An attempt was made early this morning to destroy the trestle bridge, over which the raliway private coal line from the Wallarah Colliery to the jetty passes. Two charges of ...
Article : 308 wordsThe only statement made by the Government yesterday with regard to the strike was the announcement that it had been decided to take formal possession of all the colliers and other vessels used for the carrying of coal ...
Article : 420 wordsFrom Zurich it is stated that Germany, in replying to the Austrian appeal for reinforcements, declares she is unable to render that nation assistance. She has also refused to ...
Article : 53 wordsThe latest communiques from the Western front show that the British have again advanced astride the St. Jullen-Poelcapell road, north-east of Ypres. ...
Article : 302 wordsPresident Wilson has sent to the Pope the reply of the United States to the Pope's recent Peace Note, wherein the Pontiff suggested certain peace terms as a basis ...
Article : 739 wordsThe Italian communique issued at 6.25 p.m. on Tuesday says:— We are continuing to make progress on the Baemsizza Plateau (north of Gorizia). ...
Article : 162 wordsA message from Copenhagen states that numbers were killed and wounded during a fight of several hours' duration that took place between the Finnish population of ...
Article : 35 wordsIn the House of Representatives this afternoon Mr. Sinclair (Queensland) asked whether the Queensland Government had instructed the Commissioner for Railways to refuse to carry ...
Article : 500 wordsThe "Vorwaerts" quotes M. Kerensky as saying that Russia a few days ago had rejected Germany's fresh offer for peace, and asks Dr. Michaelis for a prompt explanation. ...
Article : 67 wordsIt is reported from Amsterdam that the Germans have arrested Madame Errera—the wife of the Director of Brussels University— on a charge of espionage and the forging of ...
Article : 32 wordsA Russian officals message issued on Tuesday afternoon stated:—The enemy took the offensive from Czernowitz against Novosclitza (on the eastern frontier of ...
Article : 81 wordsThe Empire Resources Development Committee is considering a scheme for the postwar distribution of population, and the promotion of colonisation in Canada and ...
Article : 57 wordsThe investigations into the Coledale outrage are being vigorously continued. Inspector Anderson and Detectives Devlin and Downey, with the police and a black ...
Article : 64 wordsThursday's papers will announce the granting of the Victoria Cross to Skipper Joseph Watt, of the Royal Naval Reserve. He commanded the drifter Gowanica, which was ...
Article : 127 words"Now then, three cheers for the boys." Three rousing cheers rang across the harbour front as the big steam launch carrying the second contingent of recruits for the ...
Article : 768 wordsA message from Athens states that the Premier, M. Venizelos, except for a brief interval, addressed the Chamber of Deputies for eight hours, and was accorded a ...
Article : 156 wordsThe conference of representatives of Socialist and Labour organisations has commenced in London. Mr. Arthur Henderson, who recently resigned from the British War ...
Article : 224 wordsThe Moscow correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle," describing General Korniloff's dramatic appearance at the conference, says that the great majority of delegates rose, ...
Article : 109 wordsMr. Ryan Informed the Prime Minister this morning that the Queensland Minister for Railways and the Commissioner for Railways both formed the opinion it would be useless ...
Article : 168 wordsThe speeches of the most influential delegates at the opening of the All-Russia Congress at Moscow on Sunday prompt the hope that the conference will result in ...
Article : 578 wordsThe attack delivered by the British astride the St. Julien-P[?]lcappelle road to the northeast of Ypres, on Mondny last, was one of those minor events which are necessarily ...
Article : 277 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly yesterday, replying to Dr. Arthur, the Acting Premier said that he had received a telegram from the Premier of Queensland suggesting, that the matter ...
Article : 194 wordsOne of the principal German shipowners, Herr Ballin, in an important article in the "Hamburger Fremdenblatt," insists on the absolute necessity of Germany recovering her ...
Article : 167 wordsBurwood Extended Colliery, which was the first colliery in this State to obtain coal for the Government since the strike commenced, was working again, to-day, and ...
Article : 341 wordsMore men employed by members of the Master Carriers' Association have gone on strike. Referring to the position yesterday, the ...
Article : 290 wordsRecent cablegrams from Russia show that there are several weak places along the Eastern front, and that the task of renewing Russia's military strength is still far from ...
Article : 243 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday Mr. Tolmie, leader of the Opposition, moved a vote of no-confidence in the Government, because of its methods of dealing with the ...
Article : 80 wordsThe Conscription Bill has been signed, and plans are complete for the immediate enforcement of its provisions. ...
Article : 24 wordsA hurricane, which sometimes attained a strength of 100 miles an hour, swept the South of England and Wales for 24 hours. There were several wrecks in the Channel, ...
Article : 115 wordsThe Norweigian steamer Kongslie (9300 tons), valued at £450,000, was sunk off the Spanish coast when on her way to America. The Kongslie, previously, was torpedoed in ...
Article : 34 wordsThe Minister for Railways stated late to-night that he had been in communication with the railway employees with regard to the carriage of postal mails, and as a result the ...
Article : 62 wordsGermany's answer to the demand of the Argentina Government for reparation for the sinking of an Argentine ship off the Spanish coast has been received. ...
Article : 89 wordsA meeting representing the commercial interests of the city, called at the instance of the Brisbane Chamber of Commerce, was held this afternoon to consider the industrial ...
Article : 210 wordsPersonal offers at the National Service Bureau, Permanent Trustee-buildings, O'Connell-street, up to noon yesterday totalled about 100, and an equal number were ...
Article : 216 wordsThe following official statement was issued yesterday by the Wholesale Meat Trade Committee:—"Reports received by the committee of management to-day (Wednesday) from ...
Article : 231 wordsSeveral additional instances are reported of the Germans intentionally shelling hospitals and casualty stations at the front. A Melbourne doctor says:—I was attending to our ...
Article : 94 wordsThe Russian news this morning is a little more illuminating than it has been for some days, and there are indications that the doubts created by the vague wording of some of the ...
Article : 307 wordsAdvices received in Washington from the Argentina state that Captain von Papen—the former German military attache at, Washington, who was expelled in December, 1915, ...
Article : 44 wordsAt a meeting of the Coal Board yesterday consideration was given to the question of fixing prices of coal and of coal freights.An early decision by the Government on these ...
Article : 131 wordsAdvices received in Berne state that the death rate from dysentery is terrible in Munich, Mannheim, Strassburg, aud Frankfort. The epidemic has reached Berlin. ...
Article : 78 wordsAt the ordinary meeting of the institute of Marine Engineers last evening reference was made to the industrial unrest in the south. It is stated on the authority of the ...
Article : 69 wordsThe Government has again given in to the demands of the railway unions, this time on the question of bonus, work, which one union has declared black as from the 31st inst. ...
Article : 69 wordsThe Press Bureau announces:—The miners' executive interviewed the Controller of Coal Mines and requested an increase of 25 per cent.in wages. The Controller promised to ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thu 30 Aug 1917, Page 7
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