A peace conference, dominated by Germany, has been commenced in Russia. The chairman, a German delegate, in his opening remarks, ...
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Article : 218 wordsThe Chamber of Deputies has passed a vote of confidence in the Government by 345 votes to 50, and has approved of a continuance of the war to a victorious ...
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Article : 100 wordsMrs. C. Brown, formerly of Darraghstreet, Kangaroo Point, and now residing in Melbourne, has received word that her husband, Private C. Brown, of the A.I.F. ...
Article : 339 wordsThe "New York Times" has published the following Christmas messages:— From Lord Northcliffe: "We want more ships. The Allied cause will be nearer ...
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Article : 165 wordsThe Hamburg "Fremdenblatt" states that Germany must not surrender her island possessions in the Pacific, whose naval bases and coaling stations will ...
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Article : 64 wordsLieutenant Richard Stewart Billington, fourth son of Mr. and Mrs. William Gresly Billington, of "Bearsden," Newmarket, has been awarded the Military ...
Article : 61 wordsOfficials at Washington have discovered a very extensive system whereby letters written in invisible ink and in code are being carried by sailors of neutral ...
Article : 81 wordsIn order that full and practically free entertainment may be provided for all soldiers on leave in London, the British American Australian, Canadian, and New ...
Article : 184 wordsOfficial advices from Rome state that Germany has begun a powerful offensive in Macedonia. The Allies have repulsed three attacks. ...
Article : 30 wordsA French communique states: There is reciprocal artillery activity on the right bank of the Meuse and in the Mort Homme region. Enemy aeroplanes ...
Article : 109 wordsThe British are using a gun capable of hurling a depth bomb a distance of a mile. It is effective if it strikes within 50 yards of the periscope of a submarine ...
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Article : 860 wordsFive bombs were dropped on the town of Goes, in the province of Zealand, in Denmark. The airman's nationality is unknown. Some houses were damaged, ...
Article : 39 wordsThe Presbytery of Brisbane met in the Y.M.C.A. rooms on Monday night to bid farewell to Dr. Merrington. The Rev. S. Martin, M.A., Moderator, was in the ...
Article : 401 wordsThe Washington correspondent of the "New York Sun" states that diplomatic advices show that U boats are being sunk almost twice as fast as they are ...
Article : 67 wordsLast evenings attempted air raids were a complete fiasco. There was a slight snowstorm during the day on the Kentish coast. The evening was dark, and the sky ...
Article : 202 wordsM. Caillaux, in an impressive oration in the Chamber of Deputies defended his pre-war policy. He declared that he had been unable to participate with the ...
Article : 196 wordsThe local food committees in seven London suburbs have commandeered the surplus margarine in the multiple shops, and handed it over to other shops, thus ...
Article : 80 wordsIn a statement issued by the National Committee of the Australian Young Men's Christian Association in relation to its canteen service in England and ...
Article : 166 wordsSeveral clergy in the Oxford Diocese have appealed to the Dean of the Chapter of Hereford Cathedral to refuse to accept the nomination of the Rev. Hensley ...
Article : 58 wordsThe Bishop of London (Dr. Winnington Ingram), in a Christmas message, says:—Great Britain is rising like a tower out of the deep. The nation ...
Article : 94 wordsIn a Rugby football match the Welsh Guards defeated New Zealand headquarters by 14 points to nil. There was 30 score in the first half. ...
Article : 42 wordsRegulations have heen gazetted prohibiting private dealings in wheat, except in the cases of growers, who may sell up to 100 bushels to any other grower for ...
Article : 77 wordsThe last wound suffered by Lieut. A C. Carmichael (formerly Minister for Education in New South Wales) has broken out afresh and he has been ...
Article : 46 wordsThe "tank" used at Manchester in connection with the sale of war bonds was responsible during the week for the disposal of £1,500,000 worth. This total exceeded ...
Article : 67 wordsAdmiral Fiske advocates a carefully prepared and gigantic Allied attack by torpedo planes and air bombs on the German fleet at Kiel and Wilhelmshaven, ...
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Article : 56 wordsE. Barry, the sculling champion, has been wounded by a shell. He went to the Front a month ago. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe Department of Defence has issued a fourth edition of the "Manual of War Precautions," which contains amendments of the law of the regulations thereunder ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Wed 26 Dec 1917, Page 7
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