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  2. HEROISM ON THE SOMME.

    For 60 hours two private soldiers of the Durham Light Infantry worked under intense shell fire stretcherbearers, going out into the open again ...

    Article : 196 words
  3. EMPIRE WAR COUNCIL.

    Morning newspapers give the United Cable Service interview with Mr. Lloyd George, the Prime Minister, pride of place, while the evening journals are ...

    Article : 502 words
  4. NEW ZEALAND'S ARMY.

    Before the days when the Strand began to be decorated by tall young men in khaki from the Dominions we thought the New Zealand footballers picked men but a day ...

    Article : 919 words
  5. AUSTRALIANS ON SOMME.

    Eight thousand feet of films showing the Australians on the Somme have been prepared. The picture has been described as a real vision of life and heavy ...

    Article : 45 words
  6. GERMAN PIRACY.

    A deputation from the Navy League waited on Sir Edward Carson and sought a policy for a more vigorous campaign to meet submarining. ...

    Article : 59 words
  7. 1917 CAMPAIGN.

    The frost has interfered with the preliminaries of the coming offensive, which is mutually growing along the whole of the western front. There have been ...

    Article : 275 words
  8. THE MILITARY CROSS.

    As we stated in our issue of Saturday, Lieutenant Keith G. Emonson, 38th Battalion, A.I.F., was a winner of the Military Cross. He was formerly an officer of the ...

    Article : 86 words
  9. TIVOLI PICTURES.

    To-night- in the Royal Princess's Theatre, at 8.15, and in the Tivoli Garden Theatre, commencing at 8.45, the Tivoli management will present two big holiday ...

    Article : 317 words
  10. THE WAR. WEST FRONT.

    Fierce fighting at Verdun is recorded in a French communique, which says:—"The Germans on Thursday evening attacked at four points from Avocourt Wood ...

    Article : 308 words
  11. BELGIAN DEPORTATIONS.

    General Huene, the Governor of Antwerp, has been dismissed for promising in 1914 not to deport Belgian refugees. He has been replaced by General Zwehl, the ...

    Article : 35 words
  12. AUSTRALIAN HONORED.

    Walter Kilroy Harris, of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, an Australian, has been awarded the Military Cross for having led a raid against enemy machine ...

    Article : 60 words
  13. RAID ON SUFFOLK COAST

    An official statement, which has just been issued, says:—"A small, unidentified German vessel approached the Suffolk coast last night and ...

    Article : 221 words
  14. DANISH LOSSES HEAVY.

    Since the beginning of January Denmark has lost nine steamers, of a total value of £55,000. During the war 82 vessles, valued at £389,000, have been lost. ...

    Article : 133 words
  15. NATIONAL SECURITY LEAGUE.

    Mr. Elihu Root's address provided the feature of the first day's Congress called by the National Security League at Washington. ...

    Article : 167 words
  16. STEAMER SUNK.

    The Swedish steamer Vabinadin has been sunk. ...

    Article : 11 words
  17. THE ATLANTIC RAIDS.

    Reuter's correspondent at Rio de Janeiro states that the British Consul at Pernambuco and the owners of the sunken ships have spent 14,000 dollars in attending to ...

    Article : 44 words
  18. GERMAN HATE CAMPAIGN.

    The German press's new hate campaign is publishing lying versions of the Allies peace terms, asserting that the Allies' aim is a complete despoilment, making ...

    Article : 111 words
  19. PIRACY RECORD FOR WEEK.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 130 words
  20. A BERLIN ACCOUNT.

    A Berlin official announcement in connection with the Suffolk raids declared:—"Our light force patrolling the English coast searched at Lowestoft for the guard ...

    Article : 65 words
  21. THE MONROE DOCTRINE.

    It is stated that Senator Borah, of Washington, in an interview reaffirms his faith in the Monroe Doctrine, which was designed to eliminate a haphazard peace. ...

    Article : 30 words
  22. BOASTFUL GENERAL'S VIEWS.

    The "Lokal Auzieger" reproduces a boastful interview with Generals von Stein and Von Berman, the War Minister, by a representative of the "New York World." ...

    Article : 134 words
  23. RESOURCES OF THE EMPIRE.

    Reuter's correspondent learns that an Empire Resources Committe, under the chairmanship of Sir Starr Jameson, has been formed to develop the resources of the ...

    Article : 166 words
  24. Foe Claims 1000 Prisoners.

    Wurtemburgan and Bavarian regiments stormed trenches on Height 304 along a mile front on the west bank of the Meuse," states an official message issued in Berlin. ...

    Article : 107 words
  25. GERMAN DESTROYER V 69.

    Reports from Amsterdam announce that the "Cologne Gazette" states that the German destroyer V69, which was crippled in the recent naval engagement, is enjoying ...

    Article : 71 words
  26. MESOPOTAMIA.

    "By determined assaults under cover of an intense bombardment, we seized and consolidated our position along 1100 yards of the first line trenches on the right bank ...

    Article : 284 words
  27. BENDIGO.

    To-day being a public holiday, the monthly packing of comforts for the above battalion will not take place until next Monday. Anyone having individual parcels ...

    Article : 59 words
  28. THE GERMAN COLONIES.

    The Paris press regard the interview of Mr. Lloyd George as the revealing of the character of the coming offensive. It shows that the conference will influence the ...

    Article : 263 words
  29. THE EASTERN FRONT.

    A Russian official communique states:—"Between the Tiul Swamp and the River ...

    Article : 141 words
  30. MONROE DOCTRINE ENDORSED

    A Berlin wireless message received at Washington states that Germany endorses the Wilson-Monroe doctrine plea, but wants no interference by outside powers in the ...

    Article : 32 words
  31. Enemy's Sanguinary Losses.

    Reuter's Paris correspondent says that an expert commentator says that the attack on the left bank of the Meuse was a violent blow, similar to the French ...

    Article : 109 words
  32. THE KAISER'S BIRTHDAY.

    Reuter's Amsterdam correspondent states that the German papers dustfully publish editorials in connection with the Kaiser's birthday, assuring him that the Germans ...

    Article : 275 words
  33. PRESENTATION TO A SOLDIER.

    Mr. W. Mathews, who has had charge of the Manchester department of the Hargreaves-street Beehive for the last eight years, was last Thursday afternoon ...

    Article : 173 words
  34. GENERAL NEWS.

    A leading German newspaper publishes an article, apparently issued by the Berlin Publicity Bureau, concerning the referendum. It states that Australia produced ...

    Article : 66 words
  35. THE BRITISH FRONT.

    Field-marshal Sir Douglas Haig states:—"We carried out raids cast of Loos and north-east of Vermelles, and took prisoners. A number of dug-outs was destroyed. The ...

    Article : 444 words
  36. EAGLEHAWK SOLDIER PROMOTED.

    Cr. G. H. Green, of Eaglehawk, has received a notification that his son, Sergeant John Green, who is attached to the 21st Battalion of the 6th Brigade, has been ...

    Article : 38 words
  37. WATTLE DAY IN ENGLAND.

    [?] Day was quietly celebrated. [?] Agents-General offices were closed. Mr. A Fisher gave a reception at Australian House Mr. M'Kenzie being present. Soldiers, ...

    Article : 43 words
  38. SITUATION IN GREECE.

    The Greek Government has sent to the Entente diplomatists an apology for events which occurred on 1st December, 1916. On the 26th January a decree was issued ...

    Article : 80 words
  39. OUR BOUNDEN DUTY.

    The Commonwealth Government is asking for a further £18,000,000 to meet Australia's share of the enormous expenditure of the war. Picture the suffering endured by the ...

    Article : 87 words
  40. INTENSE COLD CONTINUES.

    The intense cold in Britain and Europe continues. Many people are suffering in tensely. Navigation has been stopped on the Rhine, affecting the transport of ...

    Article : 49 words
  41. AUSTRALIAN REPRESENTATION.

    "It is imperative that Australia should be represented," was the concluding assertion of Mr. W. M. Hughes, the Prime Minister, when interviewed at Clifton ...

    Article : 348 words
  42. THE LABOR CONFERENCE.

    Continuing its sittings at the Albert Hall, Manchester, the Labor Conference has carried motions protesting against the attempts made to introduce cheap colored ...

    Article : 243 words
  43. GENERAL SMUTS.

    General Smurts was accorded a magnificent welcome on his return from East Africa. The streets were decorated and crowds gathered from all parts of the Transvaal. ...

    Article : 112 words
  44. FOOD SHORTAGE IN GERMANY

    Reuter's correspondent at Amsterdam says that at the meeting of the municipality of Neukoella, a suburb of Berlin, the pre sident said that the War Food department ...

    Article : 60 words
  45. BACK UP THE ANZACS.

    Are you suffering, financially or otherwise, as a result of the war? If not, are you aware that the Government requires money for the maintenance of the troops? ...

    Article : 117 words
  46. MACEDONIAN FRONT.

    Reuter's correspondent at the headquarters in Salonika reports on considerable British aerial success. There have been many raids and much bomb dropping ...

    Article : 93 words
  47. Enemy Leaders Assemble.

    When the Emperor Charles visited the German headquarters on the Italian front he was accompanied by Count Cznernin, the Austrian Minister for Foreign Affairs. ...

    Article : 43 words
  48. RUMANIAN FRONTS.

    Petrograd experts describe the situation on the Danube delta as satisfactory. The Russians are deefnding the Sulina Canal, which is the chief month of the ...

    Article : 203 words
  49. IRISH-CANADIAN RANGERS.

    The Irish-Canadian Rangers marched through Dublin. The Lord Mayor entertained the officers at luncheon, and read letters of apology for absence from the ...

    Article : 92 words
  50. MELBOURNE.

    "We have ascertained to-day," said the Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce), "that the enemy is adopting a new method of obtaining financial and political information ...

    Article : 168 words
  51. GERMAN EAST AFRICA.

    "Lieut.-General A. R. Hosking has been appointed to succeed Lieut.-General J. C. Smuts as Commander of the forces in German East Africa," states an official message ...

    Article : 83 words
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  53. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

    It is officially announced that a committee of representative agriculturists has been appointed to, advise the Board of Agriculture in connection with the increased ...

    Article : 445 words
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