By 380 votes to 150 the Chamber of Deputies passed a vote of confidence in the Government on a motion to proceed with the discussion of the Finance Bill ...
Article : 146 wordsThe conference of miners' delegates had an animated discussion on the arbitration proposal in the bishops' memorandum, some declaring that its adoption ...
Article : 186 wordsAlan Cobham was delayed by heavy rain, and did not leave for Muntok until 12.40 p.m. He will make Muntok to-day, and Batavia to-morrow.—Reuter. ...
Article : 42 words"Idle but steady," is the best description applicable to the Stock Exchange. A holiday tone is apparent everywhere, and it says much for the inherent strength ...
Article : 673 wordsOne of the most sensational coups m the history of the New South Wales Police Force was accomplished early this morning when a small party of detectives ...
Article : 876 wordsThe match between Australia and Glamorganshire opened at Swansea to-day in glorious hot weather. The wicket was good and the attendance large. The ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,705 wordsAlan Cobham reports:—"We are leaving Muntok this morning, and flying to Batavia, where were expect to be met by an escort of seaplanes of the Dutch Air ...
Article : 44 wordsAt the Oval to-day, in Hobbs's benefit match. Notts scored 146 (Carr O. Fenley 5 for 56, Fender 3 for 46). Survey scored 187 for 8 wickets (Hobbs 24, ...
Article : 164 wordsAlan Cobham reports:—"We arrived at Batavia at noon to-day, and were received by the authorities." ...
Article : 26 wordsThe Chamber of Deputies disposed of in four hours twenty-seven out of twenty-nine articles of the Finance Bill. Only two articles gave rise to divisions one ...
Article : 73 wordsA large crowd welcomed Cobham on landing in Batavia Harbour. The seaplane followed the Sumatra, coast. Cobham complained that almost throughout ...
Article : 62 wordsWhile a section of public opinion and the Press considers that the adoption of the church leaders' proposals by the miners' executive committee will open a ...
Article : 220 wordsAlan Cobham reports:—"To-day we arrived in Java, and have fine weather at last. At noon we landed in the harbour east of Batavia, where the Dutch ...
Article : 273 wordsHow long will the final test last? This question was put to a number of experts by the "Sunday Express" and elicited the following replies: ...
Article : 176 wordsM. Poincare scored his first triumph by securing power to impose new taxation totalling about £55,000,000 at the present rate of exchange. The Chamber ...
Article : 173 wordsAppended is the position of the Counties on the championship list, the figures denoting the proportion of wins to matches played:—Yorkshire, 78 per cent: ...
Article : 88 wordsMr. H. A. Gwynne, chairman of the London "Morning Post's" Migration Committee, replying to Australian criticisms, emphasises the point that the miners in ...
Article : 63 wordsMessages from Moscow report that Mr. Tchitcherin (the Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs) told the Polish Minister that he did not believe that he ...
Article : 65 wordsIt is officially announced that during the fourth test match at Manchester 52,881 persons paid for admission. The gross receipts were £10,814 and net receipts ...
Article : 31 wordsThe Paris correspondent of the Lon-don "Daily-Express" says that M. Poincare's reference to the sinking fund procedure created a sensation. The National ...
Article : 104 wordsIn the House of Commons this evening many amendments against the Emergency Regulations were defeated on party lines, and a motion was agreed to for ...
Article : 63 wordsThanks largely to the intervention of rain the return match between Australia and Surrey ended in yet another draw. The Australians again scored heavily ...
Article : 447 wordsHaring received reports of disorders, a number of firemen dashed one of the city to-night and in several instances played their hose on dispersing crowds ...
Article : 88 wordsThe Controller of Civil Aviation (Lieutenant-Colonel Brinsmead), arrived by aeroplane at 4.50 this afternoon having done the journey from ...
Article : 367 wordsEarthquake tremors in the Channel Islands caused bouses to rock, and a number of walls were cracked. In Jersey chimneys and ceilings fell, but no ...
Article : 742 wordsThe Bank of France has raised the discount rate from 6 to 7¼ per cent. and the rate on advances from 8 to 9 per cent.—Reuter. ...
Article : 43 wordsThe plight of foreign missionaries in the beleaguered city of Tatung-fu is viewed with alarm in Peking. Recent despatches suggest that they are being ...
Article : 378 wordsA message from Seattle reports that a man has confessed to having committed 14 murders in the Middle West. He said: "I am a hold-up man, and I want to ...
Article : 72 wordsWith, reference to the Flag Bill, Dr. D. P. Malan (Minister for the Interior) said to-day [?]at despite all opposition to date or in future, the Government would ...
Article : 184 wordsThis morning at 8 o'clock Royston Rennie, who was sentenced to death for having wilfully murdered John Greville, will be executed in the Fremantle Prison, ...
Article : 174 wordsThe Victorian footballers redeemed themselves in the eyes of their supporters on the Adelaide Oval on Saturday afternoon. After their defeats in the West ...
Article : 497 wordsFarmers are raced by a new price expression for agricultural products, and in threatens to send many of them into bankruptcy. The Department of ...
Article : 157 wordsA message from Havana says that with sixteen injured persons aboard, and her superstructure injured, the liner Orizaba from New York limned into port this ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 226 words"At a meeting of the new council of the Civil Service Association last Thursday, the recent reclassification was discussed at length." said general ...
Article : 393 wordsIn the test action brought by the London and South American Trust against the British Tobacco Company of Australia, Mr. Justice Tomlin gave ...
Article : 397 wordsThe derailed man train toon the points at a speed of 75 instead of the regulation 35 kilometres an hour. It was composed exclusively of mail vans. The casualties ...
Article : 78 wordsNassau ("Bahama Islands) remained virtually isolated from the outside world to-day. It is believed that 159 persons have lost, their lives. Nassau presented ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 161 wordsIn Tochiomachi, which was the chief sufferer from the Niagata floods, it has been estimated officially that the damage amounted to about 10,000,000 ...
Article : 117 wordsThe Pan-Asiatic Congress was opened this afternoon in Nagasaki, fifty delegates from Japan, China, India, and the Philippines attending. ...
Article : 56 wordsIt is announced by the oversea stevedoring companies that owing to the increase in labour costs, and the greatly increased premiums for workers' ...
Article : 97 wordsBert Hinkler (the Australian, airman) flew a new fighting aeroplane from Hamble (where it was built) to Martie sham, where, he delivered it to the ...
Article : 75 wordsA plot against the life of President Calles has been discovered and seven women and two men have been arrested. ...
Article : 35 wordsAt Bristol Gloucester were dismissed for 68, Macaulay taking 8 wickets for 43 runs. Yorkshire won by an innings and 41 runs. Macaulay secured his 100th ...
Article : 243 wordsDuring Saturday night the bay racing filly Fernandra and the brown racing gelding Master Redfern were stolen from a paddock opposite the residence of the ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Mon 2 Aug 1926, Page 9
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