The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Bonar Law) announced to-day that hostilities with Bulgaria had terminated at noon. The agreement which had been arrived at ...
Article : 157 wordsThe following official despatches have been made public:— BRITISH. London, Sept. 30 ...
Article : 1,097 wordsSir Roderick Jones has resigned the position of Chief of the Staff of the Minister for Information, and Mr. Arnold Bennett (the author and journalist) has ...
Article : 41 wordsIn the Legislative TAssembly last evening, the House having resolved itself in a Committee of the whole House to consider the Estimates ...
Article : 5,161 wordsIn a statement which he made yesterday Mr. W. M. Hughes referred to the Commonwealth shipping line. He pointed out that an overdraft of £2,000,000 had been ...
Article : 102 wordsThe following American wireless news has been received via Honolulu by the American Consul here:— Edward G. Chew, a native of California, ...
Article : 135 wordsThe United Press Association states that Dixmude was taken by a flanking movement. Fighting is reported to have taken place in the Town Hall. Four fresh ...
Article : 218 wordsAt the opening of the new year's war bonds campaign in the Guildhall, London, yesterday Mr. Bonar Law (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) said that the year's ...
Article : 144 wordsThe Kaiser, in accepting the resignation of Baron von Hertling (the Imperial Chancellor) has ordered preparations to be made for immediate and far-reaching measures in ...
Article : 37 wordsIt is reported that a majority of the parties in the Reichstag has recognised the necessity for Parliamentary Government. [According to a recent message from ...
Article : 109 wordsIt has been denied officially that the Government has stopped the printing of the new Parliamentary register. [A London cable message of September ...
Article : 64 wordsMajor-General Sir Frederick B. Maurice, the military correspondent of the London "Daily Chronicle," says:—"The rapid succession of victories on the western front ...
Article : 138 wordsA peace offer from Turkey is reported to be imminent. The Hague correspondent of the New York "Times" states that he has learned ...
Article : 47 wordsThe Press Bureau announces that King George has sent the following message to the King of the Belgians:—"Heartily congratulate you on the victory by the ...
Article : 92 wordsThe Irish recruiting returns show that only 7,900 men have volunteered for military service. Lord French (the Viceroy) demanded 50,000 recruits by October 15. It ...
Article : 96 wordsThe following French official communique has been issued:—"The Allies continued to pursue the enemy rearguards towards Kicevo and have advanced north of Ochrida and ...
Article : 541 wordsThe Kaiser has telegraphed as follows to the Westphalian Patriotic Society:— "Glance at our magnificent successes. Our heroic sons and their leaders protect the ...
Article : 86 wordsThe Central News Agency states that the armistice is purely military. There are no political provisions, which will wait for the peace conference. Bulgaria agrees ...
Article : 146 wordsThe "Matin" asserts that Marshal Foch's plan is to grip the enemy where he stands, and smash him in irretrievable defeat. There are unmistakable signs that the ...
Article : 45 wordsThe Germans are reported to be burning Cambrai. ...
Article : 14 wordsThe Ministry for Munitions will reduce the control price of aluminium to £200 a ton from January 1. ...
Article : 25 wordsMr. Gordon Gilmour, the special correspondent of the Australian and New Zealand Press Association, telegraphed from France on Monday:— ...
Article : 591 wordsIt is reported that Roulers has been captured by the Belgians, and that the British have taken G[?]elurve, and are nearing the outskirts of Menin. Lille is ...
Article : 58 wordsThe following official message has been issued from the British headquarters in Palestine:—"During Sunday the northward movement of our cavalry and armoured cars ...
Article : 84 wordsIt was learnt from the Defence Department this afternoon that the allowance to the Anzacs on furlough applies to all who embarked in 1914. ...
Article : 32 wordsThe Washington correspondent of the United Press Association states that the Bulgarian Minister at Washington, M. Paneretoff, says that Bulgaria will be ...
Article : 100 wordsThe Germans north-west of Verdun are violently resisting the Americans' advance on the Kriemhilde line. Heavy fighting is in progress. ...
Article : 28 wordsMr. E. Solomon, of Melbourne, who has extensive interests in Western Australia, has received a letter from the Premier of that State accepting a present of six blocks ...
Article : 112 wordsIt is officiallv announced that American aviators, during the latest American offensive, brought down 60 enemy machines. Fewer than 20 American airplanes were ...
Article : 296 wordsMr. H. S. Gullett, special correspondent of the Australian and New Zealand Press Association in Palestine, telegraphed from the field on September 27:—"An Australian ...
Article : 493 wordsA telegram from Sofia states that King Ferdinand has granted an amnesty to the leaders of the Stambulof party (M. Genedief) and his associates, who have been ...
Article : 77 wordsMr. Hunter announced to-day that the Cabinet had adopted the recommendation that a soldiers' settlement should be established in Northern Queensland. An area of ...
Article : 45 wordsA conference is being held at the German headquarters, at which the Kaiser, the Crown Prince, Marshal von Hindenburg, General von Ludendorff, and Admiral von ...
Article : 56 wordsShortly before 1 p.m. to-day two officers from the Intelligence Branch of the Defence Office proceeded to the Trades Hall, and read to the principal official in charge ...
Article : 94 wordsThe German newspapers discuss angrily the Bulgarian disaster. The Berlin "Vosische Zeitung" (the journalistic organ of the German Foreign Office) declares that ...
Article : 85 wordsA bazaar, in aid of the 51st Battalion Trench Comforts Fund, will be held in St. Mary's Hall, Colin-street, West Perth, on Saturday next, October 5, afternoon and ...
Article : 453 wordsThe New York "World's" correspondent with the American army says that all France sings the praise of a certain contingent of negro troops from New York, ...
Article : 143 wordsThe Hague-correspondent of the London "Daily News" says, on the authority of a well-known diplomatic source, that the German Government now recognises the ...
Article : 113 wordsThe blowing of railway and factory whistles, the ringing of church bells, and the liberal adornment of city buildings with bunting signalised the receipt of the glad ...
Article : 221 wordsThe Archbishop of Canterbury (Dr. Randal) Davidson has assured President Wilson that the Churches will support warmly his ideal of a League of Nations. ...
Article : 144 wordsIn the course of an interview yesterday, Mr. W. M. Hughes said:—"The surrender of Bulgaria is the most splendid piece of news received since the beginning of the ...
Article : 109 wordsAnswering Germany's threat to shoot American prisoners who were found to be carrying "sawn-off shotguns," the Department of State has notified Berlin that ...
Article : 114 wordsAddressing the Senate, where there is a difference of opinion concerning women's suffrage, President Wilson advocated the early passage of the measure, on the ...
Article : 319 wordsThe Australian Press Association learns that the fall of Cambra and St. Quentin is regarded as imminent. Already both towns are useless from the enemy ...
Article : 355 wordsThere was a remarkable scene in the Legislative Assembly this afternoon, when the Premier (Mr. Ryan) referred to the war news, members cheering and singing ...
Article : 174 wordsNews of Bulgaria's surrender was received during the sitting of the City Council, and the members rose and sang the National Anthem. There was an ...
Article : 55 wordsMr. Percival Phillips, special correspondent of the "Daily Express" on the western front, telegraphed on Monday:—"To-day one of the greatest disasters yet suffered ...
Article : 492 wordsAs the result of Mr. W. M. Hughes taking a chateau in France and inviting British publicists to see the Australian army, a remarkable series of articles is being ...
Article : 75 wordsIn Sydney to-day General Pau, the head of the French Mission announced that he had received from Salonika the following cable message, dated September 29:— ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Wed 2 Oct 1918, Page 7
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