A British attack has taken place on a wide front north of the Ancre, between Amiens and Arras. It was launched by the Third Army, under General Byng, on a nine miles front, largely aided by tanks. ...
Article : 201 wordsMr. Nevison said that General von Below's Seventeenth Army, with probably fifty battalions, opposed yesterday's British advance. The enemy's front line was ...
Article : 518 wordsThe latest French communique states:—Between the Matz and the Oise the enemy, despite his resistance, bent under our vigorous pressure. Lassigny has ...
Article : 243 wordsMr. Holman, the Premier and Treasurer, delivered his Budget speech in the Legislative Assembly to-night. He pointed out that last year's surplus ...
Article : 1,842 wordsThe miners' delegate board met again in Newcastle yesterday, and sat until half-past four o'clock. All the lodges were represented. Mr. J. M. Baddeley, the ...
Article : 361 wordsMr. W. M. Hughes, writing approving of next Saturday's demonstration in Hyde Park demanding the internment of all enemy aliens, says:— ...
Article : 51 wordsWith a view to economising coal, further drastic reductions will be made in passenger trains after October, reaching 50 per cent. in the case of holiday resorts. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe War Office has decided that from August 1st the Distinguished Service Order, the Military Cross and the Distinguished Conduct Medal will be awarded ...
Article : 33 wordsA meeting convened by Alderman Kilgour, the Mayor of Newcastle, at the request of the Navy League, was held at the Newcastle Council Chambers last night, ...
Article : 1,165 wordsIt is reported from Paris that a captured German order instructs battalion commanders to employ the smartest men in the front line with the greatest mobility, ...
Article : 59 wordsThe British Admiralty reports:—Between the 15th and 18th August air force contingents attached to the Navy dropped 15 to 16 tons of explosives on the ...
Article : 80 wordsWe attacked at 4.55 on Wednesday morning on a wide front northward of the Ancre. The attack is progressing satisfactorily. ...
Article : 285 wordsThe conciliation provisions of the new Industrial Arbitration Act are to be submitted to the miners in Newcastle district. This will be done at once, and ...
Article : 113 wordsMr. James, the correspondent of the "New York Times" on the American front, states that German soldiers are told by their officers that when captured by ...
Article : 76 wordsAmsterdam reports that a message from Berlin states that Dr. Solf, the German Minister for the Colonies, declares that the Jingoes, though numerous, do not ...
Article : 131 wordsIn No. 3 Lndustrial Court to-day Judge Curlewis had again before him the application of the Newcastle and District Storemen and Packers' Union for an award in ...
Article : 283 wordsA special executive meeting of the Colliery Employees' Federation was held at the Trades Hall last night. Mr. Baddeley presided, and Messrs. Lewis and ...
Article : 86 wordsA German official report states:—Between the Ancre and the Avro since the 8th instant our troops report that more than 600 tanks were destroyed. ...
Article : 78 wordsThe Australian Official Correspondent telegraphs: Wherever one goes amongst the Australian infantry who attacked on August 8th, and on the following days, ...
Article : 468 wordsWork was resumed at the Pelaw-Main Colliery yesterday. ...
Article : 10 wordsA telegram from Tokio states that the Japanese War Office publishes a message from the Czech leader, stating that 30,000 Austro-Germans with 70 guns and ...
Article : 142 wordsCopenhagen reports that the American Minister in Stockholm drew the attention of the Government to the "Aftonbladet's" articles personally reflecting on President ...
Article : 145 wordsThe membership of the Newcastle branch of the United Labourers' Protective Society is approaching 600. Satisfaction with this progress is expressed ...
Article : 120 wordsFrance has strongly protested against Germany's irregularities in connection with the agreement to exchange prisoners. ...
Article : 58 wordsFollowing the strike conference, telegrams have been sent to various provincial unions, requesting delegates to attend an adjourned conference, at which a report ...
Article : 160 wordsThe Australian Press Association learns that General Byng attacked from Moyenneville and Beaucourt sur Ancre without artillery preparation. The enemy ...
Article : 116 wordsMr. J. J. Cohen, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, took the chair at half-past four o'clock this afternoon. In reply to Mr. Kearaley, Mr. Beeby, ...
Article : 188 wordsMr. N. J. Connington, M.L.C., chairman of the Federal Shipbuilding Tribunal, will visit Walsh Island this afternoon. ...
Article : 19 wordsA new branch of the Federated Society of Boilermakers was opened in Sydney on Tuesday by Mr. J. O'Toole, the general secretary of the organisation. This will ...
Article : 243 wordsA post mortem examination by Dr. Mollison of the body of the murdered woman, Roma Smith, indicates that the woman was stunned by a blow on the head with ...
Article : 69 wordsCopenhagen reports that advices from Vienna state that Count Burian, the Austrian Foreign Minister, answering an interview at Headquarters, said that the ...
Article : 128 wordsCarrington Council met on Thursday night, there being present: The Mayor, Alderman M'Cormack, and Aldermen Partridge, Wilson, Parker, M'Gregor, ...
Article : 434 wordsThe United Press Correspondent, telegraphing on Wednesday afternoon, states: General Byng's offensive opened through a camouflage of mist, which lay ...
Article : 424 wordsPRIVATE ALBERT E. LOSTROH.—Mr. C. B. Jackson, of Bolted-street, Newcastle, received notice yesterday of the death in France of his son-in-law, Private Albert ...
Article : 248 wordsIt is reported from Christiania that the Dutch steamer Gascondier, laden with grain and flour for Belgian relief, had been subjected to a submarine atrocity ...
Article : 94 wordsThe Press Bureau has issued the following statement of the mercantile shipping losses in July, all in gross tons:— British, 176,479 tons; Allied and ...
Article : 189 wordsThe Town Hall was crowded to-night when a meeting was held to protest against the legislation proposed by Mr. Holman to suppress seditious utterances. ...
Article : 181 wordsThe conference between representatives of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers and the Disputes Board of the Iron and Steel Section of the Chamber of ...
Article : 101 wordsSir Joseph Ward, the Treasurer of New Zealand, handed the Belgian Minister a casket made of New Zealand timbers, the gift of a New Zealand lady, for ...
Article : 140 wordsAt the Newcastle Steel Works the erection has been completed of a large mill for the making of steel rods, which will be produced down to 1-8th of an inch in ...
Article : 51 wordsThe Press Bureau reports: Mr. Lloyd George has sent a message to a mass meeting of Allied women war workers in Paris. He paid a tribute to women's work in ...
Article : 136 wordsMr. Beeby, the Minister for Labour, to-day heard the representations of a deputation, who asked for the abolition of the late shopping night. ...
Article : 624 wordsBy regulation under the War Precautions Act, the military authorities are empowered to prohibit aliens from taking part in public meetings, and ...
Article : 86 wordsA meeting in furtherance of the recruiting movement will be held at the depot, Hunter-street, Newcastle. Mr. G. S. Beeby, the Minister for Labour and ...
Article : 72 wordsThe desirability or otherwise of an immediate general election is widely discussed. It is suggested in some quarters that opposition to the election arises from ...
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), Fri 23 Aug 1918, Page 5
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