The eighth congress of Chambers of Commerce of the Empire was opened at the Guildhall, London, on Tuesday, June 11. There were delegates present ...
Article : 231 wordsPanama Canal legislation is becoming a craze in Congress. Representative Anderson is the latest addition to those who wish to add Canal bills to the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 121 wordsThe Washington correspondent of the "Daily Mail" states that signs multiply that the American Senate will abandon the proposal that American coastwise ...
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Article : 40 wordsAs a result of the public subscription raised in France for strengthening the Army Aviation Corps 30 aeroplanes have been ordered. ...
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Article : 75 wordsLord Devonport justifies the refusal of the employers to agree that the men should resume work on the same conditions an existed prior to the strike, ...
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Article : 23 wordsMr. Asquith the Pinne Minister who is on a visit to Dublin, addressed a great meeting in the Theatre Royal last night. Mr. John Redmond the leader ...
Article : 268 wordsThere is general indignation in Great Britain over the atrocities disclosed in the report of Sir Roger Casement, the British Consul-General at Rio de ...
Article : 202 wordsSir William Plencer, the president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, who recently issued a report to the Government stating, in connection ...
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Article : 88 wordsThe Orangemen's Congress has received resolutions condemning the Home Rule Bill from Orange associations in Victoria, Queensland, New South Wales, ...
Article : 28 wordsAt a private but representative meeting of members of the British Medical Association, which was held at Liverpool yesterday, a resolution was passed ...
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Article : 132 wordsHannah Mary Daley, 70 years of age, was assaulted and robbed by two men at her residence at Blackrock at about 6 o'clock last evening. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 23 wordsA meeting of officers held at the Turkish Ministry of War yesterday sent a deputation to the Sultan asking him to dissolve the Chamber of Deputies, ...
Article : 75 wordsThe Californian Rugby Association is being reorganised with the object of raising funds to bring New Zealand and Australian teams to California in the ...
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Article : 25 wordsOther resolutions carried were in favour of encouraging the flow of British emigration and capital to British possessions; in regard to the necessity of the ...
Article : 496 wordsThe British Broken Hill Co. is offering the 75,000 additional shares which are being created at a premium of 5s. The issue is guaranteed. ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Mon 22 Jul 1912, Page 5
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