The British attack continues successfully. Their battle-front is now 56-miles, having been extended several miles by the entry of General Horne's army into the conflict. The British are fighting over three-fourths of the front from Vimy Ridge to Chaulnes, where they join up ...
Article : 248 wordsThe London "Gazette" contains stirring stories of deeds of heroism and indomitable courage in the course of a long list of those mentioned by Vice-admiral ...
Article : 543 wordsMr. W. M. Hughes, the Prime Minister of Australia, has arrived in Glasgow, and has visited the Industrial Fair, which exemplifies in certain cases the British ...
Article : 501 wordsCorrespondents in France report that they have read a great number of letters found on Germans. The "Morning Post" says: "There is ...
Article : 75 wordsA meeting of the Stanford-Merthyr Lodge was held on Wednesday night, and was attended by Mr. Baddeley, district president, and Mr. Brennan, the general ...
Article : 61 wordsThe funeral of the late Michael Brogan took place from his parents residence, Teralba, on Saturday. Deceased came to this country five years ago from ...
Article : 103 wordsMr. J. J. Cohen, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, took the chair at half-past four o'clock this afternoon. Mr. Fuller, the Chief Secretary, stated ...
Article : 1,245 wordsThe Newcastle District Abattoir Board, consisting of Councillor W. Beath (chairman), Aldermen C. G. Melville, A. M'Gregor, D. Murray, and H. M. Shedden, with ...
Article : 652 wordsA matter affecting the pay of wheelers at Wallarah Colliery was considered at a conference between Mr. H. Marks, manager of the Wallarah Coal Company, and ...
Article : 183 wordsThe Patriotic Committee took over £15 at the door on the occasion of the recent welcome home to returned local soldiers. The Cardiff Town Band will play in ...
Article : 37 wordsThe Speers' Point Sunshine Girls held a concert in the Sulphide Hall, to raise money in support of a bazaar to be held shortly in aid of the Boolaroo Soldiers' ...
Article : 201 wordsAmsterdam reports that the Vienna correspondent of the "Weser Zeitung" reports that serious events are imminent in Bohemia. The moment for proceeding from ...
Article : 93 wordsIt is the intention of the executive of the Colliery Employees' Federation to make an inspection of the weighbridge and appliances installed at the Cardiff ...
Article : 59 wordsLord Beaverbrook's newspaper, the "Daily Express," in a leader, says that it does not object to a general election in order to secure a Parliament pledged to ...
Article : 98 wordsThe reply of Mr. Holman, the Premier, in connection with the suggested employment of free labour at one of the idle Abermain collieries was commented upon ...
Article : 61 wordsField-marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports: —The Australians victoriously advanced and reached the general line of Fresnes-Herbecourt. The enemy is stubbornly ...
Article : 337 wordsA bazaar and programme of sports were held at Dora Creek, in laid of the Red Cross Society. Owing to the unavoidable absence of the president, Mr. Harold ...
Article : 234 wordsLord Stalbridge's decision to sell portion of his Dorset estates brings two of Mr. Thomas Hardy's famous Wessex towns under the hammer, Shaftesbury and ...
Article : 84 wordsA meeting of the members of the Dudley Miners' Lodge was held at Charlestown yesterday to consider the question of employment of a member at the colliery who ...
Article : 96 wordsMr. Philip Gibbs telegraphs: As instancing the confusion of the German troop distribution, odd battalions and companies are mixed chaotically, but are ...
Article : 314 wordsThe American delegation, including Mr. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Labour Federation, has arrived in England for the Trade Union Congress to ...
Article : 172 wordsAt a meeting of the Newcastle and district sawmill employees, held at the Trades Hall last night, a report was received from Mr. L. A. Johns, the general ...
Article : 46 wordsA clear case of a German submarine attempting to sink a vessel without leaving a trace has been revealed by the French Government. ...
Article : 285 wordsMr. J. Atkins, the general secretary of the Federated Engine-drivers and Firemen's Union, attended a meeting of the members at the Trades Hall last ...
Article : 68 wordsMr. T. W. Stanford, the brother of the late Leland Stanford, the American millionaire, who has been a conspicuous figure in Melbourne for many years, died ...
Article : 171 wordsMr. W. Dick presided at a meeting of the Soldiers' Presentation and Welcome Home Committee last night. Messrs. H. Atkinson and a'Beckett reported progress ...
Article : 250 wordsGodfrey Jones, a minor of Ebbw Vale, who, at the outbreak of the war, enlisted as a private, has been promoted to Brigadier-General. He is 36 years of age. ...
Article : 33 wordsThe report submitted at the half-yearly meeting of the Newcastle branch of the Australian Plumbers and Gasflitters' Union indicated that there had been an ...
Article : 111 wordsIt is reported from Amsterdam that the Kaiserin's condition is worse, and her heart weakness has increased. Bulletins are not being published, for ...
Article : 31 wordsIn the House of Assembly to-day, Mr. A. H. Peake, the Premier, in reply to Mr. Butterfield, said the Government had decided that the inquiry into the working ...
Article : 64 wordsDr. Fournier d'Albe's "optophone" has been successfully used at the British Scientific Exhibition. This invention enables blind persons to ...
Article : 38 wordsA meeting of the Newcastle Eight-hour Committee was held at the Trades Hall last night. Mr. H. H. Lloyd presided. Credentials were received for Mr. A. ...
Article : 430 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly to-night, Mr. Davies gave notice of his intention to ask Mr. Fitzpatrick, the Minister for Mines, if it was a fact that widows in ...
Article : 77 wordsA German official report states:—We held up an enemy thrust after bitter fighting near Pelves and near Vise en Artois and Croisilles. ...
Article : 59 wordsMr. Percival Phillips telegraphs: The German High Command must be anxious over the fall of Roye, the Australian advance on ...
Article : 323 wordsThe Board of Agriculture announces that 12,398,730 acres are under crops in England and Wales. The area is the largest for 20 years. ...
Article : 67 wordsThe second reading of the Sedition Bill was to have been taken in the Legislative Assembly to-night, but it was postponed, and now it will not be dealt with ...
Article : 85 wordsIt is reported from Amsterdam that the Kaiser has bestowed the order of the Black Eagle, which is the highest German distinction, on General von Boehm, the ...
Article : 45 wordsMrs. M'Carthy, of Arnold-street, Mayfield, has received word that her husband, Private H. M'Carthy, 17th Battalion, is returning to Australia at an early date. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe strike of cokeworkers at Hoskins', Limited, Wongawilla mine, West Dapto, has ended. The men, at a meeting to-day, decided to return to work at once. They ...
Article : 65 wordsThe Australian official correspondent telegraphs:—The Australians north of the Somme on Tuesday advanced over the high ground beyond Suzanne to near ...
Article : 235 wordsThe French Ministry of Marine denies the capture of Captain Schweiger, the man who sunk the Lusitania. It adds that the British buried him in ...
Article : 31 wordsA Turkish communique reports: Enemy airmen raided constantinople on Sunday night. Bombs fell in the outer quarter of the city. ...
Article : 25 wordsMr. J. T. Furnass, evangelist, conducted mission services in the Carrington Methodist Church to large congregations, and the mission is being continued until next ...
Article : 127 wordsThe plaintiff in a case that came before the Newcastle Small Debts Court yesterday was an elderly Chinese, who is in business in the city. He had been ...
Article : 401 wordsPRIVATE REED.—Mr. and Mrs. Edward Reed, of Mayfield, have received word that their son, Private A. A. Reed, was killed in action in France on August 8th, 1918. ...
Article : 319 wordsThe Spanish steamer Carassa, of 2099 tons, has been sunk by a German submarine. The sinking is expected to bring the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 228 wordsThe Monmouthshire miners threaten to strike unless a larger allowance of cheese, butter, and jam is forthcoming. Mr. Winstone, the Welsh miners' ...
Article : 48 wordsAt Cambridge, England, Lord Milford Haven and President Wilson received the honorary degree of doctor of law. President Wilson was represented by Mr. ...
Article : 212 wordsThe story of "Little Bertha," the German 11-inch railway gun, captured on August 8th, and now exhibited in Paris, is related by Australian officers who saw ...
Article : 245 wordsThe latest French communique states: We have occupied Chaulnes. We continued to pursue the enemy, who, under our pressure, precipitately ...
Article : 246 wordsStockholm reports that the "Demokraten," from statements supplied, estimates that the White Guards have executed without trial, over 10,000 Finnish ...
Article : 78 wordsMr. J. Johnston presided over a meeting of the presentation committee, when final arrangements were made for the frolic on Monday night next, when the ...
Article : 45 wordsThe entertainment given by Mr. Paddy King's Vaudeville Company in the Star Theatre, Junction, last evening, in aid of the Junction monument fund, attracted ...
Article : 97 wordsMrs. W. Hawley, of Robertson-street, Carrington, has received word that her husband, Lance-corporal W. Hawley, who was reported wounded a short time ago, ...
Article : 71 wordsAmsterdam reports that the Finnish opposition to the proposal that the Grand Duke Adolf of Mecklenburg shall be King of Finland has resulted in vetoing the ...
Article : 48 wordsAt a meeting in connection with the roll of honour movement, the sum of £23 was handed in, bringing the total to £92. London's underground railways carry ...
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), Fri 30 Aug 1918, Page 5
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