The following official reports have been issued:— London, Aug. 14. (1.35 p.m.) (from Field-Marshal Halg):— "Hostile artillery was ...
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Article : 529 wordsLater in the day Mr. J. A. Grieg, M.L.C., was called on to explain his conduct in opposing the Grain Elevator Agreement Bill, upon consideration of the ...
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Article : 53 wordsThe air cadets selected to undergo a course of instruction at the Central Flying School are to be paid 10s. a day. Those who obtain pilots' certificates will be ...
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Article : 230 wordsIt is reported that the Allied Consuls in Moscow have asked for a safe conduct to Archangel. The State Department has received ...
Article : 72 wordsA Canadian official message states that five Canadians captured 100 Germans and an entire trench during the recent advance. ...
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Article : 177 wordsThe provision made for the maintenance of Australian prisoners of war in Germany and Turkey and of interned men in Switzerland and Holland was explained in a ...
Article : 426 wordsAs the result of air fighting near Knocke some German aeroplanes were brought down in flames. Bombs were dropped on Ghent, and 30 Germans were killed, as ...
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Article : 160 wordsThe Government may consider it advisable to make a statement concerning the present position of the A.F.L. Canning Company, to which advances exceeding £5,000 ...
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Article : 368 wordsMr. G. Gilmour, special representative of the Australian Press Association, telegraphed from France on Monday:—"One remarkable feature of the fighting of the past few ...
Article : 500 wordsThe "Daily News" says that the enemy's surrender of his forward positions to the west of Bapaume may foreshadow an extensive withdrawal, because the positions ...
Article : 70 wordsMr. Hugh D. McIntosh, president of the New South Wales branch of the Empire League, is arranging for a delegation of the Empire League—including Mr. Murray ...
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Article : 240 wordsThe Washington correspondent of the New York "Times" reports that Mr. Newton D. Baker (the Secretary for War), illustrating the eagerness with which the ...
Article : 125 wordsThe newspapers draw serious attention to the partiality of the Swedish administration of justice respecting the publication of articles on the war in the Swedish ...
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Article : 21 wordsRegulations for the employment of persons in a civil capacity in the Defence Department provide that the board of business administration shall be responsible for ...
Article : 81 wordsLord Wrenbury's committee, which has been inquiring into the question of necessary amendments of company law to meet the changed conditions after the war, ...
Article : 300 wordsIt is reported from a port on the Atlantic coast that a British steamer fought for two hours a U-boat, 30 miles off Sandy Hock. The steamer's guns were unable to ...
Article : 76 wordsMrs. Hamilton, of Greenhills, has received word that her second son, Private J. McInerney, has been awarded the Military Medal for services in the field. He ...
Article : 206 wordsThe importation of citrus fruits into the Commonwealth has been prohibited unless consent in writing has been obtained from the Minister for Customs (Mr. Jensen). ...
Article : 32 wordsThe following official report was issued from the British headquarters in Palestine on Wednesday:—"On the night of August 12 we raided successfully various points on ...
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Article : 79 wordsKing George, through Lord Reading (the British Ambassador to America) congratulated President Wilson on the happy relations which exist between the navies of the ...
Article : 52 wordsThe Australians captured about 60 Germans near Lihons. The French have now captured about 8,000 prisoners and 250 guns. It is probable that these include some prisoners ...
Article : 249 wordsThe Socialist newspaper "Volksrecht" says that there is widespread war weariness in Germany and also at the front. The 41st, 43rd, and 48th East Prussian ...
Article : 50 wordsThe corrected balance-sheet of the State accounts for the year which ended on June 30 shows that the revenue exceeded the expenditure by £25,807. which will be ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Fri 16 Aug 1918, Page 7
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