A distressing fate has befallen a soldier from Australia, who was in England on sick leave. His name was Bernard Browning, and he was the son of a farmer ...
Article : 536 wordsThe Secretary of State for War (Mr. Lloyd George) went on Thursday to the Aberystwyth Eisteddfod in Wales, where he made an impassioned speech on Great ...
Article : 199 wordsMr. Philip Gibbs, the special correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" at British headquarters, deals with recent events on the northern section of the British front, ...
Article : 1,196 wordsFigures compiled from confidential information received by the Red Cross authorities at Geneva give the total of the Austrian losses from the beginning of the new ...
Article : 1,175 wordsThe claims of the railway employees for the granting of industrial boards to fix the wages and working conditions of all grades of workers in the service were placed ...
Article : 880 wordsA statement of the first importance to business people was made yesterday by the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) with regard to the sale of goods manufactured in enemy ...
Article : 422 wordsFirm Action Probable. It is understood that the British Government will prohibit all exports to Sweden unless the importers guarantee that the ...
Article : 69 wordsAn official intimation is issued that Italy is forbidding trade with "subjects of enemy States or their allies," and with persons or bodies established in territory belonging to ...
Article : 111 wordsThe following communiques have been issued from Rome and Vienna:— ROME, THURSDAY, 9 P.M., "We repulsed an attack on the Carso ...
Article : 143 wordsPassengers by the Cunard liner Alaunia, on the arrival of that vessel at New York, reported that they saw a captured German submarine lashed to a British cruiser being ...
Article : 82 wordsFurther information respecting Germans employed in the Railway service has been asked for by the Premier (Sir Alexander Peacock) from the Railways Commissioners. ...
Article : 580 wordsCession to "Another Power" Feared. A message received at Washington from Copenhagen states that it is believed there that America is pressing for the sale of ...
Article : 97 wordsThe "New York Herald" states that the American loan to Great Britain of £50,000,000 should find favour with investors. ...
Article : 75 wordsAn official announcement has been made in London of the personnel of the Royal commission which will inquire into the cases of Skeffington, Dickson, and MacIntyre, ...
Article : 253 wordsGenerous Donations. Two large contributions to the Australian Soldiers' Repatriation Fund were received by the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) ...
Article : 647 wordsIn the "London Gazette" to be published on Saturday will appear the names of two Australian officers who have been awarded Companionships of St. Michael and St. ...
Article : 226 wordsUltimatum to Leaders. BROKEN HILL, Friday.—A meetintg of returned soldiers and sympathisers was held in the town hall last night, "to ...
Article : 742 wordsThe following letter has been received by the Governor-General conveying the thanks of the Japanese nation to Australia for the reception given to the visiting Japanese ...
Article : 131 wordsRecruiting results in Victoria were again unsatisfactory yesterday, only 55 men presenting themselves for enlistment. Of these 30 were accepted as fit for active ...
Article : 439 wordsLieut.—General Smuts, Commander-in-chief of the Allied forces operating against the Germans in East Africa, reports:— "Advancing on August 15 from the ...
Article : 117 wordsAt the end of the year there will be 76 vacancies for apprentices in various trades at the Commonwealth Naval Dockyards and establishments in Sydney, 64 at Cockatoo ...
Article : 240 wordsWhen the Legislative Assembly meets on Tuesday consideration will be resumed in committee of the Education Bill, which gives power to cancel the registration of ...
Article : 303 wordsMr. G. H. Pritchard, of Brisbane, secretary of the Australian Sugar Producers[?] Association, who is on a visit to England, was the guest at luncheon on Thursday of ...
Article : 197 wordsSir,—The Church of England Soldiers' Institute at Seymour is greatly in need of a billiard table for the use of the men in the evenings. The Seymour Camp is a very ...
Article : 122 wordsIn connection with the closing down of the horseshoc-making plant at South Melbourne, mentioned in "The Argus" of yesterday, it may be noted that our ally, ...
Article : 119 wordsOwing to an attack of influenza, Madame Melba has arranged for the matinee in aid of the theatrical charities, which was to have taken place on Monday, 28th, at Her ...
Article : 66 wordsWhilst the Norwegian liner Haakon was on a trip to Bremen, in Germany, to obtain cargo for England, her engines were wrecked by an explosive. It is suspected ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Sat 19 Aug 1916, Page 19
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