A meeting of the official representatives of the Shackleton expedition, at which Lady Shackleton and Mrs. Mackintosh were present, considered Lieut. ...
Article : 174 wordsWhat the Premier referred to as "an astounding development" occupied the attention of the Legislative Assembly yesterday afternoon as soon as the House ...
Article : 598 wordsThere has been a break in the long spell of artillery work and bombing forays on the British section of the western front. General Haig reports that "the Northumberland ...
Article : 498 wordsThe Atlantic Transport Company's steamer Minneapolis has been sunk. Eleven persons were killed. The rest were rescued. ...
Article : 106 wordsGeneral Sir Douglas Haig reports: We have carried out successful crater fighting near Hohenzollern redoubt. The enemy opposite Hulluch exploded mines, ...
Article : 122 wordsA communique reports increased German aerial activity on the Dvinsk front. We dropped twenty bombs on Dvinsk. We captured after a desperate struggle two ...
Article : 203 wordsGeneral Sir "Douglas Haig states that a successful assault was made on a German salient at St. Eloi, ...
Article : 205 wordsLloyd's report that the steamers Hebe and Cerne, and the fishing boat Khartoum have been sunk. It is believed that nine persons aboard the Khartoum and eight on ...
Article : 92 wordsA communique has been issued as follows:- After an intense bombardment between the Somme and the A[?]sue, the enemy ...
Article : 140 wordsThe Acting Prime Minister (Senator Pearce) received the following wireless message to-day from Commander J. R. Stenhouse, R.N.R., chief officer of the Aurora which is returning ...
Article : 75 wordsAn American passenger testified at the inquest on the Sussex victims that many of the lifebelt tapes were rotten and useless. ...
Article : 112 wordsOne hundred and twelve trains passed through Liege towards Russia in a single day. Practically all the Landsturm troops in Belgium have gone to assist in ...
Article : 39 wordsThe Commonwealth Prices Adjustment Board sat to-day at Federal Parliament House, and gave consideration to applications by the Master Bakers' Association of Victoria ...
Article : 323 wordsA communique states: Our troops on the coast dislodged the Turks and crossed to the left bank of the Baltatchi Darass[?], which falls into the Black Sea. ...
Article : 35 wordsAs for the remainder of the battle-line in the west, nothing of outstanding importance has occurred. Cannonading appears to be still the order of the day all along the front. The ...
Article : 268 wordsMr. Simms, correspondent of the United Press of America, who visited the Verdun front, states that the Germans are bent on the destruction of the city. They ...
Article : 154 wordsThirty-seven delegates, representing eight nations are participating in the War Congress which has been opened here. Intense interest is evinced as the ...
Article : 244 wordsThe American press demands instant action against Germany, but the State Department refuses to be hurried. It is not thought that President Wilson will ...
Article : 362 wordsAn Amsterdam message states that 112 military trains have passed through Liege towards Russia in a single day, the suggestion being that very big German ...
Article : 376 wordsThe "Politi[?]en" estimates that five German cruisers, twenty destroyers, five battle aeroplanes, and a Zeppelin took part in the engagement in connection with the British ...
Article : 167 wordsThe following communique has been issued: We captured strong entrenchments at Selleto, Freikofel, ana Cava[?]lo Pass, taking prisoners. A sanguinary 30 hours' ...
Article : 122 wordsIn the course of a speech at the A.N.A. social at Camberwell to-night the Acting Prime Minister (Senator Pearce) said that when the war closed new possibilities would ...
Article : 565 wordsI desire (said Mr. Ho[?]man) to make a most important statement directly concerning the honour of the House and its members, and to put before them the position in which the ...
Article : 3,219 wordsSir Samuel Hughes (Canadian Minister for Defence), when interviewed, recalled his pleasant visit to Australia in 1897. "Yours is a grand country," he went on ...
Article : 146 wordsThe Andes, one of the Alcantara's consorts, participated in the fight with the German light cruiser Greif. The Andes was dexterously handled. ...
Article : 167 wordsFive aeroplanes at dawn raided the city and cruised for half-an-hour. Eighteen civilians were killed and 21 wounded. Many of the inhabitants became ...
Article : 71 wordsThis morning's cables bring us no nearer a definite idea of what actually took place off the German coast on Friday and Saturday; so we must still await some authoritative and ...
Article : 371 wordsThe Dutch Government has stationed the Atlas a specially equipped rescue ship, near the Noordhinder lightship. ...
Article : 21 wordsLord Sydenham, in the "Times," advocates the appointment of an Air Board on the lines of the old Ordnance Board. The air service, he says, should be able ...
Article : 59 wordsExperts have conclusively proved that the Dutch liner Tubantia was sunk by a German torpedo. ...
Article : 20 wordsThe "Daily Chrouicle's" Geneva correspondent states that the hasty recall of Prince Buelow to the German Emperor's headquarters is regarded as confirming the ...
Article : 105 wordsThe residence of Norah Cavanagh, 34 Lauder-street, Redforn, was entered between 1 and 2 p.m. on March 27 by forcing the lock on a back door, and jewellery and money, valued ...
Article : 72 wordsThe R.M.S. Medina, which left Sydney on February 16, has arrived at Marseilles. The brigantine Geneva has left Puget Sound for Sydney. ...
Article : 27 wordsSince the 16th instant, when the German official statement—"our submarine campaign is now in full swing"—was made, twenty vessels have been sunk, apart from the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 51 wordsThirty thousand jute workers at Dundee have struck work for an increase of 15 per cent, in their pay. DUBLIN, March 28. ...
Article : 50 wordsIn connection with his recent announcement that work would be found for 1000 men, Mr. Adamson (Minister for Railways) said yesterday that 495 were absorbed in various works ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Wed 29 Mar 1916, Page 11
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