Since the Government has demonstrated its ability to get increasing supplies of coal, without the assistance of the Miners' Federation, interest in the strike is waning rapidly. ...
Article : 247 wordsA British Communique issued at 12.30 p.m. states: "We again raided Cherlsy and penetrated the far western outskirts. In addition to taking prisoners we ...
Article : 69 wordsThe following communiques show that there has been considerable local fighting in the West, particularly on the French front, but there have been no operations ...
Article : 509 wordsIt is reported from Amsterdam that the German people are feverishly discussing peace, and giving credence, to sensational aud absurd rumours that the Entente, war-weary and ...
Article : 648 wordsThere are contradictory reports concerning the position on the Italian front, where, for over a fortnight, one of the most terrible battles of the war has been ...
Article : 480 wordsA message from Petrograd says: The continued success of the, Russian offensive on the northern front, north-east of Riga, proves that General Parsky's army ...
Article : 299 wordsThe Exchange Telegraph Agency reports that General Korniloff and several others were arrested at their headquarters on Saturday evening. ...
Article : 876 wordsIt is reported from Petrograd that M. Kerensky has addressed a peromptory order to the army and navy to abstain from politics, and adding: The safety of the country ...
Article : 111 wordsThe German and Austrian emperors announce the immediate formation of executive bodies in Poland pending the representation of the people on a democratic basis. ...
Article : 45 wordsSecond Lieut, Gilbert Inshall, V. C., who was taken prisoner early in 1916, escaped from Germany, and has arrived in England. ...
Article : 23 wordsLord Duncannon surprised Saturday's meating of the Tariff Reform league, after his reelection as chairman, by announcing his resignation from the membership of both the ...
Article : 128 wordsLieut. Meyer, who is a son of the late Mr. Elliott Meyor, solicitor, of Sydney, was the only Australian officer among the British prisoners recently released from captivity in ...
Article : 679 wordsThe Glass-bottle Makers' Union and the Glass-founders' Union have decided to resume work to-day. The employees of the C.S.R. Company ...
Article : 288 wordsThe Acting Premier said on Saturday that twelve coal mines were, working, including Wallarah, invincible, Lithgow Valley, Oakey Park, Morton Main, Carlos Gap, Northern ...
Article : 377 wordsMr. Frank Simonds, writing in the "New York Tribune," examines the latest war statistics and says that Germany certainly faces the fourth year of the war with a ...
Article : 80 wordsA message from Sweden states the Foreign Minister intimates that German messages through Swedish channels have been stopped. His Government had no knowledge of any of ...
Article : 82 wordsThe two diplomatic sensations of the week— the discovery that Count von Luxburg, German Charge d' Affaires at Buenos Ayres, and Herr von Eckhardt, German Consul in Mexico, ...
Article : 570 wordsThe Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Bonar Law, in a speech not previously published made to a trade union deputation, which urged the conscription of wealth, said:— ...
Article : 274 wordsReports concerning the submarine scare are conflicting Some assert that destroyers are securing the coast and others that all ships have recently been warned to look out for ...
Article : 54 wordsIn addition to those already reported for duty, 20 more railway men signed the required application forms this morning. They included two fitters, three fitters' labourers, four ...
Article : 88 wordsA French eastern communique issued late on Friday night says: Our troops are consolidating the new positions they won at Pogradee, near Lake Ochrida. The ...
Article : 62 wordsIn a report from Mexico City it is stated that a section of the newspapers demand the expulsion of yon Eckhardt, the German Minister, on the grounds that he is a violater ...
Article : 39 wordsIn order to make it clear that, prior to the passing of the recent amendment of the Coal Mines Regulation Act, is was permissable to employ unskilled labour in coal minea, Mr. ...
Article : 176 wordsSir W. E. Davidson, the Governor-elect of New South Wales, is 6ft tall, and of a robust, military appearanee. He is a logical and fluent speaker, and has a strong personality. ...
Article : 175 wordsIn order that the position of the Gas Company, whose late employees went on strike, may be clearly defined, Mr. P. T. Taylor, on behalf of the Australian Gas Light ...
Article : 273 wordsLloyd's report that the Government of Uruguay has taken all the German ships which were sheltering in Monte Video, and has landed the crews. ...
Article : 28 wordsIt is announced from Valparaiso that Chill has taken over 200,000 tons of nitrates, which belonged to Germany, paying therefor the sum Of £1,500,000, which Germany now ...
Article : 46 wordsThe Acting Premier was asked on Saturday whether the Government had decided how long it would control the collieries. "No time has been fixed by the Cabinet," ...
Article : 49 wordsTo-day's newspapers reveal an extraordinary proposal for the formation of an organisation called the British Corporation, with a capital of £1,000,000,000, to develop and ...
Article : 153 wordsIt is announced from Lisbon that the Portuguese Government has satisfactorily adjusted the demands of the postal and telegraph strikers. ...
Article : 28 wordsFour hundred Scottish soldiers entrained in carriages on a light railway, for a training camp in Yorkshire. No engine was attached. The carriages started down a ...
Article : 48 wordsThe Acting Premier, Mr. Fuller, yesterday commented upon the statement reported to have been made in the House of Representatives on Friday by Mr. Charlton (N.S.W.), to ...
Article : 190 wordsThe annual meeting of the Tariff Reform League rejected a proposal to merge the league with the National party. It was decided to co-operate with the party. ...
Article : 34 wordsSecond-lieutenant K. Billing, an Australian, attached to a Midland aerodrome, ascended to a height of 2000 feet. He looped the loop several times, and was then seen to fall from ...
Article : 54 wordsA deputation from the Trades Hall waited on Mr. King Salter, general manager of Cockatoo Dock, on Saturday. It was stated that the interview was the outcome of ...
Article : 66 wordsGeneral Mari[?], the Director of Italian Aeronautics, writes, in a newspaper article: —I believe the aircraft will decide this war. It would be preferable if all wars were ...
Article : 97 wordsA Russian communique issued on Saturday evening says:— The Turks in the Caucasus region forced us back beyond the line of mountains of ...
Article : 38 wordsThe report has been issued of the Commissioner appointed to investigate charges by the Rev. Howard Elliott against the Auckland postal officials. Mr. Elliott alleged that ...
Article : 80 wordsA Copenhagen message says that, judging by the results of one-third of the Swedish elections, the Conservatives were badly beaten, and the formation of a coalition Government ...
Article : 71 wordsTwo incoming vessels have reported that they picked up the "S.O.S." call, the sender stating that his ship was being shelled by a submarine—it is believed off Nantucket. ...
Article : 56 wordsIt was stated yesterday that the following telegram had been sent to the secretary of the Steamship Owners' Federation by the Sydney Transport Council;—"Can you arrange ...
Article : 64 wordsThe secretary of the Coal Board has been authorised to make public the following particulars in regard to coal shipped at Sydney and Newcastle during the strike period to ...
Article : 254 wordsThe Admiralty has decided to build a large dry dock at Beachley, in Gloucestershire, at the confluence of the Wye and the Severn, and has taken over 250 acres. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 17 Sep 1917, Page 7
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