"We are driven to frame retaliatory measures to prevent commodities of any kind from reaching or leaving Germany." This was the outstanding statement in a stirring speech made in the House of Commons by the Prime Minister. ...
Article : 1,049 wordsColonel Wallace State military commandant referred yesterday to the proposed establishment of a Presbyterian tent at the Broadmeadows Camp. ...
Article : 106 wordsThe military officials have reported gratifying increase in the number of enlist ments made in Victoria during the past few days. The improvement appears to ...
Article : 164 wordsThe next move by Roumania is being eagerly awaited. Some weeks ago it was stated that, acting under German orders, Austria was ...
Article : 119 wordsThe British Admiralty announces that the further bombardment of the Dardan[?]lles has been delayed by a north-easterly gale and a mist, which rendered aeroplane ...
Article : 114 wordsGreat Britain has decided te prevent commodities of any kind from reaching or leaving Germany by sea. "The Germans," said Mr. Asquith, "have organised an under-water campaign of piracy and pillage. It is ...
Article : 147 wordsSir,—As a doctor of experience I would like to give some plain and good advice to our young men, who have offered themselves to fight for "Home and Country." ...
Article : 295 wordsSir.—"Not a little amusement has been caused, it would seem to "military authorities" by the confusions they themselves have created. The world is full of ...
Article : 957 wordsWriting from Sofia about the middle of January "The Times correspondent in the Balkan Peninsula dealt with the position of Roumania. He stated:— ...
Article : 417 wordsAt a largely attended meeting of the council of the Lawn Tennis Association of "Victoria, held last night it was resolved by a large majority that the interclub ...
Article : 102 wordsSir.—Does it not occur to your correspondents that in their strenuous endeavours to depreciate Dr Rentoul and minimise the effect of his statements they are reflecting ...
Article : 291 wordsThe most powerful battle-ship afloat is engaged in the bombardment of the Dardanelles. This is the super-Dreadnought Queen Elizabeth. The following ...
Article : 424 wordsSir,—I do not agree with "Outpost," who seems to think that all sports should be stopped Against his quotation from Lord Roberts's speech I might say ...
Article : 144 wordsPrivate cable messages received in the city yesterday intimated that there was every likelihood of prices advancing still further in Colombo. Difficult as the ...
Article : 475 wordsIt was announced recently that the Australian Imperial Force had been reorganised, following the lines of the Imperial forces, upon a four-company basis. An ...
Article : 177 wordsRussia is continuing her successful campaign in Northern Poland. According to Reuter's correspondent at Petrograd, the 21st Army Corps, one of ...
Article : 124 wordsWhen the Germans resorted to their policy of sinking on sight British and neutral shipping found in British waters, an announcement was made indicating the ...
Article : 316 wordsCaptain J. D. Lavarack, of the Royal Australian Garrison Artillery, who is with the Field Artillery in the Australian Expeditionary Force, has been gazetted a ...
Article : 71 wordsAn inspired note in the Petrograd newspaper "Russoye Slowo' sugests that when the Dardanelles problem has been settled the Suez Canal will become British ...
Article : 54 wordsA telegram from Constantinople states that a second abortive attempt was made on Saturday to kill Talaat Bay (the Minister for the Interior) and Enver Pasha. ...
Article : 300 wordsA correspondent writing to "The Argus" yesterday asked that a balance-sheet of the Education Department's Patriotic Fund should be published. The department ...
Article : 130 wordsCOLAC, Tuesday—In response to the appeal published recently in "The Argus" for more doctor to assist in the Medical Corps attached to the Australian ...
Article : 64 wordsThe fighting in Flanders has yielded many a glorious tale of British heroism and endurance, and accounts continue to be received of the manner in which the British ...
Article : 392 wordsMr. Sidney Kidman, of Kapunda, South Australia, his made a further gift of 37 horses (riding) to the Commonwealth Defence authorities for use by the Australian ...
Article : 49 wordsMrs Fred Keats 48 Queen street hon. treasurer of the South Yarra Motor-ambulance Fund reports that the total amount received to date is £442/10/2 ...
Article : 37 wordsThe Defence department has announced the death of Private Francis Joseph Gilvarry, of "A" Company, 9th Battalion, Queensland. Death occurred at Mena, ...
Article : 53 wordsPreviously acknowledged, £165,858/3/3; Queenstown Patriotic Fund Co[?]rt (per J. Fitch, [?]un.), £8/13/; workers on the State River Works, Avon Weir, £3/14/3; Trafalgar Patriotic Fund ...
Article : 45 wordsThe temperance question, particularly in its relation to the military encampment at Broadmeadows, formed the subject of addresses in the Temperance Hall, Russell ...
Article : 388 wordsThe Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Hutchinson) stated yesterday that the State had purchases two additional cargoes of wheat from the Argentine, one to be ...
Article : 80 wordsWhen fixing the price of meat to be supplied from Australia to the Imperial Government for the use of the army, the exporters and the Department of Agriculture ...
Article : 81 wordsA change of tone is noticeable in the comments of some of the German newspapers The "Frankfort Gezette" censures a German professor for declaring that he could ...
Article : 170 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday.—News was received in Sydney to to-day that the steamer Surrey, a well known Australian truder, of the federal and Shire line, had struck a mine ...
Article : 100 wordsPreviously acknowledged, £3,721/14/11; Sister Crook, 5/; Miss Kiddlel, £5; Violet A. Syme, £20; from "Ella May" Doll-guessing Competition, £2 13/6; staff of the Central Mine, Broken Hill, ...
Article : 62 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday.—The secretary of the Necessary Commodities Commission has received a letter from James Hunter and Sons Ltd asking if permission has to ...
Article : 78 wordsPreviously acknowledged, £1,288/3/3; proceeds concert given at Wangaratta by Miss Ahna Palmer, pupil of F.C.J. Convent, Vaucluse, £22/5/9; Trisette, 2/6. Total, £1,310/11/6. ...
Article : 41 wordsSir,—I have read with interest the daily controversies regarding the establishment of a wet canteen in our military camps, and have come to the conclusion that those who ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 73 wordsThe Allies are not ceasing to harry the German line in the west and the Germans are in consequence ignorant of the point at which the impending Allies' attack will be ...
Article : 163 wordsWe have received the following additional contributions:— Previously acknowledged, £172; H. Riddell, Stanley, £5; S.A.C., £1. Total, £178. ...
Article : 21 wordsWELLINGTON (N.Z.), Tuesday.—In an interview at Christchurch, Mr. Allen, Minister for Defence, said that a war tax was inevitable. The country could not get on ...
Article : 78 wordsThe attention of the British Government was called a few days ago to a pamphlet written by Mr. Ramsay Macdonald, Labour M.P., asserting that the war was caused ...
Article : 108 wordsThe hon. treasurer, Government House, and 352 Flinders lane, acknowledges:— Previously acknowledged, £89,247/17/9; Miss Amelia Pike, for motor ambulance, £[?]00; ...
Article : 103 wordsThe municipal taxes in Berlin have increased by 125 per cent since the opening of the war Food Scarce in Austria. ...
Article : 47 wordsThe mass meeting of the Clyde engineers, which was held on Monday, dispersed without a vote being taken either for or against the resumption of work. ...
Article : 88 wordsSir,—Some years ago, to stimulate recruiting, the Imperial authorities found it necessary to reserve one-hall of the vacancies in the Post office for ex-soldiers or sailors, who ...
Article : 175 wordsSir,—The real point at issue is whether Professor Rentoul's statements are substantially correct or otherwise. It matters little to the public what that gentleman's status ...
Article : 225 wordsGeneral von Blume, writing in the "Norddeutsche Zeitung," says that it would be criminal folly to he led away by the hope that the war would be terminated by a ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 80 wordsAn official Berlin message states that British subjects receiving permits to leave Germany are now to be allowed to leave only on the 6th of each month. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe following movements of ships are announced:— Arrivals.—At Quayaquil—Boveric, s.s., from Newcastle Jan. 21. At Valparaiso— ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Wed 3 Mar 1915, Page 9
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