An air of expectancy prevailed with regard to the coal-mining dispute yesterday. Ministers frankly admitted that they felt relieved at the prospects of the miners turning up for ...
Article : 233 wordsShortly after 8.30 this evening smoke was noticed coming from the direction of the forecastle of a steamer at No. 5 Victoria Dock. The alarm was raised, and the Metropolitan ...
Article : 175 wordsProfessor MacIntyre, chairman of the State Recruiting Committee, commented yesterday on a statement which he said he regretted had been made in regard to recruiting by ...
Article : 444 wordsAn official report issued at 1.15 a.m. states:—One group of aeroplanes crossed the Essex Coast at 7 o'clock last evening towards London. It was followed after ...
Article : 188 wordsPrior to the receipt of Sir Douglas Haig's midnight message last night the position in Flanders was rather vague. The eariler messages referred to heavy artillery fire ...
Article : 1,466 wordsMr. Gilmour, writing on Saturday, said: Three instances of individual bravery came under my notice. A major in a Tasmanian unit of the Army Medical Corps ...
Article : 256 wordsA British official message, issued on Monday afternoon, stated:—In last night's air raid nine persons were killed and 42 injured. Only two were killed in London. The material ...
Article : 132 wordsSir Douglas Haig's report into on Monday night stated:—The enemy launched a powerful attack on a mile front norhtward of the Ypres-Menin road, and eastward ...
Article : 285 wordsGreat importance is attached to the statement of Viscount Ishil (Special Japanese Envoy visiting the United States), regarding the application of the Monroe Doctrine in ...
Article : 193 wordsAt the City Court to-day, Krish Jensen, a Russian, was charged with having deserted from his employment on the steamer Port Kembla. ...
Article : 127 wordsMr. Phillip Gibbs writes: The ceaseless artillery battle which has been waged on the new front since September 26 has reached a state of great fury on both sides ...
Article : 126 wordsMr. Baddeley, president of the Coal and Shale Employees' Federation, made the following statement yesterday afternoon:—"The council of the federation desires it to be ...
Article : 122 wordsAn Italian official message on Monday evening stated: We completely repulsed attacks on the Bainsizza Plateau. The prisoners now total 201[?]. We repulsed ...
Article : 45 wordsA deputation, representing the coke section of the Federated Coal and Shale Employees' Federation, waited upon Mr. D. Baker, manager of the Steel Works, to-day to make ...
Article : 72 wordsTo-day, between 12.30 and 2 p.m., Captain W. H. Weston, M.C., Sergeant-major M'Murtrie, Sergeant O'Sullivan, Sergeant Bohm, and Private Norman will address a recruiting ...
Article : 115 wordsYesterday was private members' day in the Legislative Assembly. No Government business was taken. At the conclusion of questions without notice, Mr. Stuart Robertson ...
Article : 601 wordsThe meeting which was called by the Lord Mayor (Alderman Meagher) "to initiate a public movement to alleviate the wants of helpless women and children now enduring ...
Article : 553 wordsA Russian official message says:—We pressed back enemy posts in the Pital Farm sector in the Riga region, and advanced 1000 yards. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe colliery whistles were blown to-night as an indication that the collieries will be ready for work to be resumed to-morrow. The miners have been granted an extension ...
Article : 249 wordsIt is reported from Paris that M. Humbert, director of the newspaper "Le Journal," announces that he is repaying £220,000, which Blol Pasha invested in "Le Journal." ...
Article : 88 wordsSir Douglas Haig reports that during September we captured 5206 prisoners, including 146 officers; 11 guns, including three heavy guns, 57 trench mortars, and ...
Article : 34 wordsThe Federal Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works opened an inquiry to-day into the proposed expenditure of £168,845, on certain works at the Flinders ...
Article : 231 wordsAccording to an Amsterdam message "Vorwaerts" states that Germany will make a formal declaration regarding Belgium when the psychological moment arrives, namely, ...
Article : 182 wordsIt is announced from Washington that the United States has issued a second statement on the war, which says that Germany is making desperate onslaughts ...
Article : 65 wordsA milk combine, practically covering London is nearly completed. The company's capital will total £4,000,000. ...
Article : 19 wordsA Paris report states the Socialist conference at Bordeaux will decide whether the party shall rejoin the Government or hold aloof on internationalist grounds. The ex-Minister (M. ...
Article : 42 wordsA German official message on Monday afternoon stated: Anglo-French airmen have wrought considerable damage in Belgium, and there are numerous civilian ...
Article : 26 wordsLieutenant-Colonel Freyberg, V.C., D.S.O., a New Zealander, who was recently appointed a brigade commander with the temporary rank at brigadier, has again been wounded in ...
Article : 30 wordsTheres is a doubt regarding the South Coast mines starting work in the morning as a result of the employees not signing on yesterday in accordance with the Government's ...
Article : 917 wordsThe counting of the votes in the Assembly elections was concluded in three more constituencies—York, Avon, and Beverley—to-day, and the return of the old members—Mr. ...
Article : 176 wordsA French communique, issued on Monday afternoon, stated: Violent artillery fire prevailed during the night on both banks of the Meuse, especially between the Meuse ...
Article : 142 wordsThe special Japanese Envoy to the United States (Viscount Ishll) says that Japan's pledge towards China is more than the Monroe doctrine, as Japan has definitely promised not ...
Article : 47 wordsThe Zurich correspondent of the "Matin' says that a Ministerial crisis is imminent in Austria. The Government has been compelled to enter into negotiations with the Czechs, who ...
Article : 175 wordsReprots from Paris state that German prisoners complain that their commanders do not take risks and do not lead their troops. It is not believed that the officers are ...
Article : 57 wordsThe second Liberty Loan campaign has been started. Ten thousand salesmen have been engaged. ...
Article : 19 wordsThe charred body of an unknown woman was found in the bush near Mowbray-road, Chatswood, close to the Cumberland Paper Mills, yesterday morning. The body was lying on ...
Article : 186 wordsWith a view to assisting the people of Tasmania and bringing the local millers as nearly as possible on a par with the millers on the mainland, the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) ...
Article : 153 wordsIt is announced that two professors have been expelled from the Columbia University. It is alleged that they spread doctrines encourgaing disloyalty. ...
Article : 25 wordsA wireless message from Rome says the Volta Newsagency announces that the Entente nations have realised a united financial front, and established an agreement to ...
Article : 50 wordsAthens newspapers report that a German submarine and a Bulgarian torpedo-boat were mined and sunk off Varna. ...
Article : 24 wordsThe Housing Commission, which has been collecting evidence, has reported vigorously in condemnation of the existing health laws in some of the Melbourne suburbs. There ...
Article : 198 wordsIt is stated that the Provisional Government of Russia will not recognise any authority except its own constituent assembly. M. Kerensky will not compromise with the ...
Article : 46 wordsThe German Emperor and Empress and all the princes have taken up large shares in the seventh German war loan. The actual amount of their subscription is not disclosed. ...
Article : 70 wordsA Belgian official report says the King of Italy visited the Belgian front, accompanied by King Albert. A shell burst near the Royalties, knocking down King Victor's ...
Article : 48 wordsAn extraordinary story of an imposture, its discovery, and the subsequent suicide of the impostor, was told at an inquiry by the City Coroner to-day into circumstances ...
Article : 266 wordsMr. Fisher (High Commissioner for Australia) formally opened a branch of the Commonwealth Bank in Australia House, also a military branch. The latter occupies the ...
Article : 80 wordsCaptain Clive[?] Brewster Joske has been awarded the Military Cross. He was recently promoted to the rank of Flight Commander and gazetted as captain in the Royal Flying ...
Article : 55 wordsPresident Wilson has called on the school teachers to devote more time to the problems of national life, emphasising the war and inculcating a new appreciation of life's aspects, ...
Article : 63 wordsCaptain Wilfred Evans, A.A.M.C., formerly of the staff at Prince Alfred Hospital, and son on Mrs. T. Thomas, of Candelo, has been promoted to the rank of major, and has been ...
Article : 94 wordsA telegram from Regina (Saskatchewan) says the police are investigating a reported plot to dynamite the provincial Parliament Buildings. ...
Article : 27 wordsMr. Larkin, manager of the Commonwealth Shipping Business in London, is touring Canada an a special mission, the nature of which has not been disclosed. He admits ...
Article : 50 wordsA cafe chantant in connection with the Red Cross Nurses' Gift Fund was held last evening in the Paddington Town Hall, and was entirely successful. The varied programme ...
Article : 170 wordsTwenty thousand people took part in a demonstration on the occasion of the funeral of the Sinn Feiner, Aseh, who died in prison. A hundred priests, wearing the Sinn Fein ...
Article : 61 wordsThe correspondent of the "Morning Post" at Tientsin says the Government has ordered the arrest of Dr. Sun Yat Sen (Republican leader) and his associates for treason. ...
Article : 34 wordsThe Rev. Donald McLennan, minister of the Brunswick River Presbyterian charge, died suddenly at Mullumbimby on Monday. Coming to Australia from New Zealand, Mr. ...
Article : 96 wordsIn reference to a cable message published in Monday's issue regarding the death of Second-lieut. Alan Charles Nutter, of the Roayl Flying Corps, we are informed that his parents ...
Article : 111 wordsThe United States have opened a radio station on Hawaii (Sandwich Islands). Messages have been exchanged over a distance of 5000 miles, which is said to be a world's record. ...
Article : 37 wordsTo-day, at 3 o'clock, a general committee meeting of the Red Cross Society will be held at 255A George-street. Mrs. MacKinnon will speak, and Sister Kelliher, who has just ...
Article : 45 wordsIt is announced from Washington that an American patrol ship, while off the coast, was rammed and sunk. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Wed 3 Oct 1917, Page 11
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