In view of the lull on the Somme, interest is now concentrated on the Balkans, particularly the position of the Roumanians. Latest Bucharest telegrams deny ...
Article : 515 wordsThe remarks of Mr. Scaddan, affirming the correctuess of the statement that he had declared himself an anti-conscriptionist, were yesterday brought under the notice ...
Article : 2,818 wordsThe Minister for Mines, Mr. Robinson, lost no time in taking up Mr. Scaddan's references to the settlement of the enemy alien question on the fields made at a ...
Article : 781 wordsThe dissatisfaction of metropolitan-suburban municipalities with the present basis of payment of Government subsidies was voiced by a large deputation, ...
Article : 1,003 wordsNotwithstnding the inclement weather and shortness of notice, a large number attended at Fairview, Mount Hawthorn, on Wednesday evening, to witness the ...
Article : 686 wordsFailing to find that Mrs. Agnes Jessie Beatrice Fauiconer was detaining Samuel John Claye, a minor, who is said to be the heir to a fortune. Mr. Justice Hood ...
Article : 982 wordsThe "Morning Post's" Budapest correspondent says that Germany is sending an immense number of agricultural machines to Bulgaria in the endeavour to increase ...
Article : 78 wordsA Berlin communique issued yesterday stated:—"The Russians continue to attack west of Luczk, successive waves breaking down north of Zubilno. We drove out ...
Article : 33 wordsA communique issued yesterday stated:—"Our detachments in the Caucusus, by a sudden resumption of the offensive, and co-operating with the fleet, advanced on a ...
Article : 118 wordsAccording to information received from a trustworthy source by the London "Daily Telegraph" in August, the problem of feeding the German army is beginning to ...
Article : 747 wordsIn yesterday morning's despatch Sir Douglas Haig reported:—"There was intermittent shelling south of the Ancre last night. Our artillery caused many ...
Article : 594 wordsThe "Daily Mail" published this morning a symposium of the views of oversea representatives on the Empire after the war. Lord Sydenham said he believed an ...
Article : 273 wordsIt is officially announced that the Cunard liner Franconia (18,500 tons) was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in the Mediterranean on Wednesday. The vessel ...
Article : 67 wordsThe Army Council directs that no more agriculturists shall be called up till January 1. and these necessary to milk production shall not be called till April 1. Before the ...
Article : 135 wordsThe Ministry of Munitions, with 5,000 officials at the head office, and an expenditure of a million sterling a day has to maintain the output, with the help of a ...
Article : 452 wordsA wireless message was sent yesterday from San Francisco to Japan—a distance of 5,800 miles. This was preliminary to the inauguration of wireless commercial ...
Article : 40 wordsSergeant Hughie Mehegan, of Australia met Greenstock in a 15-rounds contest at the Liverpool Stadium last night. Mehegan won in the eighth round. ...
Article : 31 wordsIt is reported that Dr. Sun-Yat-Sen is heading a movement to form a Southern Chinese Republic, which will include the provinces of Szechwan, Kwangtung, ...
Article : 79 wordsThe new agreement entered into between the Metropolitan Shop Assistants' Union and six retail and three wholesale employers carrying on business within an area ...
Article : 346 wordsThomas Adams and Charles Edward Hennessy, elderly farmers of Bolgart and Yenart respectively, who, the previous day, had been convicted of obtaining money ...
Article : 708 wordsA war correspondent of a Vienna journal telegraphs from Austrian headquarters:— "The impossible must not be expected on the Roumanian front. General Brusiloff's ...
Article : 69 wordsA Bill. which will have the effect of considerably extending the powers of the State War Council, has been introduced by the Government in the Legislative Council. It ...
Article : 192 wordsThe new American Super-Dreadnoughts will be 850ft. long, have a displacement of 35,000 tons, and a speed of from 32 to 35 knots an hour, and they will cost about ...
Article : 38 wordsA conference of Sunday school teachers will be held at Guildford to-day, at which a lecture will be given by Mr. Alan Whiteborn in the afternoon, and the conference ...
Article : 713 wordsThe official figures made available to-day in relation to the rainstorm which began on September 22, and ended yesterday, show that it has been a phenomenally wet ...
Article : 131 wordsA Berlin communique issued yesterday stated:—"The Roumanians retreated behind Sinca, in the Alt Valley, and also further north, after fruitless efforts in the ...
Article : 63 wordsYesterday afternoon's German communique stated:—"Near Eaucourt P Abbaye the enemy only succeeded in reaching our position near Lesars, where we defeated the ...
Article : 46 wordsNews from Mr. A. McCallum general secretary of the A.L.F., says that he is now back in Sydney after a brief sojourn in Papua, and enjoying good health. He ...
Article : 635 wordsDuring the recent fighting east and north of Courcelette the Canadian cavalry, for the first time, participated. Canadian patrols penetrated enemy territory for a ...
Article : 50 wordsThe "Daily Chronicle's" Athens correspondent reports that 200 officers, with 2,000 soldiers, have left Piraeus for Salonika, where the national army now totals 16,000. ...
Article : 75 wordsA newspaper correspondent suggests that Britain's appreciation of the military services of the overseas' dominions might be marked by creating a regiment of Guards ...
Article : 47 wordsAt the Melbourne General Sessions to-day, Thomas W. Lyons, a staff-sergeant, employed at Headquarters, was charged with having received a cheque for £158, ...
Article : 89 wordsAt the instance of Mr. Veryard, the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Lefroy) laid on the table of the Legislative Assembly on Thursday a return dealing with the ...
Article : 298 wordsA communique issued yesterday afternoon stated:—"We repulsed repeated attacks on the southern side of the valley in the Mt. Colbricon region. The enemy ...
Article : 61 wordsArrangements have been made for the steamer Strathendrick, of the Commonwealth fleet, to take a cargo of about 3,500 tons of copra from Sydney to ...
Article : 84 wordsIt is believed that Mr. John Redmond will declare against conscription; but it is not improbable that a national recruiting scheme will be suggested by him, in order ...
Article : 69 wordsPresident Wilson, speaking at Omaha yesterday, said: "It is very important that the statesmen of the world should understand America's position. America has ...
Article : 353 wordsBefore Mr. Macfarlane S.M., at the Central Police Court this morning, Charles Reeve, Thomas Glynn, Peter Larkin, John Hamilton Berrard, Robert Besant, Donald ...
Article : 97 wordsCaptain Mathy, the commander of the Zeppelin recently brought down at Potter's Bar. took part in previous raids upon London. In the course of a grotesque ...
Article : 56 wordsCriminal Court.—At 10.30 a.m. in No. 2 Court, before the Chief Justice. Nisi Prius.—At 10.30 a.m., in No. 1 Court, before Mr. Justice Burnside: In the ...
Article : 109 wordsA Russian communique issued yesterday morning stated:—"Stubborn battles continue from Vladimir Volynski to the Dnieste. We captured some positions and ...
Article : 180 wordsThe New York "Times" Paris correspondent telegraphs:—"The Germans' local attacks against the French, which have been successful nowhere, indicate the enemy's ...
Article : 201 wordsOrders were issued to-day by the Federal Executive requiring all persons, firms, or companies dealing in tin plates, and iron or steel sheets or bars, to furnish the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 40 wordsTo-day's recruiting figures were:—Volunteered, 150; accepted 86; deferred, 15. ...
Article : 59 wordsA Nasty Fall.—Joseph McPherson, who resides at 128 Hampton-road, Fremantle, was admitted to the Fremantle Hospital yesterday afternoon suffering from a ...
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Advertising : 211 wordsThe "Morning Post's" Petrograd correspondent attaches special significance to the appointment of M. Protopopoff as Minister of the Interior. He is described as a man ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Sat 7 Oct 1916, Page 7
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