Although no definite statement can yet be made about the construction of seagoing ships at Walsh Island, it is plain from a statement made by the State Minister for ...
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Article : 488 wordsA British-Italian official report states: During the past week flying bas only been possible on two days. We destroyed. six aeroplanes without loss to ourselves. There ...
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Article : 339 wordsThe Midland Scotch express from London ran into a landslide at Lazonby. The engine overturned and the carriages telescoped. Six people were killed and about 20 injured. ...
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Article : 416 wordsA Paris message says that M. Malvy (ex-French Minister for Home Affairs) has been cited before the High Court on Monday to answer M. Leon Daudet's charges of ...
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Article : 208 words"It is a crying shame that so many of our eligible young men should lend a deaf ear to our appeals for reinforcements for the brave lads at the front," said Q.M.S. Joass, speaking ...
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Article : 243 wordsThe following recruiting meetings will be held to-day:- Public Works, Railways and Tramways Depot, Leichhardt, 12 noon: Q.M.S. Judge, Sergt. ...
Article : 81 wordsCaptain H. E. Kirkland, A.M.C., who has just been awarded the Military Cross, is a brother of the late Major W. D. Kirkland, A.M.C., who also got the Military Cross ...
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Article : 47 wordsThe Director-General of Recruiting, Mr. Donald Mackinnon, M.L.A., will leave Melbourne on Wednesday for Sydney, where he will meet Captain Pike, secretary of the ...
Article : 65 wordsComplaints are made regarding the methods adopted in the investigation of claims for war pensions, especially where war widows are concerned. It appears that widows are ...
Article : 132 wordsFrank D[?]ble, a lad employed on the Mildura station, in the Murchison district, was lost in the bush on December 31, and found dead by a search party eight days later. His ...
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Article : 92 wordsIt is reported from Madrid that the Marquis of Alhucinas (Spanish Premier) has issued a Note, denying the allegations of German news-papers that Spanish officers found healthy ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tue 22 Jan 1918, Page 7
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