The "Daily Chronicle" states the latest news regarding the torpedoing of the Cunard liner Laconia is that 13 of those on board are missing. The ...
Article : 812 wordsMr. Philip Gibbs, war correspondent at the British Front, in a telegraphic message on February 27, states: "Our troops are still advancing all along the ...
Article : 605 wordsThe Admiralty has received the following wireless Press message: Dr. von Hethmann-Hollweg (German Imperial Chancellor), speaking in the Reichstag, ...
Article : 1,232 wordsThe opinion here is that the sinking of the Laconia was a clear cut violation of America's rights. Authoritative opinion to this effect was given after the ...
Article : 750 wordsArrangements have been made for the withdrawal of diplomatic officers in Austria if necessary. There is a belief that a break is inevitable, and Spain will be ...
Article : 64 wordsThe "Novoe Vremya" publishes an appalling story of German poison gas exterminating the entire population of a Galician village. The Russian troops ...
Article : 151 wordsAn amount of £4/7/6 came to the "Courier" Patriotic Funds yesterday, the Belgians, Serbians, Poles, and Wounded Soldiers all benefiting thereby. The ...
Article : 315 wordsIn the Senate to-day, Senator Ferricks (O.) resumed the debate on the question that the Ministerial statement of policy be printed. He declared his belief that the ...
Article : 644 wordsThe Danish steamer Frederick VIII., with Count Bernstorfi, late German Ambassador to America, and his suite on board, has sailed for Copenbagen. ...
Article : 33 wordsThe Dutch Foreign Minister has sent a note to Berlin holding Germany responsible for the torpedoing of seven Dutch steamers. It is understood that ...
Article : 112 wordsA meeting of the Parliamentary Free-trade Committee which was attended hy Mr. Reginald M'Kenna, Mr. Ranciman, Lord Beauchamp, Lord Bryce, and Sir ...
Article : 114 wordsIn the House of Lords, replying to the Marquis of Crewe, Lord Curzon (Lord President of the Council) said that a furhter telegram received stated that the ...
Article : 212 wordsSpeaking in the House of Commons on the Navy Estimate, Mr. Winston Churchill warmly defended Lord Fisher against the attack made by Admiral Sir ...
Article : 54 wordsThe newspaper "Paron" states that German aeroplanes bombed the Greek steamer Mykali, which was transporting Greek infantry to the Peloponnesus, and ...
Article : 37 wordsSecond Lieutenant F. G. Russell, of the Flying Corps, formerly of the New Zealand Mounted Rifles, has been killed while flying. His brother, Lieut. ...
Article : 66 wordsThe Assistant Minister for Defence stated in the House of Representatives to-day that the number of men who had been despatched for active service abroad ...
Article : 41 wordsThe British steamer Headley, 4953 tons, has been sunk. ...
Article : 19 wordsA Roumanian communique states:—We repulsed, with enemy losses, strong enemy reconnaissances on the north-western frontier of Moldavia. We bombarded the ...
Article : 40 wordsLieutenant Malcolm P. Astley, a New Zealand officer, pleaded guilty before a court martial to the charge of drunkenness and resisting the military police on ...
Article : 68 wordsA deputation waited on the Minister for Defence to-day with a petition from the relatives of those who left Australia with the First Division, urging that the ...
Article : 148 wordsThe Bordeaux correspondent of the "New York Times" has interviewed an American Consul, who returned with Mr. Gerard. The Consul made a most ...
Article : 69 wordsThe Admiralty has received a wireless Press message containing the following Russian communique: In the region of Smorgen the enemy discharged eight gas ...
Article : 45 wordsA debate on the National Service Bill took place in the House of Commons. Many members urged the necessity for an amendment clearly preventing the ...
Article : 94 wordsThird Australian Divisional Headquarters' orders state that under the King's authority Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig has awarded the Military Cross to ...
Article : 302 wordsIn the House of Representatives, The debate on the Governments motion to ask the Imperial Parliament to extend the life of the Commonwealth Parliament ...
Article : 788 wordsA wireless Press message received by the Admiralty contains the following German communique: Activity on the East Front has increased with the decreasing ...
Article : 33 wordsTwenty-one men offered then services in the A.I.F. yesterday (all single men but two), and 15 were accepted. "Such figures as these," said the State ...
Article : 207 wordsMr. Hughes, replying to-day to a deputation of Tasmanian hop growers, relative to the importation of American hops, said that the Government would ...
Article : 60 wordsThe reorganisation of the Constitution of Austria-Hungary has been commenced at Germany's instigation. It aims at paralysing the national Czech ...
Article : 56 wordsThe Secretary to the Postal Department is cabling to the Imperial authorities to ascertain what Australian mails were on the Luconia when torpedoed. If the ...
Article : 77 wordsMr. Fardingham, an Australian passenger on the Laconia, states: "I was playing cards in the smokeroom, when the vessel was torpedoed. I went on deck, ...
Article : 288 words"Le Journal" states that the Germans have fallen back to avoid sanguinary disaster. The British victory was due especially to the terrifying effectiveness of ...
Article : 73 wordsAt about 10.30 last night some eight or ten soldiers in uniform assembled at the corner of Queen and Wharf streets, and called on passing ...
Article : 327 wordsThe Austrians executed 150 Bosmians and Herzegovinians who declared themselves to be Serbians. The victims included clergymen, members of ...
Article : 36 wordsMr. Austin Hoy has cabled President Wilson demanding that the deaths of his mother and sister should be avenged, and requesting the privilege of being the first ...
Article : 86 wordsField-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, in a report issued last night, states:—We made futher progress, and captured Le Barque, occupied Ligny, and established ourselves ...
Article : 80 wordsA Swedish Red Cross train, conveying exchanged prisoners from Russia, left the rails at Norrland. Four carriages were wrecked, and 65 Germans were buried in ...
Article : 47 wordsThe enlistment figures to-day were 19 volunteered, 17 fit. ...
Article : 18 wordsThe officials here are sceptical as to the German report that the American prisoners on the Yarrowdale are detained owing to an outbreak of infectious ...
Article : 61 wordsMessrs. Robert Gardner, John Stanton, and Neville Thomas Wright, all of Goondiwindi, were accepted at Toowoomba to-day. ...
Article : 56 wordsIn the House of Commons to-day Mr. J. F. Hope (Junior Lord of the Treasury) said that an exchange of prisoners of war was impracticable, as Germany would get ...
Article : 45 wordsSpeaking at the Middlesex Guldhall, Lord Selborne said it was preposterous that the efforts of Mr. R. E. Prothero (President of the Board of Agriculture) ...
Article : 110 wordsThe New York "Times" correspondent has interviewed Mr. J. F. Fotheringham, a Sydney survivor from the Laconia, who says: "The boat we were saved in was ...
Article : 62 wordsThe "Daily Chronicle" states that the German commanders apparently have now been oldered to capture merchant captains, whether or not the steamers ...
Article : 55 wordsMr. and Mrs. W. K. Berry, Cooroora, Sherwood, have received official notification that their son, Lieutenant Roy Morley Berry, was killed in action in ...
Article : 190 wordsIn the House of Lords to-day, Lord Buckmaster (late Lord Chancellor), in moving the second reading of the Bill providing for the admission of women as ...
Article : 116 wordsThe Admiralty has received a wireless Press message containing the following German communique:—Numerous British advances were made between ...
Article : 47 wordsMr. Floyd Gibbons, of the "Chicago Tribune" staff, was on board the Laconia, and gives a realistic description of the event. He says: "We were ...
Article : 319 wordsMany prominent men of foreign birth are under suspicion in connection with the spy investigation, and wholesale arrests are expected in the event of war. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe following notification appeared in the military notifications which were issued yesterday:—"It has been noticed that there is an increasing number ...
Article : 111 wordsPresident Poincare has telegraphed to King George his heartiest congratulations for the splendid achievement of the British on the Western front and at ...
Article : 67 wordsMr. Gerard, with a party of forty, in addition to newspaper correspondents and American refugees from Germany, has embarked from Spain. Mr. Gerard states ...
Article : 101 wordsSir Arthur Lee, Director of Food Production, has appealed to gentlemen motor drivers to act as night ploughmen between now and April 15. He states that ...
Article : 91 wordsIn the House of commons to-day Mr. Bonar Law said that, owing to the unfairness of calling up British subjects in localities where there are large alien ...
Article : 82 wordsAt the Upper North Pine Presbyterian Church on Sunday a memorial service was conducted by Rev. T. Leyden for Messrs. H. Easlea and W. Nugent, who died last ...
Article : 82 wordsA French communique issued to-day states: We raided the German lines south-east of Valmy, and brought back prisoners. Patrol encounters took place ...
Article : 43 wordsA routine order recently issued by Major C. J. Weavers (Camps Commandant) reads:—" Final home leave: The attention of all ranks is again directed ...
Article : 149 wordsThe Government ahs allotted to the High Commissioners for the Dominions permanent seats in the House of Commons behind the Ambassadors' benches. ...
Article : 33 wordsThe Stock Exchange is inactive, and brokers anticipate a period of quietade, owing to the amount of money locked up in the War Loan. ...
Article : 29 wordsGermany refuses to guarantee the safety of the American naval vessels Desmoines and Cacsar, if they are sent to Beirat with relief for the destitute ...
Article : 67 wordsThe wool sale to-day was confined entirely to Government-owned wool. There was animated competition, and merinos had a hardening tendency all round. No ...
Article : 37 wordsThe committee acknowledges receipt of clothing from Mesdames S. Dunlop, Brindle, J. J. King, and W. Hedges. Parcels of clothing may be sent to ...
Article : 43 wordsAllied aeroplanes heavily bombarded the harbour and depots of Zeebrugge. Heavy explosions were heard, and the glare of the fires was seen in Holland. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe American visible supply of wheat is estimated at 52,585,000 bushels, as compared with 54,345,000 bushels last week. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe "Morning Post" is increasing its price to 2d. ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Thu 1 Mar 1917, Page 7
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