Several Rh[?]neland newspapers are clamouing for the recall of Admiral von Tirpitz. They also want a Chancellor more worthy of confidence than either ...
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Article : 779 wordsA French communique states: On the Aisne Front reciprocal artillerying continued, being very lively in the region of Pladaux, between Ailles and Craonne, ...
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Article : 1,351 wordsField-Marsha1 Sir Douglas Haig reports: The enemy during the night heavily bombed our positions on the main ridge southward of Broodseinde. ...
Article : 148 wordsIn the Legislative Council at 10 o'clock last night the Minister, amidst protests from a majority of members, insisted on proceeding with the second reading of the ...
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Article : 384 wordsA wireless Russian official message received by the Admiralty states: The enemy occupied Arensburg on Saturday, their aerial and naval forces supporting ...
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Article : 70 wordsThe Casino Win-the-War League is considering the question of means of transit to enable the recruiting officer to canvass the outlying parts of the district ...
Article : 124 wordsThe following German official wireless message has been picked up by the Admiralty: We made rapid progress at Oescl Island, repeatedly ...
Article : 187 wordsThe Prize Court has condemned as destined for the Germans valuable parcels of wool consigned from Buenos Ayres to the Swedish Army administration, in ...
Article : 71 wordsIn the State Assembly to-night, Mr. Fuiler (the Acting Premier) informed Mr. Cakes that he had no announcement to make regarding Mr. Wade's statement ...
Article : 83 wordsLieutenant Fonck, a comrade of Captain Guynemer, avenged the latter's death on September 30. He shot down Wissman. the German who caused the drowning of ...
Article : 78 wordsThe Commonwealth Treasurer (Sir John Forrest) to-day refened to the suggestion which had been made that order to advertise the Liberty Loan postage ...
Article : 342 wordsThe Queensland Recruiting Committee advices that there will be a march of troops through Brisbane next Friday, and that further information will be ...
Article : 32 wordsFollowing on the refusal of the Home Secretary to agree to an increase of 50 per cent. in fares by taxi cabs, the drivers have decided to strike on October ...
Article : 49 wordsThe Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly have been in disagreement over the value of the land that should he protected against compulsory ...
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Article : 624 wordsThe examining magistrate has succeeded in tracing Swiss cheques for 2,000,000 francs (£80,000) payable to Bolo Pasha. These correspond with the ...
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Article : 111 wordsCaptain W. Douglas Reid, of the Army Medical Corps, formerly of Blenheim, New Zealand, has been killed in action. ...
Article : 24 wordsThe Prison Commuissioners report that the number of prisoners in 1916-17 was 48,362, as compared with 151,603 in 1913-14. ...
Article : 26 wordsAs advertised, the South Brisbane Council desires to secure the names, ranks, and dates of enlistment of soldiers from the South Brisbane City Area, and a ...
Article : 106 wordsDuring the month of September imports increased by £8,859,485, and exports decreased by £233,483, while reexports decreased by £3,962,161. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe Admiralty reports that the minesweeping sloop Regonia is overdue, and it is consideied that she has been lost with all hands. ...
Article : 50 wordsThe Senate of the Queensland University, at its last meeting, resolved that the Recruiting Committee should be informed of the number of members of the ...
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Article : 45 wordsEarly in August the committee of the Soldiers' Sock and made a special appeal for 25,000 pairs of pocks for our men in the trenches for the winter. During ...
Article : 110 wordsThe Japanese danseuse Mata Hari, who was found guilty of espionage, has been executed. [In July last a court-martial sentenced to ...
Article : 126 wordsWilliam Peter Hansen of Wondai, was accepted for active service to-day. This is the only volunteer offering here during the past fortnight. ...
Article : 80 wordsAt the commencement of the great war I was for some days cut off from communication with the United States, but we soon established chain communication, ...
Article : 1,165 wordsThe Press Bureau states: The War Office is arranging to issue a red chevron for officers and soldiers who entered the theatre of war in 1914, and a blue ...
Article : 69 wordsA memorial encharist for those who have laid down their lives in the war will be celebrated in the War Chapel, St. Luke's Church, Charlotte-street, this ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Wed 17 Oct 1917, Page 7
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