At the Victoria Barracks yesterday 115 men offered themselves for examination; 81 were accepted, and the remainder rejected as medically unfit. ...
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Article : 105 wordsThe Russians have occupied Rizeh, a port on the Black Sea, 40 miles north-east of Trebizond. ...
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Article : 487 wordsA thunderstorm occurred in the city shortly after 4 p.m. yesterday, when a heavy down-pour of rain fell, drenching many people who were caught unawares by the suddenness of ...
Article : 243 wordsBut, oncE again the point is emphasised that all the German attacks are being made against positions which General Joffre, with infinite pains, securcd for himself against the ...
Article : 283 wordsM. Sazanoff (Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs), in the course of an interview with a representative of the "Daily Chronicle," said he thought the war ...
Article : 322 wordsA French communique says:—The enemy, after a violent bombardment, strongly attacked our positions at Boisde-Grvenchy, and entered the first line ...
Article : 239 wordsAs the storm swept over the eastern suburbs yesterday afternoon the rain washed the, sand down over the tramline at Byron-street and other stoppings between the section and the ...
Article : 157 wordsBut, afer all, we cannot escape the idea that the Germans will shortly launch a big offensive somewhere, on one front or the other. Defensive measures lead to nowhere, ...
Article : 380 wordsThe Shakespeare Tercentenary will be celebrated by a Festival of Mercy in April and May, when every inhabitant of the Empire will be asked to wear a ...
Article : 58 wordsThe question of the suitable commemoration of Anzac Day (April 25) was discussed by the finance committee of the City Council yesterday afternoon. ...
Article : 258 wordsAt the Liverpool Court, yesterday the men remanded from Monday on charges of behaving in a riotous manner at Liverpool on February 14 were again before Mr. T. B. ...
Article : 455 wordsEnglish mails by the R.M.S. Mongolia for the eastern States left Adelaide for Melbourne by special train at 6.15 o'clock this evening. ...
Article : 27 wordsIn Sydney it is proposed to commemorate the tercentenary of the death of Shakespeare by holding a great patriotic gathering in the Town Hall on the night of April 25. The ...
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Article : 164 wordsMr. C. Addison (Parliamentary Secretary to the Munitions Department) stated in the House of Commons to-day that reductions in the cost of many classes ...
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Article : 71 wordsThe "New York World" says that Americans booking passages by the French liner Espagne, have been anonymously warned not to embark, in view of the ...
Article : 40 wordsA collision between a tram and a lorry occurred in Old South Head-road about five minutes past 12 o'clock yesterday afternoon, as a result of which Joseph Charldon ...
Article : 110 wordsBut the point needs to bE emphasised that not one of the Allied positions has yet been seriously menaced by the capture of a front line trench. Even in regard to the Ypres ...
Article : 349 wordsThe inter-Parliamentary Conference was opened to-day. Speeches were delivered by Viscount Bryce and M. Clemenceau, in which tributes were paid on the one hand ...
Article : 57 wordsThe steamer Tennyson, bound from Ruenos Ayres to New York, has arrived at Maranhao (Brazil). She was seriously damaged by an explosion in the hunkers, ...
Article : 60 wordsMr. Lloyd George (Minister of Munitions), writing to Admiral Sir David Beatly, pays a glowing tribute to the men of the battle cruiser fleet for making ...
Article : 59 wordsA rather unusual sight was witnessed from the bank of the river near Dunolly Bridge a day of two ago. There were only a few inches of water there at the time, and ...
Article : 96 wordsArrivals.—At London: Remuera, s (left Wellington January 6): Start of India, s (left Wellington January 6). At Arien: Sard[?]ana, bq (left Newcastle December 17). ...
Article : 13 wordsThe Federal Coffee Palace and two shops adjoining were destroyed by fire at Westonia on Tuesday night, immediately following another fire, which destroyed Linton's Furniture ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thu 24 Feb 1916, Page 9
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