A general boycott was proclaimed here yesterday when the Prince of Wales arrived from Nepal, but it was not wholly effective. Some hundreds of natives ...
Article : 290 wordsAll attention is focussed on the meeting of the full committee on naval matters. Admiral de Bon will first present the case for the French. He will urge the need ...
Article : 475 wordsAs a first step in the ultimate linking-up of the South-Western districts of Victoria with the State electricity scheme, the Electricity Commission is recommending the ...
Article : 609 wordsThe Dail Eireann adjourned last night until January 3 without taking any vote on tho Irish treaty. The decision to adjourn was received with considerable ...
Article : 631 wordsOwing to the flooding of the parcels section of the General Post-office during the heavy rain storm on Thursday afternoon, the work of despatching was interrupted ...
Article : 540 wordsFrom the Federal returns for the quarter which ended on September 30, interesting details can be gathered of the constant increases in Federal expenditure. For the ...
Article : 531 wordsOFFICIAL FORECAST.—"Thunderstorms at first in the north-east and scattered showers in Gippsland, otherwise fine. Comparatively cool on the coast; ...
Article : 359 wordsSYDNEY, Friday. —The Legislative Assembly sat throughout last night dealing with the Estimates, and at half-past 8 o'clock yesterday ...
Article : 420 wordsIt is semi-officially stated that M. Briand and Mr. Lloyd George have arrived at a satisfactory understanding on all points, and that complete accord han been reached ...
Article : 299 wordsBy train, coach, motor-car, and char-abane hundreds of tired city dwellers left Melbourne behind them yesterday for the healthy outdoor attractions of country and ...
Article : 288 wordsIn referring to the outbreak of bubonic plague in Queensland and Sydney, the director-general of Health (Dr. Cumpston) announced yesterday that the situation ...
Article : 297 wordsAdmiral de Bon occupied practically the whole of the morning sitting of the full committee in rearguing France's case. It is apparent that the French delegation ...
Article : 351 wordsThe final stage has been reached in the negotiations for the purchase by the National Bank of Australasia Limited of the assets and business of the Bank of ...
Article : 487 wordsThe announcement that two cars driven by Mr. Morley, M.L.A., and Mr. C. J. Lane reached Lorne on Thursday by the Great Ocean Road may indace others ...
Article : 1,050 wordsNine men who had entered the Hibernian Bank in Camden street, Dublin, in a manner which gave no hint that they were acting together, suddenly and at a concerted ...
Article : 132 wordsIf the regulations recently framed by the Commonwealth Department of Trade and Customs were designed with a view to assisting the export trade in honey, they ...
Article : 551 wordsIn the billiard match of 16,000 up between Tom Aiken, the Scottish champion (who receives 4,000), and Clark McConachy, of New Zealand, which is being played at ...
Article : 74 wordsThe spirit of Christmas Eve permeated the city last night. On Christmas Eve, 1920, the thermometer touched 105 degrees, Australia was in the throes of a shipping ...
Article : 247 wordsFurther despatches from Warsaw dealing with the arrest of Wolfe Lindenfeld, in connection with the Wall street explosion, disclose an amazingly intricate spy ...
Article : 247 wordsMore than 250 parcels were distributed at Anzac House, Collins street, yesterday to returned soldiers who are unemployed. The Federal Cabinet had voted £1,000 to ...
Article : 467 wordsA fog, which is said to have been exceptionally heavy for this time of the year, was experienced outside the Port Phillip Heads yesterday from half-past 10 o'clock ...
Article : 150 wordsThe British military authorities have ordered Zagloul Pasha, the Egyptian Nationalist leader, and seven of his leading supporters to remain in their country ...
Article : 113 wordsExceptionally heavy holiday traffic is expected by the Railways department to-day. Every available unit of rolling-stock will be in commission, and in no circumstances ...
Article : 402 wordsIn the absence of the Premier (Mr. Lawson) from Melbourne, no statement could be obtained yesterday concerning the alleged discourtesy in not inviting the health ...
Article : 207 wordsA bill has been introduced by the Austrian Ministry of Finance which will compel all residents, under a penalty of 10 years' imprisonment and forfeiture, to ...
Article : 97 wordsThe religious fervour among the Scottish fishermen has reached unwonted dimensions at Fraserburgh, in Aberdeenshire. Nearly all the fisherfolk are convinced that ...
Article : 92 words"It is the worst slump that the frozen meat trade has passed through, and probably will ever pass through," said Mr. Angliss, M.L.C., of Angliss and Co. Pty. ...
Article : 381 wordsAt the Bradford wool sales to-day the strong tone of the market was fully maintained. There was a hardening tendency in all classes. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe Ministerial handling of the fruit pool does not satisfy growers, who require a frank statement of the position and the proposals, From the present estimate it ...
Article : 95 wordsA rule nisi was granted by Mr. Justice McArthur in the Practice Court yesterday, calling upon Councillor George Hughes Hay, councillor of the East Ward of the ...
Article : 261 wordsFull dress rehearsals of the pantomimes, "Bluebeard," at the Princess Theatre, and "The Babes in the Wood," at the Palace Theatre, were given last evening, and each ...
Article : 157 wordsWith the scienth of her "concerts for the people," given at the Town Hall last night, Dame Nellie Melba is almost half way through the series. The audiences at ...
Article : 207 wordsBy 220 votes to 88 the Italian Chamber of Deputies defeated a motion favouring an a[?]ement being entered into with the Rus[?] Soviet. ...
Article : 234 wordsADELAIDE, Friday. —All the contingents of interstate bowlers have now reached Adelaide, and the players alone number more than 170. The bowlers and ...
Article : 157 wordsBefore Messrs. Fraser and Rosen, J.P.'s at the fitzroy Court, on Friday, Arthur Edward Cunningham, aged 21 years, was charged with having insufficient lawful means of support, with having stolen ...
Article : 152 wordsThe acting commissioner of police (Superintendent A. Nicholson) was advised yesterday that Thomas West Orton and Detective J. Grieve left Cairns on ...
Article : 62 wordsWELLINGTON (N.Z.), Friday. —The Prime Minister (Mr. Massey) recently cabled to the British Government and the High Commissioner for New Zealand, ...
Article : 83 wordsMiss Agnes Curtin, of Park street, St. Kilda, reported to the detective office yesterday that she was robbed of a wallet containing £150 in notes on Wednesday ...
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Article : 52 wordsOn Wednesday, Sergeant Foers, of Malvern, surprised two men who were interfering with the cash box in a telephone cabinet at the Malvern Post-office. A man was caught after a chase, and ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Sat 24 Dec 1921, Page 9
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