The British hospital ship Warilda, 7,713 tons, which belonged to the Adelaide Steamship Co., and was a wellknown Australian coastal trader, was ...
Article : 973 wordsA German submarine yesterday sank an American oil tank steamer off the coast of Virginia. Thirty survivers have landed. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe latest messages from the Western front give only the briefest indication what is happening along the Vesle River to the east and west of Fismes. It appears that the Germans still hold some portions of the northern bank of the river, and that the Allies have met with stubborn resistance ...
Article : 360 wordsAn investigation into the loss of the American armoured cruiser San Diego (13,400 tons), which was thought to have been submarined off the coast on ...
Article : 45 wordsThe Minister of Recruiting (Mr. Orchard) made the following statement to-night:—The tide of battle appears to have turned in favour of the Allies. ...
Article : 162 wordsSir Albert Stanley, the President of the Board of Trade, stated yesterday that the Board of Trade had refused to grant a license to Merton and Co. ...
Article : 45 wordsMrs. J. Gilligan, 46 Letitia-street, Hobart, has received the following reply from General Birdwood in answer to inquiries made concerning her ...
Article : 188 wordsThe Admiralty announces that on Friday last two British torpedo-boat destroyers were mined and sunk, and that 97 of their crews, including five ...
Article : 42 wordsThe New Zealanders won the halfmile relay race at the naval and military sports at Stamford Bridge yesterday, and also the international team ...
Article : 52 wordsSir Eric Geddes, the First Lord of the Admiralty, in a speech in London to-day, told a thrilling story of a fight between a British decoy ship and a ...
Article : 468 wordsThe question of medical attendance for the Home Service personnel was recently considered by the Military Board. It was resolved that any ...
Article : 92 wordsThe Zurich correspondent of the "Daily News" writes:—A highly-placed neutral who has returned from Constantinople states that the people there ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 510 wordsIn connection with a suggestion made by Lady Helen Munro Ferguson on behalf of the Australian branch of the British Red Cross Society with a view ...
Article : 120 wordsThis afternoon's French communique states:— There is nothing special to report. Our light units, which have crossed ...
Article : 110 wordsThe New York representative of the Australian Press Association had an interview to-day with M. Metin, the head of the French Mission to Australia, who ...
Article : 176 wordsIn the House of Commons this atternoon Mr. Leiff Jones, the Liberal member for Rushcliffc, initiated a debate on the waste of money by the Ministry of ...
Article : 213 wordsAn organisation has been formed in Melbourne known as the Citizens' Committee, which will probably extend its propaganda work throughout Australia, ...
Article : 398 wordsIn his official report issued this afternoon Sir Douglas Haig states:— We took a few prisoners last night in the neighbourhood of Neuville ...
Article : 104 wordsThe "Daily Chronicle" correspondent on the French front writes:—Between Soissons and Rhcims the enemy's resistance is increasing. Allied patrols which ...
Article : 138 wordsThe Peking correspondent of the "New York Times" states that the Chinese Government has received reports that the Tibetans, who have German ...
Article : 39 wordsAn announcement in the semi-official Russian newspapers states that the Provisional Siberian Government intends in a few days to declare war against the ...
Article : 131 wordsIn the House of Lords this afternoon Lord Inchcape called attention to the financial situation. He said the high income tax retarded the development of ...
Article : 281 wordsThe railway line near Halberstadt, in Prussia, was recently torn up and obstructed with trees and stones. A train containing German soldiers on ...
Article : 43 wordsThe "Daily Chronicle" correspondent on the British front writes:—The Germans' appear to maintain their positions east of the River Ancre. They ...
Article : 54 wordsPresident Wilson and Mrs. Wilson assisted yesterday in the launching of a vessel from the new yard established at Philadelphia. Mr H. Hurley, the ...
Article : 63 wordsThe booty captured by the Allies is increasing daily. Many three-inch guns have been captured, and also over a million three-inch shells ...
Article : 78 wordsWhilst, on his way to the post office with a bundle of letters and parcels on July 26 a messenger from Federal Government House lost a packet containing ...
Article : 75 wordsA German official report intercepted by Admiralty wireless to-day states:— To the northward of Montdidier we have withdrawn from the west bank ...
Article : 42 wordsThe Pekin correspondent of the "New York Times" states that the Siberian forces under Colonel Seminoff have been defeated by the Bolsheviks on the ...
Article : 84 wordsThroughout the United States to-day the churches held special services in commemoration of the achievements of the British Empire in the war. A ...
Article : 111 wordsIn response to repeated requests from the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps and the Australian Women's Service Corps, who have for some time ...
Article : 140 wordsA German official report intercepted by the British Admiralty to-day states: —We withdrew to the north bank of the River Vesle before a strong attack ...
Article : 39 wordsProfessor A. B. Keith, the author of "Responsible Government in the Dominions," and other works, and a recognised authority on constitutional ...
Article : 188 wordsTo-night's official aviation report by Sir Douglas Haig states:— The weather hampered aerial operations yesterday. ...
Article : 51 wordsThe Director of Munitions (Mr. Walter Leitch) presided to-day at the inaugural meeting of the Council of the Commonwealth Bureau of Commerce and ...
Article : 98 wordsReports received in Copenhagen from Moscow announce the discovery of a plot against MM. Lenin and Trotsky, the Bolshevik Premier and Foreign ...
Article : 51 wordsReferring to-day to the loss of the Warilda, Senator Pearce (Minister of Dofence) stated that it was not thought that there were any Australian troops ...
Article : 58 wordsViscount French, the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, in a speech at Belfast to-day, said the protection by the British Army and Navy had enabled Irish ...
Article : 89 wordsThe German long-range gun recommenced the shelling of Paris to-day. ...
Article : 22 wordsThe Official Press Bureau states that at half-past 9 last night hostile airships approached the East Anglian coast, but did not succeed in ...
Article : 39 wordsAt the Council-chambers, Evandale, on Saturday evening, a welcome home was tendered to Ciptain A. D. MacKinnon, Lieutenant H. R. Trethewie, ...
Article : 264 wordsRussian and Finnish peace delegates have arrived at Berlin. ...
Article : 17 wordsThe United Press Association correspondent on the Western front writes: —The Germans are in full retreat towards the River Aisne, and they have ...
Article : 361 wordsThe trial of Henry Cook, charged with being one of the armed men who robbed Edward Ernest Bean and James Vincent Darcy of two bags containing £4,471 on the ...
Article : 87 wordsThe commander of one of the German submarines which sank the three fishing schooners near Seal Island, Nova Scotia, told the captain of one of his ...
Article : 113 wordsAnother milestone in the American programme in the war against the German Government has been reached in the launching of the 7,500 dead weight ...
Article : 461 wordsMr. G. N. Barnes, the Labour member of the War Cabinet, speaking at Cambridge to-day, said he would not include Germany in the proposed ...
Article : 155 wordsReports from Berlin show that in an Allied air raid on Thursday morning heavy material damage was done at Treves, and some material damage at ...
Article : 46 wordsThe "London Gazette" to-day states that a second bar to his Military Medal has been awarded to Sapper T. E. Linney, of the Australian Engineers, and ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Wed 7 Aug 1918, Page 5
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