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  2. "A GREAT VICTORY."

    A great victory on the Somme is reported. General Sir Douglas Haig reports that Guillemont has been captured. ...

    Article : 611 words
  3. REVOLUTION IN GREECE.

    The Committee of National Defence is exerting its authority in a determined manner. It has forbidden Greeks between 19 years and 45 years of age to ...

    Article : 704 words
  4. "COURIER" PATRIOTIC FUNDS.

    "Still going strong," remarked one of the walkers at the depot for Christmas boxes, and aheady many willing hands have packed hundreds of boxes ready to ...

    Article : 781 words
  5. THE ZEPPELIN RAID.

    An official statement has been issued as follows:—The Zeppelin raid last night was the most formidable that has yet taken place There were 13 airships, ...

    Article : 1,727 words
  6. THE RUSSIAN FRONT.

    An official communique states: The Germans, in the region of Riga, attacked the Lettish battalions, whose counteroffensive drove them back, with severe ...

    Article : 84 words
  7. THE GALL FOR MEN.

    The Minister for Defence had a conversation to-day with Mr. D. M'Kinnon (chairman of the State War Committee) on the subject of the recruiting campaign ...

    Article : 145 words
  8. THE BRIDE DOLL RAFFLE.

    The raffle for the bride doll, donated by Mr. Coakes, of Tinney, Isles, and Co, Ltd., and dressed by Mrs. Dent, Coorparoo, for the War Nurses' Fund, was won ...

    Article : 57 words
  9. PAUL DUFAULT'S PHOTO.

    The autograph photo of Paul Dufault, which was offered in aid of the Residential Club at his concert in His Majesty's Theatre on Saturday night, realised ...

    Article : 49 words
  10. GERMAN COMMUNIQUE.

    A German communique states: Strong Russian forces northward of Zborow reattacked General von Ebus's brave troops, but were immediately repulsed, partially ...

    Article : 90 words
  11. NAVAL CHEER FUND.

    Owing to the Chamber of Commerce rooms being required for the use of the members this afternoon, to meeting of the Naval Cheer Fund Committee, which ...

    Article : 56 words
  12. CONSCRIPTION REFERENDUM.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) spent the greater part of the afternoon in comference with the members of the P.L.L. executive on the subject of the ...

    Article : 193 words
  13. BRISBANE GIRLS' CLUB AND THE "QUEENS'" CARNIVAL.

    It was mentioned in the "Courier" last week that in connection with the "Queens'" Carnival it was proposed to obtain a flag designed to bear the ...

    Article : 136 words
  14. DELVILLE WOOD.

    A despatch from Mr. Philip Gibbs, war correspondent at the British Front, states: The German fivefold attack on our position beyond Deville Wood owed ...

    Article : 166 words
  15. FIGHTING IN THE CAUCASUS.

    An official communique states: Fierce fighting continues in the Caucasus region at Ognot. Our fire repulsed Turkish attacks in the village of Techormuk. ...

    Article : 31 words
  16. AN I.W.W. MEETING.

    In the Central Police Court to-day Charles Reeve, Donald Grant, and Peter Larkin, three men who addressed a meeting of the I.W.W. in the Domain on ...

    Article : 420 words
  17. ITALIAN OPERATIONS.

    An Italian communique states: The Austrains shelled villages in the Astico valley and our positions in the Aviso valley. Our Alpini on the northern slopes of Mount ...

    Article : 94 words
  18. NURSES' EQUIPMENT FUND.

    It is regrettable that no progress was mado yesterday with the fund which is to be distributed amongst the nurses who leave our shores for service abroad The ...

    Article : 96 words
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    MAP SHOWING THE BIG ALLIED MOVE ON THE SOMME. (Le Forest, which is not shown on the map, is situated north of Clery, and southeast of Combles, a little above a line drawn through Maurcpas). ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 36 words
  20. ARCHBISHOP DUHIG'S VIEWS

    Speaking at the opening of the new premises of the Catholic Club last evening, his Grace Archbishop Duhig said it was, perhaps, dangerous to say anything ...

    Article : 383 words
  21. AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 116 words
  22. ATTACK AT ROMANI.

    Djemal Pasha, the Turkish commander, is angry at the failure of the attack on Romani, which von Kursh, the German Chief of Staff, arranged ...

    Article : 47 words
  23. AUSTRALIAN FLYING SQUADRON

    The Australian Flying Squadron made a successful reconnaissance in the Sinai Peninsula. The airmen flew back a distance of 80 miles, and, despite the enemy's fire, ...

    Article : 44 words
  24. WAR PENSIONS.

    A statement issued by the Federal Treasury this morning showed that up to August 28, a total of 11,542 war pensions were granted out of a total of 18,286 ...

    Article : 76 words
  25. GERMAN EAST AFRICA.

    General Smuts, Commander-in-Chief of the British forces in East Africa, on Saturday reported: The pursuit of the enemy is being actively pressed in the ...

    Article : 158 words
  26. GERMAN SOLDIERS HANGED.

    Returning to Sydney by the steamer Osterley are Sisters Brendan and Hilda, two Australian Sisters of Mercy who have recently lived at Poreions, Belgium, ...

    Article : 163 words
  27. OTHER FUNDS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 510 words
  28. PERSONAL NOTES.

    Mrs. J. T. H. Bird, East Brisbane, has received a cable from her brother, Private Charles B Allen, announcing his safe arrival in England. Private Allen served ...

    Article : 623 words
  29. AEROPLANE WARFARE.

    According to British, French, and German communiques, 189 aeroplanes were brought down during August, including 121 German machines, and of these the ...

    Article : 31 words
  30. YOUTHS AS VOLUNTEERS.

    An enlightening statement was made today by the Minister for Defence in reply to a question whether, under the proposed scheme of compulsion, youths ...

    Article : 155 words
  31. EARLIER REPORTS.

    General Sir Douglas Haig, British Commander-in-Chief in France, reports: The night was generally quiet. Fighting took place in the morning near Mouquet ...

    Article : 177 words
  32. MACHINERY AND STEEL

    The Minister for Defence states that the export from Great Britain of many materials, often raw material used in Australian industries, is prohibited by the Minister for Munitions, ...

    Article : 277 words
  33. COLONEL DU PATY DE CLAM DEAD.

    Colonel Du Paty de Clam, who was prominently connected with the Dreyfus ease some years ago, has died from wounds. ...

    Article : 30 words
  34. DURATION OF THE WAR.

    Karl von Wiegand, the Berlin correspondent of the "New York World," has interviewed Henr Ballin, the managing director of the Hamburg-Amerika ...

    Article : 172 words
  35. PROGRESS OF THE ALLIES.

    It is significant that the German censor has allowed the Berlin correspondent of the "New York Times" to make unqualified admissions regarding the ...

    Article : 172 words
  36. "WHEN THE EMPIRE GALLED."

    Among the correspondence pouring in to the Minister for Defence comes sometimes a note of an heroic character from parents who have lost their sons ...

    Article : 143 words
  37. JAPAN AND CHINA.

    A message from Peking states that as an outcome of the recent incident at Cheng-chia-tun, in Manchuria, where Chinese troops attacked the Japanese ...

    Article : 205 words
  38. GERMAN COMMUNIQUE.

    A German communique states: Artillery activity on the Somme was increased with the greatest violence. Strong French attacks between Maurepas and Clery ...

    Article : 51 words
  39. INSPECTION OF REINFORCEMENTS.

    From 1500 to 2000 members of the A.I.F. at present in camp, who are destined to leave Queensland at some future date as reinforcements to battalions which have ...

    Article : 86 words
  40. RUSSIAN GENERAL AT BUCHAREST.

    The general commanding the Ru[?]ian troops in the Roumanian province of Dobrudja has arrived here. ...

    Article : 21 words
  41. BALKANS CAMPAIGN,

    An [?] communique states: A violent artillery engagement took place on the Struma front and at Lake Doiran. Our patrols frequently reconnoitred the ...

    Article : 52 words
  42. GEORGES GARPENTIER.

    Georges Carpentier, the French champion boxer, who has been serving with distinction as an airman during the war, says that army life and physical culture ...

    Article : 71 words
  43. ENLISTMENT STATISTICS.

    If Queensland is to succeed in the voluntary system of enlistment and raise the 5000 men for September required to sustain this effort the number of men ...

    Article : 147 words
  44. THE NEW YORK EXPLOSION.

    An arrest in connection with the disastrous explosion in New York on July 20 has revealed the mysterious movements of an Austrian named Michael Kristos. ...

    Article : 45 words
  45. SERVICE FOR RETURNED SOLDIERS.

    A service for returned soldiers was held in St. Luke's Church on Sunday morning, when there was a fair attendance of men, including officers. Luncheon ...

    Article : 60 words
  46. ROUMANIAN FRONTIER.

    A German communique states: On the Roumanian frontier legion the Bulgarians mid Germans crossed the Dobrudja border between the Danube and the Black ...

    Article : 41 words
  47. FIND OF 1,000,000 FRANCS.

    A young artillerist in digging a shelter on the Picardy front uncarthed an iron box, inside which he found securities for 1,000,000 franes (£40,000). A will was ...

    Article : 56 words
  48. THE EIGHT-HOUR DAY.

    As a result of the passing by Congress of an eight-hour day for railwaymen, many newspapers express the opionion that there will be widespread demands for an ...

    Article : 42 words
  49. THE "QUEENS" CARNIVAL.

    A meeting of the members of the committee of the "Queen of Trade and Commerce" will be held in the rooms of the Brisbane Chamber of Commerce this ...

    Article : 48 words
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