The recruits who offered themselves yesterday were of a very [?]stamp, and no lower than 19 different trades and professions were represented. Four of ...
Article : 190 wordsThe outstanding feature of Sunday was the quietness of the New York crowds, and the absence of demonstrations or flag waving. There was little to indicate ...
Article : 440 wordsField-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, in a report issued last night, states: We drove off an attack in the neighbourhood of Runcourt, and advanced slightly west ...
Article : 127 wordsThe Amsterdam correspondent of the London "Daily Chronicle" says: The news of the rupture of relations between America and Germany electrified ...
Article : 253 wordsThe United States Consul at Plymouth states that the crew of the American steamer Housatonic totalled 37, and were rescued by the submarine, which towed ...
Article : 190 wordsFine, though threatening, weather prevailed in Brisbane yesterduy. In regarrd to the recent heavy rain, this "Meteorological Notea" issued last ...
Article : 315 wordsExtraordinarily heavy rain his fallen throughout this district since February 1, some places having registered up to 12in. The rain was in the nature of a ...
Article : 532 wordsThe Admiralty has received a wireless Press message giving the German communique as follows:—English attacks northward of Beaucourt broke down; but ...
Article : 45 wordsMr. Lloyd George, in the course of his speech at Carnarvon on Saturday, said: "The one great task before us is the mobilisation and vitalisation of all the ...
Article : 420 wordsAn official communique issued to-day states: Our aeroplanes heavily bombarded tge cantonments and railways at Appily and Terniers, and munition works at ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 85 wordsA conference of sailors and stevedores' unions will be held shortly to discuss a proposal to boycott German shipping in Swedish ports as a measure of retaliation. ...
Article : 207 wordsThe "Daily Chronicle" states that it is informed that riots recently occurred at Kiel, Lubeck, and Munich. The German troops refused to fire on the rioters in ...
Article : 56 wordsMr. Albert Ernst Albeck (Toowoomba) was accepted at the Toowoomba recruiting centre to-day. GYMPIE, February 5. ...
Article : 48 wordsThe Sunday newspapers are not surprised at President Wilson's decision Its promptness is interpreted as indicating that America's amour propre ...
Article : 102 wordsThe Warrego River dropped 3ft. at Charleville, but at 7 o'clock this morning began to rise slowly, and is now we[?] over the decking of the first bridge, and ...
Article : 581 wordsIn Bellin 350,000 persons are being fed daily at the municipal dinners. ...
Article : 19 wordsThe recruiting figures to-day were: 27 examined, 25 accepted, 2 deferred. MELBOURNE, February 5. To-day's recruiting figures were: ...
Article : 34 wordsA Turkish communique asserts that the British, in the assault on January 31 (reported in a cable message published yesterday), suffered the heaviest losses ...
Article : 38 wordsSeven and a half inches of rain has fallen so far this month. The Balonne River and all the creeks are in flood. The river rose 4ft. yesterday, and is still ...
Article : 83 wordsThe employees of the Railway Yards, Normanby, met at the residence of the station-master on Saturday to do honour to Mr. Sergy [?]rishkin, who is going to ...
Article : 158 wordsThe Central News Agency says that Mr. Gerard, the American Ambassador in Berlin, is on his way home. Dr. Page, American Ambassador in ...
Article : 51 wordsThe Madrid correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph" states that though the Spanish reply to Germany has not yet been textuully 'lccidcd upon, the reply ...
Article : 87 wordsSir George Reid, M.P., in an address at His Majesty's Theatre, said:—" What a genius we have for putting the best man on the shelf. Where is Lord ...
Article : 119 wordsHeavy rain has fallen, 380 points being registered for Saturday and 23 points for yesterday. The height of the Maranoa River was 17ft. yesterday morning, but it ...
Article : 53 wordsMr. Vandyk, a former American Minister at The Hague, interviewed in London, said he was aware of Mr. Gerard's recall from Berlin, and had expected it. The ...
Article : 56 wordsThe weather is still cloudy and threatening this evening. Portions of the railway line are likely to be affected as the result of the rain of the past few days. ...
Article : 120 wordsBritish shipping circles anticipate that 200 German ships, valued at £50,000,000, which took refuge in United States ports at the outbreak of the war, will be ...
Article : 132 wordsTelegrams from Washington state that the popular demand for war is spreading in consequence of the torpedoing of the Honsatonic. If the news is confirmed, ...
Article : 100 wordsThe Italian newspapers enthusiastically congratulate President Wilson. The "Giornale d'Italia" says the step marks a decisive phase in the war. The ...
Article : 64 wordsA message from Berlin states that the American prisoners taken by the German raider in the South Atlantic have been released. ...
Article : 31 wordsMrs. Mitchell, Nashville, Sandgate, has received a cablegram from her son, A. [?] M'Donald, stating that he arrived safely in England on January 9. ...
Article : 736 wordsAn open verdict was returned at the inquest on the body of John Cyrel Chambers, formerly a Queensland farmer, who was found shot in a bedroom at ...
Article : 88 wordsThe Norwegian steamer Ymer, 1123 tons, has been sunk by a submarine. LONDON, Monday. The Spanish steamers Butron (2423 ...
Article : 46 wordsA note received from Switzerland is understood to relate to President Wilson's peace proposal. ...
Article : 21 wordsThe turbid and swollen waters from the upper reaches of the Condamin[?] towards Killarney reached the town boundary this morning, and for an hour ...
Article : 209 wordsThe Defence Council reports, that there are 4,778,000 fit unmarried men in the United States available for military service, and there is a total of 21,000,000 ...
Article : 66 wordsThe United States Consuls abroad have had informal conversations with neutral Governments with a view to co-operation in vindicating the lights of neutrals on ...
Article : 97 wordsIt was stated to-day by the Minister for Defence (Senator pearce) that, in view of the recent developments in matters relating to the expenditure of public moneys, ...
Article : 127 wordsAt present there is only German comment on the action of America. The Dusseldorf "General Anzeiger" declares that Germany has nothing to fear, as it ...
Article : 84 wordsSir Francis Elliot, British Minister at Athens, and M. Guillemin, the French Minister, have conferred with the Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs, and ...
Article : 60 wordsMr. [?] to-morrow will introduce a resolution in the House of Representatives asking for an appropriation of 119,000,000 dollars (about £24,000,000) for ...
Article : 42 wordsIt is stated in diplomatic circles that at Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg's secret conference with the Reichstag leaders the latter inquired whether the results of the ...
Article : 124 wordsMr. Hoover says that Belgian relief transportation has been temporarily suspended. The situation may be most serious for the Belgians, but Mr. Hoover ...
Article : 140 wordsThe rainfalls since February 1 are:— Blackall, 244 points; Alico Downs, 270, and out station, 230; Avington, 312; Bauhinia Park, 284: Barlong, 668; ...
Article : 127 wordsThe Admiralty has received a wireless Press message containing the following Russiau communique:—We repulsed several attacks on the east side of Tirul ...
Article : 82 wordsFive hundred representatives of Austrian and German societies, with a membership of 100,000, have presented a petition to President Wilson, pledging ...
Article : 45 wordsThe Minister for Defence stated to-day that Major-General J. G Legge was being invalided back to Australia, and when again fit for duty he would resume ...
Article : 54 wordsEight and a half inches of rain fell here on Thursday, and the rivers are all in high flood, The Warrego River is 12ft. over the railway bridge, and still rising. ...
Article : 192 wordsPresident Wilson has consulted the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and the latter informed the President that whatever money was ...
Article : 47 wordsThe Federal Liberal Party, at a meeting held at Parliament House to-day, considered the question of appointing a direct representative of the farmers on ...
Article : 74 wordsThe correspondent of the United Press at Buenos Ayres says that South American opinion is guarded. "La Nacion" says: "It is unfortunate that the United ...
Article : 135 wordsThe Admiralty has received a wireless Press message containing the following German communique: We repulsed several Russian attacks. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe Americans in London greeted the decision of President Wilson and the Senators with hearty satisfaction, marked here and there by scenes of strong ...
Article : 417 wordsAs a result of the recent heavy rain Gladstone's new large dam at the waterworks, just completed and filled, commenced to leak at the bank on the side ...
Article : 253 wordsGermany's blockade plans senously imperil Switzerland's food supplies. The exemption of the port of Cette from the blockade does not help much, as Cetto ...
Article : 38 wordsA Russian communique states that in the fire and explosion at Archangel an ice-breaker tug was destroyed and five steamers damaged. ...
Article : 28 wordsA German official message announces an alteration in the blockade of England by allowing neutrals a channel of 20 kilometres (12½ miles) on the west Danish ...
Article : 46 wordsThe Nambour Town Hall was crowded on Friday night, when a recruiting meeting was conducted by Chaplain Lieutenant-Colonel Garland, Sergeant-Major ...
Article : 85 wordsSeveral trade unions are considering the question o[?] making a levy of a penny per week for the purpose of creating a fund to meet labour difficulties during ...
Article : 47 wordsHeavy rains have fallen throughout the district, and a lot of the country down the river is flooded. The Moonie River has broken over its banks at Thallon, ...
Article : 134 wordsThe State Department refuses to advise the American liner St. Louis to depart, and her sailing may be deferred. The company asserts that it will refuse to ...
Article : 45 wordsA solemn requiem mass for our Queensland sailors ana soldiees who have fallen in active service, or through illness, during the present war, will be ...
Article : 70 wordsAdvices from Berlin state that the Emperor Wilhelm regrets that America gave the note an interpretation which Germany did not intend. The measures were ...
Article : 37 wordsThe Press Bureau announces that the Army Council is assuming control of stocks of soft sawn timber, including sleepers, and dealings therein are ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Tue 6 Feb 1917, Page 7
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