A Paris correspondent states that a naval communique reports a French battleship was torpedoed by a submarine in the Mediterranean on December 27, and ...
Article : 67 wordsIt appears that not every word issuing from the mouth of their idol is accepted by all Germans as an inspired uttterance, writes Leonard Fay, in the London ...
Article : 814 wordsScandanavian and Dutch messages describe Berlin's disappointment with respect to the Allies' reply. The public had stubbornly hoped for the acceptance of ...
Article : 360 wordsAn Amsterdam correspondent from Berlin says the Government is considering a scheme for recruiting,misdemeanants who voluntarily apply for admissions to the ...
Article : 47 wordsThe New Zealand wool clip has been purchased by the British Government. ...
Article : 20 wordsThis New Year's Eve was the quietest ever remembered in Sydney. At many churches watchnight services were held and appropriate addresses given. ...
Article : 286 wordsIt is authoritatively stated that Mr. Nielsen's appointment as New South Wales Commissioner at San Francisco has not been definitely settled. ...
Article : 29 wordsSir George Reid sends the following message to the Australian people: Heartfelt greetings and good Wishes. As the strain of the war increases, the British ...
Article : 56 wordsA '' Times'' correspondent says six steamers (British) and a sailer are reported to have been sunk. ...
Article : 24 wordsRouter's Amsterdam correspondent says the late details of the destruction of the Roumanian oil wells, contained in the Munich newspapers, says the the surface ...
Article : 82 wordsIt is probable that an alteration will be made in the day for continuing the Premiers' Conference on loan advances through the Commonwealth and the ...
Article : 33 wordsDuring 1916 Norway lost 272 ships of a tonnage of 367,000, valued at 200,000,000 kroner. [A kroner is worth 28 cents, or a little ...
Article : 38 wordsThe German Food Dictator is changing in the New Year his centralisation scheme of distribution to one of extensive decentralization. The new order is regarded ...
Article : 48 wordsThe dispute over which fifty men at Port Piric Zinc Works are out of work, threatens serious results in that industry. ...
Article : 31 wordsReuter's Copenhagen correspondent, Monday: The survivors of he crew of the Danish steamer Hroptatyr torpedoed by U18 off Cape Ushant, on December 22, ...
Article : 114 wordsThe Army Council intends to take possession of all linen yarns to secure supplies of fabric for aeronautical purposes. It also may restrict the use of flax to ...
Article : 45 wordsForged Commonwealth £5 notes are again in circulation. About a dozen were successfully passed at the races. They are described as exceptionally good ...
Article : 35 wordsA German official message says: We captured the Russo-Roumanian positions in the Quitz Valley. Von Mackensen encountered strong resistance northward ...
Article : 58 wordsBeing a Sunday night there were non of the usual noisy demonstrations as the old year went out, and 1917 was ushered in in Grafton. No bells rang, nothing ...
Article : 60 wordsThe Kaiser addressed New Year orders to the army and navy, and boastfully refers to 1916 as haying been rich in victories and successes. He said all the ...
Article : 85 wordsFine weather was experienced for the holiday, a great many people arranging picnic parties in one form or other. Special excursion trains to Byron Bay ...
Article : 52 words"The Times" prints the first reports, from a reliable Mohammedan source, of the Armenian atrocities, given by two Mussulman eye-witnesses, of official stand ...
Article : 334 wordsThe Russo-Roumanian evacuation of Dobrudja is complete. The mild winter prevented the freezing of the Danube, making Von Mackensen's crossing ...
Article : 30 wordsThe ferry was kept going all day yesterday by the Osprey, under Capt. Wicks, Engineer Ned Manning and Bo 's 'n Tranter. The ferry is only supposed to call ...
Article : 100 wordsArthur Goodsell, who has been under remand at the Molong lock-up on charges of forgery, and larceny, escaped last night, assisted by someone from outside who ...
Article : 71 wordsEscaped Servian prisoners from Germany and Austria tell of their shameful treatment. They were, not only put to the hardest tasks, but were insufficiently fed ...
Article : 52 wordsRussian official: Fierce battles have proceeded in the Ouitz Valley. The enemy, reinforced, repeatedly attacked and captured several heights. The enemy is ...
Article : 106 wordsThe Orara brought 240 passengers from Sydney, of which 139 landed at Coff's Harbor. ...
Article : 17 wordsMr. Hughes interviewed, regarding the published statement that hundreds of returned soldiers are walking the Sydney streets destitute, hopelessly seeking work, ...
Article : 164 wordsA Washington correspondent says: Dr. Wilson has sent a second Note, which has not yet been presented to the belligerents. The Note is explanatory of the first. ...
Article : 34 wordsOn account of yesterday being a holiday passengers from Sydney by the Kyogle could only be booked as far as Maclean. There they would have to wait ...
Article : 41 wordsReuter's Athens corespondent's says the Italian Minister has handed the Government a Note, demanding reparation for the events on 1st and 2nd December, ...
Article : 37 wordsA"Times" leader on Monday says: The substance of the Entente's Note is instinct with unshakeable determination of the Allies to trust that neutrals will ...
Article : 70 wordsThe 259th casualty list shows for all States, totals of:--Killed in action, 40; accidentally killed, 2; died of wounds and other causes, 11; wounded, 59; missing, ...
Article : 315 wordsA German official message says: We threw back the Russians as far the, Braila bridgehead, and gained positions east of Macin and Dobrudja. ...
Article : 42 wordsThe Governor of Newfoundland, in a message to Mr. Hughes, says the old colony of Newfoundland was proud of a message from the Commonwealth of ...
Article : 132 wordsA German war correspondent predicts fighting in the Armenticres-Ypres section, where artillery and raiding were actively on the increase during the past week. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe Allies' sympathisers feel that the Entente's Note has produced an admirab[?] general effect as a statement of our case. German manoeuvres have weakened a ...
Article : 117 wordsThe Highland Society's annual gathering at the Agricultural Grounds attracted a great attendance. The net proceeds of the gathering will be divided among the ...
Article : 53 wordsTuesday's papers will contain the New Year awards, and will include:--Military Cross:--Australians: Majors Norman Harris, William Inglis, Aubrey Wilshire; ...
Article : 288 wordsAbout 70 children and 15 wives of soldiers attended the picnic instituted by the Grafton War Equipment League at Susan Island yesterday. There was ...
Article : 375 wordsA French communique says: The night was calm. We captured some prisoners in a coup de main south of Chilly. ...
Article : 25 wordsKing George's New Year message to the French President said he was as confident as ever of a victorious issue from the struggle. He added: "I pray that ...
Article : 90 wordsParis communique: Nothing important; French at Verdun and the Somme in 1916 captured 78,500 Germans. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe Governor, speaking at the Highland gathering, said General Haig told them in an uncensored message that the Empire was not prepared to fight at the ...
Article : 118 wordsReuter's Amsterdam correspondent, Monday: The King off Bavaria, in am army order, said: "If the enemy refuses the proferred hand of peace we will enforce ...
Article : 33 words"The Times" correspondent with the French armies on Sunday pays a tribute to the patient, wiry, active and most lightly-built French troops holding the ...
Article : 229 wordsThe " Daily Mail'' correspondent from Amsterdam says it is reported from the frontier that Germany is transporting guns and material through Belgium ...
Article : 83 wordsAn Amsterdam correspondent says an outburst of Tentonic fury will surely follow the publication of the Entente's Note. ...
Article : 59 wordsMr. J. Cook left for Melbourne last night, and will confer with Mr. Hughes at the earliest possible moment. Upon the outcome of the Conference it is believed ...
Article : 64 wordsI agree that it is not wisdom to force conscientious objectors into the army, but if we make it too easy for men to get off by pleading conscience we should have ...
Article : 90 wordsA secret memorandum off the German Navy League states that the military and political domination of Germany over Belgium is compelling and necessary. Paper ...
Article : 55 wordsThe coronation of the King and Queen of Hungary was accomplished at Buda Pest with ancient pomp and ceremony. An Amsterdam correspondent at Buda ...
Article : 92 wordsMr. Hughes to-day declined to discuss any matter in connection with the Imperial Conference, and would not say what was in his mind about Australia's ...
Article : 58 wordsOur agricultural difficulties are great, but those of our enemy are ten times worse. When we talk about crops we mean corn, potatoes and foodstuffs, but ...
Article : 57 wordsCount Reventlow is reiterating the necessity for the permanent supremacy of Germany over the whole off Belgium. ...
Article : 26 wordsIf conscientious objectors do not like breaking stones, let them make mail bags at Dartmoor, or leave the country.-- Mr. Stanton, M.P. ...
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Daily Examiner (Grafton, NSW : 1915 - 1954), Tue 2 Jan 1917, Page 3
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