Th[?]se members of the State Ministry who were in Melbourne were called together on Thursday afternoon to consider the situation concerning the steps taken ...
Article : 596 wordsCharged with harbouring a person suspected of being opposed to General Carranza, the Provisional President of Mexico, the Spanish Minister has been ...
Article : 77 wordsA War Special Edition of "The Mercury" will be published at about Noon To-day (Saturday), ...
Article : 25 wordsThe German campaign in East Prussia is being pressed, and the Russians, probably from tactical reasons, are falling back to the frontier. There has been further heavy fighting in the Carpathian Passes, in which the Russians captured some heights. It is stated that in the recent fighting on tho Bzura River the Germans left 45000 dead on the field. Their total losses, therefore, would be fully 200,000. ...
Article : 231 wordsA French steamer, fitted up with show-rooms, is preparing to visit South America with 50 representatives of French firms, and 100 representatives ...
Article : 48 wordsThe United States Government, has despatched a vigorous note to Germany and a milder pr[?]test to Great Britain, stating that the destruction ...
Article : 57 wordsRepresentatives of the Federated Clerks' Union of Australia waited upon the Minister of Defence (Senator Pearc[?]) to-day. with regard to the employment of ...
Article : 160 wordsIn the House of Commons this afternoon Mr. Asquith the Prime Minister, stated that since the beginning of the war 60 per cent of the members of the ...
Article : 102 wordsThe "N[?]e Hamburger Zeitung," in an inspired article, states that the German Admiralty has ordered that neutral vessels are not to be interfered with if ...
Article : 59 wordsIn the House of Commons yesterday, Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, one of the Unionist members for Portsmouth, suggested that captured German ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 222 wordsAt the City Police Court to-day, before the Police Magistrate (Mr. Goldsmith), James Ra[?]on, seed merchant, Swanstonstreet, Melbourne, was fined £25, with ...
Article : 289 wordsThe British Government has ordered the seizure of the cargo of foodstuffs forwarded from America to Germany by the steamer Wilhelmina, which put ...
Article : 38 wordsAs the Legislative Assembly rose tonight for a long recess, members were not inclined to take anything seriously. Mr. Cusack wanted to know if the ...
Article : 364 wordsThe steamer Da[?]in, 3,545 tons, which formerly belonged to tho HamburgAmerica line, but has been transferred to the American shipping registry, left ...
Article : 97 wordsAfter acting on the defensive in East Prussia practically ever since the failure of their great offensive movement which took them forward to tho line of ...
Article : 400 wordsAdvices received in Copenhagen from Berlin state that the Turks havo decided to abandon the invasion of Egypt, and transfer the army to ...
Article : 52 wordsThere has been further hard fight[?]g round La Bassee, where the Brit[?] have made a decided advance. On [?]unday they captured, after a fierce ...
Article : 351 wordsThe Evening News correspondent at the Hague has forwarded a report of a strange scene in a Berlin theatre on Tuesday evening. He states that on ...
Article : 155 wordsSince the failure of their attempt to cross the canal at Toussoum on Tuesday night and of Wednesday's fighting the Turks have not made any further ...
Article : 190 wordsThe Launceston High School speech night at the Mechanics' Institute tonight was largely attended. Among thos[?] present were the Minister of Education ...
Article : 414 wordsThe Agent General for Tasmania (Sir John McCall), in the capacity of representative of the Australian Trade Committee, yesterday interviewed the ...
Article : 346 wordsMr. Sherban(supervisor of rifle clubs) states that at present there are 6,000 riflemen in training in Sydney, and within a few days he hopes there will ...
Article : 39 wordsThe Prime Minister (Mr. Fisher) stated to-day that it was the intention of the Cabinet to proceed with all public works as rapidly a[?] possible, and especially in ...
Article : 249 wordsHeavy fighting has been going on recently at several points round La Bassee. On Saturday night and Sunday there was a struggle round the most advanced German positions in the direction of Festubert; which ended in the British capturing two trenches and taking many prisonors. They have since gained a ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 226 wordsA gathering at which the majority of the members of the Bulgarian Parliament were present was held yesterday, and was addressed by the Prime ...
Article : 122 wordsThe British troops have captured another brickfield in their advance on La Bassee. The Germans had about 1,000 killed and wounded, and the British ...
Article : 139 wordsA telegram from Warsaw received by the newspaper "Echo do Paris" states that after the tenth attack made by the Germans along the Bzura and the ...
Article : 51 wordsMr. Alfred Edward, superintendent of Traffic in New South Wales, has been touring the East Coast, accompanied by Mrs. Edward, Mr. George F. Williamson ...
Article : 241 wordsIn the Practice Court to-day a petition to a[?]ul the marriage, which the petitioner stated his wife had entered into out of more bravado, driven on by the ...
Article : 349 wordsThe military correspondent of "The Times" gives an interesting survey of the general situation. After reviewing the recent heavy ...
Article : 194 wordsDuring a debate in the House of Commons yesterday on the prices of food, Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, stated that retail prices had risen in ...
Article : 276 wordsIt was announced to-day by the [?]ederal Attorney-General (Mr. Hughes) that he intends giving his decision tomorrow about the various applications ...
Article : 64 wordsYesterday a British airman dropped several bombs on the German position at Welcheren, near A[?]twerp. One fell in the canal and exploded, but ...
Article : 58 wordsThe Paris "Matin" states that the French have captured a hill at Notr[?] Da[?]o D[?] Loretto (near Arras), and have strongly entrenched themselves ...
Article : 53 wordsAdvices from Berlin state that arrangements are being made for the exchange of th[?]se prisoners of war whom wounds or other causes have rendered ...
Article : 109 wordsStatistics show that in the recent earthquakes in Italy a total number of 24,200 people lost their lives. Most of the victims perished at Avozzano, where ...
Article : 42 wordsAccording to a message received by the "Telegr[?]f" from its correspondent at Sluis,in the north of Belgium, the headquarters of the German military ...
Article : 56 wordsYesterday the German submarine [?]2 shelled the steamer Laertes, 4,5[?]1 tons, belonging to the Ocean Stea[?] ship Company of Liverpool, when off ...
Article : 77 wordsThe Customs Department received a telegram from Cooktown to-day stating that the steamer Ma[?]sina, 1,832 tons, went ashore on B Reef at 9 p.m. ...
Article : 77 wordsFather Ledochowski, a German Pole, has been elected Vicar-General of the Jesuits. Strenuous efforts were made to defeat the French candidate, who ...
Article : 58 wordsThe King has authorised the forma[?]ion of a battalion of Welsh Guards [?] the same lines as the Grenadier, Coldstream, Scots, and Irish guards regi ...
Article : 40 wordsThe Sluis correspondent of the "Telegraaf" says that the strength of the Belgian army is now estimated at 100,000 m[?]. ...
Article : 31 wordsDuring a debate in tho Russian Duma yesterday on the progress of the war, it was stated that the campaign was costing Russia £1,400,000 a day. ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Sat 13 Feb 1915, Page 5
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