A mass meeting of Germans and Irish demanded that the Government should prohibit all shipments of contraband of war to Europe except foodstuffs. ...
Article : 107 wordsThe training of Colonel Monash's 4th Infantry Brigade is now in full swing at the Broadmeadows camp (Melbourne). The New South Wales battalion (the 13th) is reported ...
Article : 289 wordsOne of the most remarkable characteristics of the British Tommy is that he is absolutely indifferent to danger. This phase of his character has long been recognised, but in no ...
Article : 989 wordsThere is little official news from the western front, but Dutch advices point to a fresh onslaught on the Allies' positions in Belgium. ...
Article : 148 wordsFighting is now reported in Poland from the neighbourhood of Sochaezew (35 miles west of Warshaw), where an attempted German advance has been checked, from Lowiez, ...
Article : 376 wordsA heavily censored Rotterdam message states that the Yser battle has been renewed with intense violence. The artillery fire on land is terrific, while the British ...
Article : 69 wordsKing George spent another day among the wounded soldiers, including forty minnies in the Indian hospital. The Sepoys were delighted with his Majesty's ...
Article : 46 wordsDr. H. Van Dyke, Ambassador for the Netherlands, visited the Secretary of State, Mr. W. J. Bryan, and pointed out Holland's desire for an early end to the ...
Article : 84 wordsKing George's presence in France has produced in excellent impression in Italy. It is considered that it is calculated to convince the most incredulous that Britain is ...
Article : 48 wordsThe "Times" disbelieves there has been a fresh attack at Ypres or elsewhere. The battle in Flanders ended because the opposing armies dug themselves in. It ...
Article : 78 wordsIt is officially stated that the rebel general Wessel's commando attacked Commandant Emmett on Sunday. The rebels were repulsed, three being killed and 18 ...
Article : 49 wordsSir Cecil Spring-Rice, British Ambassador, has conferred with Mr. Robert Lansing (Councillor of the Department of State) in regard to the probability of ...
Article : 70 wordsThe visit of King George has been received with the liveliest satisfaction. The newspapers contrast his unobstrusiveness with the German Emperor's theatricalism. ...
Article : 30 wordsMr. Martin Donohoe, writing in the "Daily Chronicle," says the Germans in Belgium are suffering acutely from winter. As a triumphant march to Calais was ...
Article : 202 wordsGeneral Joffre visited Thann (in Alsace), and was warmly acclaimed. On interviewing local notabilities, who since the French occupation had loyally assisted in ...
Article : 117 wordsArrivals.—At Talcahuano, Gordan, Hill. Al Port Louis, bq. E. J. Spence (left Newcastle September 28). ...
Article : 27 wordsThe Minister for Trade and Commerce, Sir G. E. Foster, recently purchased and forwarded 250,000 bushels of wheat upon New Zealand's request, arising out of the ...
Article : 48 wordsMr. Sidney Kidman writes:- "The cabled news through last week that the brave people of Belgium are without bread or meat, and practically starving, and nothing ...
Article : 952 wordsNo fewer than 1000 sheepskin waistcoats leave Sydney by the Orient boat on Saturday, for the troops at the front, and the supply is to be maintained as steadily as possible ...
Article : 406 wordsThere is a hopeful note in the despatch from the Copenhagen correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" who announces that most of the German warships that have hitherto ...
Article : 244 wordsThe German-Australian liner Apolda, which left Hamburg for Australian ports on July 19, and arrived at Table Bay on August 17, is completing her voyage to ...
Article : 35 wordsThe following cablegram has heen received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, dated London, December 1, 6.50 p.m.: ...
Article : 101 wordsThe "Daily Mail's" Copenhagen correspondent states that most of the German warships hitherto in the Kiel Canal have been transferred to the North Sea. ...
Article : 64 wordsSir R. P. Roblin, Premier of Manitoba, announces that hotel bars will be closed earlier throughout the province if the Legislature, which meets shortly, authorises the ...
Article : 92 wordsMr. Maxwell, the "Daily Telegraph's" war correspondent, quotes an officer acting as intermediary between the allied armies as saying: "It is dangerous to imagine that ...
Article : 243 wordsThe "Daily Telegraph" points out that Germany has considerably more submarines than was supposed, having exercised pre-emption over an unknown ...
Article : 88 wordsThe struggle is still undecided. The main battle line in unaltered. A portion of General von Mackensen's army has been driven towards Lowiez ...
Article : 160 wordsThe London "Daily Telegraph" is probably quite correct in saying that Germany has considerably more submarines than was supposed. It adds in explanation that she ...
Article : 279 wordsThree hundred thousand woollen body [?]elts and the same number of pairs of socks, for which the Queen appealed to the women of the Empire, have now reached ...
Article : 172 wordsRushdi Pasha, Premier of Egypt, in an interview with some journalists, paid a high tribute to Britain's magnificent abiding work in Egypt. She fulfils all the ...
Article : 47 wordsThe "Berliner Tageblatt" recently published a proclamation by German representatives of science and art to the world of culture, of which the following are passages: ...
Article : 303 wordsBritish warships are awaiting the German cruisers. It is understood that the Germans have a number of secret rendezvous where they ...
Article : 42 wordsThe latest exploit by the Gutkhas occurred at Dixmude. For several days the British were unable to dislodge a body of Germans, who had ...
Article : 183 wordsAn official report states: "Our offensive northward of Lowiez has been crowned with success. The enemy's reinforcements from Kalisz took the offensive at ...
Article : 71 wordsA correspondent ("K.V."), who has been studying pictures of British warships, wants to know the reason for the coloured bands round the funnels, and says he can discover ...
Article : 214 wordsAccording to reports which have reached the mainland, Rottnest Island was during the day the scene of a tragedy. Intercourse with the island has been forbidden ever since war ...
Article : 146 wordsThe reader of war news at this distance has certainly some ground for complaint in the matter of conflicting reports. But the sources of news are so various, and the press ...
Article : 249 wordsPresident Wilson announces that the establishment of neutral zones in South American waters as requested by the Republics would be impossible without the assent of ...
Article : 36 wordsAn official report from Berlin states: The German army east of Lodz, which was seriously threatened in the rear by the Russians, broke through after fierce battles ...
Article : 62 wordsGeorge B. M'Lellan, ex-Mayor of New York and Professor of Economic History at the Princeton University, predicts that no matter which country wins the ...
Article : 194 wordsNot only are the world's anthors, finding that there is no market for novels just now, turning their attention to the war—many of them, in fact, are acting as correspondents ...
Article : 194 wordsIn the House of Representatives to-day Mr. Bruce Smith (N.S.W.) asked the Prime Minister if he was aware that at several recent public functions at which the flags of the Allies ...
Article : 99 wordsAnother correspondent ("F.S.D.") writes to know if the protracted stay away from docks or bases does not tend to make the ships of the navy "dirty," thus interfering with their ...
Article : 170 wordsA communique issued at midnight on Tuesday states: German infantry unsuccessfully endeavoured to come out of their trenches southward of Bixschoote. ...
Article : 57 wordsThe military authorities seized yesterday at Windsor at the residence of a naturalised German, seven rifles, including a Ma[?]ser service weapon, and 1000 rounds of ammunition, the ...
Article : 74 wordsThe bombardment of Reims continues. All the factories have been destroyed, and their stocks of wool burned. The textile industry is ruined. The damage is ...
Article : 36 wordsIt would then perhaps be safe to assume that before many days we will hear definitely of another big German effort to overwhelm the Ailles' left wing. There is nothing to be ...
Article : 239 wordsAt the request of Colonel Login, Administrator of Samoa, the New Zealand Defence authorities have decided to send F. E. N. Gandin, who was arrested at Auckland last ...
Article : 170 wordsAn excellent account of the naval operations is given in the October number of the "United Service Magazine." The admiral who writes it refers to the problem of international law ...
Article : 216 wordsOwing to an outbreak of typhoid among the Belgian soldiers, the British Red Cross Society has voted £10,000 for their special accommodation and treatment at Calais. ...
Article : 30 wordsMore German troops from the Yser and Ostend have been sent to H[?]yst and Zeebrugge. Additional artillery has been sent to the coast. The practice of the new ...
Article : 109 wordsThe Maori contingent that is being trained in Auckland for active service is as fine a body of men as I have ever seen in my life," said Mr. T. Ryan, chairman of the South ...
Article : 154 wordsThe Sydney Wharf-labourers' Union held a mass meeting in the Trades Hall last evening to consider the advisability of discontinuing to work with enemy subjects. ...
Article : 114 wordsOwing to the prohibition of the Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Daniells, against naval men singing "It's a Long Way to Tipperary," the New York press makes merry. ...
Article : 125 wordsCommenting on the German claim that they have a hundred active and reserve army corps in the field, a semi-official French note states that Germany really has ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thu 3 Dec 1914, Page 7
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