What might be regarded as the closing scenes of the strike was the march of some 4,000 Guardsmen through the city from the London docks, where they ...
Article : 204 wordsYesterday morning Mr. J. W. Anderson, secretary of the Chamber of Mines, stated that the Chamber had decided to offer a sum of £500 in addition to the ...
Article : 260 wordsDr. London (the Dutch statesman) was elected to-day president of the preliminary Disaramament Commission. Apparently Lord Cecil and M. Boncour ...
Article : 421 wordsWhen the M.C.C. opened their second innings at Lord's to-day against the Australians they were 184 runs in arrears on the first innings. MacBryan hit ...
Article : 322 wordsAfter battling for 34 hours with the gale, the Aberdeen liner Themistocles, with about 211 immigrants aboard, arrived at Brisbane this morning. "I ...
Article : 252 wordsColonel Philip Trevor says that the Australians had a reasonable chance of winning, but the captain deliberately threw it away. Everybody was ...
Article : 191 wordsThe Nome (Alaska) correspondent of the Associated Press says:—According to persons visiting the town of Teller, Contain Amundsen's dirigible Norge was ...
Article : 203 wordsRepresentatives of the striking, engine drivers and firemen held a long conference to-day with the members of the council of the Miners', Federation, Great ...
Article : 529 wordsAn idea of the gigantic nature of the strike may be gathered from the fact that workers in various quarters have not yet adjusted their differences, ...
Article : 305 wordsMr. Pelham Warner, writing in the "Morning Post," says that during Ponsford and Richardson's grand stand Marylebone's bowlers were handicapped ...
Article : 103 wordsUnder trying conditions the steamers Eastern Moon and Wonganella are being assisted slowly towards port. A very high sea is still running at Lord Howe ...
Article : 143 words"There might be something there that I might want to deny." Captain Amundsen exclaimed after pleading in vain with the proprietor of the "Nome Nugget" to be ...
Article : 149 wordsThe Chamber of Mines has supplied to the Press copies of correspondence which passed between the Commissioner of Police and the chamber relative to the ...
Article : 1,026 wordsA rough voyage was experienced by the small tug Monglay, which arrived at Fremantle from England last night:—Strong gales and mountainous seas were ...
Article : 631 wordsThe "Daily Chronicle" critic says that anyone studying the figures of the match at Lord's must have concluded that the Australians were infinitely better in ...
Article : 277 wordsIt was announced officially to-night that Mr. Baldwin, accompanied by Sir A. Steel Maitland, Lord Birkenhead, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, and Mr. Lane-Fox. ...
Article : 104 wordsDespite the negative findings of Captain Amundsen, there is still a probability of a great tract of land existing between the North Pole and Alaska is the opinion of ...
Article : 148 wordsThe Australians commenced a match at Cambridge to-day against the University team. The weather was overcast, and inclined to be cold and the wicket ...
Article : 596 wordsThe general opinion in Japan appears to be that the present conference on the limitations of armaments is unlikely to succeed, although the Government of ...
Article : 144 wordsThe minors' representatives adopted an uncompromising attitude at to-day's conference with Mr. Baldwin. It is understood that Mr. Baldwin ...
Article : 128 wordsA Bill for amending the Customs Act provides that in the event of one of the Dominions withdrawing the preferential rates applicable at the commencement of ...
Article : 84 wordsGandhi the extremist, interviewed to-day the Governor of Bombay (Sir Leslie Wilson) with reference to the Royal Commission on Agriculture. There was a ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 231 wordsAfter the meeting of the miners' executive committee to-day Mr. A. J. Cook said the position was a deadlock the executive committee having refused ...
Article : 31 wordsFurther railway trouble has arisen, according to an official statement issued at the conclusion of a joint meeting of the three railway trade union executives in ...
Article : 48 wordsAbout 500 members of the Coal Lumpers' Union have been forced out of employment owing to the tying up of the coastal and interstate colliers on ...
Article : 114 words"I am an old woman now, and I am glad that I have abdicated," said the Begum of Bhopal, who left London for India to-day, to a representative of the London "Daily ...
Article : 79 wordsThe Customs Tariff Amendment Bill contains a provision to withdraw the Preferential Tariff rates extended to Great Britain and the Dominions in the event ...
Article : 69 wordsAn authoritative opinion is that the effect of the Customs Tariff Amendment Bill will be to withdraw all preference to Australia. ...
Article : 29 wordsIn the House of Commons to-day, Mr. Winston, Churchill (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) informed Mr. J. M. Kenworthy that the cost of printing the ...
Article : 92 wordsCaptain E. Morley, who represents Barwon in the Legislative Assembly of Victoria, arrived in Perth yesterday by the Great Western express. Captain ...
Article : 57 wordsAs a protest against the Government's flag policy, nearly all of the business houses in Durban hoisted the Union Jack, giving to the streets a gala appearance. ...
Article : 31 wordsMr. W. A. Dettman, of Sydney, was the first of the Otranto's passengers to reach London. He says that he had a terrifying experience, although there was ...
Article : 459 wordsIn reply to representations made by the Trade Union Congress for the withdrawal of restrictions against the affiliation of public service associations to ...
Article : 51 wordsAt Maidenhead.—Australia, 179; Minor Countries, 115 for four wickets, Drawn. At Leicester.—Australia, 336; Leicestershire, 96 and 15 for one wicket. ...
Article : 123 wordsGreat interest was taken to-day by the delegates to the annual conference of the Australasian Butter and Cheese Factory Managers and Secretaries' ...
Article : 190 wordsA telegram from Tarcoola states that the following passengers are on the Great Western express, due to-morrow morning:—Mr. Justice Powers, Colonel Johnson, Dr. ...
Article : 143 wordsA strong attack on the general strike as a weapon was made to-day by Mr. Frank Hodges (formerly general secretary of the Miners' Federation). He ...
Article : 546 wordsThe following members of the House of Assembly have been chosen to make the tour of the Empire Parliamentary Association in Australia in September:— ...
Article : 79 wordsWhen the score had reached 134 for five wickets rain stopped play. ...
Article : 15 wordsAfter finishing the Cambridge match the Australians will proceed to Oxford on Saturday to meet the local University team. In the corresponding match in ...
Article : 276 wordsThe Australian Press Association, in a special article, says that the last wicket stand "served to reveal the real Ponsford. There was none of last night's ...
Article : 311 wordsHenry Pierce, aged 27, jeweller, was again remanded when he appeared at the City Court on the charge of vagrancy preferred against him by the detectives. ...
Article : 96 wordsMarshal Pilsudski has been prevented by a sudden illness from attending a meeting of the Cabinet. Although the official list of the ...
Article : 106 wordsFurther messages expressing horror at the murder of Inspector Walsh and Detective-Sergeant Pitman and sympathy with the bereaved were received by the ...
Article : 468 wordsAs the sequel to an attack upon a constable last night. George Reid, aged 37, labourer, appeared at the City Court to-day charged with having wounded ...
Article : 187 wordsIn connection with the proposal to grant a special allowance to the divisional returning officers for overtime worked during the general election. ...
Article : 115 wordsThe Government's Budget proposals for reductions in the tariff and the income taxes have been carried by a majority of 13. after a month's debate. The ...
Article : 52 wordsAt Gravesend, Kent made 93 for three wickets, against Gloucestershire, and won by seven wickets. At Birminghan, Notts continued their ...
Article : 53 wordsThe Prince of Wales is sending an exhibit of fowls from his Cornwall chicken farm to the World's Poultry Congress, in August 1927.—Reuter. ...
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