The latest detailed despatches from the front give the position at 6 o' clock on Monday evening when the situation was still obsure. Fighting was proceeding in the ...
Article : 481 wordsThe following cable message referred to yesterday as having been received by the Governor-General from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, and issued by the ...
Article : 1,107 wordsBaron von Kuehlmann, Minister for Foreign Affairs, speaking in the Reichstag, eulogised the Turkish Government and Enver Pasha, the Turkish Minister for War, ...
Article : 364 wordsThe following official reports have been issued:—London, June 25 (10.35 p.m.) (from Field-Marshal Haig).—"There is nothing to ...
Article : 250 wordsThe Central News correspondent at Tokio states that China will immediately commence the deportation of all Germans-Between seven and ten thousand will be ...
Article : 42 wordsThe Colonial Secretary (Mr. Colebatch) has made available a copy of an interesting letter addressed by Lieut. F. Basil Riley, son of Archbishop Riley, to the ...
Article : 557 wordsThe recruiting returns for the past two weeks were made available by the Director-General of Recruiting (Mr. McKinnon) to-day. They are as follow:—Queensland, last ...
Article : 138 wordsThe Australian Press Association's representative in Switzerland states that the Australian and New Zealand interned war prisoners are in such excellent health that the ...
Article : 136 wordsMr. and Mrs. J. E. Vaughan of Police Quarters, Holdsworth-street, Fremantle, have received word that their eldest son, Vivian, has been admitted to the Frensham Hill Military ...
Article : 868 wordsThe 412th casualty list was released by the Censor last night, and is published hereunder. It contains the names of Western Australian soldiers, together with ...
Article : 679 wordsJapan has decided for the present not to comply with the Entente's request to intervene in Siberia. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe "National Tidende" quotes from the Russian newspaper "Vija." which stated that the Red Guards (Bolsheviks) have murdered the ex-Czar. They broke into his ...
Article : 48 wordsThe independent force of the Royal Air Force in France dropped six tons of bombs in four attacks on the Metz-Sablon station on the evening of June 23. They ...
Article : 79 wordsMr. Herman Berstein, in an article in the New York "Herald," says that unless the Allies intervene in Russia, the Bolsheviks will mobilise the armies for the ...
Article : 81 wordsA Belgian armoured car detachment, which operated on the Russian front, has arrived at Bordeaus, via Siberia, Japan, and America. The authorities are ...
Article : 40 wordsIntense interest has been aroused by Baron von Kuehlmann's speech, particularly his admission that a long war is probable which may extend beyond 1919. The state ...
Article : 134 wordsThe United Press Association's correspondent at Stockholm states that 3,000 German soldiers have landed at a port near Batoum. It is believed to be the first step ...
Article : 65 wordsLast night two New South Wales battalions attacked and captured two lines of German trenches and our outpost line was advanced about 400 yards on a front of ...
Article : 349 wordsOn Sunday week last two prisoners in the Fremantle Gaol—John Feldman, a Russian, and Edward O'Halloran—attempted to escape from legal custody under ...
Article : 267 wordsThe sub-committee which was appointed by the Federal Government to control the collection of war relics for the Australian War Museum met at the Victoria Barracks ...
Article : 117 wordsIn his speech in the Reichstag, Baron von Kuehlmann said that Germany could not bind herself and make pledges regarding Belgium. ...
Article : 90 wordsThe whole countryside between Montello and San Dona is a very cemetary. There are thousands of unburied corpses which in certain places render the air unbreathable ...
Article : 116 wordsIt is believed that the Italian victory will have a far-reaching effect on the Central Powers. Despatches indicate that the reports regarding the Austrian food ...
Article : 100 wordsA cablegram was recently received from the general officer commanding the Australian Imperial Force, stating that it is proposed to commence the organisation of ...
Article : 287 wordsThe following Italian official report was issued yesterday:—"Our third army on Monday having compelled the last of the enemy rearguard to surrender reoccupied ...
Article : 95 wordsReferring to the question of price fixing by the Federal Government, the Acting Chief Secretary (Mr. Hunter) said he had contended from the day the Commission on ...
Article : 148 wordsThe Senate unanimously ratified the reciprocal draft laws of Britain, the United States, and Canada. The draft treaty provides that if Australia adopts conscription, ...
Article : 45 wordsThe newspapers draw attention to Baron von Kuehlmann's admission that the end of the war cannot be reached by purely military decisions. This is striking a new ...
Article : 92 wordsMr. S. Mills, the Interstate Commissioner, held an inquiry into the cost of clothing to-day, directing his inquiries particularly to the possibility of developing the ...
Article : 246 wordsThe British Admiralty yesterday interepted the following wireless Austrian official message:—"There was bitter fighting on June 24 between the Asiago Plateau and ...
Article : 139 wordsThe Senate has authorised the formation of a Slavic legion in the United States to fight in France with the Allies, and an appropriation of £2,500,000 has beer ...
Article : 35 wordsThe secretary of the Postmaster-General's Department (Mr. J. Oxenham) said to-day that the electrical engineers' branch knew nothing of the alleged intention to dismiss ...
Article : 143 wordsThe "Daily Express" correspondent at Amsterdam learns from a reliable Dutch source that Baron von Kuehlmann's speech, following upon Mr. Balfour's may be ...
Article : 165 wordsThe following American wireless news has been received by the American Consul from Honolulu:—Washington.—In the Senate a Bill has ...
Article : 504 wordsTwo hundred sailors of the Royal Australian Navy are returning to Australia early in July, after long service overseas. They are expected to disembark in Sydney. ...
Article : 34 wordsThe King has telegraphed to the King of Italy:—"Heartiest congratulations upon victorious results of recent operations, wherein the Italian army fought gallantly and ...
Article : 50 wordsMr. McGrath, M.H.R., said at a meeting in Ballarat on Monday night that there were a number of eligible officers in the permanent forces who had never been to ...
Article : 160 words"America Day" has a threefeld significance. The primary object of the organisers is to effect a closer unity of English-speaking peoples. Secondly, it is intended as a ...
Article : 323 wordsThere is likely to be less facilities for the transport of Australian and New Zealand produce during the ensuing season that in 1917. The rapidly increasing American ...
Article : 53 wordsThe Secretary of War (Mr. J. N. Baker) has telegraphed America's congratulations upon the Italian victory. The Italian Embassy announces that ...
Article : 112 wordsThe following statement has been issued by the military authorities:—"Some misunderstanding appears to have arisen with regard to the issue of rejection badges to ...
Article : 294 wordsThe keen interest which is being taken by the public in the robbery by two masked men of cash intended for the payment of the salaries of the staff at the State ...
Article : 361 wordsIt is understood that Lord Curzon to-day will make an important pronouncement in the House of Lords on the Government's policy with regard to the league of ...
Article : 86 wordsIn the House of Commons yesterday Mr. Dixon (Unionist member for Boston) asked if the Government would submit to the Prime Minister of Australia and New ...
Article : 110 wordsThe "Evening Sun" states that the British transport Dvinsk has been submarined in American waters and that 17 survivors have arrived. The remaining 145 are adrift in ...
Article : 72 wordsThe newspapers are enthusiastic in their praise of the Italian victory. The New York "Herald" says that Germany's hope of crushing the Italians must now be ...
Article : 111 wordsSeveral military officers who have held military appointments for long past the retiring age have now been retired. In announcing this action to-day the Minister for ...
Article : 287 wordsDistinguished Conduct Medals have been awarded to the following: Australian infantry:—Corporal W. R. Fuller, Private E. A. Reading; artillery, Sergeant L. Kaiser. ...
Article : 79 wordsThe Italian Embassy has received despatches stating that the Austrians are in full retreat. Papers found on prisoners show that Austria expected to force Italy ...
Article : 64 wordsThe officers of a British steamer relate that two U-boats attacked a steamer off Ireland. A torpedo from one submarine narrowly missed the steamer and struck ...
Article : 60 wordsMrs. Robert Strutton of Hillstone, Fremantle, has received news that her son, Bert Strutton, who went away with the original 10th Light Horse, has just ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Thu 27 Jun 1918, Page 7
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