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Article : 114 wordsMr. Philip Gibbs, correspondent with the British headquarters, says: When we smashed through the Hindenburg line on Tuesday the German High Command, as ...
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Article : 455 wordsSecond Lieut. Charles E. Kingsford Smith, of the Royal Flying Corps, has been awarded the Military Cross. The young lieutenant is the youngest son of ...
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Article : 449 wordsMr. C. B. Stanton, Labour member for Merthyr Tydvil, has asked the Board of Trade to investigate the books of the South Wales Miners' ...
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Article : 181 wordsMr. J. F. Hope, Lord of the Treasury, speaking in the House of Commons, said a British and Turkish conference would be held at Berne shortly regarding the ...
Article : 82 wordsMr. George Roberts (Minister for Labour), in replying to a deputation from the Trade Union Congress, said the Government's demobilisation plans were ...
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Article : 33 wordsAn official message from German East Africa states: We entered Simbas in the Kingari Valley, and also Newala. A small force gallantly engaged a superior ...
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Article : 188 wordsThe King has approved of the issue of a decoration in the form of a bronze star with a tricolour riband, for all British and Indian military men and civilians who ...
Article : 60 wordsTh[?] Austrian and Hungarian delegations will meet on December 3 for the first time since the commencement of the war. ...
Article : 26 wordsColonel E. M. House (President Wilson's Confidental Adviser) states that he and General Bliss will represent America on the Allied Supreme War ...
Article : 67 wordsThe State Government is making arrangements to fittingly celebrate on Tuesday next the recent great victory on the Western Front. A thanksgiving service ...
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Article : 51 wordsHis Honour Mr. Justice Bray, when sentencing 13 bigamists to imprisonment for various terms up to 12 months at Maidstone, remarked that five-sixths of ...
Article : 62 wordsCaptain A. M. Rattray, of the Otago regiment, has been court-martialled and dismissed the service. ...
Article : 21 wordsStringent regulations have been gazetted [?]or the inspection of luggage, baggage, and cargo carried by, overseas ships. ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Mon 26 Nov 1917, Page 7
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