Postmasters are [?] to return undelivered or unclaimed covers of the "Farmer & Settler" to [?] Street, Sydney. ...
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Advertising : 23 wordsIn proposing the second reading of the wheat Purchase Bill in the N.S.W. Legislative Assembly on Tuesday night, Mr. Hall, Attorney General, who has charge of ...
Article : 386 wordsA conference has been meeting in Melbourne this week to discuss the question of having a uniform gauge for the Australian railways. Those present were:— ...
Article : 148 wordsThe Minister for Defence, Senator Pearce, interviewed on Monday last, said: "The Commonwealth Government has decided that all permanent and ...
Article : 260 wordsAn official estimate of the N.S.W. wheat crop shows that 790,162 acres less are being reaped for grain this season, and that the yield is reduced estimated) ...
Article : 220 wordsThe Germans began a furious attack upon the Allies' positions along the river [?]ser on Tuesday morning, with the object of forcing a way through to Dunkirk ...
Article : 165 wordsA great pitched battle between, Austrians and Servians is in progress at Pozarev[?], on the Morava River, in Servia, just a few miles from where that ...
Article : 102 wordsSteadily the Russians are driving the enemy back from the positions they had occupied in Poland, but the force under General Francois is fighting a stubborn ...
Article : 86 wordsThe eyes of an army now-a-days are its aeroplanes, but necessarily very little of the work performed in this manner is made known outside headquarters. It ...
Article : 176 wordsIt is now stated that owing to a misleading order from the German Emperor, pro[?]sing that the war would be ended if Warsaw were taken, the entrapped ...
Article : 126 wordsThe Balkan provinces are still centres of intrigue, the chief interest in which is the position that Bulgaria may eventually assume. Both sides are eagerly bidding ...
Article : 154 wordsIt is understood that the Imperial Government had sent a despatch to the Commonwealth Government suggesting the importance of securing a uniformity of ...
Article : 87 wordsThe pre-harvest estimate of the Victorian Government statist, based on information furnished by farmers, shows a small total of [?] bushels. He ...
Article : 42 wordsThe line of battle extends from the sea coast to the river Lys, and an almost incessant canno[?] has been maintained by the German batteries, which have been ...
Article : 152 wordsClose observers declare that latterly the Allies' airmen have dominated in the air in Belgium; but this may mean that the enemy, having persuaded himself that ...
Article : 118 wordsThe employees of the British Australasian, Messrs. Wills, and the States Tobacco Companies, of Sydney, have presented a complete motor cycle ...
Article : 69 wordsThe South Australian Government statistician estimates that the area set apart for grain will yield [?] bushels of wheat, averaging 2.19 bushels per acre ...
Article : 145 wordsThe conference has been adjourned until January, to give time for certain experiments with the Bre[?] rail on the border line at Tocumwal. These experiments ...
Article : 62 wordsIt is impossible yet to estimate accurately the German losses in the fighting near Lodz. Companies and even battalions of their troops, starving and half ...
Article : 69 wordsOn the other hand, there appears to be some prospect of Bulgaria making an advantageous bargain with Servia, who possesses some territory upon which the ...
Article : 183 wordsEarly in the war, the Germans sent out some of their aeroplanes loaded with proclamations which were scuttered broadcast, written in French and ...
Article : 162 wordsBriefly, Mr. Fisher's scheme, as referred to the War Council, was the construction of a 4ft, [?], line from Quorn, near Port Augusta, to Junee, and thence ...
Article : 251 wordsCommenting upon the change of front assumed by the N.S.W. Government in connection with the proposed State wheat grab, the "Daily Telegraph" says: The ...
Article : 464 wordsThe Prime Minister, Mr. Fisher, states that some definite action [?] shortly be taken to prepare a special Australian medal for presentation to ...
Article : 44 wordsOn the other hand, the Germans claim that their army under General von Ma[?]kensen has been victorious at Lodz and Lowicz. He states that he has ...
Article : 132 wordsA good story is told of the way the Allies caught the Germans napping recently in the district around Arras. They attacked the front of different sections ...
Article : 125 wordsOne field bakery and one field butchery unit will be despatched with the next Australian expeditionary force. The units will be drawn from all parts of the ...
Article : 76 wordsA rough estimate made by the Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics sets down the wheat yield for Australia for the coming harvest as ...
Article : 109 wordsFIGHTING LINES IN RUSSIA AND AUSTRIA Roughly speaking, the German and Russian forces are engaged along a line extending from the Mazurian Lakes (shown in the map, but not named) north of Johannesberg, westward to Soldau, then southward between [?] and Plock, through [?] in a south-easterly direction to the [?] border, with [?], an isolated [?] closely invested by a strong Russian Force. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 78 wordsThe white population of Papua, numbering about [?], and scattered over the whole of the territory, are doing their part towards putting down the [?]uns in ...
Article : 130 wordsIn view of the recent embargo placed upon wheat export from Adelaide to Tasmania and the criticisms of the South Australian policy in endeavoring to ...
Article : 86 wordsShortly after the War Railway Council meeting Mr. Fisher was informed that all the State railway commissioners were opposed to his scheme, and that they ...
Article : 81 wordsMr. Massey, Prime Minister of New Zealand, says he wants those that hold stocks of wheat to understand that the Government will purchase at a fair price, ...
Article : 115 wordsThe Minister for Defence admitted, when questioned on Saturday, that a percentage of defects had been discovered in the rifles issued from the ...
Article : 104 wordsThe N.S.W. Government has decided to amend the estimates so far as they refer to the Broken Hill-Condobolin railway. Originally the construction work was ...
Article : 109 wordsMr. J. E. A. Florance, Baan [?] writes: It appears to me that if the Government were to fix the price of flour, so as to allow of a 4d loaf, and not interfere ...
Article : 189 wordsRecruiting has been very brisk during the past few days, and the class of men that are now joining would do credit to any army. Many of these men come long ...
Article : 114 wordsOn Monday, under the authority given by the Act passed by the South Australian Parliament, the Grain and Fodder Board of that State seized about 100,000 bags of ...
Article : 203 wordsTwo of the South Coast collieries, the Bulli and the Mount Pleasant mines, were thrown idle yesterday, the miners having refused to go to work. In the ...
Article : 138 wordsAn amusing story of the manner in which the recruiting officer may be hoodwinked was told in a Melbourne court a few days ago. Bertram Winslet, who ...
Article : 202 wordsAt last meeting of the executive of the Farmers and Settlers' association of West Australia, several letters from branches were read concerning wheat ...
Article : 153 wordsA message from Kurri Kurri (N.S.W.) says:—It is estimated that [?] strikers here have obtained work elsewhere. Over 2000 men are still living on strike pay. ...
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