Although State Ministers sat in Cabinet both morning and afternoon yesterday, the Acting Premier declined to make any statement on the strike position last night. ...
Article : 217 wordsMr. Phillp Gibbs, describing the great battle on Thursday, says:— There was stiff fighting around a blockhouse called Anzac Corner, east of ...
Article : 182 wordsThe dotted line represents the original front, and the short line, consisting of alternate dots and dashes, shows the front reached after the Messines offensive. The heavy black line represents approximately the present front as indicated by the recent cabled messages. The greater portion of the ground between the dotted line and the heavy black line was taken during the offensive delivered on July 31 last. The latest attack extended along an eight-mile front, from the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 175 wordsField-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reported as follows at midnight on Thursday:— We attacked this morning east of Ypres, on an eight-miles front, between the ...
Article : 465 wordsMr. Bean, official correspondent with the A.I.F., cabling from London on Thursday evening, says:— British and Australian troops have been ...
Article : 638 wordsMr. Bean, official correspondent with the Australian forces, cables as follows:— Thursday morning, 6.45 o'clock: News of a great attack has this moment arrived. ...
Article : 449 wordsAdvice was received to-day that 150 miners who left Victoria early this week have arrived at Richmond Main colliery in New South Wales, and have begun to get out ...
Article : 45 wordsTelegraphing from the British headquarters on Thursday evening, Mr. Percival Phillips says:— The battle was of the greatest intensity ...
Article : 933 wordsOld employees of Wallarah colliery are outwardly displaying every confidence in the federation officials, but there is an undercutrent of dissatisfaction at the ...
Article : 142 wordsA high naval authority states that new defensive measures against submarines are meeting with success. Though no sensational inventions have ...
Article : 200 wordsThe Petrograd correspondent of the Paris "Matin" says:— An impression is prevalent that something is being hidden. ...
Article : 493 wordsA Russian official message on Thursday afternoon stated[?] We drove back, with great losses, an enemy offensive east of Lemburg, a village north-east of Riga. ...
Article : 166 wordsMr. Justice Higgins, in the Arbitration Court to-day, reserved Judgment in the case of the application for the de-registration of the Waterside Workers' Federation. He intimated ...
Article : 39 wordsThe Premier of New South Wales, Mr. W. A. Holman, at Washington, had a lengthy conference with Labour leaders, and exchanged notes on Labour and politics in the ...
Article : 230 wordsMr. M'Kenzie, secretary to the Textile Workers' Union, said yesterday that he had a copy of the form of application, which certain firms demanded, should be signed by members ...
Article : 203 wordsThe Washington correspondent of the "New York Herald" says that the American troops will launch a big drive on the West front next summer, but they will start active duty ...
Article : 73 wordsA Belgian communique says that the success of the Belgians in German East Africa at Madcge, on September 9 and 10, was completed by the capture of enemy ...
Article : 53 wordsOne correspondent reports that the Australians were selected as the "storm-troops," to be used in the centre of the British advance. ...
Article : 25 wordsLord Rhondda (Food Controller) states that Britain's minimum foodstuff requirements from the United States and Canada during the ensuing 12 months amount ...
Article : 147 wordsThe Coal Board, at its meeting held yesterday, decided to extend the time during which holders of stocks of coal and coke exceeding 5 tons should be permitted to use restricted ...
Article : 47 wordsTHURSDAY, ISSUED 6 P.M. There is intense artillery fire south of the Oise, in the Champagne sector, at Mount Cornilet and High Mount, and on ...
Article : 61 wordsThe resolution adopted by the Argentine Senate demanding the brcaking-off of diplomatic relations with Germany, pointed out that the dismissal of Count von Luxburg ...
Article : 124 wordsMr. Philip Gibbs, telegraphing on Thursday night, points out that this offensive is a test of now methods of attack against a now German system of defence, which we first ...
Article : 247 wordsThere will be practically no alteration is the tram services to-day and to-morrow, as compared with last Saturday and Sunday. Important alterations and improvements, ...
Article : 42 wordsAn Amsterdam message says that the German Socialist paper "Vorwaerts" states that a manifesto has been circulated throughout Germany, saying:—"Citizens, the Fatherland ...
Article : 186 wordsDistressing details are published regarding the situation in Servia. The population normally was 3,170,000. It is now 2,218,000. The re[?]n in the male population is 38 per ...
Article : 144 wordsIn the Senate this morning the leader of the Opposition, Senator Gardiner, moved that the regulation under the War Precautions Act giving power for the de-registration of ...
Article : 345 wordsSir John M'Call (Agent-General for Tasmania) presided at a meeting of Australian natives, who welcomed the repatriated Australian prisoners. Sir Newton Moore and ...
Article : 55 wordsAn official wireless message from Borun says that the German Emperor has telegraphed to Dr. von Kuhlmann (Foreign Secretary) his warmest appreciation of the ...
Article : 72 wordsAdvices received from Berne state that the German Emperor has left Budapest for Sofia. It is understood the object of his visit is to smooth difficulties between the Central ...
Article : 64 wordsCargo steamer freights to Melbourne and Sydney have boen raised to 200/ per ton, and to Adelaide to 202/6 per ton. ...
Article : 23 wordsM. Ribot (Minister for Foreign Affairs), replying in the Chamber of Deputies to a request for the publication of secret treaties with Russia, said that this was not the time ...
Article : 114 wordsThe Prime Minister, Sir R. L. Borden, answering a question in Parliament, said that he understood that no steps had yet been taken in Australia to return from the front ...
Article : 63 wordsThe correspondent of the United Press Association telegraphs:—The British attacked heavily on a long front centring on the Ypres-Menin Road. There was fierce fighting in ...
Article : 322 wordsIn the House of Representatives this morning Mr. Charlton (N.S.W.) asked the Prime Minister whether he had any knowledge of the conference between the New South Wales ...
Article : 114 wordsA mesage from Buenos Aires states that thousands enthusiastically welcomed the cruiser Glasgow. Cordial speeches were made, and the city was beflagged. ...
Article : 29 wordsMr. Hoover (Food Controller) warned a conference of business men in Atlantic City that socialism might be the penalty if employers did not realise the responsibilities of the ...
Article : 45 wordsThe British Army Council has fixed maximu, prices for New Zealand hemp and sisal fibre in order to secure for farmers binder twine at a reasonable price. ...
Article : 34 wordsAdvices have reached New York that the Council of State of the Island republic of Hayti has voted that a state of war exists with Germany. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 22 Sep 1917, Page 13
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