The outstanding development in the waterside trouble yesterday was the declaration by the Arbitration Court that a strike existed. A demand was made by the lumpers to the Prime Minster for a conference with the employers. ...
Article : 303 wordsNEW YORK, Sept. 12—A social "whispering" campaign which, through a system of malicious chain letters and word of mouth has been spreading throughout ...
Article : 256 wordsSHANGHAI, Sept. 13.—Electrified barbed wire, the first in the history of Chinese warfare, was used by the retreating Chihli-Shantung forces in a desperate ...
Article : 143 wordsLONDON, Sept. 12—The Geneva correspondent of the Australian Press Association says:—"Disarmament with the ever-recurring mention of security is the liveliest ...
Article : 191 wordsTwo important sale of city property were effected yesterday, the aggregate prices being nearly £200,000. The more important was that of ...
Article : 489 wordsSOUTHERN CROSS, Sept. 13.—The inquiry into the sensational shooting at William John Cooke's farm, three and a half miles east of Bullfinch, on the ...
Article : 1,842 wordsCANBERRA, Sept. 12.—Preliminary work necessary for proving the foundations of the Wyangala dam on the Lachlan River and for ascertaining the uses to ...
Article : 353 wordsHONG KONG, Sept. 13.—Another example of Sino-British co-operation to suppress banditry was revealed this morning by a wireless message from the middle ...
Article : 104 wordsGENEVA, Sept. 12—Addressing the Disarinament Committee of the League Assembly to-day Count Bernstorff (Germany) reiterated Herr Muller's request that a ...
Article : 178 wordsNEW YORK, Sept. 12.—In connection with the contest for the Presidency between Mr. H. C. Hoover (Republican) and Mr. A. E. Smith (Democratic) the ...
Article : 59 wordsLONDON, Sept, 12.—The Madrid correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" says "More than 3,000 prominent people have been arrested in Spain in the past two ...
Article : 155 wordsStating that it was essential that, when settlers were taken off the group settlement scheme, they should know the capitalisation of their holdings, the Minister ...
Article : 866 wordsMELBOURNE, Sept. 13.—The position on the waterfront to-day was that the Waterside Workers' Federation was adhering to its present policy of refusing to ...
Article : 119 wordsGERALDTON, Sept. 13.—The Gascoyne, which called at Geraldton yesterday, should have loaded 150 tons of flour for Java and Singapore. This would have ...
Article : 249 wordsLONDON, Sept. 12—Speaking before the Disarmament Committee of the League of Nations at Geneva this afternoon, Lord Cushendun, the British representative, ...
Article : 117 wordsCHRISTCHURCH, Sept. 13.—The civic reception to the Southern Cross aviators yesterday was marked by great enthusiasm. After the Mayor (the Rev. J. K. Archer) ...
Article : 201 wordsLONDON, Sept. 12—Hubert Storey (21), a returned migrant, who was arrested in London recently on a charge of having murdered a mate in the Queensland ...
Article : 394 wordsSYDNEY, Sept. 13.—When Calls were made by the shipowners for wharf labourers at the wharf gates this morning there was a ready response, as has been the ...
Article : 450 wordsSYDNEY, Sept. 13.—After the meeting of the Broadcasting Advisory Committee to-day the Director of Posts and Telegraphs (Mr. H. P. Brown), who is ...
Article : 666 wordsLONDON, Sept. 12.—The National Council of Independent Labourites has issued a statement urging every section of the movement to protest against Lord ...
Article : 57 wordsMELBOURNE, Sept. 13.—A report upon the position on the waterfront was given by Mr. W. Mather to the interstate conference of the Waterside Workers' ...
Article : 366 wordsLONDON, Sept. 12.—Senator Payne, of Tasmania, is eulogistic concerning the value of the inter-Parliamentary conference which he attended in Berlin. He said ...
Article : 122 wordsLONDON, Sept. 12.—The Viscomtesse De Sibour, a daughter of Mr. Gordon Selfridge, will leave with her husband shortly in a Moth aeroplane in a pleasure tour ...
Article : 124 wordsLONDON, Sept. 12.—The Rt. Hon. V. S. Sastri, Agent of the Government of India to South Africa, has rejected all overtures to remain there. He hopes to leave ...
Article : 107 wordsNEW YORK, Sept. 12.—Colonel Lindbergh was leading two other airmen, stunt flying, at the National Aeronautical Exposition, when they narrowly escaped ...
Article : 92 wordsGENEVA, Sept.12.—The draft report of the Economic Committee of the League Assembly disclose that 16 States have signed the agreement abolishing export ...
Article : 111 wordsHOBART, Sept. 13.—To-day Hobart merchants took action to discharge the perishable portion of the cargo of the steamers Kowhai, Ngakuta and Wonjora, ...
Article : 147 wordsLONDON, Sept. 18.—The Radio Manufacturers' Association has carried a resolution in favour of applying to the Marconi Company for the same terms as the ...
Article : 131 wordsALEXANDRIA, Sept. 12.—Escorted by the King's bodyguard of motor cyclists, the Prince of Wales and his brother the Duke of Gloucester, who are on a tour ...
Article : 88 wordsMELBOURNE, Sept. 13.—A motion was carried by the executive of the Australasian Council of Trade Unions to-night to request the council to take steps to arrange ...
Article : 87 wordsHAMILTON (Bermuda), Sept. 12.—The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Austen Chamberlain) walked unaided down the gangplank of the liner Orooma ...
Article : 78 wordsLOS ANGELES, Sept. 12.—Prince George, the youngest son of the King. was the guest of Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford, the kinema stars, at ...
Article : 50 wordsWaterside workers at Fremantle again refused to be picked up yesterday for work under the terms of the new award. The two State vessels, Koolinda and ...
Article : 200 wordsADELAIDE, Sept. 13.—The combined disputes committee of the Adelaide and Port Adelaide Trades and Labour Councils resumed their meeting to-day to consider ...
Article : 72 wordsLONDON, Sept. 12.—"I understand that somebody says that scientists will be able to make soults in a laboratory," said the Bishop of London, in an interview. "If I ...
Article : 76 wordsVICTORIA (B.C.), Sept. 12.—In a speech at a welcoming dinner, Mr. G. H. Mackay, M.H.R., one of the Australian delegates on the Empire Parliamentary ...
Article : 70 wordsLONDON, Sept. 12.—The Paris correspondent of "The Times" gives the following details of the French Budget for 1929:—Military expenditure, £52,520,000—an ...
Article : 69 wordsROME, Sept. 12.—It has been officially announced that the search for the missing members of Geenral Nobile's ill-fated expedition, who were carried away in the ...
Article : 69 wordsSYDNEY, Sept. 13.—Gratification has been expressed at the success of the broadcasting of the Eucharistic Congress. Arrangements were made by the Sydney ...
Article : 215 wordsADELAIDE, Sept. 13.—The Premier (Mr. R. L. Butler) stated to-day that he had been in communication with the Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce) and the Premier of ...
Article : 122 wordsLONDON, Sept. 12.—Senator Payne has gone to Bradford at the invitation of the Woollen Manufacturers' Association, with the object of inducing manufacturers to ...
Article : 60 wordsQUEBEC, Sept. 12.—The Leader of the Labour Party in the House of Commons (Mr. Ramsay MacDonald), after a month's visit to Canada, sailed for home to-day. ...
Article : 69 wordsMADRID, Sept. 12.—The President of the Council (General Primo de Rivera), writing in connection with Spain's adhesion to the Kellogg Pact, says:—"Though ...
Article : 64 wordsBERLIN, Sept. 12—Hugo Stinnes, the son of the late financial magnate, who was arrested recently on a charge of fraud in connection with German war loan stock. ...
Article : 86 wordsADELAIDE, Sept. 13.—The position remained unchanged at Port Adelaide to-day. The Katoomba left on time carrying on the cargo she had brought from ...
Article : 318 wordsKINGSTON (Jamaica), Sept. 12.—The Australian Commonwealth cruiser H.M.A.S. Australia arrived here to-day. The vessel will leave on Friday for the ...
Article : 27 wordsBRISBANE, Sept. 13.—Replying to Mr. Swayne in the Legislative Assembly to-day, the Premier (Mr. McCormack) said he had not replied to the telegram from ...
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