The rifle club movement is turning out most successfully. According to a statement made yesterday by Colonel Wallack, C.B., the Commandant, the enrolments from this source have ...
Article : 250 wordsA special meeting of the Executive Council has been convened for to-day at which [?] substantial increase in the proclaimed price of bran and pollard within the State will, in ...
Article : 142 words"As far as the enrolments for general military purposes are concerned, there is every indication," said Colonel Wallack, C.B.. yesterday, "that New South Wales will ...
Article : 1,169 wordsMr. Reginald H. Threlfall, of the Hawkesbury Agricultural College, who left Australia recently with the first contingent attached to the Australian Light Horse Field Ambulance ...
Article : 600 wordsA German submarine torpedoed the British steamer Durward (1301 tons) off, the Hook of Holland. The crew were saved. ...
Article : 32 wordsThe army now opposing the Russians in Bukovina is under Field-Marshal Lodman. It occupies the mountain passes, where numerous artillery and ...
Article : 110 wordsAn official summary of the present situation says: Since the battle of Ypres resulted in a complete stoppage of the great German offensive, operations have assumed ...
Article : 144 wordsAn official summary of the situation from Paris points out that in the siege war on the western front the balance is in favour of the ...
Article : 160 wordsA Berlin message states that the Zeppelins which raided Norfolk were the latest type. They attained a high speed, and carried a large quantity of ammunition. ...
Article : 36 wordsThere is trustworthy evidence that a motor car at King's Lynn and Snettisham used its, headlights to indicate where the German airship should drop bombs. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe Acting Minister for Lands and the Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Ashford, who is administering the Wheat Acquisition Act, made statement yesterday with regard to the whea[?] ...
Article : 483 wordsThe Russian offensive is progressing with marked superiority of numbers over the Austrian left wing, which is retiring along the left bank of the Bistritza, leaving ...
Article : 57 wordsA meeting at the Mansion House inaugurated a National Trade war exhibition to be held in London shortly, including an exhibit of German and Austrian goods and ...
Article : 58 wordsTerrible distress exists in the Carpathians. Thousands of inhabitants are fleeing. They are starving, and hiding in pits dug ...
Article : 38 words"Correspondents of the 'Herald' have taken some exception to my 'historic occasion' remark at Farmer's," said Mr. Carmichael yesterday. "I believe they are correct. The ...
Article : 262 wordsMuch discussion has been aroused by the news that German troops are traversing Hungary. It is suggested that the statement that 400,000 are gathering to ...
Article : 88 wordsThe news we have to-day is of a very gratifying nature, and will increase our confidence in the coming stages of the war. Since the battle of Ypres, we are informed in the ...
Article : 284 wordsThe Swedish steamer Drott has been mined in the Gulf of Bothnia. Five persons perished. ...
Article : 23 wordsCount Von Moltke, in an interview in the Berlin papers, said he never for a moment doubted that Great Britnin would participate in the conflict. She had been ...
Article : 63 wordsThe official justification of the air raid issued in Berlin states: "Our airships had orders to attack a fortified places—Yarmouth. They were obliged to fly over ...
Article : 105 wordsThe Warsaw correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" states that the Russtans are initiating a great offensive, in which cavalry are playing a leading part. ...
Article : 157 wordsA rifle club with 200 members, has been established at Roseville. Although it is only three months ago since Mr. G. H. Tebbutt, of Shirley-road, Roseville, ...
Article : 279 words"I was fortunate, chiefly through the good offices of Sir Timothy Coghlan, in having an opportunity, by acting as a chauffeur, and driving a Red Cross motor ambulance—which ...
Article : 886 wordsThe steamer Nairnshire, which left Sydney on October 16, has arrived at Havre. The steamers Benalla and Rotorua have left London for Melbourne and Auckland ...
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Article : 200 wordsAt the inquest on one of the victims in Yarmouth a constable gave evidence that he saw an aircraft, and he was sure it was an aeroplane. It appeared to follow ...
Article : 66 wordsSpeaking on the subject of the Ka[?]apot's sh[?] ment of wheat, Mr. Massey stated that [?]th[?] than millers' stocks there was [?]ry litt[?] wheat in the Dominion. The wheat censu[?] ...
Article : 118 words"Aviator."—The highest altitude reached in an air flight is 6570 metres (over 21,000 feet). This was reached by M. L[?]nnekogel in July, 1914. M. Perreyon's flight at 19,686 feet, in ...
Article : 197 wordsA Vienna message says an Austrian airman ascended at Przemysl in an endeavour to carry despatches to headquarters. Russian aeroplanes gave chase, and the ...
Article : 53 wordsYesterday the Mayor of Woollahra (Alderman L. W. Robinson), on the requisition of a number of the residents of Double Bay, convened a meeting at St. Mark's Schoolroom ...
Article : 166 wordsThe airship raid has resulted in recruiting on a large scale in London. ...
Article : 23 wordsThe appeal by the Red Cross Society for motor lorries having now reached the country branches, money is coming in more freely than ever. One centre has already collected ...
Article : 500 wordsThe "Niewe Rotterdamsche Courant" says the Allies,' aeroplanes on Wednesday visited Essen, and made an attempt to drop bombs on Krupp's works. They ...
Article : 54 wordsIt is officially stated in Vienna that a soldier from the northern front has been found to be suffering from Asiatic cholera. ...
Article : 33 wordsA letter from a Hungarian, which has just been published in London,, states that Hungary alone has already lost nearly 500,000 been killed and a similar number have been ...
Article : 357 wordsMr. J. P. Tivey, B.A., B.E, a Syduey University engineering graduate, now engaged with the General Electric Company in America, writing on the subject of the feeling in the ...
Article : 393 wordsThere is no doubt that Persia is secretly supporting Turkey. The condition of Northern Persia is indescribable. Thousands are fleeing across ...
Article : 44 wordsA pathetic account of the sufferings of wounded Belgians is contained in a letter addressed to a friend in Sydney by Nurse Markham, formerly of this city, who is now in a ...
Article : 534 wordsThe Germans are taking a violent offensive in the region of Albert (17 miles northcast of Amiens), with the object of thrusting the French from a plateau above the ...
Article : 110 wordsIt is officially stated in Berlin that Gencral von Falkenhayn has resigned the portfol[?]o of Minister of War, and that he has been succeeded by Major-General Wild von ...
Article : 49 wordsThe War of Seven Nations And half-a-hundred seas Is calling up the standards To take the battle-breeze. ...
Article : 134 wordsA communique states: Yesterday the enemy violently bombarded positions at Notre Dame de Lorette, and then attacked at 5 a.m. The assault was instantly ...
Article : 120 words"Stampa," a Turin newspaper, states that a British cruiser removed Count von Keller, a German officer of high rank, from the liner Duca D'Asta, and conveyed him ...
Article : 54 wordsStill another resignation has been sent in. This time it is General von Falke hayn, the German Minister for War. The other day it was Herr Kuhn, the Finance Minister. In the ...
Article : 267 wordsA first-aid class, under the auspices of the St. John Ambulance Association, was formed at Huristone Park (Dulwich Hill) on Thursday evening. Mr. C Taylor was elected ...
Article : 49 wordsThe Emergency Workers' Committee, after investigating the increased cost of wheat, carried a resolution in favour of the Government taking immediate steps ...
Article : 55 wordsMrs. Brown, widow of Mr. James Brown, died at her residence in Scott-street, Newcastle, to-day. She was 87 years of age, and had been living in the Newcastle district for ...
Article : 80 wordsThe Navy Office has received information by cable that all the wounded of H.M.A.S. Sydney are convalescent, except Ordinary Seaman Meldrum, who is progressing ...
Article : 57 wordsFrequent opportunities occur of sending mails to the ships of the Austiallan fleet. These will not be advertised individually, but letters addressed care of General Post Office, ...
Article : 40 wordsThe Germans are recommencing the offensive in Belgium. British warships forced the Germans [?]o evacuate coastal positions at Mariakerke, ...
Article : 53 wordsAn official return, compiled yesterday under the direction of Mr. Cann, the Chief Secretary, shows that in all about 1700 officers of the various State Government services have ...
Article : 63 wordsThe steamer, St. Francois, which sustained damage during the bombardment of Papeete by the German cruisers, has been repaired, and has now left Noumea for Pap[?]te. ...
Article : 30 wordsAt yesterday's meeting of the Federal Executive Council, a proclamation was issued prohibiting the exportation from Australia of whal[?] oil. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe A.M.S. Ventura has left for Sydney. ...
Article : 13 wordsTwo ca[?]s of smallpox w[?]re reported to-day from a house in [?]m[?]-street. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 23 Jan 1915, Page 15
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