An official message from Egypt reports:—We assaulted and captured on Tuesday night lightly held works southward of Gaza. ...
Article : 152 wordsMessages received from Rome state that a decisive battle is beginning in Italy. The Italian army is manoeurving for a position on which to meet the enemy. ...
Article : 48 wordsField-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, the British Commandant on the West Front, reports: The East Yorkshires took prisoners at Fresnoy, and machine-gun fire ...
Article : 165 wordsThe writ for the referendum will be issued at six o'clock to-morrow evening. In view of December 22 being so close to Christmas, the referendum poll may ...
Article : 427 wordsThere have boon very heavy falls of rain in the coastal parts of the State north of Newcastle, and largo areas of land are inundated. ...
Article : 101 wordsProfessor Macintyre, chairman of the State Recruiting Committee, speaking in reference to the coming referendum, said to-day:—"No one watching the reports ...
Article : 451 wordsIn regard to the trouble at Lymington Colliery, when the mine was laid idle owing to a difficulty with the miners and wheelers engaged there, Mr. S. J. ...
Article : 316 wordsAn official Italian report states:— We continued the withdrawal of our line on Wednesday. Large units retired unmolested. ...
Article : 63 wordsTorrential rains have fallen here during the past two days, nine inches having been registered. The river at Lismore is now within 5ft of the highest flood. the ...
Article : 93 wordsPRIVATE BOEKENSTEIN.—Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Boekenstein, of Wickham-road, New Lambton, have been advised that their son, Private W. A. Boekenstein, was ...
Article : 131 wordsIt is officially announced that the garrison and proletariat in Petrograd have deposed the Kerensky Government. It is reported that M. Kerensky has fled, ...
Article : 165 wordsAn official message from Mesopotamia states:—Descending the Tigris on Monday, November 5, our troops with great gallantry crossed 1200 yards of open ...
Article : 127 wordsA German officials report states:— Our detachments advancing on mountain roads have broken the resistance of the Italian rearguards. An outflanking ...
Article : 114 wordsSeven inches of rain fell last night, making a total of 12 inches for the week. The main street and other thoroughfares in the town are under water, and several ...
Article : 132 wordsAbout thirty union have been called to account by the Arbitration Court since the strike, and with one or two exceptions, the registration as industrial ...
Article : 252 wordsA French communique states: There have been lively artillery actions on the whole front, north of the Aisne, in the sector south of Corbeny and in Upper ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 361 wordsIn the House of Commons, Mr. Macamara, the Parliamentary Under-secretary to the War Office, replying to a question regarding the "Dally Mail's' ...
Article : 75 wordsNew York reports: The Red Cross is sending a commission to Italy to take every stop to alleviate the suffering of soldiers and civilians. ...
Article : 26 wordsLucky Bag Day was favoured with fine weather, and very brisk business was done by the ladies in charge. A substantial sum is assured for the Blind Soldiers' ...
Article : 147 wordsIt is officially announced that the total subscriptions to the United States second Liberty Loan amounted to £923,506,460, £323,506,460 more than was asked ...
Article : 112 wordsThe annual meeting of the Central Council of the Farmers' Union was held in Brisbane to-day. It discussed the question of the conscription referendum. ...
Article : 145 wordsAn official proclamation has been issued to the army committees and the council of soldiers' deputies, announcing that the garrison and proletariat of Petrograd ...
Article : 147 wordsA German official report states:— Dixmude has been subjected to violent mine fire. Artillery continued active against the Yser section and ...
Article : 79 wordsA big conscription meeting was held in the Town Hall to-night. The hall was packed half-an-hour before the time fixed for starting. Admission being by ...
Article : 539 wordsIt is reported from Paris that a statement made by Zeppelin crews captured on October 20th shows that the raiders of the British coast comprised thirteen ...
Article : 82 wordsThe Washington correspondent of the "New York Times" says that, as a result of negotiations, Japan will assume the full risks of war, political as well as ...
Article : 100 wordsThe case in which E. J. Kavanagh, M.L.C., A. W. Buckley, M.P., A. C. Willis, and Claude Thompson are charged with conspiracy was continued, before Mr. ...
Article : 334 wordsThe Rotterdam correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph" states that the "Berliner Tageblatt's" military critics refer to the fearful conditions on the ...
Article : 92 wordsIt is announced that nine Victoria Crosses have been granted for acts of bravery. The following are among the recipients:— ...
Article : 342 wordsSir John Forrest, the Federal Treasurer, to-day stated: "The reason for the action of the Government is clear. The system of voluntary recruiting has not ...
Article : 171 wordsTwo officers of the Newcastle Trolley, Draymen, and Carters' Union are being proceeded against for an alleged offence arising out of the late strike. Mr. H. ...
Article : 110 wordsA Russian official message states that the military and revolutionary committee's programme is as follows:— 1. To offer an immediate democratic ...
Article : 62 wordsSERGEANT-MAJOR MARSHALL.—Mr. and Mrs. Marshall, of Dora-street, Mayfield, have received information that their son, Company Sergeant-major Arthur E. ...
Article : 707 wordsA message from Paris states that the enemy battalions defending Passchendaele belonged to the Silesian Grenadiers, who were sent expressly from the French ...
Article : 102 wordsThu general opinion is that the Preliminary Parliament faovurs Russia's offering the Allies a general declaration regarding their war aims, which should ...
Article : 69 wordsMr. A. Bates, Newcastle branch secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters, has tendered his resignation of the position, which he has held for a ...
Article : 47 wordsAt the Adamstown Pictures to-night. "If My Country Should Call" will be the attractive feature of the new programme. A welcome home is to be tendered several ...
Article : 130 wordsMr. J. Atkins, the general organiser of the Federated Engine-drivers, who has been in the Newcastle district on union business for the past five days, returned ...
Article : 38 wordsThe topic of discussion in trades union circles in Newcastle yesterday was the second military service referendum. In a circular letter to the secretary to ...
Article : 160 wordsMr. C. E. W. Bean, the Official Australian Correspondent, states: When the rows of the capture of Passchendaele by the Canadians reached the Australian ...
Article : 194 wordsAs the telegraphs and the wireless, for the moment, are in the hands of the Maximalists, any news from Petrograd must be accepted with reserve. ...
Article : 217 wordsThe number of persons who had up to yesterday registered at the Port Hunter Stevedores' Bureau totalled 996. These were made up of 567 trimmers and 429 ...
Article : 43 wordsHome Mission services are being held in the Methodist Church at Mayfield, East Mayfield, to-morrow, Rev. Campbell, of Sydney, being the deputation. ...
Article : 180 wordsWork at the collieries during the week has been fairly constant, although there have been a number of stoppages. These, in almost every instance, were caused ...
Article : 34 wordsIt is reported from Greymouth that William Mali, a clerk, and F. James, a manager, were in a motor car driven by James Coulthard, on their way to a mine ...
Article : 80 wordsVictimised pay was distributed at Wallarah Colliery and Muswellbrook yesterday. Earlier in the week a considerable amount was distributed at the different ...
Article : 33 wordsSecret service officers on November 5 arrested Thomas Welsh, a British subject, on his arrival in New York. He is alleged to have been a messenger between ...
Article : 174 wordsClaims for enrolment must be in the hands of the divisional returning officers by six o'clock this evening. Official information to this effect was received ...
Article : 154 wordsMr. G. C. Bodkin, general secretary of the Railway Workers' Industry Branch of the A.W.U., in a statement on the proposed amalgamation of these bodies, ...
Article : 202 wordsThe Premier and a number of Ministers to-day discussed the question of conscription and the referendum on the subject which the Federal Government ...
Article : 111 wordsThe committee of the Newcastle and Northumberland Benevolent Society met at the office, Parry-street, yesterday afternoon, at 3 o'clock. ...
Article : 422 wordsThe first casualty list, giving the losses suffered by the United States troops in the recent raid upon the American trenches, has been published in the ...
Article : 106 wordsSpecial services will be held in the Methodist Church to-morrow. Home Mission meetings are to be held at Lambton on Tuesday, and New Lambton on Wednesday, the ...
Article : 72 wordsMr. Bonar Law, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, answering a question in the House of Commons, stated that the Government had not received any ...
Article : 36 wordsThe Crown Pictures are to be screened in the Temperance Hall to-night. A public meeting, to form a local subcommittee, with the object of forwarding the ...
Article : 282 wordsA telegram from Haparanda received in Sweden states that a large German squadron is cruising off Helsingfors, the capital of Finland. ...
Article : 24 wordsA bill to establish the Air Council has been introduced in the House of Commons. A despatch from Pekin states that China is sounding the Allies on a proposition ...
Article : 163 wordsMr. Willington, president of the Chamber of Manufactures, questioned to-day, said that he and other members of the chamber favoured conscription. He would ...
Article : 225 wordsAt Young's Pictures to-night, Charlotte Walker will be seen in "Mary Lawson's Secret." In which there is a sensational motor race. "Those Without Sin" will be screened, ...
Article : 166 wordsIn the office of the Government Dockyard at Walsh Island, Mrs. A. E. Cutler, wife of the general manager of the dockyard, unveiled a roll of duty, which ...
Article : 174 wordsA message from New York states that the United Press correspondent telegraphs that there was a most impressive burial or three American soldiers. ...
Article : 101 wordsMr. J. F. O'Reilly, assistant secretary of the Hairdressers and Wigmakers Employees' Union, is visiting Newcastle. The hairdressers' award had been varied by ...
Article : 325 wordsSome protests having been made against the Lord Mayor's banquet, to which Lord Rhondda, the Food Controller, is invited, Mr. Bonar Law, the Chancellor ...
Article : 67 wordsOwing to the wet weather and the consequent state of time park, the patriotic committee have postponed the gala day until Saturday next, the 17th instant. Everything ...
Article : 84 wordsAt the Newcastle Recruiting Depot yesterday is volunteers were accepted, and two rejected. A recruiting meeting was held in front of the Newcastle Post-office ...
Article : 45 wordsMrs. Jas. Richards and pupils are giving a vocal and instrumental concert in the mechanics' institute hall on Wednesday evening next. The proceeds are in aid of the Y.M.C.A. ...
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), Sat 10 Nov 1917, Page 7
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