The Turin newspaper "Stampa" states that the condition of King Constantine of Greece is worse, and that he must underge a farther operation. ...
Article : 35 wordsThe significance of the possible results of Presidents Wilson's Peace Note is the dominant theme of public discussion. Many pulpit references to the Note ...
Article : 192 wordsThere is very little news from any of the fronts, and it would almost appear that there has been a tacit truce for Christmas. The King has sent a message of greeting to his soldiers and sailors, together with a joint message from the Queen and himself. Unlike the Kaiser, His Majesty is looking forward to victory, not to peace—a victory that will enforce peace. ...
Article : 285 wordsMr. Lloyd George, the British Prime Minister, interviewed by a representative of "Everybody's Magazine," said the world hoped that America would ...
Article : 64 wordsAn official message from Egypt says: Our mounted troops have captured a Turkish stronghold at Maphdaba (20 miles south of El Arish), and took ...
Article : 84 wordsA month ago the weekly production of British 18-pounder ammunition was 43 times the weekly preduction of June, 1915; of medium guns, and howitzers ...
Article : 115 wordsMr. Hall Caine, the novelist, in a letter in the "New York Times," says:—I do not doubt President Wilson's sincerity, but the lack of feeding in his Note ...
Article : 76 wordsCaptain Basil Hood's patriotic threeact light opera, "Young England," with music by Mr. Hubert Bath and Mr. G. K. Lutsam, met with an enthusiastic ...
Article : 104 wordsThe resolution of confidence in M. Briand's Government, passed by the French Senate yesterday by 194 votes to 60, embodied the same sentence as ...
Article : 78 wordsThe New York correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" reveals the inner history of President Wilson's Note, the issue of which was due to the ...
Article : 311 wordsA message from Cairo states that a feature of the capture of El Arish (90 miles east of the canal), was the fine work of the Australian mounted ...
Article : 42 wordsThe British Admiralty reports that two torpedo-boat destroyers were sunkin a collision in the North Sea on Thursday last in bad weather, and that ...
Article : 46 wordsThe celebration of Christmas in England was the quietest for many years. The high prices of food, in conjunction with the appeal of the newspapers for ...
Article : 82 wordsA crowd, consisting chiefly of soldiers, broke up a pe[?]e demonstration in Trafalgar-square yesterday. The police protected the speakers. ...
Article : 30 wordsLast night's report from General Haig says:— We to-day raided the German trenches in the neighbourhood of ...
Article : 92 wordsA French communique issued to-day states:— There is lively artillery firing on our western front, especially on the ...
Article : 35 wordsThe Federal Reserve Board has empowered the New York Federal Reserve Bank to appoint the Bank of England its agent, believing that it will ...
Article : 56 wordsThe German shipyards are not resting day or night in constructing an en[?]mous fleet of submarines. The only limit to the number is the great ...
Article : 229 wordsSixteen funerals were held up yesterday at Nunhead Cemotery, in South-East London, owing to the shortage of labour. After the services had been ...
Article : 53 wordsA German official message claims that Dobrudja has been cleared of the Russo-Roumanians as far north as the region of Macin (on the Danube, 20 miles south ...
Article : 55 wordsA French communique says:— There were to-day minor enemy attacks in the Champagne region. ...
Article : 23 wordsShe was a ship which the Germans publicly and officially stated that they sank. We had seen the German telegram ourselves. The great German ...
Article : 1,483 wordsThe War Office has received the following message from Salonika:— We have successfully raided the enemy's main line of trenches ...
Article : 57 wordsAn official message says:— An Austrian patrol attacking our line to the south-eastward of Gorz has been driven off. Some of the ...
Article : 40 wordsA decree,which has been issued by the Egyptian Government prohibits, without a special permit, the storing of cotton, or the disposal of cotton to ...
Article : 52 wordsIt is reported that the Pope, whilst morally supporting President Wlison's initiative for peace, will not publish any diplomatic Note before the intentions of ...
Article : 157 wordsLast night's report from General Haig says:— We have successfully discharged, gas to the westward of Messines ...
Article : 120 wordsA fair proportion of Amstralian troops were given Christmas leave, including several hundred from France, and others from the convalescent camps ...
Article : 609 wordsMr. and Mrs. T. Hean, of Sorell, have received a touching letter from their son, Sergeant Angus Hean, serving with the Australian, mounted forces ...
Article : 339 wordsTo-day's French communique says:— Artillery firing of moderate violence is proceeding in Macedonia. PARIS, December 26. ...
Article : 47 wordsGeneral Cadorna, the Italian Commander-in-Chief, has granted all military chaplains a fortnight's leave on the occasion of the Christmas holidays. ...
Article : 35 wordsThe New York shipping companies have been informed that in future no information will be cabled to America advising the arrival and departure of ...
Article : 218 wordsA Russian communique published last night says:— After artillery preparation we to-day attacked the enemy's tienches in ...
Article : 171 wordsThe weather prevents any active operations on the Serbian front. The Germans have brought up several regiments, with heavy guns and ...
Article : 51 wordsThe Brazilian, Argentine, and Chi[?]an Governments express their approval of the Note forwarded by President Wilson. ...
Article : 26 wordsA German official message claims that British attacks at Ypress have been repulsed. ...
Article : 24 wordsMr. Philip Gribbs, the correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle," in a despatch to-day say:— Christmas Eve was a mild spring ...
Article : 163 wordsThe Government of Switzerland has sent a Peace Note to all the belligerents. The Note, after reciting that the Swiss Federal Council for a considerable ...
Article : 373 wordsTo-day's German official message says that British attacks in Macedonia have been repulsed. ...
Article : 21 wordsThe latest unconsored reports from Athens show that the Royalist prov[?]ations of the Allies are being continued. The Royalist press continues to acc[?]im ...
Article : 136 wordsThe Danish steamers Rota (2,171 tons) and Dansburg (2,183 tons) have been torpedoed and sunk by German submarines. The Swedish schooner ...
Article : 54 wordsLieut. Stanley Collier, who was invalided home some months ago, has left Hobart to rejoin his regiment, having recovered from the severe wound he ...
Article : 243 wordsThis afernoon's French communique states:— There are no important operations proceeding on the Western front. ...
Article : 99 wordsIn connection with the sinking of the steamer Itonus, 5,340 tons, on December 20, the Navy Department announces that she carried no troops on that ...
Article : 103 wordsPress advices from Petrograd state that 4,000 Bulgarians were drowned in Lake Babada (in Dobrudja), when an enemy detachment was suddenly ...
Article : 40 wordsThe Petrograd correspondent of the Paris newspaper "Petit Parisien" says that the situation is improving. The Russians have gained advantages ...
Article : 111 wordsThe Entente's new Note is awaited impatiently, but the tension has slightly relaxed. Foreign families who took refuge on the ships of the Allies are ...
Article : 39 wordsHolland has signed a treaty under which she is to supply Germany with milk, meat, eggs, and fruit. ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Wed 27 Dec 1916, Page 5
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