Captain C. Bathurst (Parliamentary Secretaiy of Food Controller's Department) states that the Government has decided to get rid of half a million cattle. ...
Article : 96 wordsA German official statement in a wireless message received at the Admiralty is as follows: We repulsed Russo-Roumanian massed attacks northward of Foesani. ...
Article : 297 wordsThe committee of the Labour Executive has issued a report suggesting a basis for British Labour's peace views. The report will be presented at Friday's ...
Article : 470 wordsAlthough the Premier, when approached by a "Courier" representative yesterday afternoon, denied that the Cabinet had arrived at any formal decision, he tacitly ...
Article : 461 wordsOne third of the 089,600 men called up have been drafted, and mobilising will begin on September 1. CONTROL OF ATLANTIC ...
Article : 234 wordsThe Acting Premier made an official an nouucement to-day, in the course of which he said: "Many thousands of citizens have offered then services, and steps are ...
Article : 1,298 wordsIn the House of Commons to-day Lord Robert Cecil (Minister for the Blockade), in reply to Mr. Arthur Lynch (Nationalist member for Weat Clare). said there ...
Article : 213 wordsThe Berlin correspondent of the "Cologne Gazette," commenting on the questions asked in the British House of Commons concerning Belgium, says their ...
Article : 217 wordsMr. Heale (chairman of the Eacham Shire Council), with Mr. Harding (of Atherton), rode on horseback to-day from Yungaburra to Gordon Vale, and ...
Article : 249 wordsIt was ascertained yesterday that the whole of the men engaged by the New South Wales Railway Department at Wallangarra are remaining on duty, and ...
Article : 56 wordsMr. Hughes said to-day that he had had a conversation with Mr. Fuller (Acting Premier). Mr. Fuller had informed him that the wharf labourers and the ...
Article : 670 wordsWhich is to be formally opened this evening, and which is situated at the corner of Ann-street and Wharf-street. The contract for the remodelling of and additions to the building was signed on April 25—Anzac Day—and the foundation stone was laid by the Mayor of Brisbane (Alderman John W. Hetherington) on May 24—Empire Day. The builder, Mr. Blair Cunningham, has completed his contract in 15 weeks, under the supervision of Messrs. H. W. Atkinson and Chas. M'Lay, ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 210 wordsOfficial advices state that Austria is frantically fortifying, fearing an early Italian offensive, and has refused Germany's request to transfer many Austrian ...
Article : 85 wordsHerr Schiedemann, the Connan Socialist leader, is touring the country on Imperialistic propaganda. He addressed 6000 persons at Mannheim, and declared ...
Article : 38 wordsAt a meeting of the executive of the National Political Council of Queensland yesterday a motion was passed expressing appreciation of the stand which the ...
Article : 116 wordsField-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:—The French advanced north-west-ward of Bixschoote. Our fire drove oftan enemy party to the northward of ...
Article : 129 wordsAffer the Allies' Conference M. Painleve (Frenth Minister for War) was interviewed, and said the British, American, and French combined will exert a ...
Article : 77 wordsMr. Walter H. Long (Secretary for the Colonies), speaking at the West Indian Club, said "Our distant Dominions an dependencies have played a part in the ...
Article : 141 wordsCouncillor Suter, of Hughenden, brought the Northern railway strike before the notice of the Local Authoutits' Association Conference in Brisbane yesterday. ...
Article : 111 wordsIt is officially learned that Germany is concentrating her submarine activities to the Atlantic and the North Sea, and leaving the operations in the South Seas ...
Article : 228 words"There have been more casualties in the Australian Imperial Forces this year than recruits," declared Captain Dash (Secretary to the Queensland Recruiting ...
Article : 580 wordsThe "Star" publishes a report of an interview with war workers from Australia, who are annoyed at the delay in finding them work. They etate that only ...
Article : 140 wordsA French communique at midnight stated: In Belgium we made further progress south of Langemarck, and took 20 prisonels. There was reciprocal artillery ...
Article : 91 wordsAt the last meeting of the Maryborough W.P.O. considerable discussion centred around the Northern raliway strike, a motion being tabled ...
Article : 65 wordsThe mail train from Sydney arrived at the Brisbane Central at 8.55 last evening, or 25 minutes behind schedule. No contrary advice having been received ...
Article : 59 wordsThe Premier, when seen last evening, stated that so far as he was aware, no fresh development had occurred in connection with the Northern strike. The ...
Article : 148 wordsGeneral Maurice states that a great feature of the battle of July 31 was the work done by our aircraft. They took part in over 100 engagements with enemy ...
Article : 416 wordsThe Draft Bill has finally passed the Senate. It is expected that 100,000 men will be drafted and in training by the autumn. ...
Article : 74 wordsA wireless message, issued by the "Sjogartsignde," calculates that unless exports from America are forthcoming Norway will be in a condition of famine by ...
Article : 92 wordsThe Prime Minister said to-day that it was intended, if the Interstate Commission could under take the work of holding a comprehensive investigation into the cost of ...
Article : 258 wordsThe "New York World's" Paris correspondent learns from the Russian Mission visiting Parts that Germany has 88 divisions, or a total of 1,144,000 men, on the ...
Article : 68 wordsThere were no special developments in regard to the strike to-day. The union officials state they have nothing to report, and are simply waiting for action ...
Article : 705 wordsThere are no stock movements, and very little goods traffic owing to the postoral trouble. The only wool despatched was 22 bales on account of Z. Stibbards, ...
Article : 210 wordsGerman residents here held in a cinema theatre a private exhibition of a German film of the Somme battle. This provoked give disorders, thousands of citizens ...
Article : 57 wordsIn the House of Commons yesterday, Mr. W. L. Burdett-Coutts, in Committee, on the Representation of the People Bill, moved the omission of the claude providing ...
Article : 65 wordsFor several hours violent cannonading was heard in the Skager-Rack, an arm of the North Sea, between Sweden and Norway Norwegian torpedo boats proceeded ...
Article : 34 wordsThe Press Bureau states that the Irish Convention has instructed the Secretary to present schemes for the Government of Ireland to the Standing Committee in ...
Article : 65 wordsAll the foreign Ministers have visited Feng-Kwo-Chang in recognition of his occupation of the Presidency. ...
Article : 29 wordsMr. J. T. Macpherson (Parliamentary Under Secretary for War), in the House of Commons to-day, assured Mr. N. Pemberton Billing that the proportion of ...
Article : 58 wordsThe Bank of England returns for the week ended yesterday are set out in the following table, which for the purpose of comparison shows the returns for the ...
Article : 111 wordsThe "Birmingham Daily Post" says that Colonel M. Neville Chamberlain, Director of the National Service Department, is resigning owing to the transfer ...
Article : 124 wordsThe steamer Musgrave arrived yesterday, and the steamer Palmer arrived last evening. As most of the waterside workers were engaged on the Musgrave, a ...
Article : 146 wordsThe Paris correspondent of the "New York Times" quotes a prominent Swiss manufacturer in the closest touch with the Central Powers as saying, "Germany ...
Article : 79 wordsForty persons were killed in the disaster to the express train at Arquata Serivia. The accident was due to the sudden madness of an inexperienced ...
Article : 49 wordsSouth Australia is dependent upon New South Wales for supplies of coal, and the prologation and extension of the present industrial trouble in Sydney will obviously ...
Article : 309 wordsThe German police have raided Herr Haas's house. The military have threatened to conscript him for civilian services if he makes another anti-patriotic speech ...
Article : 35 wordsTwo meetings of the Wool Spinning Guild were convened for yesterday—one at 10 a.m., end one at 8 p.m. On both occasions a representative of the "Courier" ...
Article : 46 wordsEight men of the local railway went out to-day, and the regular train timetable has been cancelled, and an improvised service of one mixed train out ...
Article : 323 wordsCol. Lassetter has been gazetted an honorary Brigadier-General. ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Sat 11 Aug 1917, Page 5
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