirmed the abolition of the death penalty, and decided to issue a special penalty, and decided to issue a ...
Article : 38 wordsA message from Innisfail states that during a devastating cyclone at-Cairns on Monday night a tidal wave caused 4ft. of water to flow on the Esplanade and over ...
Article : 127 wordsThe Federal Parliament will be opened formally by his Exceltency the Governor-General either on Wednesday, February 25, or Thursday, February 26, probably the ...
Article : 802 wordsA strongly-worded resolution was passed unanimously by the Perth branch of the R.S.A. at their fortnightly meeting last night on the subject of statements ...
Article : 719 wordsYesterday when the inquest concerning the death of Mrs. Elsie Cox, which occurred at the Perth Public Hospital on January 9, was resumed, before the ...
Article : 1,788 wordsThe population of Petrograd has decreased to 400,000. ...
Article : 16 wordsThe Revolutionists have captured Vladivostok. According to a message from General Graves, the American commander, Allied troops are patrolling the city. ...
Article : 56 wordsThe Northern Deputy Railway Commissioner (Mr. Crowther), wiring last night to the Commissioner stated that a heavy blow had occurred from Lucinda Point on ...
Article : 555 wordsThe War Office has cancelled fairly extensive Australian jam contracts on the payments of 5 per cent. ...
Article : 24 wordsMore than 100 representatives of American business firms have organised an American commerical association to promote trade with Russia, and have authorised ...
Article : 51 wordsMr. C.A. McCurdy, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food, addressing a number of meat retailers, admitted that there was a temporary glut of colonial ...
Article : 168 wordsIt transpires that the Soviet Government on January 5 exected Commander Malinoviky and six officers of the Red Guards for plotting to seize the Kremlin and ...
Article : 78 wordsThe "Petit Paristen" states that the Allies are firmly insisting on the surrender of war criminals, and that their reply to the Dutch note concerning the demand for ...
Article : 85 wordsThe exchange market was virtually demoralised to-day when the sterling touched 333½ and frances and lire dropped to similar levels. The stock market felt the effect, ...
Article : 109 wordsThe so-called Bolshevik League for the Emancipation of the East has begun its operations in Turkestan, where a pretender, to the ancient throne of ...
Article : 118 wordsTo date 71,555 claims for the war gratuity have been paid, totallir £4,231,592. Five thousand more applications are to be received. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe conference of Allied Ambassadors has informed the Hungarian Government that the re-establishment of the Hapsburg dynasty will be a violation of the ...
Article : 140 wordsAdmiral Lord Jellice has returned to England from his cruise to the Dominions. He landed at Portsmouth, and received a warm welcome. The Victory's guns fired ...
Article : 111 wordsIt is announced that a group of American banks has shipped 17,110,000 dollars worth of gold to Argentine to settle the trade balance. ...
Article : 30 wordsMany noble Russian refugees are poverty stricken, and have been compelled to pawn their valuables, while vainly hopnig for remittances from Russia. Several have ...
Article : 56 wordsGold has been raised 40 pence to £6 0s. 10d., due to the New York exchange falling to 3.38 dollars, but in the absence of dealings the quotations are nominal. Silver ...
Article : 49 wordsThe New York "Times" correspondent at Washington says that Senator Borah (Republican, Idaho) asserted that Mr. Lloyd George has tried to reach President ...
Article : 66 wordsMr. Mark Sheldon, who succeeded Mr H. Y. Braddon as Commissioner for Australia in the United States, in a report recently received by the Prime Minister ...
Article : 413 wordsThe "Daily Express's" naval correspondent says that it is certain that the forthcoming estimates will not provide for a new building programme. We are well ...
Article : 176 wordsTwenty-five Austrian manufacturers have arrived in London, bringing £50,000 worth of goods. The money obtained for the goods will be used to purchase British raw ...
Article : 46 wordsThe purchase of the South-West Timber Hewers Association's mill and concession at Holyoake, together with the wood yard at Victoria Park, has been completed by ...
Article : 222 wordsMr. H. H. Asquith, speeting at Paisley, said that the Government must persevere without delay with a system of Irlsh self government. Personally he was prepared ...
Article : 98 wordsThe strike is collapsing and the men are drifting back to work. A few ugly incidents occurred during the strike, on one occasion the troops firing on a mob ...
Article : 103 wordsFor years one of the needs of the Northern Territory has been alequately watered stock routes across the vast belt of pastoral country on the Barkly ...
Article : 526 wordsStill another shooting sensation was reported to-day, making the eleventh case which has occurred within the past three weeks. The scene of to-day's affair was ...
Article : 302 wordsThe weather having continued fine, the P. and O. boat Berrima, which went ashore near Dover, was refloated during the night, but none of the passengers ...
Article : 107 wordsThe Irish authorities have institued a new system of mixed military and police patrols. Nothing serious occurred in Dublin when these patrols first paraded the streets, ...
Article : 232 wordsA revolution has broken out in Hondures. The revolutionists, however, have been defeated, and are retiring towards the Nicaraguan frontier. ...
Article : 28 wordsAccording to despatches from Tokio the "Nichi-Nich-Shimbun" has published a statement that the Japanese Cabinet will permit a separate emergency loan to China ...
Article : 47 wordsMatters in connection with the movement to secure an improvement in the water supply for the metropolitan area will be advanced a further stage to-day, when the ...
Article : 469 wordsThe Prize Court has awarded £31,000 to the crew of the submarine E14 in recognition of their feat in sinking the Turkish troopship Gujdemal, which had 6,200 men ...
Article : 41 wordsA desperate fight took place between French trcops and a force of Berbers near Wazan, Morocco. There were severe French bsses, including five officers killed. ...
Article : 31 wordsIn the McCawley case their Lordships, after hearing Mr. Maughan and the Solicitor-General, reserved judgment without calling upon Sir John Simon to reply on ...
Article : 166 wordsIn reply to a protest from the A.L.P. Metroopolitan Council against the action of the Price Fixing Commission in deciding the application of the master bakers for ...
Article : 489 wordsRemarkable evidence was given at the Criminal Court to-day, in a case in which Doris Caroline Monson. a single woman, aged 19, was acquitted on a charge of ...
Article : 209 wordsThe Secretary to the U.S. Navy (Mr. Daniels), giving evidence before the Senate Investigation Committee, said that Admiral Sims, out of personal spite, ...
Article : 260 wordsCaptain G. H. Wilkins and Lieutenant Rendle have returned to London from SudaBay, Crete to arrange for a new port engine for their "Kangaroo" machine. It is ...
Article : 140 wordsMessrs. Asquith, Biggar, and Mackean have nominated for Paisley. Each candidate had one nomination paper signed exclusively by women. ...
Article : 23 wordsReferring to the statement made by Mr. A. McCallum and published in the "West Australian" yesterday that the A.L.P. State executive had received advice ...
Article : 314 wordsThe W. A. Institute of Architects, it a meeting held on Tuesday evening, passed a resolution recommending the City Council to adopt an improved type of street veran ...
Article : 271 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly to-day Mr. Bullock drew the Premier's attention to the recently appointed Governor of South Australia, and asked if such appointment ...
Article : 147 wordsAn innovation in the illustrated section of the "Western Mail" for the current week, which will be published to-day, is the inclusion of a page of snapshots of ...
Article : 200 wordsLance Goyder, one of the most youthful horse trainers in South Australia, was riding United Ally in a gallop at the Victoria Park Racecourse to-day, when the horse ...
Article : 85 wordsDefinite steps to check profiteering are being taken by the Board of Trade, which has arranged with representatives of the Labour Department at all parts of the ...
Article : 66 wordsAt Boston, Fulton knocked out Lester Johnson, the negro heavy-Weight, in the eighth round of a ten-round bout. ...
Article : 23 words{No abstract available}
Advertising : 26 wordsPlease choose from the following download options:
Share this item on:
Print page as...
Testing
The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Thu 5 Feb 1920, Page 5
It's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
With your Trove account you can: