Mr. Walter Long, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, has sent the following despatch to the Dominion Governments:— "His Majesty's Government does not ...
Article : 212 wordsThe correspondent of the "Journal" gives the first news of a British extension of front on the Somme. It was a busy Christmas for the ...
Article : 207 wordsThe Czar, in an Order of the Day, addressed to the Army and Navy, says:— It is upwards of two years since Germany, midst peace, and after long and ...
Article : 482 wordsMr. R. H. Cambage, Acting Under-Secretary for Mines, has furnished a statement respecting the progress of the mineral industry during the year 1916. ...
Article : 2,246 wordsThe latest Russian communique states: —The German offensive in the Kovel region was bloodily repulsed. The Germans delivered attacks on ...
Article : 67 wordsThe conference between the Colliery Proprietors' Association and the Colliery Mechanics' Association, was commenced this afternoon at Messrs. Pitt, Son, and ...
Article : 348 wordsThe "New York Tribune" quotes a recent article by a writer in the "Berliner Lokal Anzelger" as follows:— "We began the war a year too soon. ...
Article : 106 wordsA German communique states:—Breaking through several Russian positions on the eastern Danube, our army forced its way to the enemy front, and after bitter ...
Article : 139 wordsThe Socialist Congress has passed a resolution declaring that Germany's Note does not constitute a genuine peace proposal. It does not contain the terms. ...
Article : 65 words"Le Journal's" dramatic disclosure has caused a sensation in London. It explains the prolonged bombardment on the Ypres front, where General 'Sir ...
Article : 147 wordsThe "Daily Telegraph's" Parliamentary correspondent says that invitations for the Imperial Conference have been extended to Canada, Australia, New ...
Article : 91 wordsAuthoritative circles in Holland regard Germany's promptness in replying to President Wilson as an indication of the urgency of escaping the overwhelming ...
Article : 43 wordsM. Pokrowski Minister for Foreign Affairs, declared that a close economic union of the Allies, after the war, would give freedom to Russian trade, which had been ...
Article : 80 wordsThe German agencies are discreetly inquiring into hotel accommodation for the peace delegates. ...
Article : 19 wordsA specially convened meeting of the above was held at the Bellbird Hall yesterday afternoon to hear the order of the Court presided over by Mr. Justice ...
Article : 994 wordsJapan notifies her entire adhesion to all the Allies' decisions regarding the German, American, and Swiss Peace Notes. ...
Article : 23 wordsThe "Manchester Guardian" says:— "What impresses one most in the invitation to the Dominion Premiers is the energy and promptitude displayed. ...
Article : 158 wordsLetters found on prisoners indicate that the spirit of revolt is spreading in Austria, were famine torments the people. The soldiers are suffering acutely, hunger ...
Article : 75 wordsGeneral Sir Douglas Haig, the British Commandant, reports:—We searched and bombed a few hundred yards of trenches and dugouts north-eastward of Lens, ...
Article : 86 wordsThe Council of Ministers is discussing measures to prevent German submarining of Spanish ships. The shipowners are threatening to lay ...
Article : 34 wordsMr. Massey, the war correspondent, describing the defence works of the Suez Canal, emphasises its permanency as well as the enormous magnitude of its ...
Article : 167 wordsA Russian communique states: The Turks have been driven back in the region of Lake Van. ...
Article : 25 wordsThere is great artillery activity on the whole Italian front. ...
Article : 19 wordsA French communique states:—There was marked artillery activity on the Somme and in sectors south of the Somme, where an enemy battery was blown up. ...
Article : 51 wordsEnthusiastic approval is given to Mr. Lloyd George's proposal to hold an Imperial War Conference. The press halls Mr. Lloyd George as a ...
Article : 52 wordsThe Athens correspondent of the "Tribuna" says that Greek troops continue to pass towards Peloponnesus. The Government has consented to liberate the ...
Article : 18 wordsThe London "Daily Telegraph" says:— "The reply to the German Note has been drawn up. It was originally drafted in Paris, and all the Allies approved of it. ...
Article : 169 wordsA Berlin communique claims to have brought down nine aeroplanes on the Western theatre. ...
Article : 21 wordsMr. Massey, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, considers that the magnificent loyalty of India and the splendid valour of her sons have given her a right to share ...
Article : 44 wordsThe Army Council orders that no wool of the 1916-17 clip consigned to the United Kingdom from Australia, or New Zealand, on growers' account, may be sold, ...
Article : 61 wordsMr. Hughes, the Prime Minister, has communicated by telegram with the heads of the churches in Australia, notifying them that Sunday, December 31st, has ...
Article : 154 wordsMr. Cyril Brown, who is on the German front at Bapaume, in a despatch to the "New York Times," says:—"The Somme is now peaceful. The German ...
Article : 116 wordsMr. Hughes, the Prime Minister, had an interview to-day with Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson, the Governor-General, relative, it is understood, to the invitation to ...
Article : 137 wordsThe Liquor Control Board states that statistics show a remarkable decrease of drunkenness and suicides throughout the Kingdom. ...
Article : 34 wordsThe official denial of a report received at New York on the 7th ultimo, that Norway had passed a law which forbids the placing of contracts for new tonnage ...
Article : 361 wordsThe Norwegian steamer Sno, 1823 tons, has been sunk. ...
Article : 15 wordsThe London "Daily Telegraph" says:— "The Allies' reply to the German Note cannot surrender their potential victory. Peace will be a German peace unless ...
Article : 34 wordsThe situation in the Sinai Peninsula is developing satisfactorily. The mounted troops are well beyond E1 'Arish. The southern portion of the peninsula ...
Article : 33 wordsThe Wallsend Distress Relief Committee, which commenced operations in June last, having exhausted the funds at their disposal, have now ceased their ...
Article : 275 wordsPRIVATE RAYSMITH.—Mr. T. H. Raysmith, of Newcastle, has received word that his son, Private Frank W. Raysmith, has been wounded for the second time ...
Article : 124 wordsMr. William Webster, Postmaster-General, made the following statement to-day concerning the work of his department during the past twelve months. ...
Article : 453 wordsThe State Department announces that Sweden has forwarded to the belligerents a Peace Note resembling that issued by the Swiss Government. ...
Article : 60 wordsGeneral Lyautey, the French Minister for War, in a letter to President Poincare, says:— "The dignity of Marshal of France ...
Article : 95 wordsThe "New York Times" says:—"Germany's reply is everywhere considered unsatisfactory. It has the appearance of insincerity. Diplomatic evasions and ...
Article : 348 wordsThe Germans have executed 12 Belgians on a charge of alleged espionage at Hasselt. The victims included one woman. Many others have been sentenced to ...
Article : 46 wordsSIGNALLER HOUSTON.—Mr. W. Houston, of Balmain, formerly a resident of Wallsend, has been informed that his son, Signaller Gordon Houston, has been ...
Article : 56 wordsIn a speech at Waverley, Captain Coates, organising secretary of the State Recruiting Committee, said that if the present campaign was to be a success the ...
Article : 180 wordsGeneral Damade has sent the following message to Sir Joseph Ward, the New Zealand Minister for Finance:— "I wish to convey to your country my ...
Article : 93 wordsThe meeting of the Carrington Council called for lost night lapsed for want of a quorum. Alderman G. Wilson was the only member of the council who was in ...
Article : 32 wordsThe annual presentation of prizes to the Sunday school scholars of the Church of England took place recently. The Rev. C. Stretch presided, distributing the ...
Article : 179 wordsMr. N. Palmer, of Tattersall's Hotel, who was taken to the Maitland Hospital last week suffering from an internal complaint, is slightly improving, and is now ...
Article : 128 wordsSir Robert Borden, the Prime Minister of Canada, in a letter to the unions, said conscription would prove the only effective method of preserving the existence of the ...
Article : 46 wordsThe New Year honours are delayed and will be issued in the first fortnight in January. The Dead Sea is 1290 feet below sea ...
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Advertising : 38 wordsIn a report by the Victorian Committee of Public Accounts on the financial position of the State coalmine, which was presented to the Lebislative Assembly, it ...
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), Fri 29 Dec 1916, Page 5
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