LONDON, Feb. 9.—In the House of Commons to-day Colonel Lambert-Ward (Unionist), in moving the adoption of the Address-in-Reply to the King's Speech ...
Article : 769 wordsLONDON, Feb. 7.—Mr. Bert Hinkler, who left Croydon Aerodrome at 6.45 o'clock this morning on a flight to Australia, arrived at Rome at 8.45 p.m. ...
Article : 232 wordsLONDON, Feb. 7.—The Berlin correspondent of the "Morning Post" says that in the course of the recent celebrations the Soviet published the exact details of ...
Article : 104 wordsAt 10 o'clock last night the Fremantle police were informed that three men, who set out for Rottnest in a yacht last Sunday morning, had not been seen or heard ...
Article : 335 wordsWELLINGTON, Feb. 8.—Kirwee, a quiet little farming district not far from Christchurch (Canterbury), to-day provided the Dominion with a first-class ...
Article : 249 wordsSYDNEY, Feb. 8.—The curiosity that has been aroused throughout the State by the starting allegations of bribery in mining circles made by Mr. T. Hoare, ...
Article : 608 wordsSHANGHAI, Feb. 8.—Famine-stricken families in the Shantung Province are offering to sell their daughters for five dollars and many starving children are ...
Article : 140 wordsLONDON, Feb. 8.—What may be called the second reading stage of the new Prayer Book resulted in overwhelming affirmative votes in the House of Bishops, Clergy ...
Article : 728 wordsDr. A. C. D. Rivett, deputy chairman of the Commonwealth Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, arrived in Perth yesterday by the Great Western express ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,022 wordsWASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—A debate was precipitated in the Senate to-day on Senator La Follette's resolution that third Presidential terms "are unwise, ...
Article : 103 wordsLONDON, Feb. 7.—The "Daily Telegraph," in describing Mr. Bert Hinkler as the most modest of aviators, hopes he will "successfully fulfil his ambitious ...
Article : 96 wordsNEW YORK, Feb 7.—The Australian Press Association learns on good authority that an agreement was concluded to-day between the Commonwealth, J. P. ...
Article : 138 wordsCANBERRA, Feb. 8.—Members of the Institution of Engineers and their friends who are at Canberra for the annual conference of the organisation, had a full ...
Article : 1,096 wordsNEW YORK, Feb. 7.—The Labour Bureau group of statistical research Bureau workers connected with the Labour unions in America, has announced that it is ...
Article : 92 wordsLONDON, Feb. 8.—A message from Rome states that Hinkler has left for Malta. Hinkler's departure for Malta suggests ...
Article : 100 wordsSYDNEY, Feb. 8.—Surprise was expressed by the Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce) to-night when he was shown a cable message from New York, intimating that a ...
Article : 101 wordsLONDON, Feb. 7.—There were thousands of bare-headed country people lining the route over which the body of the late Earl Haig was borne to-day through five ...
Article : 170 wordsHAVANA, Feb. 7.—The President of the Pan-American Congress (Senor Machado, Cuba) in an interview to-day defended the United States against critics who accused ...
Article : 67 wordsCANBERRA, Feb. 8.—To-morrow Mr. S. M. Bruce will have been in office as Prime Minister of the Commonwealth for a continuous period of five years, a record ...
Article : 401 wordsNEW YORK, Feb. 7.—A contract has just been signed for a loan of £1,500,000 to the Queensland Government. The issue price is £94/10/ and the interest rate ...
Article : 192 wordsATHENS, Feb. 7.—M. Zaimis has formed a cabinet excluding M. Papanastasou (ex-Minister of Agriculture) and including M. Michalacopoulos (Minister for ...
Article : 102 wordsLONDON, Feb. 7.—When the House of Commons met to-day the Prime Minister (Mr. S. Baldwin) gave notice that on the following day he would move a motion ...
Article : 89 wordsLONDON, Feb. 8.—Addressing the Church Assembly to-day the Archbishop of Canterbury said that the Bishops believed that the number of churches in ...
Article : 40 wordsCAPETOWN, Feb. 7.—The Laconia, the first of the tourist ships from America this year, arrived to-day with over 300 passengers, including business men, ...
Article : 81 wordsLONDON, Feb. 7.—The Labour Party has tabled an amendment to the Address-in-Reply "regretting that there was no mention in the King's speech of measures ...
Article : 132 wordsSYDNEY, Feb. 8.—Before leaving for Melbourne to-day the Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce) referred to criticism, particularly from industrial leaders, of his proposal to ...
Article : 298 wordsNEW YORK, Feb. 7.—The Washington correspondent of the Associated Press, states that Dr. Stimson, of the Public Health Service, informed the House of ...
Article : 91 wordsLONDON, Feb. 7.—"Carry on the British Legion's work," says Lady Haig in a letter of thanks for world-wide sumpaty. "Hold fast to the objects ...
Article : 58 wordsLONDON, Feb. 7.—A section of the Press reports that the wireless and cables conference is at a standstill, as it is unable to make arrangements with either ...
Article : 76 wordsLONDON, Feb. 8.—The British Legion has invited LONDON, Admiral Earl Jellicoe to succeed the late Earl Haig in the presidency. ...
Article : 27 wordsLONDON, Feb. 7:—In the House of Lords the debate on the Address-in-Reply was ended in a single sitting. It was moved by the Duke of Montrose ...
Article : 196 wordsWASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—The Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives has approved of the expenditure of nearly 13,000,000 dollars (£2,600 ...
Article : 115 wordsBERLIN, Feb. 8.—A widespread conspiracy to defraud bookmakers by the use of wireless has been revealed following the arrest of three alleged ringleaders in ...
Article : 113 wordsLONDON, Feb. 7.—Sir Isaac Newton's library has been discovered after a lapse [?] 200 years. He died intestate and it was never known what became of his ...
Article : 113 wordsLONDON, Feb. 8.—For a considerable time the composer, Mr. Frederick Delius, has suffered serious trouble in the optic nerves, following a nervous breakdown. ...
Article : 94 wordsSYDNEY, Feb. 8.—Michael Henry Archer (21) was drowned when he endeavoured to cross Dumaresq Creek at West Armidale in order to bring back the ...
Article : 142 wordsADELAIDE, Feb. 8.—The army of unemployed in the metropolitan and rural areas continues to increase in this State and has probably reached unprecedented ...
Article : 197 wordsPARIS, Feb. 7.—"Pertinax," commenting in the "Echo de Paris," on the new Franco-American Arbitration Treaty, says:—"In 1914 there were 61 arbitration ...
Article : 64 wordsSYDNEY, Feb. 8.—Judge Coyle at the Goulburn Quarter Sessions took the somewhat unusual course in a trial on a charge of manslaughter of taking the case from ...
Article : 200 wordsCAIRNS, Feb. 8.—Felice Groppi, driver of the car which overturned on Babinda Creek early yesterday morning, resulting in the death of two persons, was arrested ...
Article : 61 wordsLONDON, Feb. 7.—It is reported that a single clause Bill has been prepared legalising the totalisator, the operation of which is limited to Britain, leaving ...
Article : 71 wordsLONDON, Feb. 7.—Despite denials it is now officially announced that there has been a fusion of interests between Thomas Cook and Son, and the International ...
Article : 48 wordsNEW YORK, Feb. 7.—American and British bankers in New York have announced the issue of a loan of 250,000,000 dollars (£50,000,000) to Jugo-Slavia. ...
Article : 52 wordsLONDON, Feb. 7.—A group of Communists, flourishing a red flag in the gallery, created scenes at the Albert Hall this evening when Mr. Ramsay ...
Article : 54 wordsSYDNEY, Feb. 8.—The Minister for Labour (Mr. Farrar) has recommended to the State Cabinet that a conference of coal miners and mine owners should be ...
Article : 72 wordsWASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—The Post Office Department has informed Congress that six American shipping lines are receiving a yearly subsidy of 1,157,000 dollars ...
Article : 62 wordsLONDON, Feb. 8.—The Australian submarines, Otway and Oxley left Portsmouth at 12.15 p.m. to-day on their voyage to Australia. ...
Article : 26 wordsBERLIN, Feb. 8.—The Foreign Office announces that the German Ambassadors in London and Brussels are making efforts to prevent the film dealing with the death ...
Article : 54 wordsROME, Feb. 7.—A meeting to-day of the Fascist Grand Council, at which Signor-Mussolini, presided, adopted a resolution to the effect that, the time had come when ...
Article : 45 wordsPARIS, Feb. 7.—Flare headlines in many Paris and London newspapers of a revolution in Portugal were found to be based on a telephone hoax to a French news ...
Article : 52 wordsPARIS, Feb. 7.—The Government is opposing the revision of the Washington Eight Hours Convention. It has also announced that France's earlier ratification ...
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