The following wireless Press message has been received by the Admiarlty: Russian official communique states: We captured ...
Article : 101 wordsThe Greek reservists demonstrated in front of the Piraeus Town Hall, which French sailors were guarding, and several shots were fires, apparently aimlessly. ...
Article : 142 wordsIn Brisbane yesterday 16 volunteers for the A.I.F. were accepted, and six were rejected. The names and addresses of the volunteers are as follows, the address ...
Article : 112 wordsThe Paris correspondent of the "New York World" had an interview with the Belgian Minister for War, M. Vandervelde, who said that clandestine ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 149 wordsThe court has delivered its verdict in regard to the 17 prisonors who were arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the second Lahore conspiracy case. ...
Article : 132 words"It is absolutely necessary that Australia should seriously consider this matter," said the Mayor of South Brisbane (Alderman J. E. Hilton) last night ...
Article : 581 wordsThe Fitzroy River reached its highest point in the town reaches this morning, the guage indicating 25ft. 10in., or 2ft. [?]in. below the record flood of 1896, when ...
Article : 372 wordsThe Admiralty, by wireless Press, has received the following German official communique: The Russians made a strong attack west of the Riga-Mitan road, and ...
Article : 66 wordsThe volunteers accepted at Toowoomba to-day were Messrs. T. A. Scott (Toowoomba), A. Simmons (Milmerran), and W. G. Gawith (Lyra). ...
Article : 55 wordsSir Robert L. Borden (Prime Minister of Canada) has written to Mr. Massey (Prime Minister of New Zealand) accepting the Government's offer of a panel, ...
Article : 86 wordsThe Berlin "Lokal Anzeiger" publishes an article by Prof. Heinrich Rosin, the food specialist, who says: "This hateborn, curse-laden starvation war is ...
Article : 376 wordsThe American Chamber of Commerce in Berlin tendered a dinner to Mr. Gerard (American Ambassador) to celebrate his return to Bernn after his diplimatic visit ...
Article : 331 wordsThe Admiralty has received by wireless Press the following Italian official message:—Vigorous artillery engagements have taken place along the whole front. ...
Article : 63 wordsTo-day 62 men volunteered and 34 were accepted. ...
Article : 15 wordsMrs. Thompson has received the following letter from Major N. P. Atkinson regarding the death of her son, Lieut. H. H. Turk, M.C.:—"I am writing to tell ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 761 wordsNews was received in Brisbane last night of the death from pneumonia in France of Sergeant Albert E Kennett, who was also superintendent of the ...
Article : 304 wordsThe Director-General of Recruiting (Mr. Mackinnon) stated to-day: "I have observed the various proposals that the phrase 'win the war' should be ...
Article : 160 wordsMAJOR J. CECIL RIDLEY, one of four officers of the A.I.F. Staff, who left Queensland at the beginning of the war, and whose ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 43 wordsA Russian communique, received by wireless by the Admiralty, states: The enemy pressed back the Roumanians north-west of Focsani until the arrival of ...
Article : 41 wordsA wire received by the Railway Department yesterday from Mr. Pagan, Deputy Commissioner at Townsville, was despatched on Monday morning, but was ...
Article : 483 wordsA German communique, received by wireless by the Admiralty, states: We pushed back the enemy between the Patna and Otuz Valleys, and drove out ...
Article : 91 wordsRecently the Greek Consul in Brisbane (Mr. L. H. Spence) dissatisfied with the attitude of the Greek Government towards the Allies, resigned his office. At ...
Article : 246 wordsA meeting of the Sports Sub-recruiting Committee was held last evening in Preston House, Major Jackson in the chair, Dr. Connolly moved that the various ...
Article : 187 wordsThe "Stampa" publishes a letter from the Papal Nuncio at Vienna, in which it is stated that eggs cost 20/ per dozen in the Austrian capital, and most other ...
Article : 38 wordsIn the words of one of those present at the Premiers' Conference to-day there was "a further wrangle over the details of the land settlement scheme." The ...
Article : 355 wordsMr. Tumulty (Secretaty to President Wilson), in testifying before the Congressional Committee appointed to investigate the allegations of a leakage of ...
Article : 159 wordsField-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, in a report issued to-night, states: Last night we drove back three attempts to approach on positions south-east of Souchez. We ...
Article : 58 wordsM. Briand, the French Prime Minister, interviewed by a representative of the Paris "Temps," stated that the conference of the Allies at Rome, from which ...
Article : 174 wordsGerman travellers state that all boys of 18 years of age who were called up in November have been drafted to the Western Front. They have been ...
Article : 83 wordsThe mayor (Alderman T. J. Smith) presided at a meeting held last night in connection with the new recruiting scheme. A committee was formed consisting of the ...
Article : 129 wordsMr. Philip Gibbs, war correspondent at the British Front, describing the recent Anglo-Scottish raid near Arras, calls attention to the remarkable fact of the ...
Article : 392 wordsCaptain Persius, the well-known German naval correspondent, writing in the " Berliner Tageblatt," says he realises the difficulty of ...
Article : 73 wordsMr. R. Ovington, Commonwealth Prices Commissioner, met a number of boot manufacturers and retailers at his offices this morning, ard explained the scope of ...
Article : 281 words"Il Messagero," a daily paper published in Rome, says that the Pope is sending identical replies on Wednesday to the peace notes of Germany and America, ...
Article : 55 wordsA public meeting in connection with the new recruiting scheme was held at the Town Hall last night. All present were elected is a committee. The mayor ...
Article : 211 wordsOperations on the Stock Exchange in connection with the forthcoming war loan are active at £108, and the markings are between £98/10/ and £98/17/6. ...
Article : 104 wordsMajor-General Sir Sam Hughes, Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence, was entertained by the Canadian Club, and in thr course of his speech on the occasion ...
Article : 78 wordsThe Portmaster (Captain V. Forrester) yesterday received a telegram from the Harbour-master at Mackay stating that the steamer Relief had returned from ...
Article : 118 wordsThe Austria[?] Emperor, in an Army Order, refers to the refusal of the Entente Powers to negotiate for peace, and urges the Austrian troops to further ...
Article : 53 wordsThe hon. secretary acknowledges the following additional donations:—Previously acknowledged, £120,152/9/5; Mt. Moo branch, £1/12/6; Colinton branch, 6/4; ...
Article : 209 wordsMr. R. E. Prothero (President of the Board of Agriculture), addressing a meeting of farmers, said that the production of each village should be under the supreme ...
Article : 237 wordsThe Minister for Labour (Mr. J. Hodge) has addressed a circular to the trade unions with a view to emphasising the gravity of the national situation, and ...
Article : 117 wordsThere is a growing evidence of dissension between the Central Powers. The Sofia correspondent of the "Vossische Zeitung" declares that Bulgaria ...
Article : 159 wordsIt is understood that definite instructions are being sent to the State Commandants to provide facilities for men who wish to enlist in groups and embark ...
Article : 74 wordsA telegram from Sub-inspector Harlan, stationed [?] Hughenden, to the Commissioner of Police, gives further details of the drowning of the Jenkinson family ...
Article : 307 wordsThe Imperial Government has decided to purchase the whole of the surplus of Australian frozen rabbits for the season 1917 after Australian requirements have [?]en ...
Article : 79 wordsA communique issued last night states: There has been a fairly lively artillery duel at the foot of the Cotes de Meuse. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe committee of the 25th Battalion Comforts Fund notifies those desirous of sending private parcels away in the next shipment that all parcels must be in not ...
Article : 137 wordsOwing to the rapid expansion of the repatriation work the necessity has arisen for larger office accommodation. The executive accordingly decided to secure ...
Article : 64 wordsErnest Cresswell Helmore, a second lieutenant in the Sherwood Foresters, and son of Mr. George Helmore, of Christchurch, New Zealand, has been killed in ...
Article : 32 wordsThe "Echo de Belge" asserts that, despite the bombardment of Zeebrugge by the Allies, the harbour works are intact, and a great number of German ...
Article : 43 wordsLast Saturday afternoon Mrs. J. A. Ferguson, of Abbotsford, Enoggera, with the assistance of a committee of 21 ladies, gave a very enjoyable tea to the ...
Article : 85 wordsIt is reported that heavy loss [?] life occurred at Tondern, in Schleswig-Holstein, through the recent Zeppelin disaster, in which two Zeppelins collided, ...
Article : 63 wordsIt is stated that there are approximately 300 Germans over 45 years of age interned in the Commonwealth, and following instructions received from Mr. ...
Article : 118 wordsIn the Btadford market prices for tops are in buyers' favour, but users are very cautious, and business, is limited. ...
Article : 27 wordsAn entertainment will be held in the Sandgate Town Hall to-night in aid of the Y.M.C.A. Field Fund. Generous aid will be given by local talent, members of ...
Article : 111 wordsThe Cardiff City Council has ordered an inquiry into the allegations with regard to the shipping of potatoes at that port. ...
Article : 92 wordsThe hon. secretaries of the Brisbane Girls' Club, second floor, City Buildings, Edward-street, announce that since February, 1916, the club has supplied ...
Article : 63 wordsSir Joseph Ward (Minister for Finance in the New Zealand Government) and Lady Ward visited the New Zealdn Officer's Convalescent Home at Brighton, ...
Article : 41 wordsA settling meeting in connection with the New Year's Day sports in aid of the Australian Soldiers' Repatriation Fund took place at the Waterford Arms Hotel ...
Article : 48 wordsQuotations in the wheat market are unchanged, but are nominal. ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Wed 10 Jan 1917, Page 7
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