Strike discussions are now confined almost entirely to the coal position. It is stated by the Acting Premier that the present output by volunteer labour is 3000 tons per day. ...
Article : 161 wordsThe following incidents are taken from Admiralty records, and are illuminating as showing the growing success of the offensive measures against submarines. ...
Article : 522 wordsIt is reported from Buenos Ayres that, as a result of the disclosure that the German Charge d'A[?] in the Argentine had been using the Swedish consular service to ...
Article : 395 wordsThere have been only minor operations on the Western front, according to the following communiques:— BRITISH. ...
Article : 217 wordsMr. Perceval Gibbon, telegraphing from the Italian front, says that for upwards of a fortnight a fierce battle has pivoted on Mount S[?] Gabriele, whose long saddle and high peak ...
Article : 493 wordsThe latest telegrams from Petrograd, received in London during Thursday night, show that the action of General Alexieff in joining M. Kerensky saved Russia from ...
Article : 1,185 wordsWednesday's Russian official message states: On the northern front our vanguards, after a stubborn battle, gained possession of the m[?]ssif south of Lake Plaude. ...
Article : 159 wordsCabling from London on Thursday, Mr. C. E. W. Bean, correspondent with the A.I.F[?] says:— LONDON, 13th, 8 p.m. ...
Article : 105 wordsThe council of the Coal and Shale Employees' Federation again discussed matters yesterday, and adjourned indefinitely. Members of the council will immediately call ...
Article : 340 wordsThe Defence Committee issued the following statement yesterday:— The following decision has been arrived at by the committee:— ...
Article : 330 wordsThe correspondents along the British section of the Western front have not had any striking military operations to write about for some time now, and some of them have ...
Article : 303 wordsThe State Department has issued a public statement showing that Herr von E[?]khardt, the German Ambassador in Mexico City, recently recommended the German Government ...
Article : 199 wordsThe disclosures regarding the relations between H[?]rr von Eckhardt, the German Amb[?]ssdaor in Mexico City, and Herr Crenholm, the Swedish Charge d'Affaires there, have ...
Article : 194 wordsThe military critic, Mr. Warner Allen, says that Germany's dwindling man power is shown by the fact that she is calling up recruits as they reach 17. Germany during ...
Article : 157 wordsA French Eastern communique says:— We reached Mul[?], on the west bank of Lake Ochrida, and Hill 1704, six miles south-west of Mu[?]sta. We captured 160 ...
Article : 32 wordsA semi-official announcement from Berlin states that a German Note, in reply to the Pope's Peace Note, has been forwarded. It contains "concrete proposals for a lasting ...
Article : 221 wordsNo doubt the question of attrition is attracting special attention at the present time, because Sir Douglas Haig appears to be more concerned over the task of wearing ...
Article : 280 words"I regret that the Collieries Employees' Federation has practically refused to discuss the proposals made by the Government for the resumption of operations in that industry," ...
Article : 370 wordsThe new French Cabinet formed by M. Painleve includes four ex-Premiers. The rest of the men are well-tried, and have had political experience. ...
Article : 131 wordsThe "New York Times" correspondent on the Italian front emphasises the great strength of the Italians, and says they are now ready to crush Austria. Italy has ...
Article : 78 wordsTwelve awards have been made of the Victoria Cross, including a bar for Captain Noel Chava[?]se, of the Army Medical Corps. Despite a severe wound, he carried a ...
Article : 160 wordsAt the office of the Coal-lumpers' Union yesterday afternoon the position was reported to be unchanged. "We are as solid as ever," it was added. ...
Article : 52 wordsThe Admiralty announces that naval aircraft on Wednesday night bombed Ghismelles and Thourout aerodromes. All the machines returned. ...
Article : 24 wordsThe following notice was posted up outside the offices of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers yesterday:—"A.S.E. members are instructed that they must not sign the forms ...
Article : 57 wordsTwo striking cases of Germany's "spur[?]os versenkt" (sunk without leaving a trace) policy were revealed to-day, both relating to small Irish sailing vessels. ...
Article : 133 wordsMr. N. D. Baker (Secretary of War) announces that after many weeks of conference and experiments by engineers and inventors a remarkable military aeroplane motor has ...
Article : 176 wordsThe First Secretary of the Swedish Foreign Office has been dismissed. ...
Article : 17 wordsA stormy meeting of the Storemen and Packers' Union was held at the I.O.O.F. Temple, Elizabeth-street, yesterday. Further consideration was given to the question ...
Article : 103 wordsOne of the unofficial messages from Russia this morning claims that, in spite of the demoralising effect which General Korniloff's actions might have been expected to have upon ...
Article : 269 wordsThe "New York Tribune,[?]" commenting upon the visit of Mr. Holman, says there is a chance of more intimate relations between America and Australia, whose community of ...
Article : 47 wordsThe new French Cabinet is as follows:— Prime Minister and Minister for War—M. Painleve. Minister for Foreign Affairs—M. Ribot. ...
Article : 52 wordsThe first pay since the establishment of the camp was distributed to-day. The knock-off whistle blew at 4 o'clock, and the men attended at the colliery office. As they came ...
Article : 481 wordsAnother 200 offers of assistance were received at the National Service Bureau yesterday. Between 15 and 20 men were despatched last night to the Invincible Colliery, and crews ...
Article : 120 wordsThe Australian Red Cross sent flowers and comforts to the London hospital where the Australians who have returned from imprisonment in Germany have been accommodated[?] ...
Article : 135 wordsThe following official statement gives the figures up to and including Thursday as to the staff employed, strikers re-employed and awaiting employment, new hands engaged, etc., ...
Article : 192 wordsA Liverpool firm has accepted a risk of £50,000 at 400 to 1 that Lord Kitchener will be found alive after the war. It refused orders for another £200,000. ...
Article : 35 wordsSensational evidence has been tendered in Newcastle at the trial of a colonel and captain of the Submarine Miners, who are charged with accepting bribes for securing the ...
Article : 92 wordsThe Co[?]lville Advisory Committee has suspended work as a protest against the War Office granting military exemptions to six monks of [?]S. Gernard's Monastery, ...
Article : 40 wordsThe Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) states that arrangements have been concluded with Mr. Clyde A. Aunger, the general owner and general manager of the ...
Article : 100 wordsYesterday 30 fresh volunteers arrived at the volunteer camps. The men were very soon placed in jobs. A programme of sports is being carried ...
Article : 33 wordsThe membership of the Socialist party in Germany has decreased from 1,000,000 in 1914 to 240,000 in 1917. The subscribers to Socialist papers have fallen from 1,500,000 to ...
Article : 34 wordsMr. W. A. S. Hewins (Unionist) will succeed Sir A. H. D. Steel Maitland as UnderSecretary for the Colonies. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe Allies' Conference, which is to be held in Paris, has been postponed until October. ...
Article : 20 wordsThe regulation dealing with the rest[?]ction of sport has been gazetted to-day. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 15 Sep 1917, Page 11
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