The Salonika correspondent of the "Echo de Paris" reports that the Provisional Greek Government will call up 10 classes of reservists and gendarmerie. ...
Article : 38 wordsYesterday morning's French communique stated:—"Our artillery exploded a munition depot at Genermont in the Ablaincourt region. We progressed west ...
Article : 299 wordsAt the Colonial Institute yesterday a luncheon was given in honour of Mr. Massey (Premier of New Zealand) and Sir Joseph Ward at the Hotel Cecil. Lord ...
Article : 514 wordsThe Admiralty reported yesterday afternoon that 10 German destroyers raided the Channel transport service on Thursday night. They sank an empty transport. The ...
Article : 574 wordsThe Berlin correspondent of the New York "Times" states:—"In order to save petrol the police have forbidden the people to ride to theatres or concerts in ...
Article : 80 wordsYesterday afternoon's Roumanian communique stated:—"We repulsed violent attacks at Tulghes, Bicaz, and Trotus Valley. We continue to advance in the Uzal ...
Article : 335 wordsMr. Arthur Henderson is presiding over a conference of skilled workers connected with the engineering and ship-building industries. He emphasised the need of the ...
Article : 255 wordsThe first appeal against a decision of an Exemption Court was heard in Adelaide on Friday before Mr. Justice Buchanam. The appellant was a member of the ...
Article : 393 wordsThe British steamer Rowanmore (10,320 tons) was torpedoed and sunk yesterday. The captain was taken prisoner. A Zurich message states that a German ...
Article : 91 wordsA British vessel was mined and sunk in the North Sea yesterday. Nine of the crew were landed, including a signal boy 14 years old. As the vessal was fast settling down. ...
Article : 77 wordsAccording to an Amsterdam message the Agricultural Chambers in Pomerania, Wiesbaden, and elsewhere appeal to agriculturists to give up their reserves of grain and ...
Article : 168 wordsIn connection with the Channel affair, it is recalled that fresh German naval measures were anticipated since Field-Marshal von Hindenburg's assumption of the ...
Article : 140 wordsYesterday morning's German communique stated:—"Russc-Roumanian attacks in the southern wooded Carpathians and on the eastern Transylvanian frontier ...
Article : 122 wordsNorway's losses in torpedoed merchantmen amount to 268,000 tons. Owing to the war they were insured for a value of £5,150,000. Norway has lost 149 sailing ...
Article : 108 wordsThree attempt, were made on Friday and Saturday to set fire to the forage sheds at Victoria Barracks. The first occurred on Friday morning, when the fire was ...
Article : 155 wordsAs an outcome of the destruction of the Emden, the commander of the Australian cruiser Sydney receives £182, and other classes from £18 to 12s. 4d. ...
Article : 60 wordsYesterday morning's German communique stated:—"We repulsed a French attack east of Douanmont Fort." Last night's communique from Berlin ...
Article : 82 wordsThe Milan correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" reports:—"Von Falkenhayn is pressing hard in the Trapo Valley, in the neighbourhood of Predeal, but the valley, is ...
Article : 390 wordsThe "Allgemine Zeitung" says that General von Buelow will shortly arrive in Switzerland for a protracted stay.— ...
Article : 21 wordsThe captain of a steamer which arrived here yesterday stated that German submarine, recently sunk 14 steamers off the Finish coast in the Gulf of Bothnis. ...
Article : 30 wordsM. Marcel Hutin, writing in the "Echo de Paris," says that three French divisions at Verdun completely beat seven German divisions. There was no question of a ...
Article : 68 wordsThe American loan to British has been over-applied for. It is pointed out that the collateral includes Australian and New Zealand obligations. ...
Article : 26 wordsDuring the past week 651 men voluntered in Melbourne, and 319 were ac[?]. ...
Article : 16 wordsA wireless message from Berlin states that the war credits have now reached £52,000,000,000.— ...
Article : 22 wordsAt the inquest at Plymouth yesterday upon five members of the crew of the Greek steamer George Embericos the evidence showed that the captain of the ...
Article : 65 wordsInflammatory posters declaring that Paris was in a state of revolution and that the French Government was approaching bankruptcy caused a run on the French bank. ...
Article : 39 wordsA Dutch lugger rescued an English aviator in the North Sea yesterday. The airman had sunk his hydroplane, lost it should be captured. ...
Article : 27 wordsHis Excellency the Governor (Sir Harry Barron) visited Midland Junction yesterday afternoon for the purpose of unveiling the honour roll to residents of that town ...
Article : 1,138 wordsMr. Ashmead Batlett, who was an eyewitness of the Verdun action, says:—"Since the battle of the Somme opened the Germans at Verdun have been putting ...
Article : 82 wordsThree prisoners from the German cruiser Gn[?]enau have escaped from Stobs Camp in Scotland. ...
Article : 19 wordsOwing to the early closing of public houses, convictions for drunkenness last year diminished considerably. They amounted to 45,257, as compared with ...
Article : 27 wordsBritain's insistence upon paying for American purchases with gold is causing uneasiness here. Financial circles are beginning to favour the idea of granting Britain a ...
Article : 108 wordsOwing to the possibility of submarine raids the city of St. John's in Newfoundland is in darkness every night, and shipping movements in the harbour are ...
Article : 35 wordsThe Commonwealth High Commissioner (Mr. Andrew Fisher) has gone to Scotland to visit the Australian wounded in the various hospitals. ...
Article : 125 wordsMr. Percival Gibbon, the British Press correspondent on the western front telegraphs:—"The hand-to-hand fighting in the gunpits in front of the Hazy trench on ...
Article : 226 wordsMr. George Cunningham, the orderly at Government House, has received word that his son Battery Sergeant-Major Frederick Cunningham, has been wounded in France, ...
Article : 91 wordsThe War Office reported yesterday:—"The bulk of the Germans are in the vicinity of the Rufigi River, while there is a strong detachment in the Mahenge area, ...
Article : 127 wordsA message from Vienna states:—"There is a strong agitation for the early meeting of Parliament in order to secure a discussion upon the big war expenditure, the ...
Article : 51 wordsThe "Daily Chronicle's" Athens correspondent telegraphed yesterday:—"The battle for Monastir is un[?]ted. The continual arrival of enemy reinforcements ...
Article : 97 wordsOne of the most interesting letters written by Australians from France is that addressed by Private John Smith, of the Western Australian expeditionary forces, to ...
Article : 1,881 wordsBritain's reply to the American blacklist protest refuses to forgo the right to the black list, but promises to give relief to firms unjustly injured. The text of the ...
Article : 46 wordsA football match under Australian rules was played on the Queen's Club ground yesterday, the teams being composed of well-known players (now on active ...
Article : 253 wordsPresident Wilson in a recent speech said that America was ready for any trade war. He did not believe that there was any danger of dumping. Foreign ...
Article : 222 wordsThe Italian advance in Albania continues methodically towards Macedonia. The Italians are adapting the roads for automobile traffic. The Bulgarians and ...
Article : 35 wordsYesterday morning's Russian communique stated:—We repulsed the Germans south of Riga. Our advanced posts fell back to the east bank of the Shara River ...
Article : 241 wordsAdvices from London show that the Allies' operations in France are seriously adding to the length of frontage the Germans have to defend with fast warning ...
Article : 105 wordsFour English aeroplanes, carrying eight aviators flew from Imbros Island to Bucharest in five hours. No fewer than 128 French aeroplanes have arrived in ...
Article : 35 wordsKing Constantine gave an audience yesterday to Admiral Dufournet. The situation has improved. King Constantine accepted the Allies' demands when assured ...
Article : 42 wordsIt is officially announced that prisoners belonging to the German 39th Active Line Regiment taken on Tuesday at Haudremont Quarries state that the Crown Prince, ...
Article : 118 wordsRecruiting in Canada has slackened so much that the losses in the field have not been covered by new enlistments. It is believed that the Dominion will have to ...
Article : 38 wordsCaptain Pretyman's Bill, prohibiting the use of the word "Anzac" for commercial purposes, provides for a fine not exceeding £10 for a first offence, and for a fine not ...
Article : 40 wordsThe Athens correspondent of the "Observer" states:—"The betterment of the relations between Greece and the Allies is due to the Greek Government's assurances ...
Article : 85 wordsIt is reported that the Kaiser narrowly escaped death recently. A bomb struck the railway train by which he was travelling and killed the driver. ...
Article : 33 wordsThe new Prevention of Corruption Bill imposes a penalty of from three years to six years' penal servitude. ...
Article : 26 wordsLast night's communique stated:—"We expelled the enemy from Sano, in the Adige Valley.to-day, and destroyed the defences of the village. We progressed for a ...
Article : 44 wordsIt is officially announced that the object dropped by the Zeppelin that flew over Holland last Monday was part of an air reservoir, and not a bomb. ...
Article : 33 wordsNo further licences will be issued for the export of flax, linen yarn, linen thread, or linen manufactures to Holland. ...
Article : 28 wordsReports received from Germany indicate that a new great Russian offensive is being prepared in Galieia and Poland. ...
Article : 24 wordsThe railway employees in Greece have declared a general strike. ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Mon 30 Oct 1916, Page 7
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