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Advertising : 1 words[?]ing to the war, civil servants of New South Wales have been working extended time, their annual leave has been stopped, and their annual increments ...
Article : 80 wordsThe National Service Bill was introduced into Parliament to-night. It provides for the establishment of an Expeditionary Reserve Force consisting ...
Article : 274 wordsThe Prime Minister (Mr Asquith), in the House of Commons on Tuesday afternoon, moved a new vote of credit amounting to £300,000,000, thus ...
Article : 675 wordsA Paris communique states:- The battle of Verdun was extremely violent throughout Monday night on both banks of the Meuse. Furious enemy counter-attacks against all our ...
Article : 379 wordsThe Rome correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" reports that throughout Tuesday the Austrians fought against the Italians without ...
Article : 149 wordsThrough the strict censorship of mail and cable matter that passes between England and America, there has been record business by way of wireless ...
Article : 139 wordsA Rome communique states that the enemy is reported to be massing between Lake Garda and the Adige. Austrian aeroplanes have released ...
Article : 50 wordsThe State Executive Council yesterday approved of the following industrial appointments:-L.S. Robinson, chairman of the Bill Posters' Board; ...
Article : 92 wordsObjecting to a song and ragtime dance being given at a concert in aid of the Soldiers' Working Guild of the Church of St. Stephen's Edgecliffe, ...
Article : 127 wordsRussian aviators have dropped bombson and destroyed several kilometres of the Ponevesh-Libau railway near Ponevesh (86 miles north-east of Kovno). ...
Article : 39 wordsThe battle raged incessantly for eight days. The Alpine troops defended every foot of ground fighting always in snow. Already 8000 Austrian dead have been ...
Article : 91 wordsIt is reported in a communique issued in Petrograd that in the region of Kuhockovolia the Russian troops drove back a German force across the ...
Article : 49 wordsIn the Court of Conciliation and Arbitration to-day Mr Justice Higgins was asked by Mr L. Waxman who represented the Metropolitan Gas ...
Article : 113 wordsIt is pointed out that the Austrian offensive synchronises with the anniversary of the Italian declaration of war. Three Austrian Slav deserters on 14th ...
Article : 191 wordsThe Rev. G.T. Metcalfe Church of England minister at Burrowa, died to-day from fracture of the skull. On Sunday he conducted a service at ...
Article : 114 wordsThe Russians, says a communique from Petrograd, have repulsed repeated Turkish offensives south of Trebizond, on the Black Sea, and have ...
Article : 70 wordsCoinciding with the marked recrudescence of activity on the West front, the London newspapers draw attention to the aerial liveliness, especially the ...
Article : 46 wordsAccording to an official statement issued in Berlin the new Food Board, under Herr von Batocks, will be called the War Feeding Office. It is empowered ...
Article : 174 wordsIt is reported by the British Commander-in-Chief in France (General Sir Douglas Haig) that fourteen enemy aeroplanes were engaged on Tuesday. ...
Article : 79 wordsFollowing are the nominations received for the Warrnambool election to fill the seat rendered vacant by the death of Mr John Murray:- ...
Article : 85 wordsAt South Bulli to-day Miss Marshall aged 14, a resident of Corrimal, and Mrs Ferguson, a visitor from Melbourne, were out sight-seeing and ...
Article : 86 wordsAn Austrian communique claims the total capture of £23,883 Italians, including 482 officers. They also captured 172 guns. The Austrians also claim that they have ...
Article : 39 wordsCivilians who were arrested in Dublin during the recent rebellion are being released at the rate of twenty to thirty daily. ...
Article : 181 wordsTo the Editor of "The Ballarat Star." Sir-I notice in your valuable paper the advertisement "For Australia: Your Help is Needed: Enlist now." I have ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 82 wordsSergeants Blake and Corporal "Fat" O'Keefe, two heavyweight English boxers, engaged in a contest on Monday night for the Lonsdale Belt and £500. ...
Article : 55 wordsIn the House of Lords on Tuesday, Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, moved the abolition of divided control of the air service. ...
Article : 93 wordsThe balance of a consignment of 7600 cases of Australian apples was disposed of at Liverpool to-day. The market was weak, owing to heavy arrivals, which it ...
Article : 64 wordsThe House of Lords has passed the Military Service (General Compulsion) Bill, which provides for the enlistment of all men, whether married or single, ...
Article : 102 wordsCaptain Dagleish, master of the steamer Charon, which has just arrived at this port, saw a parade of Russian troops, now in France, while on their ...
Article : 161 wordsParis telegrams state that the attack on Fort Douaumont was dictated by the fact that General Nivelle learned that the enemy was withdrawing troops to ...
Article : 97 wordsThe London "Graphic" was proceeded against in the King's Bench civision of the High Court on Tuesday, for having commented on Sir Roger Casement, The "Daily Express" states that Mr Asquith intends to abolish the Irish Vice-Royalty. ...
Article : 91 wordsOwing to the shortage of steamers much merchandise is awaiting shipment for Australia, notably several thousand tons of newspaper. It is suggested that the ...
Article : 55 wordsMr W. M. Hughes (the Commonwealth Prime Minister) received a deputation of sugar producers on Tuesday. He afterwards lunched at the ...
Article : 110 wordsWhen the French began the assault on Fort Douaumont, our artilleryists lengthened their fuses and increased the density of the shell curtain, cutting off ...
Article : 249 wordsThe German Imperial Chancellor (Dr von Bethmann-Hollweg) in an interview with Herr Karl von Wiegand, representing the New York "World," has ...
Article : 516 wordsA provisional agreement has been made for the amalgamation of the interests of the Cunard Steamship Company and the Commonwealth and Dominion line. The ...
Article : 48 wordsMf W. D. Freshfield, M.A., President of the Royal Geographical Society, at a meeting on Monday, said that the search for Sir Ernest Shackleton must be ...
Article : 195 wordsThe most complete arrangements have been made in Berne for the reception of the firsts British invalided prisoners to arrive in Switzerland from ...
Article : 217 wordsAt the Premier's conference to-day the subcommittee appointed to devise a scheme for facilitating the employment of returned soldiers after the war ...
Article : 235 wordsThe wheat market is dull, and cargoes are only saleable at lower rates, following upon a sharp fall in America. This is due to "bearish" winter wheat crop ...
Article : 38 wordsA semi-official advice to hand from Rome states that owing to serious danger from rebel forces at Zuara, in Tripoli, an expedition was despatched. ...
Article : 91 wordsAt the annual meeting of the Victorian branch of the Australian Forest League held to-night the opinion was expressed that the control of the forests of ...
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