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Article : 287 wordsA Turkish communication, which has been sent to Austria and Germany, proclaims Turkey's independence of the Suzerainty of great European powers. It ...
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Article : 118 wordsThe operations in Roumania reveal a continuance of the Austro-German effort to push on with the advance towards the new allied line near the Sereth. We are not given a ...
Article : 245 wordsPortuguese officers have arrived in France, including Commandant Robert Baptista, Chief of Staff of the Portuguese Expeditionary Army, which General ...
Article : 94 wordsThe suggestion that India shall be represented at the Imperial Conference has delighted all classes. The "Times of India" suggests that an ...
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Article : 97 wordsTowards the middle of last year the censorship restrictions regarding the food problem were moderated, and the German Press attacked those who were seeking to profit by ...
Article : 328 wordsThe "Guerre Aerienne," reviewing the year's aviation work, says that the Allies have carried out in all threatres of the war 750 bombardments. They have brought ...
Article : 43 wordsThe Rev. R. H. Fulford has been killed in Mesopotamia. He intended to go to New Zealand at the end of the war to organise the Church of England Men's Society. ...
Article : 38 wordsNotwithstanding the number of Australian nurses now engaged in military work, more are wanted for home and foreign service. The principal matrons have still fairly long lists ...
Article : 530 wordsIn connection with the purchase of the Australian wool clips, the Army Council has appointed Lieut.-Col. Vernon Willey, formerly of Messrs. Francis, Willey, and ...
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Article : 46 wordsThe railway changes in the direction of discouraging travelling became operative to-day. There are reduced services, closed stations, and increased fares. The higher ...
Article : 74 wordsAn Amsterdam message is responsible for the statement that Germany will obtain 50,000 recruits by releasing convicts for enlistment. It is also suggested that, in order to minimise ...
Article : 280 wordsA burning fatality is reported from Subiaco, the victim being Mrs. Jean Gibb, widow of Sergeant-major Gibb, who died recently. Her son, Ronald Gibb, a returned soldier, left the ...
Article : 99 wordsRepatriated Belgians state that the Germans punish shave-raid victims who refuse to work. They are placed in a long box, like an upstanding coffin, where it is ...
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Article : 280 wordsField-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, in his despatches, mentions the following staff-officers:—General Sir William Birdwood, General Sir Alexander Godley, Colonels ...
Article : 77 wordsAlfred Jamieson, a locomotive fireman, met his death under peculiar circumstances about 1 o'clock to-day. He was engaged on a passenger train, which left Sydney for the west ...
Article : 151 wordsThe recruiting offices were busy to-day enrolling thousands of recruits whose exemptions from military service expired with the old year. They include a large number of men ...
Article : 57 wordsIt is estimated that Germany will increase her army by about 50,000 by releasing convicts for enlishment. The order does not apply to the worst class of criminals. ...
Article : 38 wordsCinematograph films of the war, showing the extent of the British effort in army, navy, and munition-making organisation, are being exhibited in Japan. They are making ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Wed 3 Jan 1917, Page 11
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