Rioting was resumed in Belfast to-day. The occupants of a military armoured car shot a man and a woman. There is rioting in half a dozen centres. ...
Article : 240 wordsA Bolshevik communique states:—"We have occupied several villages four miles east of Brest-Litovsk. Fierce fighting continues in the Lvoff region." ...
Article : 31 wordsA sitting of the Royal Commission appointed to investigate the administration of the Charities and State Children's Department was held at Parliment House ...
Article : 795 wordsThe Legislative Council met at 4.30 p.m. yesterday. PRICES REGULATION BILL. The Minister for Education was granted ...
Article : 1,186 wordsFlying high and followed by two Sopwith aeroplanes, Lieutenants Parer and McIntosh made their "official" landing in Melbourne to-day. Although the long ...
Article : 697 wordsThe Brooklyn employees of the Eleyated Subway and Tramway Company struck this morning without a warning. They demand wages of 90 cents an hour. Transportation ...
Article : 58 wordsLast evening the thirtieth annual meeting of the Perth Chamber of Commerce was held in Halsbury Chambers. the retiring president (Mr. H. S. Bickford, who ...
Article : 1,578 wordsM. Paderewski, interviewed by a representative of the "Excelsior," said: "The strategic situation in Poland and Lithuania is about to take a new form, and the ...
Article : 53 wordsFollowing upon an interview between the Commissioner of Railways (Colonel Pope) and union representatives, the strike of shunters has been settled and the men ...
Article : 233 wordsPresident Wilson has approved of an award increasing the wages of the anthracite miners 17 per cent., aggregating 85,000,000 dollars annually. ...
Article : 34 wordsThe Moscow authorities have informed the Russian delegation in London that the "Red" troops completely annihilated General Wrangel's forces which landed on the ...
Article : 58 wordsAlthough a two-thirds majority in favour of a strike is certain, the facts that the voting of the Yorkshire miners showed only a narrow majority for a strike, and ...
Article : 166 wordsThe War Office issued the following despatch this afternoon:—"The situation in Mesopotamia has not changed materially. The Bagdad-Mosul railway was cut on ...
Article : 99 wordsEighteen people have been killed and over 200 wounded since the rioting started in Belfast on Saturday. Sir Edward Carson is appealing to the Unionists to assist ...
Article : 61 wordsThe secretary of the Flour Mill Employees' Union (Mr. C. H. Smith) said yesterday that a conference had been held that day between delegates from the union ...
Article : 85 wordsLabour has appealed to Mr. Lloyd George to "do a big think" and release Mr. McSweeney. Sir James Long has telegraphed to Lord ...
Article : 83 wordsContinuing has advocacy of a working week of 44 hours before Mr. Justice Higgins in the Arbitration Court to-day, as part of the timber workers' claim for ...
Article : 179 wordsAnother War Office despatch says:—"The situation in the Muntajik area (namely, between the Lower Tigris and the Lower Euphrates) is growing more ominous, and ...
Article : 171 wordsThe Associated Life Assurance Offices forwarded yesterday the following reply to the resolution carried at a meeting of agents, held on Monday:—"In reply to your ...
Article : 570 wordsConsequent on Major-General Ramaciotti, of Sydney, submitting an analysis of Newcastle coal, the Italian Government has placed an order for experimental shipments ...
Article : 90 wordsThe interim decision of Mr. Justice Edmunds (chairman of the tribunal which was appointed to deal with the Broken Hill strike) provides for a working week of 43 ...
Article : 252 wordsA riot broke out in Florence during a Socialist gathering in favour of the Bolshevik cause in Russia. A police commissioner and two Socialists were killed, and ...
Article : 49 wordsBaquabah was retaken by the Sikhs on August 28. Little opposition was encountered. The insurgents in the Kufa region repaired a field gun which they captured ...
Article : 151 wordsWith the exception of the football events, the Olympic Games have been concluded. America, with 210 points, leads in the athletic competitions, and then come Finland, ...
Article : 174 wordsThe following shows at a glance the present position of the Loan in Western Australia:— Cash subscriptions to 3 p.m. ...
Article : 232 wordsCommenting on the wool textile scheme of the Australian Bureau of Commerce and Industry, the "Yorkshire Observer" (Bradford), says:—"It looks as if certain officials ...
Article : 567 wordsAdvice has been received by the Immigration Department from the Agent-General London, to the effect that a party of immigrants will arrive by the R.M.S. Orsova ...
Article : 155 wordsThe tribunal which has been entrusted with the task of bringing about a settlement of the dispute in the coal industry sat again in camera to-day. Mr. Hibble ...
Article : 345 wordsFive test matches have been arranged for the Australians in 1921, as follow:—Nottingham, May 28; Lord's, June 11; Leeds, July 2; Manchester, July 23; the Oval, ...
Article : 426 wordsLast evening a largely attended meeting of the Fremantle District Council of the A.L.P. was held at the Fremantle Trades Hall. The chairman of the council (Mr. ...
Article : 144 wordsPeople here have little doubt that the two white men now reported to have been murdered late last year near Drysdale were Tony Ulbrieck, a German internee, ...
Article : 525 wordsWhen spoken to regarding the position of the teachers and civil servants' representatives on the Public Service Appeal Board last night, the Premier (Mr. J. ...
Article : 157 wordsIn the House of Assembly to-day the Minister for Industry moved the second reading of the Footwear Bill (to conform with the Victorian Act). The measure provides ...
Article : 294 wordsIn refusing an application in the Arbitration Court for a reduction of the railway employees' hours, Mr. Justice MacNaughton stated this morning that while he ...
Article : 200 wordsThe Legislative Assembly met yesterday at 4.30 p.m. SOLDIER SETTLERS. In answer to Mr. Stubbs the Premier ...
Article : 2,509 wordsThe conclusion was reached to-day of the case, heard before Mr. Justice Wade and a jury, in which William Percival sued Frank Campbell, proprietor of the ...
Article : 126 wordsThe first test match between teams representative of the Queensland Bowling Association and the New South Wales Association was played to-day under ideal ...
Article : 54 wordsA new union, designated the Tramway and Electrical Supply Officers' Industrial Union, has been registered. The membership is between 30 and 40, and comprises ...
Article : 41 wordsQuestioned to-day with regard to the intentions of the Government concerning the iron ore deposits at Yampi Sound, over the purchase of a mineral lease of which ...
Article : 92 wordsFurther questions regarding the Government's view as to the expediency of instituting an inquiry in connection with the Badak tin mine transactions were asked ...
Article : 90 wordsFor some time past the United Furniture Trades Union has sought unsuccessfully a conference with the employers to discuss wages. The matter was referred by the ...
Article : 166 wordsThe Minister for Mines (Mr. Jones), who represents the Government in the Legislative Council, stated to-day that he had definitely decided to contest the Labour ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Wed 1 Sep 1920, Page 6
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