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  2. “Observer” Office, 7.30 p.m. ALONG THE FRONT.

    The following cable has been received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, under date London, Friday:—Official news to December 18: French ...

    Article : 99 words
  3. “Observer” Office, Noon. THE NAVAL MASSACRE.

    A communique states that as a result of a vigorous offensive we captured several trenches at Suchez, near La Bassec, and at Loos and Saint Laurent. ...

    Article : 106 words
  4. “COURIER" PATRIOTIC FUNDS.

    The "Courier" Patriotic Funds con tinue to move briskly along, and now the thirty-ninth thousands sterling is well in sight. ...

    Article : 642 words
  5. A BAD THIRD.

    Representative Gardner, leader of the agitation for a larger American navy, gave evidence before the Naval Investigation Committee to-day. He said that many ...

    Article : 96 words
  6. FEARED ATTACK ON ZEEBRUGGE

    The Germans four that Great Britain intends to land troops at Zeebrugge. Twenty thousand troops are manning the trenches in the dunes between Ostend ...

    Article : 47 words
  7. BRITAIN AND EGYPT.

    It is officially announced that France, has recognised the British Protectorate in Egypt. Britain adheres to the Franco-Moorish Treaty. ...

    Article : 65 words
  8. SINGLE IMMIGRANTS.

    Sir,—I notice in your issue of the 7th instant a letter under the above heading, signed by John Redmond, but I cannot start with the sante phrase as he and ...

    Article : 120 words
  9. FRENCH WOUNDED.

    Army Medical statistics reveal that the mortality rate of the French wounded is 3.40, It has been found possible to return 514 per cent. of wounded men to ...

    Article : 38 words
  10. SOUTH AFRICAN REBELLION.

    It is officially reported that Colonel Pretorius by following spoor found the rebel lender Fourie and his force langered in a strong position in the river bed at ...

    Article : 89 words
  11. GERMANS' FRENZIED JOY.

    The ho Germans' frenzied joy over an alleged military victory baa been partly solved by the arrival of German newspapers, which pause to ask why no names ...

    Article : 97 words
  12. SULTAN OF EGYPT.

    In connection with the recently an nounced British protectorates in Egypt, the iincla of tl;o Khoflive, Prince Hussein, has ...

    Article : 34 words
  13. THE NAVAL RAID

    Berlin is beflagged, and the bells are ringing, in celebration of “victories” in Poland, and the raid on the Yorkshire coast. Tho people are demanding that ...

    Article : 157 words
  14. THE AEROPLANE FUND.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 76 words
  15. THE GARIBALDI LEGION

    The thousand men in London have en listed in the Garibaldi Legion, and there arc now 20,000 men training at the Garibaldi camp in France. ...

    Article : 34 words
  16. ENEMY'S FIRMS AND CONTRACTS

    With regard to enemy's firms holding contracts with the Defence Department, the Minister for Defence made the following statement thin morning:—“We ...

    Article : 91 words
  17. GERMAN SOUTH-WEST AFRICA

    The German ambushed Commandant Duncan Mackenzie's forces at Garub, in Ludoritzland (German South-west Africa), on Wednesday, and maintained a ...

    Article : 54 words
  18. ALLEGED TREASON.

    The Court of Criminal Appeal has quashed the conviction of Herr Ahleis, formerly German consul at Sunderland. Herr Ahleis was indicated for treason ...

    Article : 372 words
  19. QUEENSLAND PATRIOTIC FUND.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 356 words
  20. PURCHASE OF HORSES.

    An Imperial Commission is now In Aubtralia for tho purpose of purchasing horses. Mr. Donald de Burgh Macklnnon and his colleague, Mr. John Arkwright, are at ...

    Article : 68 words
  21. THE REBEL RINGLEADERS.

    "General Botha, in an interview, stated: The Dutch loyalists have discharged a painful duty, and we now wish to ring down the curtain without controversy ...

    Article : 88 words
  22. FIRST EXPEDITIONARY FORCE

    Senator Pearce, Minister for Defence, stated this morning that he had received information from the headquarters of the Australian Expeditionary Force in Egypt ...

    Article : 86 words
  23. AVENGE SCARBOROUGH..

    The naval raid is materially increasing the number of men enlisting, particularly in the area affected by Wednesday's bom bardment.The military authorities are ...

    Article : 113 words
  24. WHEAT.

    Up to the present the number of appli cants to the Department of Agriculture for seed wheat under the scheme recently put forward is 326; the quantity of seed ...

    Article : 70 words
  25. " MADE IN AUSTRALIA."

    "I am heartily in favour of it," said the Minister for Customs to-day. referring to a suggestion that "Made in Australia" should be stamped on goods of ...

    Article : 124 words
  26. PROCLAMATION IN N.S.W.

    A Government proclamation was issued today seizing all wheat in the southern Riverlan not in actual transit. The At torney-General (Mr. Hall) said: "After ...

    Article : 160 words
  27. MUTINY ALLEGED.

    Mr. H. T.Macfarlano (ex-Police Magistrate) continued in the Executive Buildings this morning nn inquiry into certain circumstances which arose on the ...

    Article : 176 words
  28. BOMBARDMENT OF SAROS.

    Details of the [?] bombardment show that the barracks were completely de stroyed, and the fortifications seriously damaged. The Turks were panic-stricken, ...

    Article : 26 words
  29. GERMAN BATTERIES DESTROYED

    A communique states: We gained ground slightly along the dunes south-east of Nicuport. The enemy's two strong counter attacks northwards of the Ypress-Menin road ...

    Article : 66 words
  30. FATE OF SWITZERLAND.

    "Le Matin" reproduces stamps prepared in Berlin which indicate that Switzerland would have become part of the German Empire. ...

    Article : 56 words
  31. TRADE BETWEEN STATES.

    Whether one state can debar wheat or any other produce from passing freely to another state is a question that the Minister for Customs has referred to ...

    Article : 188 words
  32. DEATH OF LIEUTENANT BROUGH WARREN.

    It is only when one hears of a near friend or relative falling in battle that Australians fully realise the losses which our kinsfolk in the Old Land are called ...

    Article : 122 words
  33. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' CLUB.

    The annual meeting of the Commercial Travellers' Association Club of Queensland was held yesterday. Mr. Frank Dowcher (president) occupied the chair, ...

    Article : 186 words
  34. MUTINY ALLEGED.

    Sir. H. T. Macfarlane (ex-police magis trate), in the Executive Buildings yester day continued an inquiry into certain cir cumstances which arose on the troopship ...

    Article : 1,183 words
  35. BAND CONCERTS.

    The Ithaca Town Concert Band will render the following programme of music in Mowbray Park to-morrow evening at 8.15:—March, "Traitor" (Von der Meldon): overture, "Sydney by Night" ...

    Article : 74 words
  36. MOVEMENTS IN THE COUNTRY.

    At Mr. Warner's cattle sale, Mrs. woods donated a sheep to be sold by the autioneer. It chnaged lands no fewer than 20 times, and the total received was ...

    Article : 162 words
  37. A SOLDIER DROWNED BATHING AT LYTTON.

    The military autorities yesterday had to convey the distressing intelligence of the drowning of Sapper Charles Gleadhill, a member of the Australian Engineers, who ...

    Article : 70 words
  38. FOR THE BELGIANS.

    Miss Elia W. Berry and her sister will conduct a Christmas sweets and fancy stall in the “Courier” vestibule on Christmas Eve (all day and evening), in ...

    Article : 34 words
  39. Adulterated Liquor.

    In the Police Court to-day (our Maryborough correspondent wired yesterday), before Mr. F. P. Parkinson, P.M., Mabel Wright and Wiliam Tobias Yeates. ...

    Article : 127 words
  40. WANTED—BLANKETS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 376 words
  41. CHARITY CONCERTS.

    The final of the series of Christmas charity concerts will be held in the Cen tennial Hull to-night, and a large audience is anticipated. The box plan in reported ...

    Article : 122 words
  42. SOLDIER INJURED.

    The Ambulance Brigade was summoned yesterday to the Enoggers camp, where the members of the Expeditionary Force are quartered. It was found that one ...

    Article : 79 words
  43. CALL TO PRAYER.

    About two months ago the hon. secretary of the Brisbane Church Federation suggested at a meeting of the Committee that those in the city should, as far as ...

    Article : 337 words
  44. Agricultural Bank Holidays.

    The Executive Council, in addition to the statutory holidays, has gazetted December 28 and 20 as holidays for the Agricultural Bank. ...

    Article : 26 words
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