The Premier last night gave notice in the Legislative Assembly of a motion for this evening authorising the Government to negotiate with Messrs. Norton Griffiths and Co. ...
Article : 3,246 wordsA report was received to-night by the naval authorities from Captain Glossop, R.N., of H.M.A.S. Sydney, dated Colombo, November 15, dealing with the destruction of the Emdon. ...
Article : 1,200 wordsAn eye-witness telling the story of the King's visit to France states that his Majesty on Monday inspected the base hospitals, including the Indians, and ...
Article : 368 wordsThe superiority of the Allies' offensive in France has been maintained, the heavy artillery showing to marked advantage in the Champagne ...
Article : 82 wordsThe steamer Maltal, from Sydney, has arrived at San Francisco. ...
Article : 15 wordsA Kragujevacs telegram says there is every sign of the Servians defeating the Austrians, whose right wing is broken and is in full flight. Heavy captures of guns ...
Article : 42 wordsThe Secretary of State. Mr. W. J. Bryan, has announced that steps have been taken to prevent the construction of any submarines in the United States which are ...
Article : 82 wordsSir George Reid congratulated Mr. Frank Savage on receiving an honorary lieutenant-colonelcy. The latter's knowledge of warlike stores and local conditions was ...
Article : 166 wordsThe capture of Saral Baschkala, where there are large military stores, opens the direct road to Van (140 miles south-east of Erzerum), and gives the Russians the ...
Article : 67 wordsThe question involved in the interchange of messages between Switzerland and Britain, reported this morning, is of particular interest in that it is, one might say, the very ...
Article : 274 wordsMr. Kahn, a member of the House of Representatives, giving evidence before the Naval Committee of the House, contended that half a million militia were needed in ...
Article : 153 wordsThe situation in Palestine is causing grave concern in Berlin. German commanders have asked for 150,000 picked Germans to defend the Christian churches ...
Article : 98 wordsCaptain J. E. Du[?]gan, of New Zealand, has graduated at the Staff College, Quetta. Herr Ahlers, German Consul at Su[?]derland, has been indicted on a charge of ...
Article : 162 wordsThe following cable has been received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies:- The French Government reports ...
Article : 77 wordsEven though there is no rule bearing on the subject, and though some advantage might be gained by flying over neutral territory, it can be well understood that instructions ...
Article : 266 wordsDr. V. Radoslavoff (President of the Council) told a meeting of Deputies of the Majority that, as far as he was able to see, n[?] complication could arise before the ...
Article : 46 wordsThe Bank of England has published the terms under which it is prepared to purchas[?] gold bullion deposited in the Federal Treasury, Melbourne, or in the ...
Article : 47 wordsThe armed liner Prince Eitel Friedrich sank the British steamer Charcas, 5067 tons, off Corral, and landed the crew near Valparaiso. ...
Article : 39 wordsIn view of the references in this column on Monday last to the additions that were being made to the British fleet, it is interesting to note that in a London "Dally ...
Article : 420 wordsThe Victoria Crosses awarded to Naik Darwan Singh, of the Gar[?]wal Ri[?]lies, who was presented with the cross by King George, and the Sepoy, belonging to the ...
Article : 181 wordsA communique states:—We attacked a few trenches on the left bank of the Yser, which are still in the hands of the enemy. ...
Article : 66 wordsThe "Engineering and Mining Journal" states that Germany, which previously took the Australian production of zinc ore, will lose this smelting business ...
Article : 131 wordsThe Swedish steamers Luna and Everilda have been sunk by mines off the coast of Finland. The crew of the Luna were rescued, but ...
Article : 46 wordsGood response is being made to the call for volunteers. Yesterday's total at the Barracks ran into three figures, and the recruits were all of good stamp. Most of them had ...
Article : 675 wordsA communique states:—The Germans bombarded Oostduinkerke, four kilometres west of [?]uport. There has been a marked advance in ...
Article : 32 wordsFurther details concerning the destruction of the Emden show that the Sydney was scarcely out of sight when she signalled that she had sighted the Emden. ...
Article : 63 wordsSir Edward Grey (British Foreign Minister), replying to the Swiss Federal Council, said that if the British airmen who recently proceeded to Friedrichshafen passed ...
Article : 124 wordsA German aeroplane on Sunday dropped a bomb, on the railway station at Hazebrouck. The townsfolk had gathered at the spot, when the aeroplane returned, and ...
Article : 43 wordsThe Peninsular and Oriental S. N. Company's report shows that the profit during the year amounted to £359,703. A sum of £68,70[?] was carried forward. ...
Article : 136 wordsThe Australian and New Zealand troops created a profound impression in Egypt. Their magnificent physique was especially remarked upon. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe Dunkirk correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states that bombs dropped by naval airmen caused a serious fire at Ostend, which the German ...
Article : 39 wordsThe Emperor, in opening the Japanese Diet, referred in cordial terms to the alliance with Great Britain, and stated that the ententes with France and Russia had ...
Article : 47 wordsThe Germans at dawn on December 7 made another desperate attempt to cross the floods south-east of Ramscapelle, using three powerful motor boats fitted with ...
Article : 224 wordsThe Government arranged a visit of journalists to Verd[?]n. The journalists report that the whole of the district in the Argonne, particularly the route of the ...
Article : 72 wordsMr. Justice Sargeant, in the Chancery Division of the Supreme Court, recently had before him a case in which the Zinc Corporation sought a decision, as to ...
Article : 140 wordsAs Mr. Hurd says, the enemy is gaining nothing by the policy of waiting, but is rather suffering, owing to our much greater resources. In shipbuilding, and, therefore, in ...
Article : 279 wordsIt is pointed out by the Defence Department that letters and other postal matter for members of the Australian [?]mperial force, who have left Australia with the first ...
Article : 98 wordsThe Belgian Legation has published a statement to the American people denying that Belgium ever surrendered her neutrality to England, as Germany alleged. The ...
Article : 77 wordsFighting continues along a ninety miles front in the Lodz district. The Germans bombarded a lunatic asylum on the outskirts of Lodz. ...
Article : 129 wordsAn offer has been received and gratefully accepted by the Minister for Defence of Harefield Park House, Middlesex, England, as a convalescent hospital for members of the ...
Article : 64 wordsThe Paris Bourse re-opened yesterday. A brisk business was [?]one, and the Bourse closed with a generally good tone. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe Prime Minister (Sir R. L. Borden), speaking at the Canadian Club, said that Germany's challenge to the British navy had been unmistakable for the past twenty ...
Article : 208 wordsThe Secretary to the Treasury's report to Congress says that when war broke out the entire business economic structure of the United States was shaken to its ...
Article : 77 wordsThe Premier, interviewed regarding the statement that warships had been called away from the chase of the Scharuhorst and Gnelsenau to convoy the New Zealand troops ...
Article : 172 wordsThe Paris correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" states that a French general received orders to advance along a certain road that was swept by a murderous ...
Article : 111 wordsThe view is apparently held in some quarters that the German battleships are being fitted with "surprise guns"—the naval complement to the great siege pieces that have been ...
Article : 279 wordsThe Premier has received a communication from the Prime Minister that Colonel S. G. Peacocke, of the Indian Army Remount Department, is visiting Australia in his official ...
Article : 31 wordsIt is officially stated in Berlin that the Germans in Poland claim a decisive success in repelling strong forces north-west and south-west of Lodz, but the results ...
Article : 52 wordsThe superintendent of the Eastern Extension, Australasia, and China Telegraph Company, Limited, states that the cable rate between Egypt and the coast of Australia will ...
Article : 49 wordsA financial expert states that German. importers who have hitherto paid in cash are now sending bills, which the Government guarantee to pay after the war. Most ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Wed 9 Dec 1914, Page 11
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