Articles from page 17: Previous page Next page

  1. Please wait. Loading browse data... loading
  2. CALL OF EMPIRE. STATE RECRUITING CAMPAIGN.

    The hon. director of the recruiting campaign has received reports from the north and north-western centres, where a series of meetings is now being conducted by a team of ...

    Article : 424 words
  3. LATE WAR NEWS.

    The Germans claim that the Zeppelins lavishly bombed docks, waterworks, and important establishments in London and Woolwich and batteries at Ipswich, ...

    Article : 47 words
  4. THE BALKANS.

    According to trustworthy information received in Athens, the troops engaged against the Servians consist of eight German and four Austrian divisions. Heights ...

    Article : 1,621 words
  5. THE BALTIC.

    Ten German steamers are known to have been sunk in the Baltic. Only nine out of twenty-seven that are due have arrived. The success of British submarines in the ...

    Article : 138 words
  6. WESTERN FRONT.

    A communique states:—A particularly violent artillery duel occurred north-west of Hill 140, between Sonchez and Givenchy. A trench to trench struggle with mines ...

    Article : 630 words
  7. BALKANS. FIGHTING IN SERVIA.

    According to trustworthy information received in Bucharest (capital of Roumania), there are eight German ...

    Article : 130 words
  8. HOW TO DEAL WITH THEM.

    As we have often pointed out the matter of combating raiding airships from the ground and through the agency of aeroplanes, is one fraught with very great difficulties; mainly ...

    Article : 376 words
  9. PATH OF DUTY.

    Another north-western town was made the rallying-point of the Premier's recruiting campaign, when Mr. Holman addressed an eloquent appeal for more men at Boggabri ...

    Article : 855 words
  10. WAR NOTES.

    A glance back over the fighting which has so far taken place in Northern Servia lends colour to the view that the Austro-Germans are bent on forcing a way up the valleys of ...

    Article : 200 words
  11. MARCH FROM GILGANDRA.

    The Gilgandra men arrived at Wargarbon at 5.30 yesterday afternoon. They were met a mile from the town by over 300 people, including the Wongarbon Band, the school ...

    Article : 265 words
  12. THE TWO VALLEYS.

    The first of those streams takes its rise far south in Servia, and flows northward to Nish, thence north-westward to the Danube, which it enters about thirty miles eastward ...

    Article : 235 words
  13. TO ARMS.

    Mr. Carmichael, M.L.A., who was the principal speaker at a recruiting meeting last night at Leichhardt, explained what would happen unless Australians answered the call ...

    Article : 465 words
  14. AIR RAID.

    The War Office states that five aeroplanes went up after the Zeppelius which raided London last night, but they lost the Zeppelins in the fog. Fifteen ...

    Article : 378 words
  15. AT GEURIE.

    The Gilgandra men arrived at Geurie very fit to-day at 1 o'clock, and there was a repetition of the cordial welcomes experienced along the route. Geurie turned out in full force to show ...

    Article : 262 words
  16. A FORMIDABLE PROPOSITION.

    If the valley of the Morava, along which runs the main Continental railway coming south from Vienna and Belgrade to Nish, offered anything like a reasonable military ...

    Article : 306 words
  17. EASTERN FRONT.

    A Petrograd communique reports obstinate fighting on the various fronts. RUSSIAN STRATEGY. The London "Daily Chronicle's" ...

    Article : 204 words
  18. JAPAN.

    Commenting on the suggestion that Japanese troops should assist the Allies in Europe, the newspapers emphasise Japan's inability to spare troops in view of the ...

    Article : 39 words
  19. COAL CONFERENCE.

    The conference between representatives of the Southern Coalowners' Association, the Illawarra Colliery Employees' Association, and the Australasian Coal and Shale Miners' ...

    Article : 113 words
  20. UNDER FIRE.

    The oil launch belonging to the Water Police came under a heavy fire from a troopship, which was anchored in the stream, prior to leaving the port. ...

    Article : 513 words
  21. RECRUITING MEETINGS.

    Auburn: B. J. Grogan and three returned soldiers. Hornsby: Mr. J. Cook, M.P. ...

    Article : 15 words
  22. UNITED STATES DEFENCE

    President Wilson has approved of the plan of the Secretary of War (Mr. Lindley M. Garrison), to increase the army at a cost of £30,000,000. The Naval ...

    Article : 60 words
  23. ENLISTMENTS.

    The week's enlistments in the city are as follow:— Victoria Barracks.—Monday, 37; Tuesday, 54, Wednesday, 50; Thursday, 36, Friday, ...

    Article : 96 words
  24. THE BULGARIAN SIDE.

    As to the Bulgarian offensive, or rather that part of it which is Immediately aimed at linking up with the Austro-German forces, if Servia were able to spare only a moderate ...

    Article : 209 words
  25. WATERSIDE WORKERS.

    Further evidence was taken in the Arbitration Court regarding the Waterside Workers' claims. Alfred Tapleton, wharf superintendent for ...

    Article : 182 words
  26. SPELTER FOR BRITAIN.

    The Council of the London Chamebr of Commerce has approved of the spelter resolution passed by the recent Chamber of Commerce conference. ...

    Article : 123 words
  27. THE SEPTEMBER RAID.

    Lady M'Millan sends us the following interesting extract from a letter she has just received from her mother. It is dated September 8:— ...

    Article : 296 words
  28. FOR BRAVERY.

    Lieutenant V. Smythe who enlisted as a private from the Narrendera Electoral Office (having previously been on the local telegraph staaff) has written to friends at ...

    Article : 197 words
  29. DARDANELLES.

    An Athens message states that British monitors and the land artillery effectively bombarded various points of the Dardanclles. They destroyed portion of the ...

    Article : 143 words
  30. LATEST ZEPPELIN RAID.

    The latest raid by Zeppelin airships was far more destructive than the first reports indicated, and it now turns out that on this occasion the Germans have accomplished more ...

    Article : 368 words
  31. SOUTH AFRICAN MEMORIAL.

    The committee which was appointed to accept a design for a South African memorial met at the Town Hall to-day. The Premier, Sir Alex. Peacock, attended. Mr. R. Allen, ...

    Article : 139 words
  32. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

    The War Office announces that crossbred tops and English tops may be exported under license to the Allies and neutral countries. ...

    Article : 101 words
  33. FATAL COLLISION.

    At 2 o'clock yesterday morning a collision occurred at Victoria-street, near the Exhibition Gardens, between a Chinese market gardener's waggon and a St. John motor ...

    Article : 135 words
  34. MERCHANT SHIPPING.

    Arrivals: At Vladivistock, Kyoto Maru, [?] Port Pirie Sept. 13); Dalyetsu Maru. left Port Pirie Sept 4. Departure: For Sydney, Grenada, ...

    Article : 32 words
  35. SMALLPOX.

    A man was admitted into the local hospital to-day with smallpox. He came from the railway camp at Whittingham. It is over two years since the previous outbreak. ...

    Article : 41 words
  36. ADELAIDE ENLISTMENTS.

    To-day 37 men volunteered for active servies, and 31 were accepted. The total enlistments for the week were 219 men. ...

    Article : 24 words
×

Buy

Download

Please choose from the following download options:

Share

Share this item on:

Print

Print page as...

The National Library of Australia's Copies Direct service lets you purchase higher quality, larger sized photocopies or electronic copies of newspapers pages.

Scope
Format of download
as... PDF PDF

You need to login before you can save preferences.

$