A Russian communique states: We repulsed the Germans south of Riga. Our advanced posts fell back to the east bank of the Shara. ...
Article : 284 wordsTwo boats with 32 men of the Donaldson liner Cabotia, which was sunk on Monday, are still missing. The steel screw steamer Rowanmore, ...
Article : 183 wordsGeneral Sir Douglas Haig, British Commander-in-Chief in France, in a report issued last night, states: The enemy's artillery is active between La ...
Article : 156 wordsBritish and German destroyers had a battle in the English Channel. Two German destroyers sank, and one British boat was sunk and one disabled. ...
Article : 587 wordsA Russian communique states On the west frontier of Moldavia (Roumania) we captured Bolian, north-west of Okua, and the Piatrarotkul Heights, south-west ...
Article : 348 wordsOn Saturday the people of the Commonwealth were asked to take part in a referendum on the question:—"Are you in favour of the ...
Article : 282 wordsAt the central booth in the subdivision of Brisbane, situated in the Adelaide-street miniature rifle range and drill sheds, there was a steady stream of ...
Article : 331 wordsA Frenc communique issued to-day states: Our artillery exploded a munition depot at Genermont, in the Albaincourt region. We progressed west and south ...
Article : 343 wordsFor sinking the German cruiser Emdon at the Cocos-Keeling Islands the captain of H.M.A.S. Sydney will receive £182 in prize money, and other classes of the ...
Article : 59 wordsThe Athens correspondent of the London "Daily Chronicle" states that the battle for Monastrt continues unabated. The continual arrival of enemy ...
Article : 190 wordsA German communique states: The Austro-Hungarians captured several heights on both sides of Dorna Watra, taking 500 prisoners. ...
Article : 22 wordsAs the result of the numerous successes of the submarine E11 in sinking Turkish ships and doing other damage to the enemy in the Sea of Marmora the ...
Article : 52 wordsAn Italian communique states: We expelled the enemy from Sano, a village in the valley of the Adige, and destroyed its defences. We progressed 300 yards ...
Article : 41 wordsThe "Aftenposten" denies that Germany has delivered an ultimatum to Norway. The lattet will reply to the German note next week. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 58 wordsThe War Office states that the bulk of the Germans in German East Africa are in the vicinity of the Rufigi River, with a strong detachment in the Mahenge area, ...
Article : 121 wordsQuietness' and order provided the dominant note of the proceedings in connection with the referendum at all the booths in South Brisbane ...
Article : 526 wordsThe details of the voting in the Queensland divisions are as follows:— Yes. No. Brisbane.... 14,077 15,817 ...
Article : 682 wordsKing Constantine gave an audience to Admiral Dufournet. The situation has improved. King Constantine accepted the Allies' demands when assured that M. ...
Article : 178 wordsThe lifeboats at many of the Channel stations, particularly at Deal and Ramsgate, have been called out. The lifeboat at Salcombe, responding to distress ...
Article : 107 wordsIn connection with the dash of German destroyers into the English Channel it is recalled that fresh German naval measures are a result that has been anticipated ...
Article : 161 wordsA German communique states: We repulsed several attacks cast of Douaumont Fort. LONDON, Saturday. ...
Article : 79 wordsThe Milan correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph" states that General von Falkenhayn is pressing hard on the Prapova Valley, in the neighbouthood of ...
Article : 439 wordsThe Employers and the Trade Union Parliamentary Committees are negotiating for a general settlement of longstanding differences, including the unions' ...
Article : 153 wordsMr. Pereival Gibtons, the war correspondent, stated that the hand-to-hand fighting in the gunpits of the Hazy trench on Thursday was one of the bitterest ...
Article : 236 wordsA British vessel was mined and sunk in the North Sea. Nine of the crew were landed, including a signal boy of 14, who as the vessel was fast settling down ...
Article : 71 wordsThe railway employees here have declared a general strike. ...
Article : 19 wordsCaptain Edmund Boulnois, of the West Yorkshire Regiment, a New Zealander, has been killed in action. ...
Article : 21 wordsA message received at the Maritime Exchange here states that the French liner Chicago, bound from Bordeaux to New York, is on fire at sea, the outbreak ...
Article : 90 wordsAn official Dutch report states that the object dropped by the Zeppelin which flew over Holland last Sunday night was part of a reservoir, and not a bomb, as ...
Article : 41 wordsLieutenant-Colonel Elkington has been awarded the Distinguished Service Order. ...
Article : 14 wordsMr. Arthur Henderson, Labour member of the Cabinet, who presided at a conference of representatives of skilled trades connected with engineering and ...
Article : 141 wordsA Dutch lugger rescued an English airman who had been forced to descend in the North Sea. The aviator sank his hydroplane lest it should be captured. ...
Article : 37 wordsGeneral Sir Douglas Haig, British Commander-in-Chief in France, has been unanimously elected Lord Rector of St. Andrew's University. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe Navy Department has learned that a German submarine has arrived at Norfolk, Virginia, but all information is withheld. ...
Article : 48 wordsThe "Allgemeine Zeitung" states that Prince von Bulow will shortly proceed to Switzerland and make a protracted stay. ...
Article : 26 wordsIt is reported that the Kaiser had a narrow escape from death recently. A bomb hit the train in which he was travelling, killing the driver. ...
Article : 35 wordsAdvices from London state that the operations of the Allies in France are seriously adding to the length of the frontage which the Germans have to ...
Article : 101 wordsMr. George E. Driver was the divisional returning officer for Lilley, and the various subdivisions were presided over as follows:—Caboolture (Mr. Richard ...
Article : 250 wordsMr. Gurtain, in the London "Daily Mail." gives details of an extraordinary fraud in Germany on the part of agriculturists. Owing to the potato crop being ...
Article : 134 wordsA wireless message from Berlin states that a war credit of 12,000,000,000 marks (£600,000,000) has been introduced in the Reichstag. Count von Roedern, Minister ...
Article : 48 wordsIn view of the agitation for national service in Canada great interest in the Australian referendum is felt here. If Australia carries conscription Canada ...
Article : 74 wordsA Bulgarian communique states: The enemy in the Dobrudja is precipitately retreating towards Toulcha and Harsova. We captured 785 men and 45 machine ...
Article : 30 wordsThe betting is now even on the result of the Presidential election. The campaign is in full swing, and President Wilson does not lose any opportunity ...
Article : 89 wordsA German communique states: Russo-Roumanian attacks in the southern wooded Carpathians on the Eastern Transylvania frontier failed. We progressed ...
Article : 84 wordsThe Berlin correspondent of the "New York Times" states that in order to save petrol the police have forbidden riding to theatres and concerts in taxicabs, ...
Article : 61 wordsAn official announcement states that prisoners belonging to the Thirty-ninth active line regiment, who were taken on Tuesday at the Haudremont quarries, ...
Article : 125 wordsMr. A. Fisher (High Commissioner for Australia) has gone to Scotland to visit the Australian wounded men in various hospitals there. ...
Article : 28 wordsSir Thomas Mackenzie (High Commissioner for New Zealand) points out that private and semi-public efforts to send comforts to the sick and wounded result ...
Article : 66 words"Nothing different from any other day" was the comment of Inspector Short and his officers at the Roma-street Police Station, when questioned on Saturday ...
Article : 185 wordsThree imprisoned members of the crew of the German cruiser Gneiscnau have escaped from Stobs camp, in Scotland. ...
Article : 25 wordsFour English aeroplanes, with eight aviators, flew a distance of 312½ miles from Imbros, in the Aegean Sea, to Bucharest, the capital of Roumania, in ...
Article : 46 wordsGreat Britain's insistence on paying for American purchases in gold is causing uneasiness in financial circles, and a movement is beginning in favour ...
Article : 114 wordsA correspondent of the "Morning Post" declares that the Overseas soldiers find London chilling, and he asserts that the visitors would like to experience English ...
Article : 52 wordsPolling day passed off very quietly both in the city and suburbs. The returning officer (Mr. W. B. Cumming) and his assistant (Mr. Jas. M'Gill) had made very ...
Article : 246 wordsThe new Bill for the Prevention of Corruption imposes a penalty of from three to seven years' penal servitude. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe Bill introduced in the House of Commons by Mr. Pretyman, Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade, prohibiting the use of the word "Anzac" ...
Article : 61 wordsA message from Vienna states that there is a a strong agitation for an carly meeting of Parliament, in order to discuss the large war expenditure, the ...
Article : 45 wordsThe Chambers of Agriculture in Pomerania, Wiesbaden, and elsewhere appeal to agriculturists to give up their reserves of grain and pottages, as "there is a terrible ...
Article : 41 wordsInflammatory posters declaring that a revolution is in progress in Paris and the French Government is approaching insolvency caused a run on the French bank, ...
Article : 42 wordsOwing to the only closing of public houses, the number of convictions for drunkenness for the past year was 45,257, as compared with 99,735 in 1914. ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Mon 30 Oct 1916, Page 7
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