Mr. Candler, the press representative with the British forces in Mesopotamia, sent the following message from Bassorah on Wednesday: ...
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Article : 512 wordsTo-day's Vienna communique says:— On Thursday a squadron of our cruisers heavily bombarded Ortona and San Vito (on the east coast of Italy) and ...
Article : 60 wordsThe Agents-General of the Australian States gave a banquet last night to Mr. Andrew Fisher, the Australian High Commissioner Among these present ...
Article : 1,988 wordsA fellow prisoner who has been released, relates that after the burning of his machine Garros, the French aviator, took shelter in a ditch with ...
Article : 113 wordsThe latest news from Roumania is that the Government has asked Parliament to vote a supplementary credit for military purposes of £8,000,000, and ...
Article : 233 wordsThe newspaper "Novoc Vremya" states that the Turks have evacuated Erzeroum, in Armenia. ...
Article : 21 wordsOwing to extensive movements of troops which are going on the Germans have again closed the Belgo-Dutch frontier. They turned back ...
Article : 58 wordsThe Berlin correspondent of the Associated Press of New York states that under no circumstances will Germany admit that the sinking of the ...
Article : 89 wordsGunners on the English coast believe that they struck the German airship L19 as it was leaving after the recent raid. The L19 was last seen ...
Article : 429 wordsThe "Star" last evening suggested that Great Britain should rebuild the Parliament buildings at Ottawa, as a token of gratitude for Canada's war ...
Article : 48 wordsThe Government has deputed Sir Douglas Haig and Lord Curzon on a special mission to the King of the Belgians. ...
Article : 32 wordsAlthough the Appam has been declared a prize nothing further has been decided as to her fate, whether she will be allowed refuge in an American ...
Article : 166 wordsAdvices from the Near East state that Russia has closed the frontier between Russia and Roumania to traffic, as a result of the concentration and ...
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Article : 51 wordsThe Athens correspondent of "Le Temps" states that in the French air raid on Petrich (53 miles north-east of Salonika) on Tuesday, the aeroplanes ...
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Article : 222 wordsThe Dominion Houses of Parliament and other public buildings were destroyed to-day by a fire, following, according to some witnesses, on an ...
Article : 834 wordsThe "Daily Mail's" special correspondent at Salonika (Mr. Ward Price) sends the following report, based on the account of an eye-witness, of the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 137 wordsAt the Queen's Club ground yesterday New Zealand troops from Hornchurch beat the Artists' Rifles at Rugby football by 11 to nil. There were 3,000 ...
Article : 51 wordsThe Dutch oil steamer Artemis (3,803 tons), bound from Rotterdam to London in ballast was torpedoed on Wednesday under exceptional circumstances. ...
Article : 208 wordsThere was a sombre but distinguished audience at the Royal Albert-hall yesterday, when was heard Verdi's requiem "In Memory of the Fallen." The ...
Article : 49 wordsThe German-American situation remains unchanged, and is still grave. It is expected that two or three days will e[?]apse before there can be any definite ...
Article : 133 wordsCaptain Martin, the master of the trawler King Stephen, which recently saw a Zeppelin in difficulties off the Yorkshire coast, has been interviewed ...
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Article : 100 wordsLord Rosebery's letter in yesterday's "Times." in which he advocated reprisals for the Zeppelin raids, is being widely quoted. ...
Article : 170 words"The "Daily Express" has begun a series of articles on Krupps by the journalist who furnished the account to the "Daily Mail" of the Kaiser's banquet at Nish. ...
Article : 165 wordsThe German press is excited over the situation, and most of the newspapers demand that an unyielding attitude shall be maintained, and declare that ...
Article : 75 wordsAt the meeting of the Richmond Municipal Council on Saturday the Warden tabled the annual report of the Rifle Club Reserves. He was pleased ...
Article : 111 wordsThis afternoon's communique says:— To the south of Dubno (in the province of Volhypia) the Austrians are using jets of flame in their attempts ...
Article : 44 wordsThere was a panic on the Berlin Bourse yesterday owing to the dangers of the American situation. ...
Article : 47 wordsThe "Observer" strongly advocates Mr. Winston Churchill being appointed Minister of Air Services, and declares that the air defences need his mental ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Mon 7 Feb 1916, Page 5
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