A German official message states:— We have repulsed Russian attacks to the southward of Brzezany (in Galicia), and in the southern part of the wooded ...
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Article : 49 wordsLord Rhondda's bill to restrict the treatment of contagious diseases to qualified medical practitioners was read a first time in the House of Lords ...
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Article : 97 wordsThe Supreme Court has unanimously sustained the suit of the British owners of the steamer Appam to regain possession of that vessel, which was ...
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Article : 95 wordsThe War Council has permitted the Ford Motor Company to erect a factory at Cork for the rapid production of motor tractors. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe executive of the Labour party has passed a resolution to the effect that a further united effort ought to be made to effect a settlement of the Irish ...
Article : 307 wordsThe national service organisers are arranging a special rally before voluntarism [?]l[?]ses at the end of March. There will be special exhortations from ...
Article : 40 wordsThe Minister of the Navy (Hon. J. Cook) stated to-night that the rumour that two Australian troopships had been sunk had no foundation in fact. The ...
Article : 83 wordsIn the Reichstag to-day the Socialist[?] severely criticised the German Note regarding the proposal to Mexico. Herr Zimmermann (Foreign ...
Article : 91 words"Eyewitness," at British headquarters, describing the ground evacuated by the Germans in the Bapaume region, says:—It is impossible to doubt ...
Article : 188 wordsTo-day's French communique says:- Our heavy fire and vigorous counter-attacks have smashed up all German attempts to drive us out of the ...
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Article : 297 wordsBy notice in the Commonwealth Government "Gazette" to-day, under the War Precautions Act, the Minister of Defence (Senator Pearce) declared ...
Article : 55 wordsA French communique states:- By a destructive artillery fire we have wrecked enemy positions to the north-west of Moulins-sous-Touvent ...
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Article : 235 wordsAn Italian official messages says:- We have repulsed repeated attacks at Costabella (in the Avisio district), capturing one Austrian gun. ...
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Article : 363 wordsOwing to a shortage, Holland has prohibited the export of bread to Belgium. ...
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Article : 71 wordsIn New York to-day, Dr. Chanader Chakiaberty, a Hindu physician, and Dr. Ernst Skunner, a German, were arrested, and charged with having set ...
Article : 74 wordsA private in the Minnesota National Guard has been sentenced to five years' imprisonment for furnishing military information to Germany. ...
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Article : 79 wordsIn the House of Lords to-day Lord Finlay introduced a bill to deprive enemy princes of their British titles. ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Thu 8 Mar 1917, Page 5
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