The Midland express from London to Scotland ran into a landslide near Lazonby, in Cumberland. six persons were killed and 20 were injured. ...
Article : 208 wordsThe newspapers appla[?]d the promotion of Commodore Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt to the rank of read-admiral over the heads of forty-nine officers. ...
Article : 134 wordsThe Food Controller (Lord Rhondda), speaking at the aldwyeh Club on Friday, said:—"Without wishing to alarm the publie, I feel bound to say that we have ...
Article : 704 wordsA Copenhagen message states that the German Secretary for War (General von Stein) said, in the course of an interview:— ...
Article : 611 wordsMr. Lloyd George has followed up his declaration of war aims by a speech urging the British people to harbour no Illusions about the readiness of the rulers of Germany to treat for peace at present on any term[?] that could possibly be acc[?]ptable to Great Britain and her Allies. Germany had show[?]d ...
Article : 2,287 wordsThe United States Fuel Controller (Mr. H. A. Garfield), giving evidence before a committee of inquiry, justified his ord[?] for the closing of all industries cast of the ...
Article : 232 words[?]shed signalised the opening of the [?]ian Constituent Assembly at Petrograd on Friday. The shops were closed, and [?] pickets were stationed at the ...
Article : 1,050 wordsThe French Chamber of Deputies on Saturday expressed confidence in the Prime Minister (M. Clemenceau) after one of the most heated debates ever heard in the ...
Article : 290 wordsA bill creating a War Council of three civilians is to be introduced in the United States Senate on Monday. It empowers the council to co-operate with President ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 424 wordsBoth sides have sent out official reports of the proceedings at the Brest-Litovsk Conference. The German report runs as follows:— ...
Article : 487 wordsSome success during the early part of the week and the repulse of an enemy attack are thus recorded in the official Italian communiques:— ...
Article : 114 wordsIn sentencing a soldier in London, Mr. Justice Darling said that at first he had thought of adding a flogging to the punishment, but the laws of Queensland ordained ...
Article : 110 wordsA Zurich message says that the Austrian population is dismayed by the probable collapse of the peace negotiations with Russia, and that strikes and food riots are ...
Article : 206 wordsA "Daily News" special correspondent on the Clyde, who is investigating threats made by a committee representing the engineers and shipbuilders that the men will ...
Article : 339 wordsNotwithstanding the earnest endcavours of the State War Council to secure positions for all returned soldiers applying at the employment bureau, there are still 530 ...
Article : 103 wordsThe story of a bold though unsuccessful attempt by a French trawler belonging to Brest to turn the tables on a submarine comes from Brittany. ...
Article : 124 wordsIt was pointed out in "The Argus" on Thursday that black spot has cuased considerbale damage to the apple crop, and that it would be advantageous to growers ...
Article : 102 wordsThe South African Union Parliament was opened on Friday. The Governor-General (Viscount Buxton), in his speech, said that certain proposals would be submitted, in ...
Article : 54 wordsThe American Government has seized stocks worth 850,000 dollars (£170,000) which were owned by Count and Countess von Bernstorff. They are to be used to ...
Article : 31 wordsThe special committee which was appointed in Great Britain to inquire into the issue. of premium war bonds has reported that there is a considerable source of ...
Article : 178 wordsSTAWELL, Saturday.—A bush fire which broke out in a paddock owned by Mr. Charles Supple, of Navarre, on Thursday was mastered yesterday. The flames spread ...
Article : 101 wordsThe Director-General of Recruiting (Mr. Donald Mackinnon) has made a request to the State Service Federation that a recruiting committee should be formed for the ...
Article : 257 wordsAn official despatch issued on Saturday night in London said:—"Our line was carried forward on Friday to a depth of one mile on a four-mile front in the ...
Article : 45 wordsOn Tuesday, probably at 10 o'clock in the morning, 116 returned wounded or in invalided officers and men are expected to land at Port Melbourne. Their names were ...
Article : 83 wordsSir Cecil Spring-Rice, who has been British Ambassador at Washington since 1912 and is being succeeded by Lord Reading, said at a banquet given in his ...
Article : 212 wordsA German view of the result of the referendum in Australia is expressed by the Munich newspaper, the "Neueste Nach[?] richten," which says that it is delighted ...
Article : 150 wordsMr. McPherson, Parliamentary Secretar to the War Office, in the House of Commons, denied that any superior or commanding officers had been sent home in ...
Article : 36 wordsThe "Daily News" publishes a message from Berne which gives details of the air raid against Karlsruhe[?]he capital of Baden) by British aviators on Monday last. At ...
Article : 130 wordsThe Minister for Public Works (Mr. McWhae) intends to submit at the next meeting of the Execultive Council, for approval an order to enable the Melbourne ...
Article : 135 wordsThe continued exclusion of officers who were not in the regular army before the war from the higher commands is becoming a burning subject of public discussion in ...
Article : 137 wordsThe Gladstone family has decided to sell part of the famous Hawarden Estate because the war taxation now amounts to four tines the pre-war rates in 1913, and ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 60 wordsA further conference was held on Saturday between the Prime Minister (Mr. Linghes) and represeutatives of the unions to consider the Commonwealth ...
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Advertising : 42 wordsThe British War Ofice announces that during the past four months 606,000 [?] at [?] front in France have been given leave. ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Mon 21 Jan 1918, Page 7
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