Several of the larger gaols, notably those at Bourke, Berrima, and Trial Bay, have been placed by the State Government at the disposal of the Defence authorities for ...
Article : 107 wordsDr. Flamm, Professor of Ship Construction at the Technical High School at Charlottenburg, says the London "Times," publishes in the ...
Article : 955 wordsAccording to a Dunkirk message, the Germans are pouring an unending stream of metal about the Allies lines on the Franco-Belgian frontier, while the British are building up reserves of high explosives, pending another advance. The German infantry, however, is not strong enough to launch an attack in force. The French have achieved further successes in the regions of the Air Noulette-Souches-road, and other regions, and have broken the German ...
Article : 346 wordsVice-Admiral Nicole has been appointed to the command of the French naval forces at the Dardanelles. The new commander has had a brilliant career, and is the ...
Article : 41 wordsThe British gunboats on the Tigris have occupied Amara (about 140 miles from the river mouth in the Persian Gulf), taking prisoners 30 officers and 700 soldiers. The ...
Article : 51 wordsIn view of the existing shortage Cabinet to-day resolved to advise the Imperial authorities, that the Government were unable to continue the exportation of frozen ...
Article : 39 wordsThe first important battle of the campaign has been raging since Thursday, the objective being the possession of Tolmein, on the Isonzo, 40 miles east of Undine. The ...
Article : 49 wordsThe parade of rifle clubs of the metropolitan area on Saturday afternoon was a distinct success. It showed clearly the great development which has taken place in the ...
Article : 173 words"In years to come no more vivid and stirring epitome of Britain's part in the greatest war will be found in the Service Honours Lists issued from time to time ...
Article : 612 wordsThe encircling of the Austrians at Mori Roveredo, in the southern extremity of the Austrian Tyrol, is proceeding systematically, though slowly, owing to the ...
Article : 52 wordsShortly after the outbreak of war, it was decided by the State Cabinet that no wages boards should be called together for the purpose of increasing wages. ...
Article : 130 wordsAn Austrian communique claims that the Italians sustained considerable losses at Monte Nero, 300 Italians being killed on the southern slope. It is claimed that the ...
Article : 55 wordsThe "Messagero" declares that during an Italian aerial bombardment in Pola harbour, two Austrian battleships, while manoeuvring to escape, collided with one ...
Article : 47 wordsColonel McCay, brigadier in command of the 2nd Infantry Brigade, expects to return to the front this week. He was wounded in the left thigh, but is now quite ...
Article : 78 wordsA casualty list has been issued for the week-end. The list includes 5,500 casualties of all ranks, 2,169 being in the Dardanelles, where 111 of the First Lancashire Fusiliers ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 73 wordsLast evening's communique stated:—"On Saturday night the Germans made a violent effort to retake the positions recently lost by them, and there was a continuous ...
Article : 169 wordsThe Minister for Munitions (Mr. Lloyd George) stated to a correspondent yesterday that he believed that things were going along all right, and that he felt that the ...
Article : 122 wordsA correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph" writes:—Nowhere is Herr Ballin's out-and-out defence of the Kaiser's war policy regarded with more ...
Article : 409 wordsThe wounded in hospital include Major Dawson, a New Zealander who is recovering. Major Dawson and 150 Australians and ...
Article : 165 wordsA revolting story of the treatment of a party of Russian prisoners in Poland has reached here. The prisoners were locked up without food for several days, until on ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 97 wordsIn the University last night, Professor Paterson delivered the first of a series of five lectures dealing with soil moisture and agricultural production. Plants, he said, ...
Article : 635 wordsA German submarine yesterday sank a steamer off Dunnet Head (Caithness) and the trawler Persimmon, also in Scottish waters. Both crews were saved. ...
Article : 30 wordsDuring the skirmish in the Gulf of Riga on Sunday, a German submarine sank a Russian transport. Thirty-two of the crew were saved. Russian mines and submarines, ...
Article : 48 wordsIn view of the achievements of the Allied forces on the Gallipoli Peninsula the following article contributed to the London "Daily Telegraph" by Mr. W. T. Massey, ...
Article : 1,454 wordsWhile the British are building up reserves of high explosive ammunition before making another attempt to advance, the Germans are pouring an unending stream of ...
Article : 164 wordsSeventeen out of 30 members of the Roelands Rifle Club have volunteered for active service. Many have already been appointed sharpshooters at the front, one ...
Article : 116 wordsThe Postmaster-General announces that the overland transmission of Australian and New Zealand mails will be resumed on June 11. ...
Article : 25 wordsA German correspondent, writing from Constantinople, describes the sinking of the British battleship Goliath. He states that the British war vessels had a habit ...
Article : 204 wordsThe following report was issued by the Press Bureau yesterday:—"On Thursday and Friday nights the Turks heavily bombarded a small fort in front of the extreme right ...
Article : 497 wordsThe latest bulletin respecting the condition of King Constantine is that his Majesty is a little better. His temperature has decreased to 98.3. ...
Article : 35 wordsThe "Daily Mails" Amsterdam correspondent states that the Super-Zeppelins have been provided with aerial torpedoes that are made of aluminium and are ...
Article : 55 wordsThe Y.M.C.A. service at Blackboy Hill on Sunday night was addressed by the Rev. A. S. J. Fry, the secretary of the British and Foreign Bible Society. Mr. A. ...
Article : 152 wordsThe following communique was issued last night:—"The enemy, pursuing the offensive towards Mosciska (near Przemysl, on the east), has suffered heavy losses. The ...
Article : 142 wordsMadame Grouitch of the Serbian Red Cross, writes from 5 Cromwell-road, Kensington, London, S.W., as follows:—The correspondent of the "Standard," ...
Article : 627 wordsThe following official report of the operations at the Dardanelles was issued yesterday:—"The Allies on Friday attacked along their entire front, with the object of ...
Article : 118 wordsThe Germans are using a number of factories for the manufacture of asphyxiating gases, and are protecting the factories with anti-aircraft guns. ...
Article : 93 wordsPrivate Alexander Victor Manuell, of the 16th Battalion, who was killed in action at the Dardanelles, had been a resident of this State for 12 years, and was ...
Article : 201 wordsPreaching at the national services in St. Paul's Cathedral this afternoon, Archbishop Clarke urged the necessity of more recruits joining the expeditionary forces. Australia's ...
Article : 125 wordsThe correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" at Athens reports that their heavy casualties and the arrival of the wounded at Constantinople are weakening the ...
Article : 81 wordsThe enemy's front between the Rivers Leng and San is 18 miles long, extending from the village of Stany, on the left bank of the Leng, to Zarzena, 10 miles ...
Article : 188 wordsThe "Daily Telegraph's" correspondent at Chanak states: "A neutral army officer estimates that 2,000 shells fell in Chanak when the allied fleet, tried to force the ...
Article : 98 wordsThe death occurred at the Semaphore (South Australia) of Captain P. Dickson, who for many years was the senior pilot on the Port Adelaide staff. He was a ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Tue 8 Jun 1915, Page 7
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