It was a coincidence that at a meeting of the Railway Centres Royal Commission on Friday attention should have been directed to the danger arising from the ...
Article : 575 wordsThe retirement of Mr. L. H. Sholl, C.M.G., I.S.O., from the position of Under Secretary has occasioned a reorganization of the Chief Secretary's ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 756 wordsSitting in an easy chair in front of a fire on Friday afternoon Mrs. J. Haroy— who had just said au revoir to a number of relatives who had congratulated her upon ...
Article : 484 wordsAn official message states that the Russians have carried the town of Lutsk (in Volhynia, not far from the Austrian border) and a series of new and strongly ...
Article : 140 wordsThe French have had to report the loss of Fort Vaux, after a long and gallant defence; but they take consolation in the fact that after 100 days the foe has been unable to reach the second line of the Verdun stronghold. A small success is included in Gen. Haig's communique in relation to the British ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 29 wordsA German official message explains that the Lutzow and Rostock sank while on their voyage back to the harbour. The loss was not admitted previously for 'military ...
Article : 395 wordsThe King and Queen attended the commemoration service yesterday in Westminster Abbey, joining with the people of Australia and New Zealand (to quote the ...
Article : 1,198 wordsNew South Wales, 75 offered; 51 accepted. Victoria, 99 offered; 62 accepted. Queensland, 57 accepted. ...
Article : 19 wordsFollowing are the names of the men who enlisted in Adelaide and went into the Exhibition Camp on Friday:— Morning.—A. L. Arnold, V. Z. Alderman, H. ...
Article : 83 wordsA Russian communique says:—The Russians have taken positions at many points on the line from the Ikwa to the Styr Rivers in Volhynia. They have crossed ...
Article : 88 wordsGeorge Noble Plunkett, hereditary Count of Borne (Director of the National Museum of Science and Art at Dublin) and his wife—both of whom were arrested ...
Article : 85 wordsA report of the fighting in south—west Russia states that early last Sunday the, Russians west of Rovno left their trenches and dashed across the bullet—swept ground ...
Article : 253 wordsThe President of France (M. Poincare), in a message to King George, states that now that full and authentic information has been received about the North Sea ...
Article : 123 wordsThe Scotsman, in a fine description of the return of the British Fleet to its base after the greatest naval battle in history, says:—"The scene was a memorable one. ...
Article : 333 wordsThe number of builders' labourers, who are losing their employment in consequence of the refusal of the master builders to pay the rate of wages awarded by ...
Article : 310 wordsThe German official report of the Jutland battle denies the British official and semi—official reports, and declares that they have been systematically circulated in ...
Article : 131 wordsThe Frankfort Zeitung states that the Muscovite offensive in Volhynia is being carried out with tremendous forces. The concentrated fire of the Russian ...
Article : 207 wordsA sensation was caused, particularly in sporting circles, on Friday morning, when it was reported that the lifeless body of Mr Edward mitred Killmier, a wellknown ...
Article : 441 wordsThe Paris Journal estimates that the Germans at Jutland lost 10 per cent, of their total tonnage, and the British 4 per cent. In percentage of vessels damaged ...
Article : 179 wordsAt a luncheon given by the Imperial Council of the Chamber of Commerce Mr. Hughes, in responding to the toast of "Our guests," said the first meeting of the ...
Article : 361 wordsThe possibility of Fiji becoming a territory of the Commonwealth has frequently been mooted, but a definite step in this direction has now been made. According ...
Article : 195 wordsAn Italian communique states that a battle is raging on the whole front on the Sette Communi plateau. A bitter straggle all night long on Tuesday last ended in ...
Article : 115 wordsRecently T. Smith, a member of the Motor Transport and Chauffeurs' Association, proceeded against the Secretary, T. M. McAllan, on a charge of having used ...
Article : 177 wordsA gunlayer of the battle cruiser Tiger, in an interview, stated that after the Lion opened fire at 18,000 yards the shooting of neither squadron was good at the ...
Article : 526 wordsOf all the stories told of the Jutland battle (says The Scotsman) no other was so thrilling as that which related the wild charge by the destroyers upon the whole ...
Article : 249 wordsThe hearing was concluded to-day in the Industrial Court of the case in which Alfred E. O'Brien (Secretary of the Musicians' Union of Australia) and three other ...
Article : 259 wordsThe following deaths of Australasians on active service in the navy and military forces of Great Britain have been announced:—Lieut. Renshaw (formerly chief ...
Article : 80 wordsAt about 10 o'clock on Friday morning, Sgt. D. R. Freeman, a member of the expeditionary forces, accidentally received a revolver bullet in his right leg, between the ...
Article : 83 wordsAt the City Court to-day Harry Edwin Fleming, a clerk, employed by the Bank of Victoria, Limited, was charged with having embezzled £297 18/, at Melbourne ...
Article : 128 wordsMr. Hughes to-day attended a meeting of the Cabinet. He was the guest of Viscount Reading, Lord Chief Justice of England, at dinner at the Savoy. ...
Article : 71 wordsA member of the crew of H.M.S. Warrior thus describes the sinking of H.M.S. Defence in the Jutland naval battle:— "Suddenly out of the mist, at a distance of ...
Article : 230 wordsMOUNT BARKER, June 9.—The inquest concerning the death of an infant, whose body was found buried in a garden aat Macclesfield on Tuesday, was continued ...
Article : 102 wordsIt was officially announced to-day that the embargo imposed by the Federal Ministry on the export of wool to any port outside the British Empire had been ...
Article : 59 wordsThe Dutch steamer Tasman arrived from the South on Wednesday with between 40 and 50 passengers, more than 1,000 tone or cargo for this port, and 130 halls for ...
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Advertising : 954 wordsSNOWTOWN, June 8.—Mr. William Slattery, son of Mr. F. Slattery, a farmer of Snowtown, sustained a serious fracture to one of his legs yesterday. He was ...
Article : 80 wordsIn consequence of the action of the Federal Government in relaxing the wool embargo, the deferred Sydney wool auctions will be held on Monday, Tuesday ...
Article : 55 wordsBROKEN HILL, June 9.—Fire last night destroyed a small house in Argent street north, owned and occupied by Mrs. I. Young. The building was insured for ...
Article : 40 wordsThe well—known Miranda Downs cattle station, near Normanton, in the gulf country of Queensland, has been purchased through Sydney agents by Mr. William ...
Article : 137 wordsA conference will be held on Monday between representatives of the Master Bakers' Association and the Co—operative Bakers' Society, with the object of settling ...
Article : 33 wordsA traveller from Germany states that the harbour of Hamburg is filled with severely damaged war vessels. Among others he saw the Seydlitz with her after ...
Article : 57 wordsBROKEN HILT. June 9.—Mrs. Angas Gardner, a married woman, who was admitted to the hospital early in the week suffering from meningitis, died to-day. This ...
Article : 39 wordsThe Russian Navy has telegraphed to the Admiralty its warmest congratulations in the "brilliant success achieved by the British fleet." ...
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The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929), Sat 10 Jun 1916, Page 9
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