By the courtesy of Mr. Laughton, the State Statist, and Mr. J. C. Bennett, Registrar of Births and Deaths, we have obtained the exact figures as to ...
Article : 86 wordsAmsterdam says that Berlin newspapers announce that, the people of Berlin are entirled to only one egg each week now, owing to the shortage of ...
Article : 334 wordsPrevious instructions regarding the time of enrolment under the Defence Act in this district have been amended. Persons between the ages of 21 and ...
Article : 725 wordsLieutenant-Colonel a'Court Repington, the military correspondent of the "Times," says that two German divisions on their way to the East front have, ...
Article : 223 wordsA striking interview has been accorded by Mr. Lloyd-George to the London representative of the United Press Association of America. ...
Article : 1,005 wordsA telegram from Crete to Salonika announces the issue of a proclamation by the Provisional Government, "for the salvation of the Fatherland." The ...
Article : 282 wordsDuring the interval in the entertainment at His Majesty's Theatre on Saturday evening, a notice intimating that the dates governing the Conscription ...
Article : 91 wordsGerman newspapers are endeavoring to calm the national fears in regard to British successes in the Somme offensive, by asserting that Britain is ...
Article : 123 wordsWhen a vote of thanks was moved to Professor Osbourne for his interesting lecture on Industrial Efficiency in the Gordon College on Saturday evening, a ...
Article : 108 wordsThe London "Times" correspondent, after visiting the Somme front, says that the men say that there is perfect Allied ...
Article : 120 wordsMr. Frank Shrimpton, the conductor of the Greelong Musical Society, in anxious to produce the Messiah oratorio early in December in aid of a ...
Article : 72 wordsA French official message from Salonika says —"Four Bulgarian attacks at Kajmackalan were repulsed with heavy losses An enemy attack in the Brod ...
Article : 54 wordsBallarat Fire Brigade is to be equipped with a second fire motor, and the Country Fire Brigades' Board has the claims of Bendigo and Geelong brigades ...
Article : 52 wordsMr. J. L. Garvin writes: 'Great things are likely even before the winter. A glance at the map shows that if a wedge is cut 20 miles further cast ...
Article : 165 wordsThursday's fighting: Sir Douglas Haig after announcing the capture of a strongly defended farm south-west of Le Sars (north of Martinpuich) says:— ...
Article : 295 words"The German Children's Crusade" is the title of an article which the Amsterdam "Telegraaf" published, asking very pertinent questions as to the ...
Article : 232 wordsThis question cropped up in the local court recently during the hearing of a dispute between a husband and wife. The solicitor for the defendant produced ...
Article : 160 wordsIt is stated that the British Government has sent 100 armored cars to Russia, manned by naval officers They were completed in the British ...
Article : 91 wordsA message from Portland, Maine, states that a lifebelt marked "Bremen." with the name of the maker at Wilhelmshaven, was found ashore at Cape ...
Article : 77 wordsA German official report states that General von Falkenhayan, formerly Chief of the General Staff, commanded the German and Austro-Hungarian troops ...
Article : 144 wordsA. and W. Roberts' new list appears in to-day's issue. Costumes at 28/6, voile window drapings at 13 yard, and embroideries at 1/11 dozen are ...
Article : 296 wordsThe British Exchequer receipts for the financial half-year just closed were £163,922,899, compared with £102,866,764 last year. The expenditure for the ...
Article : 78 wordsThe Board of Trade Committee that has investigated the increase in the cost of food stuffs, makes the following recommendations:— ...
Article : 181 wordsA Paris communique issued on Friday afternoon says:—"We progressed between Fregicourt and Morval. There is intense artillery fire both north and ...
Article : 93 wordsM. Mareel Hutin, the eminent French military critic, declares that Hindenberg, who is now with Mackensen, in the Dobrudja, will make his supremo ...
Article : 278 wordsReuter's correspondent on the Somme dealing with the capture of Combles, said at the outset the enemy position was such that we had to withdraw our ...
Article : 153 wordsA Belgian official report states that there has been a great artillery duel in the Dixmude region. During the past week Belgian guns of all calibres ...
Article : 60 wordsInstructions have been received by the Geelong sub-district Naval Officer that for the present naval trainees are not required to compulsorily report for ...
Article : 80 words"Prisoners taken by the British since July 1st number 30,000," states the "Times" correspondent at British headquarters in France. "We are not ...
Article : 334 wordsChaplain-Captain Forrest, writes from the Seymour camp—It is a fine dry camp. The soil is of gravel, and the water runs of, so that in a few hours, one would thinic no ...
Article : 252 wordsSir Charles Wakefield, London's Lord Mayor, who will retire in November, is to entertain 300 prominent men from the overseas Dominions at luncheon on ...
Article : 243 wordsAll trained nurses in Australia who are willing to serve both for overseas and for home service, are invited to send their names to the principal ...
Article : 209 words"We improved our position at Thiepval, where counter-attacks in the neighborhood of the Stuff redoubt were repulsed Fighting is very severe here. ...
Article : 83 wordsThe "Vossische Zeitung" says that American Ambassadors from belligerent countries will confer at Washington in October. ...
Article : 63 wordsIn an interview, given to representatives of the German Press, Prince Ruprecht says it is improbable that the Somme offensive will soon end. The ...
Article : 84 wordsMr. E. Candler, the London "Times" correspondent at the Tigris front, says the situation is unchanged. Activity is confined to air raids The cool ...
Article : 140 words(Such of the cable news on this page so headed has appeared in the London "Times," and is cabled to Australia by special permission. It should be ...
Article : 46 wordsThis has appeared as an advertisement in the London papers:— "If My people which are called by My name shall humble themselves and ...
Article : 101 wordsIn view of the difficulties of s[?]ing Victorian supplies from abroad, the Comptroller-General of Customs, Mr. Stephen Mills, has obtained a report ...
Article : 82 wordsSydney, Sunday.—A fire broke out at 3 a.m. at the furniture warehouse of Messrs. Beard and Watson, in George-street. Before it was extinguished ...
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