It is semi-officially stated that the third act in the drama at Verdyb is beginning. The enemy's whole effort yesterday was directed to the sector ...
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Article : 45 wordsA scene occurred in the House of Commons to-day, when Sir A. B. Markham, Liberal member for Mansfield division of Nottinghamshire, continued the debate on ...
Article : 153 wordsIn a football match played at Richmond to-day, a team of New Zealand soldiers beat a team from the Inns of Court Officers' Training Corps by 20 to 6. ...
Article : 108 wordsMr. B. R. Wise, Agent-General for New South Wales, and Mr. H. E. Pratten, of New South Wales, paid a visit to Holland and inspected the internment refugee ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 59 wordsIt is rumoured here that Admiral von Tirpitz (German Minister for Marine) has resigned in consequence of disagreements with the German Government, chiefly ...
Article : 113 wordsThe wheat market is quiet. ...
Article : 12 wordsGeneral Smuts, who is in command of the British forces is German East Africa, has reported: We have occupied Arasa, which it was believed the Germans had ...
Article : 100 wordsMore help is yet required to provide our boys in camp at Easter time with butter and fish. Up to the present donations have come in freely, but as the ...
Article : 77 wordsAn official communique states: In the vicinity of the Ponievice railway we dispersed a large enemy convoy. We successfully bombarded forces on the march ...
Article : 44 wordsExperts in the inventions department of the Ministry of Munitions have examined the aeroplane engines designed by Mr. Werry, a Victorian, and are considering ...
Article : 36 wordsThe Canadian bankers have undertaken to extend a credit of 75,000,000 dollars (£15,000,000) to the British Government, to be drawn upon for payment for war ...
Article : 44 wordsUp to the present moment a fair deal of assistance has been meted out to this fund, which is to provide more comforts for our own boys who are attached to ...
Article : 84 wordsA Russian communique states: Continuing the pursuit of the Turks, we took prisoners 21 officers and 3200 men at Asherin, and captured two mountain ...
Article : 34 wordsAn official communique states: We blew up an advanced British position at Neuve Chanelle. The Silesian troops, with a strong[?] swinging onslaught, ...
Article : 56 wordsThe Hon. W. M. Hughes, Prime Minister of Australia, was entertained at [?] to-day by the British Imperial Council of Commerce. The gathering was ...
Article : 1,989 wordsA German official announcement denies that the submarine campaign has been postponed, and it adds that the campaign is now in full swing. ...
Article : 39 wordsThe Commission appointed by the Tsar to inquire into the shortage of munitions early in the war has found illegal acts on the part of General Sukhomlinoff, ...
Article : 64 wordsIn connection with the art union drawing in aid of this fund, persons desirous of securing tickets to sell are requested to do so without delay, as the number is ...
Article : 61 wordsOwing to the Italian offensive, 50,000 Austrian troops who were about to reinforce the Germans at Verdun have been stopped at Innsbruck, in the Tyrol. ...
Article : 39 wordsA soldier who has not yet been definitely identified, but whose name was suggested by some military men to be Wotton, unfortunately met his death ...
Article : 164 wordsA punitive expedition sent by the United States Government has entered Mexico in pursuit of General Villa and the bandits who recently raided the ...
Article : 43 wordsGeneral Sir Douglas Haig reports: We carried out a small raid south of Verlorenbo[?]k with satisfactory results. There has been considerable aerial activity, and ...
Article : 70 wordsReports from Bucharest, the capital of Roumania, show that the Government is requisitioning vehicles, horses, and boats. Germans and Austrians are quitting the ...
Article : 60 wordsReferring to-day to the manufacture in Australia of shells for the British Government, the Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) made the following statement:— ...
Article : 268 wordsA semi-official account of the recapture of trenches by the British at the Ypres-Comines Canal on March 2 states that the British did not attach ...
Article : 242 wordsIt is officially announced that the British force under General Peyton has occupied Sollum, on the frontier between Egypt and Tripoli. Armed motor cars ...
Article : 65 wordsThe Federal Treasurer (Hon. W. G. Higgs) stated to-day that a number of persons have been in the habit of getting sovereigns from the Treasury and melting ...
Article : 116 wordsThe London "Evening Standard" publishes an amusing leading article headed "Samson and the Philistines." It warns Mr. Hughes "not to lose the precious quality ...
Article : 160 wordsIt is officially stated that General Sir Percy Lake, Commander-in-Chief in Mesopotamia, has turned the enemy out of his advanced position on the Tigris. The ...
Article : 62 wordsA proclamation appears in the "Commonwealth Gazette" issued to-day prohibiting the export of tallows, fats, oils, caustic soda, and other materials ...
Article : 99 wordsAustria has declared war against Portugal. ...
Article : 17 wordsThe Minister for Railways (Hon. J. Adamson), in referring to an utterance by the Hon. Joseph Cook, and to other statements concerning the alleged undue ...
Article : 133 wordsA Parliamentary delegation has returned from Verdun, impressed with the difference between the French and German transport systems. The Germans in the ...
Article : 125 wordsSpeaking in the House of Lords, Lord Derby said that he intended to remain at the War Office as long an he could to assist Lord kitchener in his pledge, ...
Article : 320 wordsThe Melbourne correspondent of the London "Daily Chronicle" cables that the speeches of Coalition Ministers, published in Australia, conveying the intention to ...
Article : 121 wordsIn regard to the export of hides and leather the Collector of Customs (Mr. O. S. Maddocks) states that Mr. J. Gibson, tanner, of Kedron, Brisbane, has been ...
Article : 138 wordsSir,—With reference to your article in Monday's "Courier" headed "Union Interests First," I beg to enclose £1 in the hope that many others will do the ...
Article : 158 wordsWednesday's cables announced that honours have been bestowed for the withdrawal from Gallipoli upon five officers, one of whom is Brigadier-General C.B.B. ...
Article : 134 wordsThe wheat problem is chiefly engaging the attention of Mr. Hughes, who had further interviews yesterday with Mr. Bonar Law (Secretary of State for the ...
Article : 140 wordsA telegram reports that Allied aviators [?] over Essen and Munchen-Gladbach, [?] Dusseldorf. Six sheds at Essen [?] Krupp's famous works are ...
Article : 67 wordsMr. and Mrs..T. T. Fy[?]e, of Gladstone-road, South Brisbane, have been notified by the Military authorities that the Driver C. F. Fyfe, No. [?] reported ...
Article : 74 wordsMrs J. Campbell, of Woody Point, forwarded a pair of socks. ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Fri 17 Mar 1916, Page 7
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