The State Recruiting Committee states that for the week ended April 28 707 men volunteered and 454 men were accepted. MELBOURNE, Monday. ...
Article : 55 wordsField Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, in his noon report of Monday, says:- We improved our position and took prisoners between Monchy-le-Preux and the ...
Article : 44 wordsAdverse weather did not deter the Minister for the Navy (Mr. J. Cook), the selected National candidate for Parramatta, from carrying out his programme last night at ...
Article : 766 wordsWhen the terms of the Conscription Bill have been agreed upon by a conference of the two Chambers of Congress—which have accepted the principle of conscription, ...
Article : 421 wordsThe Amsterdam correspondent of the "Morning Post" says that German political circles are perturbed by the Vienna "Fremdenblatt's" semi-official statement ...
Article : 371 wordsThe Petrograd correspondent of the "Observer" states that the Council of the Soldiers and Workers' delegates is now the dominant factor in Russia. It is ...
Article : 188 wordsCorrespondents at British headquarters in France emphasise the terribly desperate nature of the fighting on the Scarpe front, with its incessant attacks and ...
Article : 475 wordsFor an hour before the holding of the recruiting meeting in Martin-place, yesterday the National Reserves Band (Professional Musicians) played the national airs of the Allies, ...
Article : 231 wordsAllied aviators bombed Zeebrugge on Sunday. ...
Article : 9 wordsIt is not a matter for surprise that the people of Great Britain should be displaying a certain amount of uneasiness at present regarding the outlook in connection with the ...
Article : 460 wordsA British official message from Salonica states:—We [?]eat off, with heavy losses, an attack on the Dolran-Vardar front on Saturday night. ...
Article : 25 wordsAn Amsterdam message states:—The German Conservatives hove carried a resolution demanding that the Government shall suppress the increasing influence of ...
Article : 43 wordsThe campaign for the formation of the Rifle Clubs' reinforcements unit of 150 men, which has been taken in hand by a special N.R.A. committee, is now in full swing. Captain H. ...
Article : 169 wordsOver 1000 clerks in the Royal Arsenal and Royal Dockyard at Woolwich have decided to strike on Monday owing to the refusal of the authorities to advance their wages 5s ...
Article : 41 wordsThe Swiss newspaper "Journal de Geneve," in the course of an interview with an American from Vienna, learned that the discontent against the Austrian ...
Article : 52 wordsSecond-Lieutenant Arthur Clive Terrell, of the Middlesex Regiment, a Melbournian, has died of wounds. ...
Article : 17 wordsThe news from the Western front this morning is exactly what we are to expect as long as a strong British offensive continues against a determined German defence. The ...
Article : 452 wordsThe German newspaper "Vorwaerts" says:—"The references to tariffs by Mr. Lloyd George and Mr. Bonar Law are of the highest importance to Germany's ...
Article : 109 words"The response to our appeal has been most gratifying; we are more than pleased to see how the 'sports' of New South Wales have answered the call. It the recruiting for our ...
Article : 388 wordsThe Amsterdam correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle," while believing that serious events are unlikely in Germany on May Day, points out that the military ...
Article : 156 wordsIn an address which he delivered at Kyneton this afternoon in support of the Winthe-War party's candidates, the Prime Minister, Mr. Hughes, made a charge against Mr. ...
Article : 609 wordsThe United States Legislature has agreed to conscription, but until the conference between the Senate and Representatives has settled outstanding points of difference, the ...
Article : 265 wordsA Madrid message says:—Senor Maura, the new Premier of Spain, addressing an audience of 20,000, emphasised Spain's natural affinity to England and France, ...
Article : 53 wordsSpeaking at Arncliffe, Mr. W. E. Johnson said:—The return of the Nationalists to power in the State Parliament had already been responsible for a more buoyant influence ...
Article : 283 wordsA Copenhagen telegram announces that the Socialists of all countries have been invited to a conference to be held at Stockholm on May 15. ...
Article : 26 wordsThere is a renewed demand in many quarters for immediate changes at the Admiralty, and the reorganisation of the board, in view of the losses of ships by ...
Article : 66 wordsMr. G. E. Wise, of Roslyn House, Croydon, has received from his son, 2nd-Lieutenant C. R. Wise, a letter written on January 27, in which he states:—"We had a go at the ...
Article : 94 wordsMr. Philip Gibbs, telegraphing from the British Headquaters on Sunday, stated: Hard fighting began on Saturday morning on both sides of the Searpe—one side ...
Article : 358 wordsThe Jockey Club has cnncelled all fixtures after the First Spring Meeting. This has been done in order to free thousands of racehorses from the necessity for ...
Article : 78 wordsMr. H. E. Pratten, Senate candidate, addressing a meeting here on Saturday, said that much capital was being made out of the fact that the Labour Senate nominees were ...
Article : 113 wordsThe president of the Farmers and Settlers' Association of New South Wales (Mr. A. K. Trethowan, M.L.C.) has issued an appeal to the farmers of the State. He says: ...
Article : 188 wordsMarshal Joffre's advice to the American people comes at an opportune time. The United States, having decided to adopt the only effective method of engaging in modern ...
Article : 292 wordsThe condition of the auxiliary schooner Aurora is much more serious than was at first supposed. The famous little vessel, which was sold by ...
Article : 80 wordsAn Amsterdam message says that Dr. Helfferich (German Minister for the Interior), addressing the Main Committee of the Reichstag, said that Germany had ...
Article : 109 wordsThe Geneva newspaper "Journal de Geneve" states that King Constantine has decided to abdicate in favour of his son. [Prince George, heir-apparent to the Greek ...
Article : 54 words"Senator Gardiner's statement in the Domain on Sunday, said Mr. Ashford (Minister for Lands) yesterday, "to the effect that the Senate had saved Australia from ...
Article : 104 wordsA fire broke out early this morning in Glen Innes butter factory, and, despite the efforts of the fire brigade, the premises were practically destroyed, only an engine and the ...
Article : 97 words"According to the newspapers," said the Minister for the Navy (Mr. Joseph Cook) yesterday, "Mr. Catts, an old Orangeman—I do not know whether he is one now—is ...
Article : 349 wordsA German official message says:—A number of fighting aeroplanes unsuccessfully bombed our torpedo boats on the Flemish coast, also Zeebrugge harbour, on ...
Article : 42 wordsThe following military order was issued to-day:—"Members of the Australian Imperial Force who are candidates for election as members of Parliament, must not wear ...
Article : 60 wordsOver 100 United States Congressmen have cabled to Mr. Lloyd George urging the desirability of an early settlement of the Irish Home Rule question. ...
Article : 27 wordsA meeting of all direct importers of cornsacks is to be held on Wednesday afternoon at the Federal Government offices, to consider the whole trade as it is affected by the ...
Article : 53 wordsBarkley-street, one of Footscray's busiest thoroughfares, was on Friday evening last the scene of a daring hold-up of an elderly business man by two masked and armed men. ...
Article : 221 wordsSir,—There is generally a fairly heavy "absent vote" on the Mountains, and the work of electoral officers is greatly increased by the fact that many come to the polling booth ...
Article : 96 wordsA Berlin official message states that German seaplanes on the 26th inst. bombed the port of Sulina on the Danube, in the Dobrudja, at the mouth of the south branch ...
Article : 54 wordsThe Shanghai correspondent of the "Morning Post" says that a conference of Military Governors was unanimously in favour of a declaration of war by ...
Article : 58 wordsThe State coal miners on the west coast resumed work this morning. The Government made no concessions. The Paparoa mine was the only one that voted against the ...
Article : 55 wordsWhile the adoption of conscription in the United States is a healthy indication of America's intention to act in concert with the Allies, it is to be hoped that the wave of ...
Article : 376 wordsAt Auckland, Harry Urquhart Tuaher was sentenced to 11 months' imprisonment for having caused the publication [?]f a seditious pamphlet. The publisher, Sawyers, was fined ...
Article : 33 wordsThe Paris "Journal's" correspondent with the British headquarters telegraphs: —Hindenburg was here a week ago, and saw his best troops driven from the ...
Article : 111 wordsA Russian official message says:—We recaptured the height lost yesterday in the direction of Erzingan, in Armenia. Turkish attempts to attack near Lake ...
Article : 32 wordsAt a special meeting of the Lithgow branch of the Federated Ironworkers, the following motion was submitted,—"That our employers, not having replied in a satisfactory manner ...
Article : 165 wordsSome correspondents consider that the British have fully regained the mastery of the air on the West front, and are scaring the Germans. ...
Article : 27 wordsBetween noon on Saturday and 7.30 a.m. to-day a safe was forced open by means of explosives at the boot factory of J. C. Hanson, 346 Hoddle-street, Abbotsford, and cheques ...
Article : 48 wordsThe cable message published on Saturday that the Imperial War Conference had unanimously accepted the policy of Imperial preference, as recommended by the committee ...
Article : 93 wordsA Stockholm message announces that the [?]eaders of all parties in the Swedish Diet have issued a proclamation calling on all classes to maintain quiet, and to ...
Article : 47 wordsMr. J. S. Willson, a National party speaker, called at the office of the "Herald" last night with his clothes torn, a nasty wound on the face, and bearing other evidences of rough ...
Article : 193 wordsIt is reported from Paris that General Petain, who gained great fame by his defence of Verdun during the first months of the German attack on the fortress, has ...
Article : 41 wordsAt Hamilton eight men were fined £5 each for having taken part in the freezing works strike. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tue 1 May 1917, Page 7
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