Registration under the new conscription law began to-day, and is being carried on throughout the country Intense patriotism is being shown, and a ...
Article : 666 wordsThe Washington correspondent of the "New York Times" has learned that Japan informed the Russian Government that if she withdraws, Japan, in ...
Article : 185 wordsThe official announcement of the result of the poll for the Brisbane division in the House of Representatives was made in the grounds of the Adelaide-street drill ...
Article : 1,450 wordsMr. F. W. Massey (Prime Minister of New Zealand) in the course of an interview, said he believed conscription would pass at the next referendum ...
Article : 161 wordsYesterday only light contributions came in for the "Courier" Patriotic Funds. two being benefited The 110th weekly contribution of the employees of ...
Article : 73 wordsA London message states that Commodore Tyrwhitt's squadron sank one German destroyer and damaged a second. British warships also bombarded Ostend. ...
Article : 237 wordsThe declaration of the poll for the Wide Bay division took place at noon to-day outside the divisional returning officer's rooms at the Naval Hall. Mr. ...
Article : 487 wordsNo matter how small the donation, every little helps towards equipping our nurses, and yesterday the fund for this purpose was increased by £2/6/6. Of that ...
Article : 141 wordsThe War Cabinet has appointed a committee to prepare a scheme to establish an Imperial Mineral Resources Burea[?] in order to collect information regarding ...
Article : 95 wordsField-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports to-day: We drove off German raiders south-eastward of Lens and at Armentiores. We carried out successful raids ...
Article : 104 wordsThe Admiralty reports that naval aeroplanes dropped bombs on enemy aerodromes at Ezenis and Westrem (Belgium) on Sunday night with good ...
Article : 85 wordsNews has just been received by cable to the effect that Lieutenant Howard Thoneman, of the Royal Field Artillery, has been reported missing on May 17. ...
Article : 713 wordsTwenty-eight men offered their services at the Enlisting Depot yesterday; 8 were fit, 3 were deferred, 2 were unfit, and the remainder were absorbed into other ...
Article : 217 wordsIn the House of Commons to-day Mr. Bonar Law (Leader of the Government) said the Government had completed its Irish Convention proposals, and was ...
Article : 66 wordsThe official declaration in connection with the Capricornia division took place at noon to-day. The returning officer (Mr. W. J. Smout) announced the ...
Article : 272 wordsTo-day's communique states: A brisk attack at night time restored us part of the trenches in which the enemy gained a footing yesterday north-west of ...
Article : 166 wordsReports from Petrograd state that subscriptions to the "Libertry Loan" total 1,000,000,000 roubles. The correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph" ...
Article : 383 wordsThe French Chamber of Deputies, at a secret session, passed a resolution, by 453 votes to 55, that reparation should be demended from Germany for the damage ...
Article : 204 wordsThroughout the Commonwealth last week only 926 recruits were accepted for active service as compared with 987 in the previous week. The greatest decrease ...
Article : 135 wordsTwo German divisions recently from Russia participated in the fighting yesterday at Mont River. They attacked at the elbow, and suffered terrible losses. Five ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 45 wordsIn Victoria yesterday 45 men volunteered, and 22 were accepted for active service. ...
Article : 27 wordsIt was announced by the Marine Underwriters' Association of Victoria to-day that the war insurance rate on vessels travelling from the United ...
Article : 77 wordsThe Czech Socialists have received their passports to attend the international Socialist Conference at Stockholm. Herr Wolf a member of the German ...
Article : 251 wordsMessrs. Robert Pringle (Oakey), William Ferdinand (Inglewood), and Joseph Wm. F. Donovan (Muniganeen, Goombungee) were accepted at the Toowoomba ...
Article : 29 wordsSteps were taken to-day to hold another election for the Darwin sent (Tasmania), in the House of Representatives. This course was rendered necessary by the ...
Article : 155 wordsA German aeroplane raid occurred along the Thames Estuary, and bombs were dropped in Essex and Kent. The weather conditions favoured the ...
Article : 238 wordsA Military District Order, issued to-day, provided that in future Citizen Force officers who have not served in the A.I.F., or on active service in other ...
Article : 133 wordsGerman submarines aie actively destroying Swedish fishing boats near Koster. FIGHTS WITH SUBMARINES. ...
Article : 96 wordsIt was in an optimistic vein that the Minister for the Navy (Mr. J. Cook) referred to the question of shipbuilding in Australia to-day. "I have been ...
Article : 140 wordsThe whole of Russian Poland is gripped by famine, which is especially acute in Warsaw, Lodz, and other industrial centres. The Polish State Council has ...
Article : 67 wordsMr. G. H. Mackay, the newly-elected member for Lilley, visited Montville on Monday. This is one of the places which Mr. Mackay was unable to visit during ...
Article : 74 wordsAt the Central Police Court to-day Phillip Henry, laundry proprietor, was proceeded against on informations charging him with having falsely pretended to ...
Article : 218 wordsThe Messageries Maritimes steamer Yarra, 4163 tons, was torpedoed and sunk on May 29, in the Eastern Mediterranean. There were 690 persons on board, and of ...
Article : 39 wordsFour horses, Miss Gun, Rocket, Fred, and Vanity, fell while racing at Chindera[?]. The rider of Miss Gun, J. Halpin, sustained a broken collarbone and ...
Article : 56 wordsTo-day's Italian communique states:— We repulsed renewed enemy attempts eastward of Gorizia and Vodice. The enemy after several days' violent ...
Article : 179 wordsAmong the Queensland soldiers who have lost their lives in the war was Private Alfred Pozzi, who left Brisbane as a member of the 26th Battalion in ...
Article : 128 wordsGerman newspapers state that Dr. von Bethma[?]n-Hollweg (Imperial German Chancellor) visited Brussels, and discussed with General Falkenhausen, the Governor ...
Article : 93 wordsIt was stated in the House of Commons to-day that the Army Post Office employs over 4000 men despatching weekly 9000 bags of parcels and 40,000 bags of letters, ...
Article : 47 wordsThe "Staatsburger Zeitung" says that the Kaiser has sent a private letter to the three chief opponents of the Hollweg Coalition, forbidding a ...
Article : 75 wordsThe Minister for Home and Territories (Mr. Glynn) has decided to dispense with the office of Inspector of Aborigines in the Northern Te[?]ritory. There will still ...
Article : 137 wordsMr. T. P. Webb, speaking at the Colonial Institute, in discussing the proposed Empire Development Board, suggested by the report of the Dominions ...
Article : 75 wordsThe Germanophile Press publishes an official note inviting the Government to nominate a commission to verify the correctness of the reports about ...
Article : 35 wordsA meeting of the executive in connection with France's Day (July 14) will be h[?]ld in the Council Chambers, Town Hall, t-morrow afternoon, at 3 o'clock. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe recreation room at the Kangaroo Point Military Hospital was crowded yesterday afternoon, when an excellent performance was given by a number of ...
Article : 109 wordsMiss Miles, of Pimpama, received by the last mail 12 post card photographs which, obviously, were not intended for her. Miss Miles, however, was ...
Article : 99 wordsThe food question in Austria is becoming increasingly critical. All food parcels for Italian prisoners are now being systematically used for feeding the starving ...
Article : 40 wordsMr. W. Holman (Premier of New South Wales) has arrived in Paris. He has accepted the French Government's invitation to remain for a few days in order to visit ...
Article : 43 wordsA commission consisting of the most prominent representatives of Danish trade and industry is visiting foreign countries to negotiate with belligerents ...
Article : 61 wordsThe Military authorities request that Mrs. Dunham, late of Mitchell, next of kin of No. 4774, David Durham, 15th Battalion, should communicate with the A.A.G., ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Thu 7 Jun 1917, Page 7
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