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  2. "COURIER" PATRIOTIC FUNDS.

    Though in one sense yesterday was a small day for the "Coureir" Patriotic Funds, yet in another it was a good day for with the amounts recorved practical ...

    Article : 656 words
  3. A STUPENDOUS BATTLE.

    Re[?]ter's Salonica correspondent wires: —The destruction of the railway bridge at Demirilissar has caused d sensation in Greek circles, as it almost cuts off ...

    Article : 332 words
  4. RIOTING IN MELBOURNE.

    Disturbances by soldiers and civilians took place again this evening, demonstrations being made against a shop kept by Plisch, a pastrycook. The trouble began ...

    Article : 113 words
  5. EXPEDITIONARY FORCES.

    A scheme for the military training of the Expeditionary Force has been prepared by Major-General M'Cay. This provides for a complete routine of ...

    Article : 113 words
  6. TRADE THROUGH NEUTRALS.

    Lord Sydenham stated in an interview that he was in favour of allowing neutrals to recieve their normal imports, plus a small percentage, and then sketching a ...

    Article : 52 words
  7. RUSSIAN JEWS' RELIEF FUND.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 203 words
  8. BRUTALITY TO PRISONERS.

    Private Wells, of the suffolk Regiment, who has returned to England from Germany, where he was a prisoner of war, in describing the horrors of the treatment ...

    Article : 123 words
  9. GERMAN HYPOCRISY.

    The German newspapers, in commenting on Sir Edward. Grey's reply to the German allegations of alleged cruelty by the crew of the British cruiser ...

    Article : 219 words
  10. RECRUITING STATISTICS.

    At the Adelaide-street Drill Shed yesterday 136 volunteers offered their services, and 100 were incepted. At Toowoomba there were 27 enlistments, at ...

    Article : 65 words
  11. EMPLOYMENT OF GERMANS.

    The Acting Premier (Hon. E. G. Theodore) informed a "Courier" representative yesterday that be took exception to the headline, "No great evil in ...

    Article : 300 words
  12. GERMAN THOROUGHNESS.

    Mr. H. G. Wells, writing to the "Daily Chronicle," pays a striking tribute to the German thoroughness and adaptability. He states: "A Russian named Bloch, ...

    Article : 305 words
  13. COUNTRY VOLUNTEERS.

    The following 13 volunteers were accepted for active service on Saturday morning: —Messrs. Peter O'Neill, Robert, Leitch, Thomas Childs, James O'Reilly. Thomas ...

    Article : 833 words
  14. BRISBANE GIRLS' CLUB.

    A meeting of the Brisbane Girls' Club will be held in the room, 3rd floor, Courier Building, to-morrow afternoon, at 3.30. ...

    Article : 25 words
  15. AN EXCITING INCIDENT.

    Private Ernest Snow, a brother of Mr. W. J. Snow, jeweller, Toowoomba, writing from Anzac, Gallipoli, gives an interesting description of an exciting ...

    Article : 479 words
  16. THE CLAN MACFARLANE.

    Captain Swanston and five men from the steamer Clan Maclarlane, which was torpedoed and sunk by a submarine in the Mediterranean, have been picked up ...

    Article : 46 words
  17. THE GERMAN ELEMENT.

    Condemnatory remarks concerning the attitude of the Federal Government in regard to its policy of refusing to enlist direct descendants of Germans, or to ...

    Article : 341 words
  18. FLOODS IN HOLLAND.

    The floods in Northern Holland, caused by the bursting of the dykes, are the worst that have been experienced since 1825. Sixteen persons were drowned at ...

    Article : 37 words
  19. THE KAISER'S ILLNESS.

    [?] is correspondent at Rome cables that it is stated in ecclesiastical circles that an operation was performed on the Kaiser on 13th instant, and was ...

    Article : 99 words
  20. THE BESSARABIAN FRONTIER.

    An Austrian communique states: The most stubborn buttle yet fought in the region of the Bessarbian frontier is in progress at Tororatz and east of ...

    Article : 74 words
  21. GREAT FIRE IN NORWAY.

    A fire broke out in Bergen, the great fishing harbour and manufacturing town of Norway. It raged throughout the night, spreading to 20 district quartets, and ...

    Article : 110 words
  22. GERMANS IN A PANIC.

    A singular feature of the fighting at Czernowitz, in Bukowina, is that a German regiment became panic stricken and began to run. The Austrian artillery, ...

    Article : 83 words
  23. COLOSSAL WAR LOSSES.

    The Red Cross Society estimates the war losses up to June, 1915, as follows:— Dead. Wounded. Prisoners. Total. British 180,000 200,000 90,000 470,000 ...

    Article : 65 words
  24. GERMAN AEROPLANE DESTROYED.

    The Brisbane guns brought down a German aeroplane which was flying over Salonica, and both the airmen were killed. ...

    Article : 30 words
  25. WOUNDED SOLDIERS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 491 words
  26. THE CAUCASUS.

    A communique regarding the operations in the Caucasus states: We captured on Friday 20 officers, 400 men, six guns, and much ammunition. ...

    Article : 30 words
  27. MESOPOTAMIAN CAMPAIGN.

    It is officially announced that General Aylmer (who is advancing to the relief of General Townshend's force at Kut-el-Amara, on the Tigris) on 13th instant ...

    Article : 195 words
  28. THE ARRESTED CONSOLS.

    Advices from Constantinople state that in consequence of the Entente Powers having refused to liberate the consuls who were arrested at Salonica, the Porte will ...

    Article : 50 words
  29. MANUFACTURE OF MUNITIONS.

    The matter of the manufacture of shell bodies locally is at present being considered by the authorities in Brisbane. Mr. C. F. Pemberton (Deputy Railway ...

    Article : 215 words
  30. SHAREHOLDERS OF ENEMY ORIGIN.

    The Minister for External Affairs (Hon. H. Mahon) not having yet assumed the duties of Attorney-General, particulars were not available to-day, in ...

    Article : 212 words
  31. LAST DAYS AT ANZAC.

    The newspapers are making a feature of the narrative by Malcolm Ross, a New Zealander, of the last days at Anzac. ...

    Article : 28 words
  32. MONTENEGRO.

    An Austrian communique states: We captured 154 guns, and [?]0,000 rifles at Cettinje, the capital of Montenegro, and we have occupied Spezza. ...

    Article : 29 words
  33. "I WON'T COUNT THAT ONE."

    The "Daily Telegraph" has published the exploits of an Australian trooper named W. E. Sing, who says he sniped altogether 200 Turks, his targets being ...

    Article : 137 words
  34. CHRISTMAS BILLYGANS.

    We have received the following appreciation from the warrant officers and sergeants stationed at Rabaul. The missive is dated Rabaul, December 30, ...

    Article : 508 words
  35. KING GEORGE'S MESSAGE.

    King George, in a message to king Peter of Serlda, says: "I am fully convinced that the Allies, together with the heroic Serbian Army, are in a position to win ...

    Article : 63 words
  36. PRESENTATIONS.

    A send-off in honour of Mr. W. Temple, who has enlisted, took place on Friday at the bakery of Mr. Paine, Moorooka, where he was employed as a baker. On ...

    Article : 1,350 words
  37. FIGHTING IN EGYPT.

    It is officially announced that a British column on January 13 dispersed 400 Arabs 40 miles from Matruh. There were no British casualties. ...

    Article : 34 words
  38. ROYAL INVESTITURE.

    At the investiture at Buckingham Palace the King, in handing the Distinguished Service Order to Major G. Smith, a New Zealander, showed ...

    Article : 107 words
  39. WHO IS TO BLAME?

    Messrs. Sam Goodyear, William Goodyear, James Chapman, William Chapman, Joseph Lower, Jas. Hendry, Samuel Goodyear, and S. Goodyear journeyed to ...

    Article : 77 words
  40. THE SERBIAN ARMY.

    The installation of the Serbian Army in the island of Corfu is proceeding satisfactorily. The Agrilleion Palace (owned by the Kaiser) has not been occupied by ...

    Article : 72 words
  41. GERMAN VOLUNTEERS.

    A Reuter message from Amsterdam states:—The German comander in Belgium called for volunteers for Egypt, offering 20 days' furlongh, but there was ...

    Article : 40 words
  42. HELPING THE BELGIANS.

    The beautiful five-piece collection of Queensland furniture exhibited at the Panama-Pacific Exposition at San Francisco, California, and donated for ...

    Article : 329 words
  43. RED CROSS SOCIETY.

    A meeting of the general committee of the society was held yesterday in the B.M.A. rooms. There was a good attendance. The hon. secretary read the ...

    Article : 329 words
  44. THE WESTERN FRONT.

    The following communique was issued last night: Operating with the British artillery, we seriously damaged the enemy trenches at Hetsas, causing two ...

    Article : 54 words
  45. SERBIAN GOVERNMENT.

    The members of the Serbian Government, with the diplomatic representatives of the Allied Powers accredited to King Peter, have arrived at Brindisi, in Italy. ...

    Article : 32 words
  46. DIED OF WOUNDS.

    Major Herbert Dumaresq, of the Rifle Brigade, has died from wounds. Major Dumaresq was aide-de-camp to the Governor of New South Wales from 1910 to ...

    Article : 38 words
  47. LABOUR IN BRITAIN.

    The Board of Trade "Labour Gazette" states that the growing shortage of male labour can only be met by a much larger influx of women. Food prices this month ...

    Article : 67 words
  48. A STUPENDOUS BATTLE.

    The Petrograd correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" reports: The Russians opened a stupendous battle in Galicia at Christmas, and the cannonade became a ...

    Article : 296 words
  49. A GERMAN ADMISSION.

    A Germam communique states: The British shelled Lille, causing a fire, which did some small damage. ...

    Article : 21 words
  50. STEEL HELMETS.

    Reports from the west front show that the steel helmet now widely used by the British troops has proved a protection from shrapnel and bomb splinters. The ...

    Article : 54 words
  51. ANTI-COMPULSION MEETING.

    Anti-compulsion meetings, at which the proceedings were of a lively character, have been held in the provincial towns. Mr. R. L. Outhwaite, Liberal M.P. for ...

    Article : 101 words
  52. ARRIVAL IN SYDNEY.

    A further contingent of returned wounded and sick soldiers was landed at Sydney to-day. They comprised 108 for New South Wales and 43 for Queensland. After ...

    Article : 71 words
  53. ATROCITIES IN BELGIUM.

    The German and Austrian Episcopates have refused the request of the Belgian bishops for a mixed commission to investigate the German atrocities in ...

    Article : 53 words
  54. GIFTS IN KIND.

    "Nix" sent along a pair of cocks. D. Dwyer, Yeerongpillj, "Anonymous," and Mrs. Walter Harding each sent a parcel of books. Miss Maughan sent a parcel of ...

    Article : 40 words
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