In the "Gazette" it is announced that Captain Kelly received the Companion-ship of Bath (C.B.), for chasing the Goeben and Breslau on August ...
Article : 101 wordsA German submarine chased Holt's liner Theseus (6720 tons) off the Scillies and signalled to stop. Instantly the Theseus put on full-speed, and the ...
Article : 115 wordsA communique declares:—We gained ground at Les-Eperges, beyond the German trenches captured yesterday, which were choked with dead. Later, we ...
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Advertising : 700 wordsResidents of Beaconsfield are wanting to know (writes our correspondent) when the collections for the Belgian Relief Funds are to be made. Collectors were ...
Article : 71 wordsNaval-Commander Richic has received the Victoria Cross (V.C.), for the most conspicuous bravery in commanding searching and demolition operations at ...
Article : 50 wordsThe South Shields tug Hover was towing the French barque General do Sonis, grain-laden, to Sunderland, when a submarine ...
Article : 96 words£ s. d. Previously acknowledged 3353 19 9½ Collected in Kentish municipality—By Miss Clara. ...
Article : 476 wordsSo far the Prime Minister (Mr. Fisher) has carefully refrained from committing himself to any opinion about making another grant to Belgium. Other ...
Article : 78 wordsPetty Officer Arthur Lamber; Seamen B. Green, Joseph Kinniburg, Harold Collins, and William A. Taylor; and Steward Thomas Mullens, have received ...
Article : 42 wordsA submarine gave the crew of the French sailer Chateaubriand off the Isle of Wight ten minutes to leave, and then torpedoed and sunk the vessel in ...
Article : 66 wordsLieutenant Commander Palmes, of torpedoer O43, has received the Distinguished Service Order medal for disabling Turkish boats crossing the Suez Canal ...
Article : 65 wordsThe "Messagero" states that the Austrians lost 300,000 men in the Carpathians. and one-third of these are prisoners. Whole divisions were ...
Article : 177 wordsThe death is announced of the Right Rev. James Moorhouse, D.D., late bishop of Manchester, and formerly of Melbourne. ...
Article : 178 wordsThe Portuguese sailing collier Douro, for Oporto, was torpedoed on the 3rd inst., and sank slowly. The crew took to the boats, and reached Halwick ...
Article : 34 wordsCaptain John Green, of the s. Vosges, which was sunk on March 28, has been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. It was reported that the Liverpool ...
Article : 168 wordsThe s. Harpalyce (5910 tons, belonging to I. and C. Hamilton, Ltd., London) was torpedoed without warning, and sunk in less than five minutes. The ...
Article : 108 wordsThe Admiralty is issuing letters of approbation equivalent to mention in despatches to officers and men for meritorious services in presence of the ...
Article : 52 wordsThe capture of Les Eperges was characterised by desperate bayonet fighting.—Official. April 11. ...
Article : 85 wordsGermany has addressed a Note complaining that the United States is not observing neutrality, through its failure to accomplish anything in diplomatic ...
Article : 162 wordsAfter nearly four months' adjournment, the Federal Parliament will resume on Wednesday next. As it will not be a new session, there will be no ...
Article : 482 wordsThree German spies, arrested in London for communicating naval and military information to the continent in invisible ink, will be tried before a Civil Court ...
Article : 204 wordsA Hungarian officer relates that his regiment in the Carpathians was ordered to hold a position. "We dragged the guns up the mountain side 1000 metres ...
Article : 167 wordsThe last three British Lists show 1202 killed, 2583 wounded, 130 missing, including fifty-five Canadian casualties. ...
Article : 24 wordsThe exodus of Germans is increasing, and many families at Naples are hurrying home through Switzerland, while German commercers are handing over ...
Article : 36 wordsAccording to the "Daily Chronicle's" correspondent at Mitylene, the warships bombarded the inner forts on the 4th and 7th inst., and fires broke out in the ...
Article : 73 wordsAccording to the Board of Trade returns, the value of the imports into the United Kingdom last month, compared with the value for the corresponding ...
Article : 50 wordsTwo armoured trains attacked the Russian position at Boian, two kilometres From the Roumanian frontier. The Russian artillery destroyed one train ...
Article : 35 wordsOrganised by the nuns, and aided by the hearty co-operation of ladies of die church, the garden fete held in the Convent Grounds on Saturday afternoon ...
Article : 512 wordsThe New Zealand newspapers stated in January that the Hon. T. Mackenzie, High Commissioner, after the North Sea action, wrote to Mr. Churchill regarding ...
Article : 92 wordsA train carrying the staff of a German army corps was derailed in Poland, and several superior officers killed or wounded. ...
Article : 32 wordsThe Indian princes and noblemen steadily continue their generous gifts on behalf of the war funds, and the English aid Indian ladies throughout the ...
Article : 230 wordsA communique reports that General Damade's expeditionary force has completed its Levant voyage under the best conditions, and disembarked at ...
Article : 41 wordsA communique reports that west of the Niemen at daybreak on Friday we attacked the German positions, and captured two lines of trenches at ...
Article : 41 wordsThe Sultan had a narrow escape. The Grand Master of Ceremonies, noticing a man step on to the road, called out to a policeman, who knocked the ...
Article : 105 wordsThe Chancellor of the Exchequer (Right Hon. D. Lloyd George) and wine and spirit traders privately discussed prohibition of wines and spirits. It is ...
Article : 56 wordsAustrian aviators continue wanton attacks on undefended towns. An aero-plane on Thursday dropped seven bombs on the (Market Place at Podogoritza, ...
Article : 62 wordsThe Birkenhead dockers have agreed to work overtime td clear away accumulations, and assist in the prompt despatch of munitions of war. ...
Article : 34 wordsA sensational trial has been concluded. Captain Herail was charged with murdering his wife at Compiegne, where the hussars were stationed. The couple ...
Article : 134 wordsA communique declares that the Cossacks brought down an aeroplane, and captured two aviators on the right bank of the Vistula. ...
Article : 32 words£ s. d. Already acknowledged 331 13 3 C. S. 0 2 0 Total £331 15 3 ...
Article : 83 wordsM. Venezelos has retired from politics, explaining his presence would create an internal crisis at a time when a grave external danger existed. ...
Article : 32 wordsGermany claims to have imprisoned 242,000 French, 100,000 Russians, 40,000 Belgians, and 20,S00 British. Ask your chemist for a bottle of ...
Article : 73 wordsOn Thursday evening the allied airmen dropped seven bombs on the German position at Knocke, but the result is unknown. The Germans shot fireballs, ...
Article : 56 words"My boy Jack was very bad with Diarrhoea," writes Mrs. M. Lee, Forbes, N.S.W. "For quite a fortnight he was ill, and got very weak. My husband ...
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Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954), Mon 12 Apr 1915, Page 5
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