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Advertising : 180 wordsThe question of the defence of the United States is now agitating the Press and politicians. Messrs. Fitzgerald, and Shirley, members of the House of ...
Article : 287 wordsMr. Knibbs, Commonwealth Statistician, to-day issued a circular relating to persons in the Commonwealth of Austrian or German birth. As regards Australians of ...
Article : 184 wordsThe following description of the fight between H.M.A.S. Sydney and the Emden has been received by the Defence Department, Melbourne:— ...
Article : 1,602 wordsFollowing is an interim report of the Central Council of the Australian branch of the British Red Cross Society, issued from Government House. Melbourne, ...
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Advertising : 485 wordsSir,—I read with interest the letter written by "Ex-Non-Com." and would, with your permission, endorse his action. I also was subjected to the same ...
Article : 127 wordsIn consideration of the receipt of £8,000,000 of Russian gold the Bank of England will discount under Government guarantee a further £12,000,000 worth of ...
Article : 39 wordsEx-Non-Commissioned officers of any branch of his Majesty's forces are required for the duration of the war, their assistance in training the New Army ...
Article : 100 wordsThe Government will now permit the exportation of merino wools to the United States, on satisfactory guarantees being given. ...
Article : 24 wordsAmount previously acknowledged, £120,056/13/9; Employees Brisbane City Council, third contribution, making a total of £240, £80; Sherwood Amateur ...
Article : 107 wordsIn regard to the question raised as to the launching of the cruiser Brisbane, the Minister for Defence made the following statement:—There appears to be ...
Article : 837 wordsSir,—"Empty vessels maketh a great sound; brainless heads make noisome sounds." That is how the various letters by the "White Feather Brigade" ...
Article : 576 wordsThe Governor of Fiji, Sir Ernest Bickman Sweet-Escott, K.C.M.G., takes, a keen interest in the little kingdom over whose destinies he presides. In the report of ...
Article : 119 wordsThe art union drawing sanctioned by the Attorney-General, in connection with the six hand-painted articles kindly donated by Mrs. J. Murray, was held ...
Article : 161 wordsSir,—The generosity being shown to-wards Germans by the authorities of Australia in time of war presents a strange contrast to the German attitude towards ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 252 wordsSir,—There is a matter which might, through your columns, be brought under the notice of the Department of Public Instruction, and that is the appointment ...
Article : 276 wordsSir,—Mr. W. Bleakley writes in yesterday's "Courier" re the destruction of the French and Belgian churches by the "Huns": "Those were the days when the ...
Article : 347 wordsMr. P. E. Walcott, chairman of Queensland trustees for the Commonwealth Public Service Patriotic Funds, advised as follows:—"As the Minister for Defence ...
Article : 101 wordsA Paris message from a British correspondent, dated September 24, states:— "The British Army veterinary surgeon in charge of the hospitals for horses on ...
Article : 162 wordsA patriotic concert held in the Childers Mill (C.S.R. Co.) reading-room on Thursday evening was very successful. It is estimated 450 persons were present. Mr. ...
Article : 244 wordsOn Friday, the day fixed upon by the Archbishop for special intercession throughout the diocese in connection with the war, there were large congregations ...
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Advertising : 74 wordsSir,—I notice in to-day's "Courier" a complaint from "Ex-Non-Com." regarding applications for the instructional staff, and I endorse his complaint. In ...
Article : 112 wordsNo incident since the outbreak of the war will more forcibly strike the imagination of the British race than the magnificent heroism displayed by the crew of ...
Article : 242 wordsRumours of disloyal utterances by R. V. Hummel, manager of the Suffolk United Mine, have been current of late, and a special meeting of directors of the ...
Article : 133 wordsSir,—There have been several letters in the "Courier" re the white feather brigade and patriotism. The patriots would soon be found if the Commonwealth ...
Article : 295 wordsSir,—I have read a number of strange letters on the subject of the war published in your columns, and have so far refrained from any comment, but when a ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 61 wordsSir,—Your correspondent, Robt. B. Shackleton, says, "We see ample evidence even in peaceable, pastoral Australia of the disloyal spirit, quite enough to set ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Mon 7 Dec 1914, Page 8
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