The annual conference of the Political Labour League of New South Wales was continued in the Oddfellows' Hall laat night. The president (Mr. J. W. Doyle, M.L.A.) was ...
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Article : 209 wordsIt is announced from Washington that everything is in readiness for the registration to-day. It is expected that nearly 10 million men will register, and the War ...
Article : 773 wordsA report from Petrograd says:—M. Kerensky (Minister of War and Marine), after reviewing the troops in Odessa, said he could certify that in spite of outward ...
Article : 552 wordsField-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, reporting late on Monday night, stated: We carried out successful raids north of Armentieres and south of Wytschaete. We ...
Article : 341 wordsThe owners of a number of valuable pictures sued Lloyds' Underwriters for £80,000 damages. Fifteen old masters, which were placed aboard the Mississippi in October, ...
Article : 90 wordsLate on Sunday night thieves plundered the show cases displayed by Messrs. Mappin and Webb, jewellers, is the vestibule of the Carlton Hotel, securing ...
Article : 36 wordsThe French Government has invited Mr. Fisher (High Commissioner for Australia) to visit the French front. Mr Fisher will also visit the Australians ...
Article : 33 wordsEvery British advance between Lens and the Scarpe, on the southern side of the La Basse salient tends to make matters worse for the enemy forces on that most westerly ...
Article : 321 wordsA Presidential decree, according to a message from Paris, creates a Polish army recruited from the Poles serving in the French army. ...
Article : 26 wordsMr. David James Shackleton, formerly a leading member of the Labour party in the House of Commons, who became senior Labour adviser to the Home Office in 1910, and ...
Article : 57 wordsField-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, in his noon report of Tuesday, says:- We drove off raiders south-eastward of Lens and southward of Armentieres. ...
Article : 35 wordsThe Werriwa Recruiting Train started from Young yesterday. Nine recruits boarded the train. Six others who have been granted leave will join the train at a later stage. The ...
Article : 77 wordsThe death is announced of Lord St. Audries (formerly Sir A. Fuller-Acland-Hood), who was A.D.C. to the Governor of Victoria in 1889-91, and held office as Parliamentary ...
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Article : 32 wordsThe report of Messrs. Thomas Brown and Sons, Ltd., merchants, announces a profit of £34,384 for the year. The directors recommend a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent., ...
Article : 51 wordsIn connection with the statement made in the Press that married munition workers who went to England are being paid as low as 50s per week, the Minister for Defence (Senator ...
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Article : 178 wordsReferring yesterday to the dispute in the glass bottle industry, the Minister for Labour and Industry (Mr. Beeby) stated that it was most unfortunate that many unions, well ...
Article : 207 wordsThe Shanghai correspondent of the "Morning Post" says the provisional military Government, which has been formed in Tientsin, has applied for recognition ...
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Article : 29 wordsThe correspondent of the United States Press Agency at Stockholm says that the Hungarian Socialist delegate, Herr Huufl, remarked: The possibility of a democratic ...
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Article : 272 wordsIt was announced by the Marine Underwriters' Association of Victoria to-day that the war insurance rate on vessels travelling from the United States or Canada to ...
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Article : 100 wordsThe newspapers welcome Brazil's entrance into the war, and hope the other States in South America will follow her example. The opinion is expressed that ...
Article : 54 wordsThe counting of most of the city street collections in connection with Red Triangle Day was concluded yesterday, and this, together with such collections received at the ...
Article : 94 wordsA Russian official message states: Our seouts, surmounting four rows of wire entanglements at Nowy Moscor, in the direction of Kovel, dispersed the barrier guard. ...
Article : 54 wordsA military district order issued to-day provides that in future officers of the Citizen Forces who have not served in the A.I.F. or on active service in other campaigns are not to ...
Article : 95 wordsThe State Full Court to-day began the hearing of an appeal from a decision of Mr. Justice Hodges in the action brought by William Morris Hughes, Prime Minister of the ...
Article : 208 wordsAn Italian official message on Monday stated: The enemy's artillery has become more intense east of Gorizia, and has extended from Vertoibizza to the coast. It ...
Article : 85 wordsThe Australian Red Cross in its report for May says: Hot weather in France lessened the output of clothing, but the demands for foodstuffs were heavier, fruit being largely in ...
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Article : 286 wordsIt is reported from Washington that the Mercantile Marine Company's profits for the year amounted to £5,200,000. ...
Article : 23 wordsAt the Quarter sessions on Saturday, Robt. M'Gowan, proprietor of the "Moree News," claimed £400 damages for libel from Cecil Last, who was Mr. Webster's opponent for ...
Article : 142 wordsAdvices from Rome state that General Ferrero, commanding the Italian forces in Albania, has proclaimed the unity and independence of the whole of Albania under ...
Article : 44 wordsA message from Paris reports that an explosion destroyed two factories in Aubervlllers, and injured four people. The damage is estimated at £28,000. ...
Article : 28 wordsProfessor Sefton Delmer, who has arrived in London, left Germany on May 23. He was interned at Ruhlebon Camp from November, 1914, to March, 1915. He was offered ...
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Article : 50 wordsFollowing up an agitation, which is assuming considerable dimensions, the annual conference of delegates from the north of Auckland resolved that the Government should ...
Article : 64 wordsMrs. Alexander, of Randwick, has received information that her husband, Lieutenant J. A. Alexander, has been promoted to the rank of captain. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe Royal Red Cross (second-class) has been conforred on the following:- Australians: Jean Buckham, Mary Loughran, Ida O'Dwyer, Helen Tait, Ella Tucker, ...
Article : 68 wordsMr. Val. Ackerman, Federal Prices Commissioner, had before him yesterday an application for an increase in the price of oatmeal, rolled-oats, and flaked oats. The firms ...
Article : 105 wordsA message from Berne staes that the Swiss towns are swarming with Turkish diplomatists, including Rauff Pasha, a brother of Enver Pasha, who are seeking to get into touch with ...
Article : 42 wordsA private cablegram received by Mrs. Thomas Davis, of Rotolie, Kiliara, states that her son, Second-lieutenant J. W. Davis, of the Royal Field Artillery, who has been ...
Article : 50 wordsThe Soldiers' Club will be "at home" this afternoon from 4 to 8 o'clock to celebrate the second anniversary of the opening of the club. The State Commandant and Mrs. Lee ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Wed 6 Jun 1917, Page 11
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