The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. R. M'Kenna) introduced the British Budget for 1916-1917 in the House of Commons on Tuesday. In the course of his ...
Article : 1,017 wordsAt State Parliament House to-day the Victorian Government invited members of Parliament and their wives to meet and to welcome Major Baird on his return from ...
Article : 603 wordsAN official announcement states that it is reported that a Zeppelin crossed the coast of East Anglia between 2 and 3 o'clock on Tuesday morning, but it does not seem to ...
Article : 68 wordsThe recovery of wounded Australians and New Zealanders in England has been accelerated by the milder weather now obtaining. The result has been that the ...
Article : 159 wordsThe Paris "Petit Journal" states that the French withdrawal from Forges (west of the Mouse, at Verdun), early in March, was so skilful that the enemy's ...
Article : 156 wordsA meeting of the general committee of the Easter Fair was held last night at the Town Hall. In the unavoidable absence of the Mayor. Mr. W. D Heywood presided. ...
Article : 271 wordsDetails of the raid on Scotland on Sunday night show that a Zeppelin, flying over a coastal town, used a searchlight to aid the Germans in their bomb-dropping, but the ...
Article : 298 wordsSumming up, the Chancellor calculated that by March, 1917, the country would require to meet in an ordinary year £338,000,000. The permanent revenue was ...
Article : 77 wordsThe "Financial Times" quotes a statement that the Burma Corporation will probably join the smelter combine, and declares it is unfpunded. The newspaper ...
Article : 93 wordsA communique states:—The Germans bombarded the front from Douaumont to Vaux with great violeuce. The infantry strongly attacked south of Douaumont. ...
Article : 119 wordsA meeting of the Easter Fair Queen" competition committee was held at the Town Hall last where Mr. W. Wright presiding. A request from the Eight Flours ...
Article : 248 wordsOf the nine candidates Who Presented themselves for enlistment at the Bendigo recruiting office yesterday eight passed, and the other case is pending. ...
Article : 94 wordsA White Paper which has been issued reveals that the excess profits tax yielded in the year ended 31st March, 1917, the sum of £140,000 as against the estimated ...
Article : 88 wordsThe, Australian jam, tinned meat, condensed milk, and other industries using tin plates are seriously threatened, owing to a shortage of tin, due to the Ministry of ...
Article : 111 wordsThe Chancellor explained that the reason that the yield from the Excess Profits. Tax was so small was due to the delay in passing the Finance Bill. ...
Article : 139 wordsLieu.Colonel a'Court Repington the military correspondent of "The Times," states that "there are 30 German divisions (6000,000 men) before Verdun, and 34 ...
Article : 86 wordsReports coming to hand from Washington state that the Allies have replied to the protest lodged by the United States against the searching of mails for ...
Article : 102 wordsAmongst the country recruits enlisted at the Town Hall were the following:—II. Brown, Maryborough; J. G. Buckley, Castlemaine; R. Chisholm, Maidon; R. B. ...
Article : 33 wordsA German communique claims that their naval air squadron bombarded Edinburgh and Leith, docks on the Fifth of Forth. Newcastle, and important wharves, ...
Article : 68 wordsThe secretary's office in Hargreares-strecet was a scene of grea- activity yesterday, when the court of votes to determine the winner of the "Independent" prize of ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 70 wordsA German communique dealing with the West front admits that after powerful artillery preparation the English forces recaptured the mine crater at St. Elot. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe greatest budget in history was awaited with extraordinary interest, as greatly increased taxation had been foreshadowed. This was thought to affect all ...
Article : 283 wordsA son of Mr. James Ilurst, engineer, of Swan Hill, who is a wireless operator on the s.s. Gilga'i (formerly the German steamer Wildenfels), in a letter to his ...
Article : 658 wordsSpeaking in the House of Commons on Tuesday, Mr. Harold Tennant, UnderSecretary for War, stated that it was impossible to say to whom was due the credit ...
Article : 77 wordsGeneral Sir John Nixon's despatch regarding Mesopotamia narrates thai Major-General Gorringe for seven weeks in April and May, 1915, was engaged clearing ...
Article : 163 wordsA telegram from Bombay states that the retiring Victory of India (Lord Hardinge) has welcomed his suceessor (Lord Chelmsford), formerly Governor of New ...
Article : 37 wordsThere was no new development in the work at the Bendigo Military Camp yesterday, routine drill proceeding without interruption. ...
Article : 26 wordsA French destroyer patrolling the North Sea, it is reported from Paris, has picked up a disabled German hydroplane. The pilots have been taken prisoner. ...
Article : 33 wordsIn reply to questions in the House of Commons on Tuesday, Dr. C. Addison, secretary to the Ministry of Munitions, stated that 195,000 women were employed in ...
Article : 65 wordsThe cnbdrivers and owners are complaining bitterly regarding their treatment on the city camp route. several of their number have been fined overloading, but ...
Article : 170 wordsThe Queen competition is providing much social life in addition to the large amount of money it is likely io raise for the charities. Over 130 couples attended the social ...
Article : 196 wordsThe newspapers report that, a naval engagement occurred in the Kattegat (Straits between Denmark and Sweden). Cannonading was heard and a German ...
Article : 46 wordsThe Rev. Hon. Edward Lyltelton has resigned the head mastership of Eton College. (The German authorities last year ...
Article : 174 wordsA communique reports:—"The floods are still rising. We fired on the Germans south of Dvinsk while they were evacuating their flooded trenches. We repulsed an ...
Article : 45 wordsA communique reports:— "We are advancing south-cast, in the region of Mush and Bitlis, in Armenia." ...
Article : 21 wordsThe House of Commons has passed a resolution authorising the collection of duties and taxes in connection, with all of Mr. M'Kenna'is proposals. ...
Article : 29 wordsPtes. G. Sharrock, "D" Company: Pte N. Thompson, "Z" Company, and Pte. E. Clawson, "D" Company were yesterday admitted to the Bendigo Hospital for ...
Article : 33 wordsA well-attended meeting of the "Two Blues" Queen Committee was held in the Eaglehawk Town Hall last night, the Mayor (Cr. D. Oswald) in the chair. The ...
Article : 208 wordsDelegates from the Attested Married Men's Union, which was formed recently, and represents 750,000 attested married men, interviewed Lord Derby, Director of ...
Article : 161 wordsThe Tariff Reform newspapers regret that the Government is neglecting the opportunity for imposing a protective tariff, with preference for the Dominions and the ...
Article : 39 wordsMiss Stella Henda and company gave a most enjoyable evening lo the troops in the Salvation Army tent at the Epsom Military Camp last night. The concert opened with ...
Article : 171 wordsIt is announced from Petrograd that General Ivanoff has retired from the south-western Russian command. It is explained that his labors during the war ...
Article : 56 wordsCr. Andrew desires to acknowledge the receipt of £10/17,/ in aid of the Bendigo Patriotic Fund for the Bendigo and district wounded soldiers. This ...
Article : 70 wordsThe newspapers, commenting on the Budget, dwe" on the significance of raising £300,000,000 yearly from extra taxation. The chief criticism is directed against ...
Article : 43 wordsAll officer at the front in a letter to England, refers to Mr. W. M. Hughes, the Australian Prime Minister. The writer says that Mr. Hughes "has ...
Article : 72 wordsA Rome communique states that five Austrian seaplanes, escorted by two torpedo boats, appeared over Ancona (on the Adriatic, 134 miles north-east of Rome) on ...
Article : 104 wordsCr. Andrew has received from "the little Brehney" £1/13/ in aid of the Belgian Babies' Fund. ...
Article : 18 wordsA social and dance in aid of funds on behalf of the "Queen of Eaglehawk" (Miss Molly Reilly) took place in the Town Hall last night, and not withstanding the ...
Article : 171 wordsA collection taken up at the welcome home to Lieut. Symons, V.C., at the Eaglehawk Town Hall on Tuesday night in aid of the Eaglehawk Returned Soldiers' ...
Article : 98 wordsThe Premier, Mr. Earle, stated to-day that thw Government had decided to resign. Next, week he would wait on the Governor and advise him to send for Mr. ...
Article : 42 wordsThe King granted an audience to Lord Derby on Tuesday. ...
Article : 18 wordsThe doctors in attendance on Mr. Hughes did not issue their customary bulletin on Tuesday night. They said, however, that the patient was steadily improving. ...
Article : 31 wordsSir Max Aitkcn tells an incident which is typical of the Flying Corps. "I walked over," he says, "to where a British aeroplane was about to start on a flight. The young officer ...
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Advertising : 306 wordsThree hundred of the most prominent Welshmen have signified their intention to attend the banquet to be given to Mr. Hughes in London by the Cymmrodorian ...
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