Russia has made a good recovery in Bukowina. It is reported that the Russians have defeated the enemy at Czernovitz. In Northern Poland the Germans are still on the ...
Article : 134 wordsLast week's recruiting figures for Victoria were the poorest for the year, but as a record in the wrong direction they will be easily beaten by tins week's total. To ...
Article : 147 wordsThe holders of the Victoria Cross have been increased by recent achievements at the front. The following are additional names of those who have been awarded ...
Article : 357 wordsIt is the intention of the Price of Goods Board to deal firmly with suppliers of food products who increase their prices without first obtaining the consent of the board. A ...
Article : 213 wordsThere are two points of special interest in the Russian campaign—one being in the north, where the Germans are pressing forward, and the other in Bukowina, to the ...
Article : 241 words"Eye Witness," the authorised reporter with the British headquarters' staff, describes the British capture last week of the brickfields, near La Bassee, which had ...
Article : 164 wordsA Russian statement on the situation in East Prussia comes in the form of an announcement in the official gazette at Petrograd. ...
Article : 128 wordsWith a considerable amount of warmth the Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) stated yesterday afternoon that two of the permanent officer of the Commonwealth ...
Article : 272 wordsReferring to his Note to America, the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey) has pointed out that the war has not interfered with ...
Article : 164 wordsIn the opinion of the Price of Goods Board the present price of butter is justifiable, but no further increase should be necessary. In explaining the reasons of the ...
Article : 219 wordsGermany's advance in East Prussia and Northern Poland is referred to in a message from the Kaiser. Telegraphing to the German Chancellor ...
Article : 133 wordsA Berlin official message says that 3,000 Russian prisoners were taken near Plock. The German captures eastward to the Prussian frontier to date include ...
Article : 46 wordsSYDNEY, Friday.—The Wheat Acquisition Board to-day considered an application received from Victoria for 100,000 bushels of wheat, to be sent immediately, and ...
Article : 303 wordsThe mayor of St. Kilda (Councillor Hewison) has convened a public meeting to be held in the Town Hall on Tuesday evening in connection with the movement ...
Article : 42 wordsSportsmen are taking keen interest in the sportsmen's meeting to be held in the Melbourne Town Hall on Wednesday evening, and various suggestions have been made ...
Article : 345 wordsDetails of the results of the air raids by the Allies on German positions in Belgium are slowly filtering through. A message from Amsterdam states that ...
Article : 60 words"We have had another favourable day," [?] a Paris communique. "The Ger[?] at Rolincourt made five attempts to [?]ture the trenches which were taken ...
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Article : 5 wordsThe British Government Gazette devotes twenty two pages to the names of British soldiers who have been honoured by King George for services in the field. ...
Article : 255 wordsFrom Copenhagen it is reported that the Zeppelin airship AE4 was caught in a snowstorn, and was soon beyond control. The crew jumped into the sea, and allowed ...
Article : 115 wordsBERRIGAN (N.S.W.), Friday.—The New South Wales Government has issued a writ against Thomas J. O'Dwyer, farmer, of Berrigan, claiming £750 owing on a ...
Article : 64 wordsT[?] date fixed for the comm[?]ncement of [?]many's war against unarmed merchant [?] has arrived. Yet, in spite of this, [?]ing in the English Cha[?]el is normal[?] ...
Article : 226 wordsA short service will be held to-morrow afternoon, at 3 o'clock, at which the Archdeacon of Melbourne will give a special address to the soldiers. ...
Article : 55 wordsIn a Copenhagen message it is stated that Zeppelin L3, that was burnt as Faroc Island, off the west coast of Denmark, was one of Germany's best airships. It ...
Article : 104 wordsAt the meeting of the executive of Victorian Millowners' Association yesterday it was decided to increase the price of flour once more by 10/, making the price ...
Article : 51 wordsSir John French, the commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force, included several Australian officers (some of whom are dead) amongst those whom ...
Article : 355 wordsSir,—I was very pleased to read the letter from your King Island correspondent, in which he puts forward the suggestion that badges should be issued to men who have ...
Article : 367 wordsLeading authorities express the opinion that, unless something unforeseen happens, the blend of tea which is sold to the public at 1/ per [?]b. must be withdrawn by the ...
Article : 200 wordsA new proclamation regarding trading with the enemy has been issued by the Governor-General. The principal provision is as follows:— ...
Article : 220 wordsSYDNEY, Friday.—An enthusiastic welcome home was given to the 800 soldiers and sailors brought back from service in the Pacific by the Navan when they ...
Article : 116 wordsA procession of gaily decked motor-cars filled with pretty girls and all manner of strangely costumed characters, had the effect of drawing a large crowd to the ...
Article : 391 wordsThe trial of the Boer general, Christian de Wet, for having taken up arms against the South African Government on the outbreak of the war, is proceeding at ...
Article : 187 wordsA military sports and swimming meeting will be held at Fairfield to-day, tendered to the 55th Infantry and 8th and 9th Corps, Royal Australian Engineers, for their services at the ...
Article : 87 wordsWELLINGTON (N.Z.), Friday.—The Government has decided to invite applications for the position of official New Zealand war correspondent, to be despatched ...
Article : 100 wordsColonel Pethebridge, who is acting as administrator of the islands in the NorthWestern Pacific captured from Germany, is in constant touch with the Federal ...
Article : 175 wordsCouncillor C. Atkins, of the Melbourne City Council, has received a letter from the naval secretary, Melbourne, thanking him on behalf of the Royal Australian Navy for having initiated the ...
Article : 281 words[?] naval atinche incident, which [?] some feeling between Greece and [?], has closed amicably. [?] Turkish detective recently insulted a ...
Article : 100 wordsSYDNEY, Friday.—Sitting in High Court jurisdiction, Mr. Justice Barton to-day reserved judgment in the case in which the Commonwealth Crown solicitor is making ...
Article : 191 wordsThe Navy office yesterday advised that of the naval reservists back from New Guinea, 98 Victorians, in charge of Lieutenant Webb, left Sydney by special train ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Sat 20 Feb 1915, Page 19
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