MELBOURNE, Feb. 15.—Having become restless at their continued idleness, many timber workers are displaying signs of disatisfaction at the strike being prolonged. ...
Article : 436 wordsCHICAGO, Feb. 14.—One of the most cold-blooded crimes in the city's history occurred to-day when two automobile loads of gangsters raided a garage, where a ...
Article : 130 wordsSYDNEY, Feb. 15.—Members of the Northern Colliery Proprietors' Association to-day gave 14 days' notice of dismissal to all their employees on the northern coal fields, ...
Article : 642 wordsWASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—President Coolidge has upset the calculations of Congress by submitting a proposal that only 12,370,000 dollars be appropriated for ...
Article : 177 wordsLONDON, Feb. 14.—A ground temperature of seven degrees above zero 25 degrees the of frost was registered at the Greenwich observatory early to-day. This equals ...
Article : 333 wordsLONDON, Feb. 14.—As the outcome of lengthy negotiations, Vickers Limited are placing At the disposal of Flying officers Moir and Owen, for their ...
Article : 530 wordsLONDON, Feb. 14.—In outlining his immediate, plans, General Higgins states that although he is not in a great hurry, it will be necessary sooner or later for ...
Article : 411 wordsLONDON, Feb. 15.—An official message from Craigwell House, Bognor, this morning states that the King had a good night and ...
Article : 44 wordsLONDON, Feb. 14.—It was officially stated at Craigwell House, Bognor, this evening, that the King had had a fair day. Although the weather remained cold ...
Article : 76 wordsMELBOURNE, Feb. 15.—Attention was directed recently by the Federal Attorney- General (Mr. C. J. Cerutty) to a temporary advance having been obtained by the ...
Article : 910 wordsLONDON, Feb. 14.—Advices have been received in London that the second Battalion the Scots Guards, which left Shanghai last month in the s.s. City of Marseilles, ...
Article : 83 wordsBRISBANE, Feb. 14.—A deputation, consisting of representatives of the Banana Sectional Group Committee of the Committee of Direction of Fruit Marketing, ...
Article : 733 wordsWriting to a Sydney newspaper with regard to the deaths of two persons in Western Australia, which were attributed to the eating of water melons, a ...
Article : 831 wordsLONDON, Feb. 14.—The death rol[?]from the epidemic of influenza, which is ravaging London, this week totals 967, compared with 652, last week. ...
Article : 33 wordsCANBERRA, Feb. 15.—Preparedness for a possible influenza epidemic was urged in a series of questions addressed to the Minister for Health (Sir Neville ...
Article : 261 wordsLONDON, Feb. 15.—The Peshawar correspondent of "The Times", States that all the aviators participating in the rescue from Afghanistan carry stitched in their ...
Article : 167 wordsADELAIDE, Feb. 15.—The Disputes Committee to-day resolved to recommend the timber workers to return to work under the Lukin award, subject to the ...
Article : 66 wordsLONDON, Feb. 14:—Sir Charles Wakefield, governing director of C. C. Wakefield and Co., oil manufacturers, and president of the Lancashire Aero Club, has given ...
Article : 119 wordsMELBOURNE, Feb.15.—Reasons for the recent decision of the conference of trade unions to boycott the Arbitration Court were outlined by Secretary of ...
Article : 288 wordsLONDON, Feb. 14.—The Assistant Postmaster -General (Viscount Wolmer) announced in the House of Commons to-day that a proposal was under consideration ...
Article : 60 wordsLONDON, Feb. 15.—An official of the British Colliery Owners' Association today told a representative of the Australian Press Association that the statement made ...
Article : 124 wordsMELBOURNE, Feb. 15.—Several union delegates from other States who are on their way to attend the Industrial Peace Conference, which will resume in Sydney ...
Article : 166 wordsLONDON, Feb. 14—Among many of the curious happenings due to the frost is that both the Oxford and Cambridge boat race crews have been compelled to migrate ...
Article : 140 wordsLONDÓN, Feb. 14.—Mr. Bert Hinkler has received several attractive offers to take up aviation in the United States, One of which involves his permanent residence ...
Article : 42 wordsLONDON, Feb. 14:—A deputation Of commercial men waited on the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Winston Churchill) to-day to urge the restoration Of penny ...
Article : 209 wordsRelating experiences and impressions gained during his recent tour abroad, Major Norman Brearley, when addressing a meeting of the ...
Article : 460 wordsBERLIN, Feb. 14.—A party of eight set out to walk over the frozen Lake Constance. When in the middle of the lake they discovered that they were on a ...
Article : 86 wordsThe position in the timber industry in this State is still unchanged. No cessation of work has been reported, though it is now a fortnight since employers intimated ...
Article : 69 wordsSYDNEY, Feb. 15.—Representatives of the Seamen's Union and the Marine Cooks' Union to-day interviewed the Minister for Justice (Mr. Lee) and urged that the ...
Article : 101 wordsROME, Feb. 14.—Polar conditions persist in Northern Italy. Many vessels and gondolas have been frozen in at Venice. ...
Article : 38 wordsPARIS, Feb. 14.—Ice is ràpid1y forming on the surface of the River Seine, which is now almost covered. ...
Article : 26 wordsLONDON, Feb. 15.—The Earl of Birkenhead, commenting to-day on news from New York of his connection with an Anglo-American electricity deal through ...
Article : 135 wordsLONDON, Feb. 14.—M. Trotsky, the exiled former Russian party leader, arrived in Constantinople to-day on the Russian steamer Illitch, from Odessa, states the ...
Article : 126 wordsBELGRADE, Feb. 14.—The public executioner, who had been summoned to Zagreb from Serajevo to execute four murderers has been held up by snow-drifts on ...
Article : 46 wordsOTTAWA, Feb. 14.—In the House of Commons on Thursday a debate took place on a motion moved by Mr. C. H. Cahan (Conservative), to refer to a committee the ...
Article : 275 wordsSYDNEY, Feb. 15.—Mr. W. G. Conley, a director of John Fairfax and Sons, Ltd., proprietors of the "Sydney Morning Herald" and the "Sydney Mail" and for ever ...
Article : 403 wordsALBANY, Feb. 15,—Extraordinary features are associated with the death of William Thomas May, farmer and contractor of Young's Siding, about 20 miles ...
Article : 426 wordsCANBERRA, Feb. 15.—The Minister for Home Affairs (Mr. Abbott), has decided to summon a conference in Melbourne soon of representatives of missionary organisations ...
Article : 248 wordsLONDON, Feb. 14—The Prince of Wales paid a ten-hours' visit to Paris by aeroplane to-day, returning in the evening. ...
Article : 28 wordsLONDON, Feb 14:—The Rome correspondent of "The Times" reports that the Sacred Consistory of the Vatican has decided that it is not desirable that it should ...
Article : 84 wordsPARIS, Feb. 14.—A feminist congress has been inaugurated in Paris to protest against the action of the Senate in rejecting the Women's Suffrage Bill although ...
Article : 91 wordsALBANY, Feb. 14.—A case which created considerable interest among frequenters of the Albany revue and picture theatres, was brought by Lazlo Schwartz, a ...
Article : 243 wordsLONDON, Feb. 14.—The correspondent of "The Times" at Munich (Bavaria) reports that the police have forbidden the appearance of a famous negress danger. ...
Article : 65 wordsLONDON, Feb. 14.—The ambition of Laurence Turner (a 20-year-old linen merchant's packer, earning 30/ a week) to get his brother home from Australia in ...
Article : 205 wordsLONDON, Feb. 14.—The Assistant Postmaster-General (Viscount Wolmer) stated in the House of Commons to-day that during the period from April 1 to ...
Article : 77 wordsLONDON, Feb. 14.—The by-election for the Wansbeck seat in the House of Commons brought about by the death of Mr. G. H. Warne (Labour) resulted as ...
Article : 78 wordsCAPE TOWN, Feb. 14.—The Sun Shipping Company's vessel Cape Recife was attached on her arrival from Australia to-day. An action will be instituted by ...
Article : 92 wordsLONDON, Feb. 14.—The Home Office had informed ex-Police-Sergeant Goddard's solicitor that the Crown formally claimed the money in the possession of the police ...
Article : 78 wordsCAPE TOWN, Feb. 14.—The Minister for Posts and Telegraphs (Mr. W. B. Maddeley) said to-day that the Government intended to establish a wireless company ...
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