The first annual meeting of the New South Wales branch of the Red Cross Society took place in the Town Hall last evening. His Excellency the Governor presided over a ...
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Article : 160 words"S. E."—(1) The Arethusa class carry two six-inch, six four-inch, and four machine guns, with four, torpedo tubes: (2) the vessel is almost certain to be the old Wallaloo, ...
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Article : 45 wordsWhile at the front in Belgium King George conferred the Order of Merit on Sir John French, and decorated King Albert of Belgium with the Order of the Garter. ...
Article : 121 wordsIn view of the feverish haste with which Germany is adding to her fleet of airships, one cablegram published this morning is of striking interest. It seems that a German airship, ...
Article : 278 wordsThe cabled news of yesterday that the South African Government is confiscating the tarms, stock, and other property of the rebels comes in sequence to a proclamation which ...
Article : 248 wordsThe Germans bombarded a lunatic asylum on the outskirts of Lodz. Scores of lunatics jumped from the windows, and many were burned alive. ...
Article : 35 wordsThe Russian commanders are glad to fight at some distance from the German frontier, where the strategic railways greatly assist the enemy. The Russian ...
Article : 202 wordsThe Peninsular and Oriental S. N. Company's report shows that the profit during the year amounted to £339,703. A sum of £68,703 was carried forward. ...
Article : 140 wordsThe Press Bureau, replying to allegations that Britain contemplated forestalling Germany's invasion of Belgium, publishes a despatch by Sir Edward Grey, dated April ...
Article : 87 wordsOne military and eight German prisoners of war were brought to Auckland by the Navau from Samoa. The military prisoner is a private, who was sentenced to 90 days' ...
Article : 175 wordsA Sydney citizen received a letter yesterday from an Australian in London whose business in life has made him a keen observer of men and affairs. He was in France a few ...
Article : 321 wordsA communique states: Near the house at Poesele, on the right bank of the canal, beween Diximude and Ypres, which was captured after a month's stubborn fighting, ...
Article : 88 wordsSignor Giolitti (formerly Premier), speaking in the Chamber of Deputies, disclosed that on August 9, 1913, Austria notified the Marchese di San Giu[?]ano (the late Italian ...
Article : 129 wordsThe steamer Maitai, from Sydney, has arrived at San Francisco. ...
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Article : 45 wordsCaptain J. E. Duigan, of New Zealand, has graduated at the Staff College, Quitta, a British settlement of Western Africa. ...
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Article : 165 wordsMr. John Redmond, leader of the Irish Nationalists, speaking at Tuam, said there were 89,000 Irishmen in the army when war broke out; 54,000 had since enlisted, ...
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Article : 114 wordsA correspondent ("Pommie") asks that [?] should give the naval losses of Britain, and Germany since the beginning of the war. No official lists have been published, but the ...
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Article : 87 wordsThe British navy has convoyed over 2000 transport voyages to France since August 5, without a single casualty. ...
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Article : 245 wordsFour hundred French volunteers, including 100 Zouaves, made a night attach on the ferryman's house at Poosele, commanding an important bridge over the Yser ...
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Article : 361 wordsThe Board of Trade announces that it is not intended to remove the prohibition on the export of wool and woollen goods for at least two months, but it is ...
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Article : 30 wordsMr. Stephen R. Miller, chief clerk. Railway Audit Office, writes:—"I have to-day received a letter from my son, and I think the following extract will be of interest as confirming ...
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Article : 29 wordsThe various Queensland patriotic funds now total approximately £190,000, including the Patriotic Fund £120,428, "Courier" Fund £37,636, Belgian Fund £18,960, Red Cross ...
Article : 34 wordsDetails of the bombardment of Lampernisse, castward of Dix[?] when the Germans violently bombarded the town and blew up the north-western spur of Legrurle ...
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Article : 49 wordsSince the formation of the Denman branch of the Red Cross Society, under the leadership of Mrs. E. R. White, of Merton, this energetic unit has already sent over £500 to ...
Article : 263 wordsA cable message received by the military authorities from the commander of the First Australian Expeditionary Force, Major-General Bridges, reports another death at sea— ...
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Article : 287 wordsReuter's correspondent at Alexandria states that an officer on the Emden told a passenger on a transport that the Emden for several weeks had been cut off from ...
Article : 163 wordsMiss Marjorle Mort, secretary of the New South Wales branch of the society, has received the following letter from the secretary of the British Red Cross Society: ...
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Article : 105 wordsPrivate letters received from Germany state that foreigners have been expeiled from the eastern banks of the Rhine, which are being prepared for powerful ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tue 8 Dec 1914, Page 9
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