Estimates of the length of the British line on the West front vary, owing to the fact that it is not publicly known how far it extends beyond Roye ...
Article : 359 words[?] cable news on this page so headed has appeared in the "Times," [?] to Australia by special permission. It should be understood [?]nions are not those of the "Times" unless expressly stated to be so ...
Article : 25 wordsAnti-submarine measures continue successful. Airships play a prominent part in locating submarine. Few once sighted are able to escape. Torpedo-boats with ...
Article : 115 wordsIn the House of Commons on Wednesday Mr T. P. O'Connor (Nationalist) moved:— "That with a view to strengthening ...
Article : 261 wordsThe attempt to settle the Irish question, which Mr Lloyd-George timed for the Empire War Council, will now proceed in the absence of the Australian ...
Article : 121 words[?] that the British cav[?] miles from Bagdad, which [?] Mande's advance guards are [?] reach shortly ...
Article : 100 wordsWashington reports that President Wilson on Wednesday morning conferred with officials of the Administration and Democratic Senators in regard to the ...
Article : 398 wordsThe "Times" naval correspondent says that the weekly returns of submarining show that the situation is improving. The U-boat hauls have been very poor ...
Article : 151 wordsMr. Cook, Minister for the Navy, made an important statement in the House of Representatives this afternoon ...
Article : 427 wordsIn the Commons Mr Lloyd-George declared that the dominating consideration in any Irish settlement must be its effect upon the war. He contended that ...
Article : 502 wordsNew York advices report that passengers that arrived here by Tuesday's steamers estimate that 18 submarines were captured by the British between 1st ...
Article : 60 wordsA German official message says:— "We repulsed French attacks on our new positions at Cauriores Wood (north-east of Verdun). We shot down 15 ...
Article : 36 words[?] against Turkey has sen [?]bilities. The Anzacs cross[?] frontier and occupied the [?] at Sh[?]llai, constructed ...
Article : 216 wordsGerman newspapers continue to give long explanations from headquarters regarding the German retreat. They still lie freely about the extent of the retreat ...
Article : 168 wordsReuter's correspondent at Paris reports that it is officially stated that the destroyer Cassini was torpedoed in the Mediterranean on 28th February. The ...
Article : 115 wordsAdvices from New York report that a message from Havana states that direct evidence of Germany's aid for the Cuban rebels has been discovered among seized ...
Article : 80 wordsThe Hornsby War Service Committee has carried the following motion:—"That in the opinion of the committee it would be a help to recruiting if all sport of a ...
Article : 73 wordsMr Beach Thomas says that the German retreat was hurried by the whip, especially north of Gommecourt. Brilliant little affairs at Lrles on ...
Article : 176 wordsIt is officially admitted at Washington that seized papers show that Count Von Bernstorff, the dismissed German Ambassador, directed the bomb outrages in ...
Article : 37 wordsSir,—Were it not so serious it were a pitiful matter to see the distorted facts and misrepresentations in Mr Kean's reply to my letter on the above question ...
Article : 333 wordsMr Asquith suggested that the Irish question should be referred to an outside impartial authority for adjustment. The constitution of such a body might be ...
Article : 360 wordsIt is quite possible, a Washington message reports, that America will not press the Austrian submarine issue because Austrian submarines are not operating in the ...
Article : 44 words[?] possession of the Asandabad [?] pursued the Turks, who are [?] Kangaber. We are fight[?] enemy near Seune, in the ...
Article : 34 wordsReuter's correspondent at Paris states that it is semi-officially reported that the Germans, in view of their defeat at Caurieres wood, apparently discontinued ...
Article : 98 wordsMuch interest is being taken in the trial at the Old Bailey of four Derby residents, who are charged with having conspired to murder Mr Lloyd-George, the ...
Article : 199 wordsRome reports that a new anti-submarine department under the control of an admiral, has been created by the Italian Government ...
Article : 47 words[?] to the War Office from Lt[?] Murray, the comman[?] in Egypt, says:— [?] have abandoned a strong ...
Article : 48 wordsNew York reports that insurance rates on ships bound for Great Britain have increased from 6 to 7 per cent, to from 8 to 10 per cent. Cargo rates have also been ...
Article : 35 wordsIn the House of Commons on Wednesday Mr J. L. Macpherson. Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the War Office, in answer to a question, would not admit ...
Article : 84 words[?], a member of the [?] of Deputies, who was [?] to Salonika by the [?] Committee, states that ...
Article : 109 wordsReuter's correspondent at Copenhagen reports that owing to submarinism Iceland has been isolated for a month. The situation is most alarming because ...
Article : 60 wordsSir,—Your correspondent, J. Kean, endeavors at some length to show that the Labor Party has added magnanimity to its already length list of virtues ...
Article : 207 words"We repulsed with heavy enemy losses a night attack at Costabella, in the Avisio sector, and penetrated lines at Moseiagh, on the Asiago Plateau." ...
Article : 45 wordsIn the conspiracy trial at the Old Bailey, Mrs Wheeldon gave evidence that the secret service agent, Gordom told her that he was a conscientious objector, and had ...
Article : 93 wordsAnother interesting political movement is proceeding. It is headed by Mr H. Guest, Liberal M.P., and the object is to provide for ...
Article : 102 wordsIn the course of the debate on the Irish question in the House of Commons, Mr Joseph Devlin (Nationalist) drew the attention of the Government to the ...
Article : 199 words[?] of Commons on Wednes [?] J. Balfour, Secretary of State [?] Affairs, stated that the evac[?] troops and artillery from the ...
Article : 55 wordsIn the House of Commons on Wednesday Capt C. Bathurst, Parliamentary Secretary to the Food Control Department, stated that the available returns showed ...
Article : 73 wordsA transport which arrived at Port Melbourne today had on board a number of Australian soldiers who had been wounded in France. In all 176 men ...
Article : 163 wordsIt is stated by the Amsterdam "Telegraaf" that the Germans have ordered the complete stoppage of Belgian industries, thus throwing practically the whole of ...
Article : 61 wordsIn the House of Common on Wednesday, Sir C. Kinloch-Cooke (Unionist) asked whether the Government intended to hold series of Imperiol War Cabinet ...
Article : 58 wordsSir,—The question of a contest for the Ballarat sent in the Federal House will have to be decided. What is Mr M'Grath's position, and, in the present ...
Article : 41 words[?] from Athens, Mr J. M. [?] that information received [?] states that the Bulgarians [?] the Serbians. Peasants ...
Article : 59 wordsIt is understood that Lord Devonport has decided to fix the wholesale and retail prices of tea, coffee, butter, cheese, and lard ...
Article : 30 wordsStorehouses at Hasself, capital of the Belgian province of Limburg, have been destroyed by fire. They contained about 20 tons of coffee ...
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Advertising : 311 wordsNewspapers are limiting their sales and restricting the number of unsold papers that may be returned. It is anticipated that they will soon be forced to follow ...
Article : 80 wordsThe Press Bureau states that Mr Neville Chamberlain has issued a list of primary industries in which national service volunteers are capable of being utilised ...
Article : 57 wordsA message received at New York from Berlin says that the Russian armored eruiser Rurik (15,170 tons) struck a mine in the Gulf of Finland, and was badly ...
Article : 39 words[?] by the New York "Tri[?] Japan has delivered and ulti[?] China that she must join the ...
Article : 21 wordsMr Bonar Law, Chancellor of the Ex-chequer, announced in the House of Commons to-day that there would be no interference with Easter holidays ...
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