Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, the British Commandant on the West Front, reporting on Thursday night, stated: Improved weather and good visibility have ...
Article : 138 wordsMr. Lloyd George, the Prime Minister, in replying to a deputation, said that he could not think of any statement which could be more calculated to prolong the ...
Article : 667 wordsAs Federal politics are virtually dead, or at least moribund, just now, the only politics worth referring to are those relating to the State. To be frank, these ...
Article : 407 wordsWhen the war is over then will come the reward. Taking, therefore, our own Empire, and Australia as the bright, particular star of it in the South Seas! ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 872 wordsThe King of Sweden has been asked to widen the Liberal form of Government, including the Socialists. Official negotiations have been opened ...
Article : 79 wordsThere is much regret in Australian circles at the death of Brigadier-General Scatt, of Sydney, which was reported as having occurred on September 30. ...
Article : 70 wordsSenator Pearce, the Minister for Defence, states that on October 10th, in latitude 37 deg 38 minutes south, longitude 149 deg. 55 min, a submarine mine of ...
Article : 99 wordsMr. C. E. W. Dean, the Australian official correspondent, states No regular counter-attack followed the last attack on Passchendaele ridge, so far as the ...
Article : 108 wordsThe British Admiralty reports: Our aircraft, while pairolling, machine-gunnod the enemy trenches. One pilot, who was heavily shelled by anti-aircraft guns, ...
Article : 58 wordsThe recent drowning of two men in the Yarra, on a fine afternoon, in view of thousands of spectators, without a real attempt at rescue, is a remarkable thing, ...
Article : 234 wordsThe "Vossiche Zeitung" states that the ex-Dowager Empress of Russia, who is 70 years of age, is dying at Yulta, in the Crimea. ...
Article : 206 wordsTuesday's fighting on the Western front was another great day for the Australians. Though some were completely exhausted after their marching through seas of ...
Article : 349 wordsThe Jumbunna Coal Mine was the best in Victoria as far as the quality of its coal was concerned, but our householders are not likely to get any more of its ...
Article : 215 wordsMr. Percival Phillips states:—The opposing armies on the Passchendaele Ridge are resulting quietly in the mud. Local encounters on Wednesday convinced the ...
Article : 159 wordsMr. Hughes, the Prime Minister, replying to-day to the Labour party's statements relative to esxploitation and profiteering in foodstuffs, stated that the ...
Article : 111 wordsThe latest French communique states:—There has been mutual artillery activity at various points on the front, but no infantry action. ...
Article : 85 wordsThe fight for the Grampians seat promises to be interesting. There was a very big rush of nominees on the Liberal side, but there being no preference voting ...
Article : 197 wordsDRIVER J. GROTHEN.—Mr. W. Grothen, of Corlette-street, Junction, has received word that his brother, Driver J. Grothon, died of wounds on the 21st ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 279 wordsA German official report issued on Thursday afternoon, states:—There is most intense artillery fire in the Belgian coast sector and between Blankart Lake ...
Article : 96 wordsAt the Newcastle recruiting depot yesterday three volunteers were accepted and five rejected. A recruiting meeting was held in front ...
Article : 124 wordsThe Amsterdam correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" says that details of Admiral von Capelle's revelations concerning the mutiny in the German Navy ...
Article : 223 words"Le Journal" states that an advanced British detachment was consolidating ground near Passchendacle, when the officer suggested a raid into a village. ...
Article : 55 wordsGUNNER SWEENEY.—Mrs. Frank Sweeney, of Lambton-road, Broadmeadow, received word that her husband, Gunner Frank Sweeney, was admitted into Third ...
Article : 106 wordsThe Russian position continues vague One of the best references to it appears in the "Philadelphia Post" Under the heading ."A Question Mark," a little ...
Article : 308 wordsThe question whether a person can be convicted of murder when the body of the victim has not been discovered has been recently raised, and though English judges ...
Article : 270 wordsA Russian communique states:—The enemy pressed back some of our companies southward of the Pskoy high road, northeast of Riga. ...
Article : 86 wordsA high military authority, commencing on the present battle in Flanders, states :—The weather, as in August, has interfered with our complete success. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 129 wordsPRIVATE HOLMES.—Mrs. J. Holmes, of John-street, Tighe's Hill (late of Islington), has received word that her son, Private J. W. Holmes, is at present at ...
Article : 112 wordsA Y.M.C.A. snowball tea was held in the council chambers on Thursday afternoon. Mrs. H. Brien (the Mayoress) presided. The puzzle competition was won ...
Article : 136 wordsThe Reichstag, after a stormy sitting, voted the supplementary Budget, both Socialist groups voting against it. This means that Dr. Helfferich, the ...
Article : 204 wordsSAPPER THOMPSON.—Mr. F. Thompson, of Railway-street, Cook's Hill, has received word that his eldest son, Sapper Colin Thompson, is in Rock Ferry ...
Article : 33 wordsSemi-official advices received from Rome state that the Austrians have lost a million men on the Italian front, decreasing their force there by one-third. ...
Article : 62 wordsThe Legislative Assembly continued the consideration in committee of the Crown Lands Amendment Bill this morning, after our report closed. ...
Article : 49 wordsAn interesting past was that possessed by Isaac Mattson, who died the other day at the age of 93. The length of time which may be covered by a couple of ...
Article : 274 wordsWe are again nearing one of our great anniversaries—Trafaigar What of the outlook as regards the signal? "England" is a term of general application. These ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 481 wordsPRIVATE THOMPSON.—Mrs. D. Thompson, of Thomas-street, Adamstown, has been advised through the Red Cross Information Bureau that her son, ...
Article : 49 wordsDetectives have arrested the three last remaining members of a gang which sank by means of bombs, thirty ships carrying munitions to the Allies in 1915. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 147 wordsSir John Forrest, the Commonwealth Treasurer, to-day stated that that he is anxious that intending investors in the Liberty Loan should make application at ...
Article : 242 wordsA meeting of the members of the Cockie Creek Boating Club is to be held at the school of arts on Thursday evening next, to draw up a porgramme for the annual ...
Article : 230 wordsThose are the days of large aggregations, even though of many small States as well as certain great ones. During the last week or two we have seen the re-emphasis ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 325 wordsA special correspondent of the "Cologne Gazette," in a remarkable article, describing the Flanders battle, says:—The British plan was to break the ...
Article : 271 wordsThe British Government has decided to requisition neutral registered ships which are wholly or mainly British owned in British ports, owing to the German Prize ...
Article : 52 wordsLieutenant N. P. Webbe, of the Australian Field Artillery, Captain W. J. Dewar, Lieutenant A. F. M'Hutchinson, and Second-lieutenant A. R. M'Kinlay. ...
Article : 66 wordsThe regulation of the Melbourne traffic continues to give anxiety to the civic authorities, and the problem which has been increasing in interest for years ...
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Advertising : 14 wordsThe German raider See Adler, which was wrecked in the Pacific, was formerly the British steel ship Pass of Balmaha, 1571 tons, captured by the Germans and taken ...
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), Sat 13 Oct 1917, Page 7
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