The campaign in favour of a "Yes" vote at the forthcoming reinforcements referendum was opened at the Perth Town Hall last night, under the auspices of the ...
Article : 1,927 wordsThe following Italian and German official bulletins have been issued:— Rome, Nov. 21. (6.30 p.m.).—"There was intense artillery firing on the whole of the ...
Article : 98 wordsThe Petrograd correspondent of the London "Daily Chronicle" says that M. Lenin has issued a proclamation to the peasants and workers asserting that the Government ...
Article : 303 wordsField-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig issued the following report on Wednesday, at 3.20 p.m.:—"Yesterday morning the Third Army, under General Sir Julian Byng, ...
Article : 827 wordsThe Danish steamer Adolph Andersen was submarined at the entrance to the English Channel, one man being killed. The Norwegian steamer Staerkodder was ...
Article : 41 wordsThe British Admiralty authorities report that an enemy submarine torpedoed a British patrol vessel in the Mediterranean on Sunday, when four officers and five men ...
Article : 35 wordsThe British victory has boomed the stock market and leading issues registered a big advance. Washington officials endorse Mr. Lloyd George's request to speed ...
Article : 103 wordsThe Italians continue to resist stubbornly every inch of the bloody passage of the enemy on the high plateau in the Asiago region. The Third Army is contending ...
Article : 104 wordsIn the House of Commons last night Mr. R. P. Houston (Unionist member for the West Toxteth Division of Liverpool and a leading steamship owner) asked the ...
Article : 120 wordsGeneral Pershing reports that two Americans were killed and six wounded in action on November 13. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe following French official communiques have been issued:— Nov. 21 (4.10 p.m.).—"We made several successful raids at nighttime north and ...
Article : 112 wordsThe following official shipping reports for the week ended Sunday last have been issued:— British. ...
Article : 77 wordsThe Paris "Matin" asserts that Venice will not be defended if a further retreat is found to be necessary, the Austrians having promised the Pope not to bombard the ...
Article : 164 wordsThe success of the new offensive on the Western front was commented upon to-day by the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes). "It is the most cheerful news we have received ...
Article : 185 wordsA wireless Russian official message intercepted by the British Admiralty says:—"The All Russian Committee and the Congress of Workmen's and Soldiers' Delegates ...
Article : 175 wordsThe following German official wireless messages have been intercepted by the British Admiralty:— Berlin, Nov 21 (4.55 p.m.).—"Main ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 150 wordsFrank Adams, as editor of the "Australian Bystander," for having published an article entitled "Do You Believe in War?" was at the Police Court to-day fined £50 ...
Article : 69 wordsMilitary crities here say that the fighting has passed from the preparatory to the decisive stage. The enemy has four armies in the first line, and one reserve army. He ...
Article : 43 wordsMembers of the Legislative Assembly yesterday loudly applauded references made by the Premier (Mr. H. B. Lefroy) to the success of the British operations on the ...
Article : 157 wordsThe special war correspondent of the "Frankfurter Zeitung" at the Italian front reports that the Italians in the Lower Piave region are preparing strong defences, ...
Article : 64 wordsA wireless Russian message intercepted by the British Admiralty reports that all the armies at the front have refused to recognise the new Government, and that ...
Article : 47 wordsRelations and friends of soldiers embarking from Fremantle are specially warned against trespassing in the railway yards at Fremantle station and rushing the troop ...
Article : 159 wordsIt is reported that great events are impending in Finland, the Socialist and the bourgeois parties having joined in a compromise directed against the Russians. ...
Article : 38 wordsGeneral Dall 'Olio, the well-known Italian artillery authority, in a newspaper interview advocates the standardising of war materials by all of the Allies, with the ...
Article : 55 wordsThe Socialists have lost control of affairs in Finland, and armed mobs are committing excesses. ...
Article : 24 wordsIt is reported that D'Annunzio has failed to return from a recent flight. [Gabriel D'Annunzio is Italy's foremost poet, novelist, and dramatist. His novels ...
Article : 81 wordsThe Petrograd correspondent of the Chicago "Daily News" telegraphs that half of the members of the Soviet Cabinet have resigned. The central executive has ...
Article : 73 wordsMr. Percival Phillips telegraphed on Wednesday night:—"The breach in the Hindenburg line proved the gate to a greater victory. Through the gap torn by ...
Article : 492 wordsTo-day Mr. Hughes (the Prime Minister) announced that further details in connection with the establishment of the shipbuilding industry in Australia had been ...
Article : 115 wordsAn official despatch received from the British headquarters in Palestine reports "The situation northward of Jaffa has not changed. The Territorial infantry carried ...
Article : 209 wordsAccording to a despatch received from Petrograd, it is reported that the Kaiser has informed the Soviet that he will treat for peace only with the legal successors ...
Article : 43 wordsIn the House of Commons last night the Franchise Bill was considered again, and a motion depriving conscientious objectors of the right to vote was carried by 209 ...
Article : 198 wordsThere have been heavy falls of rain in the central division of the State during the past 24 hours. The Railways Commissioner has received from Rockhampton a telegram ...
Article : 211 wordsIn the House of Commons this evening, Mr. Bonar Law (Chancellor of the Exchequer) announced that the British attack on the Western front yesterday was a very ...
Article : 47 wordsFrom the list of candidates in connection with the general election it is gathered that supporters of Sir W. Laurier will contest almost every seat. Eleven of his ...
Article : 57 wordsThe Turkish Senate, in an address to the Sultan, declares that Turkey's allies must not shrink from any sacrifice in order to drive the British out of Palestine and ...
Article : 41 wordsNews has been received from France that the Hindenburg line has been smashed, and that the British are advancing on a wide front. The Germans have been driven to ...
Article : 58 wordsMr. Philip Gibbs, the well-known war correspondent, telegraphs from the British Headquarters in France:—"The enemy had the surprise of his life when our troops ...
Article : 813 wordsThe British Admiralty authorities have supplied the following details of last Saturday's action in Heligoland Bight:—"Towards 8 a.m. we sighted four light cruisers ...
Article : 324 wordsThe London correspondent of the United Press Association (U.S.A.) interviewed Lord Northcliffe, who expressed the hope that President Wilson's action would cause Mr. ...
Article : 45 wordsThe Washington correspondent of the United Press Association (U.S.A.) reports that the leading American officials anticipate a new German peace offer, which will ...
Article : 52 wordsA post-mortem examination was held to-day on the body of Mrs. Taylor, which was found in the Goulburn River, near Trawool Bridge, some distance from the spot where ...
Article : 261 wordsLord Rhondda (the British Controller of Food) has prohibited the sale and use of cream between December 8 and April 30 for luxury purposes. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe London correspondent of the United Press Association (U.S.A.) learns that President Wilson's big objective behind his advocacy of the Inter-Allied Council is a direct ...
Article : 128 wordsThe wonderful success of the "Byng Boys" has delighted the country, and the heartiest demonstrations have taken place in music halls and theatres, the audiences ...
Article : 422 wordsThe Ministry for Munitions has been prosecuting Arthur Brown, managing director of a firm which contracted for the supply to the French Government of bombs ...
Article : 95 wordsThe representative of the United Press Association (U.S.A.) at the front states that Sir Douglas Haig attacked through the Hindenburg line with an army of ...
Article : 508 wordsThe State Department here has received the text of a speech delivered by the Kaiser in Sofia on October 12. He declared that Germany and Bulgaria were linked ...
Article : 94 wordsIn the House of Commons last evening Mr. Borrar Law (the Chancellor of the Ex-cheqner) announced that Mr. Lloyd George (the Prime Minister) offered verbally to ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Fri 23 Nov 1917, Page 7
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