The Sydney Marine Underwriters and Salvage Association, Ltd., has received the following cable message:—"Port Nicholson sunk; war loss." ...
Article : 234 wordsAt last the public has been taken inte the confidence of the leaders of the Federal parties who for the past two weeks have been carrying on secret negotiations with a view ...
Article : 330 wordsThe "Vossische Zeitung" says:—"The violent artillery fire and the continued patrol fights on the western front are undoubtedly intended to conceal the great ...
Article : 46 wordsMr. W. F. Massey (Prime Minister of New Zealand) was the chief guest at a dinner given by the Junior Constitutional Club last night. ...
Article : 171 wordsIt is reported that the German commerce raider which did such extensive damage to shipping off the Brazilian coast came from Kiel. ...
Article : 315 wordsThe Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Bonar Law), addressing a gathering of 4000 at St. Andrew's Hall, Glasgow, made a stirring appeal to Scotsmen to support ...
Article : 388 wordsAdditional particulars regarding the German commerce raider, which did such extensive damage to ...
Article : 153 wordsA Russian official message says:—Our fire arre[?]ted attempts at the offensive southwards of the Oltuz River. The Rou[?] repulsed the Germans southward ...
Article : 147 wordsSwiss newspapers state that the Germans continue to concentrate near Basle. The Swiss General staff expresses the conviction that the invasion of Switzerland ...
Article : 58 wordsIt is officially announced that the only object of the mobilisation was to give an assurance to the belligerents that Switzerland was determined to defend her ...
Article : 81 wordsThe Berlin financial weekly, "Plutus," says:—"An indemnity is an imperative necessity to Germany. If the war ends in June it will cost £0,000,000,000 sterling. ...
Article : 90 wordsTelegrams from Roumania indicate that the situation is steadily improving. The Austro-German offensive has been arrested. ...
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Article : 138 wordsMr. Hughes, in his statement of the proceedings, said:—"On Friday last Mr. Cook and myself, considering that the present state of things was unstable, and that the formation ...
Article : 637 wordsA secret session of the Norwegian Storthing considered the British reply to Norway regarding coal supplies. The reply does not repeat the assertion that ...
Article : 51 wordsA leading German manufacturer, a strong advocate of "peace at any price," conversing with another neutral, said that 1000 submarines were in course of ...
Article : 86 wordsOfficial information has been received that no fewer than 110,000 persons have died from hunger in Syria. Hundreds of exhausted inhabitants in ...
Article : 82 wordsThe Washington correspondent of the New York "Times" learns that there was more than one raider owing to the transfer of guns and prize crews to ...
Article : 125 wordsThe Amsterdam correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states that eleven brothers polished in the recent destruction of a Zeppelin in England. ...
Article : 31 wordsColonel Murdoch, Red Cross Commissioner abroad, has been specially mentioned in Sir Douglas Haig's despatches for services rendered in France. ...
Article : 152 wordsAn Italian communique states:—We completely defeated 5000 ro[?]els at Zoara (Tripol[?]) on January 16. The enemy's losses totalled 1000. ...
Article : 28 wordsAccording to an Amsterdam message, a neutral, who was captured on board a Dutch mailboat, gives some interesting details of life in German submarines. The men, he ...
Article : 152 wordsThe "Cape Times" (Capetown) discussing the omission of direct reference to the lost German colonies in the Allies" reply to President Wilson, ...
Article : 110 wordsThe Greek Government released the Venizelists on Wednesday. The "Daily Telegraph's" Rome correspondent says, that, in accordance with the ...
Article : 110 wordsField-Mar[?]al Sir Douglas Haig reports as follows regarding the operations on the Western front: We progressed at night time northward of Beaucourt, and ...
Article : 267 wordsPresiding at a meeting of the committee that has undertaken the work of attending to soldiers' graves, the Prince of Wales stated that 150,000 graves had been ...
Article : 134 wordsAccording to reliable information from Rio de Janerio the Yarrowdale has arrived at Sao Vicenti, in the Cape Verde Islands, with the crews of eight ships ...
Article : 95 wordsThe secretary of the Sydney and Suburban Shopkeepers' Association, Mr. George Bridges, stated yesterday that great indignation is being expressed by all shopkeepers at the ...
Article : 351 wordsThere is, as yet, no indication that the enemy has been finaly held on the Screth line, between the two Roumanian provinces. Until he shows his hand more clearly, we ...
Article : 346 wordsThe leader of the Liberal party (Mr. Cook) in his statement to-night said:—"We have considered the whole political position very thoroughly in all its bearings, with the result ...
Article : 389 wordsThe India Office announces the raising of a special war loan of an unlimited amount in India during 1917-18. It will be entirely handed over to the British ...
Article : 118 wordsAny Anglo-Saxon with warmth in his blood must feel a thrill when he gets even a glimpse of what is being done by the great nation which claims his allegiance. War is ...
Article : 382 wordsPrince Galitzin (Russian Premier) has telegraphed assuring Mr. Lloyd George of his loyal co-operation in rendering more intimate the Anglo-Russian union and ...
Article : 54 wordsThe following additional vessels have been torpedoed:- Solvang, 2970 tons (Norwegian). Auchencrag, 3916 tons (British). ...
Article : 124 wordsThe Balkans correspondent of the "Rotterdamsche Courants" says that Bulgaria holds ninety thousand prisoners, including soldiers from all the Allies' armies and ...
Article : 73 wordsMr. R. E. Prothere (President of the Board of Agriculture), addressing a meeting of farmers at Newport, said that the men coming under the third section of the ...
Article : 227 wordsThe Petrograd correspondent of the "Morning Post" says that General Dimi[?] surprise attack on the eve of the Russian Christmas almost recaptured ...
Article : 119 wordsMessrs. Burgess, Paxinos, and Payzis, who recently sent a cablegram to M. Venizelos, affirming the loyalty of the Greek residents of Newcastle, and requesting the ...
Article : 78 wordsThe statements by the Federal leaders were made to-night after party meetings and negotiations, which had occupied the greater part of the day. Mr. Tudor was at Parliament ...
Article : 290 wordsThere is no moro encouraging feature of the war situation than the rapidly accumulating evidence of how Britain, after dallying with the problem for so long, is now devoting all ...
Article : 358 wordsGerman placards exhibited at Tongres (Belgium) theaten that the town will be fined 50,000 marks (about £2500) for each man crossing the frontier. ...
Article : 62 wordsOwing to an accident to a British troop train nine miles from Paris, ten soldiers were killed and 40 injured. The train contained 1300 rank and file, and 210 ...
Article : 122 wordsIntrigues of a most sinister kind, resulting in several drastic changes in the Ministry, have been going on in Russian political circles for several months. There has boen ...
Article : 250 wordsThe Commonwealth Government has decided to send further men to England, with a view of assisting the Empire in the production of munitions. The men will be chosen from ...
Article : 83 wordsIt is definitely announced that M. Sazanoff will succeed Count Benckendorff as Russian Ambassador to England. General Belaieff has been appointed War ...
Article : 95 wordsAn official telegram from Constantinople states that General Townshead (who was in command of the British forces which surrendered at Kat-e[?]-Amara) has been ...
Article : 33 wordsThe New York "Times" emphasises the profound importance of Mr. Balfour's Note, and asks "Can Germany fall to reply to the charges of the worthlessness of her ...
Article : 34 wordsThough Mr. Tudor did not give an answer to the proposal that was put before him by Mr. Hughes, it is unlikely that his party will agree to it. It is well known that the ...
Article : 432 wordsAt 11.30 last night a fire was discovered in the seven-roomed brick house of Mr. John W. Hemming, in Bridge-street, Drummoyne. The house, which was occupied by Mr. Hemming ...
Article : 46 wordsRich coal seams have been discovered in Bessarabia close to the surface. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 20 Jan 1917, Page 13
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