The sensation of the hour is provided by the mysterious German pirate Moewe, which apparently has been equipped at some out-of-the-way port and taken on a piratical cruise. She sank several vessels, robbing them first in the true style of the freebooter. The Americans seem inclined to guarantee the pirates their chief prize, the Appam. ...
Article : 304 wordsMr. J. Welsh, of Canterbury, who was in Africa when the war broke out, has furnished the following particulars regarding the Appam. He states that ...
Article : 182 wordsA Zeppelin hovered over a Derbyshire town until midnight on Monday night, and occasionally dropped bombs, which caused some casualties. ...
Article : 126 wordsThe following, the 138th, list of casualties amongst the Commonwealth troops was released yesterday. The names, unless it is otherwise stated, ...
Article : 46 wordsHis Majesty the King recently approved of a silver model of a Maori war canoe being presented by the New Zealand Expeditionary Force to the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 93 wordsIn 1863, during the American Civil War, the Southern privateer, Alabama, captured a United States merchant vessel named the Conrad, converted her into a ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 168 wordsDealing with the question of enemy shareholders, the acting Federal Attorney-General (Mr. Mahon) to-day issued a statement, in which he said that ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 588 wordsA meeting of the State War Council was held yesterday morning, the following members being present:—The Premier (Hon. J. Earle[?], Messrs. Maeleod, ...
Article : 587 wordsThe sensation of the day is the capture by the German vessel Moewe of the British and West African Navigation Co.'s liner Appam, 7,781 tons, which was ...
Article : 608 wordsThe "Daily Chronicle" gives the following description of the recent air raid:— "In a small area in Staffordshire 26 ...
Article : 274 wordsThe New York correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" states that all last night the Appam was closely guarded, and nobody was allowed to go on shore. ...
Article : 239 wordsA message from Constantinople states that the heir-apparent to the Turkish throne. Prince Yussuf, has committed suicide. He was confined ...
Article : 251 wordsThe British Consul at New York has warned the masters of British ships of dangers existing from German submarines in American waters. ...
Article : 36 wordsYesterday (Wednesday) morning the Germans attempted to carry out a surprise attack on the British positions along the road from Ypres to Pilkem. ...
Article : 77 wordsThe Appam, which was miles away from the scene of the fight between the Moewe and the Clan Mactavish, returned to the spot, and rescued four of the ...
Article : 695 wordsThe Germans exult over the recent Zeppelin raids, and declare that they are a punishment on France and England, and a reprisal for the Baralong ...
Article : 112 wordsThe State Department at Washington is puzzled as to the status of the Appam, and has not yet decided whether to intern her. All the ...
Article : 348 wordsYesterday 14 French aeroplanes carried out a raid as a retaliation for the enemy's recent attack on Salonika. They dropped bombs on the enemy's ...
Article : 54 wordsEarly in December a German submarine off Messina stopped the Greek steamer Spetzia, 1,904 tons, on board of which[?] were three British officers— ...
Article : 312 wordsThe following regulation has been made under the War Precautions Act, 1915, regarding private wireless installations:— ...
Article : 340 wordsA Zeppelin which had evidently lost its way in the fog was discovered on Tuesday flying low over Ameland (an island off the coast of the province ...
Article : 61 wordsMr. Candler, the press correspondent with the British forces in Mesopotamia, sends the following message:— "The River Tigris has risen, and has ...
Article : 121 wordsMr. W. Runciman, the President of the Board of Trade has issued the report of the Commercial Intelligence Committee of the Board of Trade, of ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 159 wordsThe dramatic arrival of the Appam at Newport News is the general topic of conversation. As the mystery is slowly dissipating, ...
Article : 446 wordsThe "Daily Telegraph," in commenting to-day upon the luncheon given yesterday by the Empire Parliamentary Association to Mr. Andrew Fisher, ...
Article : 82 wordsThe Austrian Note to the United Sates denies all responsibility for the sinking by an Austrian submarine of the P. and O. liner Persia. ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Fri 4 Feb 1916, Page 5
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