The following official communique in respect to the great German effort to capture the fortress of Verdun was issued in Paris at 3.30 o'clock this (Thursday) morning: ...
Article : 985 wordsA tremendous battle over a front of 25 miles, is raging in the region of the fortress of Verdun. The Crown Prince is in command of immense enemy forces and the fighting, which began on Monday, has been conducted with great vigor on each side. The Germans have lost very heavily, and the French declare that ...
Article : 325 wordsMr. James Creasy, of Glenelg, an interview with whom appeared in "The Advertiser" yesterday, though nearly 30 years old, has a clear recollection of the ...
Article : 819 wordsThe decision of the Inter-State Conference of Ministers of Agriculture in Melbourne to fix the price of wheat for internal consumption at 4/9 per bushel from ...
Article : 1,109 wordsAfter having been detained in the Callan Park Asylum since December 14, 1914, when he came before Mr. Justice Harvey for examination. Thomas Edwin Brown, the ...
Article : 410 wordsMr. A. Walker, a member of the Gilberton life-saving class,, gave a practical monstration of its usefulness recently, when a non-swinimer, being in serious dan ...
Article : 52 wordsThe President of the French Republic (M Foincare) has bestowed the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor on Sir Douglas Haig. He has made General Sir ...
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Family Notices : 84 wordsMiss Florence Kennewell was admitted to the Adelaide Hospital on Thursday. Constable Moore, •.who was off duty, reported, to the police that about 9.20 ...
Article : 155 wordsVerdun is one of the most strongly defended fortresses on the French frontier. It is about 130 miles due east of Paris, 110 miles south of Liege, and 35 miles west ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 186 wordsMr. Gustav Robert Paul Bittner was riding an old farm horse bareback after some other horses when the horse stumbled on to its knees and on recovering itself ...
Article : 133 wordsMr. Hilaire Belloc has contributed to "Land and Water" a well-reasoned analysis of the German losses. After having paid a visit to the best sources of ...
Article : 228 wordsThe Popo has requested the Emperor Franz Joseph to abstain from air raids, and has demanded a guarantee of the safety of St. Mark's Cathedral, Venice, and other ...
Article : 55 wordsThe Prime Minister (Mr. Asquith) announced in the House of Commons to-day that Lord Robert Cecil had been appointed as the Minister to control the ...
Article : 361 wordsThere has been much comment in Bucharest on the fact that King Ferdinand has granted audiences to M. Filipescu and M. Take Jonescu, who are strongly in favor of ...
Article : 190 wordsThe Benalla correspondent of the Melbourne "Argus," writing to that paper says:—A sad double drowning case occurred on Tuesday, evening in a branch of the ...
Article : 188 wordsA wharf laborer, Mr. William Thomas was killed this afternoon as the result of an accident. He was working below, when a heavy beam fell on him, smashing his ...
Article : 44 wordsThe Czar attended a thanksgiving service in Petrograd for the victory at Erzeroum. His Majesty afterwards unexpectedly attended and addressed a gathering of ...
Article : 317 wordsThe death is announced of Sir George Clement Martin, M.V.O., organist of St. Paul's Cathedral since 1888. He was born on September 11, 1844, and was ...
Article : 74 wordsThe coronial enquiry into the express train disaster was resumed to-day. Eric Francis Boult, residing at Melbourne, an automobile engineer, said after ...
Article : 356 wordsMr. Grahame. Minister of Agriculture, says farmers will not suffer as the result of the decision of the Melbourne Conference to reduce the price of wheat for home ...
Article : 322 wordsColonel Sir Newton Moore (Agent-General for Western Australia and Captain R. M. Collins (secretary to the High Commissioner) recently visited France, where they ...
Article : 317 wordsMr. Black, the Chief Secretary, replying to criticism on the fish scheme, said: —"The reason one of the State trawlers being repaired at Newcastle was detained ...
Article : 275 wordsThe British Government have prohibited the export of pig iron and of sugar to all destinations. The export of nuts, fresh, dried, and preserved fruits is now ...
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Advertising : 67 wordsThe Attorney-General (Mr. Hall) made a statement to-day on the bread question, particularly as to the prospects of a cheaper loaf in New South Wales consequent upon ...
Article : 345 wordsThe Manuka sailed at midnight, having been delayed owing to a shortage of firemen. The Wellington waterside workers to-day ...
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Advertising : 1,070 wordsTrouble is threatened in the baking industry. A large number of operatives have given the employers a week's notice, expiring to-morrow. The secretary of the ...
Article : 302 wordsSenator Pearce, the Acting Prime Minister, is thoroughly in accord with the movement for celebration of Anzac Day throughout the Commonwealth, but he ...
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The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931), Fri 25 Feb 1916, Page 7
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