It is officially announced that Major-General Sir Bryan Thomas Mahon, C.B., K C.V.O., has been appointed Commander of the British Expedition to Serbia. ...
Article : 197 wordsHow the troops at the Front were thrilled by the recent visit of the King is graphically told by Mr. philip Gibbs, correspondent of the London "Daily ...
Article : 507 wordsThe Prize Court has condemned Herr Krupp's yacht Germania, which cost £45,000 to build, despite the plea of defendant's counsel that she was a ...
Article : 56 words"Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, lest we forget, lest we forget," sings Kipling, and how applicable those word[?] are to the present crisis in the history of ...
Article : 1,391 wordsYesterday 55 more men offered for service with the colours. At the Adelaide-street Drill Shed 37 men presented themselves, and 30 (including 4 for the ...
Article : 50 wordsWhen his Excellency the Governor visited the recent Laidley Show he expressed a wish to the Minister for Railways (Hon. John Adamson) to visit the ...
Article : 1,193 wordsMr. M'Kcnna, the Chancellor of the Exechequer, announced in the House of Commons to-day that an undertaking had been given that all the money ...
Article : 48 wordsResidents and visitors to Sandgate had an unexpected pleasure yesterday morning, when about 830 soldiers of the Expeditionary Force, in column of route, ...
Article : 606 wordsThe Bank of England returns for the week ended yesterday are set out in the following table, Which, for purposes of comparison, shows the returns for the ...
Article : 105 wordsMrs. Schwabe, New Farm, sent 3 pairs of socks for the Sock Fund, and 3 pairs of mittens and woollen infants' clothes for the Belgians. Mrs. Abraham, ...
Article : 109 wordsAt the wool sales to-day all crossbreds and best combing merinos were in good demand at firm prices, but faulty sorts were very slow of sale, and there were ...
Article : 71 wordsAn official communique states:—The enemy to the north-castward of Garbunowka occupied some of our trenches, but a counter-attack dislodged them. ...
Article : 97 wordsIt is officially stated that the total number of British casualties of all kinds, in all fields, since the outbreak of the war is 493,294. ...
Article : 33 wordsThe wheat market is quiet, and wheat is obtainable at lower rates. A freight fixture by sailing vessel, January, February, has been made at 65/ per ton. ...
Article : 45 wordsA cheque has been received from the Wynnum Town Billycan Fund for £75/7/1. this, with £40 previously received, making a total of £115/7/1 to date. It ...
Article : 125 wordsGeneral Botha, in giving evidence to-day in the case brought by him against Mannik, a State engineer, for libel, said that he was never in possession of the ...
Article : 75 wordsThe London "Daily Telegraph" says it is understood that Mr. Asquith will announce on Tuesday next the formation of a War Council, consisting of not more ...
Article : 173 wordsIn the House of Commons to-day Mr. Lloyd George said emphatically that no negotiations whatever had been, or were being, carried on between London and ...
Article : 150 wordsAlthough heavy snow has fallen in Trentino, the Alpini and artillery scaled heights of 9000ft., destroyed the Austrian trenches, and captured the summits of ...
Article : 210 wordsYesterday we made an appeal on behalf of No. 2 Australian Imperial Remount Unit for a bugle. In the afternoon the following letter, addressed to the editor ...
Article : 116 wordsA Serbian communique states: The Serbians on the right bank of the Morava were compelled to retire southsward. They also retired to the Tresibaba Heights, 20 ...
Article : 70 wordsLoad Brassey, in an interview with a representative of the Australian Press Association after his return from a visit in his yacht, the ...
Article : 461 wordsThe report that the Alies have reoccupied Uskub is not confirmed. If it is ture it is still possible to forward supplies for the Northern Serbian army to ...
Article : 71 wordsReplying to a question by Mr. R. L. Outhwaite, in the House of Commons, Mr. Bonar Law said the Government declined to pay the British troops 6/ per ...
Article : 55 wordsEvery 2/6 subscribed provides a box of Christmas gifts for one of our soldier boys. Sufficient has already been obtained for all the nurses and a number ...
Article : 179 wordsTo-day 22 men volunteered at Adelaide for active service, and 12 were accepted. During the week 230 men have volunteered and 156 have been accepted. ...
Article : 37 wordsSeveral cabled comments by Australian and New Zealand newspapers have elicited an important message to Australians by Mr. Bonar Law (Secretary of ...
Article : 450 wordsMr. A. J. Ba[?]our (First Lord of the Admiralty) announced in the House of Commons that it was intended to make the defences of london against Zeppelin ...
Article : 43 wordsAn official announcement states that. Generals Koevess and von Gallwitz continue to progress in the north of Serbia. The Bulgarians crossed the Timok on a ...
Article : 50 wordsIn the lobby of the Legislative Assembly yesterday there were a few returned soldiers. When the House met Mr. Peterson asked the Assistant Minister ...
Article : 276 wordsAdvices From Sofia state that the Bulgarians captured Pirot After a long and sanguinary fight. The Bulgarian newspapers admit that most of the inhabitants ...
Article : 69 wordsThe following communique was issued last night: There have been prolonged and intense artllery actions on the Heisas. Strenstrack, front, also at Boiscnbache, ...
Article : 45 wordsReplying to a question in the House of Commons as to whether Nurse Cavell had been guilty of a military offence under the Hague Convention, Sir Edward ...
Article : 234 wordsWord has been received by Mr. T Spencely, West House, Wynnum, from the Minister for Defence that Trooper G. T. Spencely, 5th Light Horse Brigade, ...
Article : 83 wordsCorrespondents state that in the effort to recapture Loos Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria hurled 23 battalions in the assault on October 8, and all were decimated in ...
Article : 59 wordsThe Pectrograd correspondent of the "Telegraaf" states that three divisions if Turkrh troops in the Caucasus have been transferred to Bulgaria to defend ...
Article : 38 wordsOn three or four occasions lately the water supply to the Enoggera camps has failed This is an old-standing grievance with residents, particularly on heights. ...
Article : 116 wordsExtracts which have been published from the diary of Private Becker, who was professor of Latin at the Bonn Gymnasium, testifies to the brutalities of the ...
Article : 92 wordsThe Russians have renewed the bombardment of the [?]alglgarian ports of Varna and Burgas, on the Black Sea. PETROGRAD, Friday. ...
Article : 86 wordsThe strike of some 360 employees of the Australian Woollen Mills continues, and the fulfilment of some military contracts is thus further delayed. The Sydney ...
Article : 67 wordsGeneral Sir Ian Hamilton, late Commander-in-Chief at the Dardanclles, in a farewell order, thanked all ranks under his command for the wonderful way in ...
Article : 66 wordsM. Viviani the Prime Minister, has resigned and M. Aristide Briand, who is now Minister for Justice, and was formerly Premier, has been asked to form ...
Article : 226 wordsThe Westminster City Council has offered a site in St. Martin's place for the proposed memorial to Nurse Cavell. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe Speaker of the Legislative Assembly (Mr. Meagher), the Minister for Works (Mr. Cann), and Mr. Peter Bowling were the principal speakers at ...
Article : 89 wordsThe Premier stated yesterday that the Conference of Premiers would meet in Melbourne on Monday afternoon. The business would relate mainly to finances. ...
Article : 129 wordsGerman newspapers state that Bulgaria has notified Greece that if the Bulgarians drive the Serbians into Greece Greek neutrality will not be respected. ...
Article : 34 wordsThe armoured cruiser Argyll is aground off the coast of Scotland, and it is feared that she will become a wreck. All the crew were resoued ...
Article : 116 wordsThe Victoria Cross has been awarded to Lance-sergeant Oliver Brooks, of the 3rd Coldstream Guards, for most conspicuous bravery at Loos. On October 8, when ...
Article : 88 wordssir J. A. Simon, Home Secretary, stated in the House of Commons to-day that no woman had been executed in Great Britain for espionage. Ten men had ...
Article : 47 words"The Idea Nazionale" declares that When the Bulgarian agreement with Germany was concluded in August, 1914, Roumania also entered into an agreement ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 152 wordsAll arrangements for the first production to-night at the Lyeeum Theatre, George street, of the film specially taken for the Recruiting Committee, ...
Article : 169 wordsHon. B. R. Wise, Agent-General for New South Wales, is endeavouring to secure a battery of the guns captured from the Germans for Sydney. ...
Article : 37 wordsThe snowball army of recruits, which is on the march from G[?]lgandra to Sydney, halted last night at Bathurst, and continued its march this morning, ...
Article : 58 wordsThe Distinguished Service has been conferred on the following Australian and New Zealand officers: AUSTRALIANS. ...
Article : 448 wordsRalph Blair and Dr. Thomas Addis have been found guilty by the Courts of conspiring to enlist British subjects for service in the British army. A case against ...
Article : 78 wordsSir J. A. simon, Home Secretary, stated in the House of Commons, that the numbers of men emigrating were much below, the normal, and the question of ...
Article : 42 wordsThe amount subscribed by the public to the principal Patrictic and War Relief Funds now stands at £1,962,000. The Australia Day fund now amounts to ...
Article : 33 wordsThe rent of safes and deed boxes at Trustees' Safe Deposit, 395 Queen-street, ranges from 10/6 per annum; a mere insurance premium. Inspection invited. ...
Article : 30 wordsChappell, also Sames. Chappell, also Sames. The choice of experts. Sole agents, Paling & Co., 86-88 Queen-street, Brisbane. ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Sat 30 Oct 1915, Page 5
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