CAIRO March 15.—There has been no dull moment for the ttoops of the first and second Australian contingents since they settled down in Cairo, the days and ...
Article : 1,106 wordsConsidering the length of time that has elapsed since any thing like a stirring appeal for recruits was made in Melbourne, it is surprising that the enlisting figures continue ...
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Article : 155 wordsHis Excellency the Governor received a visit fcom the Archbishop of Corinth, Apostolic Delegate, accompanied by Archbishop Carr, yesterday morning at State ...
Article : 76 wordsThe ghastly nature of the fighting at Neuve Chapelle, in Northern France, referred to in previous reports from the front, is even more clearly shown by the latest ...
Article : 497 wordsA message from Reuter's agency states that, despite German's efforts, the AustroItalian negotiations, which were designed to ensure a guarantee of Italy's neutrality, ...
Article : 152 wordsThe most recent operations in the Car pathians are briefly summarised in an official announcement at Tetrograd. It shows a sustained and successful offensive by the ...
Article : 131 wordsQuite a new spirit is prevading the Infantry Brigade in training at Broadmeadows. The week opened yesterday with brighter prospects for the troops. ...
Article : 120 wordsHis Majesty the King has expressed the wish through the Secretary of State for the Colonies (Mr. Lewis Harcourt) that, in view of the war, only flugs should be flown ...
Article : 1,239 wordsThe official estimate, that 100 men on board the French transport Manitou had been lost during the attack upon the vessel by a Turkish torpedo-boat near, the coast of ...
Article : 240 wordsAttempts are still being made to smuggle goods into Germany from Italy. A message from Geneva (Switzerland) states that the Customs authorities seized ...
Article : 64 wordsBALLARAT, Monday.—Captain M. Baird, M.L.A., who has been accepted for service at the front, met his constituents in Ballarat West at the City Hall on ...
Article : 543 wordsA Paris message states that bombs were dropped at Amiens from a Taube neroplane, and that 11 persons were killed, including five women, one of whom was beheaded. ...
Article : 239 wordsOperations against the Turkish forts in the Dardanelles are being steadily continued by the Allied fleet. It is reported from Athens that the fleet ...
Article : 195 wordsFrom official reports now available in Paris, it is evident thnt the French captured Bois Brule, in the Champagne district, only after a stubborn fight. The ...
Article : 241 wordsIn reply to a rumour that had been circulated of a disaster in the Dardanelles, the First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr. Winston Churchill) has announced that nothing has ...
Article : 121 wordsThe Prime Minister (Mr, Fisher) was waited upon yesterday by a deputation from the Associated Chambers of Manufactures with a request for discrimination through ...
Article : 235 wordsAdditional details are now available of the contents of the letter from Dr. Dernburg, a former German Minister, which was read at a pro-German meeting held ...
Article : 199 wordsBALLARAT, Monday.—Inquiries are being made regarding the manufacture in Ballarat of clothing for the troops. It is understood that if sufficient orders can be ...
Article : 55 wordsOne of the British submarines engaged in the Dardanelles has met with a mishap. The British Admiralty announces that ...
Article : 189 wordsMessages from Berne (Switzerland) state that Germany has announced the beginning of a more effective blockade of Great Britain from yesterday. This implies that the ...
Article : 42 wordsSir—Having read the articles in "The Argus" directing attention to the urgent need of waterproof sheets for the soldiers and the difficulty of obtaining them, I ...
Article : 206 wordsAnother success has been achieved by the French aviator Garros. He saw a German aeronaut flying between Langemarck and Passchendaele, in Belgium, and ...
Article : 182 wordsBritish scientists have been urging the British Government to declare cotton contraband, stating that to do so would ultimately compel Germany to resort to the ...
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Article : 69 wordsSir,—In one of your subleaders to-day you refer to the shortage of waterproof sheets for the men now at the Broadmeadows Camp. This is a difficulty that could[?]nd' ...
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Article : 190 wordsThe following is a copy of a communication which has been received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies by His Excellency the Governor-Genreal:— ...
Article : 260 wordsFor some time a discussion has been proceeding in Great Britain, as to whether sporting meetings should be abandoned during the war. ...
Article : 71 wordsPRRTH, Monday.—The final step in the prosecution of the "Daily News" by the censor on charges of living improperly published information which might directly ...
Article : 148 wordsA Paris communique states that French artillery checked a German attack on the trenches at Bois de Saint Marte, in the Aisne Valley. As soon as the enemy's ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Tue 20 Apr 1915, Page 7
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