Word: australian
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...General Sir William Birdwood, the famous commander of the Anzac (Australian-New Zealand Army Corps) Division in the War, was transferred from command of the Northern Army, promoted to the rank of Field Marshal and appointed Commander-in-Chief in India. It is the first time in history that an officer has been promoted to the supreme military rank on appointment as the military head of British India...
...Philosophical Club Will hold a meeting for discussion in the Psychological Laboratory of Emerson Hall at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Two addresses will be given: "The Culture of the East," by Dr. William T. Heyting, Fellow of the Australian Association of Philosophy and Psychology, and "The Relation of Religion and Philosophy." This last topic will be discussed by Mr. B. P. Hivale and Mr. Lockwood Myrick...
...continued advance is attributed to unexpected purchases by Russia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Austria. The Orient has scrambled to buy the Australian wheat surplus, while that of Argentina has been scraped up by Portugal and other European countries. Most of the recent U.S. profits have accrued to speculators and traders rather than to the farmer who sold out freely between...
...some degree be due to an extended short interest. Yet the basic cause for soaring grain prices is the shortage of world wheat, due to crop failures abroad, and heavy consequent export buying. Foreigners have taken off the market of late about 10,000,000 bushels of Argentine and Australian wheat. Russia, formerly a grain exporter, is reported to have entered the market as a buyer of U. S., Canadian and Argentine Hour, and of about 10, 000,000 bushels of U. S. seed wheat. To date, Argentina and Australia are said to have sold between...
...Test matches are so-called because they imply a superiority test between the two sides The term seems to have been used first in 1880 when the first Australian team...