Yesterday morning's French communique stated: "In the region south of St. Quentin there has been very great artillery activity on both sides. South of the Oise, ...
Article : 694 wordsThe War Department is planning to levy 500,000 conscripts. If the President can induce Congress to pass the Selective Draft Bill conscripts will enter training camps ...
Article : 104 wordsAfter a further sitting yesterday, Cabinet decided not to agree to the request of the railway unions in connection with the threatened industrial trouble, and the ...
Article : 1,035 wordsA crowded and appreciative audience listened to an admirable speech by the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) in Hobart to-night. Some four thousand adults cheered every ...
Article : 124 wordsMr. J. J. Simons, Labour candidate for Fremantle, addressed a meeting of ladies in the Fremantle Trades Hall on Wednesday afternoon. The hall was over-crowded. ...
Article : 385 wordsThe Exhibition Building was crowded to-night, when the leader of the Caucus Party (Mr. Tudor) spoke. Mr. Tudor was accorded an enthusiastic reception by the crowd, ...
Article : 107 wordsAsserting that the Administration was seeking to muzzle the Press and to control it unnecessarily, Senator H. C. Lodge strongly protested against certain ...
Article : 69 wordsIn an official report the commander of the American destroyer, Smith, states that he actually saw the periscope of the German submarine which fired at his vessel ...
Article : 68 wordsGreat interest has been aroused by the publication of a message from General Monash commander of the Third Australian Division, alleging that Sergt, Ozanne, the ...
Article : 191 wordsResolutions expressing appreciation of America's action in taking up arms against Germany were carried in both Houses of Parliament yesterday. ...
Article : 289 wordsIt is semi-officially stated that at Vienna it is greatly feared that Turkey, by reason of her very critical internal situation, and her military defeats, will be obliged to ...
Article : 60 wordsThe following telegram was received yesterday from Senator De Largie, who has been touring the Midland districts:—"Enthusiastic and big audiences Moora, ...
Article : 65 wordsThe Rechabite Hall, Bunbury was filled on Tuesday evening, when Mr. J. T. Lutey, one of the Official Labour Party candidates for the Senate, addressed the electors. Mr. ...
Article : 1,311 wordsAs there appears to be some doubt in the public mind in regard to the assistance to be rendered to the returned soldiers in connection with the land settlement scheme, ...
Article : 1,027 wordsMr. E. E. Heitmann arrived here yesterday, accompanied by Mr. G. Foley, M.L.A., and met with an enthusiastic reception. The large hall was filled and a ...
Article : 192 wordsThere was serious rioting in Constantinople last week on the occasion of the return of Turkish wounded soldiers from Mesopotamia. The mob threw stones at ...
Article : 49 wordsLieutenant Burchell, M.H.R., yesterday received the following telegram from Captain Kessell, officer-in-charge of the 4th Railway Section, Broadmeadows:—"Men ...
Article : 1,417 wordsMr. Charles Harper, the Mayor of Victoria Park, has called a public meeting of residents in order to form committees to gather in funds for the ...
Article : 662 wordsThe members of the House of Commons yesterday entertained at luncheon the Japanese delegates, who are proceeding to an Allies' Commercial Conference at Rome. ...
Article : 56 wordsThe Government has ordered that the Panama Canal ports, Christobel and Balboa, shall be closed at night, and that all lights on the canal shall be extinguished. ...
Article : 37 wordsReplying to the statement of the Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Scaddan), published in our issue of yesterday, in regard to his position with reference to the Official ...
Article : 665 wordsUnder an order issued by Lord Devonport (Food Controller), the making of light pastries, muffins crumpets, tea cakes and ornamented cakes is prohibited. Buns and ...
Article : 83 wordsGallant and distinguished conduct on the part of Australians has been recognised by the award of many highly-prized decorations. The numbers and particulars of these ...
Article : 164 wordsIt is understood that the greater part of the urgent work of the Imperial Cabinet Conference will be finished early in May. In order to get through its task the ...
Article : 77 wordsIt is estimated that the Germans on the Arras battle front employed 600 guns, and the British have up to the present captured 230. The Germans saved very few ...
Article : 99 wordsIn the House of Commons yesterday the motion for the third reading of the Bill for the prolongation of the life of Parliament was passed by 203 votes to 42, after ...
Article : 46 wordsIn reply to the message of the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) congratulating Canada on the part its men had played in the recent fighting on the western front, ...
Article : 125 wordsThe Government has commandeered four cargoes of 160,000 boxes of Australian butter. Tuesday's market prices will be paid for the commandeered butter. ...
Article : 29 wordsDespite the extreme gravity of the position, officials of the attiliated railway unions at the Trades Hall were as persistently silent yesterday as they have proved from ...
Article : 975 wordsA wireless German official message intercepted yesterday afternoon stated:—"Artillery operations were again intense last night in the sectors of the Arras ...
Article : 156 wordsThe Commonwealth loan closed at onequarter premium. ...
Article : 12 wordsImproved arrangements have been adopted for dealing with claims for soldiers' pensions. Under the system previously in operation it frequently occurred that ...
Article : 188 wordsIt is officially stated that work has been resumed in Berlin except in the metal industries. but the non-arrival of Berlin newspapers in Holland is arousing ...
Article : 97 wordsA Commission engaged in investigating the German atrocities committed in reconquered France reports:—"Systematic methods were adopted to reduce the citizens ...
Article : 89 wordsAt an inquiry held at the morgue this morning by Dr. R. H. Cole, the Coroner, into the death of Basil George Watson, aged 23, the aviator who was killed as a ...
Article : 160 wordsAn official statement issued at Berlin, asserts that the sixth German war loan has reached a total of £638,000,000. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe Prime Minister's Department has been informed by the Consul-General for the United States (Mr. J. I. Brittain) that he has received a cable message from the ...
Article : 54 wordsThe Commonwealth Electoral Officer (Mr. J. E. Cathie) desires that the fullest publicity should be given to the following matters in relation to the Federal elections ...
Article : 641 wordsA German communique issued yesterday afternoon stated: "Westward of Monastir to-day we drove the French from positions on a front of two-thirds of a mile, and ...
Article : 41 wordsThe London "Gazette" publishes a despatch from General Smuts, detailing the operations in German East Africa from October 28 last to January 20, when he ...
Article : 265 wordsMr. and Mrs. Hough, 54 Padbury-street, Perth, have been notified that their eldest son, Private Sam Hough, was killed in action in France, March 4. ...
Article : 789 wordsThe following official shipping figures for the week ended Sunday last have been issued:—United Kingdom.—Arrivals, 2,379 vessels; ...
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Advertising : 51 wordsIt was stated to-day by the Secretary to the Federal Treasury (Mr. Collins) that 200,000 sixpenny war savings stamps were now available, and others were being printed ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Fri 20 Apr 1917, Page 7
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