A Washington message says: The Russian Ambassador, M. Francis, reports there is no possibility of Russia yielding to the Austro-German overtures for a ...
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Article : 113 wordsThe Admiralty announces that the shiping movements and losses during the week ended April 15 were as under. The figures do not include fishing and local ...
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Article : 3,928 wordsThe greator part of the fighting referred to in the French communique this morning has taken place along the western portion of the Aisne sector, where the French launched ...
Article : 266 wordsThe Military Committee of the House of Representatives, which rejected the President's proposed Selective Drafts (or conscription) Bill voted in favour of raising ...
Article : 275 wordsDuring Wednesday, there was active fighting along almost the whole of the line from Soissons to Auberive, where the French have launched their new offensive. Important progress was made between Soissons and ...
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Article : 418 wordsIf we are to judge by the nature of the reports which haye been received within the past day or two the people of the United States of America are beginning to experience ...
Article : 378 wordsField-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, in his noon report on Wednesday, says:— We progressed south-eastward and eastward of Epehy. ...
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Article : 214 wordsIn the House of Commons to-day Mr. Bonar Law (Leader of the House) moved a motion expressing appreciation of America's action in joining the Allies. He ...
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Article : 130 wordsIt is estimated that the Gormans on the Arras battle front employed 600 guns. Of these the Britisn have now captured 230. The Germans saved very few within the ...
Article : 129 wordsThe Press Bureau announces that under an order of Lord Devonport (Food Director) light pastries, muflins, crumpets, tea-cakes, and ornamented cakes are prohibited. Buns ...
Article : 70 wordsGerman propagandists have always based their efforts upon a close study of psychology. Whenever they have discovered the existence of a fixed belief amongst a section of the ...
Article : 382 wordsWomen's Reform League: 3 p.m., Miss Owen, address on "Win the War League" Tempe Tramway Carnival: Cook's River Reserve, 8 p.m., Capt. Richmond, Miss Owen, ...
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Article : 79 wordsLieutonant R. E. N. Twopeny, of Sydney, has been awarded the Military Cross. ...
Article : 16 wordsThe Prime Minister's Department has been informed by the Consul-General for the United States (Mr. J. I. Brittain) that he has received a cable message from the American ...
Article : 58 wordsThe new Commonwealth loan closod at one quarter premium. ...
Article : 16 wordsWhen interviewed yesterday morning on his arrival at Launceston, the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) gave the following message to the electors of Tasmania:— ...
Article : 283 wordsThe following cable message has been received by the Prime Minister from the Governor-General of Canada, in reply to a message sent on Tuesday, congratulating the Canadians ...
Article : 118 wordsA message from Rome states that semiofficial eirelen in Vienna greatly fear that Turkey, by reason of her very critical internal situation and military defeats, will ...
Article : 115 wordsThe hearing of the suit instituted by Mrs. Marjorie Raphael against her father-in-law, Walter Raphael, for damages for alleged malicious prosecution was concluded to-day. ...
Article : 41 wordsDuring the past two months several strikes have occurred at the collieries in the Newcastle and Maitland districts for trivial causes. The Delegate Board to-day passed ...
Article : 64 wordsIt was stated to-day by the Secretary to the Federal Treasury (Mr. Collins) that 200,000 sixpenny war savings stamps were now available, and others were being printed at the ...
Article : 108 wordsIt is understood that the greater part of the urgent work of the Imperial Cabinet conference will be finished early in May. In order to get through with its task the ...
Article : 73 wordsA fifteen-hundred ton hopper barge, a trawler. and a tugboat will be launched at the Waish Island Government works on Monday morning by the Minister for Works and ...
Article : 60 wordsAfter a number of hostile Nationalist speeches, the third leading of the Prolongation of Parliament Bill was agreed to by the House of Common by 203 votes to 42. ...
Article : 37 wordsThe British Government has commandeered four cargoes totalling 160,000 boxes of Australian butter. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Fri 20 Apr 1917, Page 7
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