Half a million builders' labourers ceased work to-day, primarily because, they were unable to agree to arbitration upon the question of working an extra half-hour ...
Article : 140 wordsSYDNEY, Friday.—Some of the leaders in the New South Wales Labour dispute to-day made statements before the Federal executive of the Australian Labour Party. ...
Article : 658 wordsSYDNEY, Friday.—The only change in the coal strike to-day was the resumption of work at two of the idle collieries, the Waratah and Central Greta. Yesterday ...
Article : 165 wordsA protest signed by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, for the Church of England, Cardinal Bourne (Roman Catholic), the Chief Rabbi (Jewish), ...
Article : 174 wordsAt a meeting yesterday afternoon the men on strike on the Kew, Hawthorn, and Malvern electric tram lines decided not to resume work until the Tramways Board ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 865 wordsIn the House of Commons to-day, on the motion to go into Committee of Supply, Mr. J. D. Millar (Liberal) moved for the appointment of a select committee to ...
Article : 206 wordsFree State troops under General Prout are searching the mountains to which De Valera, Dan Breen, and other rebel leaders escaped when Liam Lynch was ...
Article : 315 wordsSYDNEY, Friday.— A broad outline of the coal position, together with the ideas of the miners' officials on the socialisation of the coal-mining industry, was furnished ...
Article : 841 wordsThe strike of farmers' labourers in Norfolk is still unsettled. Another conference to-day failed to achieve finality. The Union professes disappointment with the ...
Article : 51 wordsThe Washington correspondent of the "New York Times" states that the speech that Mr. Hoover (Secretary for Commerce) delivered yesterday has caused ...
Article : 335 wordsSir Joseph and Lady Cook gave a luncheon to-day to Sir George and Lady Fuller to meet Mr. Amery, the First Lord of the Admiralty, who is also chairman of ...
Article : 198 wordsTwo hundred unemployed marched into the dining-hall at Edmonton Workhouse, demanding food as a protest against the reduction of outdoor relief. They were ...
Article : 57 wordsIn consequence of the large number of fires which have occurred in Roman Catholic institutions in the Quebec Province, the fire insurance companies have ...
Article : 98 wordsThe League of the Church Militant, which is a section of the Anglican community, under the presidency of Miss Mande Royden, has commenced an ...
Article : 169 wordsThe Paris correspondent of the "Daily Express"' states that when Count de St. Aulaire, French Ambassador in London, saw Mr. Bonar Law at Dawning Street ...
Article : 158 wordsThe Parliamentary correspondent of the "Daily Express" states that the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Baidwin) is planning to reduce the price of beer by one ...
Article : 163 wordsTwo Englishwomen walking in the grounds of an old chateau at Hyeres, near Toulon, suddenly came upon two bodies. A man had been shot through the heart, ...
Article : 118 wordsRelations between the Hindus and Mahommedans at Amritzar have been strained for some time, and yesterday afternoon and evening rioting occurred, ...
Article : 200 wordsBROKEN HILL (N.S.W.), Friday. — At a meeting of the Labour Council it was decided to write to Messrs. Davidson and Horsington, M.L.A.'s, endorsing their ...
Article : 41 wordsScotland Yard is engaged in the mysterious robbery of a new issue of, Treasury notes of the value of £17,500 from the Bradford Parcels Office on Tuesday. A ...
Article : 95 wordsA tragedy occurred to-day at Kalamazoo, Michigan. While at the dinner table, Father Charles Dillon suddenly shot and killed Father Henry O'Neill, rector of the ...
Article : 124 wordsQUEENSCLIFF. Friday.—The 18th and 19th batteries of the Australian Garrison Artillery and the 34th Fortress Company, Australian Engineers, are about to break ...
Article : 191 wordsThirty-four doctors were arrested at Marseilles to-day on a charge of having defrauded the French Treasury of £430,000. It is alleged that during the war they hads ...
Article : 100 wordsThe City Council of Paris has selected for submission to experts 14 out of 30 plans which were received for the construction of underground moving footways under the ...
Article : 477 wordsThe old Australian liner Commonwealth, 6,616 tons, has been sold to a firm of shipbreakers for £15,000. The steamer Commonwealth ran in the ...
Article : 96 wordsSYDNEY, Friday.—The annual general meeting of the Australian section of the Empire Press Union was held yesterday. The annual report referred to the latest ...
Article : 584 wordsBorde, who is accused of an amazing series of burglaries which had earned him the nickname of the "French Raffles," made a daring attempt to escape from ...
Article : 153 wordsSEYMOUR, Friday.—The 10th battery ot the 4th Australian Field Artillery Brigade discharged the first round of fire against an imaginary enemy advancing ...
Article : 317 wordsSpeaking at the "Hobbies Exhibition" at Port Sunlight to-day, Lord Leverhulme said that collecting as a hobby was a joy within everyone's reach. Some pictures ...
Article : 80 wordsWAGGA (N.S.W.), Friday. — A broad outline of the coal position, together with the ideas of miners and of officials on the socialisation of the coal-mining industry ...
Article : 483 wordsCOLAC, Thursday.—A special meeting of the Colac Shire Council was Held to-day to meet the chairman of the State Electricity Commission (Sir John Monash), ...
Article : 359 wordsThe late Mr. George R. Sims's crime relics were sold by auction to-day. George R. Sims, who took much interest in great crimes, wrote as "Dagonet" in the ...
Article : 128 wordsThe meeting of the men at Kooyong yesterday morning proved merely to be the calm before the storm. Mr. D. Dwyer, president of the No. 2 branch, reported ...
Article : 1,454 wordsThe Board of Trade returns of Great Britain's oversea trade for March show that imports were valued at £[?]0,022,226, as compared with £87,879,424 for March, ...
Article : 65 wordsSir,—As strikes and break-downs are becoming so numerous on the Kew-Malvern electric tramways, could not the board arrange some method whereby ...
Article : 114 wordsSir,—Blackburn is only about 11 miles from Melbourne, and is occupied almost entirely by people who have to visit the city daily. The first train in the morning leaves ...
Article : 192 words"I am not prepared to say that I shall go on with any airship project unless I am given a good deal more information than I have at present," said the Prime ...
Article : 164 wordsThe Bradford market for wool tops is quiet, but firm. Sixty-fours are quoted at 63d., fifty-sixes at 36d., and forty-sixes at 18?d. ...
Article : 45 wordsAfter a long summer vacation community singers, who now have their own association, will recommence their activities at the Town Hall Weekly on Thursdays at ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Sat 14 Apr 1923, Page 25
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