Articles from page 5: Previous page Next page

  1. Please wait. Loading browse data... loading
  2. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 559 words
  3. MESOPOTAMIA.

    The discussion on the Mesopotamian Commission's report was continued in the House of Commons on Friday. Sir. A. Williamson declared, in behalf of ...

    Article : 1,108 words
  4. A RUMOURED TRIBURAL.

    The "Observer" understands that the Government is producting a Bill establishing a statutory tribunal in connection with Mesopotamia consisting of Judges. The ...

    Article : 53 words
  5. BRITISH NEWS.

    The first air raid warning was issued yesterday evening. The police passed the word to pedestrians in several quarters of the city, and in some thoroughfares there was ...

    Article : 203 words
  6. WESTERN FRONT.

    Field-Marshal Haig reported on Friday morning:—"We raided German trenches south of Hulloch and south-east of Ypres last night and repulsed raids south-east of ...

    Article : 794 words
  7. GERMAN CRISIS.

    A German wireless message, intercepted by the Admiralty last night. announced that Dr. Von Bethmann-Hollweg had resigned. and that he had been succeeded by ...

    Article : 227 words
  8. RUSSIAN ADVANCE.

    Great importance attaches to the occupation of Katukz, because it brings the Russians over 12 miles nearer Dolina, and enable them to debouch behind the enemy's ...

    Article : 327 words
  9. THE KING AND QUEEN.

    It is officially announced that their Majestives have arrived at Buckingham Palace after a fortnight in France and Belgium. They were accompanied by the Prince of ...

    Article : 395 words
  10. BRITISH AERIAL RAIDS.

    The Admiralty reported early yesterday:—"British naval aeroplanes carried out bombing raids last night against aerodremes at Ghistelles and elsewhere in ...

    Article : 120 words
  11. THE EXPORT OF WOOL.

    Vos and Williams, wool merchants, of Bradford, have been fined £100 and £50 respectively for making false representations to obtain a licence to export wool to ...

    Article : 55 words
  12. CROWN PRINCE INTERFERES.

    A Berlin telegram states that the Crown Prince conferred with the leaders of the various political parties on Friday. The Minority Socialists have given notices of ...

    Article : 107 words
  13. TYRANNISING THE BELGIANS.

    The "Echo Belge" reports that 58 persons were condemend to death at Antwerp, and fifteen were shot on July 5, including three sisters accused of ...

    Article : 37 words
  14. AN AUSTRALIAN AERIAL GIFT.

    The newspapers give prominence to the gift by Sir Samuel McCaughey, M.L.C., a wealthy New South Wales pastoralist, of 20 battleplanes. making 38 presented by ...

    Article : 38 words
  15. STOCKOLM CONFERENCES.

    A wireless message states that the Russian Workmen's and Soldiers' Council has issued a manifesto regarding the Stockholm conferences, announcing that the ...

    Article : 141 words
  16. A GERMAN ADMISSION.

    Baron Von Ardenne, writing to the "Berliner Tageblatt," states:—"Our first positions in the Wytschate bend no longer exist. Our troops suffer intensely ...

    Article : 43 words
  17. BRITISH PRESS PUZZLED.

    The newspapers cannot find sufficient facts to clear up the German internal situation. Some attribute Von Bethmann-Hollweg's fall to Von Hindenburg's desire ...

    Article : 150 words
  18. A BY-ELECTION.

    In the South Monmouth by-election yesterday, Sir Garrod Thomas (Coalitionist) defeated Mr. B. Thomas (Independent). by 6,769 votes to 727 votes. ...

    Article : 27 words
  19. CHARGE OF PILLAGING.

    A magisterial inquiry has been opened at Compeigne into charges of pillaging a chateau, preferred against Prince Eitel of Germany and his staff. ...

    Article : 28 words
  20. AMERICA.

    Colonel Goethals (Director of Shipping Construction) has adopted final plans for the construction of 458 wooden ships and 477 steel ships, of a total register of 471,800 ...

    Article : 110 words
  21. THE WESLEYAN MINISTRY.

    A Bill has been introduced in the House of Commons to vary John Wesley's Deed of Declaration (1784), to enable ministers to retain their appointments beyond three ...

    Article : 54 words
  22. THE POLITICAL SITUATION.

    The progress of the offensive is favourably influencing the political situation. The leaders of the bulk of the Russian Socialists are disappointed at German Socialists ...

    Article : 129 words
  23. FRENCH HONOURS FOR ANZACS.

    President Poincare of France has awareded the following honours.—Croix of the Legion d'Honneur: General Godley, of New Zealand. ...

    Article : 137 words
  24. FOOD CONTROL.

    The Food Controller has forbidden transactions without a permit in the present vear's crops of wheat, barley, cats, and rye, grown in the United Kingdom, and ...

    Article : 42 words
  25. ENEMY FORCES CUT IN TWO.

    The Russian Embassy has received a telegram from Petrograd announcing that General Korniloff's Galician offensive has cut the enemy's forces, under Generals ...

    Article : 42 words
  26. NEWSPAPERS SUSPENDED.

    The "Lokalanzeiger" and "Der Tag," have been suspended for declaring that Dr. Von Bethmann-Hollweg's" retendtion of office was due to Vienna's interference, the Austrian ...

    Article : 76 words
  27. GERMAN HYPOCRISY.

    Mr. A. J. Balfour (Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs), speaking at a reception given to him in the Guildhall on Friday, ridiculed as preposterous Germany's ...

    Article : 138 words
  28. RUSSIAN REPORTS.

    Friday afternoon's wireless Russian official report received by the Admiralty stated that during Wednesday's battles the Russians captured ten officers and 850 men ...

    Article : 148 words
  29. ENORMOUS SUNS FOR AVIATION.

    The House of Representatives yesterday passed the Aviation Bill, which provides for the expenditure of £128,000,000. The measure was debated for four hours, but no ...

    Article : 66 words
  30. SCENES IN HUNGARIAN PARLIAMENT.

    Violent scenes occurred in the Hungarian Parliament on Friday. Some of the Deputies declared that the Russian advances greatly menaced the Dual Monarchy. A ...

    Article : 44 words
  31. PORTFOLIOS FOR OPPONENTS.

    The Stockholm correspondent of the "Evening Mail" telegraphs:—"The Kaiser has offered portfolics in the Imperial Cabinet to Herr Erzberger and Herr ...

    Article : 51 words
  32. GENERAL ITEMS.

    The German reply to the Norwegian Government in connection with the bomb plot states that inquiries showed that a German military depot sent explosives to ...

    Article : 172 words
  33. GERMAN COMPANIES SUPPRESSED.

    President Wilson has issued a proclamation prohibiting, German-owned marine insurance companies from operating in the United States, on the ground that they ...

    Article : 40 words
  34. FRENCH FETE DAY.

    French Fete Day celebrations in London took place to-day. when a special street collection was taken up by the French Red Cross. The Duke of Connaught represented ...

    Article : 169 words
  35. OPINION IN AMERICA.

    The changes in the personnel of the German Government and the Prussian franchise reforms are not regarded by the Administration here as satisfactory evidence ...

    Article : 202 words
  36. COMMONWEALTH.

    In a recent despatch, Lieutenant-General Sir W. R. Birdwood again refers in glowing terms to the glorious achievements of the Australians. In commenting upon the ...

    Article : 268 words
  37. MISCELLANEOUS.

    At a meeting of the 11th Battalion Lady Workers, held recently, the following were elected as the officers for the year:—President, Lady James; vice-president, Mrs. ...

    Article : 421 words
  38. HOW TO KEEP A SECRET.

    The Pittsburg Westinghouse Company has requested 1,000 men to volunteer to accept imprisonment for 10 months in a new plant to manufacture a powerful war ...

    Article : 59 words
  39. GERMAN STORIES.

    A wireless German official report, intercepted on Friday afternoon stated: "The artillery duel was intense in several sectors in Flanders and Ariois to-day, We ...

    Article : 159 words
  40. THE GERMAN VERSION.

    On Friday afternoon the German War Office reported: "Fighting was lively to-day on the Dwina, near Smorgon, and also at Sohtcnara, west of Luck. Futile Russian ...

    Article : 108 words
  41. CONTROL OF EXPORTS.

    The State Department has asked neutral countries to supply it with full data of their production and supplies of foodstuffs, the amounts exported and the destination. ...

    Article : 111 words
  42. AUSTRIA.

    The Vienna "Arbeiter Zeitung" has published a despondent article on the food situation. It says: "We longed for mild weather, hoping it would bring relief, but ...

    Article : 76 words
  43. DOLINA ABANDONED.

    The "Daily Telegraph's" Rome correspondent says Austrian reports state that panic has seized upon the population of Galicia as in 1914. Thousands of families are ...

    Article : 90 words
  44. A HAMBURG LAMENT.

    The Amsterdam correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" quotes the "Hamburger Nachrichten" as deploring the fact that the democratic upheaval is provikin-a ...

    Article : 115 words
  45. IN THE EASTERN STATES.

    France's Day was celebrated in Melbourne on Saturday. During the afternoon a demonstration was held in the Town Hall. the speakers including the Governor-General ...

    Article : 492 words
  46. BATTLE OF THE DUNES.

    Mr. Philip Gibbs, the well-known war correspondent, states that the heroes of the Battle of the Dunes were the King's Royal Rifles and the Northampton Regiment, and ...

    Article : 746 words
  47. SPAIN.

    The Madrid correspondent of the "Daily Express" yesterday interviewed King Alfonso, who said:—"Spain's part in the war now and in the future must be the role ...

    Article : 451 words
  48. CUBA.

    President Menocal has suspended the constitutional guarantees in order, it is believed, to facilitate the detection of proGerman conspirators. ...

    Article : 26 words
  49. SITUATIONIN FINALAND.

    The situation in Finland is growing Worse. The police have resumed duty, but other strikes are threatening, including the railway men. Food supplies from Russia ...

    Article : 65 words
  50. DEBATE IN THE LORDS.

    In the House of Lords on Friday Lord Lereburn blamed the Government for proceeding with the Mesopotamia expedition without fully inquiring, with the result that ...

    Article : 404 words
  51. LAND FOR SOLDIERS.

    Criticism of the State Government's provision of land for returned soldiers was indulged in at the Farmers and Settlers' Conference yesterday. The chairman (Mr. ...

    Article : 154 words
  52. THE SALVATIONISTS.

    Major Tudge, of the Salvation Army emigration department. has left Vancouver to inquire into the Army's post-war plans in Australia and New Zealand. ...

    Article : 30 words
  53. THE POPE AS MEDIATOR.

    The Berlin Catholic paper "Volkszeitung" learns from an authoritative source that Herr Erzberger's action was due to the Vatican's intimation that the Pope was ...

    Article : 37 words
  54. ITALY AND GREECE.

    An Italian-Greek agreement has been completed. ...

    Article : 12 words
  55. BRITISH CONGRATULATIONS.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Lloyd George) telegraphed yesterday to the Russian Premier:—"Please accept the heartiest congratulations of the British Government ...

    Article : 200 words
  56. PAYING THE PRICE.

    A writer in the "Echo de Paris" suggests that President Poincare should submit to President Wilson a proposal that America is the most suitable country to take the ...

    Article : 55 words
  57. MASSACRRE OF VENIZELISTS.

    The exhumation of the bodies of massacred Venizelists has aroused general indignation. Two bodies were found in one tomb with the hands tied together behind ...

    Article : 59 words
  58. NAVAL DISASTERS.

    The British Admiralty reports that the battleship Vanguard, 19,250 tons, while anchorred, was blown u-on the night of the 9th inst., as the result of an internal ...

    Article : 119 words
  59. THE LAW COURTS.

    In Chambers.—At 10.30 a.m., before Mr. Justice Burnside. TUESDAY'S LIST. Full Court.—At 10.30 a.m., before the ...

    Article : 91 words
  60. RETURNING SOLDIERS.

    The new order for A.I.F., published on Saturday in the Commonwealth military orders. provides-that invalid members returuning to Australia may if they so ...

    Article : 42 words
  61. CANADIAN PROFITEERING. SCANDAL.

    Revelations with regard to food prefiteering have resulted in a demand that the Food Controller shall confiscate the profits of the Flavelle Bacon Company, the ...

    Article : 63 words
  62. AMERICANS IN AUSTRALIA.

    American citizens living in Australia may now be enrolled in the A.I.F., provided that they have not registred for service with the United States army. ...

    Article : 31 words
  63. ILLNESS OF THE CZARINA.

    The commander of the Alexandra Palace at Tsarskoe Selo reports that the ex-Czarina is unable to walk. as her legs have swollen. following upon a heart affection. ...

    Article : 32 words
  64. NEW SOUTH WALES FINANCES.

    Mr. G. Fuller Acting Premier of New South Wales, had an interview with Sir John Forrest, the Federal Treasurer, on Saturday regarding the liability of New ...

    Article : 98 words
  65. CANADIAN CENSORSHIP.

    The Government has accepted an amendment that the Press censorship shall be controlled by a Supreme Court Judge. ...

    Article : 24 words
  66. A QUESTION OF INCOME TAX.

    On the point whether staff officers kept in Australia are on "Active service" within the meaning of section 13 of the Income Assessment. Act of 1915-16, Sir Robert ...

    Article : 69 words
  67. A TRANSPORT SUNK

    The Admiralty reports that the British transport Armadale, with a small number of troops, aboard, was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine, on June 27. Six ...

    Article : 45 words
  68. BRUSILOFF'S DETERMINATION.

    The Workmen and Soldiers' Council has convened a Ministerial conference with General Brusiloff and the other generals. M. Kerensky, Minister for War. declared ...

    Article : 117 words
  69. THE ITALIAN HARVEST.

    Advices from Rome state that the present year's harvest will be 8 per cent. above normal. ...

    Article : 23 words
×

Buy

Download

Please choose from the following download options:

Share

Share this item on:

Print

Print page as...

The National Library of Australia's Copies Direct service lets you purchase higher quality, larger sized photocopies or electronic copies of newspapers pages.

Scope
Format of download
as... PDF PDF

You need to login before you can save preferences.

$