It transpires that Germany endeavoured to bring about an alliance between Mexico and Japan in order to make war upon the United States in the event of the latter ...
Article : 690 wordsIn the House of Lords yesterday the Earl of Crawford, on behalf of the Government, said the Government's agricultural policy was a national policy, designed to ...
Article : 76 wordsMr. Philip Gibbs, telegraphing yesterday, from the British headquarters in France, stated:—"The Germans abandoned Gommecourts during last night and we took ...
Article : 605 wordsA German wireless report intercepted by the Admiralty yesterday stated:—"We captured to-day several Russian heights in the wooded Carpathians on both sides of the ...
Article : 58 wordsThe customary tranquility was restored to the proceedings of the Legislative Assembly yesterday, when Mr E. B. Johnston, the member for Williams Narrogin, ...
Article : 2,632 wordsThe proposals of the Government for the restriction of horse racing and trotting are embodied in the Racing Restriction Bill, which was introduced to the ...
Article : 390 wordsRefugees from Berlin report that great preparations are being made in Germany for an offensive against Northern Russia early in the spring. Many troops are ...
Article : 67 wordsIn the House of Commons yesterday Captain Bathurst said that a scheme for compulsory rationing had been outlined and it would be put into operation if necessary. ...
Article : 34 wordsThe Government of India has offered to contribute £100,000,000 towards the war, and the British Government has gratefully accepted the offer. It is possible that, ...
Article : 94 wordsA despatch from Lausanne states:—A mutiny recently broke out in the Greek internment camp at Gorlitz, in Germany. The soldiers accused General Matzopoulos. ...
Article : 63 wordsMr. J. F. Fo[?]ringham, an Australian, who was one of the survivors from the Laconia, stated to an interviewer yesterday: "The passengers on the liner included ...
Article : 537 wordsA vessel conveying a number of sick and wounded soldiers recently arrived at Fremantle. Forty-eight of the men were landed at the Port, and most of them ...
Article : 73 wordsThe "Daily Chronicle's" Petrograd correspondent states:—"It is understood that conflict reigns in high bureaucratic circles One section favours concessions to the ...
Article : 71 wordsThe Butchers' Guild yesterday tendered a luncheon to Mr. W. F. Massey (Prime Minister of New Zealand), Sir Joseph Ward (Treasurer and Postmaster-General), and ...
Article : 213 wordsMr. Heitmann asked the Premier (Mr. F. Wilson), without notice, in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, if any further action had been taken by the Government in ...
Article : 85 wordsThe "Evening Standard" understands that the delay in publishing the Dardanelles report is due to the necessity of referring certain passages to the allied Governments. ...
Article : 56 wordsReference was made in the Arbitration Court to-day to a plant recently field by the Federated Mining Employees Association demanding increased remuneration and ...
Article : 433 wordsMr. and Mrs. Geo, Sinclair, of Toodyay, have been informed by the military authorities that their son Cecil was killed in action on January 9 last at El Arish. ...
Article : 236 wordsThe new pension scheme for disabled soldiers and sailors and dependants of the killed allow privates disabled in the highest degree, such as lunacy, the loss of two ...
Article : 141 wordsAn official Admiralty report, issued yesterday, stated:—"Our naval aeroplanes raided the ironworks at Brebach, south-eastward of Saarbrucken, in several air ...
Article : 37 wordsA German official wireless statement, intercepted by the Admiralty yesterday stated:—"A German seaplane successfully bombed an enemy transport in the north of the ...
Article : 55 wordsThe House of Commons yesterday carried a resolution, without a division, to observe in the House the liquor restrictions imposed outside. ...
Article : 32 wordsThe Berlin "Lokal Anzeiger," commenting upon von Bethmann-Hollweg's speech, lays stress upon "the terrible effect of the blockade upon England." The "Vossische ...
Article : 69 wordsThe representatives of the Australian Red Cross Society and Trench Comforts Fund in London are appealing for more weekly newspapers from this State for the ...
Article : 739 wordsA meeting of Covent Garden salesmen and distributors yesterday appointed a deputation to ask the Government to reconsider the prohibition on the importation ...
Article : 41 wordsThe Japanese Embassy states that the idea that Japan would enter an alliance against the United States was absolutely impossible. It was monstraous. This was ...
Article : 91 wordsThe case of the White City recruiting frauds was concluded yesterday. Dr. William B. Caley and J. B. McQueen Mitchell (civilian paymaster) were sentenced to ...
Article : 131 wordsA deputation waited on the Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) to-day and presented a petition signed by relatives of members of the A.I.F. who left Australia ...
Article : 271 wordsMr. Justice Barton gave an important judgment in Chambers yesterday. Last week he heard argument in favour of an application by Major Robert Topnam that ...
Article : 371 wordsA Berlin despatch received here yesterday stated: "In the Reichstag to-day Herr Spahn leader of the Catholics, said he was delighted with the results of the German ...
Article : 158 wordsThe Paris "Petit Journal" states:—"The retreating Germans blow up a number of large calibre guns. The fact that the Germans abandoned strong positions, and ...
Article : 47 wordsThe House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee has decided to report the Bill empowering the President to provide guns and gunners on American merchant ...
Article : 64 wordsAccording to a report from Amsterdam the following is the German official fantastic account of the recent naval raid on the south-east coast of England:— ...
Article : 147 wordsAn official German statement, interested by the Admiralty, says:—"In infantry combats, in accordance with our plans on the Ancre, the French surprised and captured ...
Article : 41 wordsMr. Gerard, the former United States Ambassador to Germany, sailed from Corunna yesterday on the Infanta Isabel, although he was specially warned by Berlin not ...
Article : 101 wordsA despatch received here from Berlin states:—"There is considerable uneasiness in Germany owing to the British advance on the Ancre. The newspapers are not ...
Article : 54 wordsThe Berlin correspondent of the New York "Times" reports that the German newspapers state that it must not be assumed from the arrival of the American ...
Article : 74 wordsThe "Daily Chronicle," discussing the question of how the Dominions should be given due representation in Imperial policy, approves of Mr. Herbert Samuel's ...
Article : 141 wordsThe Commonwealth Publicity Secretary yesterday issued a circular stating:—Not only leading public men, but the humblest of Australian people, are conscious ...
Article : 291 wordsThe Press Bureau has issued the following report of shipping movements for the week ended last Sunday:— Arrivals at United Kingdom Ports.— ...
Article : 96 wordsA British correspondent at Field Marshal Haig's headquarters reports:—"The Australians were responsible for the brilliant raid upon Armentieres on Tuesday. ...
Article : 76 wordsThe State Department is investigating a report that three American consuls and two clerks were detained by Germany until Berlin had been assured that the German ...
Article : 69 wordsThe "Niewe Rotterdam Courant" states: "The German Government has promised Holland an indemnity for the torpedoed vessels and permission to use interned ...
Article : 39 wordsSome 45 delegates interested in the sugar industry in this State assembled in the Chief Secretary's office to-day, in response to an invitation from the State ...
Article : 238 wordsMr. Frank Simmonds, the war expert of the New York "Tribune." after a visit to the European fighting front, says he believes the war will last for another year. ...
Article : 41 wordsPresident Wilson yesterday told a group of pacifists: "I have done, I am doing, and I will do everything possible to keep the United States at peace." ...
Article : 33 wordsAn official Mesopotamia despatch issued yesterday stated:—"The close pursuit of the enemy is now being stea[?]y maintained. On Monday our advanced troops engaged ...
Article : 190 wordsMr. P. F. Warner, speaking at a London cricket club conference yesterday, paid a high tribute to the Australians, and said he was convinced they would prove second ...
Article : 132 wordsThe military police paid a surprise visit yesterday to the Commonwealth Bank, where there is always a numerous congregation of Australian troops. The police ...
Article : 49 wordsAt a war conference held at Calais yesterday Great Britain was represented by Mr. Lloyd George, General Robertson, and Field Marshall Haig. while France was ...
Article : 43 wordsSenator Frederick Hall, who has just returned from England, says that he met in London Mr. Lloyd George, Mr. Asquith, Mr. Balfour, Viscount Bryce, and other ...
Article : 62 wordsThe House of Lords yesterday discussed Lord Chaplin's (Unionist) motion in favour of State aid to agriculture, with guaranteed minimum prices ...
Article : 161 wordsOwing to Germany's ambiguous reply China has decided to send a second Note to Berlin requiring the limitation of submarine warfare. If the answer be ...
Article : 76 wordsAt a largely attended meeting held in the South Perth Municipal Chambers on Tuesday, and presided over by Mrs. Clydesdale, Mayoress, it was decided to form a ...
Article : 394 wordsA wireless Russian official communique received here yesterday stated:—"The enemy attacked on both sides of the Jac[?] Kimpolang high road to-day and ...
Article : 55 wordsThe Premier (Mr. Ryan) was questioned yesterday relative to the proposed referenda on certain Bills which had been finally rejected by Parliament. Speaking with ...
Article : 101 wordsSigner Sacehi, Minister for Justice, introduced a Bill yesterday, providing for absolute legal equality for both sexes. ...
Article : 27 wordsFrau Von Zaldern, daughter of Admiral Von Capelle, and wife of an interned German officer, was murdered in her home near the Fukuoka detention camp ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Fri 2 Mar 1917, Page 7
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