The gold yields from the Bendigo mines last week totalled 2767oz. 1dwt. The principal contributors were:—Johnson's Reef, 251oz. 1dwt., including 198oz. from plates; ...
Article : 2,012 wordsWhile on a voyage from Drammen (Norway) to London with a cargo of timber, the Norwegian steamer Boston, 1168 tons, struck a mine and sank. Her crew have all ...
Article : 39 wordsThe Government has prohibited the transfer of ships to foreign owners without a license from the Customs, whether within or without the United Kingdom. ...
Article : 30 wordsFurther hard-won advances by the Allies are reported in an official communique issued in Paris. This announcement states that slight ...
Article : 333 wordsAn official communique states:—"Our operations were generally favorable on all fronts. The German advance guard made a fresh attempt to cross the frontier ...
Article : 118 wordsSir Edwin Pears, president of the European Bar at Constantinople, who was recently arrested and afterwards released by the Turkish authorities, has arrived in ...
Article : 106 wordsEvery officer and man in the army and navy receives from their Majesties a Christmas card bearing their Majesties' portraits and a reproduction of their ...
Article : 52 words"Die Zeit," a Vienna newspaper, has published a letter from a German sailor describing the raid by a German squadron on Yarmouth on 2nd November. ...
Article : 139 wordsYesterday the Belgian Relief Fund committee cabled a further £1000 to the Belgian Minister in London, making in all so transmitted £3600. ...
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Advertising : 340 wordsNew Zealand to date has forwarded £18,000 to the poor of Great Britain and Ireland and the Belgian Fund, in addition to £15,000 cabled by the Belgian ...
Article : 40 wordsKing Albert of Belgium's surprise gift to every Belgian soldier consists of a box of 25 cigars. ...
Article : 24 wordsColonel H. Hertstand, Adjutant-General of the Central department of the U.S. Army, advocates universal military training of the young men, largely on the Australian ...
Article : 136 wordsParticulars of the "bottling-up" of the German cruiser Koenigsberg in the Rufigi River (German East Africa) early in November, have been given by members of ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 242 wordsIt is stated at Athens that the blowing up of the Turkish battleship Messudi[?]h by the British submarine B11 treated consternation in Constantinople. ...
Article : 154 wordsThe Russians defending the Bzura, Rawka, and Pilica (and also at Nida, in Galicia), were assisted in several districts by marshes, which made it difficult for the ...
Article : 118 wordsThe Cardiff Chamber of Commerce has appointed a committee to consider the question of putting to commercial purposes the ships of the enemy which are now ...
Article : 141 wordsA Dutch war loan of 275,000,000 florins (nearly £23,000,000) has been authorised. The Queen has personally underwritten 2,500,000 florins. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe Germans have greatly strengthened all Belgian fortifications north-east of Antwerp. They have strengthened the old trenches, and are constructing new ...
Article : 119 wordsA communique issued to-day says:—"A considerable force of Germans at Schonkow, near Sochaczew, on the right bank of the Bzura, was completely ...
Article : 76 wordsA Cairo message states that when a Russian cruiser appeared at Jaffa on 1[?]th December all Jews were ordered to stay in their houses. When the cruiser departed ...
Article : 60 wordsThe Belgian Relief Committee expressed gratitude for the magnificent gift of £60,000 sent through Mr. Coghlan from New South Wales, Queensland and New ...
Article : 40 wordsTheir Majesties the King and Queen, i[?] accordance with their usual custom, are spending the Christmas holidays at San dringham. ...
Article : 61 wordsThe Italian authorities have seized a large quantity of zinc and copper, which had been stored on the frontier ready for export, to Austria. Forty-two trunks of ...
Article : 51 wordsThe Australian and New Zealand troops route-marched through Cairo. The troops are in splendid condition. They were accorded an enthusiastic welcome by great ...
Article : 38 wordsA communique issued at Berlin states the Russian losses in the recent fighting were severe, and that the Russian attacks south-east of Tomaszow were repulsed with ...
Article : 40 wordsThe Government has withdrawn the prohibition against the export of wheat and flour. ...
Article : 21 wordsThe Government has prohibited the export of live cattle and pigs. ...
Article : 26 wordsIt is reported from Amsterdam that three new 42 centimetre howitzers have been sent to Thorn, on the East Prussian frontier. ...
Article : 47 wordsAmsterdam reports that the Kaiser has travelled Cologne en route for the western battle front. ...
Article : 18 wordsThe Rev. Dr. Hillis, of Brooklyn, U.S.A., who was hitherto regarded as Germany's greatest intellectual asset in the United States during the war, has undergone a ...
Article : 111 wordsThe Imperial Air Fleet committee has handed over to the Commonwealth the aeroplane presented by Mr. William E. Cane, a Liverpool merchant. ...
Article : 79 wordsThe "Frankfurter Zeitung" states a Turkish army, under Djemal Pasha, left Daman[?]s on Sunday, proceeding towards the Suez Canal. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe Abbe Beyart, an aged priest of Bruges, has been sentenced by the German authorities to three years' Imprisonment in Germany for having written to a ...
Article : 35 wordsThe British and American committees exchanged greetings on the occasion of the Peace Centenary. It is suggested that the celebrations be renewed at the end of the ...
Article : 46 wordsFrom Petrograd it is reported that the Germans brought down a German aeroplane at Kutno, 83 miles west of Warsaw, mistaking it for a Russian machine. Two ...
Article : 38 wordsFurther details of this battle show that the French and Belgian infantry captured five separate lines of trenches, the forward movement working like clockwork. ...
Article : 65 wordsGreat brands of Kurds are terrorising the population of the villayets of Van, in Armenia. A cruel massacre of men, women and children is proceeding. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 34 wordsThe "Daily Mail" states that at the front the British troops have an abundance of necessities and cloting, and streams of Christmas luxuries are pouring in through ...
Article : 36 wordsThe Australian High Commissioner's office has approached the War Office, recalling the fact that there are boot factories in Australia, which are able to ...
Article : 59 wordsThe Government has confiscated the Warsaw gasworks, belonging to a German company. ...
Article : 22 wordsAs reported in "The Advertiser" on Tues[?] the estate of the late Mr. William [?] as sworn for probate, was valued £24,000. Of that amount £21,000 was ...
Article : 290 wordsThe Portuguese Chamber of Deputies has carried a resolution expressing confidence that the Government would continue vigor ously to pursue preparations for the ...
Article : 53 wordsThere is a movement among British underwrites to refrain from accepting insurances on goods consigned from neutral countries to ports in neutral countries ...
Article : 90 wordsThe Chamber of Deputies unanimously passed a credit of £341,000,000, including £241,000,000 war expenditure. M. Ribot announced the postponement of income tax ...
Article : 77 wordsThe official communique states:—"The most conspicuous success was achieved at Nida and on the Dunajee, and also in the Carpathians. ...
Article : 113 wordsMr. J. J. Montgomery, of the Bendigo Fire Brigade, has received a letter from Drum-major Darwin, who went away with the First Expeditionary Force, stating that ...
Article : 66 wordsThe British War Office has rejected 932 cases of canned beef from New South Wales, which had been purchased through an American firm, on the ground that the ...
Article : 80 wordsA Berlin communique which has reached Amsterdam declares that attacks delivered by the Allies on the Dunes near Lombacrtzyde and to the south of Bixschoote ...
Article : 98 wordsA number of the crutches made by the California Gully Sloyd Centre were on view at the Eaglehawk Red Cross depot on Christmas Eve, and were greatly ...
Article : 122 wordsTelegrams from Lisbon state that the Germans from German South-west Africa renewed their attack on Nanlila, in Angola (Portuguese West Africa). ...
Article : 40 wordsAll international matches and Cup tie games have been abandoned by the Scottish Football Association in consequence of the war. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe boat between "Tom" M'Carthy and "Gunboat" Smith was stopped in the fourth round. When M'Carthy was taking the count, at seven he staggered to his feet ...
Article : 47 wordsThe Senate passed a bill postponing all elections till the end of the war. ...
Article : 24 wordsThe men who were convicted of complicity in the assassination at Sarajevo in June last of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria, have been removed from ...
Article : 85 wordsAdmiral Von Tirpitz., in the interview tabled on Wednesday, admitted the fall of Tsipg-tao touched him deeply. Tirpitz said one of the lessons of the war was the ...
Article : 70 wordsThe Red Cross Fund now totals £71,000 To-day's contributions included £100 realised from Mrs. and Miss Florric Green's fancy dress ball. ...
Article : 31 wordsA communique issued in Vienna states:—"We repulsed several Russian attacks in the Latoicka Valley. The enemy suffered heavy losses." ...
Article : 27 wordsNews has been received here of the destruction by fire of the famous palace at Urga (Mongolia), which is occupied by the Emperor Jebtsun Dampe Kutukhta of ...
Article : 51 wordsAfter the bombardment of towns on the East of England coast by German warships, the German embassy at Washington made an announcement justifying the ...
Article : 73 wordsThe German Socialist newspaper "Vorwaerts," which has on more than one occasion run counter to the German authorities, owing to its broadmindedness in war ...
Article : 232 wordsA bomb exploded outside the British Legation at Petrograd, and wrecked the neighboring shop. The owner of the shop was killed The motive is unknown. ...
Article : 32 wordsIt is officially stated that a German aeroplane dropped a bomb in a private garden at Dover. The bomb exploded scathlessly. The aeroplane was seen for a few seconds, ...
Article : 102 wordsThe following report concerning the wounded officers and men of the H.M A.S. Sydney has been received in Melbourne:—"Lieut. Hampden will proceed to England ...
Article : 74 wordsThe market for colonial butter is firm. Prices are unchanged, due to the short supplies owing to the slow discharge of several steamers. The market for Danish ...
Article : 45 wordsIt is reported that the Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria is dying, and has received the last sacrament. A later message from Vienna states ...
Article : 49 wordsAlluding to Admiral Von Tirpits's belief in the use of submarines against British merchantmen the newspapers point out that unless Germany is prepared to ...
Article : 76 words[?] John and Lady Quick are spending [?] holidays [?] Geelong. A very ple[?] evening was spent at [?] Catholic [?] Club on Tuesday, ...
Article : 197 wordsRemarkable scenes were enacted in midair at Leeds to-day, followig upon an accident of a most unusual nature. Messrs. Rafter and Mayhall, ...
Article : 142 wordsAnother person, who was wounded when the Germans bombarded Hartlepool last week has succumbed. This makes the total number of deaths 101. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe following telegram, dated 24th December, has been received in Melbourne from his Majesty the King:—'The Queen and I send to the ...
Article : 112 wordsIn the House of Commons on Wednesday the Prime Minister (Mr. Asquith) said that the Government was providing relief out of Imperial funds in respect of damage to ...
Article : 39 wordsA Buda-Pesth correspondent points out. that 137 members of Parliament and 7090 societies are working for the independence movement. The people of Buda-Pesth are ...
Article : 57 wordsIt is officially stated that an Austrian submarine in the Straits of Otranto fired two torpedoes, one damaging a French battleship. The damage is not serious. ...
Article : 36 wordsIt is announced that the Stock Exchange will open on 4th January. Members will not be allowed to bid openly or deal in securities which have been in ...
Article : 150 wordsA request has been made to the War Office by shipbuilding firms at Hartlepool that more adequate measures be taken for the defence of the port, which was one of ...
Article : 43 wordsA War Pensions Board will shortly be constituted by the Federal Government for the purpose of hearing and dealing with applications made by or on behalf of the ...
Article : 78 wordsFive Germans have been arrested by the police at New Orleans (Louisiana, U.S.A.) on a charge of having plotted to destroy the French liner Rochambeau, 12,678 tons. ...
Article : 101 wordsIt has been announced in Pretoria that the Union forces to date have lost 19 killed, 82 wounded and 268 prisoners in the fighting against the Germans, and 105 killed ...
Article : 57 wordsIt is stated that the Russian and French Governments later intend placing in buildings of historical interest wrecked by the Germans, an insription bearing the words. ...
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Advertising : 38 wordsThe Government to-day seized the whole of the wheat stocks of New South Wales. Mr. Hall, the Attorney-General, explained that the action was taken because certain ...
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Advertising : 33 wordsTwo rebels tried by court-martial were sentenced to eight months' gaol. ...
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