France is celebrating the anniversary of the beginning of the battle of Verdun. Newspapers regard it as the third great German effort, the defeat of which saved ...
Article : 228 wordsCable news on this page so headed has appeared in the "Times," [?] to Australia br special permission. It should be understood [?] are not those of the "Times" unless expressly stated to be so ...
Article : 37 wordsDetails have been made available of the interim report of the Committee on the commercial and industrial policy of the Empire after the war, of which Lord ...
Article : 470 wordsMr J. Cook, the Minister for the Navey has received information by cable that the Australian transport Borrima (11. 137 tons) was torpeoed in European waters ...
Article : 126 wordsMr Candler, war correspondent in Mesopotamia, states that the attack on Dahra loop followed a big northward drive which pushed back the Turks to ...
Article : 211 words[?] to President Wilson state [?] mind is made up, [?] climax is almost at hand. [?] that the demands of ...
Article : 58 wordsMuch interest is being taken in tile local recruiting rally to be hold hero on Thursday evening. The schools' display is arousing much enthusiasm ...
Article : 65 wordsGerman newspapers are freely speculating on the Western situation. They admit the thoroughness and far-reaching nature of the British preparations, but ...
Article : 127 wordsIn the Commons Mr Walter Long, Secretary of State for the Colonies, referring to his recent speech on the non-return of the German colonies, denied that the ...
Article : 101 wordsSergt W. Caffrey, the recruiting organiser for the district, has completed arrangements for a popular meeting here on 2nd March. The school children will ...
Article : 69 wordsAlthough the slight increase in the number of vessels sunk, combined with the cumulative effect of the submarine campaign during the war, and the ...
Article : 125 wordsBy mail just received a stirring account of recent military operations in which the Australian troop acquitted themselves with such distinction has ...
Article : 575 wordsThe Australian lied Cross authorities are building workshops at. the Southall Hospital, near London. for the instruction in trades of 90 Australian soldiers ...
Article : 76 wordsMr Neville Chamberlain, Director of National Service, in the curse of a speech at the Stock Exchange said:— "We believe that we are going to finish ...
Article : 93 words[?] Lasing Secretary of State, [?] Senate to pass a Bill au[?] Wilson to use the [?] of the United States to ...
Article : 118 wordsIn a message from Amsterdam the "Times" correspondent says that Dutch shipowners are deflecting the Java trade to America, and are establishing a ...
Article : 111 wordsThe "Times" in a leading article states that Lord Balfour of Burleigh's Committee is a great step towards Imperial unity. The resolutions passed are the ...
Article : 149 wordsIn the Honse of Commons today. Mr Boner Law, Chancellor of the Exchequer, referring to the recent Interview with Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig in the ...
Article : 111 wordsReuter's correspondent at New York states that according to the London correspondent of the New York "Tribune" the Imperial Conference has been ...
Article : 39 wordsThe Swedish Press denounces the submarining of Sweden's biggest sailing ship the Hugo Hamilton, bound from Valparaise in Sweden with a cargo of saltpere ...
Article : 49 wordsReports received from Berlin state that 1500 persons wee killed by the explosion of ammunition that occurred at Archangel, the Northern Russian port, on 26th ...
Article : 98 wordsCorrespondent at Vancouver [?] according to revelations being [?] the German spy system [?] Sanders, who is under ...
Article : 90 wordsThe "Morning Post" states that Burleigh's proposals will satisfy all reasonable men. They lay the groundwork for a secure self-satisfied united Empire ...
Article : 29 wordsA message from Rome says that great events are regarded as being imminent. The authorities are optimistic, and general confidence prevails ...
Article : 101 words"There was lively artillery fire between the Oise and the Aisne and in the sector of Avocourt in the Argonne. We carried out successful coups de main north of ...
Article : 88 wordsIt has now been ascertained that it was the Gorman submarine U53, which took part in the raid on shipping off the American coat in October, that sank the ...
Article : 57 wordsSenator G. F. Peance, Minister for Defence, has been handed a number of letters from French soldiers, which express great satisfaction with the blankets which ...
Article : 93 wordsThe "Times" correspondent at Rome states that Mr Thomas N. Page, the American Ambassador there, has interrogated the members of the crew of the ...
Article : 81 words[?] correspondents at Washing[?] that American newspapers [?] war can be averted, but the [?] is unchanged. The real test ...
Article : 35 wordsField-Marshall Sir Douglas Haig reports:— "Under cover of a heavy bombardment, which destroyed our trench, a strong enemy detachment, assisted by ...
Article : 49 wordsIn the Commons, replying to speeches of pacifists, Mr Bonar Law said that he failed to see any possible method of securing peace at the present time ...
Article : 193 wordsThe State Government have decided to hand over the limo kiln at the State brickworks, at Botany, to the Fifield Magnesite and Refractories Company ...
Article : 118 wordsA special correspondent of the Agency Havas, writing from the British front on 8th December said— What Frenchman has not met at least ...
Article : 615 wordsReuter's correspondents at Copenhagen states that the latest German scheme for the promotion of submarinism consists of a project for every important town ...
Article : 58 words[?] correspondent at Vancouver [?] high officials in Washington [?] break with Austria. Presi[?] is forcing the issue, and ...
Article : 369 wordsAthens reports that two Italian battalions have occupied Konitsa, in Greece, near the Albanian border. The Greek authorities have been ...
Article : 38 wordsThe report for 1916 the Liverpool Steamship Owners Association states that British ocean-going [?] was reduced by less than 5 per cent, in two and ...
Article : 54 wordsAn Italian official report received this afternoon says:— "On Monday night the enemy entered one of our trenches through galleries ...
Article : 40 wordsThe monthly meeting of the Ballarat East branch of Lady Mayoress' Patriotic League, wan held on Tuesday in the Trench room, Victoria street. There was ...
Article : 175 wordsIt is announced by the Press Bureau that the manufacture of malt suitable for beer brewing from barley and other cereals is prohibited except under the ...
Article : 44 wordsThe Government of Brazil states that it has informed Germany of the whereabouts of the routes of Brazilian ships bound for bound for Europe, so that she will have no excuse ...
Article : 38 words(British Admiralty Intercepts—Collected by the Wireless Press.) A Russian official message received this afternoon says:— ...
Article : 33 wordsReports from Austria show that, the Emperor Charles is continuing his work of reorganising the official staffs. The late General Headquarters, which ...
Article : 75 wordsThe British Government did not release home supplies of Australian mutton last week. There was no demand in view of the economy campaign ...
Article : 25 wordsMr Handley page has invented a giant aeroplane. It is flown at a height of 7000 feet, and carries 20 passengers and a pilot. These figures are official ...
Article : 37 wordsMr Joffrics, telegraphing from Athens states that the Allied blockade is widely affecting Greece. There is a shortage of bread, and other foodstuffs are also ...
Article : 44 wordsA large contingent of returned soldiers arrived at Sydney today. They were mainly light horsemen. Ninety-two are or New South Wales, 101 for Victoria, 58 ...
Article : 239 wordsMrs Murk Rosenthal, of Victoria street, Ballarat East, has received letter from Sergeant Bert Bent witch, who expresses the opinion that ...
Article : 188 wordsIn connection with the sale of Win the-War Day buttons some misunderstanding seems to exist in country centres as to the issue of authority for sales. ...
Article : 63 wordsMr Andrew Fisher, the Australian High Commissioner, has applied to the War Office for a "tank" after the war to add to the Australian relies ...
Article : 37 wordsAttention was drawn in the House of Commons to-day, to the efforts being made to control New Zealand's meat output. It was declared that irritation and ...
Article : 93 wordsA wireless operator on a Mallory liner that has arrived at New York declares that a German raider still roves the mid-Atlantic, and was last sighted 1000 miles ...
Article : 40 wordsAn Egyptian official message states:— "We captured the Turkish positions at Nekhl and Birelahassana, on the Sinai peninsula, securing prisoners and booty." ...
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Advertising : 441 wordsMr R. D. Prothere, president of the Board of Agriculture, speaking at London, referred to the unexampled difficulties in connection with agriculture ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 23 words"Our submarines have sunk a steamer and eight schooners in the Bosphorus," says a Russia official report. ...
Article : 26 wordsMoraht, the well-known German [?] critic, sneers at the American [?] says that it will only supply a [?] target for the U boats ...
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The Ballarat Courier (Vic. : 1869 - 1900; 1914 - 1918), Thu 22 Feb 1917, Page 3
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