The "Messagero" states that the Turks have evacuated Adrianople, and have withdrawn their troops to the Chatalja lines, near Constantinople. ...
Article : 78 wordsThe French have made another advace in the Souchez district, and have repulsed German attacks in other regions. The French Minister for Finance stated in the Chamber of Deputies that France would have no difficulty to meeting her war expenditure. The news from the Eastern zone is mixed in character. Desperate fighting has taken place and is proceeding on ...
Article : 338 wordsEight weeks of tremendous onslaughts have failed to conquer the Russians in Galicia. The Russians, although they retreated temporarily, inflicted astounding ...
Article : 123 wordsThe German press has begun a campaign belitting the British war loan. The newspapers are asserting that it is a mere conversion. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe State Cabinet has considered and approved of the main features of a scheme propounded by the Premier (Mr. Holman) for stimulating recruiting in New South ...
Article : 139 wordsA neutral banker from Vienna states that Austria has issued £300,000,000 worth of paper money during the war. The gold covering it has diminished from £70,000,000 ...
Article : 292 wordsThe "Lokal Anzeiger" of Berlin states that a Russian aviator dropped bombs on Plock, killing one civilian and wounding six others. ...
Article : 30 wordsTurkey's negotiations with Bulgaria have failed, while those of the Entente are progressing. Bulgaria's negotiations with Roumania are also continuing. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe late Corporal S. L. Curlewis, who was killed in action at the Dardanelles on June 4, was well known in many parts of Western Australia. He was a brother of ...
Article : 1,586 wordsMr. Walter Runciman, President of the Board of Trade, speaking at Hartlepool yesterday, said that a shortage of meat for civilians was imminent, but, careful ...
Article : 238 wordsTwo Bavarian, two Prussian, and one Austrian Army Corps have traversed Vienna from Galicia. The men are unwounded, but are complete physical wrecks, and ...
Article : 91 wordsThe "Mir" states that Turkey has indicated that she prefers a peace settlement with the Powers of the Entente to making concessions to Bulgaria. ...
Article : 34 wordsMilitary experts have denied the allegation that Rifles made at Lithgow are not serviceable and shop poorly. As evidence in contradiction, it is instances that a rifle ...
Article : 131 wordsThe Dutch steamer Ceres was sunk in the Gulf of Bothnia yesterday, but the crew of 25 were saved. The captains says he believes the vessel was torpedoed, as ...
Article : 54 wordsThe Minister for War (General Sukhomlinoff) has resigned, and it is understood that General Polivanoff, a former Assistant Minister, will succeed him. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe bombardment of the Hensel and Plezzo forts threatens the Tarvis and Pivomof roads; on which all the great invasions of Austria from Italy have been ...
Article : 220 wordsDr. Roy B. Minnett, whose death is referred to in the cables, was 29 years of age, and a graduate of the Sydney University. He was a fine, all-round cricketer, and ...
Article : 75 wordsGermany has apologised for "the unfortunate mistake in torpedoeing the Danish steamer Sobong." She has offered to compensate the owners. ...
Article : 30 wordsFor the purpose of overcoming threatend strikes, for higher wages in some German towns the military have intervened, and compelled the men to finish work on ...
Article : 51 wordsYesterday Mr. Runciman presided over a further conference between the coal masters and the men, but no result has been achieved, the owners being disinclined to ...
Article : 161 wordsThe Norwegian steamer Truma, bound from Archangel to London, has been torpedoed and burnt off the Shetland Islands. The crew were saved. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe Minister for Justice (Mr. Herdman) has given notice of his intention to introduce a Bill to enable Mr. T. E. Y. Seddon, member for Westland, and Mr. W. D. ...
Article : 67 wordsThe Press Bureau announced on Friday that 39 British officers imprisoned in Germany, who had been undergoing special treatment because of the distinction made ...
Article : 54 wordsA German submarine, after leaving Emden for the North Sea, on Tuesday exploded through some unknown cause and sank. The commander and two of the ...
Article : 49 wordsA commission, consisting of six Russians and six Poles, with M. Goremykins as President, is studying the question of the restoration of Poland's territorial integraty ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 136 wordsFor the week ending June 23 arrivals and departures totalled 1,469. Three vessels agregating 5,261 tons, and two fishing boats were torpedoed. ...
Article : 28 wordsFourteen hundred men, employed in making explosives at Nobel's works, Ayrshire, struck work yesterday because the directors had dismissed an office boy. Intense feeling ...
Article : 60 wordsA new American Note is being prepared for despatch to Britain. The note will insist that non-controband cargo consigned to neutral ports, regardless of its eventual ...
Article : 147 wordsA proclamation has been issued prohibiting trading with the enemy in China, Siam, Persia, and Morocco from July 26. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe following official report was issued yesterday:—"The Germans attempted offensives at the Middle Niemen, in the Uloff and Orjitz valleys and on the Vistula ...
Article : 227 wordsLast night's communique stated:—"We attacked the enemy between Consre and Souchez, and made further progress. The counter-attack in the labyrinth was ...
Article : 168 wordsPlots have been discovered for the dynamiting of buildings at Walkarville (Ontario), where war supplies are being manufactured. A quantity of dynamite was ...
Article : 54 wordsA report has been received from Milan to the effect that Gorizia, which the Italians have been investing, has fallen. Another communique issued last night ...
Article : 46 wordsSupplementary estimates have been issued requiring an additional 50,000 men for the Navy, making a total of 300,000. ...
Article : 25 wordsThere is a great lack of Australian newspapers for the use of wounded soldiers in the hospitals in Great Britain and Malta. The Commonwealth Office would be glad to ...
Article : 48 wordsBritish aviators yesterday bombed and blew up an important ammunition store and ammunition train, near Roulers (Belgium). Fifty German soldiers were killed. ...
Article : 60 wordsThe official version of the torpedoing of the Cruiser Roxburgh, given at Berlin, says that on June 20, a German submarine 100 miles from the Firth of Forth, torpedoed a ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 160 wordsThe Austrians claim that several attacks against a bridge head on the Orizia were repulsed, with great Italian losses. ...
Article : 24 wordsHerr Dernburg has arrived at Bergen from New York. He denies having been molested during the voyage, and states that the British treated him with every ...
Article : 87 wordsThe Commonwealth Government is calling tenders for the salving of the destroyed German cruiser Emden at Cocos Island. ...
Article : 25 wordsAn Australian at the Dardanelies writes to a friend in England:—"This will give you an idea of the fighting spirit of our men, particularly the 3rd Battalion. Our ...
Article : 174 wordsAt the annual meeting of the St. John Ambulance Association, held at the Viceregal Lodge, Lord Hardinge said that the association had collected £20,000, and ...
Article : 131 wordsA hundred incendiary and asphyxiating bombs were dropped into Arras. Fires were started, and many persons were injured. A gendarme and a nun were killed. ...
Article : 36 wordsTumultuous scenes occurred at the last meeting of the Prusiian Diet. Herr Wiemer (Progressive), referring to the war, appealed for unanimity, as it was essential to ...
Article : 156 wordsReuter's correspondent with the British headquarters writes:—"The Canadian division that took part in the action on June 15 and 17, near La Bassee, was the 1st ...
Article : 324 wordsMr. Asquith will inaugurate a national campaign in behalf of the war loan in the Guild. Hall on Tuesday, at which the necessit to economise will be emphasised. ...
Article : 224 wordsAn official Berlin message states:—"The towns of Valenciennes and Roubaix (France) have been fined £7,500 each as a reprisal for a French bombardment of ...
Article : 55 wordsA contingent 4,000 strong is being formed here for service overseas. ...
Article : 18 wordsA Berlin communique states:—"Wurtemburg regiments stormed some Russian positions in the Oglenda district, north of Prasnysz, and held them against repeated ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 145 wordsThe Treason Court has sentenced Wessels to five years' Imprisonment and a fine of £5,000, and Conroy and Nicholas Serfontein to four years' imprisonment without a fine. ...
Article : 32 wordsSwedish newspapers are narrating an attempt that was supposed to have been made on the Kaisers life in Belgium in the beginning of May. They state that a ...
Article : 95 wordsLieutenant O. Senhouse, of the Coldstream Guards, who was serving with the Australians at the Dardanelles, has been killed in action. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe "North German Gazette," in announcing the suppression of the "Voerwaerts" for publishing the Socialist leaders' manifesto, says:—"The manifesto shows how ...
Article : 166 wordsThe London newspapers refer sympathetically to the reported death of K. B. Minnett, the Australian cricketer. ...
Article : 23 wordsLieutenant-Commander Nasmith has been awarded the Victoria Cross for his submarine exploit in the Sea of Marmora, in sinking one large Turkish gun-boat, two ...
Article : 97 wordsThe attention of the Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) was drawn to the statement that convalescent officers returned to Canada were to be sent on lecturing tours ...
Article : 128 wordsThe following official report was issued in Berlin yesterday:—The hand to hand fighting north of Souchez and between Souchez and Neuville for the positions which the ...
Article : 145 wordsAt a recent meeting of the Perth City Council the Mayor (Mr. J. Nicholson) read the following cable message from London:— "Montenegrin Red Cross and Relief Funds ...
Article : 107 wordsThe capture of Metzeral ranks among the most glorious deeds of the French arms. The enemy had transformend the village in to a veritable fortriess. The streets were ...
Article : 138 wordsWhen the British submarines appeared in the Sea of Marmora the Turks set fire to numerous torpedoes along the islets in the vicinity of Constantinople. ...
Article : 47 wordsThe Munitions Bill includes the provision that a lock-out shall not be declared until one month after an employer has reported the difference with his employees to ...
Article : 420 wordsCount von Reventlow, who is understood to be the mouthpiece of Admiral von Tirpitz, Writing in "Der Tages Zeitung," warns Germany not to stop her hatred of ...
Article : 149 wordsThere are indications that the Germans are entangled in the Daniester region, and that unless their troops quickly extricate themselves they are likely to encounter a ...
Article : 65 wordsAt the conclusion of the annual meeting of the Fremantle Gardeners' Association, the president (Mr. Wm. Watson) enrolled all members present for membership of the ...
Article : 122 wordsA powder mill in the Haentz district has been considerably damaged by an explosion. Six persons were killed. ...
Article : 25 wordsIn the latest "Commonwealth Gazette," a new regulation respecting the issue of Passports was published by the Minister for External Affairs. It provides for a fee of ...
Article : 291 wordsThe British Government has been informed through the American Embassy that 65 British prisoners are detained in Karahina, in the Smyna region, and that they ...
Article : 110 wordsThe Minister for Finance (M. Ribot), in the course of a financial statement in the Chamber of Deputies yesterday, appealed for the exercise of economy. He said that ...
Article : 87 wordsThe "Cologne Gazette," in a semi-official statement in defence of the employment of asphyxiating gases, says:—"The basic idea of the Hague agreement was to ...
Article : 199 wordsIn connection with the threatened attack against Warsaw, several trains, laden with heavy guns, have left Essen, bound for the Russian frontier. ...
Article : 32 wordsA traveller from Prague states that the strictest censorship prevails in Bohemia. The Czech newspapers contain more blanks than letterpress. The 28th and 102nd ...
Article : 82 wordsA case of peculiar interest, bearing on the Federal Government's decision to prohibit the export of coal from Australia to neutral countries, except under special ...
Article : 237 wordsAn official communique dealing with the Caucasus campaign state that the Russians have repulsed all attacks in the Olto region, and have captured Towkope, in the ...
Article : 40 wordsThe correspondent of the "Daily Mail" at Petrograd states that during the enemy's retreat in Galicia the Russians captured 130,000 prisoners, 300 machine guns, and 50 ...
Article : 33 wordsThe Bill introduced by M. Dalbeiz to deal with shirkers was passed by the Chamber of Deputies. ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Mon 28 Jun 1915, Page 7
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