The Minister of the Navy (Mr. Laird Smith) delivered a speech on the Navy estimates and noval policy in the House of Representatives this evening. He ...
Article : 3,370 wordsThe whercabouts of the missing schooner Amelia J. are still unknown, Yesterday, the Premier (Sir Walter Lee) received a cablegram from the Prime ...
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Article : 230 wordsIn the House of Representatives to-day, the Prime Minister (M. Hughes) said that he desired to make a statement as to the new wheat crop, and ...
Article : 724 wordsCouncillor Lynch, a prominent Limerick Sinn Feiner, was shot dead at a hotel in Dublin to-day. Some armed men covered the night porter at the ...
Article : 118 wordsCaptain Treacy, secretary to the Naval Board, stated to-night that H.M.A.S. Platypus had been ordered to make a search for the missing schooner Amelia ...
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Article : 374 wordsIt is officially explained that a party of military and police went to the hotel for the purpose of arresting Lynch, who fired a revolver when they entored the ...
Article : 57 wordsYesterday armed Sinn Feiners ambushed at Miltown Milbay, in County Clare, a military lorry containing a number of military police, and killed ...
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Article : 43 wordsIn a letter to the Coalition candidate for the by-election at [?]ford, in Essex, Mr. Lloyd George, the Prime Minister, enumorates the substantial benefits ...
Article : 121 wordsThe French Customs returns for the first eight months of 1920 show that, as compared with the corresponding period of 1919, experts increased in value by ...
Article : 44 wordsIn the elections in Denmark for the Folketing (House of Commons), the Danes scored a great victory in the former German province of Schleswig, ...
Article : 76 wordsThe Congress of Chambers of Commerce of the Empire, now meeting at Toronto passed a resolution to-day in favour of preferential trade within the ...
Article : 41 wordsIt is but a few months since Tasmania was thrilled to read of Lieutenant Long's adventurous crossing of Bass Strait by air, the first occasion on which the feat ...
Article : 873 wordsA congress of over 500 delegates of the South African Nationalist parties from all the provinces was opened this morning at Bloemfontein, to consider ...
Article : 83 wordsThe deputation from the Triple Alliance had a three, and a half hours' conference with Mr. Lloyd George in the hope of compromising on the coal ...
Article : 461 wordsA cable message from London states that Lord Lytton, one of the Civil Lords of the Admiralty, has been appointed Under-Secretary of State for ...
Article : 275 wordsMr. A. Meighan, the Prime Minister of Canada, speaking to-day at Sherbrooke, said the main issue of the next election would be a protective tariff for ...
Article : 80 wordsIt is understood that the American representatives at the Allied financial congress at Brussels will be chosen from American financial experts now abroad. ...
Article : 53 wordsMr. A. H. Ashbolt, Agent-General for Tasmania, and Sir J. D. Connolly, Agent-General for West Australia, are urging the Food Ministry to increase ...
Article : 55 wordsThe London representative of the Australian Press Association says he learns that British shipowners are little disposed to accept charters for wheat ...
Article : 106 wordsA statement published that wheat had been sold to Egypt at 10s. 6d. f.o.b., and that other bales on the e.i.f basis at even better prices were to be made, ...
Article : 133 wordsSir J. D. Connolly, the Agent-General for West Australia, is negotiating with a leading Yorkshire firm for the crection of a factory costing £300,000 in ...
Article : 66 wordsAnother Marriage Amendment Bill, which is to be introduced in the Legislative Council, provides that after the passage of the bill the ...
Article : 142 wordsSerious results followed a fire which broke out this evening in the engineroom of the main power house of the Melbourne Electric Supply Co. Ltd. ...
Article : 151 wordsThe Meat Committee of the Privy Council's Committee for scientific industrial researoh reports that completed experiments prove that if certain ...
Article : 134 wordsStrong complaints were made at yesterday's sitting at Port Elizabeth of the Congress of Associated Chambers of Commerce of South Africa of the ...
Article : 165 wordsThe opposition to the election of M. Millerand as President, of France comes from the Left. Many politicians have decided to oppose the new political ...
Article : 69 wordsMembers of the Legislative Assembly sat until 3.30 a.m. to-day in an endeavour to dispose of bills, some of which have been on the notice paper ...
Article : 67 wordsThe United States Department of Commerce learns that the Japanese railway authorities have decided to substitute electricity for steam on all lines ...
Article : 66 wordsIn the South Australian House of Assembly to-night the Town Plnnning Bill, which contains ever 100 clauses, was passed, and forwarded to the ...
Article : 38 wordsThe New York State Legislature for the second time, has expelled five Socialist members on theground of their disloyalty and their anti-American attitude ...
Article : 124 wordsAn expenditure of about £3,500,000 has been decided upon by the directors of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company Ltd., in order to carry out ...
Article : 223 wordsLord Forster, the Governor-General designate, and Lady Forster will arrive at Fremantic early to-morrow morning His Excellency will be met on arrival ...
Article : 217 wordsIn the Arbitration Court to-day, before Mr. Justice Starke, during the hearing of the General Division Telephone Officers' Association's claims, ...
Article : 147 wordsA large manufacturing company at Manchester, in the State of New Hampshire, announces a reduction of onethird in the price of manufactured ...
Article : 51 wordsVery complete arrangements are being made for a sea search for the Amelia J. Messrs. Jones and Co. Ltd, received a telegram last night that the Federal ...
Article : 165 wordsAbout £6,000,000 is being withdrawn from the London money market in connection with the distribution of the Australian wool profits, but this has had ...
Article : 46 wordsA special train, which was carrying Senator Cox and his party on a speaking tour in support of his candidature for the Presidency, was badly wrecked ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Fri 24 Sep 1920, Page 5
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