The British Commander-in-Chief reported yesterday afternoon:—"We attacked early this morning on a wide front from the north-western outstrike of Lens to the ...
Article : 281 wordsThe text of the Papal note addressed to the heads of the belkgerent peoples has been published. It is prefaced by the statement that his Holiness's aim since his ...
Article : 676 wordsDomestic life in Sydney threatens to become very much disturbed by the strike, and conditions generally are rapidly approaching those which prevailed during the ...
Article : 738 wordsIn pursuance of the recent decision of the Minister for Defence that in future preference shall be given to returned officers and soldiers of the A.I.F. in appointing area ...
Article : 127 wordsThe Berlin "Verwaerts" says that Mr. Henderson's resignation is a prelude to the downfall of Mr. I loyd George's Cabinet, and that the French, Russian, and British ...
Article : 52 wordsThe reactionary movement which was initiated in Russia during July has been successfully overcome. The ex-Czar and his family have been secretly exiled to ...
Article : 65 wordsAt the request of the defence committee, the slaughtermen have decided to return to work until Sunday, when the matter will be further considered. ...
Article : 32 wordsIn the Senate to-day, Senator Ferricks (Q.) moved—"That, in the opinion of the Senate, in the fourth year of the war, the time has arrived for ...
Article : 88 wordsThe Distinguished Service Order has been awarded to the following:— Australians. Major A. G. Bolingbroke. He showed ...
Article : 434 wordsThe A.M.A. has called a special meeting for Sunday next, "to discuss the advisableness of falling into line with the men now on strike in Sydney, or assisting them ...
Article : 39 wordsY.M.C.A. Military Work.—Colonel Albiston, of the Salvation Army, has promised to speak at the Y.M.C.A. soldiers' tea in Cremorne Gardens on Sunday. ...
Article : 822 wordsThe Prime Minister (M. Kerensky) superintended the departure of the ex-Czar, his wife, son and four daughters, who were accompanied by a retinue of 50 servants. ...
Article : 72 wordsA German semi-official announcement states that nothing is known of the circumstances surrounding the sinking of the steamer Belgian Prince, as the submarine ...
Article : 42 wordsIt can be stated with certainty that the Government will not alter the age of compulsory military service to 19 years. It is still possible that the Act will be amended ...
Article : 56 wordsSpeaking of the strike generally, Mr. Hughes said to-day that the Federal Government had expressly refrained from offering an opinion of the railway dispute in ...
Article : 175 wordsA wireless Russian message yesterday stated: "The enemy occupied a height to the west of Ocna. The Ronmanians repulsed attacks in the Casinu Valley. The ...
Article : 55 wordsAustrian shipping companies have notified their captains to prepare to resume duty during the coming winter. ...
Article : 25 wordsInstructions governing the issue of medals and bars for the nearest female relatives of members of the Australian Imperial Force and Naval and Military Expeditionary Force ...
Article : 562 wordsThe Danish Sailors' Union is supporting the demand of the British Seamen's Union that Germany shall pay for all damaged and sunken shipping and compensate the ...
Article : 51 wordsAn official German wireless message intercepted by the Admiralty yesterday read as follows: "Russian attacks south-east of Tarnopol and south of the Trotus Valley ...
Article : 65 wordsThe House of Commons, by 164 votes to 18 votes,' yesterday approved of the removal of the grille from the ladies' gallery. ...
Article : 31 wordsFive hundred persons, including doctors, teachers, and priests, are awaiting trial at Czernowitz on treason charges arising out of their relations with the Russians ...
Article : 38 words"This is a mutiny, not a strike," declared the Minister for Defence to-day, in referring to the industrial upheaval. Speaking outside the Town Hall at midday, he ...
Article : 144 wordsThe following official French communique was issued yesterday morning:—"There are artillery duels in Belgium, to the north of the Aisne, in Champagne, on both banks ...
Article : 76 wordsThe French shipping report for the week ended Sunday last shows the following figures:—Arrivals, 1,010; departures, 1,028; vessels sunk, one over and three under ...
Article : 37 wordsMr. W. A. Holman was yesterday entertained at luncheon by the members of the Liberal War Committee at the House of Commons. Mr. Lloyd George, Colonel ...
Article : 629 wordsOn the entry of the Allies into the fourth year of war Mr. Cook (Minister for the Navy) and the Naval Board sent to Rear-Admiral Arthur C. Leveson, Admiral ...
Article : 130 wordsThe British Admiralty intercepted the following wireless. German official message yesterday:—"Infantry engagements are proceeding to the north of Lens and east ...
Article : 73 wordsSenator Pearce said to-day that military preparations generally had been hampered by the strikes, particularly with regard to the supply of materials, and equipment. ...
Article : 104 wordsThe "Daily Chronicle" says:—"The Pope overlooks one vital point, vix., that the abolition of war depends not only upon the making but also upon the keeping of ...
Article : 154 wordsColonel Winston Churchill (Minister for Munitions), in securing the omission of the dilution clause from the Munitions Bill in the House of Commons yesterday, ...
Article : 141 wordsMr. Philip Gibbs presents a vivid description of the Canadians' capture of Hill 70 and the mining of the suburbs of St. Launent and St. Emille. ...
Article : 337 wordsChina's first action after declaring war was to take over all Austro-German shipping, and to repatriate the German officials. It is not intended to intern ...
Article : 48 wordsThe New South Wales Legislative Assembly this afternoon discussed an emergency measure, governing the use of gas and electric power during the industrial ...
Article : 277 wordsNo time has been lost in giving effect to the decision of the Federal Ministry to establish a National Service Bureau to enrol volunteers to take the place of the ...
Article : 182 wordsIn the House of Commons yesterday Sir Albert Stanley (President of the Board of Trade) said his department was unable under war conditions to grant an eight hours ...
Article : 110 wordsThe Berne correspondent of the New York "Times" reports: "The United States embargo on cargo for neutrals has had a marked effect upon Germany. The ...
Article : 189 wordsThe State Department announces that nothing has occurred to change America's war aims, which are substantially the same as those of England and France. This an ...
Article : 77 wordsOn Tuesday last the Western Australian wool spinners invited the general public to a demonstration at 5 basement, A.M.P. Buildings, with the view of showing what ...
Article : 302 wordsAn order was issued to-day by the Navy Department taking over the control of all coal in bulks. The supply of coal lying in yards and on the wharves will not be ...
Article : 136 wordsThe "Daily Telegraph's" correspondent at Rome states that the Vatican is annoyed at the premature publicity given to its Note, which it was intended to issue without ...
Article : 83 wordsVisiting American troops marched through London yesterday and were accorded a warm reception. Lord Derby (Secretary of State for War), General Sir ...
Article : 240 wordsMr. and Mrs. Blaikie, McKimmie-street, Bioton, have been advised that their son. Private Tom Blaikie, 44th Battalion, was killed in action on July 31. ...
Article : 367 wordsFrom 20 to 30 train loads of wounded soldiers are traversing Liege daily, enroute for Germany. ...
Article : 24 wordsJust before midnight a Bill was introduced into the Legislative Assembly to amend the Coal Mines Regulation Act. The Bill, it is understood, will give the ...
Article : 109 wordsIt is reported from Berlin that the Pope's intervent on has been made in response to appeals from neutral nations. ...
Article : 27 wordsReports from Prague state that 90 per cent of the munition workers and 70 per cent. of the other Bohemian workers have been on strike for the past fortnight as ...
Article : 72 wordsThe "Petit Parisien" says that the ruins of Westhoek would not suffice to shelter a single soldier. This makes still finer the British grit displayed in holding on to the ...
Article : 107 wordsNumerous offiers of assistance in the work of unloading wheat were received to-day by the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Hagelthorn). Employed at Brooklyn there are ...
Article : 120 wordsM. Huysmans, one of the organisers of the Stockholm Conference, states that it will be duly held. The only question is whether it should be deferred until the ...
Article : 82 wordsNews was received to-day that Sergeant J. W. Berry, a member of the Kalgoorlie Municipal Council, was killed in action on August 1. Sergeant Berry left here with ...
Article : 58 wordsThe Germans yesterday conveyed Renterghem, the racing cyclist, through the streets of Ghent at the end of a chain on the way to the execution ground. ...
Article : 45 wordsThe announcement yesterday that the [?]raymen and carters could, under instructions from the Strike Defence Committee, cart foodstuns to and from the railways, was ...
Article : 220 wordsM. Marcel Hutin, writing in the "Echode Paris," states:—"The artillery forces of all the Allies appear to be striking in unison. The unfavourable weather in ...
Article : 48 wordsMr. Lloyd George said that Mr. Holman's speech displayed those qualities which had secured him a high position in Australia. He was impressed by the sagacity and ...
Article : 469 wordsThe four Russian Socialist delegates who were recently in London and Paris are now in Italy, but they are ignored by the Government and people. ...
Article : 31 wordsAn interesting letter has been received from Lieut. Claude Vautin, 67th Squadron Australian Flying Corps, Palestine. This young Australian officer left with the 10th ...
Article : 534 wordsThe President of the Board of Education, speaking at Bedford yesterday, said there should be one great memorial for those who had fallen in the war, and it ...
Article : 50 wordsA deputation from the Trades Hall Council waited upon the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) at the Federal Parliament. House to-day, and urged that he should appoint a ...
Article : 130 wordsOver 40,000 Montenegrins have died from starvation during the past two years. The Montenegrins have deserted Cettinje and the Austrians have occupied all the houses ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 47 wordsThe South Wales Miners' Federation, supported by the Labour executive, has endorsed the application for passports for delegates to attend the Stockholm ...
Article : 34 wordsDuring the consideration of the Franchise Bill in Committee in the House of Commons yesterday, Sir Geo. Cave (the Home Secretary) said it would be impossible to conduct. ...
Article : 85 wordsAn Anglo-Turkish conference will shortly discuss the matter of the better treatment of British prisoners in Turkey. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe majority and minority replies to the Speech from the Throne will be submitted to the Chamber of Deputies on Monday. The majority hail King Alexander's ...
Article : 75 wordsThe "Vorwaerts," the leading German Socialist organ, interprets Britain's refusal to grant passports to delegates to the Stockholm Conference as the clearest ...
Article : 76 wordsThe "Daily Express" asserts that an important statement concerning the naval command in the Mediterranean will be made shortly. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 35 wordsIn the House of Commons yesterday Mr. Walter Long (Secretary of State for the Colonies) introduced a Bill to enable oil-borings to be made in the United ...
Article : 65 wordsIn the House of Representatives to-day, the Prime Minister, replying to Mr. Considine, said that it was not the intention of the Government to call a conference of the ...
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Advertising : 38 wordsThe Rome correspondent of the "Morning Post" says that Austro-German troops have been sent to Anatolia, Asia Minor, to form the nucleus of a combined army ...
Article : 44 wordsA discussion on the strike was opened at to-day's session of the Anglican Provincial Synod, when the Bishop of Goulburn (Dr. Radford) moved the motion, notice of which ...
Article : 230 wordsHerr Maximilian Harden's paper, the "Zukunft," after a suspension of six weeks has made its Deappearance. It advocates the surrender of Alsace and Trieste, if ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Fri 17 Aug 1917, Page 7
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