Mr. Gerard, late American Ambassador at Berlin, has arrived here for the purpose of presenting a report to President Wilson. ...
Article : 78 wordsYesterday £29/10/10 was received for the "Courier" Patriotic Funds, and was divided as follows:—Volunteer Fund, £10; Wounded Soldiers', £10; Belgians, ...
Article : 244 wordsChina has broken off diplomatic relations with Germany. China has seized six German steamers at Shanghai, and placed armed guards on ...
Article : 79 wordsRecruiting returns yesterday showed an improvement. Twenty-five men volunteered, of whom 21 were accepted. Eleven were married, which shows that the ...
Article : 140 wordsThe Senate sat all night and to-day Members stated that there was no special object in the stonewall, except to get electioneering speeches in "Hansard." ...
Article : 2,799 wordsMr. Austen Chamberlain (Secretary of State for India), in the House of Commons, opened the debate on the subject of India's contributing £100,000,000 ...
Article : 1,140 wordsCaptain Thomsen, in command of the Frederik VIII, which brought Count von Bernstorff to Europe, confirms the main features of the "Daily Express's' account ...
Article : 154 wordsLord Milner, a member of the War Council, presiding at a luncheon to Sir E. P. Morris, Premier of Newfoundland, said the guiding principle of the new era ...
Article : 281 wordsTo-day's recruiting figure were: Volunteered, 33; accepted, 15. ADELAIDE, March 15. Thirteen men were examined on ...
Article : 41 wordsA French communique states: At Maisons de Champagne the Germans delivered two violent counter-attacks against Works which we had captured to the leit ...
Article : 134 wordsMichael Davey and Arthur Macdonald have offered their services to join the Navvy Corns for Britain. THURSDAY ISLAND, March 15. ...
Article : 134 wordsThe American steamer Algonquin, 2833 tons, while carrying a cargo of foodstuffs from New York to London, was sunk without warning by [?]llfire and bombs ...
Article : 539 wordsA well-known Australian gentleman of Scottish descent intimated to the secretary of the State Recruiting Committee yesterday that he was prepared to help ...
Article : 100 wordsThe drawing of the art union in connection with the War Nurses' Fund has been postponed until June 1 next. ...
Article : 28 wordsA wireless Press message received by the Admiralty contains the following German communique: In the Champagne battles continue south of Ripont with ...
Article : 39 wordsThe Labour Party carried a resolution, urging the Government again to endeavour to settle the Irish question. ...
Article : 26 wordsAt the Methodist Conference a resolution, moved by Dr. Carruthes, was carried urging the General Conference to issue a pronouncement upon the attitude ...
Article : 114 wordsField-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, in a report issued to-night, states:—We advanced on a mile and a half frontage south-westward and westward of ...
Article : 111 wordsMrs. H. E. Smith, of Arthur-terrace, Red Hill, has received some very interesting letters from her son, Stuart, who at present is at Lark Hill Camp, Salisbury ...
Article : 955 wordsGerman newspapers contain huge advertisements regarding the sixth war loan. Financial circles admit that the fall of Bagdad occurred inconveniently, ...
Article : 79 wordsThe closing of the Imperial Service Club was unanimously decided upon at a public meeting held in the Town Hall yesterday afternoon, at which his ...
Article : 355 wordsA wireless Press message received by the Admirality contains the following German communique: In the [?] region the English attacked without ...
Article : 64 wordsMr. Roth (late American Consul for Saxony), who has returned, says that the standard of living of the poorer classes is terrible, and worse than that of the ...
Article : 116 wordsAn official despatch from Mesopotamia states: We advanced detachments 30 miles upstream from Bagdad. Steps have been taken to prevent the flooding of the ...
Article : 99 wordsThe Washington correspondent of the "New York World" says that Mr. Gerard has reported to the State Department that there is no prospect of ...
Article : 134 wordsThe Press Bureau announces that Mr. Prothero (President of the Board of Agriculture) asked the Archbishop of Canterbury his opinion on Sunday field ...
Article : 112 wordsThe Press Bureau announces that the King, in acknowledging the congratulations of the Allied sovereigns and the heads of States onthe capture of ...
Article : 62 wordsThe Admiralty announces that the arrivals of vessels during the past week numbered 1985, and there were 1959 sailings. Thirteen vessels of over 1[?]00 ...
Article : 96 wordsA cablegram has been received from Lieutenant Colonel L. Wilson acknowledging the receipt of £99/8/6 from the 5th [?]ght Horse Comforts Fund. Half ...
Article : 352 wordsThe court-martial of Driver William Richard Campbell, of the Australian Artillery, took place to-day. He was arrested at York as an absentee, and was ...
Article : 143 wordsA German communique received by the Admiralty in a wireless message states: We captured 256 Russians and several machine guns on the Narajowka. ...
Article : 35 wordsThe situation created by the threatened national railroad strike is ominous. The union leaders admit that the danger of war is the reason for their striking now, ...
Article : 56 wordsDirect news has not been received from Petrograd since Monday. The "Central News" correspondent at Stockholm states that a well-known business man, who has ...
Article : 130 wordsThe Greek Government has promised Admiral Guillemin to punish the crew of the Greek patrol boat who fired on the French torpedo boat at Pallas, and also ...
Article : 41 wordsAdvices state that Germans are training Mexican soldiers, and the Iron Cross Society is forming regmients of Teutonic reservists. Germans are offering ...
Article : 46 wordsMr. Bonar Law, in the House of Commons, stated that the representatives at the Imperial Conference would be able to bring up any subject whatever for ...
Article : 58 wordsMr. Bonar Law, in the House of Commons, in reply to Mr. Asquith, stated that he would afford him facility to make a statement on the report of the ...
Article : 128 wordsAt the monthly meeting of the Yeerongpilly Shire Council on Wednesday it was decided to purchase a copper plate honour board from the Wunderli[?]h ...
Article : 180 wordsIn a wireless Press message received by the Admiralty the following German communique was included: French thrusts between Ochrida and Lake Presba and ...
Article : 37 wordsThe Zurich correspondent of "Le Petit Parisien" states that enormous crowds in the Berlin churches on Sunday offered prayers for a happy issue ...
Article : 70 wordsThe cotton question was debated in the Houte of Lords. Earl Beauchamp withdrew a hostile amendment after Earl Curzon had assured him that the ...
Article : 42 wordsIn the House of Representatives, The Prime Minister told Mr. Finlayson that nothing has been done, nor was anything contemplated, respecting the ...
Article : 1,617 wordsAt a result of Auslialian and other representations the Government will permit the importation of certain qualities of Austialian and New Zealand ...
Article : 53 wordsMajor A. Wynyard-Joss. writing to the C.C.M., and Mr. C H. Briggs (manager of the Brisbane Newspaper Co., Ltd.), amongst others, asks for the ...
Article : 78 wordsThe Dutch Appeal Court has sentenced Berr Schroeder, editor of the "Tolegraaf," to three months' imprisonment, for a breach of neutrality in designating ...
Article : 44 wordsThe "Berliner Tageblatt," in discussing the situation to Roumania, admits that the Roumanian army has been thoroughly reorganised. ...
Article : 28 wordsWheat is scarce, and prices are unchanged. ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Fri 16 Mar 1917, Page 7
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