The Council of the League of Nations discussed to-day Lord Cecil's amendment, recording that the Reorganisation Committee had done its utmost to satisfy ...
Article : 181 wordsThe near approach of the Imperial Conference, coupled with Mr. L. Amery's recent comment to the effect that Empire settlement was not proceeding as quickly ...
Article : 325 wordsTo-day there will be submitted to the electors of Australia, for their acceptance or rejection, two proposed laws for the amendment of the Commonwealth Constitution. The issues to be decided will be presented on the ballot paper in the following form:— ...
Article : 418 wordsPlay in the match between the Australian Eleven and an England eleven at Folkestone yesterday was stopped by rain. Heavy mist throughout last night and ...
Article : 477 wordsFrom long general and sectional discussions the executive committee, of the Miners' Federation emerged this afternoon with a majority in favour of a ...
Article : 98 wordsTwo New Zealanders, Harry Valder and Frank Harty, are interviewing influential persons in Great Britain regarding the adoption of a plan embodied in ...
Article : 90 wordsYesterday's hearing of the trial of William Coulter and Phillip Treffene, on a charge of the wilful murder of Inspector Walsh, was adjourned early, to enable ...
Article : 2,828 wordsA new log of wages and conditions was served to-day by the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners on 1,929 employers in Victoria, 587 in South ...
Article : 157 wordsThe London Labour newspaper, the "Daily Herald" stresses the importance of the phraseology of the miners' resolution, and says that no settlement which ...
Article : 74 wordsThe situation in China is very critical. The Central Government is threatened with extermination by the Bolshevik-Chinese forces of Canton. The ...
Article : 223 wordsWhether Spain's action in withdrawing from the Council of the League of Nations will be followed by her complete secession from the League is not ...
Article : 183 wordsIt is expected that the prevailing diversity of opinion in political circles on the referendum proposals will result in a negative vote in this State. The ...
Article : 196 wordsThe industrial dispute between members of the Carpenters and Joiners Union and the Minister for Works having been referred to the ...
Article : 1,056 wordsSir Henry W. Thornton (president of the Canadian National Railways), commenting to-day on the settlement in London of the Grand Trunk Pacific ...
Article : 113 wordsInformation which has been received from Spain shows that General De Rivera's position is unstable, and largely dependent, on the successful issue of the ...
Article : 42 wordsA number of South African legislators will sail in the steamer Nestor for Australia on Sunday as the Union's delegation to the Empire Parliamentary ...
Article : 109 wordsAsked whether Spain was quitting the League of Nations. Senor Yanguas (the Spanish Minister for Foreign Affair) declined to make an explicit statement. ...
Article : 55 wordsThere was no final rally in Queensland, except in the country centres, on the eve of the referendum poll. Advocates of both parties are disheartened by the ...
Article : 467 wordsSeventy-six persons were killed and 140 injured as a result of an accident on the Peking-Suiyuan railway to-day, when a passenger train from Kalgan was ...
Article : 76 wordsRecent cablegrams have referred to the possibility of Arthur Richardson, the leading all-round cricketer of South Australia, being engaged to play for the ...
Article : 88 wordsThe Washington correspondent of the "New York Times" says:—It is recognised in political circles here that a very pertinent and striking issue has been ...
Article : 218 wordsThe polling booths in the electoral division of Perth to-day will be as follow:— Subdivision of East Perth.—East Norwood ...
Article : 444 wordsA delay, of about a week has occurred in the harvesting operations. The highways are inundated by the irrigation ditches in consequence of torrential ...
Article : 80 wordsThe team to represent the North of England against the Australian Eleven at Blackpool on September 11 is:—M. K. Foster, A. W. Carr, H. J. Enthoven, ...
Article : 56 wordsA mysterious aeroplane crash occurred yesterday near Leatherhead (Surrey). A small machine "nose dived" after circling and burst into flames. There were ...
Article : 60 wordsThe fixtures for the tour of the New Zealand cricket team in 1927 are nearly competed, and include the Marylebone Club, all the first-class counties ...
Article : 65 wordsThe killed were Captain Levy and a woman who has not been identified. The survivor was able to give his name as Arnold Keene, who lived in a village ...
Article : 117 wordsWestern Australia has no Historical Society, and in fact, no organisation which devotes itself to the collection, preservation, and publication of matter ...
Article : 434 wordsThere was an unusually warm debate in the Transvaal Nationalist Congress on the Defence Department. Mr. F. H. P. Creswell (the Minister for Defence) was ...
Article : 127 wordsThe Crown Prince and Princess of Sweden arrived at Yokohama this morning, on the steamer Siberia Marti, and entrained for the capital, where they will ...
Article : 143 wordsThe Postmaster-General (Sir. W. Mitchell-Thomson) says that tests have shown that the Friday morning air mails from London to Marseilles have caught ...
Article : 51 wordsThe Brussels correspondent of the London "Morning Post" says that Mr. Alfred Lowen[?]ein, a Belgian financier, has placed £10,000,000 at the disposed of ...
Article : 67 wordsSir Oliver Lodge gave a demonstration to-day of his non-howling wireless set, which he has now perfected. The result is a simple set with two valves—the first ...
Article : 279 wordsThe Government of Rumania has sent to the Russian Government a Note proposing a 10 years' treaty of non-aggression and peace preservation with regard ...
Article : 71 wordsDuring this week the referendum campaign has been conducted with great vigour all through Tasmania. One of the strongest champions of the "Yes" ...
Article : 192 wordsThe Department of Agriculture reported to-day that unfavourable weather conditions in recent weeks had retarded seriously many crops. Rain had ...
Article : 66 wordsThe sales of two city properties, which were announced yesterday, one in St. George's-terrace and the other in Murray-street, involved a total ...
Article : 238 wordsThe final rally in support of the Federal Government's proposed amendments of the Commonwealth Constitution was held in the Perth Town Hall last night. ...
Article : 72 wordsThe Chief Medical Officer of the Ministry for Health says in his annual report that, looking back over fifty years, he has found that grave epidemic diseases ...
Article : 82 wordsAt last night's meeting of the council of the United Party of Western Australia, candidates were endorsed for the Legislative Assembly elections next year, ...
Article : 227 wordsIn view of the recent Australian experiences with regard to the migration of Southern Europeans into the Commonwealth, particular interest attaches ...
Article : 386 wordsCommenting upon the Imperial Economic Committee's reports on Empire dairy Produce, the London "Times" said:—It is incumbent on various parts of the ...
Article : 127 wordsThe Mayor (Mr. J. J. Walker) received yesterday in the City Hall Miss Beryl Mills ("Miss Australia"), and Mr. Claude Mackay, of Sydney. Later the Australian ...
Article : 106 wordsReferred decision was given in the dispute between the Coastal Municipal and Road Boards Union of Workers and the Perth City Council and others. The ...
Article : 165 wordsA collision between two motor cars occurred on the Walloroo to Alford-road this morning. One car was driven by Mr. W. T. Correll, of Kadina, and the ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Sat 4 Sep 1926, Page 11
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