The President of the Legislative Council (Mr. Fred. Flowers), who returned to Sydney yesterday by the R.M.S. Niagara, after a trip through friendly Europe, America, and ...
Article : 694 wordsAt the Victoria Barracks yesterday 64 men volunteered, and 45 were accepted. The following members of rifle clubs have been examined and have qualified as ...
Article : 167 wordsAn officer of one of the London regiments, who was wounded at Pozieres, says:—"The Anzaes bore the brunt of the gruelling, but we were always in line with ...
Article : 90 wordsLieutenant Colonel Northey, commander of the British column which is invading German. East Africa from Rhodesia, reports: On July 24 we drove the main ...
Article : 231 wordsA Russian communique says: A depot of war materials was captured by us in Erzingan. Our troops are pursuing the retreating Turks. ...
Article : 70 wordsThe news from all the fronts continues to be of the brightest. The Russian commander General Brussiloff, having induced the enemy to make ...
Article : 357 wordsFighting eastwards of Pozieres, in the Somme district, the British captured an important work, lost it again, ...
Article : 129 wordsA correspondent who visited the Somme front states that the Anglo-French troops have constructed 1000 kilometres or railways and over 100 stations for the ...
Article : 50 wordsThe "Dagens Nybeter," published in Stockholm, reports that naval fighting was heard off Umea (in the north of the Gulf of Bo[?]hnia) on Wednesday afternoon. No ...
Article : 171 wordsA militia training camp will be established at Lithgow on Monday next, when 100 men from Bathurst will enter on a fortnight's drill. They will be followed by other ...
Article : 50 wordsGeneral Sir Douglas Haig, in his report, issued at noon on Friday, says:—Severe fighting has taken place. We drove out the Brandenburgers from the remaining ...
Article : 51 wordsNo. 12 Depot School for the training of non-commissioned officers for the Australian Imperial Force will commence at Sydney on August 11. It is notified that as far as ...
Article : 124 wordsIn the House of Commons to-night Lord Robert Cecil, Under-Secretary to the Foreign Office, stated that the American Consul at Bagdad bad telegraphed on ...
Article : 88 wordsA French communique issued at noon on Friday states:—The Russians penetrated the trenches at Auberive, using grenades, and taking prisoners. ...
Article : 250 wordsThe District Commandant, Brigadier-General Ramaciotti, V.D., held a meeting of the commanding officers of the 14th, 15th, and 16th Battalions, C.M.F., at Newcastle on ...
Article : 198 wordsThe German Chancellor, Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg, is communicating with the Socialist leaders with a view to merging the German trade unions in a single ...
Article : 76 wordsThe 14 points regarding the Irish settlement on which Mr. Lloyd George, Mr. Redmond, and Sir Edward Carson agreed have been published in a White Paper. ...
Article : 233 wordsContinuing his account of the Australians' part in the capture of Pozieres, Captain Bean cabled on the 25th from the British Headquarters, in France:— ...
Article : 407 wordsAt Culcairn a public presentation and farewell were given to Privates Arthur and Andrew Thompson, who have been on final leave. Presentations of pocket wallets and money ...
Article : 201 wordsGeneral Sir Douglas Halg, reporting, at noon on Thursday, says: Our artillery was active all night. We continue in close fighting to press the ...
Article : 382 wordsAn Italian communique says:—The enemy is stubbornly resisting in strong positions in the woods, north of Mount Cimone. We made some progress. ...
Article : 29 wordsAn Amsterdam message states that the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer Norderney (5497 tons) has been sunk. ...
Article : 18 wordsDuring the hearing of a case in the Prise Court, which was the result of the detention of a cargo of cotton, a letter from a Gothenburg (Sweden) firm was read. ...
Article : 95 wordsUp to July 34 £12,259,000 was received in cash by the Australian Wheat Board for the sale of wheat abroad and in Australia, Victoria's share of this amount was £4,494,000, ...
Article : 79 wordsThe War Office denies the report, issued by the Turks, that the British suffered a reverse at Katia, in the desert, 23 miles cast of the canal. The British hold Katia. ...
Article : 40 wordsWhile the British are incurring necessarily heavy casualties in the present offensive, it is not surprising that the question of providing some adequate form of bullet-proof protection ...
Article : 355 wordsIn the House of Commons to-night an amendment to add a naval and military officer from the retired list to the Dardanelles commission was carried. ...
Article : 126 wordsAmong the passengers who arrived by the Niagara yesterday was Mr. Walter F. Fresr. ex-Governor of Hawaii, who is on a holiday trip to Australia, accompanied by his wife ...
Article : 235 wordsA revision has been made of the price list issued by the united breweries and licenced vi[?]tuallars, which came into operation on June 1. Variations have been made in the ...
Article : 149 wordsAs a result of the British cruiser's visit to Chesapeake Bay in search of submarines, a United States cruiser and destroyers have been stationed off Virginia Capes ...
Article : 91 wordsAn unconfirmed report states that a submarine, believed to be the Bremen, has passed inwards at Sandy Hook. Later advices deny that the Bremen has ...
Article : 186 wordsAlthough there has been no marked advance along the remainder of the line since the complete capture of Pozieres by the Australians and London Territorials, the ...
Article : 280 wordsUnder an amendment of the War Precautions Regulations issued this afternoon it was made an offence for any person, firm, or company, without the approval of a State War ...
Article : 62 wordsThe matter of Australia's representation on the Dardanelles Commission was de[?]nitely cleared up to-night, when the Acting Prime Minister (Senator Pear[?]) stated that Mr. ...
Article : 248 wordsA French communique on Thursday night stated: A cannonade continues almost on the entire front. It is particularly violent at Fleury, Fuminn Wood, ...
Article : 78 wordsA meeting of shopkeepers was held in the Manly Council-chambers last night for the purpose of drafting proposals in connection with the Sunday Trading Act, to be placed ...
Article : 168 wordsThe recent momentous events on the main fronts have to a certain extent obscured the operations in German East Africa. Here the various British and Belgian forces are ...
Article : 409 wordsThe Australian agent of the Luckenbach S.S. Company, Mr. H. H. Ebey. arrived at Sydney by the R.M.S. Niagara yesterday morning. ...
Article : 192 wordsMany thousand Moslem women assembled outside the palace, appealing to the Sultan to end the war. They were dispersed by the police. ...
Article : 72 wordsCorrespondents at the British Headquarters in France give details of the capture 0f Pozieres and the surrounding positions. The Territorials, ...
Article : 585 wordsSir Arthur Conan Doyle strongly advo cates the adoption of body armour to stop machine gun bullets during the rush across "No Man's Land." ...
Article : 169 wordsShortly before his death, Lord Kitchener informed the London "Morning Post" that be regarded Germany's conduct as something outside the range of human ...
Article : 142 wordsIn last Monday's "Herald" it was pointed cut that the proclamation issued on the previous Saturday, withdrawing the exemptions enjoyed by clubs under the Liquor Act of ...
Article : 215 wordsIn the half-yearly report of the Sydney Labour Council, just issued, mention is made of the question of conscription. This question, the report stated, had been repeatedly ...
Article : 200 wordsThe thought which will naturally arise in most minds in connection with the present offensive in the Arto[?]s-Somme region is that regarding the casualties which ...
Article : 151 wordsPresident Wilson will confer with Congress and the Naval Committee, and urge the adoption of the Senate's proposal for the construction of 16 capital warships, ...
Article : 44 wordsIn the House of Commons to-night Mr. Asquith announced that the discussion on the resolutions adopted at the Economic Conference in Paris would take ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 29 Jul 1916, Page 13
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