A Zeppelin [?]ew over Namur, in Delgium, in a gale, and was compelled to descend. In descenting it fouled the telegraph wires, and was badly damaged, ...
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Article : 915 wordsThe British steamer Gitano, which had taken refuge at Norrkooping since the outbreak of the war, slipped out on New Year's Day, followed by Swedish torpedo ...
Article : 105 wordsThough the recruiting figures on Saturday were lower compared with the preceding days of the week, there was a good response to the Empire's call. At ...
Article : 73 wordsA patty of British civilians who were released from the German concentration camp at Ruhleben have reached Holland. They state there has latterly been a ...
Article : 87 wordsNumerous recruits have come forward lately. They include Messrs. A. Littlejohn, Neil M'Millan, D. Towns, L. Towns, Thomas M'Mahon, W. T. Green, Arthur ...
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Article : 36 wordsThe text of the Military Service Bill has been published. The Bill provides that unmarried men and widowers without children shall be deemed to have ...
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Article : 53 wordsThe Punjab Aeroplane Fund now exceeds £35,000. It include £5000 each from the Nawab of Bahawulpur, the Nawab of Malikata, and Mohamed Khan ...
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Article : 68 wordsGermany has replied to the American Note respecting the sinking of the Lusitania, on May 7, 1915, agreeing to pay compensation for the American lives which ...
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Article : 536 wordsLieutenant-General Sir F. W. Stopford, who was in command at Suvla Bay, has demanded an inquiry into the operations there. ...
Article : 286 wordsThe London correspondent of the Chicago "Daily News," who is the doyen of American journalists in England, in a striking attack on American policy, says: ...
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Article : 59 wordsThe newspapers here are gratified at the recent announcement of the Allies that the enemy consuls who were arrested at Salonica had been released ...
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Article : 44 wordsThe Lord Mayo of London is making a stirring appeal for enlistment. He attends at the Mansion House daily to welcome recruits personally. ...
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Article : 81 wordsMr. Philip Gibbs, the well-known war correspondent, writing from the British front, says: "The British artillery is engaged in a daily battle along ...
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Article : 756 wordsThe Federal Treasurer (Hon. W. G. Higgs) is making a personal appeal to every resident of Australia who is in receipt of an income of £300 per year or ...
Article : 79 wordsThe friends of Lieutenant F. T. Small (late of King's College), 5th Field Company Divisional Engineers, will regret to learn that word has been received from ...
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Article : 51 wordsThe main attack of the Russians on Czernowitz, the capital of Bukowina, was proceeded by a bombardment by 400 guns, which rained shells continuously for 50 ...
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Article : 48 wordsThe whert market is firm. 15,000 quarters, February shipment, have been sold at 62/6 per 480lb., and 13,000 quarters expected in March or carly in April at ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Mon 10 Jan 1916, Page 7
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