An address on Red Cross activities at the various Seats of war was given last evening by Her Excellency Lady Helen Munro Ferguson at the third annual ...
Article : 1,174 wordsIf the militant section of the Federated Seamen's Union continue to exercise its present sway, the task of arriving at a satisfactory solution of the shipping deadlock ...
Article : 1,579 wordsBerlin people are perturbed at the issue of new rules which fix the quantities of clothing to be worn by women. Cords are necessary before many articles hitherto ...
Article : 165 wordsThe German prerss is celebrating the German landing on O[?]sel and Dago itlands at the mouth of the Gulf of Riga, is an incident that affords the best answer to the ...
Article : 533 wordsBRITISH HEADQUARTERS.—"The gains made in Friday's battle are secure, and the work of consolidation is going on doggedly on the Australian and New ...
Article : 1,474 wordsMr. G. Swinburne, interstate commissioner, contimed his investigations yesterday as to the cost of living in Melbourne. Biseuits, jams, and canned fruits were the ...
Article : 2,516 wordsThe following official Italian communique was issued on Monday:— HOME, Monday, 4 p.m.—- "We completely broke up an attack near. Lokavac ...
Article : 46 wordsA conference of German Socialists rerently held a demonstration in favour of "a peace by understanding." Herr Sheidemann (leader of the Majority ...
Article : 183 wordsThe discovery of the minefield off Gabo Island was discussed in all its phases in shipping circles yesterday. The British Government's war risk remained ...
Article : 119 wordsVolunteers to the number of 40 were dealt with at the Town Hall depot yesterday. Sixteen passed, 13 were rejected outright, five referred to the medical board, ...
Article : 378 wordsWAGGA (N.S.W.) Tuesday.— In the case of Oswald Dixon, bank accountant. charged with the murder of his wife by strychnine poisoning, the jury, after a ...
Article : 67 wordsIt is reported from Paris that a steamer, while under escort in the Mediterranean, was torpedoed. An explosion of munitions on board, which followed, caused her to ...
Article : 55 wordsSir,—Very many readers of "The Argus" will deplore the fact that Mr. F. G. Richardson, in his letter in to-day's issue of "The Argus," has spoilt his otherwise ...
Article : 862 wordsThe British Prize Court has condemned, on the ground that they were destined for the Germans, valuable parcels of wool consigned from Buenos Ayres to the Swedish ...
Article : 233 wordsA British communique from Salonika issued on Monday states:—"Scottish troops successfully raided Homodo, S.W. of Seres, taking 143 prisoners. Our casualties were ...
Article : 68 wordsThe clashing of Commonwealth and State arbitration awards, involving the question of preference to unionists, was referred to yesterday in the Commonwealth Arbitration ...
Article : 394 wordsFurther reference was made in the Commonwealth Arbitration Court before Mr. Justice Powers vesterday, to the comments alleged to have been made with respect to ...
Article : 428 wordsThe British Admiralty made the follow-ing announcement on Monday:— "The mine-sweeping sloop Begonia is overdue, and is considered to have been ...
Article : 50 wordsThe examining magistrate at Paris has succeeded in tracing Swiss cheques for £800,000 payable to Bolo Pasha, news of whose intrigues on america, France, and ...
Article : 63 wordsApplications for the new issue of British War Bonds last week amounted to nearly £38,000,000. The following cable message appeared in ...
Article : 123 wordsLieutenant Fonck, the comrade of the late Captain Guynemer ("the wonder of the war"), avenged the latter's death by shooting down on September 30 the ...
Article : 78 wordsWELLINGTON (N.Z.), Tuesday.—A sennational affair occurred at Auckland, where the Rev. Howard Elliott, national lecturer to the Protestant Political Association, was ...
Article : 169 wordsMarguerite Zelic, the divorced wife of a Dutch officer, who under the stage name of Mata Hari became popular in France, was exceuted in Paris on Monday in ...
Article : 152 wordsAn explosion at the Dupont nitro-giycerine plant at Gibbstown (New Jersey) killed two workers. The Home Secretary has refused to agree ...
Article : 253 wordsReferring to the visit Melbourne of the Queensland Treasurer (Mr. Theodore), Sir John Forrest yesterday stated that he had explained the position to him with ...
Article : 183 wordsPremier's Motion of Censure. BRISBANE, Tuesday.—The Premier (Mr. Ryan) caused surprise in the Legislative Assembly to-night by giving notice of the ...
Article : 118 wordsThe following cable messages appeared in the later editions of The Argus" on Tuesday— Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports ...
Article : 193 wordsThe first annual meeting of the Rravellers' A [?] Society of Victoria, whose object is to render triendly aid and protectiono to women [?] and bo[?]s travelling by train of [?] was beld ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Wed 17 Oct 1917, Page 9
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