The Berlin correspondent of the United Press Association, now at Berne, says:- "The Germans are staking their all on the assumption that submarines will be able ...
Article : 238 wordsThe Admiralty has received a wireless Press message giving the follqwing Russian communique. The enemy attacked at the south-east end of the Zlotchev, ...
Article : 42 wordsMr. Philip Gibbs, were correspondent at the British Front, reports: A thaw has set in, and the landscape is revealing the first signs of spring, but cold and terror ...
Article : 195 wordsIn the House of Commons to-day, in the discussion on the Consolidated Fund Bill, Mr. A. J. Sherwell called attention to the commandeering of ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 285 wordsOn the assembling of the Council [?]f the Australian Sugar Producers' Association in Brisbane yesterday, it was moved by Mr. Ernest Young,—"This association is ...
Article : 1,813 wordsUnofficial reports from Brazil state that a British cruiser chased three raiders, and sank one. Later. ...
Article : 223 wordsThe Admiralty has received a wireless Press message containing the following German communique: We stormed a position northward of the railway from ...
Article : 66 wordsThe agitation of the Russnn nobles for a Government possessing the country's confidance is unabated. Nearly all the annual assemblies of nobles passed a ...
Article : 102 wordsThe United States Government has made a formal protest against the detention of the captured American sailors who were taken to Germany on the ...
Article : 217 wordsField Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, in a report issued last night, states: We made a successful raid north-eastward of Guendecourt. Enemy raiding parties ...
Article : 73 wordsA lively incident occurred in the House of Commons to-day. Mr. R. D. Holt protested against the Admiralty for refusing to issue secret instructions to a ...
Article : 119 wordsA French communique from Salonica stales: The Italians, in a counter-attack at Hill 1050, ease of Parolovo, recaptured the whole of the lost treuches, and ...
Article : 57 wordsThe Admiralty has received a wireless Press message giving the following German communique: We engaged in numerous reconnoitring engagements, ...
Article : 44 wordsThere is a strong demand from shops and restaurants for 6lb. tins of beef and mutton, and Australian beef is making 72/6 to 74/ per dozen, and mutton 75/ ...
Article : 197 wordsPress correspondents who interviewed General Rawlinson asked, "Will the Germans anticipate the Allies in the next offensive?" General Rawlinson said ...
Article : 108 wordsGeneral Smuts, who was lately in command of the British forces in East Africa, had a most enthusiastic receptior. here. The City Hall was crowded, and among ...
Article : 152 wordsArrangements are being made to accommodate the oversea delegates to the Imperial Conference at the Savoy Hotel. The first meeting of the conference will ...
Article : 43 wordsAn opportunity for contributing to the support of that deserving object, the War Nurses' Fund, will be given next Friday through the medium of a coin day. There ...
Article : 101 wordsThe Berlin correspondent of the "New York World" states that during his visit to Vienna the Kaiser was interviewed by the playwright, Hans Mueller, who quotes ...
Article : 381 wordsDr. H. A. L. Fisher (PresidenT of the Board of Education), replying to a trade union deputation which submitted resolutions with regard to education reform, ...
Article : 131 wordsThe former Berlin correspondent of the "New York Times," cabling from Berne, says: "It is idle to say that Mr. Gerard, the American Ambassador, was not held ...
Article : 77 wordsIn the House of Commons to-day Mr. J. C. Wedgwood called attention to the interview with Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig published in the newspapers ...
Article : 219 wordsWriting to Messrs. Isles and Love, Brisbane, Captain Cliffoid W. J. Isles, of the — Australian Auxiliary Mechanical Transport Company, says: "I think I[?] ...
Article : 484 wordsThe Press Bureau states that Mr. W. H. Long (Secretary of State for the Colonies) has appointed a committee of 25 to report on measures for settling ...
Article : 154 wordsThe Canadian Government is considering, the calling out of the militia under the compulsory provisions of the Militia Act, in order to guard the American ...
Article : 72 wordsThe shipping companies are preparing to resume their sailings. ...
Article : 18 wordsAnother French loan is expected to be issued here shortly. ...
Article : 23 wordsLieutenant Colonel Fioude Flashman died fiom pneumonin while on active service on February 12. ...
Article : 21 wordsThe State Department has received confirmation of the report that Mr. Brand Whitlock, American Minister to Belgium, was compelled to lower the ...
Article : 48 wordsThe final demonstration in Trafalgar Square to-day in connection with the war loan was most impressive. The speakers, who included Mr. Massey ...
Article : 257 wordsMr. Lloyd George made a statement in the House of Commons to-day on the subject of the further restriction of imports and the improvement of agriculture in ...
Article : 105 wordsThe captain of the American schooner Lyman M. Law has wired to the American Consul, stating that the commander of the subin rine which sank the ...
Article : 70 wordsAn official communique issued to-day states: In the Puisalline district, between the Oise and the Aisne, our detachments entered the ...
Article : 126 wordsIn the House of Lords to-day Lord Curzon, replying to criticism regarding the multiplication of office buildings and ofrfcials, pleaded the immensity and ...
Article : 100 wordsThe proceedings of the Dardanelles Commission will probably be completed in a month. LONDON, Friday. ...
Article : 43 wordsA few submarinings were reported on Thursday. The biggest vessel sunk was the British steamer Ferga, 791 tons, and the other victims were four trawlers. The ...
Article : 199 wordsGerman newspapers continue to bestow blessings on the submarine campaign, and are nauseously reiferating that the Deity is with them night and day. ...
Article : 27 wordsIn the House of Commons Mr. BonaLaw said the Government had thoroughl[?] investigated the Freuen Parliamentary Committee system as a means of conveying ...
Article : 50 wordsM. Raymond Lestonnat, who contributes weekly notes on the naval side of the war to "L'Illustration," writes in than journal: The British, with then nets, which are of ...
Article : 262 wordsThe secretary of the Boilermakeis and Shipbuilders Society appeals to members to do their best work in output and the repairing of ships. He states: "A grand ...
Article : 100 wordsIn the House of Commons Mr. Bona[?] Law announced the receipt of the resolution passed by the committee under Lord Balfour of Burleigh, concerning the ...
Article : 47 wordsAdmiralty aeroplanes again, on Wednesday, dropped a considerable weight of bombs on the harbour and shipping at Bruges with most successful results. One ...
Article : 41 wordsMr. David Durham, of Mount Bauple, a Queenslander of more than 50 years' standing, has four sons and two grandsons at the war, and a third ...
Article : 292 wordsThe Press Bureau states that the Minister for Munitions announces that a small fire occurred on Wednesday in a factory in Hertfordshire. Two workmen ...
Article : 42 wordsThe Central News Agency states, that the Government proposes further restrictions on the railways in order to facilitate increased naval and military traffic. The ...
Article : 41 wordsIn the House of Commons to-day Mr. W. C. Anderson and other Labour members asked for a statement as to how many were expected to enrol themselves ...
Article : 202 wordsThe chairman of the South Eastern Railway Company told the shareholders that the companys steamship Engadine, which was mentioned in Sir John Jellicoe's ...
Article : 57 wordsIhe Chinese Minister, in the interview with a representative of "Le Journal," said that Chinas note to Germany faithfully represents Chinese sentiment, which ...
Article : 138 wordsAt the wool sales today every lot of scoured crossbreds and slipes was withdrawn under Government instructions, but the remainder of the catalogue, ...
Article : 78 wordsThe newspapers give prominence to photographs of the King inspecting the Australian troops at Salisbury Plain on Tuesday last. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 112 wordsWorks on the railways and in the factories is curtailed owing to the shortage of coal, and the authorities are closing the preliminary schools. Two ...
Article : 53 wordsThe "Westminster Gazette" recently published an appeal asking Londoners to extend hospitality to Australian soldiers on leave. A generous response was ...
Article : 65 wordsUnder arrangements made by the Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce), 1000 carpenters will be sent to Great Britain in accordance with the request of the ...
Article : 131 wordsBrigadier Sinclair Maclaugh has been created a Companion of the Order of the Bath. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe Eadora, which picked up the crew of the sunken vessel Azul, was herself [?]orpedoed on February 14, and one of her crew was drowned. The chief officer and 14 ...
Article : 75 wordsAt a meeting of retailers at Covent Garden Market it was decided to refuse to sell potatoes on Monday unless the wholesale price was fixed at £10/10/ per ...
Article : 73 wordsIn accordance with the decision of the Government, the morning newspapers will consist ot only two pages, and they will be published twice weekly. ...
Article : 45 wordsThe experiment of placing Boy Scouts on board passenger ships is extending, because of their usefulness on the Britannic. ...
Article : 33 wordsThe annual meeting of the South Brisbane Patriotic Committee will be held in the South Brisbane Town Hall, next Tuesday, at 8 p.m. The mayor ...
Article : 39 wordsThe wheat market is unchanged. Flour has a restricted business. The quotation for Australian patents is 62/6 per 2801b. ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Sat 17 Feb 1917, Page 5
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