Further headway was made on Saturday with the fund to be used on behalf of the educational and other interests of the Swiss boy, Nicholas Frousheger, who ...
Article : 68 wordsGeneral Sir Donglas Haig reports: We gained ground west of Pozieres. We took a few prisoners in minor operations. Northward of Bazentin-le-Petit and ...
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Advertising : 335 wordsAug. 5.—TRINITY [?], dredge (owned by Cairns Harbour Board), from Cairns. Aug. 5.—MORINDA, 1911 tons, Capt. Hillman, from syd. Barns, Pmlp1, and Co., Ltd., agents. ...
Article : 2,002 wordsSenator Pearce correctly states the war position, so far as Australia is concerned, when he says: "We must look to the future. It is not enough ...
Article : 917 wordsThe position of the special fund to aid the Hospital for sick children is as follows:— Amount previously ...
Article : 52 wordsThursday's two and a half hours conference having failed to arrive at a settlement on the question of an eight-hour shift in collieries a further conference ...
Article : 365 wordsThe Acting Premier, through his Excelency the Governor, has been advised that his Majesty will not exercise his power of disallowance in regard to the ...
Article : 45 wordsThe Commander-in-Chief in Egypt states that two enemy aeroplanes bombed Ismailia and the shipping on Lake Timsas, but no damage was done. A British ...
Article : 161 wordsFederal Ministers in Melbourne, states the "Age," scout the idea of the likelihood of the formation of a coalition Government for the remaining period of ...
Article : 211 wordsSir Ernest Shackleton wires from Port Stanley; "I have returned aboard the Emma, being unable to reach Elephant Island. We met an icepack 100 miles ...
Article : 349 wordsIt is reliably stated that the German estimate of British and French casualties on the Somme (350,000), as announced in a communique issued on Wednesday, is a ...
Article : 102 wordsA sad fatality happened in Hume-street, near the corner of Margaret street, last evening (our Toowoomba correspondent advised yesterday). Mr. Richard Cook ...
Article : 230 wordsAn eye-witness states that 14 aeroplanes bombed Zeerugge. He counted 25 explosions and two big fires. The Germans were unable to reply owing to the ...
Article : 58 wordsA Gorman communique stales: Strong British forces attacked a wide front on Friday, and after fighting all day penetrated the sector north of Ovillers to ...
Article : 51 wordsSun rises 6.26 a.m.; sets, 5.21 p.m. Moon.—First quarter, August 7, 7.6 a.m. a.m. Height. p.m. Height. High water 1.59 4ft. 11in. 3.20 5ft. 5in. ...
Article : 133 wordsAn official communique issued to-day stated: The Germans throughout the night attacked with extreme fury on the front at Thiaumont and Fleury. We ...
Article : 468 wordsBombs from air raiders at Ghent totally destroyed the air shed, where 150 persons were employed, and a munition factory in the suburb of Ledderburg. Great ...
Article : 52 wordsAt a conference on Saturday between representatives of the colliery owners and the Queensland Colliery Employees' Union a tentative agreement was arrived ...
Article : 508 wordsNo replies to questions will be conveyed by letters; answers will appear in this column. No responsibility can be accepted by the Editor for MS, nor can he undertake to return ...
Article : 199 wordsThe Land Commissioner's Court opened on Friday before Commissioner Byers (our Winton correspondent telegraphed yesterday). Three blocks were offered for ...
Article : 212 wordsA message from Berlin, published by the "New York Times," states that the Kaiser is taking a holiday, and helping personally to reap the harvest, thereby ...
Article : 66 wordsM. Lemonner, Acting Burgomaster of Brussels, refuses to pay the [?] of £50,000 inflicted by the German authorities on the city for ...
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Family Notices : 1,182 wordsIn the Mourilyan Mill on Thursday (our Innisfail correspondent advises) George Keys had his leg crushed below the knee, which necessitated amputation, ...
Article : 38 wordsThe director of the Belgian Bank as Antwerp has been deported. He refused to hand over 400,000,000 francs (£16000,000) to the Germans in exchange for ...
Article : 37 wordsThe course of prophecy has not run prosperously during the war One forecast after another has been upset by relentless events, and the only ...
Article : 641 wordsThe House of Representatives has passed a Bill postponing the general elections, which were due next year, until 1918 (our Wellington, New Zealand, ...
Article : 32 wordsSpeaking at the luncheon given in London by the High Commissioner for the Commonwealth on June 15 the Premier (Mr. T. T. Rvan) said he might ...
Article : 101 wordsAn Industrial Commission comprising 20 American industrial and scientific experts will leave for France on August 26 to investigate the rebuilding of shrttered ...
Article : 56 wordsOn Saturday Mr. Don. Provan, a member of the firm of Messrs. Robertson and Provan of Toowoomba, had an exciting experience (our Toowoomba ...
Article : 152 wordsHon. James G. Brake, one of the Crown Prosecutors of the District Court, writes, under date of 5th instant "In reference to the paragraph in to-day's 'Courier,' ...
Article : 82 wordsM. Joseph Reinach, writing in "Figaro," launches what will probably become the Alhes' watchword "Away win the Hohenzollerns!" He adds: "We must ...
Article : 108 wordsThe executive of the Queensland Teachers' Union met on Saturday in the School of Arts, the president (Mr. W. F. Bevin[?]ton) in the chair. There was a ...
Article : 218 wordsA motor car travelling from Sydney to Katoomba on Saturday afternoon collided with a bridge near St. Mary's (our Sydney correspondent telegraphed ...
Article : 79 wordsHerr von Batock, the German Director of Food Supplier, states that the hot weather has improved the harvest prospects, particularly potatoes. ...
Article : 30 wordsA German communique states: We repulsed strong enemy attacks north of Ovillers, south-west of Guillemont, and [?]th of Monacu Farm. The French ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Mon 7 Aug 1916, Page 6
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