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Article : 347 wordsAt a conference of delegates from various recruiting committees in the Lilley electorate, held in Preston House yesterday afternoon, Colonel the Hon. A. J. ...
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Article : 140 wordsThe Admiralty denies the German claim that the British cruiser Shannon was mined and sunk on the south coast of England in November last. ...
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Article : 34 wordsThe following recruits left by the Bingera to enter camp in Brisbane:—Messrs. K. Matheson, D. Beban, J. Thompson, C. Curran, G. Jackson, and J. Craggins. ...
Article : 67 wordsFranz Bop, German Consul-General at San Francisco, his attache, von Brinken, and several others have been found guilty of violating the neutrality of the United ...
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Article : 112 wordsField-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, in a report issued to-night, states: We seized and consolidated a section of the enemy trenches eastward of Beaumont Hamel, and ...
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Article : 222 wordsSir Joseph Maclay, the Shipping Controller, has began work energetically, and has arranged for a rapid acceleration in the construction of new tonnage. Every ...
Article : 189 wordsThe dealings in the 4½ per cent. war loan were again an outstanding feature on the Stock Exchange to-day. There were 138 marmkings between £98/7/6 and ...
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Article : 158 wordsThe activities of the Mackay recruiting committee apparently have had good results, as the committee has received offers from persons willing to release fit ...
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Article : 196 wordsA meeting was held in the Town Hall last night to form a Recruiting Committee to work under the new scheme. The Deputy Mayor (Alderman J. Anderson) ...
Article : 292 wordsThe German Governor-General of Belgium announces that 100 Belgian civilians of military age attempted to escape to Hollan in December. Thirty-seven were ...
Article : 77 wordsThe wheat market is firm, but inactive. 83/ per 480lb, has been paid for Australian parcels, January shipment to Liverpool. ...
Article : 47 wordsA National Liberal deputy in the Reichstag, [?]err Stresemann, in a speech at Hanover, said that before the war Germany [?] the second strongest ...
Article : 153 wordsThe Commissioner of Railways wired to the Secretary for Railways from Duaringa at 12.30 p.m. yesterday as follows:—"Fifty tons of goods ...
Article : 248 wordsThe chairman of the Wool Exports Sub-committee states that the Director of Army Contracts has devised a scheme to keep down the British consumption of ...
Article : 76 wordsThe first concert of the year under the auspices of the Soldieis' Church of England Help Society was given at Fraser's Paddock on Monda[?] night. Songs ...
Article : 133 wordsGeneral von Stein, in a proclamation to the German people, indicating the serious outlook for war pensioners, urges the people to employ soldiers who have ...
Article : 90 wordsA new scheme fo separation allowances has been adopted. It provides for progressive increases in the allowances for children, and will involve and additional ...
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Article : 136 wordsThe Board of Trade has ordered the winding up of the Institute Schimmelpfeng, which is associated with Brad-street, Australia. The Institute, which ...
Article : 51 wordsThe Balmoral Rifle Club, at its quarterly meeting last night, decided to approach the shire council with a view to having a suitable public honour board, ...
Article : 54 wordsT[?]e "Berliner Tageblutt" solemnly announces that every person in Berlin will be able to get an egg between January 10 and 31. ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Fri 12 Jan 1917, Page 7
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