President Wilson's note says that the belligerents' generalised statements of their war objects are the same on both sides, and suggests that they be defined ...
Article : 1,297 wordsGeneral Sir Douglas Haig, in a report issued last night, states: A strong raiding party last night approached [?] opposite Lens, and some of the enemy ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 338 wordsIn the House of Commons Mr. B. E. Peto asked whether the Government would arm all merchantmen in view of the difference between Captain Fryatt's ...
Article : 197 wordsThe Minister fur the Blockade Lord Robert Cecil, in the House of Commons, said that no ultimatum had been delivered to Greece since the ultimatum of ...
Article : 325 wordsAfter 37 years of distinguished and capable service to the State, for 11 of which he has occupied the high office of Commissioner of Police, Major W. G. ...
Article : 922 wordsFELLOW AUSTRALIANS,— You are asked to assist in obtaining reinforcements for the Australian Army in France. Our country has ...
Article : 151 wordsA French communique states: The situation is calm on the whole Western front. Four enemy aeroplanes were brought down on the ...
Article : 111 wordsRegulations bringing into effect the provisions of the Daylight Savings Act, which was passed by the Federal Parliament this week, were approved of to-day. ...
Article : 110 wordsMr Lansing (Secretary of State) explains that President Wilson's note was issued because American rights were invaded, and the ...
Article : 213 wordsThe French armoured cruiser Ernest Ronan collided with and cut in two an Italian steamer. Of the passengers on the steamer 115 were picked up, but 15 ...
Article : 38 wordsWhen the attention of the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) was directed to the story told by Mr. Cahill regarding the action taken, by the New South ...
Article : 212 wordsGeneral Castelnau has been appointed Chief of Staff of the armies in the North of France. ...
Article : 25 wordsA French communique states: Snow and rain are falling on the Macedonian Front, where only artillery actions are taking place. ...
Article : 26 wordsAt a meeting of the Sulphide Corporation Lord Kintore said the system of double taxation within the Empire on the same earnings was an injustice, and ...
Article : 107 words"Le Nouvelle" states that the Germans have court-martialled 120 Belgians allegedly for spying, and sentenced 20 to death and 35 to imprisonment with hard ...
Article : 45 wordsThe "New York Times" says it considers that the purpose of the note was to force Germany to declare her objects, which the Allies have already done. ...
Article : 373 wordsThe recent German attacks in Roumania have been ineffective, and Russian and Roumanian advanced parties are commencing the offensive on the flanks ...
Article : 64 wordsThe drawing of the art union in connection with the French Red Cross Funds took place in Chamber of Commerce, Courier Building, on Thursday afternoon ...
Article : 100 wordsFive hundred inhabitants of Luxembourg have been deported to Germany. The Government of Luxembourg is protesting. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe Duke of Norfolk, as president of the Belgian Relief Committee, gave a luncheon to the New Zealand. Premier (Mr. Massey) in Norfolk ...
Article : 84 wordsGeneral von Bissing, the German Military Governor of Belgium, is suffering from inflammation of the lungs, and is in a serious condition. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe Government is very desirous to hold an Imperial Conference at the earliest moment, and negotiations are proceeding with the overseas ...
Article : 96 wordsThe Premier (Mr. T. J. Ryan) has sent the following messages to the Queensland soldiers on active service beyond the State:— ...
Article : 227 wordsOne of the most important of post-war problems will be that of restoring, and extending to the fullest degree, trade within the Empire. Already many of the ...
Article : 743 wordsThe police have prohibited a great Socialist peace meeting at Leipzig, at which German deputies attended to speak. ...
Article : 25 wordsAn official British despatch from Mesopotamia states that British aeroplanes bombed river craft westward of Kut-el-Amara. Strong reconnaissances took ...
Article : 63 wordsCaptain Henry Petre, of the Australian Flying Corps, and Lieutenant Allan Spowers, of Melbourne, have been awarded the Distinguished Service Order for ...
Article : 35 wordsWhen the above cable message was brought under the notice of the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes), he stated that he had received an invitation from the ...
Article : 128 wordsIt is announced in Dublin that the majority of the political prisoners at Frongoch will be released to-night. In the House of Commons to-day Mr. ...
Article : 97 wordsIn the House of Commons Mr. H.. Page Crofts asked, 60/ per quarter (the price fixed by the Government for the commandeered wheat crop) being below ...
Article : 164 wordsSenator Hitchcock proposed a resolution in the Senate endorsing President Wilson's note, but the debate showed strong opposition, and the resolution was ...
Article : 36 wordsSeven men volunteered for the A.I.F in Brisbane yesterday, and all were accepted. ...
Article : 23 wordsSensational scenes took place in Wallstreet, and big declines, particularly in "war baby stocks," took place, due to the President's note. The turnover was ...
Article : 47 wordsThe " Pester Lloyd " states that Zeppelin bombs have killed over. 2000 persons in Bucharest, the capital of Roumania. ...
Article : 31 wordsSome time ago, it will be remembered, the Australian Sugar Producers' Association, Ltd., appealed to the State Full Court regarding the validity of the ...
Article : 269 wordsTwo recruits were accepted for service yesterday—Messrs. George Thomas Barnett (Maryborough) and Samuel Carl Gilmour Rose (Reedy Creek). ...
Article : 64 wordsCanadian newspapers strongly resent President Wilson's note as possibly assisting Germany's peace move.. ...
Article : 23 wordsDuring the past few days the Minister for Federal Works (Senator Lynch) secured the approval of the Cabinet to the vigorous prosecution of the arsenal ...
Article : 183 wordsMr. Massey (Prime Minister of New Zealand) and Sir Joseph Ward have sent a joint Christmas card to the officers and men of the New Zealand forces, ...
Article : 59 wordsThe Prime Minister to-day despatched the following message to Mr. Lloyd George:—"Australia hails with satisfaction the declaration of policy set out by ...
Article : 69 wordsThe Glasgow engineers demand that the shipbuilding employers should withdraw the charge of drunkenness contained in the recent memorial of the employers. ...
Article : 156 wordsTo-day 33 men volunteered and 18 were accepted. ...
Article : 16 wordsThe Commonwealth will begin business in Australia House on Wednesday next. ...
Article : 18 wordsThe formal reply of the Entente Powers to Germany's peace proposal is anxiously awaited in Berlin. It is understood that the Kaiser will soon summon Mr. Gerard, ...
Article : 62 wordsThe prospectus has been issued of the new Commonwealth war loan of £26,423,270, being the balance of authority given to the Treasurer to borrow the ...
Article : 156 wordsThe following honours have been conferred in connection with the resignation of Mr. Asquith from the position of Prime Minister: ...
Article : 67 wordsMr. and Mrs. T. J. Fyfe, Bogston, Gladstone-road, South Brisbane, by the last mail received news that Driver C. F. Fyfe, who left with the first lot of ...
Article : 138 wordsThe new Federal Entertainment Tax will come into force on January 1. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe steamer Skiffet has been sunk by a mine in the Gulf of Bothnia. Fiftynine of those on board were drowned, and only one saved. ...
Article : 36 wordsAn official of the Vatican who has returned from Vienna says that the Teutonic peace proposals were not spontaneous, but the result of menacing ...
Article : 101 wordsThe new War Loan Bill authorises the payment of £250,000,000 in interest at the discretion of the Treasury. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 108 wordsAlderman Leslie P. Marks, of Sandgate, writes: Sir,—With regard to the report appearing in one of your recent issues to the effect that I voted against the ...
Article : 179 wordsThe newspapers make a feature of Mr. Lloyd George's appeal to the nation to cultivate every available yard of land, and publish statistics showing the decline ...
Article : 38 wordsThe Secretary of State for the Colonies has notified Mr. C. Alma Bakei, the organiser of the Australian Battle Squadron Fund, by cable, through his ...
Article : 112 wordsThe Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) has sent the following cable message— "Heartiest Christmas greetings. May the New Year crown our arms with decisive ...
Article : 91 wordsIn many quarters it is considered that the restrictions of meals in hotels and restaurants have already failed. The "Daily Chronicle" says the regulation has ...
Article : 58 wordsIt is reported from Vienna that Count Claim Martini[?] has formed a new Cabinet in Austria. ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Sat 23 Dec 1916, Page 5
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