"The enemy," a Paris communique states, "bombarded Furnes, east of Dunkirk. We fired, by way of reprisal, on the German cantonments at Middlekerke. The ...
Article : 369 wordsA Petrograd communique states:—"The enemy's artillery was lively on Monday and Tuesday in the direction of Lomza (80 miles north-east of Warsaw). The ...
Article : 114 wordsYesterday was the sixth successive day on which the enlistments in Victoria exceeded 1000. The accession to the fighting forces is wonderfully consistent and ...
Article : 224 wordsFrench National Day was celebrated in France yesterday with intense enthusiasm. Hundreds of thousands of people thronged the streets of Paris. ...
Article : 269 wordsNews has been received from Paris of a successful attack on the Turkish positions on Gallipoli. An official notification announces that the news has been confirmed. ...
Article : 1,025 wordsNotwithstanding the thrice repeated assurance of the Postmaster-General, both inside and outside Parliament, that nothing would be done to hinder departmental ...
Article : 603 wordsDuring a long discussion on the unemployed question at a meeting of Ballarat Trades and Labor Council tonight, it was stated by Mr. James Harrison (Tramways ...
Article : 255 wordsThe Official Press Bureau has issued a French report, written at the end of May, which describes the enemy's tremendous efforts to cross the San River, in Galicia. ...
Article : 243 wordsAt Victoria Barracks recruiting was again carried on at a brisk rate. Over 150 volunteers were examined during the morning, including several batches of sturdy young ...
Article : 104 wordsAt Wednesday's meeting of the council of the Victorian Amateur Athletic Association it was resolved to call a meeting of secretaries of all clubs to arrange the ...
Article : 124 wordsThe New York "Herald" protests against the brutal effrontery of the commander of a German submarine in compelling the American barque Normandy to ...
Article : 83 wordsA further appeal for recruits was yesterday made by the leader of the Federal Opposition (Mr. Joseph Cook). "In the case of free, eligible young men," said Mr. Cook, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 150 wordsTelegrams from Laibach, in Austria, received in Geneva state that masses of Italians on the left bank of the Isonzo have been in contact with the enemy since ...
Article : 76 wordsSurprise was recently created at the Town Hall recruiting depot when several well-known footballers were rejected as being unfit. The matter was brought to the ...
Article : 100 wordsIn the House of Commons yesterday Mr. R. M'Kenna, Chancellor of the Exchequer, said it was agreed there was a necessity for extra taxes to meet the cost of the ...
Article : 135 wordsAustria has handed the American ambassador in Vienna a note in which it draws attention to the large supplies of munitions sent by America to Great ...
Article : 90 wordsThe spirit of self-sacrifice that animates women in the campaign is illustrated by the letter of a Clifton Hill girl to her only brother on learning of his enlistment. ...
Article : 222 wordsReferring yesterday to vacancies which exist in the police force now and which may occur, the Chief Commissioner, Mr. A. G. Sainsbury, said it was not intended ...
Article : 176 wordsAt a meeting of the executive committee of the Victorian Amateur Hockey Association, held last evening, it was resolved to abandon the ...
Article : 69 wordsSir Robert Borden, Prime Minister of Canada, attended the meeting of the Imperial Cabinet yesterday. The "Daily Mail" remarks:—"Sir Robert ...
Article : 161 wordsA noteworthy addition was made yesterday to the crack shots of the rifle clubs who have enlisted for the front, D. R. Davies. one of the best of Victorian skilled ...
Article : 154 wordsFrom Copenhagen it is reported that six new Zeppelins in Germany have completed their trials, and are ready for a raid on Great Britain when the weather proves ...
Article : 37 wordsVery satisfactory results were again obtained at the city depot yesterday, when there was another splendid master of men from suburbs and country offering their ...
Article : 610 wordsIt is reported from Copenhagen that several German newspapers state that a Balkans League has been formed on the initiative of Bulgaria. ...
Article : 27 wordsRecruiting committees in some of the smaller towns of the northern district are doing their work thoroughly. Young men, without ties or family responsibilities are ...
Article : 234 words"De Tijd," an Amsterdam journal, states that well-informed German sources deny that Marshal von Hindenburg is in disgrace with the Kaiser. On the contrary, it ...
Article : 61 wordsThe Prahran District Football Association is calling a special meeting of delegates for next Wednesday, with a view of winding up the competition. Two of the clubs ...
Article : 155 wordsBitter complaints have been made by recruits who have enlisted during the past ten days regarding exasperating delay and inconvenience that has occurred at the ...
Article : 528 wordsMr. Bonar Law, Secretary of State for the Colonies, announced in the House of Commons yesterday that out of 1,100,000 square miles comprising the German ...
Article : 148 wordsThe executive of the South Wales Miners' Association spent the whole of yesterday in conference. Its decision regarding the threatened strike was not announced. The ...
Article : 295 wordsThe Berlin newspapers, in commenting on the destruction of the German cruiser Koenigsberg by British monitors while she was bottled up in the Rufigi River, Mafia ...
Article : 99 wordsThere has been an utterly complete failure on the part of the enemy to force the angle between the British and the French about Pilkem, to the north of ...
Article : 422 wordsIn the House of Lords yesterday, Lord Weardale, in complaining of the delay in the publication of official despatches relating to the Egyptian campaign, declared that ...
Article : 132 wordsEvery day the postal department is finding a marked increase in the number of letters, newspapers and parcels consigned from Victoria to the Australian troops in ...
Article : 537 wordsSir,—Referring to the sub-leader in "The Age" of to-day on the question of football and patriotism, I, in common with many others, desire to thank your valuable ...
Article : 290 wordsThe destruction of the German raiding cruiser Koenigaberg has again brought into prominence the part which the Australian navy is playing in the present great ...
Article : 122 wordsMr. Steen, a Norwegian banker, who visited German prison camps in April, states that 10,000 men were confined at Merseburg. The cannon on the ramparts ...
Article : 52 wordsReplying to inquiries from New Zealand, Lord Ranfurly, on behalf of the Red Cross and St. John societies, states they are working unitedly. They have sent to the ...
Article : 82 wordsThe Official Picks Bureau reports:—"Two alleged spies were arrested and court-martialled on Friday last on a charge of attempting to communicate information ...
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Advertising : 9 wordsTwo hundred unofficial members of the British Parliament have presented Viscount Haldane privately with an address in appreciation of his services. ...
Article : 76 wordsMr. Asquith stated in the House of Commons yesterday that the House shortly would be asked to pass another vote of credit. ...
Article : 31 wordsSir,—We have just hold a meeting to-night and unanimously decided to withdraw from the competition for this season. Up till to-night 31 of our men have joined the ...
Article : 60 wordsThe Bine Book for 1913-11 shows the cost of British combatant ships on the strength at £174,000,000. Thirty submarines were under construction, and seven navy ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Fri 16 Jul 1915, Page 7
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