Uruguay has broken off relations with Germany. President Viera sent a message to Parliament saying that the time had come when ...
Article : 202 wordsTwelve men offered their services for the A.I.F. at the Adealide-street depot on Saturday. Ten were declared fit, and two were unfit. Those who offered were ...
Article : 166 wordsYesterday was a quiet day at the depot, but already £2500 has been subscribed. Within the next few weeks the committee wants another £1000, so as to pack ...
Article : 492 wordsField-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig report: There was considerable artillerying on the battle front all night long. We successfully raided south-east of Broodseinde, ...
Article : 245 wordsThe "Daily Chronicle," summing up the political situation in Rusaia, says that the Democratic Conference revealed a weakness owing to the great number of ...
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Article : 388 wordsA French communique states: Artillery duelling has occurred in the VauxhaillonLaffaux-Hurtebise sector and on the left bank of the Meuse, notably north of ...
Article : 149 wordsAt the Town Hall to-day 42 men were examined and 19 were passed as fit. ...
Article : 23 wordsMrs. A. P. Foott has received notification of the death of her husband, Private Arthur P. Foott, who was killed in action in France on September 17. Private Foott ...
Article : 967 wordsMr. Edmund Candler, the correspondent with the British forces a Mesopotamia in a vivid despatch regarding the Ramadie battle, says: Two British columns moved ...
Article : 484 wordsA French Eastern communique states: Artillery is active on the Vardur Front, north of Monastir, in the region of the Lakes. ...
Article : 30 wordsMr. Philip Gibbs wires: Rain fell heavily during the day and night, and the shell craters are already nonds brimming over into swamps of mud. Through the ...
Article : 1,554 wordsA traveller from Hamburg states that at the beginning of last week a new German battle cruiser. In trials of Heligoland, was mined, and towed into port ...
Article : 50 wordsMr. Perceval Phillips, the war correspondent, writes that he has statements from prisoners and much information from unofficial sources which confirm the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 127 wordsM. Marcel Hutin, the French correspondent, says he has reliable information that the enemy is making tremendous efforts to construct more powerful ...
Article : 104 wordsNotwithstanding the collapse of the Southern strike, and the restoration of normal interstate shipping traffic at an early date, the Government proposes to ...
Article : 566 wordsThe Federal Treasurer (Sir John Forrest) gave an encouraging account to-day of the progress of the Liberty Loan of £20,000,000 to be used solely for war ...
Article : 485 wordsA wireless German message states that a German submarine which had been interned at Cadiz escaped without munitions. The message added that the ...
Article : 41 wordsThe Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) has just completed arrangements for the sale to the British Government of 30,000 tons of butter, involving about ...
Article : 297 wordsIt is officially announced that an American destroyer recently sunk a submarine after a thrilling engagement lasting 20 minutes. The destroyer ...
Article : 64 wordsThe War Insurance Bureau has reduced the rates by 23 per cent, based on reports that the U boat has largely not been successful, and that there are ...
Article : 57 wordsPaul Rene Loubet, by means of false diplomas, acted as locum tenens in a number of English towns. He obtained a lieutenancy in the Army ...
Article : 115 wordsPresident Wilson is considering the formation of a War Trade Council to take over the entire control of foreign commerce. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe special war session of the 65th Congress, one of the most important in the history of the United States, ended this afternoon. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe Press. Bureau announces: The American Embassy states that Congress, since April, has voted 17,000,000,000 dollars (£3,400,000,000), and has ...
Article : 47 wordsBaron Akerhielm, counsellor of the Swedish Legation, has gone to Sweden as a courier, and it is believed his mission is of the most important character. ...
Article : 34 wordsWebster's Dictionary says that an eligible is one that is fit or qualified to be chosen; legally or morally suitable; worthy to be chosen or selected, desirable. ...
Article : 510 wordsThe Premier stated yesterday: " I take very strong exception to the manner in which reports of interviews with me are being published in the "Courier," with ...
Article : 232 wordsSeveral coal seams have been discovered at Coventry, and are estimated to yield eighty million tons. ...
Article : 21 wordsUnder instructions from headquarters, Melbourne, Dr. Eugeu Hirschfeld has been returned to the internment camp. ...
Article : 22 wordsMr. Frank Simonds, in the "New York Tribune," heads a lengthy review of the future of the Germans colonies with Mr. W. A. Holman's statement, "Australia ...
Article : 277 wordsThe increase to Norway's fleet of merchantmen during the month of September was 12,000 tons, against a loss of 34,000 tons. The fleet to-day consists of ...
Article : 36 wordsA novel entertainment in aid of the Allies' Village Fair was held in the Town Hall to-night. The principal item was a mock wedding ceremony, the bride being ...
Article : 156 wordsA pacifist meeting this afternoon of the Brotherhood of the Church resulted in a riot. A large crowd, including soldiers, assembled outside, and broke through the ...
Article : 161 wordsThe German newspapers have a chastened tone owing to the latest fighting. They no longer claim victory, but only say " Our heroes held out," and excuse the ...
Article : 105 wordsA pleasant social welcome was given by the committee of the Stephens Horticultural and Industrial Society last Friday, in the Walker Memorial Hall, to ...
Article : 172 wordsMr. Hogan (president of the Waterside Workers' Union), questioned this morning as to whether there was any further information, stated that so far as his ...
Article : 180 wordsThe committee of the 11th Light Horse Comforts fund will meet in the depot, Hornsby Buildings, to-morrow evening, at 7.30. As this will be the last meeting before "Mascot Day" a full ...
Article : 217 wordsThe third communique issued by Mr. N. D. Baker (United States Secretary for War) shows that American expert military opinion regards the Flanders battle ...
Article : 166 wordsIn consequence of the South Wales miners demanding a revision of the income tax Mr. Bonar Law offers an abatement of £25 on account of a wife, thus ...
Article : 41 wordsThe Bishop of Salisbury has unveiled at Durrington, near Amesbury, an imposing memorial to the men, of the First Training Battalion of the Australian Forces ...
Article : 58 wordsAs a result of the tours by the memorial bands in Victoria, 330 men have volunteered, and over £1000 has been received by the Red Cross and patriotic societies, ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Tue 9 Oct 1917, Page 7
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