Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Hale, the British Commander on the west front, reports:—The enemy broke into one of our posts north-west of Serre, but was ...
Article : 117 wordsMr. Isaac Marcosson, in an article, in the magazine "Every Week," says:—Mr. Lloyd George and Mr. W. M. Hughes are Britain's principal Imperial assets. ...
Article : 82 wordsThe Germans are obstinately resisting the Russian offensive on the Riga front, and are concentrating strongly at Lake Babit and the village of Kalnoem, with ...
Article : 117 wordsUpwards of 200 members of the British colony in Athens have arrived in London. Many suffered hardships throughout the war. Some broke up their homes in ...
Article : 83 wordsThe impression is becoming intensified in usually well-informed circles that President Wilson is contemplating another peace move. ...
Article : 309 wordsThe funeral of the Rev. S. C. J. Grime, minor canon of Newcastle, took place on Saturday afternoon. A service was geld in the Cathedral ...
Article : 532 wordsProbably few me[?] even of those who were there knew how much they owed to Major Glasfurd during the critical days of the landing at Anzac. He was second ...
Article : 1,177 wordsFinality has now been reached in the struggle between the moulders and the employers throughout the State, and this week will see the whole of the men al ...
Article : 213 wordsThe newspapers point out that Greece's reply to the Allies' ultimatum apparently accepts it, but the phraseology is argumentative and vague. ...
Article : 64 wordsA Ministerial conference yesterday discussed the question of man power and national service. It is understood that it was decided to call up all men under 31, ...
Article : 55 wordsA Russian official report states :—An enemy attack in dense formation at Kaince was driven back. The enemy aerial squadron bombed the ...
Article : 135 wordsA German official report states: We sanguinarily repulsed the majority of the British attacks against the Serre. The enemy occupied one of our advanced ...
Article : 67 wordsDoctor Elmercount, who lived for years in Sofin, says that the Bulgarians urgently demands peace, and are badly in need of food. ...
Article : 68 wordsThe first news of the attempted air raft on Thursday night arrived from Bray sur Somme, and the searchlights of the city scoured the snow-clouded sky. ...
Article : 57 wordsThe quarterly Meeting of the delegate board of the Colliery" Employees Federation will be held at the Newcastle Trades Hall on Thursday next, when the ...
Article : 40 wordsThe "Kreuz Zeitung" admits that the Anglo-French have found means for foiling Zeppelins, and urges Immediate submarine warfare with the utmost cruelty, ...
Article : 47 wordsMr. Philip Gibbs, the correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle," states: The success of the British forces north of Beaumont-Hamel is a continuation of the ...
Article : 325 wordsThe full time for the fortnight for the pay ending on Saturday last, at the northern collieries, was ten days, one day being lost for New Year's Day being a holiday. ...
Article : 153 wordsAn official report states that the battleship Regina Margherima, 13,207 tons, struck two mines in the open sea on the night of January 11th, and sank in a few ...
Article : 58 wordsA German official report states :—We further progressed northward of the Slanic Valley, taking 174 prisoners. Strong enemy attacks in the Oz Valley were ...
Article : 130 wordsPRIVATE FRITH.—Mrs. Frith, of Tighe's Hill, has received a cable message that her husband, Private R. Frith, is now in Kent Voluntary Hospital suffering from ...
Article : 74 wordsThe Edinburgh University has conferred the degree of Doctor of Laws on Mr. Massey, the Prime Minister of New Zealand. ...
Article : 127 wordsVictoria Crosses have been ranted to the following:—Private John Canningham, of the East Yorks.—When the rest of his bombing ...
Article : 74 wordsThe Kaiser in a proclamation to the German people, says:—"Our enemies have refused an honest offer of peace, and have given utterance to a desire for conquest. ...
Article : 90 wordsA memorial service was held in St. John's Church, Newcastle, last evening, for the late Company Sergeant-major W. W. Hillier, who fell in France on December ...
Article : 394 wordsA combined meeting of the South Seaham and West Wallsend miners was held in the West Wallsend Park yesterday afternoon. Mr. J. M'Donald, who ...
Article : 142 wordsThe Sacrament of Holy Communion was celebrated at the Cathedral yesterday morning to memory of the late Minor-Canon Grime. Time Rev. E. A. ...
Article : 495 wordsThe Workers' National War Committee, representing the Labour party and the chief trade unions, is urging the Government to increase the separation allowance ...
Article : 101 wordsA German Note in reply to a protest from Holland declares that the deportations of Belgians were in accordance with the provisions of The Hague Convention. ...
Article : 48 wordsOver a thousand Austro-German guns so the Rumanian front have been returned to the workshops. The campaign has so far accounted for ...
Article : 39 wordsBerlin correspondents point out that while Germany is seeking peace she is also preparing to meet what she expects will he a tremendous Allied ...
Article : 61 wordsDenmark is building two camps for the accommodation of 1200 Russian and German prisoners. Denmark undertakes the cost of their ...
Article : 26 wordsA Russian squadron, on the 6th instant, raided the Anatolian coast and sank 40 Turkish sailing vessels, laden with provisions, going towards Constantinople. ...
Article : 58 wordsMr. Fitzpatrick, Assistant Treasurer, made a statement yesterday concerning the works that had been closed down because of the necessity of economising in ...
Article : 346 wordsThe "Pall Mall Gazette" urges the Government to tackle the double taxation problem Without delay. "The longer the anomaly continues," it ...
Article : 43 wordsThe "New York Times" scathingly denounces the Kaiser's proclamation. It adds: "It is time Germany dropped the mask. Her need of peace is extreme, ...
Article : 61 wordsThe Manchester Guardian states that Mr. Lloyd-George's Liberal supporters, numbering 100 members of the House of Commons, have assumed the name of ...
Article : 39 wordsMr. C. W. Bowerman, M.P., interviewed after a visit to the west front, says that France has done everything she can, both in men and money. ...
Article : 31 wordsFrom the date of the Kaiser's proclamation of the Kingdom of Poland, up to December 31, only 1800 Poles have enlisted with the German army, and 1100 of those ...
Article : 65 wordsIt is officially reported that two British aeroplanes, reconnoitring on the shore, of the eastern Mediterranean, on arriving at their destination, found two hostile ...
Article : 87 wordsLloyd's report that the British steamer Bearfront (1720 tons), the Greek steamer Evangelos (3773 tons), and the Russian Steamer Ruby (949 tons) have been sunk. ...
Article : 56 wordsThe Imperial Conference will definitely meet at the end of February or early in March. Several German and Austrian ...
Article : 62 wordsThe "Rheinische Westfalische Zeitung" has started an agitation for the Immediate annexation of Belgium, as a rejoinder to the Entente's reply to President ...
Article : 70 wordsThe Rome correspondent of "Le Petit Parislen" states Chat the Emperors of Germany and Austria, and the King of Bulgaria, Bavaria, and Saxony will meet ...
Article : 42 wordsA consignment of pearls, insured for £250,000, were lost when the steamer Arabia was sunk. ...
Article : 20 wordsNumerous orders have been gazetted in regard to food supply. Mr. Prothero, the Minister for Agriculture, said that the regulations not only empowered the ...
Article : 136 wordsA German wireless message reports that a British cruiser, of the Juno type, was destroyed by a direct hit at Port Meys. ...
Article : 61 wordsThe Westminster "Gazette" reminds the public that on the 4th of August, 1914, Herr von Jagow instructed General Lichnowsky to inform the British Government ...
Article : 68 wordsIt is reported from Vienna that Count Tisza and Count Andrassy have entered into an agreement, and that the latter will become a member of the Cabinet. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe New South Wales Recruiting Committee has announced that recruits ore needed for the Light Horse and Camel Corps. ...
Article : 113 wordsMr. Harrison the High Sheriff of Hampshire, has presented, the Union Jack Club with a cheque for £44,000, making, with a previous anonymous donation, the sum ...
Article : 31 wordsThe "Pesti Hirlap." of Budapest, states that the Emperor is dividing the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in such a way that he will personally direct the foreign ...
Article : 46 wordsThe Paris Senate has passed a bill confiscating the property of army and navy deserters and defaulters. ...
Article : 22 wordsAccording to the "Berlingske Tidende," a prominent official of the German Foreign Office declared that submarining of neutral shipping would not be increased. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe Berlin correspondent of "The Times" says that the Entente's reply to the United States has not been printed In Germany. ...
Article : 53 wordsThe announcement that the price of potatoes is to be fixed has caused a sensation. Lancashire farmers were holding their stocks, and are now in an anxious ...
Article : 54 wordsA memorial to the late Mr. E. A. Roberts, M.H.R., was unveiled in West Terrace cemetery on Saturday, in the presence of Mr. C. Vaughan, the Premier, and ...
Article : 70 wordsThere has been serious rioting at Gratz. Huge crowds, in the streets demanded increased rations, and shouted, "We want peace." ...
Article : 64 wordsSenator Russell has obtained a report front the Chief Prides Commissioner regarding the alleged shortage of now cornsacks. According to the Customs returns ...
Article : 289 wordsOfficial are surprised that Mr. Gerard has been correctly reported. The incident has created a difficult situation, and may lead to a statement of President ...
Article : 36 wordsThe London "Daily Telegraph" says it is increasingly probable that the Government will give early attention to the liquor trade, with a view to taking ...
Article : 82 wordsMessrs. Hoskins and Sons, of Lithgow, who only recently purchased Wongawill mine at West Dapto, have had in their employ over a hundred men engaged in ...
Article : 104 wordsThe German newspapers recognise that the Allies', reply means that the struggle must be pursued to the bitter end. The "Lokal Anzeiger" describes the ...
Article : 80 wordsAt a meeting of the German Language Union, in Berlin, representing 300 associations, is was resolved, at the request of the Chancellor, not to permit any enemy ...
Article : 53 wordsThe resignation of Mr. H. J. Lee Steere, manager of the Government Yaudanooka Estate, is announced. Mr. Lee Steere had an agreement with the Government, and it ...
Article : 125 wordsThe German newspapers are appealing to the public to assist the Parliamentary Committee which is investigating gigantic swindles connected with army contracts. ...
Article : 75 wordsCount Von Bernstorff bas relieved Franc Bopp, the German Consul-General in San Francisco, and E. H. Von Schuck, the Viceconsul, as the result of the trial and their ...
Article : 40 wordsTo-day the officers of the Theatrical Employees' Association reported that, as a result of the recent conference, the employers had agreed, to make the award ...
Article : 199 wordsM. Thomas, Minister for Munitions states that in view of the existing strikes, the Government has summoned a conference of employers and workers in ...
Article : 74 wordsAt the request of Brigadier-General Ramaclotti, the State Commandant, an appeal for men has been issued by Professor Macintyre, chairman of the State ...
Article : 706 wordsFollowing upon the setlement of the moulders' trouble, the Dressers' Union held a meeting yesterday, and it was decided to resume work at the different ...
Article : 35 wordsThe newspapers enthusiastically approve of the Allies' reply to President Wilson, and ask, "Will the enemy show the same frankness?" ...
Article : 64 wordsTwo powder magazines Owned by the Dupont Company at Haskell, New Jersey, are reported to have boon blown op. After checking the night shift, only two ...
Article : 164 wordsOwing to the employment by Tasmanian employers of non-unionists, the Amalgamated Timber Workers' Union of Australia has declared Tasmanian timber ...
Article : 124 wordsThe Joint Committee to consider post war labour problems, appointed by the Parliamentary Committee, the Trade Union Congress, the Labour Party, the General ...
Article : 123 wordsThe cruiser Milwaukee has gone ashore on the Califernian coast, while attempting to salvage a submarine. Three hundred of the crew were removed through ...
Article : 48 wordsThe Imporial Institute, at the instance of Sir Thomas M'Kenzie, High Commissioner for New Zealand, has arranged to create committees to promote interest in ...
Article : 54 wordsAt the opening of the Danish Storthing the King's speech stated that the Government had earnestly endeavoured to maintain strict neturality, but owing to the ...
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Advertising : 54 wordsItaly has denounced her commercial treaties with Japan, Rumania, Russia, Servia, Spain, and Switzerland, which [?]pse at the end of 1917. ...
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), Mon 15 Jan 1917, Page 5
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