At Victoria Barracks yesterday 105 men offered their services, and 61 were accepted, 44 being rejected as unfit. The diversity of the professions and trades ...
Article : 314 wordsThe King has sent the following telegram to General Sir John Maxwell:—"Now that the lamentable outbreak has been finally qnelled, I wish to express to the gallant ...
Article : 465 wordsAn Amsterdam message stales that the civilian population are Quitting Metz (Alsace-Lorraine). A French communique says: We ...
Article : 152 wordsIn the House of Commons to-day, Mr. R. D. Holt (Liberal member for Hexham) moved the rejection of the Compulsory Service Bill on the ground that it would ...
Article : 1,062 wordsThe P. L. L. Conference sat again last night. Mr. J. Doyle being in the chair. The Premier forwarded the following cablegrain which he had received from the Prime ...
Article : 1,456 wordsCaptains arriving at Malmoe report that a large Gorman squadron, comprising some of the [?]ggest ships in the North Sea fleet, was seen in the Baltle steaming ...
Article : 44 wordsThe French extended and consolidated their gains at Mort Homme (west of the Meuse). ...
Article : 119 wordsWe have previously referred to the curious fatallty which seems to [?]ing to the German an ship raiders. After about every second raid o[?] so we get news of an airship coming ...
Article : 336 wordsGermany's reply is one of the longest documents issued in connection with the war. Germany still insists on treating armed merchantmen as craisers. She ...
Article : 76 words"Why are so many of our young men holding back?" asked Professor Macintyre, in the course of an address made at a recruiting meeting in Queen-street, Woollahra, last ...
Article : 665 wordsGermany's reply to the united States has been completed. It is a voluminous document, and will be handed over to Mr. Gerard (American Ambassador in Berlin) ...
Article : 163 wordsIn regard to these latest Zeppelins, the French expert, M. Georges Prade, contributed an interesting article to the "Times," based on an examination of the LZ77, which was ...
Article : 220 words"Reject."—If you have been rejected for active service for the complaint you write of you will not have much hope of being accepted for home service. You might be accepted in one of the clerical ...
Article : 101 wordsThe French have occupied Florina (20 miles south-east of Monnastir, and 80 miles westward of Salonica). ...
Article : 27 wordsNegotiations are now proceeding for the sale of a very large quantity of Australian wheat, and some flour—enough to load 25 big merchant vessels. The define quantity of ...
Article : 190 wordsThe British captured the Gorman steamer Telde (2073 tons), which was interned at Teneriffe. She was anchored outside the bay and fearing a storm, tried to ...
Article : 55 wordsM. Prade further states that the LZ 77 was provided with five motors of the same type as those of previous dirigibles. (It will be noted that this morning's cables speak of the L20 ...
Article : 313 wordsLord Kitchener, in the House of Lords to-day, warmly culogised General Townshend and the defenders of Kut-el-Amara. He read General Townshend's last ...
Article : 162 wordsSir Edward Carson was entertained at lunch by the Unionist War Committee. Replying to the toast of his health, he said he was glad to see the introduction ...
Article : 144 wordsCo[?]ncidently with the appearance of the series of articles in the "Herald" by Professor D. A. Welsh, on "The Health of the Forces, and the Forces of Health," we have received ...
Article : 310 wordsReplying to a question in the House of Commons, Mr. A. H. D. Steel-Maitland (Under-Secretary for the Colonies) said there was no reason to believe Canada and ...
Article : 164 wordsLance-sergeant J. Leslie Williams, C.M.G., Under-Secretary for Justice, who has enlisted, was farewelled yesterday by the members of the staff of the department, the Attorney- ...
Article : 173 wordsThe Governor-General, on May 2, sent a message to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, conveying the sympathy of the Commonwealth on the fall of Kut-el-Amara.d ...
Article : 60 wordsMr. Hughes lunched with Lord Fisher to-day, and conversed with him for several hours. He afterwards called on Mr. M'Kenna (Chancellor of the Exchequer) at the Treasury, ...
Article : 184 wordsMr. Hughes had a long consultation to-day with a highly-placed personage as to the extent of Germany's evasion of the blockade. ...
Article : 28 wordsA German communique states: Naval airships on Tuesday night dropped bombs on factories, smelting furnaces, and railways at Middlesborough, Stockton, and ...
Article : 204 wordsMr. James J. Morrish, M. L. A., representing the confidential committee (Sydney Recruiting Committee), reports that during the past week 81 men have presented themselves for ...
Article : 261 wordsThe Cairo newspaper "Mokknttam" states that Turkish officers stabbed General von der Goltz. It adds that bombs were dropped on ...
Article : 46 wordsThere is a curious little cablegram to hand from Salonica this morning. It makes the bare announcement that "the French have occupied the Greek town of Florina." Now ...
Article : 486 wordsMr. Wade, leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly, yesterday made the following statement regarding certain allegations of the Premier's before the P. L. L. ...
Article : 303 wordsThe Prime Minister (Mr. Asquith), speaking at the annual meeting of the Belgian relief Committee, which was hold in the Mansion House ...
Article : 102 wordsArgument was oponed before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council to-day in the matter of the Attorney-General of Queensland versus the Attorney-General of the ...
Article : 93 wordsHeadquarters has issued instructions for the guidance and information of recruits and intending recruits. The instructions state that a recruit, before ...
Article : 668 wordsMr. G. R. W. M. Donald, who has resigned the Bingara seat, but who is offering himself for re-election, yesterday made the following statement:—The report in Friday's "Herald," ...
Article : 141 wordsThe newspaper "Ribestifts Tidendo" narrates that on October 7 eight mine sweepers under the auxiliary cruiser Kaiser anchored in the Sound. ...
Article : 65 wordsMr. Thomas Page, American Ambassador to Italy, reports that there is no immediate prospect of peace in Europe. He believes, however, that peace will ...
Article : 54 wordsMr. Morris Miller, lecturing at the University on psychology in relation to business, said it was very unfortunate that experimental psychology had not been included among ...
Article : 72 wordsIt was notified in the Commonwealth "Gazette," which was issued yesterday, that a new rank of warrant engineer in the Royal Australian Naval Reserve had been created, to ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 6 May 1916, Page 17
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