The enrolments at Victoria Barracks on Wednesday showed that 66 recruits offered their services, of whom. 39 were accepted. Railway employees were to the fore at the ...
Article : 114 wordsThe Geneva correspondent of the "Daily News" says that a party of Austrian diplomatists has arrived in Geneva. It is believed that Austria, though unwilling to ...
Article : 196 wordsM. Petrovsky, Minister for Foreign Affairs, declared that a close economic union between the Allies, after the war, would give freedom to Russian trade ...
Article : 88 wordsA Russian communique, issued at midnight on Wednesday, says:—The Germans delivered attacks over nearly the whole of the Roumanian front. The enemy ...
Article : 210 wordsThe British lines in France and in Macedonia have been considerably extended. The British took over a portion of ...
Article : 110 wordsThe "New York World" affirms, without reserve, that the first statement made by the Secretary of State, Mr. Lansing, correctly represented the reasons for ...
Article : 612 wordsAccording to the military, the Flying Badge (two stretched wings on the left breast), will not be worn by pilots who have passed a qualifying course at the Central ...
Article : 102 wordsGeneral Lyautey, Minister for War, in a letter to President Poincare, says:—"The dignity of Marshal of France has been in abeyance owing to the long term of peace. ...
Article : 97 wordsThe Secretary of State for the Colonies has telegraphed to the Dominions as follows:— "His Majesty's Government does not contemplate holding a session of the ordinary ...
Article : 710 wordsAir mechanics in the Australian Flying Corps, A.I.F., will be eligible, according to headquarters, with officers of the A.I.F., for selection to attend the aviation course at the ...
Article : 128 wordsThe Army Council has ordered that no wool of the 1916-17 clip he consigned to the United Kingdom from Australia or New Zealand, except to the Director of Army Contracts. ...
Article : 64 wordsThe District Commandant, Brigadier-General Ramaciotti, V.D. drew attention yesterday to a statement published in the "Herald" on Thursday, under the heading ...
Article : 419 wordsThe American war correspondent, Mr. Cyril Brown, who is on the German front at Bapaume, in a despatch to the "New York Times," says that the Somme front ...
Article : 142 wordsThe "Manchester Guardian" says that a second American Peace Note has been received in London, explanatory of the first. Its terms have not been disclosed. The ...
Article : 45 wordsAt a public meeting called last night to discuss the recruiting scheme the central committee at Sydney came in for adverse criticism. It was stated that no reply had ...
Article : 513 wordsThe Paris "Journal's" report regarding an extension of the British front in the Somme region will be road with interest, although it may not cause any profound ...
Article : 492 wordsThe "Daily Telegraph" says that the Allies' reply to the German Note was drawn up originally and drafted in Paris. All the Allies have approved of it. There will be a ...
Article : 176 wordsA Cairo message states:—The situation in the Sinai region, where the British and Australasian troops recently advanced and captured El Ar[?]h and Maghdabah, is ...
Article : 55 wordsThe Paris "Journal's" correspondent gives the first news of an extension of the British front on the Somme. He says:—It was a busy Christmas for ...
Article : 479 wordsThe Socialist Congress adopted a resolution that, as Germany's Peace Note does not constitute a genuine peace proposal, and does not contain terms, Congress would ask that ...
Article : 73 wordsIt is officially announced that the Turks were driven back in the region of Lake Van, south of Armenia. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe Minister for Lands (Mr. Ashford) stated yesterday that Mr. P. H. Morton has made a gift of a stallion, to be raffled on behalf of the soldiers who settle on the Oban Estate. ...
Article : 104 wordsThe Canadian Prime Minister, Sir Robert Borden, in a letter to the labour unions, says: If conscription is to prove the only effective method of preserving ...
Article : 57 wordsIn consequence of the receipt of the Peace Notes, subscriptions to the War Loan are increasing. ...
Article : 24 wordsThirty-four men presented themselves for examination to-day, and 15 were passed. BRISBANE, Thursday. Fourteen recruits were accepted in ...
Article : 36 wordsIt is not likely that the British front has as yet been extended any farther south than the Somme, even if it has been taken as far as that. The correspondent states that the ...
Article : 503 wordsThe official press correspondent in Egypt, Mr. Massey, describing the defence works of the Suez Canal, emphasises the fact of their permanency, as well ...
Article : 177 wordsThe price of eggs has fallen considerably since Christmas. Yesterday the Sussex-street markets were glutted with supplies, and even at a late ...
Article : 103 wordsThe "Daily Telegraph" says the reply of the Allies to the original German Note, transmitted to the Allies through neutrals, and suggesting that peace negotiations be ...
Article : 66 wordsThere is great artillery activity on the whole of the Italian front. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe announcement of the New Year honours has been delayed; it will be issued in the first fortnight in January. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe Liquor Control Board's statistics show a remarkable decrease in drunkenness and suicides throughout the kingdom. The board is considering the closing of a further 60 ...
Article : 33 wordsThe "New York Tribune" quotes a recent article by a writer in the "Berliner Lokal Anzeiger as follows:—We began the war a year too soon. When we have secured a ...
Article : 116 wordsAn official communique says: A German offensive in the Kovel region was repulsed with very heavy losses. ...
Article : 22 wordsIt is officially announced from Petrograd that the Czar has issued the following order of the day to the army and navy:— It is upwards of two years since Germany, ...
Article : 493 wordsThe Home Office made inquiries among the chambers of commerce about the operation of daylight-saving in summer time. The replies show that it is decidedly popular. There ...
Article : 82 wordsThe Athens correspondent of the Rome "Tribuna" says that Greek troops, in accordance with the terms of the Allies' recent ultimatum, continue to pass ...
Article : 52 wordsA gale has raged here during the past few days. Roofs were blown off several houses, and at Flat Top portion of the wall erected by the Harbour Board during the progress of ...
Article : 243 wordsWheat: The holiday market is firm, and prirces are unchanged. Linseed oil: £50/15/ per ton. Turpentine: 53/9 per cwt. ...
Article : 51 wordsThe Council of Ministers is discussing measures to prevent German submarines from destroying Spanish ships. The shipowners are threatening to lay up their ...
Article : 37 wordsGeneral d'Amade, who lately commanded French forces in the Eastern Mediterranean, has sent the following message to Sir Joseph Ward, a New Zealand Minister now in ...
Article : 179 wordsLetters found on prisoners indicate that a spirit of revolt is spreading in Austria. where famine torments the people. The soldiers are suffering acutely. Hunger is ...
Article : 85 wordsThe inclusion of India in the Imperial Conference has attracted special attention, and is regarded as well-merited recognition of ...
Article : 145 wordsMr. S. B. Joel has bought out the West Rand interests of Sir J. B. R. Robinson. The price includes £2,000,000 in cash, and it is the biggest deal known in South Africa since the ...
Article : 88 wordsThe Germans executed 12 Belgians, including one woman, for alleged espionage at H[?]sselt. Many others were sentenced to ...
Article : 42 wordsThe news arrived simultaneously with the announcement of the extension of the British line in France, that the British line in the Balkans had been lengthened. It is ...
Article : 43 wordsThe Bulgarian communique this morning refers to fighting which is proceeding for the possession of the bridgehead at Matchin. This refers to the small section of front, ...
Article : 410 wordsMr. John Haynes, M.L.A., has been informed by the Director-General of Public Works that no action is being taken by the department with regard to the proposed tramway ...
Article : 67 wordsNews has been received by Mr. A. N. Jonsen, of Haviland, Glebe Point, that his son. Private [?]. Jonsen, of the A.A.M.C., has been awarded the Military Medal for service ...
Article : 58 wordsThe Norwegian steamer Sno. 1823 tons, has been sunk. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Fri 29 Dec 1916, Page 7
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