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  2. GERMAN PEACE TERMS.

    The references from Holland to the German peace offensive are evidently based on the receipt of certain proposals through a neutral source. ...

    Article : 234 words
  3. THE IRISH SITUATION.

    The appointment of Viscount French to the position of Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland has caused surprise, though his name was mentioned in connection with a ...

    Article : 613 words
  4. ANZACS WIN MORE DISTINCTION. TWO BRILLIANT RAIDS ON THE SOMME.

    The Australians in two brilliant actions in the Somme sector pushed on their line 1200 yards on more than a mile front. The advances were made in pitch darkness early on Sunday morning. In the first advance the enemy was taken by ...

    Article : 131 words
  5. PERSONAL NOTES

    Mrs. Barclay, of Paddington, received a letter from her eldest son, Private James Barclay, who has been in hospital since December, that be is to be ...

    Article : 1,159 words
  6. "PREJUDICIAL TO RECRUITING."

    The following letter has been received by the Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Watt) from the British Empire Union:—"I am directed by the council of this union to ...

    Article : 159 words
  7. SOLDIERS' INSTITUTE DISPUTE,

    Staunch adherence to punciple on the part of the returned soldier members of the Queensland Soldiers' Educational and Industrial Institute, in ...

    Article : 1,581 words
  8. THE MILITIA FORCES.

    As the result of the determination of the Federal Government to strengthe[?] the militia forces, the commanding officers of militia units have been ...

    Article : 136 words
  9. "WITH POWER TO APPOINT."

    Sir,—In Mr. Hardacre's communication to the "Courier" of May 4, he stated that "he (Mr. M'Minn) did not in any way seek the appointment, but was urged by ...

    Article : 235 words
  10. RECRUITING STATISTICS.

    Recruiting continues to show a satisfactory upward trend. Though the full figures are not yet available it is evident that the number of enlistments last week ...

    Article : 108 words
  11. THE BRISBANE SOCIALIST MEETING.

    The following urgent wire was received yesterday by the Returned Sailors' and Soldiers' Imperial League from the Mackay sub-branch:—"This sub-branch ...

    Article : 46 words
  12. MAKING GOOD THE LOSSES.

    The Rotterdam correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" states that the German General Staff is making still greater demands upon Germany's allies. A large ...

    Article : 85 words
  13. BIG PUSH BY AUSTRALIANS.

    The United Press correspondent on the British Front reports:—The Australians in two brilliant actions between the Aucre and the Somme pushed on their lines 1200 ...

    Article : 210 words
  14. "COURIER" PATRIOTIC FUNDS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 164 words
  15. LUSITANIA ANNIVERSARY.

    Apropos of the third inniversary of the sinking of the Lusitania the story is published of U-boat 39, which sank the steamers Ida, Hanna Larsen, and Sans ...

    Article : 333 words
  16. ARBITRATION COURT JURISDICTION.

    The question of the validity of the High Court decision in the State railways case, when it was held that a State instrumentality was outside the ...

    Article : 470 words
  17. THE R.S.S. DAY.

    On Monday evening there was a full attendance of the R.S.S. Day Celebration Committee, with Captain Maddocks in the chair. The various sub-committees ...

    Article : 222 words
  18. GERMAN CLAIMS.

    A German official wireless message states: A local enemy attack southward of Locre failed. We took prisoners during reconn[?]tring engagements near ...

    Article : 52 words
  19. AMERICA'S PART.

    The Shipping Board launched 10 steel and six wooden s[?]ps in the week ended May 5, the total tonnage being 89,195. An additional 80,180 tons was acquired by ...

    Article : 107 words
  20. WORRYING THE GERMANS.

    Mr. Philip Gibbs, the war correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle," telegraphs: The Australians below the Somme are bent on making life-wretched for the ...

    Article : 286 words
  21. RED CROSS SOCIETY.

    The chief business at the meeting of the general committee of the Red Cross Society, at which Mr. W. T. Robertson presided, was a report read by the ...

    Article : 911 words
  22. THE NAVY LEAGUE.

    At the weekly meeting of the executive committee of the Brisbane branch of the Navy League, a letter was received from the private secretary to the Governor, ...

    Article : 452 words
  23. BRITISH PRISONERS.

    Major Newton, M.P., explaining the restriction on the privileges of German officers in Great Britain as a reprisal, points out that the present is not the ...

    Article : 179 words
  24. GERMAN SUBMARINES.

    A Dutch correspondent states that among U boat men now no sanguine feeling exists as to the result of the German blockade. The men who are doing the ...

    Article : 62 words
  25. BRITISH IN PALESTINE.

    A report from London states that the British captured a thousand Turks and Germans in Palestine in the last few days. The British have now retired from ...

    Article : 164 words
  26. POSITION IN RUSSIA.

    M. Litvinoff (Bolshevik Ambassador in London) has received a telegram from Moscow stating that the rumours of a counter revolution are absurb, and have ...

    Article : 79 words
  27. BRITAIN'S POSTAGE RATES.

    Mr. A. H. Illingworth (Postmaster-General) stated in the House of Commons that the increase of the colonial letter postage to 1½d per oz. would bring ...

    Article : 80 words
  28. REPATRIATED SOLDIERS.

    War prisoners to the number of 107, who had been repatriated, reached Saint Pancras Railway Station amid remarkable scenes of welcome, the wives sometimes ...

    Article : 305 words
  29. THE GENERAL SITUATION.

    The British War Mission has made a statement that with the French and British reserves now available the situation on the West Front has considerably ...

    Article : 71 words
  30. AMERICAN NEWS.

    The following official wireless message from America has been made available by the Consul of the United States:— San Francisco.—The trial trip of the ...

    Article : 366 words
  31. THE BELGIAN COAST.

    The Admiralty announces: Between April 29 and May 5 our air force contingents from Dunkirk carried out bombing operations against Ostend, We[?]tend, ...

    Article : 80 words
  32. THE GOOD WITHIN.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 75 words
  33. FIELD-MARSHAL HAIG'S REPORT.

    Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports: By a minor operation our line westward and south-westward of Morlancourt, between the Somme and the ...

    Article : 141 words
  34. RETURNED SOLDIERS WELCOMED.

    Mr. and Mrs. Perrett, of Seaforth. Toowong, were host and hostess at a charmingly-arranged and enjoyable welcome home recently at the Masonic Hall, ...

    Article : 328 words
  35. THAT RED FLAG MEETING.

    At a meeting held on Saturday night under the auspices of the Orange Lodge, No. 88, the following motion, proposed by Mr. Mills (Grand Secretary), and ...

    Article : 219 words
  36. SHIPBUILDING IN TASMANIA.

    At the present time there is a mild shipbuilding boom in Tasmania. Apart from the contract recently signed with the Commonwealth Government for the ...

    Article : 111 words
  37. QUEENSLAND PATRIOTIC FUND.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 52 words
  38. METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS.

    The annual Sunday school picnic in connection with the Yeronga Congregational Church was held in the Yeronga Park on Monday, when there was a large ...

    Article : 277 words
  39. AMERICAN REPORTS.

    A report from London states that the British have advanced south-west of Morlancourt. A later report states that in the ...

    Article : 47 words
  40. "LE BONNET ROUGE" CASE.

    The prosecutions in the "Le Bonnet Rouge" case has closed, and it is expected that at lease 100 witnesses will be called for the defence. M. Marchand, an ...

    Article : 122 words
  41. WAR PRAYER MEETING.

    The war prayer meeting held in the Albert-street Methodist Church last night was well attended. After the intercessory prayers on behalf of the Army ...

    Article : 203 words
  42. THE FRENCH FRONT.

    A French communique stated: An enemy attempt, after a violent bombardment, to reach our line south-west of Anchin Farm failed completely, many of ...

    Article : 89 words
  43. Y.M.C.A. APPEAL.

    A cheque for £2/2/6 was forwarded by J. E. Andrews, Ashgrove. Tallebudgera, yesterday, for the Y.M.C.A. special appeal. ...

    Article : 21 words
  44. SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONALISTS.

    Addressing his constituents at Smithfield General Hertzog declared that their enemies wished the Nationalists to indulge in disorders to give a pretext for ...

    Article : 107 words
  45. WARNING GERMANY.

    By an overwhelming vote the organisation members of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States have decided to warn German business men that unless the ...

    Article : 110 words
  46. Y.M.C.A. APPEAL.

    An amount of £10 to the Y.M.C.A. Fund is the result of a social and dance held at Glasshouse Mountains in the School of Arts. Mr. Will H. Lister ...

    Article : 116 words
  47. CHARGE OF CORRUPTION.

    Comm[?]datore Bonamico, a high official in the Ministry of Munitions, who was awaiting trial on a charge of corruption, hanged himself in prison. ...

    Article : 34 words
  48. EMPLOYMENT FOR RETURNED SOLDIERS.

    A motion to dispense with the services of the two watchmen employed on Circular Quay wharf, in order to substitute returned soldiers, was submitted to the City ...

    Article : 49 words
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