General Haig reports:-- Our line advanced both west and south-west of Guillemont. We accomplished this as the result of our fighting last night, in conjunction with the ...
Article : 145 wordsIn the State Parliament the Molong-Dubbc Railway Bill was read the first time. ...
Article : 17 wordsJudgment on the cost of living and a living wage, was given by Mr. Justice Heydon to-day. "Several circumstances," said his Honor, "seemed to suggest that the present ...
Article : 289 wordsThe Portuguese War Minister says Portugal will sono be fighting side by side with the Allies. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe French press approves of Mr. Asquith's proposal that the Allies should demand reparation for German brutality. ...
Article : 31 wordsJames McKane (17), who was under arrest at Blayney on a charge of stealing a bicycle, escaped from the lock-up on Wednesday night, by scaling the wall. He was ...
Article : 52 wordsA portion of the Clyde Canal burst, flooding the streets of towns to a depth of three feet. Many exciting scenes resulted, and the damage was heavy. There were no ...
Article : 43 wordsBulgarians claim to have repulsed an attack on the 14th and 15th south-west of Lake Doiran. ...
Article : 21 wordsA man employed on the railway named L. Batchelor, was picked up unconscious this morning on the road by which he goes to work. The bicycle he rode has not yet ...
Article : 62 wordsMunitions of war are still being exported in vast quantities from the United States. Forty million dollars' worth were shipped from New York last week. ...
Article : 39 wordsStreet fighting was reported in Essen after the police had ejected from the Municipal Buildings 2000 women seeking to interview the Burgomaster, on the subject of dear ...
Article : 41 wordsIn addition to the enormous output of shells and munitions in America, in Great Britain, and in Italy, the latest returns from France are startling. The increase in output since ...
Article : 66 wordsThe Political Labour League Disputes Committee will sit on Monday next to consider the motion of protest against the endorsement of the Minister for Railways as a Labour ...
Article : 44 wordsGeneral Smuts reports that our troops are closing in on the central railway, in the vicinity of Kilossa, from north and west, while the naval forces occupy the important ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,024 wordsA Paris correspondent pays a glowing tribute to the heroic deeds of the British Flying Service on the Somme, which brilliantly contributed towards the Allies' success. ...
Article : 46 wordsThe rejection of the Super-tax Bill by the Legislative Council was commented upon by the Premier to-day. He said the whole attitude of those who opposed the Bill in the ...
Article : 168 wordsIt has been arranged for the banks to finance purchases on behalf of the Government of meat and sugar abroad. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 85 wordsA Berlin message says the Kaiser left in the direction of Warsaw, apparently to proclaim Polish autonomy. ...
Article : 32 wordsReuter's headquarters correspondent says it is apparent the lull in operations by no means indicates that the British are resting. Everybody is digging in with the object of ...
Article : 61 wordsBrigadier-General Selheim and Dr. Maudsley have been awarded the Companionship of ther Order of St. Michael and St. George. ...
Article : 29 wordsGeneral Haig's latest communique says: The enemy's counter attack was repulsed north-west of Pozieres. North-west of Bazentin we captured 200 yards of enemy trenches. ...
Article : 37 wordsThe Drogheda (Ireland) Corporation passed a resolution of confidence in Mr. Redmond and the Irish Party, but called upon them to return to re-organise the Irish for the nation ...
Article : 58 wordsThe "Times" medical correspondent on Friday describes the wonderful re-equipment of maimed soldiers at Roehampton. In the case of legs amputated below the knee, it was ...
Article : 97 wordsA Petrograd official message says: Additional captures number 198 officers and 7306 men, besides many guns and shells. ...
Article : 42 wordsA Paris communique says: We have organised the positions already won. Violent artillerying is proceeding north of Maurepas, and in the sector of Berloy and Ensanterro. ...
Article : 48 wordsRobert W. H. Frederickson, 24, coaching clerk at Hurstville Station, was charged that while being a servant of the Chief Commissioner for Railways, he embezzled £360. ...
Article : 90 wordsThe New Zealand Government has announced its intention to proclaim the enrolment of the first division of the expeditionary force reserve under the Military Service ...
Article : 45 wordsIt is reported that the British Government has decided to prohibit all exports towards Sweden, except under the most stringent license. ...
Article : 37 words"The Times" says French semi-official message forecasts the early capture of Maurepas, pointing out that Wednesday's advance accentuated the progress toward ...
Article : 129 wordsFrench experts are discussing the possibilities of an Austro-German offensive from Kovel towards Lutsk, and simultaneously against General Letchitsky's left wing, which ...
Article : 40 wordsIn the House of Commons the Prolongation Bill third reading for the extension of the life of Parliament till September was agreed to. ...
Article : 37 wordsComplaints have been made that two returned soldiers in country districts have been unable to obtain assistance from the funds, and have had to depend on relatives ...
Article : 45 wordsTurkish refugees in Switzerland declare that the fiasco in Egypt greatly aggravated the discontent against the Young Turks. Riots, in which women are prominent, occur ...
Article : 39 wordsPrivate Theodore Douglas, aged 19 years, employed as telephone attendant at the Military Camp, Liverpool, met with his death in an extraordinary manner at Camperdown ...
Article : 120 wordsAustro-German correspondents on the East front refer to the unabated vigor of the Russians attacks. PETROGRAD, Thursday. ...
Article : 54 wordsIn the Assembly, Mr. Levy asked, the Attorney-General in the absence of the Premier, regarding the answer given yesterday, that the expenses of Mr. Griffith in the recent ...
Article : 599 wordsFollowing on a debate in the Victorian Parliament on Tuesday, Hoeckel, who was formerly an officer in the German army, today resigned his position in the Victorian ...
Article : 45 wordsA "Times" leader says: We have nearly a three months' favorable season before us. If the Allies' movements continue to be relentlessly prosecuted, they should reach a position ...
Article : 83 wordsA great conference of physicians from all parts of the United States has been opened to consider the plague of infantile paralysis, which is spreading over the country from ...
Article : 120 wordsThe enemy continues stubbornly to hold the extreme wings on the Galicia front, where the geographical position has scarcely changed since the winter. ...
Article : 34 wordsA private cable was received to-day to the effect that Major C. E. Manning, the well-known Sydney barrister, has been killed in action in France. ...
Article : 37 wordsAntonia Picone, who was convicted at the Melbourne Criminal Court, for the wilful murder of Joseph Lauricella was sentenced to death. ...
Article : 28 wordsA Paris communique says: French artillery is active on the Somme front, destructively shelling the enemy works. Over two hundred unwounded prisoners were taken. ...
Article : 39 wordsDuring a personal interview with the Minister for Education, the Minister informed Mr. Briner that fenders would be invited for new school buildings at South Grafton ...
Article : 89 wordsLord Northcliffe says Italy is now industrially and militarily mobilised. The Austro-Hungarians' horrible conduct on the field in using explosive gullets and iron-spiked ...
Article : 103 wordsAn arrangement is being made which will probably settle the difference between the Federal Prices Board and the Government, and bring about the withdrawal of the ...
Article : 45 wordsThe Austrian Red Cross estimates the Austrian losses in General Brussiloff's offensive to July 7, at 697,716, of which 76,000 were killed and 300,000 missing. The Austrian ...
Article : 44 wordsThe "Times" correspondent at British Headquarters says there is stubborn infantry fighting, especially in the Pozieres region, where the enemy gained a footing, but were ...
Article : 73 wordsThe Attorney-General states that the Federal Commissioner for price fixing having definitely begun his work, he felt he could not continue to exercise any functions ...
Article : 71 wordsMr. Lloyd George, addressing, the welsh Eisteddfod, said Britain's honor was not dead, her power is unbroken, and her ideals had not been shattered by her enemies. ...
Article : 64 wordsA sensational attempt to escape from Welligton Gaol, New Zealand, was made by four long-sentence prisoners. The men tampered with the gas and, while the warder was ...
Article : 95 wordsLord Northcliffe says the Austrians used 360,000. infantrymen and 26 batteries of 12inch guns during the Trentino offensive. ...
Article : 36 wordsReuter's British Headquarter's correspondent says that the most trying ordeal for the Australians in the last push behind Pozieres was establishing themselves in the newly ...
Article : 291 wordsWe have had the privilege of looking through the qualifications of Mr. Sydney G. Davey, the newly-appointed City Engineer for Grafton, who will, on taking up that ...
Article : 621 wordsAustro-German correspondents on the East front refer to the unabated vigor of the German attacks, especially between Haliez and Lemberg. The Austrian defeat at ...
Article : 58 wordsAn Athens report states that the French occupied two villages in the region of Veles, and were also progressing in the neighborhood of Lake Doiran. ...
Article : 34 wordsThe New South Wales assets in the estate of the late Mrs. Walter R. Hall have been assessed by the Stamp Commissioner at £822,516. ...
Article : 34 wordsEnlistments in Canada average 250 daily. The chief source of worry is in the province cf Quebec, where only 40 enlisted the last fortnight, compared with 600 in British ...
Article : 42 wordsTwo men and two women were before the Police Court in connection with the forged £5 notes. Accused were remanded. ...
Article : 26 wordsA Salonika correspondent says: Under cover of a heavy Allied bombardment, the French occupied Bulgarian positions south of Lake Doiran, and established themselves on ...
Article : 62 wordsThe engineer appointed to investigate the work in connection with the water supply for the Federal capital, stated before the Home Affairs Commission that it would ...
Article : 60 wordsThe German press virulently attacks Mr. Gerard, American Ambassador at Berlin, in connection with his statement regarding German censorship, and bitterly refers to the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 115 wordsThe French cruiser Admiral Aube and other Allied cruisers are keeping a close watch over the Atlantic, especially the Florida ports, for the arrival of the German ...
Article : 77 wordsAt a meeting ot about 1400 members of the Kalgoorlie and Boulder Miners' Union it was decided to refuse to continue work with aliens. They considered that if the practice ...
Article : 55 wordsMr. Hughes has completed arrangements for the establishment of the copper manufacturing industry within the Commonwealth. ...
Article : 25 wordsHostile seaplanes bombed Venice and the Grabo Lagoon. There was slight damage, but no casualties. ...
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Daily Examiner (Grafton, NSW : 1915 - 1954), Sat 19 Aug 1916, Page 5
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