In the House of Commons yesterday the debate on the motion for the adoption of the Address-in-Reply was continued. Sir J. A. Simon (the Attorney-General) ...
Article : 974 wordsThe inquiry into the fire which took place at Jay's drapery stores, Richmond, on December 19 last, was continued by the Coroner (Dr. R. H. Cole) at the Morgue to-day. ...
Article : 603 wordsIt is officially announced that Viscount Gladstone will retire from the position of Governor-General of South Africa in May next, and that he will be succeeded by Mr. ...
Article : 185 wordsSpeaking at a Liberal gathering held at the Masonic Hall to-night, Mr. W. H. Kelly, the Honorary Minister in charge of the Home Affairs Department, said that ...
Article : 1,309 wordsTwo men who had been roaming about the bush at the 50-mile camp on the trans-Australian railway, suffering from heat apoplexy, were rescued in a bad state on ...
Article : 634 wordsThe Mails.—A mail for the Eastern States, New Zealand, etc., will close at the G.P.O. to-morrow morning at 9.15 o'clock (late correspondence bearing the additional late lee ...
Article : 3,662 wordsThe shopmen's section of the Meat Industry Employees' Union decided last night to reject the compromise offer made by the employers of an increase of 5s. in weekly ...
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Article : 316 wordsIn the debate on the motion for the second reading of the Indemnity Bill in the Union House of Assembly yesterday, Mr. J. X. Merriman said that the Labour leaders ...
Article : 157 wordsA sub-committee appointed by the Australian Agents-General has drafted a report concerning the Commonwealth's medical examination of immigrants. The report ...
Article : 356 wordsThe Prime Minister (Mr. Louis Botha) is suing Professor H. E. S. Fremantle (formerly editor of the "South African News" and now a member of the Union House of ...
Article : 66 wordsM. Parmelion yesterday flew an aeroplane from Geneva to Aosta. In the course of his flight he passed over Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in Europe. ...
Article : 133 wordsAt a meeting of the executive committee of the Employers' Federation held to-day, the present position of industrial affairs was reviewed and the various strikes and ...
Article : 160 wordsThe compulsory conference between representatives of the Commonwealth Shipowners' Association and the Waterside Workers' Federation met again to-day in the ...
Article : 47 wordsThe Olde Englyshe Fayre, which has been organised by the committee of the Children's Hospital in order to raise funds to reduce the debt, amounting to about £9,000, on the ...
Article : 739 wordsCaptain Tierry, master of the s.s. Nantucket, which recently collided with and sank the s.s. Monroe, was yesterday placed on trial on a charge of negligent navigation. ...
Article : 118 wordsThe Fremantle lumpers remain firm in the attitude they have taken up in connection with the waterside workers' trouble, and yesterday saw a continuance of the ...
Article : 290 wordsIt is understood that Roumania has intimated to the Porte that she will not be a disinterested spectator of the Turco-Greek quarrel over the possession of the ...
Article : 89 wordsThe wheat agents and stevedores, having refused to advance the wages of the men employed at the wheat stacks from 1s. 8d. to 2s. an hour the men ceased work on ...
Article : 128 wordsLeading dignitaries of the Church of England gave expression to their views yesterday with regard to the inquiry to be made by the Central Consultative Committee ...
Article : 123 wordsExcitement has been caused at Fastoff, near Kieff, by revelations that have been made in connection with the death of a Christian orphan lad who had been living ...
Article : 101 wordsYesterday afternoon Mr. A. J. Watts, general secretary of the General Workers' Union, received a telegram from Mr. McNamara, the union organiser, stating that ...
Article : 89 wordsSenator O'Gorman blames the Canadian Pacific Railway Company for having influenced the British Government against the exemption of United States ships from the ...
Article : 57 wordsIn connection with the dispute that has arisen between the King and members of the Cabinet, it transpires that His Majesty's outspoken utterances to the deputation of ...
Article : 97 wordsIn the House of Lords yesterday, during the debate on the motion for the adoption of the Address-in-Reply, Earl Loreburn (Liberal) said the King's ...
Article : 182 wordsA deputation of Hindus waited upon Sir Cecil Spring-Rice (the British Ambassador) yesterday, and urged him to exercise his good offices against the passage of the ...
Article : 97 wordsThe South Bundaleer Estate 80 miles north of Adelaide, containing 20,719 acres freehold, belonging to Mr. J. F. Maslin, was sold today for £79,503, representing an ...
Article : 43 wordsA Government gunboat is bombarding the rebels at Esmeraldas. The town is reported to be in flames. ...
Article : 280 wordsSir,—I notice that a meeting of the King's Park Board was held last week at which there were present, Sir John Forrest (in the chair), Mr. Lovekin, Mr. Poole, and ...
Article : 333 wordsFurther details of the quarrel between the French Prelates and the Vatican over the treatment of the Superior-General of the Order of St. Vincent de Paul in France ...
Article : 220 wordsJames Henry Maur, alias Everett, is being prosecuted on a charge of having attempted to blackmail a lady who claims to be the wife of Prince Victor of Thurn-Saxe. ...
Article : 68 wordsThe opening ceremony in connection with the new city baths is the chief subject of illustration in the current number of the "Western Mail." The views, which cover ...
Article : 361 wordsA big prayer meeting, in which various denominations took part, was held in Wellington Hall, Belfast, on Tuesday, simultaneously with the opening of Parliament. ...
Article : 33 wordsA Bill to exempt from State income tax the money paid by a taxee in Federal land tax, was passed through all its stages in the Legislative Assembly to-day. ...
Article : 102 wordsThe "Daily Chronicle" states: "There is a widespread impression among Liberal members' of the House of Commons that there has been far too much Ministerial ...
Article : 97 wordsJohn Ellis, aged 22, who was arrested in connection with the sensational shooting affair in the Domain last night, appeared before the Central Police Court to-day on ...
Article : 151 wordsHarry Holland, who is charged with sedition in connection with the recent waterside strike, has been found guilty, but legal points have been reserved for appeal. ...
Article : 63 wordsIn the House of Lords yesterday Lord Ampthill demanded the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the American Marconi share transactions entered ...
Article : 51 wordsPoison Lands.—The Minister for Lands (Mr. Bath) will leave to-day on a tour of the poison lands to the west of the Great Southern railway. The object of the visit is to ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Fri 13 Feb 1914, Page 7
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