In the discussion on the Army Estimates in the House of Commons to-day, Mr. H. J. Tennant (Under Secretary for War) said that every effort would be ...
Article : 950 wordsThough there is no official news of the fighting on the Australian front, and the Australians are not mentioned in General Sir Douglas Haig's communiques, the ...
Article : 635 wordsThe net revenue of the Customs and Postal Departments for the month [?] May, 1916, shows an increase of well over £500,000 above the figures for the ...
Article : 256 wordsA new regulation, under the War Precautions Act, has been adopted by the Federal Executive Council, giving power to the Chief of the General Staff and the ...
Article : 535 wordsThe "Tidningen," a daily newspaper published in Stockholm, gives details of a reported engagement in the Baltic off Excloesund, a Swedish port. Four ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 482 wordsWednesday's complete returns were made available yesterday. The total acceptances were 41, of which 27 came from the country, and 14 from the ...
Article : 57 wordsThe Royal Commission, under the presidency of Viscount Hardinge, appointed to inquire into and report upon the recent rebellion in Ireland, coutinued its ...
Article : 388 wordsThe present full in recruiting was touched upon by his Excellency the Governor at his inspection of the 42nd Battalion at Enoggera yesterday. His ...
Article : 96 wordsIt is officially stated that a German submarine, which was recently in the atlantic, attempted, on May 2, to stop a 3000-ton freight steamer, which was not ...
Article : 104 wordsThe recruiting figures to-day were: Volunteered, 78[?] accepted, 53. MELBOURNE, June 1. In Victoria to-day 62 recruits were ...
Article : 33 wordsThe warn pensions, for which the Commonwealth is liable, are steadily growing. During the month of May 2155 fresh pensions were granted, bringing the total ...
Article : 142 wordsA remarkable passage in Colonel Winston Churchill's speech in the House of Commons on the Army Estimates revealed the fate of the premier division of ...
Article : 296 wordsA special meeting of the Wattle Day League was held in the Town Hall on Wednesday in connection with the celebration of Wattle Day on July 7. The ...
Article : 186 wordsArgument on the question of whether the Commonwealth Government exceeded its Constitutional powers in [?] th selling price of bread was continued ...
Article : 344 wordsHundreds of kliaki-clad warriors standing to attention with soldierly mien, [?] moving with initary precision; martial brass band music alternating with the ...
Article : 673 wordsThe members of the Royal Colonial Institute entertained the Premier of Queensland (Hon. T. J. Ryan) at luncheon at the Hotel Cecil to-day. ...
Article : 376 wordsSir,—An innovation, which will no doubt be of interest to the general public, was introduced by the A.S.E into the brass shop at the Ipswich Railway ...
Article : 1,161 wordsIn a statement outlining the musketry training, the Minister for Defence said to-day: "In the first week the trainee has four hours' instruction in musketry, ...
Article : 259 wordsThe Greek Government is supplying provisions to the invaded provinces of Seres and Drama by way of the port of Kavala. ...
Article : 113 wordsDamage to the extent of many thousands of pounds was caused by a fire which broke out this evening, and raged for several hours at Simpson's stores, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 70 wordsYesterday's gifts in kind included a parcel of clothing for the Belgians from Mrs. Burn[?], and a parcel of magazines from Mrs. Maynard. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe weekly flower stall, organised by the Brisbane Girls' Club to provide pies for the pickets will be held in the "Courier", vestibule to-day, and the club ...
Article : 52 wordsGeneral Cardorna, Commander-in-Chief of the Italian army, reports: The enemy made violent attacks in the Lagarina Valley, supported by a furious bombardment, ...
Article : 149 wordsThe finding of the District Coriner (Mr. Richardson Clark), as the result of an inquest concerning the death of the German, Hans Portmann, at the ...
Article : 243 wordsIt is the intention of the residents of Coomera and the surrounding district to erect a monument either in the form of an obelisk or a pillar to the memory of ...
Article : 101 wordsMr. Theodore Roosevelt, speaking in connection with the preparedness for war campaign denounced the hyphenated Americans as moral ...
Article : 77 wordsAn official communique issued to-day states. Fierce fighting continued throughout the day and night from Morthomme to the Meuse. ...
Article : 214 wordsIn the House of Louis to-day Lord Beresford criticised the War Committee in regard to the military and political conduct of the war, and said ...
Article : 198 wordsSince its institution the Brisbane Girls' Club, with the generous support of many hundreds of "Courier" readers, has inaugurated numerous schemes to ...
Article : 451 wordsAt the annual meeting of Nobels Explosives Ltd. the chairman said that the original £100 shares were now worth £3000 each, and on them a sum of £8500 ...
Article : 40 wordsReplying to a question in the House of Commons to-day, Mr. H. J. Tennant (Under Secretary for War) said that steps were being taken to employ ...
Article : 49 wordsA Turkish communique states that hostile torpedo boats and aeroplanes attacked El Arish, on the seaboard caravan route, near the Palestine frontier of ...
Article : 42 wordsThe concluding day of the Kilkivan Agricultural Pastoral and Industrial Society's show was well attended to-day, and was a great success. The weather ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 470 wordsSergeant Fred Biggs, of the famous 9th Battalion, writes to his father (Mr. H. Biggs, Edward-street, Brisbane), from "Somewhere in France," stating that ...
Article : 143 wordsIn the House of Commons to-day Mr. T. J. MacNamara (Parliamentary Under Secretary to the Admiralty) [?] that since October, 1914, the Germans ...
Article : 49 wordsGeneral smuts, Commander-in-Chief of the British forces in German Last Africa, reports that the column operating on the Pangani River reached the southern end[?] ...
Article : 68 wordsHerr Heineken, director of the North German Lloyd Steamship Company, declares that Germany can complacently await the threatened commercial war. ...
Article : 119 wordsAt the wool sales to-day there was good competition for all merinos and fine crossbreds, which were fully firm. Low and medium crossbreds were unchanged. ...
Article : 70 wordsIn the House of Commons to-day Mr. A. B. Markham asked whether, in view of the declaration of Dr. von Bethman-Hollweg (German Imperial Chancellor) ...
Article : 174 wordsMr. E. G. Pretyman (Parliamentary Under, Secretary to the Board of Trade) announced in the House of Commons to-day that the economic conference of the ...
Article : 43 wordsNews has been received that Pte. H. J. Dunn, son of T. Dunn, Moorooka, is now in hospital at Colombo, recovering from an operation for appendicitis, and ...
Article : 149 wordsIt is officially announced that, under the Defence of Realm Act regulations, the military authorities are taking a census of all wool products. ...
Article : 35 wordsTwo natives have been sentenced to be hanged for conspiracy to assassinate the Sultan of Egypt, by means of a bomb on July 10, 1915. ...
Article : 33 wordsThe "Shipping Record" states that out of 15 lending German shipping companies only three paid dividends in 1915, the amounts being 6 per cent., 4 per cent., ...
Article : 79 wordsThe wheat market is dull, and there are no inquiries for Australian cargoes. The nominal value of cargoes, June loading, is 62/ to 63/ per 480lb. ...
Article : 68 wordsMost of the shearers in this, district have, accepted stands in the Central district and about Blackall. Very few shearers are left in the district, and there ...
Article : 58 wordsIt is reported that a Zeppelin collided with some trees near Veles, in Macedonia, and was destroyed. ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Fri 2 Jun 1916, Page 7
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