The number of enlistments in the Victoria Military District on Thursday was again disappointing, the total being 97. Of these, 57 were enrolled from the ...
Article : 119 wordsIt is freely stated, says a telegram received from Kiel via Basle, the capital of Switzerland, that the Kaiser intends that a fair fight shall take place in the North ...
Article : 136 wordsMr. Adamson, M.L.C., chairman of the Prices of Goods Board, made the following statement yesterday, in reply to criticism of the board by representatives of ...
Article : 560 wordsCaptain Bennett, a Red Cross Commissioner in Serbia, has issued an urgent appeal for help. He describes Uskub the ancient capital ...
Article : 286 wordsA bill to provide for special measures to secure public safety, the defence of British India, and more spcedy trials for certain offences, has been passed by the Indian ...
Article : 677 wordsThe brilliant success of the British at Neuve Chapelle was gained at the cost of heavy losses in some famous regiments. In the Champagne country the French are pursuing their advantage, and are inflicting heavy casualties in the enemy's ...
Article : 140 wordsA passage from a letter received from Lady Denman by Professor Rentoul is interestrag as casting light on the feeling in England regarding the war, and on Lord ...
Article : 268 wordsSYDNEY, Friday.—A fine body of men was lined up to-day to be despatched to the Liverpool camp. The majority of them were country men who could both ride and ...
Article : 197 wordsWhen acquainted with the formal protest made to America by Germany that the Dresden was sunk in territorial waters, Commander Fielding, of the auxiliary ...
Article : 161 wordsWomen connected with the medical profession in Victoria formed a very large assemblage in the old council chamber of the Town Hall yesterday afternoon. ...
Article : 431 wordsAdvice has been received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies that applicants who have served as officers or noncommissioned officers in the senior division ...
Article : 189 wordsThe season here is already in full swing. The fruit blossom is out, and a new green is covering all the trees. The files are becoming pestilential, and occasional fierce hot ...
Article : 406 wordsAlthough no definite statement has yet been made of the total British losses in the recent fighting at Neuve Chapelle, south of Lille, it is known that the caspalties were ...
Article : 342 wordsA brief but interesting survey of tho situation on the Eastern front is contained in an official statement from petrogra. The report states that the fortress guns ...
Article : 135 wordsThe Swedish steamer Gehland, laden with bacon and provisions, has been seized by British warships off the Shetland Islands. It is believed that her cargo was destined ...
Article : 39 wordsAUCKLAND (N.Z.), Friday.—The Russian Government's prohibition of the export of butter from Russia is expected to benefit considerably the dairy industry ...
Article : 46 wordsA special service for relatives and friends of absent sailors and soldiers will be held to-morrow afternoon at half-past 3 o'clock m St. Paul's Cathedral. Archbishop Clarke ...
Article : 97 wordsEvidence is accumulating in Copenhagen that an explosion caused the sinking of the German raiding cruiser Karlsruhe (4,822 tone) at the end of last year. ...
Article : 543 wordsSir,—My attention has been directed to a statement made by Mr. R. J. Argyle at the deputation from the Victorian Butter Factories Association to the Premier on ...
Article : 111 wordsSir,—As a member of the Expeditionary Force I was very much surprised to read the report of the State Governor s speech regarding the new recreation hall at ...
Article : 301 wordsThe Calais correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" telegraphs an account of a Zeppelin raid upon Calais at midnight on Thursday. As soon as it was sighted, the town ...
Article : 251 wordsThe patriotic dog parade in aid of the Red Cross funds will be held at Federal Government House grounds this afternoon. Including complimentary entries, over 1,7[?]0 ...
Article : 171 wordsOut of 173 [?]akers who were notified by the Prices of Goods Board that they were expected to furnish statutory declarations as to stocks of flour on hand, the prices at ...
Article : 159 wordsThe Viceroy (Lord Hardinge) addressing the Indian Council this morning, read a telegram from the Secretary of State for India (Lord Crewe), expressing the deep ...
Article : 119 wordsA correspondent writes:—"The position of Greece is scarcely understood by the general public. Greece has a treaty with Servia for the maintenance of the fruits of ...
Article : 550 wordsSir,—I see that the Red Cross Society[?] needs all the help it can get. I would like to do my share. I am a housemaid, consequently I have not much time for making ...
Article : 137 wordsIt is expected by the State Attorney-General (Mr. Donald Mackinnon) that the agreement between the State Government and the millers with relation to the prices ...
Article : 83 wordsThee Mintster for Defence (Senator pearce) made an announcement yesterday afternoon with reference to the men who returned recently from Egypt-invalided ...
Article : 275 wordsFresh light is thrown on the British victory at Neuve Chapelle, in North France, by "Eye-Witness," who is with the British headquarters staff. He states:— ...
Article : 210 wordsThe British Tress Bureau announces that documentary evidence has reached the Government, proving that German consular officials intrigued to facilitate a Turkish ...
Article : 226 wordsThe Minister for Trade and Customs (Mr. Tudor) announced yesterday that a cable message had been received from the High Commissioner[?] London, intimating that ...
Article : 161 wordsA German Taube aeroplane passed over Paris on Thursday night, and dropped eleven bombs. A woman, three children two soldiers, ...
Article : 42 wordsPERTH, Friday.—The wheat problem is still a soure of worry to the Government. No shipment has yet been obtained by the State, and some difficulty seems to be ...
Article : 277 wordsIn the South African House of Assembly on Thursday the Minister for Finance and Defence (General Smuts) submitted his Budget. ...
Article : 97 wordsSir,—I understood when I became a naturalised British subject that I had been granted the same privileges as any other British subject, providing that ...
Article : 327 wordsThe Labour Conference, which has been called together to discuss the questions in dispute between the masters and employees, continues. There is every promise of an ...
Article : 132 wordsAthens advices are that during a lull in the British hombardment of Smy[?]a, the important port in Asia Minor, the Turks are repairing the forts and batteries. ...
Article : 70 wordsThere have been numerous complaints from time to time by contractors for the supply of army equipment about delays in connection with the payment of their ...
Article : 111 wordsThe Paris "Matin" states that the British scientist, Sir William Ramsay, has informed the French Minister for War (M. Millerand) that it would be greatly in ...
Article : 71 wordsWELLINGTON (N.Z.), Friday.—The first case in New Zealand for voidanco of a trade mark was heard at Wellington. The application was brought by Raldwin and ...
Article : 132 wordsThe following movements of shipping are reported at London:— Arrivals.—At Avonmouth—Buteshire, s.s., From New Zealand ports. At ...
Article : 54 wordsThe Indemnity Bills introduced by the Botha Ministry to indemnify the Government for its acts in suppressing the Boer revolt has been read a second time in the ...
Article : 56 wordsThe Government of Saskatchewan (Canada) has decided that complete prohibition shall become effective throughout the province from July 1 next. ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Sat 20 Mar 1915, Page 19
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