Their Majesties the King and Queen accompanied by the Prince of Wales, made a detailed inspection of the Australian and New Zealand Pavilions this ...
Article : 217 wordsTo-night the House of Commons passed without a division the motion for the second reading of the Unemployment Insurance Bill, which was introduced by ...
Article : 208 wordsCaptain Doisy's flight from Canton to Shanghai occupied nine hours and ten minutes. His landing was witnessed by a large crowd, including the entire ...
Article : 151 words"Mr. Bruce's outburst at Adelaide clearly indicates that he realises that the people of Australia are only awaiting an opportunity to end the career of a ...
Article : 494 wordsMr. Butler, chairman of the Naval Committee, told the House of Representatives that at least 150,000,000 dollars must be expended if the United States ...
Article : 163 wordsThe Electoral Districts Redistribution Bill was defeated in the Legislative Assembly last night by 31 votes to 26. Immediately after the division the Premier ...
Article : 221 wordsAll of the dockers who were on strike have resumed work.—Reuter. ...
Article : 21 wordsThis morning the engine drivers in the Government areas and the new State areas presented to their respective managements notices to the effect that ...
Article : 95 words"Upon the authority of the former Attorney-General (Mr. Daugherty) orders given by Jesse Smith, his friend and companion, were obeyed by the Bureau ...
Article : 107 wordsThe Peking representative of the United Press Association (U.S.A.) says that Captain Doisy's daring and dramatic effort to make the first ...
Article : 76 wordsA message from Salisbury reports a serious invasion of Southern Rhodesia by locusts. The Government is making preparations to fight the pest. A swarm ...
Article : 56 wordsA representative of the Australian Press Association interviewed several major dealers in the butter market, and they disapproved the Senate's resolution ...
Article : 218 wordsThe Orama, the first of three new oil-burners of 20,000 tons each for the Orient Line, was launched to-day at Barrow-in-Furness (Lancashire). Sir ...
Article : 195 wordsIn the House of Commons this evening Mr. S. Walsh (Secretary of State for War) announced that the Government had decided to accept entirely the ...
Article : 55 wordsTheir Majesties were received at the main entrance by the Duke of Devonshire. Sir James Stevenson, and other members at the Exhibition Board. Sir ...
Article : 671 wordsFollowing his interview with the Governor, the Premier stated that Parliament had been prorogued until May 29. He had tendered certain advice to his ...
Article : 172 wordsFollowing the dismissal yesterday of the 1.700 employees from the Parnaval military arsenal it was to-day announced that 2,000 others had been discharged in ...
Article : 43 wordsThe French Air Ministry announces that every effort will be made to send a new machine to Shanghai from Hanoi to permit Captain Doisy to continue his ...
Article : 42 wordsMr. John Harris (Liberal) renewed in the House of Commons this evening his questions regarding advertisements of land near Canberra. He referred to ...
Article : 190 wordsA message from Minato (Japan) says that the three American fliers have arrived there.—Reuter ...
Article : 30 wordsThe New States Commission continued its sittings to-day, when evidence on the historical records of Australia was given. Dr. James Watson, officer in ...
Article : 348 wordsThe latest report from Hitokappu (received at 10 o'clock last evening) says that the weather conditions for the flight to-morrow, are still unpromising. The ...
Article : 94 wordsThe Y.A.L. tourists left Amiens at nine o'clock yesterday morning and returned at eight in the evening. They motored about 120 miles in the ...
Article : 117 wordsA revolution in news photography is promised by the process of the electrical transmission of pictures from Cleveland New York. The American Telephone ...
Article : 218 wordsHaving been bitten so often most of the city firms with importing connections with the Eastern States were able to avoid serious inconvenience from the ...
Article : 744 wordsIn the House of Representatives today the Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Charlton) asked the Treasurer had he read the ultimatum of the Prime ...
Article : 141 wordsSquadron-Leader Maclaren has left for Akyab (Burma).—Reuter ...
Article : 12 wordsA massage from Kingston (Jamaica) reports that popular resentment at the British Government's attitude regarding preference has resulted in the ...
Article : 85 wordsA message from Akyab reports that Macharen has arrived there.—Reuter. ...
Article : 19 wordsThe Health Committee of the League of Nations has recommended the Council of the League to establish an epidemiological bureau in Singapore. The League's ...
Article : 588 wordsA communique which was issued this evening concerning the Anglo-Russian Conference, says:—The Soviet Delegation handed to the British Delegation a ...
Article : 232 wordsCaptain Andrew Lang, the well-known aviator, was killed near Camperdown early this morning, when the car in which he was trying to create a reliability ...
Article : 564 wordsThe text has been issued of the Indictable Offences (Regulation of Reports) Bill, which has been introduced in the House of Commons by Captain R. ...
Article : 75 wordsThe Privy Council has decided to file a formal protest within ten days after President Coolidge has signed the American Exclusion Act, and it has indicated ...
Article : 114 wordsThe work of the International Emigration Conference is at a standstill as a result of the delegates having failed to acres on definitions of "emigrant" and ...
Article : 68 wordsThe Free State Government has dissolved the Dublin Corporation and appointed three commissioners to perform its duties, on the ground that these are ...
Article : 41 wordsAs a result of persistent inquiry the Foreign Minister (Baron Matsui) told Press correspondents that Mr. Hanibara may be permitted shortly to resign his ...
Article : 388 wordsThe Free State Minister controlling local government reported that the efforts of individual members of the Dublin Corporation to secure the efficient ...
Article : 103 wordsThe State Council of the New Settlers' League has adopted a system of unnamed nomination in immigration. It will be merely necessary to specify that a new ...
Article : 106 wordsThe Ukrainian Executive Committee has commuted to 10 years' imprisonment the death sentences which were passed on some members of the local ...
Article : 111 wordsThe first Court of the Empire Exhibition year was of a most brilliant character, and there were about 1,000 guests. The Queen were a dress of gold ...
Article : 181 wordsThe latest Satyagraha (passive resistance) campaign, similar to that adopted in the Punjab by the Akalis and in Travancore by "untouchables," began ...
Article : 187 wordsThe Officer-in-Charge of Immigration advises that the following is a list of new setters due to arrive at Fremantle by the as Berri[?] on May 31:—Nominated: ...
Article : 314 wordsThe steamer Ormonde, bound from Australia to London, collided with the collier Pacific while entering the Colombo harbour this morning. The accident was ...
Article : 46 wordsHeavy rain fell at Bristol yesterday and the pitch was so soft that no play in the match between the South Africans and Gloucestershire was possible, and ...
Article : 42 wordsThe London "Daily Herald" (Labour) in an editorial links up the unemployment debate in the House of Commons with Mr. James Brown's Edinburgh ...
Article : 170 wordsA topical flavour distinguishes the illustrations in this week's "Western Mail," which will be published to-day. Humorous features of the University ...
Article : 275 wordsCaptain H. Wilkins, M.C., F.R.G.S., who is about to undertake a scientific expedition into Northern Queensland and other parts of the North of Australia ...
Article : 244 wordsAt the sessions here Judge Holme delivered judgment in the Bolshevik conspiracy case. He sentenced each of the four accused to four years' rigorous ...
Article : 50 wordsAgainst Gloucester at Lord's, Middlesex scored 295 for 7 and then declared (Hearne 93). Gloucester made 122 (Hearne 6 for 36) and lost by 216 runs. ...
Article : 114 wordsIn the House of Representatives today Mr. Prowse (W.A.) said that owing to industrial troubles a considerable amount of coastal shipping was held up. ...
Article : 110 wordsPresident Coolidge has instructed Mr. C. E. Hughes (the Secretary of State) to accept Mr. Woods's resignation, but has declared himself as not being ...
Article : 35 wordsThe London "Daily Telegraph" says: —Lord Lawrence has given notice of his intention to ask the Government to table the correspondence with the ...
Article : 128 wordsThe Washington correspondent of the New York "Times" says that Mr. Hanihara, in commenting on the Tokio despatches notifying that he would be ...
Article : 88 wordsThe Full Court of New South Wales to-day dismissed an application in a case in which Charles Carter, a labourer, of Sydney, appeared in person for a rule ...
Article : 104 wordsWarwick Armstrong has joined the Bickley Park Cricket Club and will play in the cricket week commencing on June 16 against the Incognito and the ...
Article : 35 wordsA message from Hilo says that the volcano of Kilauea (Hawaii), which has been in eruption for several days, gave to-day alarming indications, and many ...
Article : 60 wordsThe butter position showed no change to-day. A further meeting of some members of the advisory committee was held in the afternoon, and it was decided that ...
Article : 122 wordsThe late J. W. Zulch, whose death was reported yesterday, made the following scores in South Africa against the last Australian eleven:—For the Transvaall, ...
Article : 69 wordsA long and angry debate took place in the Senate to-day on the Wheeler committe's report.Senator Boarah asked the Senate to ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Thu 22 May 1924, Page 9
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