At a conference of the executive of the Miners' Federation and the Government to-day, Mr. Bonar Law, the Leader of the Government, in the ...
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Article : 131 wordsThe Official Press Bureau says the British Board of Trade announces the prohibition of the exportation of gold coin and bullion from Great Britain to ...
Article : 58 wordsThe Sorbian delegates in Paris have informed the Peace Conference that [?]ul[?]arian troops are being mobilised on the Serbian frontier. ...
Article : 140 wordsFrench apprehensions as to the spread of Bolshevism have been reflected in a heated debate in the Chamber of Deputies during the last few days on ...
Article : 234 wordsThe Council of Foreign Ministers has named a committee to inquire into the Moroccan question and the future frontiers of Schleswig. ...
Article : 115 wordsA report submitted to the French Chamber of Deputies to-day shows that 6,000 Belgians died during the war as the result of German ill-treatment, and ...
Article : 42 wordsMr. Lloyd George, the Prime Minister, in a message to the "Manchester Guardian," says:—The League of Nations represents the greatest attempt ...
Article : 141 wordsThe "London Gazette" announces the removal from the British peerage of the Duke of Albany, the Duke of Cumberland, the Duke of Brunswick, ...
Article : 250 wordsThe American delegates are dissatisfied with the continual abandonment of positions on the question of reparation and other problems before the ...
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Article : 138 wordsOwing to the increased virulence and rapid spread of the influenza epidemic, the powers of administration of the Medical Council have been largely ...
Article : 166 wordsYesterday the Foreign Ministers of the Great Powers again discussed the raising of the Austrian blockade, the provisioning of Esthonia, and also the ...
Article : 88 wordsThe majority of the miners who were on strike resumed work to-day. ...
Article : 18 wordsThe Socialist party in Great Britain has decided to organise a campaign in the industrial districts with the object of counteracting Bolshevism. ...
Article : 31 wordsAt a ballot of Nottingham miners to-day 21,000 voted in favour of continuing the strike, and 15,250 against, hence to-morrow's negotiations between ...
Article : 43 wordsIt is learned that the Japanese subacribe generally to the terms of the Labour Commission, with reservations on the question of child labour, and ...
Article : 66 wordsFrom a French source is is learned that the National Guard of Austria is displaying Bolshevik tendencies. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe Official Press Bureau states, that a unanimous report by a professional joint committee appointed by the Industrial Conference held on February ...
Article : 181 wordsAt St. Patrick's Cathedral to-day Archbishop Mannix said that the Pope had issued a circular letter to the whole world asking priests and people to join ...
Article : 92 wordsLecturing in Sydney this afternoon, Mr. Thomas McMahon, F.R.G.S., said: —Let me tell you what are the feelings and opinions in the Pacific Islands ...
Article : 231 wordsThe shops in Buda Pesth have been closed for stocktaking, pending their control by the State. Any shopkeeper disobeying the order is to be shot. ...
Article : 97 wordsSpartacuser disorders have recurred in the Essen area. A mob at Witten endeavoured to storm the "Volks Zeitung" newspaper offices, but a cordon ...
Article : 68 wordsThe representatives of 13 neutral countries conferred yesterday with the League's sub-committee, and offered suggestions, and many amendments ...
Article : 138 wordsThe fresh cases of pneumonic influenza reported during the 48 hours ended 6 o'clock this evening numbered 220, and there were twelve deaths during ...
Article : 76 wordsThe War Office announces that dealings in leather produced in or imported from the British Empire are now permitted without any restrictions. ...
Article : 33 wordsThe British Ambassador to Denmark Announces that it has been decided to internationalise the Kiel Canal, and that Allied troops will occupy both sides ...
Article : 37 wordsThe Copenhagen correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states that the German Government, perhaps, will remain in office long enough to sign the peace, ...
Article : 165 wordsGeneral Sir John Monash, the Commander of the Australian troops, said to-day:—It would be generous if France granted similar land to ...
Article : 67 wordsThe "New York Herald" states that the Council of Four, after consultation with the Allied generals, propose the mobilisation of friendly peoples ...
Article : 55 wordsSo far as Tasmania is concerned, the position regarding the mainland pneumonic influenza opidemic is still quite satisfactory. ...
Article : 112 wordsThe Canadian Government has extended credits to Rumania for extensive purchases of foodstuffs and machinery. The Allies have granted a credit for ...
Article : 52 wordsFrance is strong in the demand that she must not be left at Germany's mercy without some stronger guarantee than the covenant at present gives. It ...
Article : 71 wordsA further congress of delegates from trades unions throughout the State was commenced on Saturday, to further consider the One Big Union scheme. There ...
Article : 160 wordsAustralian notes issued, and not redeemed, on Maich 26 amounted to £56,445,839 10s. The amount of gold coin hold in the Treasury at the same ...
Article : 74 wordsThe Allied Foreign Ministers have decided to raise the blockade of the German provinces of Austria as soon as leakage to Germany can be prevented. ...
Article : 36 wordsMr. Lloyd George, the Prime Minister, will remain in Paris, as he was satisfied, after receiving Mr. Justice Sankey's report, that there need not ...
Article : 73 wordsA report is current that President Wilson, on his return to Paris, assured M. Clemencean that America would not support the full French demands with ...
Article : 68 wordsGeneral Heller, who is in command of the Polish division which served in France, has complained of the indecision of the Peace Conference regarding ...
Article : 187 wordsThe San Francisco correspondent of the "New York Tribuno states that according to cable advices received there a steamship company with a capital of ...
Article : 90 wordsA German commission of six financiers has been instructed to come to Spa, after which its members will receive instructions as to a meeting place ...
Article : 193 wordsIn the German National Assembly to-day, Herr Scheidemann, the Premier, said that the peace terms appeared to be growing worse. He said he ...
Article : 53 wordsThe Victorian Railway Union intends to ask the Classification Board to deal first with the question of increasing the living wage, and then to review the ...
Article : 65 wordsA message received in Capetown to-day from Johannesburg states that the ballot of the master builders, which was taken by the desire of the strikers, ...
Article : 66 wordsThe Paris correspondent of the "New York Herald" has had an interview with Lord Robert Cecil, the British representative on the League of ...
Article : 92 wordsThe Paris correspondent of the "New York Times" states that an official American memorandum regarding the disposition of the German navy will be ...
Article : 300 wordsStrong disapproval was expressed by the Premier (Hon. W. H. Lee) at the Exeter Show on Saturday with the movement which was launched at the Farmers', ...
Article : 237 wordsAn amazing scene followed the decision of the Johannesburg Town Council yesterday, after a heated debate, to adopt a retrenchment scheme involving ...
Article : 97 wordsSir Joseph Cook, the Minister of the Commonwealth Navy, referring to an answer given to a question in the House of Commons about a ...
Article : 106 wordsThe most notable amendments in the League of Nations covenant include the reconsideration of disarmament every ten years, with a view to ...
Article : 59 wordsThe steamer City of Poona, which sails to-day for Australia, will convey the remains of Lord Forrest to Fremantle. ...
Article : 33 wordsThe Armenian delegates at the Peace Conference have made an urgent appeal for food for their people. They state that 45,000 people in the Erivan region ...
Article : 84 wordsHerr Erzberger, the leader of the German armistice delegates, speaking on behalf of his Government, demanded an assurance from the Entente that ...
Article : 72 wordsThe Paris correspondent of the "New YorK Times" states that Irish independence under United States as the mandatory Power has been discussed ...
Article : 49 wordsDuring last night burglars stole jewels and heirlooms of the Portuguese Royal Family from the Richmond (Surrey) residence of ex-Queen Amelie. ...
Article : 32 wordsAll overtime and night shift work at the small arms factory, Lithgow, have been stopped. Reports had been circulated that a drastic reduction of ...
Article : 65 wordsThe resumption of the auction sales of wool in London is awaited with great interest, and a keen demand is expected for superior sorts. It is felt that ...
Article : 114 wordsThe Germans are sending more troops to Dantzig, and also strengthening the coastal defences in the vicinity. ...
Article : 28 wordsIt is likely that Geneva will be selected as the capital of the League of Nations. ...
Article : 26 wordsReports received in Washington from Japan announce that the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs has stated in the House of Peers that a general ...
Article : 685 wordsAt a conference of the British and Japanese delegates to-day, Mr. W. M. Hughes, the Prime Minister of Australia, vehemently declined to recognise ...
Article : 208 wordsAdvices received in Washington state that the riots against the Japanese in Korea continue, and that in recent fighting many people were killed. ...
Article : 32 wordsThe Central Wool Committee has submitted to the Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Watt) a reply to certain allegations about the purchase and export of ...
Article : 309 wordsThere is excitement at Weimar, where the German National Assembly is meeting, owing to a report that the Allies have sent an ultimatum to ...
Article : 115 wordsConsiderable speculation prevails in Federal circles about the nature of the new tariff proposals. Severe changes will certainly be resented in certain ...
Article : 83 wordsThe Washington correspondent of the "New York Times" says it is officially announced that one-way wireless telephone conversations were held with the ...
Article : 85 wordsAdmiral Sir David Beatty, replying yesterday to the presentation of the Freedom of Liverpool, said the British Navy learnt many lessons during the ...
Article : 92 wordsAt Philadelphia yesterday 20,000lb. of Australian wool was sold at the Government auctions. ...
Article : 21 wordsHis Excellency the Governor on Saturday unveiled the honour board of the Launceston State High School in the presence of a largo gathering of parents ...
Article : 134 wordsGeneral Sir Edmund Allenby, who has arrived at Cairo, has informed Egyptian notables that stern, repressive measures will be taken in Egypt, ...
Article : 41 wordsThe Polish Government regards Lithnania, White Russia, Volhynia, and Podolia as entirely alien to Russia. In the past those provinces became ...
Article : 108 wordsThe distribution of the British fleets, consisting of seven squadrons, after the war will be stations in the Atlantic, the West Atlantic, China, South Africa, ...
Article : 46 wordsThe "New York Times," commenting on the reported Nationalist riots in Egypt, points out that Egypt came under British rule through the ...
Article : 84 wordsThe London correspondent of the "New York Times" has had an interview with Mr. Godfrey Isaacs, the managing director of the Marconi ...
Article : 74 wordsInterviewed by the correspondent of the "New York Evening Post," Mr. David Lawrence, Viscount Ishii said he was sorry that certain American ...
Article : 187 wordsThe Allied naval bases at the islands of Imbros, Tenedos, and Lemnos, in the Ægean Sea, have been abandoned. ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Mon 31 Mar 1919, Page 5
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