Mr. Robert Kerr, of the Inspection Branch, General Post Office, has just received word that his son, Harold Norman Kerr, has received a lieutenancy in ...
Article : 1,369 wordsThe military authorities advise that the following members of the Australian Imperial Force have been listed ("B") for return to Australia, and are actually ...
Article : 1,003 wordsPreparations are now being made for the flotation of another war loan by the Commonwealth, and a definite statement of the intentions of the Government will ...
Article : 224 wordsGerman newspapers state that Germany is preparing to intervene in Russia on the pretext of restoring order with the assistance of the Maximill[?]ts. ...
Article : 35 wordsThe Allies, knowing that it is the intention of the Germans to enter upon a super-offensive shortly, are not waiting passively for the attack, but continue to improve their positions slightly at various points. The French on Saturday night captured ...
Article : 127 wordsAn Italian message states: Supported by our Allies, we captured Monte Valbella on June 29 after a bitter struggle. Large masses of the enemy ...
Article : 125 wordsThe Director-General of Recruiting (Mr. Mackinnon, M.L.A.) to-day conferred with Mrs. Ryan, wife of the Premier of Queensland, on the question of ...
Article : 110 wordsThough the loss of the Huddart, Parker steamer Wimmera, with an apparently considerable death toll, has aroused intense anxiety in the minds of ...
Article : 993 wordsThe "Tidens T[?] states that 500 Germans are advancing in the Pasig Valley, on the Finnish-Norwegian frontier, and that Russian forces from ...
Article : 38 wordsThe Director-General of Recruiting estimates that the enlistments for the first half of the present year will total approximately 17,000. The enlistments this year ...
Article : 49 wordsM. Trotsky, speaking at a meeting at Sakolnike, said that it he had to choose between German and Japanese occupation [?] would choose the German, as ...
Article : 41 wordsBaron Alexander Wekerle (Premier of Hungary), in addressing the Chamber of Deputies, said the withdrawal on the Piave was necessary to spare the lives of ...
Article : 142 wordsField-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports: We repulsed, after sharp fighting, an attack on a British post in the neighbourhood of Merris, and took a few prisoners ...
Article : 108 wordsThe enlistments last week in four States again show a decrease. The figures given are for last week and the previous week respectively:—New South Wales, ...
Article : 53 wordsThe Press Bureau has issued the following report of the proceedings at a deputation of all parties, eveept the Irish Patty, which urged the case of ...
Article : 484 wordsOn his return on Saturday from a visit to Queensland the Minister for Repatriation (Senator Millen) discussed the repatriation work that is being done there and ...
Article : 335 wordsThe French have introduced a new type of tank in the fighting. It is only 6½ tons in weight, and resembles a motor car, with the driver encased in armo[?] in ...
Article : 80 wordsOn Friday 11 applicants were medically examined, and five were passed as fit. Following are the names of the applicants: Spencer William Dent, ...
Article : 151 wordsA French Eastern communique reports: British aviators dropped bombs lavishly in the Vardar Valley, and on the Seres-Drama railway, and brought ...
Article : 39 wordsSir Douglas Haig, in his report dealing with the operations of the aerial squadrons, states: Hostile aerial activity on Saturday was not great, but we ...
Article : 468 wordsA German official wireless message declares: There was increased artillery firing all day northward of the [?] and southward of the Aisne, and it was ...
Article : 62 wordsStreet fighting, extending over several days, took place during a general strike at Budapest. Many persons were killed. Over 2000 strikers have been awarded. ...
Article : 71 wordsTo-morrow evening the new enlisting offices in Albert-square will be the scene of the usual free picture show that has hitherto been hold in Queen-street ...
Article : 57 wordsM. Poincare (President of France), in a striking ceremony in the presence of a great gathering of Ministers and others, presented a flag to the Czecho-Slovaks ...
Article : 68 wordsThe "Weimer Zeitung" states that the Emperor Karl has refused to accept Dr von Seidler's resignation, and has ordered Parliament to be summoned to meet on ...
Article : 36 wordsAt the enlisting office on Saturday one man was accepted for active service. TOOWOOMBA, July 1. Edwin George Mawhinney, ...
Article : 104 wordsThe damage during the raid by German aeroplanes on Friday was small. One Gotha machine was brought down, and the two occupnats were taken ...
Article : 39 wordsAt a special meeting of the Gympie and District Teachers' Association, held on Saturday morning, the vice-president (H. M'Cullagh) presiding, a motion was ...
Article : 419 wordsSouth German newspapers publish a semi-official article insisting on the necessity of far-reaching internal reforms in Austria on the basis of autonomous ...
Article : 29 wordsThe Pan-Germans continue to attack Dr. von Kuhlmann (Minister for Foreign Affairs). Assisted by General von Ludendorff's influence, a great wave of ...
Article : 243 wordsThe popularity of war lectures was emphasised last night by the large audience which gathered in the Exhibition Building to listen to the experiences of ...
Article : 473 wordsThe Amsterdam correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" reports that the general meeting of the Daimler Company was a mournful event. The chairman ...
Article : 99 wordsThe "March for Freedom" column departed a little after 9 o'clock this morning for Plainby and Goombungee. ...
Article : 27 wordsA spokesman at the meeting of Caxton Hall, when a new trade union party was formed, sharply denounced the abolition of the truce as all part of the ...
Article : 97 wordsMr. Peter Bowling will leave to-night for Maryborough, where he will speak to-morrow evening, and then go on to Bundaberg. On Saturday morning he ...
Article : 64 wordsMr. Philip Gibbs, the war correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle," telegraphs: There has been no German counter-attack to retake the ground east of Nieppe ...
Article : 296 wordsSir Joseph Jonas, ex-Lord Mayor of Sheffield, who was charged with having on various dates between September 1, 1913, and June 10, 1918, conspired with ...
Article : 87 wordsNews has been received in Melbourne that the steamer Itria, a well-known visitor to Australia, was sunk on April 20 as the result of a collision which ...
Article : 231 wordsRecruiting Organiser Harding reports than on Sunday night, assisted by Mr. T. O'Hagan, he addressed a recruiting meeting at Longreach. Mr. Curtis, ...
Article : 74 wordsThe Hague prisoners of war conference was resumed to-day, and is expected to conclude early in the week Sir George Cave (Secretary of State for the Home ...
Article : 61 wordsA meeting of the Imperial War Conference was held to-day. ...
Article : 16 words[?] is stated by those concerned in the trade that the agreement whereby the Imperial Government acquires the Australian wool clips gave the assurance that ...
Article : 87 wordsIn the Central Police Court to-day Ernest Edward Judd, leader of th Extremist section of the Labour Council, and author of the famous "Stop the War" ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 110 wordsDuring a visit to Sydney, which concluded to-night, the Acting Minister for the Navy (Mr. Poynton) visited the three shipyards now at work on the ...
Article : 123 wordsIn connection with the celebration of July 4, it is proposed to ring the "Angelus" on the city church bells, and all business traffic will be at a standstill for a few ...
Article : 57 wordsA French communique states: We made [?]ds, notably west of Hangard, and south [?] Authi[?]es, and brought back prisoners, [?]outh of the [?]ur[?] in a local operation ...
Article : 109 wordsThe Commonwealth Pensions Bill, which already represents an annual liability of several million pounds, is being rapidly augmented. Returns issued by ...
Article : 128 wordsA Select Committee on Public Expenditure reveals the useless expenditure of nearly £4,000,000 upon public shipyards. The Admiralty embarked upon the ...
Article : 123 wordsMr. W. F. Massey (Prime Minister of New Zealand) voted at the election of sheriffs for the city of London, being probably the first Dominion Prime ...
Article : 47 wordsAt the meeting of the Brisbane City Council yesterday the Mayor said that he had received a communication from South Australia asking what was being ...
Article : 185 wordsThe National Salvage Council has appealed to householders, hotels, institutions, and others, to save the kernels of fruit stones for the extraction of oil for ...
Article : 36 wordsMost of the theatre managements in Melbourne have invited the Anzacs on furlough in Australia to attend the performances. The men who wish to avail ...
Article : 51 wordsThe following are lists of members of the Australian Imperial Force who have been awarded decorations, and who are returning to Australia:— ...
Article : 116 wordsSir. Hughes (Prime Minister of Australia) interviewed M. Kerensky to-day and has also been in consultation on mercantile shipping matters. ...
Article : 66 wordsAfter giving further consideration to the representations which have been made for the raising for service with the A.I.F. abroad of a Scottish ...
Article : 103 wordsSome months ago the Australian Red Cross Society in London informed the Department of Repatriation that it proposed to establish vocational ...
Article : 63 wordsThe correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" with the Americans at [?]aten Thierry, reports: The Americans have repeatedly proved in ...
Article : 186 wordsThrough the courtesy of the Government, the Apostolic Delegate, Monsignor Cattaneo, has sent to the State Recruiting Committee the plans of the graves at ...
Article : 85 wordsIt is announced that the New Zealand Voluntary Aid Detachment is being formed, with Miss Mackenzie (daughter of the High Commissioner) in command. ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Tue 2 Jul 1918, Page 7
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