Mr. J. D. Connolly, Agent-General for Western Australia, entertained at luncheon in London the Commonwealth Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce), Lieut-General ...
Article : 567 wordsThe Sydney branch of the Seamen's Union on Saturday determined not to man th ships until "something more definite" was received from Senator Millen in reply ...
Article : 753 wordsAnother proof of the incapacity of certain officials of the Navy department was afforded yesterday, when, in consequence of a mistake in the time announced for the ...
Article : 350 wordsFour British aeroplanes on August 13 heavily bombed Kronstadt, causing extensive fires within the fortress, and great destruction. ...
Article : 143 wordsUnrest is increasing in Ireland. A particularly brutal episode was the murder at Glennistymon of a boy of 16 years while he was reading at the fireside in his father's ...
Article : 555 wordsThe Belgian Chamber of Deputies has unanimously adopted the Peace treaty. It is reported in a Paris message that Austria will probably sign the Peace treaty ...
Article : 70 wordsA Budapest message says that M. Lociezi has formed a new Cabinet, which includes Count Julius Andrassy and three Socialists. ...
Article : 239 wordsThe Repatriation department yesterday issued the following lists of soldiers, and their relatives, as having embarked for Australia: ...
Article : 1,465 wordsIn order to prevent further delays, the Foreign Relations Committee of the United States Senate has decided to hold a conference with President Wilson with the ...
Article : 182 wordsWONTHAGGI, Sunday.—At a special meeting of the Powlett branch of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation today consideration was given to the ...
Article : 119 wordsA message from New Orleans says that the arrest of three officers of the Mexican army revealed a plot to overthrow the Carranza Government. ...
Article : 172 wordsA mass meeting of wharf labourers on Saturday considered the position which is likely to arise when wharf work is resumed. Six points of the proposed ...
Article : 129 wordsIn consquence of General Mannerheim's refusal to retain the supreme command of the Finnish forces, the Premier and several of his colleagues have resigned. ...
Article : 30 wordsIn the accompanying lists the names are given of Victorian troops returning on the transports Valencia and Dongala:- ON S.S VALENCIA. ...
Article : 1,059 wordsA message from Allahabad (India) says: —"Fighting continues on the frontier with the irreconcilable tribes. The Mohsuds, and the Wazins descend from the hills for ...
Article : 89 wordsRoumania, in her reply to the Allied Supreme Council, protests against the council's charge thal she was desirous of separating herself from the Allies, and points ...
Article : 89 wordsWELLINGTON (N.Z.), Sunday.—Replying to a deputation representing the miners and transport workers, the Prime Minister (Mr. Massey) said that as far as the mining ...
Article : 139 wordsHis Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has begun his visit to Canada. He landed at St. John, New Brunswick. Great crowds assembled, and the streets were ...
Article : 105 wordsThe employees engaged in operating the underground and overhead railways of New York decided to go on strike on Sunday because of the refusal of the traction ...
Article : 64 wordsThe Canadian immigration authorities have ordered the deportation from Vancouver and Winnipeg of the Russians accused of attempting to overthrow the ...
Article : 49 wordsIn response to an appeal to the police in the country to organize relief efforts in their districts. Senior-constables R. Brown and J. Power, and Constable C. J. Croft last week received from ...
Article : 56 wordsAn agreement has been signed between Great Britain and Persia, under which Great Britain will be the dominant influence in Persia. ...
Article : 157 wordsNews has reached Paris that the recent disturbances in Luxemburg, when 20,000 persons attacked the palace of the Grand Duchess and the Parliament buildings, was ...
Article : 63 wordsTwo further entries have been made for the Commonwealth Government's prize for a flight to Australia. One is Captain C. E. Howell, D.S.O., M.C., D.F.C., of Sydney, ...
Article : 146 wordsThe National Democratic party in Great Britain entertained members of the Dominion Parliaments, including Senator Pearce, Mr. Heitmann, M.H.R., and Mr. ...
Article : 133 wordsThe Home Secretary (Mr. Shortt) stated in the House of Commons that Miss Sylvia Pankhurst had admitted having received £280 from Zachariassen, the Swede recently ...
Article : 51 wordsA high British naval authority, in an interview with a representative,of the Australian Press Association regarding the reorganisation of the naval defence of the ...
Article : 336 wordsReplying to a question in the House of Commons, the Parliamentary Secretary of the Board of Trade (Mr. W. C. Bridgeman) said that the refrigerator steamers ...
Article : 82 wordsLiverpool Labour leaders, representing all trades, have unanimously decided to demand the reinstatement of the police strikers, otherwise they threaten a general ...
Article : 77 wordsThe Royal commission which has been inquiring into the disaster to the Italian army at Caporetto in 1917 says that it was due above all to General Count ...
Article : 121 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.—A mass meeting of [?]men lasting about three hours was held in the Protestant Hall on Saturday afternoon. The proceedings were lively at times, ...
Article : 573 wordsNine deaths from influenza occurred during the week end in Victoria, is compared with 15 on Friday. On Saturday superintendents of the various metropolitan and ...
Article : 527 wordsMajor-General Seely (the Under-Secretary for Air) has announced that the British Government is holding a competition for commercial types of aeroplanes, ...
Article : 33 wordsNominations for the annual municipal elections under the Local Government Act, to be held on August 28, have been received us follow: ...
Article : 712 wordsThe Government's anti-profiteering bill has been read a third time in the House of Commons, the majority for the measure in the division being 200. ...
Article : 31 wordsA message from Copenhagen states that serious new labour troubles have arisen in Germany. A strike of electricians in Upper Silesin has led to a gradual deadlock, ...
Article : 76 wordsThe Prime Minister (Mr. Lloyd George) will on Monday make a statement in the House of Commons as to Great Britain's future trade policy and the general ...
Article : 50 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.—The Commercial Travellers Association, held a banquet last night, the first since the war broke out. Replying to the toast of "The Visitors," ...
Article : 333 wordsThe German mark continues to fall in value. Formerly it was worth approximately a shilling, but now 85 marks are offered for one pound sterling. This ...
Article : 78 wordsA report has been presented by the committee of inquiry appointed to investigate the case of the British Cellulose Company. The committee was appointed in ...
Article : 134 wordsTOWNSVILLE, Friday.—The inquiry into incidents at the police station during the strike riot was continued to-day. William James Hunter, a boilermaker, ...
Article : 384 wordsThe Home Secretary (Mr. Shortt) announced last evening that the Government would admit German business men to Great Britain if ...
Article : 116 wordsThe Government is utilising 2,000 military lorries as auxiliaries to relieve the traffic congestion. The whole of the United Kingdom has been divided into districts, ...
Article : 46 wordsIn reference to reports that the Government propose to bring in a bill at a special session for the incorporation of Swaziland in the Union, it is understood, says a ...
Article : 71 wordsBROKEN HILL (N.S.W.); Sunday.—The Apostolic delegate, Mousignor Cattonco, will visit Broken Hill about September 10. After a week's stay he will go to Melbourne, ...
Article : 31 wordsLarge quantities of Australian army stores and equipment are to be sold by auction in England during the next fortnight. Sales already made have yielded ...
Article : 185 wordsBRISBANE, Sunday.— Among the passengers by the s.s. Nikko Maru, which arrived at Pinkenba from Japan on Saturday, was Lieutenant C. Clarke, M.C., son ...
Article : 194 wordsSir,—"The Argus" has done substantial sevice by reproducing some of the replies made by the Chief Secretary for Ireland to the foul slanders that have been circulated ...
Article : 247 wordsA young returned soldier, Claude Wall, 28 years of age, died in tragic circumstances on Saturday morning. Wall, who resided with his mother in ...
Article : 139 wordsSir,—Apparently by an announcement in "The Argus" to-day our boys are to be deprived of their long expected gratuity. Furlough pay was never given as gratuity. ...
Article : 127 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.—At a conference of the Industrial Socialist party of Australia, held to-night, the following motion was agreed to: ...
Article : 153 wordsReplying to the toast of the Federal Government, proposed by the president (Mr. D. G. Patterson) at the smoke concert of the Commercial Travellers' Association ...
Article : 293 wordsSir,—Has the Taxpayers' Association considered how the State surplus has been obtuned? Perhaps the starvation wages paid to the State school teachers helped very ...
Article : 60 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday. — The steamer Melusin, from Rabaul, was berthing at Federal Wharf, Hailing Harbour, yesterday afternoon, when the tug Stirling, which was ...
Article : 81 wordsThe district branch of the Soldiers' Fathers' Association proposes to erect at Port Melbourne a memorial to district sailors and soldiers who were killed in action. Relatives are asked to send the ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Mon 18 Aug 1919, Page 7
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