In view of the fact that it might have interfered with the subscriptions to the third Commonwealth war loan, which was then before the Australian ...
Article : 682 wordsMr. Hilaire Belloc, uniting in Land and Water, states that the great point of interest now is the fate of the German third-line trench system, which was ...
Article : 99 wordsHistory has turned its page on the second year of war. The impressions left upon the mind by the things which are written in the first two pages are so many ...
Article : 3,201 wordsFighting of the most furious character is in progress on the whole River Stokhod front in south-west Russia. The German, driven to desperation by the ...
Article : 184 wordsAn Italian communique, issued on Wednesday morning, confirms the seriousness of the Austrian defeat on the Astico River on Monday last. The Austrians, after a ...
Article : 101 wordsTo judge of the future there must be knowledge of the past. Thus one well versed in history is sometimes able to forcast the future with no small measure of ...
Article : 1,497 wordsIn Assembly—Motion carried by Commissioner of Public Works to lay a 12-in. main from proposed Baroota Reservoir to connect with Nectar Brook main, to augment supply for Port ...
Article : 1,003 wordsAn eminent English military authority has succinctly summarized the results of the two years of war, showing that the British position on land, apart from the freedom of the seas, is many times superior to that of the Central Powers. Moreover, the Allies have the initiative on all fronts. A tremendous battle ...
Article : 191 wordsMr. Philip Gibbs, in reviewing the fighting on the west front, says:—July was a month of most stupendous events. The finest flower of our race Lung ...
Article : 433 wordsIn the House of Commons to-day Mr. Asquith moved the adjournment of the House to enable debate on the resolutions of the Paris Economic Conference. He ...
Article : 1,193 wordsBritish warships have bombarded for five hours Cape Moulemben, in Asia Minor, and the Turkish village of Mykali, which was set on fire. The Turks replied with ...
Article : 45 wordsA high English military authority, reviewing the results of the two years of war, says:—The Allies are in occupation of 1,071,000 square miles of territory, against ...
Article : 173 wordsThe Allies on the west front are largely occupied in consolidating their gains. The intense heat is not interfering with the methodical progress of Gen. Haig's plans. ...
Article : 413 wordsThe Crown Prince of Serbia has landed at Salonika, whence he intends to proceed to take command of the Serbian Army, which is now operating on the ...
Article : 86 wordsGermany has refused to assist in relieving the starving people of Poland, on the ground of "the impracticable conditions laid down by Great Britain, which do not ...
Article : 46 wordsSix or seven Zeppelins raided the eastern and south-eastern counties of England during the night. No military damage has been reported. At least one airship was ...
Article : 102 wordsIn the Commons to-day Lord Robert Cecil (Minister of the Blockade) said the Government had asked the United States to ascertain the constitution of the ...
Article : 54 wordsRoger (formerly Sir Roger) Casement was hung this morning in conformity with the sentence of death passed upon him for high treason in connection with his ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 105 wordsAn eighty-six page issued detailing German atrocities in Africa, based on reports obtained in the Cameroons, East Africa, and South-west ...
Article : 316 wordsThe annual show of the Victorian Poultry and Kennel Club was opened to-day at the exhibition. The proceeds will be given to the Australian Soldiers' Repatriation ...
Article : 491 wordsIn the Commons to-day Mr. Pemberton Billing and others sharply criticised the air defences. They said that reports were reaching members of the House which ...
Article : 110 wordsA French communique issued on Wednesday afternoon says:—"We captured a fortified position between Hem Wood and Monacu Farm, and occupied a trench at ...
Article : 443 wordsReports from the press tug state that the Deutschland passed Annapolis on Tuesday evening, running at 14 knots. Her captain expected to reach a favourable point ...
Article : 582 wordsLord Newton, replying on Wednesday to a question in the House of Lords, said that Pte. Patrick Moran, of the Connaught Rangers, and Pte. William Devlin ...
Article : 100 wordsCol. Gaedke (formerly military critic for The Berlin Tageblatt) says:—"The Germans must prepare for fresh fighting, with a slow and almost imperceptible change ...
Article : 127 wordsImportant action has been taken by the Commonwealth Ministry, under the trading with the Enemy Act, which brings Australia into line with a decision of the ...
Article : 74 wordsThe enquiry into the escape of six German civilian prisoners of war from the Holdsworthy Camp on July 20 was continued at the German concentration camp ...
Article : 124 wordsFollowing upon a deputation from the wholesale, retail, and in manufacturing jewellers which recently asked the Minister for Customs (Mr. Tudor) that the embargo on ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 21 wordsAmerican munition makers state that Great Britain is now making all the small shells needed, but that she is placing orders in the United States for 6-in., 8-in. ...
Article : 50 wordsThe Shaw, Saville, and Albion Company's steamer Rangatira, 8,948 tons, has become a total wreck. The vessel, at the end of March, ran ashore at Robben Island ...
Article : 56 wordsThe House of Commons on Wednesday passed the second reading of the War Charities Bill, which provides for the compulsory registration of all war charities ...
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Advertising : 502 wordsFollowing are the names of the men who enlisted at Adelaide and went into the Exhibition Camp on Thursday:— J. T. Bickhoff, D. George, R. Herbert, and C. ...
Article : 64 wordsThe Belgian Relief Fund now totals £1,910,000. The Mayor (Mr. G. Nicholls) and Corporation of the City of Peterborough ...
Article : 131 wordsAt its meeting to-day the Commonwealth Prices Adjustment Board decided to recommend the Commonwealth Ministry to fix the retail price of bran and pollard ...
Article : 58 wordsThe Military Service Bill has received the Governor's signature and is now law. ...
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The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929), Fri 4 Aug 1916, Page 5
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