The compulsory conferenee convened by the Prime Minister was held on Melbourne yesterday. Neither the proprietors' representatives or the delegates from the Miners' Federation would make any fresh offer, and the conference was adjourned till ...
Article : 228 wordsIn the presence of 10,000 spectators, and with a large number of comrades, facing them, the District Commandant pinned the Distinguished Conduct Medal on the breasts of three returned ...
Article : 403 wordsLate War Cables will be found on Page 14. In most or their time now abusing me. That does not affect me in the slightest. ...
Article : 5,135 wordsThe German, Austrian, Bulgarian, and Turkish Ministers to Greece, in compliance with the Ailes' insistent demand, left Athens at noon, on Wednesday. ...
Article : 107 wordsThere is remarkably little news from Roumania. An undated Roumanian communique reports a withdrawal in ...
Article : 125 wordsA French official message issued at mid-night on Thursday stated: Fighting continues under most unfavourable conditions north of Monastir, where the enemy has ...
Article : 168 wordsThe latest Roumanian communique, which is undated, does not throw any light on the position at Craiova (the largest town in Western Roumania, which the Germans ...
Article : 159 wordsTo-day we receive the first definite information regarding the assistance which the Allies outside Russia are despatching to hard-pressed Roumania. British troops passing ...
Article : 353 wordsThe following deaths are announced:— Dr. Charles Booth, P.C., F.R.S., D.Sc., LL.D., a famous statistician, and the pioneer of the old-age pensions scheme. He was 76 years ...
Article : 72 wordsThe "Bourso Gazette" states that British soldiers who recently passed through Odessa received an ovation in the streets and cafes. There were gala performances ...
Article : 44 wordsM. Albert Favre made a remarkable speech in the Chamber of Deputies. He said that behind a rampart of French breasts the British army had grown to ...
Article : 83 wordsIt is estimated that the world's wheat, available in 1916, is 2,222,000,000 bushels—27 per cent. less than in 1915. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe Admiralty reports that there were no wounded aboard the hospital ship Britannic, 48,000 tons, when she was sunk in the Aegean Sea. ...
Article : 226 wordsAll the State Mininters were closely occupied yesterday with the responsible officers of their departments in a revision of the Estimates for the current financial year. With ...
Article : 188 wordsA group of allied bankers has protested against the Chicago bankers' loan of £1,000,000 to China. They declare that the loan is political, and not industrial. ...
Article : 43 wordsThe compulsory conference of representatives of the colliery proprietors and the coalminers, called by the Prime Minister under powers conferred upon him by regulations ...
Article : 2,272 wordsIt is officially announced from Petrograd that on October 20 a fire exploded the magazine of the Russian Dreadnought Imperatriza Maria. The vessel sank and ...
Article : 92 wordsWill, Ritchie defeated Sid Mitchell, the Australian welterweight, in four rounds. Ritchie led throughout. ...
Article : 20 wordsThis is not the first British unit which has made its appearance in Russia. A number of the famous British "tanks" in charge of the British crews were recently reported to ...
Article : 349 wordsAt about 10 o'clock yesterday morning it was reported to the Watson's Bay police that the body of a man was seen lying on the rocks near the water at the foot of the Gap. ...
Article : 160 wordsIn his midnight report on Thursday, Sir Douglas Haig stated:—We bombarded the enemy lines in the neighbourhood of Messiucs and Armentieres, inflicting loss. ...
Article : 162 wordsThe Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) announced to-day that the British Army Council has informed the Commonwealth Government that the urgent and increased ...
Article : 268 wordsWriting to the Borough Council in reference to the enlistment of employees, the Chief of the British General Staff, General Sir William Robertson, says he ...
Article : 132 wordsMr. Wade has issued the following circular:— "During the last few days a new Government has been formed in the State. with a ...
Article : 733 wordsExtraordinary police precautions followed the Emperor's death. Arrests on a large seale were made in Bohemia, in the Italian-speaking provinces, and in ...
Article : 101 wordsThe German Federal Council has approved of the Compulsory Labour Bill, to which, it is expected, there will be considerable opposition, including that offered ...
Article : 65 wordsMr. Frederick Palmer, the American journalist, who recently returned from the British front in France, expresses his unstinted admiration for the Australian soldiers. ...
Article : 365 wordsBy the sinking of the Russian dreadnought imperatriza Maria, which occurred last month as a result of a fire in her magazine, Russia has lost one of the most valuable ...
Article : 287 wordsWhat might be termed an honorary magistrates' strike occurred at the local police court to-day. It appears that yesterday, in the absence ...
Article : 240 wordsAn Amsterdam message states that deported Belgians who refuse to work are sentenced to two mouths in goal. The streets of Brussels are lined with ...
Article : 78 wordsThe British examination of the mailbags to and from Scandinavia and Holland has resulted in the stoppage of cheques and paper money going to the ...
Article : 43 wordsAn Italian official message states:—The enemy shelled a field hospital in the Gorizia area, despite the fact that a conspicuous Red Cross flag was flown. Seven ...
Article : 40 wordsReferring to articles on a possible basis of peace, Lord Northcliffe writers to the "New York Times":—"The suggestion that Britain will consider peace can only be ...
Article : 67 wordsWheat is very firm, and there is little offering Australian parcels ex[?]quay are quoted at 79/3 to 81/ per quarter of 496lb. Flour is firm. The new Board of Trade ...
Article : 277 wordsBy enforcing the departure from Athens of the representatives of the Central Powers the Allies have at last struck at the root of espionage in the Greek capital. It is not surprising ...
Article : 455 wordsA conference of representatives of the engineering and shipbuilding trade unions, after hearing an address by the Government Labour Adviser, agreed to recommend ...
Article : 61 wordsThe London correspondent of the "New York Tribuno" says that apparently an attempt is about to be mado to shelve Mr. As[?] and elevate Mr. Lloyd George to the ...
Article : 52 wordsThe Government has appointed a Controller of Food. ...
Article : 18 wordsThe miners' conference failed to find an effective policy for dealing with avoidable "absentecism." It was admitted that a policy of moral persuasion was unsuccessful. ...
Article : 99 wordsWashington correspondents emphasise the serious situation that has arisen in connection with the use of submarines. They are of opinion that Germany will ...
Article : 52 wordsScotland Yard has recaptured Graeme Scott and Edward Hodgson, who escaped form Internment in the lsliagton Workhose on Saturday. A third man, Ferdinand Kehrhan, ...
Article : 89 wordsThe Eastern Extension Telegraph Company advise that their via Eastern cables, carrying Australian traffic to Great Britain, ore not now interrupted, and that the time of ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 25 Nov 1916, Page 13
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