Yesterday morning General Haig reported:—"Last night we beat off an attack against our advanced positions east of Eaucourt I'Abbaye, where we have now ...
Article : 506 wordsA message from London reports that Viscount Bryce (formerly British Ambassador at Washington) has contributed to the "Manchester Guardian" an article in which ...
Article : 230 wordsAt yesterday's meeting of the council notification was received from the secretary of the Australian Soliders' Repatriation Fund to the effect that the executive of ...
Article : 178 wordsYesterday morning's Russian communique stated:—'Stubborn fighting continues on the Narauvoka and Zlota Lipa. Our fire repelled enemy counter-attacks with great ...
Article : 114 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly yesterday. The Premier, in moving the second reading of the Western Australian Day Funds Bill, said that the measure extended the ...
Article : 2,099 wordsA communique issued yesterday stated:—"The English on the left bank of the Struma repulsed several counter-attacks to-day. The Bulgars left a number of dead ...
Article : 66 wordsArrangements have been completed for the official opening of the Soldiers' Institute, which will take place on Friday, October 20, at 4 p.m. His Excellency the ...
Article : 330 wordsYesterday afternoon's Berlin communique stated:—"The Roumanians won ground on both sides of Kovil, North of Orsova we were successful in air attacks. The ...
Article : 67 wordsYesterday afternoon's Berlin communique stated:—"Our counter-attack regained the position of Graberka, which we lost on Saturday. We took 1,500 prisoners. An ...
Article : 47 wordsThe "Morning Post's" Athens correspondent states:—"The Government has ordered all Greek destroyers and torpedo boats to be moored at the Salamis arsenal ...
Article : 49 wordsYesterday's communique stated that the situation in the Caucasus was quiet. ...
Article : 18 wordsOut of 42 recruits who submitted themselves for enlistment at the Central Enrolling Office yesterday, 24 were passed as fit and 18 deferred. ...
Article : 26 wordsA Dutch report states that 14 Zeppelins participated in the latest raid on England. Spectators narrate that the Zeppelin brought down at Potter's Bar was doomed ...
Article : 389 wordsThe Greek Legation states that the Turks are massacring Greeks in Asia Minor and arresting prominent Greek inhabitants. ...
Article : 24 wordsIn consequence of applications being received by the War Council of Western Australia for permission to collect funds for the purpose of presenting flags to ...
Article : 256 wordsAttention has been given of late by the War Council to the question of the overlapping of funds, which have been collected for purposes of benefiting our soldiers ...
Article : 1,132 wordsThe value of the exports from New York during September averaged £2,000,000 per day, and of this amount half was made up by munitions ...
Article : 37 wordsAmongst the passengers on the R.M.S. Osterley, which passed through Fremantle yesterday from the Eastern States, is Mr. J. E. Bailey, a young Australian inventor, ...
Article : 246 wordsThe Legislature of Jamaica has decided unanimously not to permit alien enemy firms to carry on business in Jamaica for 20 years after the conclusion of the war ...
Article : 35 wordsGeneral Joffre in an Order of the Day congratulating the Army of the Somme, says: "You have dealt blows from which the enemy will find it hard to recover. ...
Article : 57 wordsIt was announced by the Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) to-day that the first draft of men for munition work in England who left Australia recently consisted of 77 ...
Article : 265 wordsAn opinion has been obtained by the War Council from the military authorities in regard to the supply of comforts for our troops at the front, and it is stated, as a ...
Article : 147 wordsThe following German communique was issued yesterday: "In fighting on a large scale on the Thiepval-Rancourt front we sanguinarily repulsed the British and ...
Article : 74 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly yesterday Mr. Foley gave the Premier notice of the following question:—How many German or alien subjects have been put off since the ...
Article : 34 wordsAs a sequel to the raid by a number of soldiers on premises in Egan-street on Saturday night, two youthful members of the Australian Imperial forces were brought ...
Article : 204 wordsLast week, Collie was visited by the officers and men comprising the 22nd reinforcements of the 16th Battalion, for the purpose of receiving the colours presented ...
Article : 902 wordsA "Daily Mail" correspondent with the British Headquarters in France states:—"Brilliant deeds have been frequent in the recent fighting. The New Zealanders ...
Article : 192 wordsA Curtis aeroplane, described as a Zeppelin destroyer, was recently tested at Buffalo. It developed a maximum speed of 120 miles an hour and rose at the rate of ...
Article : 45 wordsSomething unique for Western Australia will be the great military tattoo and mimic battle which are to take place on the Association Cricket Ground to-night ...
Article : 201 wordsA plea that the United States should work for peace, uttered by the German Crown Prince, in an interview with W. B. Holt, an American correspondent at the ...
Article : 442 wordsEleven men appeared before Mr. MacFarlane, S.M., at the Central Police Court to-day, charged with treason. They were Charles Reeve (30), England; Thomas ...
Article : 97 wordsThe many friends of Second Lieutenant L. A. Stephenson will regret to hear of his death whilst at the front. Prior to joining the expeditionary forces, Mr. Stephenson ...
Article : 115 wordsA Bavarian battalion order, found on the Somme, upbraids the men for the wasteful use of munitions through nervousness and adds: "Only company commanders can ...
Article : 83 wordsTo-day's recruiting figures were:—Volunteered 191; accepted, 103. ...
Article : 40 wordsRumours were current yesterday that the Government had decided upon their policy regarding the tramway service in the metropolis, regarding which a large deputation ...
Article : 162 wordsBurswood children of tender years are working zealously for the men at the front. Actuated by a desire to send a few comforts to the big boys in khaki, a ...
Article : 1,349 wordsThe torpedoing of five Norwegian steamers to-day has increased the bitterness against Germany. The newspapers demand the more stringent closing of territorial ...
Article : 39 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly yesterday. The Attorney-General (Mr. Robinson) moved the second reading of the Franchise Bill which, he said, was framed to preserve ...
Article : 721 wordsA telegram from Berlin reports that Herr Dernberg, in an article in the "Tageblatt," hints at a renewal of submarining, and expresses a hope that America will take a ...
Article : 77 wordsFound Dead.—Last night Constable Keane, who is in charge of the Causeway police station, reported to the central station that an elderly man Michael ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Wed 4 Oct 1916, Page 7
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