Sergeant Dewar, the winner of the King's Prize at Bisley in 1914, is now in the Westminster Hospital recovering from a sunstroke received while serving ...
Article : 129 wordsAge, 18 to 45; minimum chest measurement, 33in.; minimum height, 5ft. 2in. Rates of pay: Lieutenant, 21/ per day; sergeant, 10/6; corporal, ...
Article : 181 wordsThe Queensland Recruiting Committee advises that Mr. John Macdonald (chairman of the National Association) has given most courteous consideration to ...
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Advertising : 488 wordsThe amount received yesterday towards the " Courier " Patriotic Funds was £91/11/10, bringing the total sum contributed to £96,922/19/. Of yesterday's contributions the ...
Article : 755 wordsA New Zealand officer describes the Maori contingent at the Dardanelles welcoming a Pakeha general by dancing the "haka." The perplexed Turks in the ...
Article : 79 wordsThe reply of the Allied Powers to the Bulgarian note of June last has been handed to Dr. Radoslavoff, the Bulgarian Premier, but its contents have not been ...
Article : 40 wordsRecruiting in Queensland continues to show an increase, the number of men who presented themselves at Brisbane and the country centres of Queensland ...
Article : 101 wordsProfessor Molenaar, of Munich, has published a book on "Anti-Chamberlainism," in which he denounces the Englishman, Mr. Houston Chamberlain, who has ...
Article : 51 wordsSir Edward Grey explains that unnecessary apprehension has been caused by the new coal regulation. It merely requires that licenses be obtained for coal exports ...
Article : 69 wordsThe authorities at Victoria Barracks advise that 91 men yesterday offered themselves for enlistment in the Australian Expeditionary Forces. Of these 71 ...
Article : 83 wordsWhen the enrolling office at Victoria Barracks was closed to-day over 400 men were accepted as fit for service in the Expeditionary Forces. At the Town Hall ...
Article : 101 wordsDuring the recruiting week it is expected to enlist the full strength of the South African contingent for Europe. The previous difficulty was the scale of the ...
Article : 57 wordsThe Belfast steamer Glenravel, 1092 tons, the Swedish steamer Me[?]uland, and the trawler Ocean Queen have been sunk by German submarines. All the crews ...
Article : 51 wordsDuring the 24 hours ended 1 p.m. to-day 7 men presented themselves for enlistment at the local recruiting office, and all were accepted. Their names ...
Article : 650 wordsThe fusion is being arranged of the two greatest German and Danish cinema film-producing companies. The combined capital will be £500,000. ...
Article : 31 wordsAfter considerable argument in the State Full Court to-day Franz Wallach, Australian manager of the Australian Metal Company, who had been interned ...
Article : 509 wordsThere are indications that Count Okuma, the present Prime Minister of Japan, in accordance with the wishes of the Emperor, will remain as leader of ...
Article : 54 wordsThe fire which broke out in the bunkers of the P. and O. steamer Khyber has been extinguished. It was not of a serious character, and the steamer will ...
Article : 45 wordsRacing is to be permitted as usual on the Flemington and Caulfield racecourses during the war period; the Williamstown meeting will be reduced by one in the ...
Article : 66 wordsMr. R. Wynyard-Joss writes from Romsey (Eng.) to a Brisbane friend: "Just a line to say all the boys are well, and behaving themselves in a way that ...
Article : 132 wordsA request was recently made by Lady Robinson, wife of the Agent-General for Queensland for a donation of cigarettes, which she wished sent to the Queensland soldiers in the ...
Article : 99 wordsThe aeroplane, which is being constructed with the proceeds of the " Courier " Aeroplane Fund, by members of the organisation known as the Queensland Volunteer Flying Civilians, may ...
Article : 134 wordsA patriotic intercessory service was held in St. Peter's Church of England on Wednesday evening, the anniversary of the declaration of war, and the Rev. ...
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Advertising : 154 wordsBrigadier Harris writes from the Salvation Army headquarters, Brisbane: Sir, —As in past years our City and Suburban Corps will have coltectors on the streets, ...
Article : 249 wordsThe art union drawing for the white satin cushion, painted and donated by Mr. W. Taylor, Brighton-terrace, [?]ndgate, will take place at the " Courier " office to-day at 1.30 o'clock. ...
Article : 50 wordsAt a meeting of the Official Entertainments Committee the hon. treasurer reported that the gross proceeds of the six concerts and two matinees of the Belgian ...
Article : 53 wordsThrough Messrs. W. H. Paling and Co., Ltd., a set of Highland [?]agpipes, complete, and in good order, have been received by the 8th Reinforcements of the 9th Infantry Battalion, from ...
Article : 52 wordsAt the Brisbane Club yesterday morning the staff assembled to make a presentation of a wristlet watch, suitably inscribed, to Mr. E. Hardy, who has joined ...
Article : 74 wordsJames Quinton, aged 24 years, who was arrested in the Domain on Sunday afternoon, appeared before Mr. Barnett, S.M., in the Central Police Court, to-day, ...
Article : 312 wordsA concert and naval display will be given in the Centennial Hall next Thursday night, the proceeds being in aid of the Red Cross Funds. The entertainment ...
Article : 59 wordsThat the link between the Colonies and the Mother Country is something more than a phrase was evidenced by the arrival at the Bolton Kitchen for ...
Article : 167 wordsAt the monthly meeting of the Queensland District Executive of the Rechabite Order, held on Saturday night, surprise was expressed at the action of the ...
Article : 135 wordsA young man named William Cecil Abro Shorten died this afternoon in the Rockhampton Hospital, as a result of injuries received in the morning by a fall at Burns ...
Article : 304 wordsAn advertisement appeared in yesterday's "Courier" over the name of Mr. Charles O'Reilly, agent, 93-105 Margaret-street, regarding the steamer Kisagata ...
Article : 95 wordsThe action of the Warwick Turf Club in forwarding to Brisbane the proceeds of the recent race meeting held here in aid of the Patriotic Funds has led to the ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Tue 10 Aug 1915, Page 6
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