Lieutenant R. N. Cadden, of the 10th Light Horse, who has been returned wounded, speaks in glowing terms of the work of the Red Cross Society, both in Egypt and ...
Article : 1,244 wordsFigures issued by the Defence authorities on Monday have an interesting bearing upon Australia's offer to make a special effort to bring the strength of the A.I.F. to 300,000 by ...
Article : 238 wordsThe first meeting of the general War Council for co-ordinate military operations by the Allies was held to-day. General J[?]ffre presided. ...
Article : 123 wordsThe Pope, at a secret Consistory, made a stirring appeal for a speedy peace. He declared that modern nations could not be permitted to conduct a war of ...
Article : 770 wordsThe London "Daily Telegraph's" Milan correspondent, and despatches from Italian correspondents in Salonica and Athens, indicate a very serious situation, to the ...
Article : 772 wordsSir John French reports: An air raid was made on Don station. A munition store was blown up, and several fires were observed in Don. All our airmen ...
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Article : 185 wordsThree lieutenants named Hertzog, Seyd[?]tz, and Langenbach, prisoners of war, are about to be court-martialled at Donnington Hall. Hertzog is accused of ...
Article : 212 wordsA German communique states that the Russian attack west of Riga has collapsed. The Russians suffered severe losses south of Genica. ...
Article : 53 wordsIn the early days of the war the sinking of ships through striking mines was of frequent occurrence; but, thanks to the admirable work done by the British mine-sweeping ...
Article : 383 wordsDuring the course of his address at a recruiting meeting at Wollongong last night Colonel Owen, C.M.G., related an incident that occurred shortly after the first landing at ...
Article : 375 wordsA Turkish communique states: The British have successfully retired to Kut-el-Amara (65 miles south-east of Baghdad). The Indian Office states, that ...
Article : 68 wordsIn the House of Assembly General S[?]uts (Minister for Defence) said that recruiting was successful beyond the highest expectations, and would enable the Union ...
Article : 197 wordsThe British-India Company's steamer Umeta (5312 tons) has been torpedoed. Five officers and forty-seven Lascars are missing. The remainder were landed. ...
Article : 31 wordsAccording to Mr. Hurd these new German submarines have a specially constructed airtight chamber, into which the mines are placed, ready to be [?]own. The mines are ...
Article : 351 wordsArrivals: At San Francisco, Aztec, s (left Brisbane Nov. 2); Samar, 4-mstd s[?]h (left Levuka Sept. 27). At Antofagasta: Whitgift, s (left Newcastle Oct. 30). ...
Article : 51 wordsA Turkish communique admits that there has been naval activity in the Dardanelles by the Allies, and that vigorous attacks have been launched by the British ...
Article : 74 wordsWho is to be the Lord Mayor? This question is exciting more than the usual amount of interest this year, on account of the extraordinary circumstances arising ...
Article : 489 wordsIt is reported from Quebec that a fire, the origin of which is unknown, threatened to destroy the historic Citadel, where large quantities of war supplies are ...
Article : 60 wordsAn Admiralty announcement reveals the remarkable success of British submarines in the Sea of Marmora. A submarine on December 2 fired into ...
Article : 88 wordsThere are no signal developments reported from any of the war theatres this morning. On the western front artillery work is still the order of the day. Sir John French states ...
Article : 385 wordsAn explosion occurred on board the steamer Minnesota, bound from Seattle to London with foodstuffs. She was rendered helpless 25 miles south-west of the ...
Article : 121 wordsNo adult can leave Australia now without being provided with a passport. This is in accordance with a recent Imperial Order-in-Council. The regulation is not limited, as ...
Article : 233 wordsMr. H. J. Tennant (Under Secretary for War) in the House of Commons repudiated the suggestion that soldiers with forged tickets had organised the break-up of the ...
Article : 182 wordsA thrilling story is told of the manner in which the British merchantman, Japanese Prince (4876 tons) escaped from a submarine. A passenger says: "For five hours ...
Article : 141 wordsApplications were made to the Annual Licensing Courts to-day for the registration of the following German clubs:—The Tivoli Club, Deutsche Turn Verein, and the Turn Verein ...
Article : 97 wordsThe "Daily Chronicle" says there is a growing feeling among politicians that the time limit in Lord Derby's scheme ought to be extended to December 31. "There has ...
Article : 93 wordsIn the House of Commons to-day Sir John Lonsdale (Conservative) asked for particulars of the agreement with the Merchants' Guild in Copenhagen—whether ...
Article : 108 wordsAt the Mittagong Police Court-to-day, before Mr. John Jam[?]eson, P.M., James M'Colgan, of Mittagong, was prosecuted, under section 28 of the War Precautions. ...
Article : 113 wordsAn effort is being made by a section of the Federal Labour party to have the referendum question reopened. The fact that some of the unions have expressed strong views with ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 112 wordsOver 500 undelivered soldiers' packages, posted in New Zealand in May and June last, to the Dardanelles, have reached London. Many are in a battered condition, ...
Article : 81 wordsIn the by-election for the Cleveland division of Yorkshire, rendered necessary by the appointment of the Postmaster-General (Mr. Herbert Samuel) as ...
Article : 72 wordsThere is a pleasant surprise in this morning's news to the effect that British submarines are making their presence in the Sea of Marmora felt in a fashion distinctly ...
Article : 443 wordsMr. R. M'Kenna (Chancellor of the Exchequer) stated in the House of Commons that the gold in British banks on June 30, 1914, amounted to £82,800,000, and on ...
Article : 64 wordsPurchases of New Zealand meat on behalf of the Imperial authorities yesterday passed £6,000,000 sterling. ...
Article : 24 wordsThe Young Men's Christian Association has sent a Christmas ship to tho Dardanelles and Salonica full of comforts for the troops, including a big consignment of ...
Article : 36 wordsThe Premier has asked the Prime Minister, as a matter of urgency, to make an early pronouncement on the matter of the Commonwealth taking over the minting of gold ...
Article : 47 wordsThe price of flour has been reduced by £1 per ton, bringing the wholesale quotation to £12 10s. This will not affect the price of bread, but will give the master bakers some ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Wed 8 Dec 1915, Page 13
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