The United States delivered 66 ships during August, of which 45 were built of steel. The tonnage totalled 340,000. ...
Article : 37 wordsThe Australian front was yesterday quiet, after the heavy fighting, as sleep comes after a heavy fever. The uneasy activity of the enemy's g[?]ns still ...
Article : 441 wordsYesterday there was the liveliest business done in meat since the closing of the shops in Hobart. Throughout the auction marts were thronged with people, ...
Article : 1,131 wordsThere is a report from Amsterdam to the effect that the German newspapers have published a semi-official statement urging the people to keep cool in view of an impending offensive by the Allies between the Meuse and the Moselle rivers. This is part of the front held by the Americans to the ...
Article : 427 wordsMr. Samuel Gompers, President of the American Federation of Labour, addressing the Trade Union-Congress at Derby to-day, said:—America's ...
Article : 153 wordsMrs. Smith, of the post-office, Collinsvale, has received the following letter in reference to her son, who was killed in action in France:—Dear Mrs. Smith,— ...
Article : 601 wordsThe Australian Press Association learns that our efforts in East Africa continue successfully. General Von Lettow appears to be working ...
Article : 45 wordsSpeaking at Paris to-day, Lord Reading referred to the American victory at Juvigny, and declared that America's entry into the war was the turning ...
Article : 38 wordsA bomb was thrown into the Federal Public Buildings at Chicago to-day, partly wrecking the structure, and killing three and wounding 75 people. The ...
Article : 46 wordsThe correspondent of the "New York Times" at Baltimore learns that Mr. Edison's invention for detecting the submarine is an electrical device which ...
Article : 70 wordsGerman agents in Switzerland are busily circulating reports that Germany is prepared to conclude peace on the basis of the evacuation of France and ...
Article : 75 wordsThe Washington Emergency Fleet Corporation has announced that 66 merchant ships, aggregating 340,145 tons, have been delivered during August; 44, ...
Article : 454 wordsThe Admiralty announces that the tonnage of merchantmen completed in the United Kingdom during August was 124,675, compared with 141,948 during ...
Article : 129 wordsDespatches from Rumania state that the agricultural classes have openly revolted against Germany, and the defection is spreading rapidly. A number ...
Article : 70 wordsIn his official report to-night General Pershing states.— In the Vosges to-day a hostile raiding party was repulsed, leaving ...
Article : 45 wordsThis afternoon's French official communique states:— During the night we maintained contact with the enemy's rearguards, ...
Article : 261 wordsThe Australian Press Association learns that since the Jutland Battle, apart from a few raids, there has been really nothing to show any activity in ...
Article : 120 wordsIt is believed in political circles in London that Mr. Lloyd George's election will be so completely confined to the winning of the war that it will ...
Article : 161 wordsGerman newspapers publish a semiofficial telegram from Berlin appealing to the German people to keep cool, notwithstanding the threatened extension ...
Article : 43 wordsIn his official report this morning Sir Douglas Haig states:— Sharp fighting occurred yesterday northward of the River Lys. We ...
Article : 196 wordsThis morning's official report by Sir Douglas Haig states:— The enemy strongly attacked our new positions at Inchy-[?]n-Artois ...
Article : 214 wordsThe British Admiralty, in the course of its statement to-day regarding submarines, says:—There is still trouble through the enemy's submarines ...
Article : 136 wordsThe Press Bureau announces that a proclamation by the King has been issued applying the provisions of the Munitions Act to disputes between the ...
Article : 62 wordsMr. W. G. Higgs, Labour member for Capricornia, Queensland, and formerly a Federal Minister, said to-day:— In my opinion there is no need for a ...
Article : 334 wordsTo-day's German official communique intercepted by Admiralty wireless states:—We continued our withdrawal in the region of Roye yesterday, and ...
Article : 51 wordsAn Army Order has been issued authorising officers and men awarded the Albert Medal to use the letters A.M. after their names. ...
Article : 33 wordsOwing to the Bolsheviks having murdered and mutilated Captain Cromie, the British Naval Attache at Petrograd, and arrested British men between 18 ...
Article : 73 wordsThe Australian Press Association learns that the enemy's withdrawal in the Lys sector continues. British and American troops are closely pressing the ...
Article : 46 wordsThe Canadian Government has guaranteed to purchase all surplus flour. The millers are to supervise its transport overseas, and allot quantities for home ...
Article : 36 wordsTo-night's American official report states:— In co-operation with the French we continue to advance. To-day we ...
Article : 54 wordsTo-day's German official communique, intercepted by Admiralty wireless, says: —The enemy pressed back our forefield troops to a new line between Ypres and ...
Article : 37 wordsThe United Press Association correspondent on the British front writes:— Endeavouring for the moment to transform the retreat into a stand-off ...
Article : 155 wordsA rise has taken place in Peninsular and Oriental stocks, owing to a rumour in well-informed circles that the company and the Cunard Company, jointly, ...
Article : 84 wordsA meeting of the Premiers of the Central Powers takes place next week, either at Vienna or Berlin. The meeting will probably discuss and come to a ...
Article : 303 wordsThe enemy are burning everything in their retreat in order to create a desert zone. La Fere, Chauny, and Oussy (west of La Fere), are now ablaze. ...
Article : 122 wordsIt is stated by the Helsingfors correspondent of the German newspaper "Politiken" that the famous Cossack commander, General Korniloff, has been ...
Article : 43 wordsIn has aviation report to-night Sir Douglas Haig states:— During yesterday our aviators dropped 23 tons of bombs. Night ...
Article : 191 wordsStrong disapproval of applications by professional candidates for the vacant County Court judgship and of the exertion of influence on their behalf, was ...
Article : 113 wordsThe central executive of the Victorian Labour party resolved to-night to support the resolution on recruiting of the Perth conference, and to recommend all ...
Article : 47 wordsThe situation in the East is still obscure, but the Czechs have probably obtained control of the whole trans-Siberian railway. The Allied forces, ...
Article : 43 wordsThe Trade Union Congress has shelved the seamen's "boycott" resolution by a majority of 3,000,000 on a card vote. ...
Article : 30 wordsFrom August 1 the British have taken approximately 70,000 prisoners, and the French and Americans about 40,000. Speaking generally, there is no ...
Article : 94 wordsOn the ground that it is not required, the Minister for Repatriation (Senator Millen) has officially declined the gift of the Sorrento Hotel, at Sorrento, which ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 138 wordsThe feeling in Finland against fighting the Allies appears to be growing. The Finnish Army is full of mutiny and discontent, but the Germans are still ...
Article : 62 wordsThe Australian Press Association learns that the steady withdrawal of the enemy, under pressure, back to the line of the Somme-Oise[?]canal, has been ...
Article : 126 wordsAn expenditure of £40 has been authorised by the Chief Secretary (Mr. Bowser) to bring back from Queensland and N[?]w Zealand two men who have ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 58 wordsPrivate L. F. Hann, of Newcastle, belonging to the 33rd Battalion, has been repatriated. He was captured at Villers-Bretonneux in May, wounded in the ...
Article : 50 wordsTo-night's French aviation communique states:— Our airmen were most prominent in the battle yesterday. Flying very ...
Article : 65 wordsThe Turkish Government has sent a lively Note to Berlin, protesting against the conclusion of "additional Brest Litov[?]k treaties" as injurious to Turkish ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Sat 7 Sep 1918, Page 7
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