There has been a marked drop lately in the number of men offering themselves for active service. Yesterday enlisting at the Victoria Barracks was particularly slack, ...
Article : 183 words"The Maori contingent reached Cairo on Friday. Some of the spectators remarked that of all the troops engaged in the great reviews on Sunday and Monday the Maoris ...
Article : 741 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Fisher) had a busy time today. In the morning he saw a number of visitors, and the whole of the afternoon ...
Article : 440 wordsThe newspapers are giving prominence to the drink problem as it affects the output of munitions of war. The "Daily Telegraph" this morning says: ...
Article : 392 wordsRussia's capture of Przemysl, and the position of Contantinople, have called for a rearangement of Germany's plans. Austria is making frantic endeavours to stem the ...
Article : 119 wordsAdded interest will this year be given to the annual State conference of the Political Labour Council, which will commence at the Trades Hall to-morrow, and will be ...
Article : 912 wordsThere is little of the ceremonial about Broadmeadows camp, but yesterday an exception was made to the general rule, when Colonel Linton, Brigadier of the 6th ...
Article : 482 wordsThe chairman of the Railways Commissioners (MR. W. Fitzpatrick) will retire from the service of the Government next Tuesday. The terms of office of his ...
Article : 456 wordsThe official French review of the war in summing up the position to January 10 says that Germany failed to crush France, and sustained instead seven defeats of high ...
Article : 173 wordsInteresting news is contained in the messages from the eastern theatre of war. The official communiques issued in the Russian capital read:— ...
Article : 222 wordsWith the ambitious object of assisting to make the present great conflict in Europe the last war, a public meeting was held in the Socialist Hall last evening under the ...
Article : 372 wordsGEELONG, Wednesday.—At a wellattended meeting of members of the Geelong Division of the British Medical Association, the following motion was agreed ...
Article : 91 wordsAn inquest upon the body of one of the victims of the explosion on board the Elder liner Falaba, which was so ruthlessly destroyed by a German submarine in the ...
Article : 286 wordsThe Kaiser is taking early steps to sway world opinion in favour of lenient treatment to Germany when peace is declared. It is reported from Berne, the capital of ...
Article : 185 wordsThe Defence department has been advised of the deaths of the following soldiers serving with the Expeditionary Forces in Egypt:— ...
Article : 125 wordsField-Marshal Von der Goltz, who went to Turkey to assume the direction of the Ottoman army, has returned to Germany. A Berlin message announces that the ...
Article : 170 wordsThe opinions of Mr. George Fairbairn on the pastoral and financial position were expressed at the meeting of the Union Trustee Company of Australia Limited ...
Article : 565 wordsRepresentatives of charitable institutions [?] upon the Premier (Sir Alexander Peacock) yesterday, and requested that in [?] event of the totalisator being legalised ...
Article : 506 wordsADELAIDE, Wednesday—Ciptain C. S. Elliot, R. N., who has been acting as district naval officer for South Australia in place of Commander Burford, died ...
Article : 83 wordsCAIRO, Feb. 27.—So Australia's good name is suffering in the eyes of the world because 400 of her first contingent—to give Captain Bean the benefit of his highest ...
Article : 1,190 wordsThe Imperial Government has arranged to permit the departure of the enemy subjects under mentioned, on the understanding that similar facilities will be given in ...
Article : 259 wordsA further attack was made on Monday on Zeebrugge, the new German submarine base on the Belgian coast. A captive balloon flying over the town ...
Article : 120 wordsAt the request of the Defence department the Lady Mayoress's Patriotic League has equipped 200 men at the Bridging Camp in the Domain with warm undergarments. ...
Article : 167 wordsIt is reported from Rome that operations in the Dardanelles have been confined chiefly to mine-sweeping, except for a 24 hours' bombardment commencing on ...
Article : 106 wordsThe Archbishop of York (Dr. Cosmo Gordon Lang) speaking at Hull on Tuesday, said that the casualty-lists published did not bring to the imagination of the people ...
Article : 123 wordsGerman warships have again bombarded Liban, the Russian port on the Baltic. The enemy fired 200 shells, and killed one civilian. ...
Article : 31 wordsIn the course of a report to the Melbourne headquarters regarding the work of the Y.M.C.A. among the Australian troops, Mr. Clifford H. Browne states:— ...
Article : 183 wordsThe following movements of shipping are reported at London:— Arrivals.—At London—Clan Macintosh, s.s., from Melbourne January 26. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe British force which is advancing through the southern portion of German South-West Africa has captured the enemy's camp at Plat Beet, 50 miles from ...
Article : 78 wordsIt is stated in Amsterdam that subscriptions for Germany's second war loan totalled £453,000,000. Of this amount, £46,500,000 represented ...
Article : 46 wordsThe following cable messages appeared in the later editions of "The Argus" on Wednesday:— GENERAL BOTHA'S CAMPAIGN. ...
Article : 116 wordsTenders nro invited for £15,000,000 six months' Treasury bills, to replace those for a similar amount maturing April 10. ...
Article : 21 wordsTwo Zeppelins passed the island of Schiermonnikog, of the north coast of Holland, on Tuesday, going westward. A Copenhagen message states that it is ...
Article : 62 wordsThomas Wylie, of Rowe street, North Fitzroy, contractor. Causes of insolvency —Sickness, and losses on contracts. Liabilities, £314/15/5; assets, £81/4/10; ...
Article : 123 wordsQueen Mary has inspected the gifts sent on behalf of the Sydney War Chest Fund. Her Majesty thanked Lady Coghlan, wife of the New South Wales Agent-General, ...
Article : 36 wordsAddressing a number of senior cadets charged at the Brunswick Court on Wednesday with having failed to attend the required number of drills, Mr. S. J. ...
Article : 265 wordsIt is reported from Cape Town that De Wet, the rebel Boer leader, has been committed for trial on a charge of treason. It was recently reported from the Hague ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Thu 1 Apr 1915, Page 10
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