A semi-official statement from Paris says that a French war correspondent interviewed Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, and asked him whether a great ...
Article : 727 wordsThe State Department learns that the American schooner Lyman M. Law, 1300 tons, with an American crew of nine, was sunk by a submarine in the ...
Article : 258 wordsThe situation is steadily becoming more acute. President W[?]son may consult Congress on the question of arming ships. There is growing irritation in the ...
Article : 218 wordsThough General Maude's reports do not mention a direct attack at Kut-el-Amara, there is evidence that the Turkish forces are hemmed in in the Dahra Bend, which is ...
Article : 173 wordsThe Government scheme for taking over the control of the coal mines has been matured, and will be announced th[?] week. The scheme is similar to that ...
Article : 158 wordsYesterday was a day of very small doings so far as the "Courier" Patriotic Funds were concerned, but two donations coming to hand. These were allocated ...
Article : 180 wordsIn the course of a statement to the Australian Sugar Producers' Association council on Wednesday afternoon the President (Mr. T. W. Crawford) said he ...
Article : 4,051 wordsA French communique from Macedonia states: Following upon a most violent bombardment on February 12, important German forces attacked Hill 1050, east ...
Article : 92 wordsA conference of South Wales miners at Cardiff rejected the proposed combing-out scheme by 81,300 votes to 54,600. The conference adjourned to consult the workmen. ...
Article : 57 words"Any man going into camp at the present time will find himself in the company of many of the finest men in the State, physically and mentally." This ...
Article : 213 wordsA French communique issued last night states: Between [?]e O[?]se and A[?]sne in the region Queenevieres we carried out a destructive fire on the ...
Article : 184 wordsCount Bernstorff, the German Ambassador, has arrived at Hoboken and boarded the Danish steamer Frederik VIII, by which he will travel to Europe. ...
Article : 210 wordsMr. Ackerman, the representative of the United Press Agency, reports from Berne that the Germans in Belgium compelled Mr. Brand Whitlock (the ...
Article : 83 wordsIn the House of Commons to-day Mr. Runciman stated that owing to the diminution of tonnage our food needs now were far greater than a year ago, ...
Article : 166 wordsA German communique received by the Admiralty by wireless states: Italian attacks on the Cerna salient were unsuccessful. ...
Article : 25 wordsIn the House of Commons to-day Mr. A. J. Balfour (Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs) stated that, so far as could be ascertained, all the Venezelist ...
Article : 42 wordsThe Milan correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" states that Austria-Hungary is making an effort to avoid a rupture with America, hoping that she may be ...
Article : 88 wordsIt has been dis[?]ered that General Soc[?]n, who was sentenced by court-martial to five years penal servitude and military de[?]radation for betraying the ...
Article : 42 wordsA French communique st[?]tes: At 5 o'clock on Monday afternoon an enemy submarine fired six shots on the coast near the mouth of the Adour. Our coast ...
Article : 57 wordsIt was announced yesterday that the enlistment office at the Adelaide-street drill s[?]ed would be open in future on Friday nights and Saturday afternoons. ...
Article : 50 wordsThe London correspondent of the "New York World" says he finds the House of Commons curiously unimpressed with the new Government's achievements. There ...
Article : 77 wordsThe British steamer F. D. Lambert, 2195 tons, and the Spanish steamer Josef Araich, 2645 tons, have been sunk. LONDON, Thursday. ...
Article : 43 wordsThe United States Cabinet has not reached a decision on the question of arming the steamers of the American line. It is understood that their opinion ...
Article : 107 wordsA wireless Press message received by t[?] Admiralty gives the following Russian communique:—The Germans, after a bombardment with chemical shells, penetrated ...
Article : 125 wordsMr. R. F. Duncan, principal of the firm of Duncan and Co., a married man and a prominent citizen here, more particularly in racing circles, has enlisted. ...
Article : 294 wordsM. Marcel Hutin states that he has received figures from a well-informed source which indicate the efficacy of the antisubmarine mo[?]sures, dispelling all fears ...
Article : 53 wordsThe Admiralty states that aeroplanes dropped a number of heavy bombs on the shipping in the harbour of Bruges (Belgium), on Thursday last, and large ...
Article : 48 wordsA German semi-official statement says that if the American ships Rochester, Orleans, and St. Louis are encountered in the prohibited zone they will be sunk ...
Article : 75 wordsThe House of Commons has voted an additional £25,000 for the Government's Hospitality Fund. Sir Alfred Mond (First Commissioner of Works) explained ...
Article : 87 wordsMessages from Flushing state that raiders destroyed the railway junctions at Bruges, and also a building occupied by Germans. There was a raid at Zeebrugge, ...
Article : 53 wordsIn the House of Commons to-day. Sir L. G. Chiozza Moneyn said the Shipping Controller was hoping for the best, but preparing for the worst. Economy had ...
Article : 84 wordsA German communique received by the Admiralty by wireless states: We stormed several Russian positions, and repulsed a fierce counter-attack in the ...
Article : 37 wordsThe Amsterdam correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle," an American, who has just left Germany after a residence there throughout the war, states ...
Article : 252 wordsMr. Ackerman, the former Berlin correspondent of the United Press, telegraphing from Paris, says the ship treaty which Heir Zimmermann endeavoured to ...
Article : 174 wordsNotices have been posted calling up youths of 19 years and 20 years. These two classes will give Russia 1,000,000 more effectives in a few months. ...
Article : 31 wordsAdmiral Sir John Jellicoe (First Naval Lord of the Admiralty), in a speech in the city, alluded to the fact that the Imperial Navy included men from the ...
Article : 137 wordsAt the Royal Colonial Institute, in the discussion on the paper by Mr. A. Fisher, on "Australia," Mr. Steel-Maitland said there would be great movements of ...
Article : 146 wordsThe arrest of the Labour members of the Munitions Committee is attributed to M. Protopopoff, Minister of the Interior, who had already announced ...
Article : 150 wordsIn Victoria to-day 39 men volunteered and 22 were accepted. ...
Article : 19 wordsA pleasant ceremony took place in the Sandgate Baptist Church last Wednesday evening, after the midweek service, when the opportunity was taken to bid ...
Article : 259 wordsIn his speech in the House of Lords. Lord Curzon (Lord President of the Council) said that the proportion of armed ships that escaped submarines was ...
Article : 122 wordsAn official message from Berlin now says that Germany through Switzerland, ever expressed readiness to negotiate on condition that the blockade stipulations ...
Article : 91 wordsField-Marshal Sir Doughs Haig, in a report issued to-night, states: We captured a strong point south eastward of Grandcourt, and took some prisoners. ...
Article : 173 wordsA message from Berlin states that in order to meet the interest on the war loans new taxes have been levied to produce £60,000,000, including a coal tax, ...
Article : 58 wordsVienna newspapers announce that the first 80 waggon loads of Roumanian grain have arrived in Hungary, but the Government announces that it is ...
Article : 157 wordsThe Kherson municipality has leased the island of Carantine to the Rus[?] British Association for important factories, dockyards, shipbuilding and ...
Article : 53 wordsLord Devonport's department has explained that under the voluntary rationing guests must share the host's allowances, with the exception of soldiers, ...
Article : 34 wordsThe Copenhagen correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph" states that Germany realised that the whole humanitarian world is against ruthless ...
Article : 93 wordsThe proposal to license women as taxi cab drivers has aroused the strong resentment of the men, though the proprietors of taxicabs welcome the idea. The ...
Article : 59 wordsThe election of a member of the House of Commons for the Rossendale division of Laneashire, the seat having become vacant through the elevation of Mr. ...
Article : 81 wordsUnforeseen circumstances have compelled the authorities to withdraw the leave of New Zealand footballers at the Front returning to England, and instead ...
Article : 40 wordsCable advices have been received to the effect that Private H. V. Barnes, of the Field Ambulance, previously reported seriously ill, was discharged from hospital ...
Article : 275 wordsA wireless Press message received by the Admiralty gives the following German communique:—We repulsed in hand to hand fighting two English attacks ...
Article : 48 wordsNinety Americans have sailed on board British and French boats bound for Europe. ...
Article : 24 wordsFollowing is the translation of a cablegram received by his Excellency the Governor-General from the Secretary of State, dated February 12:—"The ...
Article : 167 wordsLieutenant J. B. Partington, of the Devon Regiment, was killed on February 3. He went to Au[?]tralia, in 1915, escorting German prisoners. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe "National Tidende," on the authority of a high official of the Vatican, states that the Pope is preparing a note to the neutral States with the object of ...
Article : 47 wordsAt a city meeting Lord Derby said that many anxious months were before us, but he was not pessimistic, and did not doubt a final victory, which, however, would ...
Article : 70 wordsThe Berlin correspondent of the "New York World" quotes Heir Zimmerman as saying. "I give [?]our my word of honour that the American prisoners on ...
Article : 56 wordsSir George Cave (Home Secretary) stated in the House of Commons to-day that the Hom Oftice Committees were considering the deportation and ...
Article : 64 wordsThe catalogue offered at the wool sales to-day consisted entirely of second-hand wools, and comprised only a poor selection. The Government withdrew all ...
Article : 78 wordsLord Balfour's Committee on "After War Trade Policy" has submitted an interim report to the Government. It is understood that the committee is ...
Article : 64 wordsThe Admiralty announces that naval [?]ft on Saturday made a successful [?]om attack in the Eastern Mediter[?]nean, considerably, damaging the ...
Article : 48 wordsThe Scandinavian Governments handed notes to Germany and Austria on Monday protesting against the submarine blockade as illegitimate. They deny that ...
Article : 59 wordsThe Prime Minister of New Zealand (Mr. Mussey) opened a temperance club at Poplai, which has been financed by an anonymous benefactor in memory of ...
Article : 56 wordsThe wheat market is steady, but prices are nominal. T[?] American visible supply of wheat is [?]s[?]ated at 55,511,000 bushels, as ...
Article : 33 wordsThe unveiling of the Redbank honour board will take place in the Redbank School of Arts, to-morrow night, when a social gathering will be held. ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Fri 16 Feb 1917, Page 7
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