Field-marshal Sir Douglas Haig, the British Commandant of the west front, reports: We have occupied Nesle, Chaulnes, and Peronne. ...
Article : 123 wordsThe Press Bureau states that General Maude has issued a proclamation at Bagdad, in which he states: The British come, not as conquerors, but as ...
Article : 177 wordsIt is reported that the Czar, when nota allowed to communicate with his wife, contemplated suicide, but was eventually induced to take things calmly, and submit to ...
Article : 268 wordsSir Ernest Shackieton has entertained us to some purpose. He has told a sensational story very ably, and shown us some very thrilling pictures. Better than ...
Article : 2,182 wordsThe Lake Macquarie Shire Council met at Speers' Point yesterday. Those present were: Councillors J. Talbot, J. Desreaux, J. Johnston, T. C. Frith, and W. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 129 wordsAfter an extended recruiting tour in Tasmania with the Director-General of Recrulting, Captain Coates, organising secretary of the State Recruiting ...
Article : 87 wordsThe latest German official report states: —In the sections of territory we voluntarily evacuated between Arras and the Alone there has only been fighting at a ...
Article : 102 wordsThe retiring Senators Messrs. Findlay, M'Kissock, and Blakey, have been again selected to contest seats for the Labour party. ...
Article : 41 wordsA Russian social message states:— In the region of Ognot, we occupied Warabi village, in the direction of Sakkiz, in Kurdistan, and occupied Sarkna and ...
Article : 81 wordsMr. Philip Gibbs, the "Daily Chronicle's" correspondent, states: The Germans are in full retreat, and their new lines are many miles in the rear. ...
Article : 546 wordsThe writ for the Senate and House of Representatives elections will be issued on Monday next, and no claims for enrolment will be effective unless they are ...
Article : 94 wordsAt the Newcastle recruiting depot yesterday one volunteer was accepted and tour were rejected. ...
Article : 17 wordsMr. George Barnes, Minister for Pensions, speaking at Eastham, said he believed the Russian revolution would prove the chief event on the asset side of the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 479 wordsThree American vessels, the City of Memphis, Illinois, and Virginia, have been sunk, it is believed, off the French coast. Thirty-two Americans are missing. ...
Article : 164 wordsThe "Daily Chronicle's" correspondent on the French front quotes Field-Marshal von Hindenburg's memorandum to commanding officers, in which he refers to the ...
Article : 134 wordsMr. D. Watkins, the Labour candidate for Newcastle, will open his campaign to-morrow evening, when he will speak in the city in support of Mr. F. M'Cormack, ...
Article : 37 wordsIn order to avert increased prices of footwear, and to place the bootmaking industry on a more satisfactory basis, Mr. Hughes, the Prime Minister, has arranged ...
Article : 154 wordsM. Kerensky's speech was a denunciation of the so-called Order Number 2, purporting to be signed by representatives of the labourites and soldiers, ...
Article : 131 wordsThe Press Bureau reports that enemy destroyers approached the Kentish const at 12.45 yesterday morning and fired shells on coast towns. ...
Article : 38 wordsOfficials point out that the sinkings are the fullest justification for arming merchantmen, which policy is now effective. In consequence of the armings the ...
Article : 55 wordsA meeting of the Newcastle Amelioration Committee was held at the council chambers last evening. Mr. F. G. Adrian S.M., the president, occupied the chair, ...
Article : 867 wordsThe French Ministry has resigned. "Le Petit Parisien" states that General Lyautey's resignation precipitated the crises. MM. Painleve and Noulens ...
Article : 49 wordsThe "Dagens Nyheter" states that Petrograd has now sufficient grain for several weeks. Thousands of tons were found, which ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 451 wordsMr. Frost, the United States Consul at Queenstown, reports that the City of Memphis was sunk by gunfire from a submarine of large type, which refused a ...
Article : 118 wordsAdvices have been received that a munition factory in Cologne blew up on Thursday. It is reported that hundreds of ...
Article : 32 wordsSERGEANT BECK.—Mr. J. Beck, of Teralba, has been informed that his son, Sergeant C. W. Beck, died on March 6 from a gunshot wound of the chest. ...
Article : 34 wordsPRIVATE BROWN.—Mrs. R. Williams, of 9 Alfred-street, Newcastle, has received word that her brother, Private Andrew (irony) Brown, has been admitted to ...
Article : 107 wordsThe Paris correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph" says:—For Paris and France March 17th will remain one of the most memorable days of the war. ...
Article : 145 wordsMilitary exports point out that within the past few months Field-Marshal von Hindenburg and other German leaders scouted the Idea of shortening the west ...
Article : 54 wordsSIGNALLER ASHMAN.—Mrs. T. Mitten, of Tighe's Hill, received official information (delayed) that her brother, Signaller A. J. Ashman, was admitted to the County ...
Article : 38 wordsThe "New York Times," commenting on the sinkings, says:—"Germany's acts are not merely a provocation for war. They are war itself. What can Germany gain ...
Article : 55 wordsSir Douglas Ha[?]s success are considered the prelude to the capture of the important Junction town of Croisilles, 10 miles due north of Bapaume. The ...
Article : 43 wordsPRIVATE LONGWORTH.—Mrs. J. Long-worth, of Clarence-road, New Lambton, has received word that her son, Private Arthur Longworth, is progressing ...
Article : 42 wordsThe War Department is working day end night perfecting the available fighting forces. It is understood that the Government ...
Article : 49 wordsThe fourteenth annual meeting of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of Australian was opened by Sir Henry Galway, the State Governor, this morning. ...
Article : 330 wordsAn Italian official message states:— We drove off with heavy loss an enemy attack in the Coa[?]ba Valley, Sugana. The enemy's heavy artillery on Friday ...
Article : 57 wordsThe latest French communique states:— The French advance continued on a front of over sixty kilometres, between the Avre and the Aisne. ...
Article : 272 wordsMr. A. F. Hall, of "Hillside,' 24 Tyrrell-street. Newcastle, was officially advised last night of the death of his son, Gunner G. D. Hall. Ammunition Column, late 7th ...
Article : 152 wordsAs the result of the message of the President, the railway strike has been abandoned. This action is interpreted to mean that ...
Article : 64 wordsA German official report states: There has been more lively fighting between Ochrida and Prespa Lake, and northward of Monastir. A decision has not been ...
Article : 89 wordsA short time ago the patriotic and Institute committees combined to assist the financial position of the Literary institute, which is suffering from dearth of ...
Article : 263 wordsThe Manchester "Guardian" to-day publishes an Empire number in connection with the first Imperial War Conference. Mr. Lloyd George, the Prime Minister, ...
Article : 143 words"Something to smoke" is the comfort frequently asked for in letters from the front. The demand of our ever-increasing army and navy for tobacco is ...
Article : 427 wordsThe Killingworth Public School children's concert was a great success, the institute hall being crowded with parents and friends. The pupils, under Mr. ...
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), Tue 20 Mar 1917, Page 5
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