Yesterday morning's French communique stated:—"A German attempt north of Larfan Mill failed under our fire. Four German aeroplanes were brought down. ...
Article : 306 wordsIn connection with the settling of soldiers on the land, an interesting statement was made yesterday to one of our reporters by the Minister for Industries (Mr. James ...
Article : 1,548 wordsThat the 5,000 survivors of the first division who are still staying in the front of the battle ought to be brought to Australia for a furlough was the theme of ...
Article : 225 wordsDr. O'Connor, Stirling-street, Perth, has received a notification that his eldest son, Dan, has been posted as missing since April 11. ...
Article : 679 wordsWhen spoken to yesterday regarding the political situation, consequent upon the proposal to form a National Government, the Premier (Mr. Frank Wilson) said that for ...
Article : 201 wordsOnce again (states the Rotterdam correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph," writing on March 29 last) the word "Peace" is being heard in the political circles of ...
Article : 441 wordsThe final batch of oversea military votes is expected to be despatched from London on Wednesday, and will probably be heavier than the earlier instalments. The only seat ...
Article : 137 wordsThe Federal committee of the British Medical Association has decided to ask the Federal Minister to introduce a Bill to conscript members of the medical ...
Article : 74 wordsYesterday's Italian official report stated:—"We extended our positions on the south part of the Carso Plateau. On the fourth day of the furious Carso battle we ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 121 wordsRecently a letter was received by a South-West dairy farmer who had drawn the attention of the Commissioner for the South-West, Mr. J. M. B. Connor, to the ...
Article : 1,387 wordsThe Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) said to-day that he had received an interesting return showing that throughout the Commonwealth from September 1, 1916, to ...
Article : 60 wordsThe Secretary for Defence (Mr. Trumble) stated to-day that from the beginning of the war until May 21, 1917, the Australian casualties for all ranks were:—Dead, 24,106; ...
Article : 95 wordsThe Governor of New York State has made big preparations for the celebration of Registration Day under the conscription law. ...
Article : 26 wordsAn enthusiastic gathering of prominent business and professional men, presided over by the Mayor of Perth (Mr. F. Rea), was held in the Builders' Exchange ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 760 wordsMr. T. W. Gregory (Attorney-General) states that the Government is keeping a close watch upon societies suspected of being engaged in the discouragement of ...
Article : 41 wordsA wireless German official message intercepted yesterday stated:—"We repulsed English reconnoitring advances south-west of Achievelle. Five French attacks south ...
Article : 44 wordsThe "Daily Chronicle's" correspondent describes the operations of the British monitors off Trieste. He says:—"They are the Dardanelles veterans, which have been ...
Article : 156 wordsThe Paris correspondent of the New York "Times" reports that M. Clemenceau, in the course of a newspaper article, urges that President Wilson should send Mr. Roosevelt ...
Article : 77 wordsThe iron and steel manufacturers sent a deputation to the Government on Saturday to state the workmen's growing demands were preventing the fulfilment of ...
Article : 86 wordsMrs. Amy Watts, Grassdale, Wandering, writes:—In your issue of the 17th inst. I saw an account of the Y.M.C.A. tea for lonely soldiers, a statement in which I ...
Article : 978 wordsThe "Berlingske Tidende" states that six Swedish steamers have been torpedoed by German submarines in the Gulf of Bothnia. Two others have been captured and ...
Article : 44 wordsThe Government permits the employment of Austrian prisoners in harvesting operations, especially in Sicily and Apulia, where labour is scarcer than in other ...
Article : 36 wordsGerman submarines have of late destroyed many Irish fishing boats off the south and south-west coasts of Ireland. ...
Article : 27 wordsIt is estimated that the first month's subscriptions to Liberty Loan considerably exceed thousand million roubles (£105,735,350). Over 30,000 gramophone records of speeches ...
Article : 49 wordsThe American Ambassador (Mr. W. H. Page), speaking at the French Embassy yesterday, said that American missions enroute to England, would deal with the ...
Article : 51 wordsIn the course of a speech at the tomb of Washington yesterday the Marquis di Udine, a member of the Italian mission, solemnly declared that Italy would not lay down her ...
Article : 47 wordsSpeaking to-day with regard to the position in Russia, the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) said:—"I regard the situation in Russia with the greatest misgivings. I trust ...
Article : 86 wordsColonel Nabakoff, the Russian Charge d'Affaires, states that England must assume that Russia will be loyal to her engagements. All the talk about a separate peace ...
Article : 54 wordsMr. Ward Price, the British official correspondent at Salonika, predicts a revival of King Constantine's intrigues against the Allies when the Thessaly harvest has been ...
Article : 50 wordsThe British Workers' League organised a huge demonstration, which took place in Hyde Park yesterday, for the expression of the British democracy's brotherhood in the ...
Article : 169 wordsThe council of the Red Cross Society is investigating a complaint that the Greek Queen (sister of the Kaiser), who is the head of the Red Cross Society in Greece, ...
Article : 50 wordsThe "Daily Chronicle's" Petrograd correspondent advises that the influence of the Council of Peasant Deputies is increasing. The Council's proceedings demonstrate that ...
Article : 125 wordsBrazil has annulled her treaty of neutrality with Germany. ...
Article : 22 wordsWhen asked yesterday by a "West Australian" reporter if he had received any information from the Federal Government with reference to the Wheat Storage ...
Article : 170 wordsIt is officially announced in Germany that the early seizure of bronze and brass house fittings is unavoidable. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe Milan correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" states that Count Tisza has issued a furious manifesto assuring his resolute opposition to any Government which ...
Article : 122 words"La Suisse" reports that the Germans recently shot Madame Pfeister and her daughter on a charge of espionage. They forced Madame Pfeister to witness her ...
Article : 33 wordsThe "Citizen" predicts that the Prime Minister (Sir Robert Borden) will shortly announce several drastic changes in the Canadian Cabinet. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe trouble with the weavers in the North of England has been settled. The workers have accepted the employers' offer of a ten per cent. increase in their wages, ...
Article : 44 wordsThe Federal Prices Commissioner (Mr. Clarke) stated to-day that the butter that the Commonwealth had bought, together with that known to be in cold storage in ...
Article : 79 wordsThe Japanese Ambassador, speaking at an international gathering at the French Embassy yesterday, said:—"The always-strong bond of friendship existing between Japan ...
Article : 150 wordsThe Augsburg "Post Zeitung" has been authorised to announce that Austria's offer of peace without annexations applies only to Russia, as Austria is resolved to exact ...
Article : 44 wordsThe Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) to-night announced the names of the gentlemen who have been appointed members of the board which is to regulate the importation of ...
Article : 118 wordsThe Government is preparing a scheme to conserve the winter meat supply. It is proposed to purchase the whole surplus at the autumn slaughtering and to place the ...
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Advertising : 51 wordsDavid Flynn O'Donoghne, formerly a clerk in the Navy Department, was found guilty to-day in the Criminal Court on three counts of having obtained money by ...
Article : 47 wordsThe International Federation of Trades Unions has summoned a "peace conferance" to be held at Stockholm on June 8 to discuss the trade union demands for a ...
Article : 116 wordsLieutenant Thelen, a German officer, escaped from the prison camp at Chelmsford yesterday. He escaped from the Dorington Hall prison in September, 1915, but ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Tue 29 May 1917, Page 5
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