WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—The opponents of the Kellogg Treaty, led by Senator Reid, have again succeeded in delaying the expected vote on its ratification ...
Article : 374 wordsThe second test Match of the 1928-29 series was continued on the Sydney cricket ground on Saturday before a record crowd. With one wicket to fall the Australians added only two runs to their overnight score, being all out for 253. ...
Article : 2,529 wordsLUGANO, Dec. 15.—There was an unprecedentedly angry scene at the final meeting of the League Council to-day during the discussion of the protection ...
Article : 311 wordsBRISBANE, Dec. 16.—As a sequel to the fire which damaged Bellevue Flats, New Farm, early on Friday morning, when a young man, William Bernard McLean, lost ...
Article : 87 wordsFriday night's bulletin stated that the King hail experienced a somewhat disturbing day and that his general condition was not quite so satisfactory, but the subsequent reports have been of a more reassuring nature. ...
Article : 138 wordsLONDON, Dec. 15.—"I would like to say how moved we all have been by the King's illness," said Mr. Ramsay MacDonald at a dinner to-night. "This sympathy is not ...
Article : 152 wordsSYDNEY, Dec. 16.—The wool-scouring works at Bourke owned by Hayes Brothers were destroyed by fire on Friday. The works, which had modern machinery, were ...
Article : 69 wordsLONDON, Dec. 16.—At the Roman Catholic churches in the Nottingham Diocese to-day, in view of the King's illness, there was a solemn exposition of the ...
Article : 142 wordsHOBART, Dec. 16.—A nine-roomed boarding house belonging to the Catamaran Collieries Co., Ltd., at Catamaran, was burned down early this morning. The ...
Article : 75 wordsLONDON, Dec. 14.—Prince George arrived at New York to-day on the cruiser Durban. As the vessel passed Governor's Island the batters fired a salute of 21 guns. ...
Article : 55 wordsLONDON, Dec. 16.—It was made known at the palace that the bulletin is regarded as reassuring. The fact of improvement his Majesty's condition, after a restless ...
Article : 119 wordsLONDON, Dec. 15.—Apart from the fact that Princess Mary cancelled her visit to Windsor because in the Dean's words "the condition of the King is very grave ...
Article : 758 wordsSYDNEY, Dec. 16.—The police are inquiring into a fire which was discovered yesterday evening on No. 31 wharf, Day-street. The fire occurred in a stack of ...
Article : 75 wordsLONDON, Dec, 15.—A communique issued to-day regarding the Lugano conversations between Sir Austen Chamberiain, M. Briand and Dr. Streseman is completely ...
Article : 88 wordsLONDON, Dec, 15.—There was a family luncheon at Buckingham Palace to-day, in honour of the Duke of York's birthday. Those present were the Queen, the Prince ...
Article : 105 wordsWASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—New complications arose to-day to worry the advocates of the ratification of the Kellogg Treaty. It was found that there was ...
Article : 343 wordsCharacterised by some peculiar features, mother shooting sensation—the fifth in the State within 10days—occurred on Saturday night, when a youth named Eric ...
Article : 264 wordsLONDON, Dec. 15.—There was an impressive scene at the marine barracks, Portsmouth, to-day, when Gene Tunney, the ex-champion boxer, who is a captain ...
Article : 77 wordsDECEPTION ISLAND, Dec. 15.—The weather has compelled the three whale catcher's to spend to-day in the harbour, but not unwillingly, because the ...
Article : 337 wordsLONDON, Dec. 14.—Bearing the signatures of Sir Stanley Hewett, Sir Hugh Rigby and Lord Dawson, the following bulletin was issued at 8.15 p.m.:—"The ...
Article : 42 wordsLONDON, Dec. 15.—In response to a message from the Boy Scouts Association on behalf of the movement throughout the Empire the Queen replied conveying her ...
Article : 54 wordsLONDON, Dec. 15.—To-night's bulletin gives a disquieting reminder that the time has not yet arrived for optimism concerning the King's condition. The successful ...
Article : 255 wordsSYDNEY, Dec. 16.—Last Friday, Mr. R. A. Oxlade, chairman of the Australian Board of Control, and Mr. F. C. Toone, manager of the English cricket team, on ...
Article : 130 wordsBOGOTA (Colombia), December 14.— One hundred dead, 238 wounded, and damages exceeding £250,000 are the toll of recent strike disturbances in the banana ...
Article : 51 wordsNEW YORK, Dec. 16.—A reflection from the Senate debate on the Cruisers Bill and the Kellogg Treaty occurred to-day in a debate before the Foreign Policy ...
Article : 201 wordsLONDON, Dec. 14.—Two hundred British and 200 native army bands will be puzzled how to dispose of instruments made obsolete by the Army Council's decree for a ...
Article : 171 wordsSYDNEY, Dec. 16.—A message from West Maitland states that the most destructive storm for several years was experienced in the district yesterday ...
Article : 227 wordsVANCOUVER, Dec. 15.—The Rev. Robertson Orr was formally deposed and degraded from the office of Christian Minister by a special commission to-day. The ...
Article : 217 wordsLONDON, Dec. 15.—The following bulletin was issued at 11 a.m. to-day: "The King had several hours sleep. His local condition thus far is satisfactory. There is no ...
Article : 63 wordsWASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—President Coolidge is of the opinion that the United States Government is ready to participate in any further deliberations at ...
Article : 42 wordsBERLIN, Dec. 14.—The Reichstag has adopted a trade and shipping agreement with South Africa which, excepting Imperial preference privileges, accords ...
Article : 73 wordsLONDON, Dec. 15.—City editors view the losses sustained in the running of the Commonwealth line of steamers before its sale, as not surprising, as the ...
Article : 136 wordsLONDON, Dec. 15.—This morning's bulletin is regained at the palace as favourable and as justifying the hope expressed last night that the less satisfactory condition ...
Article : 84 wordsCANBERRA, Dec. 16.—The Canberra University Association, the primary object of which is to promote the early establishment of the University in Canberra, ...
Article : 101 wordsSYDNEY, Dec. 16.—There were some showers yesterday evening and early this, morning, 23 points being recorded. There has been a good drying wind all day ...
Article : 107 wordsLONDON, Dec. 14.—It is feared that the liner Celtio, which went ashore in Cork harbour on Monday, is doomed. Heavy seas are pounding her sides and all ...
Article : 63 wordsPARIS, Dec. 15.—The Chamber of Deputies has urgently adopted a measure inspired by the recent "Gazette du France" case, preventing members from occupying ...
Article : 57 wordsMELBOURNE, Dec. 16.—A request was recently made by the Manufacturing Grocers Union to the Federal Ministry to give consideration to what was alleged to ...
Article : 203 wordsLONDON, Dec, 15.—The doctors, including two additional London practitioners, Dr. F. D. Howitt and Dr. R. S. Woods, had a long consultation this afternoon. ...
Article : 62 wordsLONDON, Dec. 15.—"So far it looks as if many people will have to revise their estimate of English bowling luck," says the Hon. Lionel Tennyson in the "Daily ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 272 wordsSYDNEY, Dec. 16.—Following upon the enactment of the Income Tax Management Bill, the Assistant Treasurer (Mr. Stevens), in the Legislative Assembly on Thursday, ...
Article : 104 wordsPARIS, Dec. 15.—The Chamber of Deputies has passed the Budget by 460 votes to 120, denoting that it did not consider it a party measure. By 262 votes to 254 ...
Article : 65 wordsCAPE TOWN, Dec. 15.—The Minister for Agriculture announces the acceptance of £10,000 and £1,000 annually for maintenance, from the Empire Marketing Board, ...
Article : 67 wordsLONDON, Dec. 15.—A usually well-informed writer in the "News of the World" says: "The danger is that the King's heart may fail. Lord Dawson and Sir Stanley ...
Article : 155 wordsLONDON, December 15.—At 7.30 o'clock this evening the following bulletin was issued: "His Majesty had a quiet day, with some sleep. Though his pulse remains ...
Article : 86 wordsYORK, Dec. 16.—Nominations for the extraordinary election for the York mayoralty, which will be held on Wednesday next, have been received. ...
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