The first business taken when the Premiers' Conference resumed to-day were the finance proposals submitted the previous day by the Acting Prime ...
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Article : 323 wordsLord Robert Cecil, interviewed on the question of the proposed League of Nations, said:—"We must procure access for all nations to the sea. ...
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Article : 101 wordsThe Acting Minister of Defence (Senator Russell) announced the extension of the scale of furlough and sustenance allowance which was recently approved for ...
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Article : 52 wordsSeveral Germans have been arrested near Mons disguised as women. A British sentry shot one German who was attempting to escape. ...
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Article : 33 wordsFrench newspaper comment on the Russian decision reflects the dread of boishevism while approving of fairminded inquiry, and hoping that the ...
Article : 98 wordsMr. and Mrs. L. A. E. Domeney, of Flowerpot have been officially advised that then eldest son, Captain W. L. E. Domeney, M.C., is returning to ...
Article : 97 wordsThe American Labour delegation has conferred with the Trade Union Congress Committee. They discussed the proposal of Mr. Samuel Gompers, ...
Article : 180 wordsSir Alfred Butt has withdrawn his offer to purchase the Drury-lane Theatre. The board has rescinded the provisional contract, and appointed an ...
Article : 128 wordsMr. W. F. Massey (Prime Minister of New Zealand and Sir Joseph Ward (Treasurer) have arrived in Paris. Mr. Massey will probably raise New ...
Article : 139 wordsMr. Samuel Gompers, President of the American Federation of Labour, approves of the decision of the Peace Conference in Paris in reference to ...
Article : 36 wordsThe British proposal for a League of Nations takes the from of a non-rigid conciliation body not possessing binding powers, but based on sufficient ...
Article : 41 wordsLieutenant Bourne made the fifth Anzac who has been welcomed at Koonya, and a right hearty one was accorded him on Wednesday evening at the local ...
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Article : 44 wordsThe official communique on the Peace Conference issued to-night stated that a plenary meeting of the Conference will be held on Saturday, when Mr. ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Sat 25 Jan 1919, Page 7
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