At yesterday's sitting of the Elections and Qualifications Committee of the Legislative Assembly, the application of Mr. John Warburton Pennington that a ...
Article : 444 wordsThe German war press is beginning an officially inspired campaign, in order to prepare the public for fresh sacrifices on the western front. The army command is ...
Article : 384 wordsIt was announced by the Minister of Defence yesterday that immediate action would be taken to give effect to the proposals of the Government in regard to ...
Article : 1,032 wordsA German official menage says:—"We have occupied Revel, after a battle, and also Pleekzu, southward of Lake Pripus. "We occupied Pernau a seaport of the ...
Article : 452 wordsWith reference to a German official report that the auxiliary cruiser Wolf has returned to port after a cruise lasting fifteen months the Admiralty states:—"It ...
Article : 214 wordsThe German Imperial Chancellor, Count von Hertling, speaking in the Reichstag, announced that German representatives had gone to Brest Litovsk to meet the ...
Article : 131 wordsThe Matunga was on one of her periodical trips to New Guinea from Sydney. Colonel C. L. Strangman, of the Australian Army Medical Services, and a small party ...
Article : 666 wordsAmerican workers unanimously approve of Mr. S. Gompers's refusal to discuss peace with the German workers. The invitation was received through the Dutch ...
Article : 90 wordsA Berlin message states:—"The auxiliary cruiser Wolf, commanded by Captain Nerger, has returned from the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans, with 400 members of ...
Article : 115 wordsST. JOHN'S (Newfoundland), 25th Feb. The Red Crass steamer Florizel, 3081 tons, which struck the rocks north of Cape Race, the most southerly point of ...
Article : 86 wordsMr. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, writing to Mr. W. A. Appleton, secretary of the British Federation of Trades Unions. let his ...
Article : 177 wordsMr. Archibald Hurd, the well-known writer on naval subjects, states:—"We have sunk more than a few German cruiser submarines. Each vessel represents a severe ...
Article : 108 wordsIn his account of the capture of Jericho the Australian Press Association's representative in Palestine states:—"The capture of Jericho was most difficult, but we ...
Article : 286 wordsIt has been known for some time in Australia that the Matunga had been the victim of an enemy raider, and had not foundered with all hands owing to a ...
Article : 1,104 wordsAt the afternoon sitting of the committee a letter was read from Mr. W. C. Hill wi[?]drawing his application for a recount of the votes and petition against the return ...
Article : 168 wordsThe inter-Allied Socialist conference more precisely defined and gave greater prominence to the League of Nations proposal than was provided in the British ...
Article : 166 wordsBritish and French newspapers are discussing Japan's attitude in regard to Russia in view of the Bolsheviki's shameful capitulation. ...
Article : 275 wordsIt is reported from Copenhagen that the body of the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Strelitz has been found in a pond on his estate. There was a gunshot wound in the ...
Article : 295 wordsSYDNEY.—Mr. Fitzpatrick, Assistant Treasurer, stated on Tuesday night that the following cable message had been received from London concerning the ...
Article : 139 wordsClassed 100 Al at Lloyd's, the Matunga was a craft of 1618 tons gross and 1015 tons net. She was 273 feet long by 37 feet in beam, with a depth of 17 feet. Built 17 ...
Article : 92 wordsM. Albert Thomas formerly Minister of Munitions in France, in a speech at Cardiff gave a remarkable account of France's industrial renaissance. Ultimately, he said ...
Article : 138 wordsA Mesopotamia official message states:—"Our troops on the Euphrates occupied Khan Alburayet on Wednesday. Our patrols are within ten miles of Hit (100 ...
Article : 44 wordsThe cargo carried by the Matunga at the time of the capture consisted of coal and general stores for the tropical forces. and in addition some merchandise for ...
Article : 34 wordsThe Paris newspaper "L'Homme Libre" states that 1000 hostages were selected from prominent French people, including refined girls, taken from their homes and ...
Article : 135 wordsThe Hiatchi Maru was a steel vessel of 6557 tons gross, 449 feet long by 50 feet in beam, Classed 100 Al at Lloyd's she was built in 1906 at Nagasaki. She was a ...
Article : 67 wordsThe Director-General of Recruiting expressed the opinion yesterday that the recruiting proposals of the Government should meet with general approval. He ...
Article : 526 wordsThe entry of America into the war is responsible for the hostile and determined attitude of Irish Americans generally towards the Sinn Fein group in Ireland. ...
Article : 444 wordsThe official Press Bureau states:—"Sir Albert Stanley, president of the Board of Trade. has appointed a committee including Lord Colwyn (chairman) Mr. A. Fisher ...
Article : 51 wordsIn the House of Commons to-day Mr. Bonar Law said the condition of part of Ireland was under the Cabinet's consideration. He was unable to make a statement ...
Article : 51 wordsThe schooner Winslow, like the Hitachi Maru, was a visitor to Melbourne waters. Of 567 tons. she was equipped with four masts, and was built at Port Blakelay ...
Article : 62 wordsThe House of Commons yesterday passed votes providing for 5,000,000 men on the home and colonial establishments, including the air force, but excluding troops ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 41 wordsThe Washington authorities have issued a statement showing that the former editor of the newspaper "American" directed an attempted shipment of German ...
Article : 107 wordsMr. Bonar Law denies that Germany officially suggested the giving up of the use of gas. Such a suggestion, he adds, may be merely "a blind." ...
Article : 34 wordsOn 31st May last the Union Steamship Company's steamer Wairuna, 3947 tons gross, left Auckland for San Francisco direct, and should have reached her ...
Article : 748 wordsIn the German Reichstag on Saturday the Progressives, Liberate, Socialists and Centre party requested that soldiers of the 1869 and 1870 classes should be sent ...
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Advertising : 164 wordsSevere inundations are reported from java and Batavia. The country is half submerged. ...
Article : 20 wordsThe State department has asked Mexico to investigate the circumstances under which an American was killed and two others wounded by Mexicans at Tampico. ...
Article : 29 wordsRationing day introduced some novel scenes in the restaurants and hotels. The majority of them adopted the system of exchanging vouchers for meat coupons. Meat ...
Article : 53 wordsThe Berlin "Lokalan[?]eiger" announces:—"The Austrian and German Emperors have held a conference at head quarters, resulting in continued harmony regarding ...
Article : 40 wordsThe Roumanian Minister in London has left for Jassy, the temporary capital of Roumania. ...
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Advertising : 109 wordsA [?] been introduced in Congress to recommend the utilization of 300,000 inmates of gaols for the production of war supplies. ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Wed 27 Feb 1918, Page 9
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