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Detailed lists, results, guides : 745 wordsAddressing the delegates to the conference of Associated Chambers of Commerce in London, the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. McKenna) said:— ...
Article : 235 wordsThere has been renewed fighting at the northern extremity of the East Front. It is reported officially from Petrograd that the Russians drove the enemy back, ...
Article : 153 wordsThe adjourned meeting of citizens convened by the Premier (Sir Alexander Peacock) to prepare a scheme for assisting returned soldiers who desire to settle on ...
Article : 372 wordsWith the passing of the ninth day of the great battle of Verdun both the official and unofficial reports indicate that the fury of the enemy is spending itself. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 2,029 wordsIt is officially announced at Paris that the French auxiliary cruiser Provence (3,941 tons) was sunk on Saturday in the Eastern Mediterranean, with heavy loss of life. It ...
Article : 230 wordsThe Premier (Sir Alexander Peacock) admits that he is a convert to conscription. "I like every other Australian," he said yesterday, "hoped and anticipated, when ...
Article : 401 words"There is significant news from Bulgaria," says the Salonika correspondent of the "Petit Parisien." "Anti-war meetings," he continues, "are ...
Article : 166 wordsMr. C. A. B. Campion, manager of the Commonwealth Bank in London, entertained Mr. Fisher, High Commissioner for Australia, at a luncheon at the City Carlton ...
Article : 254 wordsSir,—Might I point out that there are two alternative spellings and pronunciations of the village and pass, or, rather, Plateau, of the above name, viz., the Italian ...
Article : 147 wordsAt the meeting of the South Melbourne Council, held last night, a letter was read from the Shire of Warragul, suggesting that the Government should adopt conscription, ...
Article : 695 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday.—James Dryden; aged 30 years, a soldier, attached to the Expeditionary Force at the Liverpool Camp, died on the footpath in Darling street, ...
Article : 206 wordsThe British Admiralty reports that during 1915 the Germans without warning sank 40 British and 14 neutral merchantmen which were unarmed. ...
Article : 25 wordsIt has been suggested in London that the Government should raise the maximum age for enlistment in order to meet the situation created by the number of exemptions ...
Article : 342 wordsThe Prime Minister (Mr. Asquith) announced in the House of Commons on Tuesday that Rear-Admiral Dudley De Chair, who has been Admiral of the Training ...
Article : 85 wordsA number of Australians connected with one of the siege batteries has left England for the west front. It has been known for some time that the ...
Article : 82 wordsCabled requests for money frequently received by relatives in Australia from soldiers abroad are sometimes viewed with suspicion, although in most cases the money ...
Article : 143 wordsArrivals.—At Boston (U.S.A.)—City of Sparta, s.S., from Melbourne (via South Africa), December 10. ...
Article : 15 wordsThe fallowing cable messages appeared in the second edition of "The Argus" of Wednesday:— BATTLE OF VERDUN. ...
Article : 148 wordsIn view of the recent condemnation by the War Office of consignments of tinned meats from the Commonwealth, the Australian Agents-General have held a meeting, ...
Article : 44 wordsA depot has been formed for the 6th Infantry Brigade, comprising the 21st, 22nd, 23rd, and 24th battalions and reinforcements, at the Bible House, 241 Flinders ...
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Article : 214 wordsThrough an error in a statement recently issued by the Department of External Affairs, a misleading impression was conveyed regarding enlistment of Russians in ...
Article : 91 wordsSir,—Might I suggest that we citizens of Melbourne should meet in the Town Hall in order to voice our admiration for the glorious achievement of the French army at ...
Article : 466 wordsGeneral Sir Douglas Haig, in command of the British forces on the West Front, reports:—"We brought down[?] German aeroplane behind our lines. Another enemy ...
Article : 99 wordsSir,—Will you kindly allow me to remind your readers that the Australian Soldiers' Newspaper Depot is still working at high pressure, packing and despatching all kinds ...
Article : 259 wordsThe State Parliamentary Recruiting Committee would be glad if committees in country districts who contemplate sending contingents to Melbourne would advise the ...
Article : 221 wordsSir,—During week-ends and occasionally [?] longer intervals I have done some work in helping the appeal addressed by the Prime Minister, Mr. W. M. Hughes, for ...
Article : 808 wordsSir,—After reading the report of McCarden S. Harvey, in your journal with reference to his treatment in Germany, permit me to bring under notice the conduct of a ...
Article : 193 wordsDr. Jessie Scott, of Auckland, who was lately on the staff of the Scottish Women's hospital in Serbia, has arrived in London. She is in good health, and says that she was ...
Article : 78 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday.— At the Manly Police Court to-day Rupert Johnson and Joseph Henry Fletcher were committed for trial on a charge of having attempted to ...
Article : 96 wordsA public meeting will be held in the town hall on Thursday evening, March 9, when the speakers will be Sir William Irvine, M.H.R.: the Consul for Italy (Cav. Eles); and Mr. McGrath, M.H.R. ...
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Article : 62 wordsMIRBOO NORTH, Wednesday.—The Mirboo Shire Council has unanimously decided to support the protest against the release of Rudolph Schmidt. ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Thu 2 Mar 1916, Page 7
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