Monday is usually a busy day at the enlisting office, but the holiday yesterday had the effect of turning thoughts to enjoyment rather than stern duty, and the ...
Article : 338 wordsThe following letter from Major-General Desmond O'Callaghan appeared in "The Times" of March 11:— "In The Times' of February 16 'Neutral ...
Article : 1,197 wordsA thrilling account of the fighting at Hill "60," in East Flanders, is given by "Eye Witness," with the British headquarters staff. ...
Article : 683 wordsIn their attack on the Allies' lines in Flanders the Germans, taking advantage of a favourable wind, released poisonous gases, which were blown in a dense cloud to the French trenches. Like a death-dealing blast the fumes ...
Article : 106 wordsA meeting of ladies and gentlemen will be held at the Town Hall, Kensington, on Thursday evening, for the purpose of forming a "Citizens' Military Association," for ...
Article : 108 wordsBRISBANE, Sunday.—Speaking at St. George's the Governor (Sir Hamilton Goold-Adams) said that he saw no reason why those who could not take an ...
Article : 76 wordsROSEDALE, Monday.—In response to the appeal issued to all able-bodied men who are unable to volunteer to join rifle clubs, the captain of the Rosedale club (Mr. H. ...
Article : 117 wordsAmsterdam messages state that there are great rejocings in Berlin over reports of German successes in Flanders. The "Frankfurter Zeitung" states:—"It is probable that we employed projectiles emitting poisonous gases. This is in reply to the treacherous British ...
Article : 341 wordsSir,—My son having been twice rejected by the military authorities, although passing the medical tests, because he is an inch too short, I mentioned the matter in ...
Article : 179 wordsROCHESTER, Monday.—Mr. C. Davies, manager of the branch of the Saving Bank, has just left to join the Expeditionary Forces, as his two predecessors, Messrs. ...
Article : 83 wordsIn spite of the use of asphyxiating gases by the Germans, the Allies' line in Belgium remains unbroken. While the Berlin messages claim a victory, the communiques issued by the Allies report continued progress. The British official report upon the situation is terse and definite, being ...
Article : 1,616 wordsHaving smoothed the way of the man who is thinking of becoming a soldier by issuing a pamphlet containing timely hints, the Defence authorities have gone a step ...
Article : 555 wordsThe Rome newspaper "[?] Messagero" states that Austria has made further concessions to Italy, though they are still far from what italy has demanded. ...
Article : 140 wordsA vast contraband organisation for revictualling the troops in Austro-Hungary and Germany has been discovered in Naples. ...
Article : 85 wordsSir,—It is the duty of every employer who has a young man in his office eligible for the war, but who will not go, to give him the chance to enlist or to be dismissed. ...
Article : 200 wordsProfessor Masson, dean of the faculty of chemistry in the University of Melbourne, when informed of the above cable message yesterday evening, said that he was ...
Article : 339 wordsSir,—By the mail from Egypt to-day. I received a letter from my son, who left Melbourne with the first contingent, stating that, in reply to a New Year cable message ...
Article : 145 wordsThe exploit of the Canadians in recapturing guns taken from them by the Germans on the Year has aroused intense enthusiansm in Canada. Bulletins have been ...
Article : 208 wordsMr. Ashmead Bartlett, the war correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph" and the "New York Times," is representing the London press at the Dardanelles. ...
Article : 289 wordsA great effort is being made by the Germans to combat the Russian advance in the Carpathians. Advices from Petrograd state that the ...
Article : 202 wordsIn describing the fighting in the Woevre district a French communique states:— "One German division, on a front of less than a kilometre, bent back the French ...
Article : 53 wordsIt was reported in "The Argus" yesterday that the stationmaster at Echuca had received a telegram directing him that fodder supplies of all descriptions were not ...
Article : 88 wordsIt is reported from Paris that the details of the treatment of the German prisoners in France show that the Germans are provided with remarkable ...
Article : 37 wordsThe Defence department has been advised of the deaths of two soldiers serving with the Australian Imperial Force abroad. The names are:— ...
Article : 79 wordsThe following cable messages appeared in late editions of "The Argus" on Monday— SCHEME THAT FAILED. The British naval writer, Mr. F. T. Jane, ...
Article : 343 wordsAt the sitting of the [?]ibernian Society Conference the following resolution was carried, on the motion of Brother Fennessy, seconded by Brother keane:— ...
Article : 128 wordsThe article published yesterday in "The Argus," in which disclosures were made regarding the causes of so much illness amongst the Australian troops abroad, has ...
Article : 146 wordsSYDNEY, Monday.—At the sittings of the Necessary Commodities Control commission to-day, evidence was heard concerning the chaff market, and the Sussex ...
Article : 248 wordsThe German newspaper are indulging in a fresh outburst against the United States in connection with the reply which Mr. W. J. Bryan, the American Secretary of ...
Article : 174 wordsThe British "Eye-witness" gives details of the exploit of the French airman, who, after dropping bombs on German positions near Ghent, made good his escape, although ...
Article : 323 wordsFrom the Healesville ambulance class the Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) has received a cheque for £22/2/10, the proceeds of concert The money is to be applied towards the purchase of ...
Article : 43 wordsThe final touch has been added to the permanent equipment at Broadmeadows for the work of the Y.M.C.A. last week the marquees were visited by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Crosby and Mr. George ...
Article : 145 wordsRabaul has had more than its ordinary share of attention in the Federal Parliament recently, and it is likely to be mentioned again during the course of the next few ...
Article : 137 wordsReuter's agent on board the battle-ship Triumph (11,800 tons, four 10in. and fourteen 7.5in guns) states that the warship entered the Dardanelles and opened fire ...
Article : 121 wordsSYDNEY, Monday.—The Master Bakers' Association has written to the Necessary Commodities' Commission, announcing its intention to raise the price of bread as from ...
Article : 75 wordsAt a sub-committee meeting of the Heidelberg District Patriotic Fund, called to discuss the question of raising additional money to purchase material for comforts for soldiers, it was unanimously ...
Article : 156 wordsLord Hugh Cecil, M.P. for Oxford University since 1910, and fifth son of the Marquis of Salisbury, has been appointed a lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps. ...
Article : 36 wordsThe War Office is in need of the services of 25 fully qualified veterinary surgeons, and has asked the Commonwealth if it will enrol them. The Minister for Defence ...
Article : 132 wordsSYDNEY, Monday.—New South Wales is suffering from a famine in bran, pollard, and chickwheat, and, as a result, the poultry industry is crippled. During the past ...
Article : 92 wordsGeneral Smuts, who is commanding one of the South African Union forces, has occupied Aus, an important trading station, 49 miles inland from Angra Pequena ...
Article : 95 wordsThe Rev. Andrew Gillison, of St. George's St. Kilda, who went with the troops to Egypt, has written to the church secretary that "the reports which have been ...
Article : 106 wordsFrom Copenhagen it is reported that the Danish steamer Nidaros (1,024 tons) and her cargo of agricultural produce, which had been captured by the Germans while ...
Article : 70 wordsPORT PIRIE (663 Miles).—Arrived.—April 26— Saros, from Newcastle. Sailed.—April 26—Acon, for New York via Melbourne and Sydney. ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Tue 27 Apr 1915, Page 7
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