Telegrams received here show that the German reinfoicemuits have become exhaunted, and the tide of fighting han turned in favour of the Allies, who, with ...
Article : 152 wordsIt is officially announced that Colonel Skinner's force, guarding the railhead at Tr[?]kkopjes, 50 miles from Swakopmund. in German South-west Africa, ...
Article : 55 wordsThe truly heart-rending appeal made for the Belgians in the cable columns of the "Courier" yesterday has brought home to citizens with aided and painful ...
Article : 1,162 wordsSplendid results continue to be achieved in connection with the Combined Picture Benefit for the "Courier" Belgian Fund, to which-country and suburban picture ...
Article : 1,000 wordsHerr Gottechalk, a German State Councillor, states that Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg, the Imperial Chancellor, has ordered the various German States to buy ...
Article : 60 wordsSub-lieutenant Medlicott and the mechanic with him were killed in a seaplane accident at Calshot, near Southampton, ...
Article : 28 wordsMr. F. D. A[?]land (Financial Secretary to the Treasury), in reply to a question in the House of Commons, stated that the Government was communicating with ...
Article : 80 wordsThe Kaiser recently telegraphed to his sister the Queen of Greece, describing the Austro-German successes in the Carpathians, and giving the number of ...
Article : 114 wordsLord Kitchener, replying to a question [?]n the House of Lords to-day with regard to the treatment of prisoners in Germany, said that hitherto he had always held ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 506 wordsThe Grimsby trawler Recolo struck a mine in the North Sea and was sunk. Two of the crew perished. A German seaplane to the east of Dover ...
Article : 48 wordsBesides the outer forts of the Bosphorus the Russian fleet on Sunday bombarded Anatole Kavak and Rumeli Kavak, and also Majar, further south, at close range, ...
Article : 44 wordsThere is much excitement in Greece at the success of the Allies in the Dardanelles Many Greeks express disappointment that another splendid opportunity ...
Article : 44 wordsThe London "Daily Telegraph" has published a map supplied by the general staff of a Foreign State which shows the positions of the Germans on the ...
Article : 164 wordsA report from Constantinople states that the Turkish Council of Ministers has asked the Sultan to accept the title of Ghazi, or "Conqueror." ...
Article : 37 wordsThe "Temps" states that at a secret meeting in Constantinople of leading members of the Committee of Union and Progress, which Germans were debarred ...
Article : 79 wordsThe Germans have half a million men in the Carpathians, of whom half are striving to force a passage against the eastern Russian wing in the direction of ...
Article : 112 wordsThe "Messagero" states that the Italian Ambassadors at Paris, Vienna, London, and Bellin have been summoned to Rome. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe Government has prohibited the exportation of raw cotton except to the allied countries or Spam and Portugal. ...
Article : 30 wordsIt is believed that Captain Pappenheim and a filibustering party have been killed in Mongolia. ...
Article : 23 wordsPublic gifts sold at Christie's auction moms to-day, on behalf of the Red Cross funds, realised £38,000. ...
Article : 27 words"Le Temps" states that the Germans on Monday night attempted to repeat Saturday's gas manoeuvre. The Belgians, however, were warned, and took ...
Article : 74 words(1) Canadian troops cheering King George and Lord Kitchener after the inspection at Salisbury Plain before the Canadians left for Prance in March. (2) The Canadians cheering the King and Lord Kitchener as the Royal train left after the inspection. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 45 wordsThe second phase of the battle for Cala[?] began on Monday with a counterattac[?] by the British and French, who junct[?]ned west of St. Julien amid a ...
Article : 163 wordsThe first day's subscriptions to the national fund tor the Belgians included £28,750 from New South Wales, £20,000 from the Lord Mayor of Melbourne, £1000 ...
Article : 68 wordsGerman newspapers state that several men recently represented themselves at Berlin to be survivors from the cruiser Emden, and were made heroes of by the ...
Article : 55 wordsTuesday's enlistment in Queensland for the Expeditionary Forces was as follows: —Metropolitan: Number presented, 12; accepted—Light Horse, 2; Infantry, 8; ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 58 wordsThe Miners' Conference has been adjourned until Thursday. ...
Article : 15 wordsField-Marshal Sir John French in his latest report says: We re[?]uised all attacks north-east of Ypres. We took the offensive, and progressed ...
Article : 101 wordsThe fourth series of wool sales for the present year opened to-day, when 12,556 bales were offered, comprising a representative selection, and including 3723 bales ...
Article : 126 wordsAn official communique issued to-day states: We consolidated our positions north of Ypres and on the heights of the Meuse. We recaptured ...
Article : 130 wordsThe Marquis of Lansdowne, speaking in the House of Lords to-day, said he greatly regretted reprisals, which was a policy a Christian country could not ...
Article : 182 wordsTenderers of £100 for the Victorian 4½ per cent. loan of £2,250,000 will have the amount allotted in full, and others will receive 50 to 60 per cent. of their tenders. ...
Article : 228 wordsA gratifying response is being made to the appeal for singlets for the Australian troops abroad. Yesterday contributions of singlets were received from ...
Article : 62 wordsMr. Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, in reply to a question in the House of Commons, said no special conditions were being applied to German ...
Article : 246 wordsIn connection with the chess display suggested by a correspondent in a recent issue of the "Courier," the Council of the Queensland Chess Association have ...
Article : 285 wordsThe Necessary Commodities Commission to-day decided that in the absence of further information it could not grant an application by the Coastal Farmers' ...
Article : 176 wordsThe War Office and the Admiralty state that after a day's hard fighting the troops in Gallipoli Peninsula made a thoroughly good footing, with the ...
Article : 171 wordsA Canadian who was present at the fighting on Thursday states: At 4 o'clock in the afternoon pickets reported that the French were retiring on the ...
Article : 445 wordsAr official announcement by the War Office states that the doctors report that several Canadians died from poisonous gases which were used in the recent ...
Article : 80 wordsThe wheat market is quieter. LONDON, Wednesday. The quotation in Chicago for May wheat options is 161¼ to 164½ cents per bushel; ...
Article : 60 wordsMr. Asquith, speaking in the House of Commons to-day, said the Germans from the beginning had treated British prisoners with indiscriminate harshness, and at the ...
Article : 75 words{No abstract available} [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 5 wordsA settlement his not yet been reached in relation to the dispile between the associated wool brokers and the wool buyers over the payment of prompt cash, ...
Article : 82 wordsA Blue Book which has been issued with regard to the rebellion in South Africa states that there is ample reason for believing that General De Wet and ...
Article : 126 wordsMany of the German prisoners taken in the recent operations in the vicinity of Ypres possessed cotton wads, and state that they inserted them in then nostrils ...
Article : 47 wordsFrom inquiries made in country districts it is learned that no polo will be played this season, not even club games, on account of the effects of the ...
Article : 115 wordsThe Enrl of Derby, speaking al Manchester, stated that people did not see[?] to realise that tremendous things were happening, and how critical the position ...
Article : 187 wordsA communique states: The hostile artillery attacks to the southward of Ypres failed under our fire, vritli heavy losses. We evacuated Lizerne after the enemy's ...
Article : 63 wordsDr. H. C. Garde, resident surgeon of the Maryborough General Hospital, received advice to-day of his appointment as major with the General Hospital in ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Thu 29 Apr 1915, Page 7
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