Martin-place was the scene of another recruiting tally yesterday, and several speakers addressed a big crowd. In the course of a stirring appeal. Mr. ...
Article : 453 wordsThis is Empire Day, and we in whose, veins leaps the blood of our race are glad and rejoice in being privileged to call ourselves British ...
Article : 111 wordsAn unofficial Paris message whleh appeared yesterday stated that the gains made by the French on the Moronvillers massif on Sunday last would enable them to shell the ...
Article : 439 wordsThe French Premier, M. Ribot, speaking in the Chamber of Deputies, announced that he had received a telegram from the Russian Government expressing the ...
Article : 751 wordsSir Douglas Haig's report last night says:—The Germans last night heavily bombarded in the neighbourhood of Bullecourt. We replied vigorously. We ...
Article : 44 wordsSir Douglas Haig, reporting late on Tuesday night, stated:—We successfully raided trenches east of Vermelles. There is nothing to report on the rest of the ...
Article : 311 wordsAn Austrian attack, described by one correspondent as "one of the fiercest of the whole war," was launched in a section of the Trentino front on Monday. Its ...
Article : 477 wordsThe Home correspondent of the "New York Sun" reports that peace proposals have been made secretly by the Central Powers through neutral diplomats in ...
Article : 167 wordsThe London "Daily Chronicle's" Amsterdam correspondent states that Count Tisza, the Hungarian Premier, has resigned, together with the entire Cabinet. ...
Article : 28 wordsA distinguished company, oncluding Lord Milner (member of the War Cabinet), General Sir William Robertson, and notable people formerly and presently associated with South ...
Article : 709 wordsMr. G. W. Fuller, Acting Premier, who is to attend several Empire Day functions in his own electorate to-day, issued a general message to the schools of the State before ...
Article : 966 wordsIt is expected that the Conscription Bill will be introduced on Friday. It is estimated that there are nearly 200,000 unmarried eligible men in Canada ...
Article : 69 wordsMartin-place, 11 a.m. till 4 p.m. Addresses by prominent citizens, and appeals for recruits by returned soldiers. 8 p.m., returned soldiers. ...
Article : 72 wordsIt is reported from Paris that the Brazilian steamer Tijuca, 1304 tons, has been torpedoed off the Brittany Coast. Portion of the crew were saved. ...
Article : 292 wordsThis desire to destroy what he cannot hold appear[?] to be as strong in the German as ever it was. There is no doubt that it has its advantages from his point of view, and the ...
Article : 487 wordsThe finance committee of the City Council, Alderman W. Walker presiding, yesterday gave consideration to the salaries schedule for 1916, 1917, and 1918. The decisions ...
Article : 462 wordsCorrespondents at the British front, telegraphing on Tuesday night state that we are slowly increasing the ground won in the Hindenburg line around Bullecourt, ...
Article : 104 wordsA public statement has been made by President Wilson, who rebukes an attempt to becloud the issue before the United States. He says:—It is incomprehensible ...
Article : 365 wordsLord Newton (Assistant Foreign Undersecretary), replying in the House of Lords to a question regarding the treatment of prisoners, said that one or two German ...
Article : 176 wordsA report from Amsterdam says that the Danzig section of the independent committee for German peace petitioned Hindenburg, asking for the annexation of ...
Article : 73 wordsDr. Irmer and a few other prominent Germans have expressed some opinions regarding Germany's future position in the South Seas. Much as we would like to ignore these ...
Article : 513 wordsAn Interesting address on "The Genesis of the Australian Royal Navy" was delivered by Admiral Sir Georgo King-Hall at Newcastle (England) on March 23. ...
Article : 380 wordsIt is likely that a Food Controller for Canada will be appointed. ...
Article : 19 wordsSpeaking in the House of Commons Major Baird (Secretary to the Air Board) announced that Lord Northcliffe had been appointed chairman of the committee to inquire into ...
Article : 75 wordsA message from Amsterdam states that Dr. Irmer (a former German Consul-General in Sydney, and well-known in connection with colonial affairs), writing to ...
Article : 273 wordsThe Minister for Defence, Senator Pearce, to-day denied that there was any truth in rumours that one, two, or three transports carrying Australian troops,had been sunk ...
Article : 80 wordsThe duty which is inseparable from the privilege of citizenship of our "Empire of Freemen" is the subject of an appeal by Professor Macintyre, chairman of the New South Wales ...
Article : 309 wordsIt is reported from Stockholm that the Bulgarian Socialist delegates at the Socialist congress state that they have agreed upon the principle of peace without ...
Article : 47 wordsAn Amsterdam message reports that after the sentence of death had been passed on the Socialist, Adler (the murderer of Count Stuergkh, the Austrian Premier), he said that ...
Article : 91 wordsThe State Cabinet to-day had before it a progress report from Mr. T. R. Johnson, the British expert, who, as a Royal Commission, is inquiring into the working of the ...
Article : 69 wordsAdvices received in Madrid from Badajos state that a popular rising has occurred in Portugal owing to economic difficulties[?] Troops intervened. The ...
Article : 95 wordsThe Postmaster-General (Mr. W. Webster), during his stay in Sydney, has applied a good deal of time to the complex problem pf a re adjustment of the hours in the mail branch ...
Article : 228 wordsA report from Amsterdam says that the Imperial Clothing Office in Berlin has denounced the waste of clothing used on the dead before interment, and the use of shoes ...
Article : 61 wordsThe "Irish Independent" declares that since the Government has abandoned the parti1 ion remedy it will be pure waste of time for the convention to discuss it. Ireland will not ...
Article : 146 wordsThe head of one of the departments of the City Council reported this week that a pa[?] of glass, the property of the council, had been broken in Moore-street. The person, a ...
Article : 81 wordsThe principal events during the day are as follows:- 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.—Recruiting meetings, Martin-place. ...
Article : 779 wordsMr. Fisher (High Commissioner for Australia) has drawn the attention of the Colonial Office to the trivial flues imposed on women for accosting Australian soldiers in the ...
Article : 69 wordsThe local munitioners' strikes at Sheffield, Liverpool, and elsewhere have degenerated into meaningless demonstrations against authority. ...
Article : 114 wordsA conference was held this afternoon between the Mount Lyell Company and its employees with reference to the war profit bonus, which is in dispute. ...
Article : 119 wordsThe Amsterdam "Tekegraaf" publishes an account of an aerial fight which was seen at Sas-van-Gent on Saturday evening. Twelve aeroplanes came from the sea and ...
Article : 45 wordsMr. Richard Watkins Richards has been elected successor to the late Aldermen Evan Jones as the representative of Lang Ward in the City Council. ...
Article : 64 wordsMr. V. Fleming, Unionist member for South Oxfordshire in the House of Commons, has been killed in action. ...
Article : 23 wordsThe Auckland Farmers' Union, at a provincial conference, adopted a resolution that all enemy aliens should be conscripted forthwith for labour purposes. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thu 24 May 1917, Page 7
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