Articles from page 5: Previous page Next page

  1. Please wait. Loading browse data... loading
  2. POPE'S PRAYER FOR PEACE.

    The prayer for peace, of which the use was enjoined by the Pope, was offered up yesterday at the Catholic Cathedral in Westminster and in all ...

    Article : 76 words
  3. ATTACK ON THE DARDANELLES.

    Yesterday four torpedo-boat destroyers of the Allies [?]ombarded the Turkish forts at Karatepe, at the approach of the Dardanelles. One hundred and ...

    Article : 58 words
  4. TASMANIA.

    In respect of the communication from the Minister of Defence (Senator Pearce) to the War Office, offering a new contingent of 10,000 soldiers from ...

    Article : 385 words
  5. GREAT RUSSIAN VICTORIES.

    The most important news to-day comes from the Eastern front. The Russians are now said to be across the Bzura River, as well as its tributary the Rawka and have stormed and carried the base of the enemy in that district. There have been battles also in the passes of the Carpathians, in which the Germans and Austrians were thrown back in disorder. In one of these mountain battles the Austrians lost ten thousand men, made prisoner, and ...

    Article : 351 words
  6. WAR IN THE AIR.

    Yesterday a British aeroplane flew over the German submarine base at Zeebrugge, and defying a concentrated fire from the Germans suddenly dived ...

    Article : 52 words
  7. WAGES AND THE WAR.

    Addressing a meeting of railwaymen at leicester, Mr. J. H. Thomas, the Labour member for Derby, said that the negotiations for increased wages ...

    Article : 68 words
  8. GERMAN ATROCITIES.

    A German non-commissioned officer who was among the prisonoers taken near Arras states that he witnessed during August the massacre of 20 wounded ...

    Article : 45 words
  9. THE MACHINES.

    "Engineering" says:—The reports as to the performance of the aircraft, and more particularly the aeroplanes, of the difierent belligerent armies are at present very ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 799 words
  10. AUSTRALIA.

    It was brought to-day under the notice of the Federal Attorney-General (Mr. Hughes) that the manner in which the hearing of the applications to void ...

    Article : 164 words
  11. PENSIONS AND ALLOWANCES

    In the course of a speech delivered in London last night, Mr. G. N. Barnes, the Labour member for the Blackfriars division of Glasgow, stated that ...

    Article : 66 words
  12. ANGLO-TURKISH WAR.

    The Press Bureau states that Turkish officers taken prisoner at Toussoun, on the Suez Canal, state that their division was subdivided at Katabel Kheil, ...

    Article : 166 words
  13. THE ALLIES' CAMPAIGNS

    Following on the report received on Saturday that there had been further heavy fighting near La Bassee, it is now officially stated that the British have ...

    Article : 250 words
  14. THE EASTERN CAMPAIGNS

    The Russian cavalry continues to ha[?]y the German forces operating in North Poland, and has been making night attacks on them with success at ...

    Article : 308 words
  15. POLAR EXPLORATION.

    Sir Ernest Shackleton, who is leading another expedition to the Antarctic, writing from South Georgia under date November 13, states that, owing to bad ...

    Article : 242 words
  16. THE PRICE OF WHEAT.

    Mr. G. N. Barnes, the Labour member for the Blackfriars division of Glasgow, addressing a meeting in London last night, said that what the ...

    Article : 78 words
  17. AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE.

    It was reported by the Defence Department to-day that Private W[?] Raymond Law, of H Company. 2nd battalion, had died at Mena Hospital on ...

    Article : 50 words
  18. NEW ZEALAND AIRMAN.

    New Zealand is already well represented at the front in many of the branches of the Empire's vast fighting machine, and in the course of a few ...

    Article : 245 words
  19. DESERTIONS TO THE BRITISH.

    Many Anatolians in the Turkish army are deserting to the British. Some of the deserters say they saw German and Turkish officers shooting runaways. ...

    Article : 143 words
  20. NAVAL OPERATIONS.

    The British Foreign Office has issued a statement declaring that, with certain limitations, the use of a neutral flag as a stratagem of war is a ...

    Article : 119 words
  21. BRITISH COAL TRADE.

    The South Wales Miners' Federation will give three months' notice from April 1 next to terminate the present wages agreement, the action being ...

    Article : 94 words
  22. ADVANCE TOWARDS WESTENDE.

    The Franco-Belgian forces operating to the north of Lombartzyde have forced a passage between the western end of the great dune and the sea, and are ...

    Article : 61 words
  23. THE PRICE OF BREAD.

    Investigations is to the price now charged for bread were commenced by the Price of Foods Board to-day when evidence was taken from members of ...

    Article : 220 words
  24. OUTRAGE ON BRITISH CONSUL.

    The Turks at Hodeidah in Arabia, have handed over the British Consul who took refuge in the Italian Consulate there, and was forcibly removed, ...

    Article : 45 words
  25. NEW ZEALAND REINFORCEMENT DRAFTS.

    At an enthusiastic recruiting meeting at Port Chalmers on January 27, the Minister of Defence (Hon. Jas. Allen), i[?] referring to the fact that New ...

    Article : 245 words
  26. THE CONFLICT IN POLAND.

    The Petrograd correspondent of the newspaper "Messaggero" states that it was a titanic conflict between the Vistula and the Rawka last week. The ...

    Article : 72 words
  27. PROTESTS OF THE NATIONS

    The German newspapers are astounded at neutral countries condemning the threatened blockade of the British coasts. Telegrams received in ...

    Article : 65 words
  28. THE KAISER'S ORDER.

    A statement which has been received in New York says it is rumoured in Berlin that the Kaiser, after a visit to the western frontier, ordered his army ...

    Article : 79 words
  29. FOOD OUTLOOK IN GERMANY.

    All German municipalities have been empowered to commandeer all private supplies of grain and flour exceeding 35 kilogrammes (about half a ...

    Article : 32 words
  30. THE A.I.F. IN EGYPT.

    The military camps of the Australian Imperial Force are pitched at Mena and Mahardi, within a short distance of Cairo, the capital. This article concerns ...

    Article : 1,252 words
  31. WARNING FROM AMERICA.

    The "New York Sun" states to-day that, while it is of the greatest importance that America should hold aloof from the war, it will be her duty to ...

    Article : 65 words
  32. RUSSIANS ACROSS THE BZURA.

    After they had crossed the Bzura the Russians occupied a strong position close to the Germans' advanced base, and an attack on the latter was decided ...

    Article : 94 words
  33. FINANCING THE WAR.

    In connection with the statement made that Great Britain, France, and Russia are arranging to take over in equal portions the advances made or ...

    Article : 158 words
  34. IMPORTATION OF FOOD.

    The German Government declares that it is quite ready to entrust the management of the importation of food to American organisations. ...

    Article : 32 words
  35. VICTORIAN POLITICS.

    An order was issued by the State Executive Council to-day formally proroguing Parliament from Tuesday February 9, to March 9. It is understood ...

    Article : 141 words
  36. MARKETS AND MONEY.

    The New South Wales loan of £2,000,000 at 4½ per cent., which was issued, at 99½, and is repayable in March, 1920, has been over-subscribed. ...

    Article : 217 words
  37. HOISTING NEUTRAL FLAG.

    In pursuance of a wireless message received from the British Admiralty, the Cunard liner Lusitania. 27,000 tons, on nearing the coast of Ireland, hoisted ...

    Article : 44 words
  38. GENERAL WAR NEWS.

    The King of Bavaria, in an interview with a representative of "Wildman's Magazine," a New York journal, said the war has been forced upon Germany; ...

    Article : 99 words
  39. DETAINED AT VIENNA.

    The Minister of Defence (Senator Pearce) announced to-day that information had been received that a Sydney merchant named Josef Forhain, aged ...

    Article : 44 words
  40. AUSTRIA'S INTERNAL TROUBLES.

    Fresh disorders have broken out at Prague, the capital of Bohemia. The inhabitants are irritated over the arrest of a number of Czech students and ...

    Article : 49 words
  41. THE BRESLAU.

    The German armoured cruiser Breslau (4.478 tous, twelve 4.1-inch guns) yesterday exchanged shots with the fortress of Batoum, the Russian port in ...

    Article : 35 words
  42. WHY NOT BEAT IT?

    Why be beaten by Asthma when you can beat it? We know that you are always liable to an attack, and strongly urge you to an attack, and strongly ...

    Article : 64 words
×

Buy

Download

Please choose from the following download options:

Share

Share this item on:

Print

Print page as...

The National Library of Australia's Copies Direct service lets you purchase higher quality, larger sized photocopies or electronic copies of newspapers pages.

Scope
Format of download
as... PDF PDF

You need to login before you can save preferences.

$