Professor R. G. Macintyre chairman of the N.S.W. State Recruiting Committee, who is strongly advocating compulsion because voluntarism has failed, said yesterday:— ...
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Article : 237 wordsThe Admiralty's report of losses through submarines for the week ended December 9 is as follows:— Arrivals: 2426, sailings 2384. ...
Article : 342 wordsIn referring yesterday to the absence of news regarding military operations, we stated in these notes that the general position on the Western front and in Italy did not ...
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Article : 84 wordsThe renewal of the attack in Italy presents no new and startling features. The methods which the enemy has been adopting to smash the Italian defence in the mountain region on ...
Article : 268 wordsSeven deaths occurred aboard the Canadian cruiser Niobe. Five others who were afloat in a boat were drowned. The Niobe broke from her moorings, but was secured before ...
Article : 57 wordsThe Prime Minister, Mr. Hughes, made a triumphant entry into Geelong to-day, and at the City Hall he was carried shoulder-high by returned soldiers, amidst a huge crowd. ...
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Article : 46 wordsThe increased price to be paid for cheese sold to the British Government is [?]d per lb. for cheese graded between 91 and 94 points, and not [?]d, as stated by the Minister on ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Fri 14 Dec 1917, Page 7
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