It is announced that Germany proposed an alliance with Mexico and Japan to make war on the United States in the event of America not remaining neutral. ...
Article : 951 wordsField-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, in a report issued last night states: This morning captured a portion of a trench north-eastward of Sailly-Saillisel, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 123 wordsL.S.B., of the Australian field Artillery, writes to his wife:—"The cold wind blows dismally over the sodden fields of Flander's, where we—huddled up ...
Article : 724 wordsA conference is being held at Cala[?] between M. Briand (French Prime Minister), General Lyautey (Minister for War), General Nivelle ...
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Article : 31 wordsMr. Philip Gibbs, war correspondent at the British Front, reports on February 28:—The Germans abandoned Gommecourt during the night, and we took possession ...
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Article : 205 wordsThe Petrograd correspondent of the London "Daily Chronicle" says it is understood that a conflict reigns in high bureaucratic circles in Russia. One ...
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Article : 142 wordsSenator Frederick Hale, who has returned from England, says he met Mr. Lloyd George, Mr. Asquith, Mr. Balfour, Lord Bryce, and other leaders, who ...
Article : 49 wordsThe twenty-fourth list of Queensland collections is as follows:—Previously acKnowledged. £1596/12/2: W. Woolrich, Banana, £8/12/6; Mrs. P. Mayne, ...
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Article : 32 wordsMr. Frank Simonds, the "New York Tribunes" war expert, who has visited the Front, says he believes this war will last another year. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 67 wordsA German communique received by the Admiralty by wireless Press states: The Italians strongly attacked hill positions in [?]the Cerna salient, eastward of ...
Article : 39 wordsThe "Petit Journal" states that the retreating Germans on the British Front blew up a number of guns of large calibre. The fact that the Germans ...
Article : 64 wordsThe Government of India has offered £100,000,000 towards the cost of the war, and the British Government has gratefully accepted the offer. It is possible, ...
Article : 114 wordsThe Berlin correspondent of the "New York Times" says the newspapers there state that it must not be assumed from the arrival of the American steamer ...
Article : 68 wordsIn Victoria to-day 44 men were examined, and 22 passed. ADELAIDE, March 1. To-day 17 men were examined, and 14 ...
Article : 31 wordsAn offcial despatch from Mesopotamia states: The close pursuit of the enemy was steadily maintained on Monday, our advanced troops engaging the enemy in ...
Article : 191 wordsUneasiness prevails in Germany owing to the British advance on the Ancre. The newspapers are not allowed to comment on the German retreat, which informed ...
Article : 45 wordsA well attended send-off was tendered to Messrs. T. Lennon and W. Peters, who have volunteered for the Front, prior to their departure for camp. ...
Article : 104 wordsThe "Ni[?]we Rotterdam[?] Courant" states that the German Government has promised Holland an indemnity for the torpedoed vessels, and permission to use ...
Article : 38 wordsThe Butchers' Guild to-day entertained at luncheon Mr. Massey (New Zealand Premier), Sir Joseph Ward, and Sir Thomas Mackenzie (High Commissioner ...
Article : 214 wordsA British correspondent at head-quarters states that the Australians were responsible for a brilliant raid at Armentieres on Tuesday. They attacked on a ...
Article : 72 wordsThe Germans are making efforts to prevent a rupture with China. They unsuccessfully attempted to distribute substantial bribes, and offered to wipe out ...
Article : 78 wordsMiss Knill-Abell, of Lose-street, off Logan-road, South Brisbane, has received a cable from her brother, Private Kenneth Duckworth Knill-Abell, saying that he ...
Article : 399 wordsSignor Saceri (Minister for Justice) has introduced a Bill in Parliament providing for the absolute legal equality of the sexes. ...
Article : 32 wordsMr. P. F. Warner, speaking at a London cricket club conference, paid a high tribute to the Australians. He said: "I was convinced that they would prove ...
Article : 123 wordsDespite the uncertain position in politics, and the trade adjustment made necessary by the exigencies of the war[?] much interest has been manifested by ...
Article : 156 wordsA message from Tokio (Japan) states that fran von Zaldein, a daughter of Admiral von Capelle (German Minister for the Navy), and wife of an interned ...
Article : 59 wordsIn connection with the recent recruiting scandal at the White City, in which arrests were made for conspriacy in evading military service by taking ...
Article : 153 wordsThe military police paid a surprise visit to the Commonwealth Bank, where there are always numerous congregations of Australian troops, and arrested a number ...
Article : 39 wordsPresident Wilson told a group of pa[?] fi[?] "I have done, am doing and will do everything possible to keep the United States at peace." ...
Article : 36 wordsThe Admiralty states that naval aeroplanes raided ironworks at Bre[?] south-eastward of Saarbrucken, in Rhenish Prussia, on Sunday. Several air fights ...
Article : 43 wordsThe "Evening News" says it understands that the delay in publishing the report of the Dardanelles Commission is due to the necessity for referring certain ...
Article : 55 wordsA meeting of Covent Garden salesmen and distributers appointed a deputation to ask the Government to reconsider its prohibition of the import of apples, ...
Article : 37 wordsThe State Recruiting Committee has received the following letter from the wife of a soldier "Please send me some more recruiting cards. There are still some ...
Article : 136 wordsAt the weekly meeting of the Maryborough Sock Society it was reported that six cases of socks, each containing 40 pairs, and another case containing 30 ...
Article : 49 wordsThe State Depatment is investigating a report to the effect that three American consuls and two clerks have been detained in Germany until Berlin is ...
Article : 74 wordsA German official message states that a German seaplane successfully bombed an enemy transport in the North Aegean Sea. A German submarine on the 12th ...
Article : 52 wordsA very miscellaneous selection was offered at the wool sale to-day. There was good competition for both crossbreds and merinos, and prices ruled in sellers' ...
Article : 36 wordsThe House of Commons carried without a [?]vision a motion to observe in the House of Commons the liquor restrictions imposed outside. ...
Article : 30 wordsWheat has a ready sale at recent rates. A parcel of 2000 tons of Australian wheat afloat has been sold at 82/ per 480lb. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe Committee, of the Comforts Fund for the 2nd Light Horse Regiment urgently appeals for books of songs, or any music, for use on a transport. Gifts may ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Fri 2 Mar 1917, Page 7
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