Christmas Day, 1918, was observed quietly. It fell in the transition period between actual fighting and peace. The four preceding, Christmas days were spent during actual ...
Article : 284 wordsLittle wonder that the "bluejackets" skipped up Man-o'-War Steps yesterday afternoon with all [?]ze[?]t of youngsters flocking out of school, and were greeted with more than ...
Article : 657 wordsThe Government Committee on the provision of financial facilities for post-war trade reports that the first step to repair the wastage of capital due to the war lies ...
Article : 133 wordsThe Australian Press Association interviewed Admiral Jelli[?] who said: "The object of my visit to Australia is to consult with and advise the Commonwealth Government on the ...
Article : 142 wordsThe Berlin correspondent of the United Press reports that mutinous sailors, after, a skirmish with the military Republican guard, entrenched themselves outside the Royal ...
Article : 457 wordsThe Paris "Journal" learns that the Petrograd hospitals, are crowded with insanity cases, due to starvation, There are thousands of beggars in the streets. Many succumb ...
Article : 451 wordsThe United Press correspondent at Chaumont (France), states that President Wilson arrived [?] Christmas morning, and was welcomed by General Pershing. He left for La[?]es in ...
Article : 415 wordsThe Christmas holidays on the Blue Mountains are being celebrated by a record number of visitors. On Christmas Eve the Railway Commissioners provided 20 trains from ...
Article : 198 wordsMr. Daniels (Secretary to the Navy) has issued a statement welcoming the American war ships which will arrive from England on Boxing Day. He states: "The aid from the ...
Article : 78 wordsMr. A. W. Samuels (Unlonist), the sitting member, largely defeated Mr. Steven Gwynn for Dublin University. ...
Article : 18 wordsA Zurich message says: Count Karolyi has notified the Hungarian Cabinet that he intended to resign. ...
Article : 19 wordsThe King in messages to the forces says: "Another Christmas has come round. We are no longer fighting. God has blessed our efforts." ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 198 wordsMunich newspapers report grave disasters have occurred at Essen. The Council of Workers arrested the strike leaders at Bottort mine, whereupon the Sparta[?]us ...
Article : 59 wordsSydney seemed to regain some of its old pre-war holiday spirit yesterday. The tension which in war-time could be felt even on the brightest occasions, had been removed, ...
Article : 189 wordsThe Admiralty announces that the King approves of the award of the 1914-15 star in bronze for officers and men of the navy, including dominion forces, pilots, observers, and ...
Article : 106 wordsA Lisbon message states that the funeral of the late President Paes, who was assassinated on December 15 at Lisbon, was an imposing one. The chief feature was the ...
Article : 57 wordsThe Press Bureau announces that since the armistice was signed 5288 officers and [?]9,247 men, also 4201 civilians, have been repatriated. A special committee has been appointed to ...
Article : 64 wordsThe special committee of the London Chamber of Commerce recommends that Germany be compelled to make reparation for the ships she sank by handing over coal and ...
Article : 75 wordsThe numerous inmates of the Randwick Military Hospital spent a j[?]yous Christmas with their friends. About 200 soldiers sat down to a good dinner. The various buildings ...
Article : 233 wordsThe council of the London Chambers of Commerce urges that duties be levied on raw materials exported from British possessions unless intended for manufacturers of the United ...
Article : 51 wordsA Washington report says Mr. Lansing (Secretary of State), on learning that a rumour existed to the effect that the United States desired the surrendered ships of the German ...
Article : 213 wordsReports received in Copenhagen from Russia state that many are joining the B[?]lshevik army as their only chance of securing means of subsistance. During three weeks ...
Article : 174 wordsAt St. Andrew's Cathedral the customary Christmas day services were largely attended. A special and very successful effort was made by the ladies of the Cathedral to mark ...
Article : 1,033 wordsThe Coogee carnival, in aid of the Randwick division of St. John Ambulance was continued yesterday afternoon and evening. It is estimated there was an attendance at Coogee in ...
Article : 153 wordsThere are many indications of definite action by the Powers to intervene actively in Poland, to spare the country the horrors of Bolshevism. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe terms of settlement in the Prize Court case, in which the Crown claimed the confiscation of £500,000 worth of wool consigned from the Argentine to Sweden, comprise the ...
Article : 44 wordsThe "Paris Journal's" Zurich correspondent telegraphs that the Austrian Government has again asked French, British, and American detachments to occupy Vienna in order to ...
Article : 160 wordsSir William Weir (president of the Air Council) speaking in Manchester, said that the best interests of civilisation would not be served by keeping civil aviation as a ...
Article : 366 wordsIn Watertown, New York State, an explosion destroyed the shell-loading building of the J. B. Wise munition plant. Several bodies have been recovered. Fifty people were injured. ...
Article : 32 wordsA meeting of the Executive Council on Tuesday decided that the law should take its course in connection with the sentence of death imposed upon John Grindell for the ...
Article : 133 wordsThe Governor-General has received the following message from his Majesty the King:— Buckingham Palace, 24th Dec., 1918. Another Christmas has come round, and we ...
Article : 134 wordsAdvice has been received by the Minister for Defence that the Graves Commission has approved of a design of a headstone for the [?]raves of all ranks of members of the A.I.F. ...
Article : 54 wordsSir Joseph Cook, in the course of an interview, said he was gratified at the Admiralty acceding to his request which had been made several months ago. Admiral Jelli[?]oe was ...
Article : 102 wordsJournalists who recently visited the Western front have appealed to President Wilson to insist on enforcing restitution and reparation. ...
Article : 79 wordsSir,—I am thoroughly in accord with your sub-leader on the above subject in Monday's "Herald" of this week. You have put your finger right on the source of the trouble when ...
Article : 781 wordsReports from Amerongen received in Amsterdam state that the ex-Kaiser is all with fever, apparently influenza, and is confined to his bed. ...
Article : 24 wordsPatients in all of the metropolitan hospitals were made as cheerful as the circumstances would permit on Christmas Day. The wards at Sydney Hospital, the Royal Prince ...
Article : 175 wordsThe Governor-General has received the following message from General Pau:— "Will your Excellency permit me, on the eve of our departure from the Commonwealth ...
Article : 114 wordsThe Comforts Fund distributed 4000 Christmas boxes among Australians in London. The recipients included many men on leave, convalescents, and the London staffs. Colonel ...
Article : 268 wordsThe directors of the D. and W. Murray, Ltd., in their report for the year have recommended the payment of a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent., and that the sum of £32,000 ...
Article : 49 wordsMr. Laurence Hills, the Paris correspondent at the New York "Sun," says the question of the disposition of the German colonies is becoming prominent now that President Wilson ...
Article : 326 wordsAs a result of a collision between a vehicle and a goods train on the Geelong line early this morning, two brothers, both returned soldiers, and a boy of 14, were killed. ...
Article : 124 wordsDetails of damage done by the storm on Monday are filtering through to Broken Hill. At The P[?]nacies, about nine miles away, the wind overturned eight houses, [?]w down ...
Article : 122 wordsA Bloe[?]ontein message states that the Labour party is increasing its activities. It has announced its intention of starting branches all over the Free State. A special ...
Article : 112 wordsCommencing at 3.15 on Christmas Day there was a concert of songs and organ music at the Town Hall in connection with the Royal Phil[?]armonic Society. Miss Rosa Alba ...
Article : 85 wordsThe Australian Italian Opera Company gave a concert in the Reportory Theatre on Christmas Night, with a programme of operatic gems, and provided a splendid ...
Article : 165 wordsMr. John St. Vincent Welch, a well-known city figure for many years, died suddenly, at his home, Standish, Greenwich, yesterday morning, after a brief illness. ...
Article : 276 wordsAmazing evidence in the case arising out of the death of the well-known actress, Billie Carleton, who was recently found dead in a flat in the Strand, was given, when Lo Ping, a ...
Article : 178 wordsThe Anzan Y.M.C.A. premises have been opened. They will cater for Australian troops returning via the Cape. Colonel Wright opened the building, and expressed his thanks to ...
Article : 86 wordsThe Admiralty has decided to refloat the Vindictive, whcih was sunk as a blockship in Ostend harbour. ...
Article : 19 wordsIt is understood that State control of copper, brass, spelter, and lead will shortly be suspended. German prisoners are refilling trenches and ...
Article : 226 wordsA Johannesburg message states that Sir E. Wallers, president of the Chamber of Mines, when speaking at the quarterly meeting, said the gold industry had hung on amazingly well ...
Article : 89 wordsOn Christmas Day a substantial dinner was provided at the City Night Refuge and Soup Kitchen, Kent-street, and was partaken of by about [?]40 men and women. Outdoor ...
Article : 271 wordsAccording to the Washington correspondent of the "New York Times," advices from Europe dealing with the claims advanced by Persia, say these include the admission of a Persian ...
Article : 76 wordsColonel Lamrock, commanding officer of the A.I.F. camp at Liverpool, in a letter to the president of the Y.M.C.A., e[?]logises the vast amount of good work which has been done by ...
Article : 121 wordsThe State Department has issued a memorandum, which records that the late Mr. W. H. Page (formerly American Ambassador in London) devoted himself to bringing about a ...
Article : 72 wordsLeslie Williams, the third son of Sergeant Williams, was shot dead yesterday at midday at the residence of his parents. He and a brother were cleaning a p[?]a-ri[?]le, when an ...
Article : 51 wordsA Belgian communique states: The First Cava[?]ry Brigade which entered Germany has [?]ched Dalsdor[?]. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Fri 27 Dec 1918, Page 7
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