The "Daily News" Athens correspondent reports that M. Dimitrakooulos has declined to form a Cabinet. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe debate on the second reading of the Conscription Referendum Bill was continued in the House of Representatives this morning. ...
Article : 1,357 wordsThe capture of Priez Farm by the French is the main item of interest reported from the Somme area this morning. This farm, which is said to have been converted into a ...
Article : 455 wordsThe following awards for distinguished conduct during the naval battle off Jutland have been gazetted:— The Order of Merit has been bestowed ...
Article : 798 wordsA British official message from salonica says:—Early on Thursday we advanced through Machukovo, and in the face of stubborn opposition captured a salient in ...
Article : 250 wordsIt is reported from Petrograd that General von Mackensen's advance in the Dobrudja has been arrested on the whole front; that he has even been forced to ...
Article : 348 wordsThe "New York World's" special correspondent at the British front on the Somme cables that, despite their steady advance, the British command does not look for a ...
Article : 174 wordsThe French have repelled some heavy counter-attacks on their new position on the Somme, and have taken one ...
Article : 159 wordsOut of 73 men who offered themselves for enlistment yesterday 35 were accepted. Among those who enrolled were a letter-carrier from Surry Hills, a groom from ...
Article : 87 wordsTo-day's recruiting figures were:—Volunteered, 135; acceptod, 58; deferred, 17. ADELAIDE, Friday. To-day 81 men volunteered at Adelaide, and ...
Article : 46 wordsBritain, Russia, Italy, Belgium, Servia, Montenegro, and France have presented the town of Verdun, through the Mayor, with war medals in recognition of its noble ...
Article : 233 wordsMeeting at the usual hour on Thursday, the Legislative Assembly sat on to 5 o'clock yesterday morning. The Coal Mines Regulation Bill was reported with amendments. ...
Article : 208 wordsAlthough the unofficial message from Petrograd is probably anticipating events by stating that General Von Mackonson's advance in Dobrudja has been arrested along ...
Article : 252 wordsThe Athens correspondent of the "Daily Mail" reports that M. Dimitrakopoulos had an unsatisfactory interview with the British Minister. ...
Article : 200 wordsA private cable message has been received by Mr. J. Murray, Warrawee, Ocean Beach, Manly, stating that his son, Captain J. J. Murray, has been awarded the Military Cross. ...
Article : 209 wordsThe Petrograd correspondent of the Chicago "Daily News" cables that General Cherbatchev's army has captured Haliez after twelve days' fighting. ...
Article : 137 wordsGerman newspapers liberally reprint the "Kolnische Volk Zeitung's" so-called "Interviews from Egypt." One of the most grotesque states ...
Article : 111 wordsA communique issued in Paris on Thursday night stated: We captured Preiz Farm by assault. Lively combats have occurred north ...
Article : 422 wordsArtillery activity is still reported along the Struma front, and patrol operations on the eastern side of the river are being proceeded with. The main movements in Macedonia, ...
Article : 314 wordsMr. T. W. Furse, general secretary of the Australasian Meat Industry Employees' Union, yesterday said that statements made in the recent report [?] the Meat Industry ...
Article : 176 wordsA war hospital at Luton, where 200 soldiers were receiving treatment, was destroyed by fire. The soldiers were removed. The house was owned by Lord ...
Article : 111 wordsA Russian commnnique states: In an engagement in the region of Hamadan, in Persia, we secured a herd of the enemy's camels and cattle. Hostile Kurds are ...
Article : 42 wordsA Rome communique states:—By a daring climb we captured some important positions in the Zara Valley in the Posina region, and on Monte Lagazuol, in the ...
Article : 218 wordsIt is reported that a German submarine merchantman was spoken by wireless 300 miles east of Nantucket, and is expected to arrive on Sunday. The report is not ...
Article : 41 wordsThe barque Antiope stranded in the Bluff harbour last night. She was bound from Hobart to Duneelin, and when nearing New Zealand she encountered a hurricane, which ...
Article : 68 wordsA company controlling the light railways in Belgium, which are performing important agricultural services, applied to Britain for permission to import necessary ...
Article : 90 wordsIn connection with the series of attempts made to commit arson, the Inspector-General of Police (Mr. Mitchell) has announced that a reward of £500 will be given for information ...
Article : 79 wordsEvery day now we are receiving brief cable messages regarding the operations of the Servians on the left wing of the Allied armies in Macedonia, but it is questionable ...
Article : 392 wordsA Rome message says: Bohemian Nationalists held a demonstration at Prague on Sunday demanding independence. The crowd took refuge in buildings which ...
Article : 35 wordsYesterday evening the police raided an alleged gambling school, on board the ferry-steamer Vaucluse, and arrested four men. The Vaucluse is the workmen s ferry from ...
Article : 94 wordsIt is officially announced that an explosion occurred in a small factory making explosives for the Government. Five people were killed and fifteen ...
Article : 35 wordsLloyd's committee states that Jacob Dirkzwager, who has been arrested in Holland on suspicion of espionage, retired from the position of Lloyd's sub-agent at ...
Article : 35 wordsArrangements have been completed for another French loan of £5,000,000. The credit to be extended through a banking company of Paris, and French drafts, in ...
Article : 72 wordsAt the Darlinghurst Superior Public School yesterday the Minister for Public Instruction (Mr. Griffith) unveiled an honours board which recorded the names of the scholars of ...
Article : 81 wordsSince September 1 the Germans have sunk 12 Norwegian vessels, valued at £800,000 sterling. They include the 13,000-ton steamer Elizabeth, one of Norway's ...
Article : 32 wordsThe Agent-General for British Columbia reports that the votes of 40,000 soldiers in England, in billets, hospitals, and camps, and also in the trenches have been taken. ...
Article : 53 wordsGerman propnganda in neutral countries contains an article by Professor von Lizst, the most eminent law authority in Germany, justifying the execution of Captain ...
Article : 39 wordsThe Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) was called upon to answer a number of questions in the House of Representatives this morning concerning the conscription issue. ...
Article : 530 wordsMr. Paul Cravath, a prominent international lawyer, has returned from a visit to the Somme and Verdun fronts. He said in an interview that he was ...
Article : 101 wordsThe War Office states: In Mesopotamia on Monday our airmen raided an enemy aerodrome and destroyed a small camp. On Saturday Turkish irregulars ...
Article : 55 wordsA mass meeting of the Waterside Workers was held in the Trades Hall this afternoon. It is understood that no difinite action was taken in regard to the men resuming work. ...
Article : 36 wordsAn Amsterdnm message says: Germany is negotiating with Turkey for the right to construct, after the war, a tunnel under the Bosphorus for the Berlin-Bagdad ...
Article : 37 wordsAs a result of the intervention of the King of Spain, France and Germany have agreed to the suspension of reprisals against prisoners, as from August 21. ...
Article : 32 wordsThe French Chamber of Deputies unanimously passed the war loan. ...
Article : 19 wordsOver three thousand school children from city and suburban schools visited the new Zoo at Taronga Park yesterday, at the invitation of the Department of Education. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 16 Sep 1916, Page 17
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