The British and French are advancing west of Rheims in the direction of Fismes. They have reached Gueux and Mery Premecy. Reports have been received in America that the British have made a sensational gain, but so far they are without confirmation. It is known that ...
Article : 136 wordsField-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:—The enemy attacked four posts southward of Metern after heavy artillery and trench mortar preparation, and ...
Article : 212 wordsMr. Bonar Law, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, stated in the House of Commons that the Government would make a full statement regarding their economic ...
Article : 653 wordsIt is reported from Washington that the United States Senate, discussing a possible peace offensive, was united in agreeing that peace could only come ...
Article : 85 wordsThe fixed prices for meat, as embodied in the regulation under the War Precautions Act, which was passed recently, will come into force on Monday. The ...
Article : 1,437 wordsIt is estimated that there are at the present time between half land three-quarters of a million tons or coal lying "at grass" in different parts of the ...
Article : 875 wordsA deputation, introduced by Mr. Cocks, M.P., waited upon Mr. Holman, the State Premier, to-day, and presented to him the resolutions carried at the recent Good ...
Article : 715 wordsPresident Wilson has issued a statement, denouncing mob rule in the United States. He calls on his countrymen to show ...
Article : 65 wordsAn official message from Italy, received in Washington, states that it is probable that a new German-Austrian offensive is preparing. ...
Article : 46 wordsThe latest messages from correspondents on the French front state that it seems likely that Generan von Boehm's retreat will not stop short. It is still ...
Article : 156 wordsA message from Zurich reports that the "Frankfurter Zeitung" states:—General Foch's offensive is not merely an attack on both sides of Rheims, but is intended ...
Article : 61 wordsAmsterdam reports that frontier reports record remarkable work by the new British aeroplanes, which are provided with reserve ...
Article : 80 wordsIt is reported from Pekin that Japan has prohibited press notices respecting the Siberian expedition. ...
Article : 18 wordsThe weather was fine at Newcastle yesterday morning, but in the evening some fairly heavy showers of rain fell. The maximum shade temperature was 62 ...
Article : 508 wordsBerlin messages received in Stockholm state that the Czecho-Slovaks have seized Jaroslav, 173 miles north-east of Moscow. They are now marching towards ...
Article : 34 wordsThe New York press publishes rumours of a sensational British advance towards Fismes. The French are gaining elsewhere. The Crown Prince is thus in ...
Article : 158 wordsThe Australian newspaper delegates en route to England were entertained by the Harvard Club, when there was a representative gathering. ...
Article : 166 wordsThe official Australian correspondent telegraphing on Thursday, says:—Last night the Germans, wanting to identify exactly what troops are now before them, ...
Article : 322 wordsA French report states:— We took thirty prisoners in a raid south of Montdidier. On the north bank of the Marne the ...
Article : 80 wordsThree new Victoria Cross awards are announced. The most conspicuous is that of Brigadier-General St. George Grogan, of the ...
Article : 134 wordsThe Australian Press Association learns that, as the result of the last two days' fighting (Tuesday and Wednesday), the French line runs south-easterly from ...
Article : 195 wordsPRIVATE LITHGOW.—Mrs. J. Knott, of Newtown, Minmi, has received advice that Private Joseph Lithgow, of "Newcastle's Own" Battalion, was killed in action in ...
Article : 263 wordsA telegram from Paris reports that Napoleon's great-grandson, Daniel Napoleon Mesnard, has been killed at the head of a machine gun section near Rheims. He ...
Article : 193 wordsLord Newton stated in the House of Lords that there was little hope of a speedy ratification of the Hague prisoners' agreement, particularly in view of ...
Article : 166 wordsThere was a large gathering of shareholders of the Northumberland Permanent Building, Investment, Land and Loan Society, in the offices of the society, ...
Article : 559 wordsThe King has inspected the aeroplane mother-ship from which the raid on the Zeppelin sheds at Tondern was carried out. ...
Article : 135 wordsThe British captured Vrigny on Tuesday, and occupied the woods on the eastward and westward of the town, thereby gaining an important local advantage. ...
Article : 78 wordsMr. R. Kempster, the secretary to the Newcastle branch of the Amalgamated Carpenters, has been furnished with particulars of the voting for and against ...
Article : 158 wordsReferring to-night to the weather conditions, the Commonwealth Divisional Meteorologist said the disturbance responsible for the breaking of the dry ...
Article : 127 wordsFrench correspondents pay a warm tribute to the tenacity of the British at Vrigny, which is regarded as a vital point. A considerable advance there will ...
Article : 78 wordsThe Board of Agriculture and the Ministries of Labour and Pensions have been appointed a committee to be called the Officers' University Technical Training ...
Article : 94 wordsIt is estimated that 80 per cent. of munition workers in the Birmingham district are idle, including many unskilled and semi-skilled men, who are thrown ...
Article : 330 wordsThe fourth annual meeting of the Newcastle Red Cross Society is to be held at the Newcastle Council Chambers on Wednesday evening, August 7. Miss Gladys ...
Article : 57 wordsThe price of wheat is unchanged. Further sales on passage of parcels arriving have been made at 79s 6d a quarter. Flour is firm, and a quantity of Australian and ...
Article : 115 wordsThe latest German official report states:—We repulsed attacks between Bucquoy and Heburterne, westward of Albert, and in the vicinity of Mailly, and threw back ...
Article : 37 wordsOwing to the rain last evening there was only a small attendance at the meeting at the Newcastle Council Chambers, called by Alderman Kilgour, the Mayor, for the ...
Article : 309 wordsMr. O'Toole, general secretary of the Boilermakers, visited Walsh Island dockyard yesterday in the interests of the society. There are eleven boilermakers and ...
Article : 82 wordsAugust 1 is Wattle Day, but Mrs. Dunlop, president of the Wattle Day League, states that the permission of the Repatriation Board has not yet been granted ...
Article : 161 wordsAmerica's offer after the Sardinero was torpedoed to convoy all Swiss cornships won great popularity for the Allies. Whatever the opinion at the beginning ...
Article : 131 wordsAmsterday reports that the German papers, acting on inspired comunications, admit the defeat on the Marne. They explain that the French flank ...
Article : 94 wordsHenry Minogue, a university student, was fined £5 by Mr. Moore, P.M., at the Melbourne City Court to-day, for a breach of the War Precautions Regulations in ...
Article : 55 wordsMr. H. J. Mitchell, secretary to the Hospital and Asylum Employees' Union of New South Wales, visited Newcastle branches this week. During his stay he ...
Article : 86 wordsAustralia Day was celebrated in Adelaide with the greatest enthusiasm. Delightful weather prevailed, and the streets were crowded. The pageant was a ...
Article : 78 wordsThe Dean of Newcastle announces that he is making arrangements to hold a civic service in the Newcastle Cathedral at noon on Tuesday, August 6th, in ...
Article : 141 wordsGerman prisoners from the Marne now in Marseilles confess that the French counter blow was a bitter and terrible surprise. They were greatly astonished at the large ...
Article : 71 wordsMr. Archibald Hurd, the naval critic, writes:—Although the losses by submarines continue to increase, the sinking still greatly exceed the output of the ...
Article : 115 wordsThe half-yearly report of the Sydney Trades and Labour Council sets forth that 102 unions were affiliated on June 30th, as against 104 at the end of last year. The ...
Article : 468 wordsRed Cross Day operations in Brisbane commenced this morning. Queen-street was wholly closed to traffic. Stalls were erected along the whole length from ...
Article : 62 wordsCaptured army orders indicate the Germans relied on finding large stocks of provisions. The shortage of food must have been keenly felt, in view of the Allied ...
Article : 80 wordsThe British Admiralty states that as a result of the first explosion, fifteen of the Justicia's engine-room staff are missing. The submarine sunk by the destroyer ...
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), Sat 27 Jul 1918, Page 7
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