The defenders of Lens, says Mr. Philip Gibbs in a description of the recent fighting, were harassed by drums of blazing oil and suffocating smoke screens. Our shells at the opening ...
Article : 177 wordsAt the annual meeting of the New South Wales Sheepbreeders' Association last night, the president, Mr. James Kidd. reviewed the event of the past year in the wool and ...
Article : 1,372 wordsThe Randwick Shop boys are still on strike, and, as far as could be gathered yesterday, there is no immediate prospect of them resuming work. Indeed, the consensus of opinion ...
Article : 653 wordsFollowing on the statement by the Prime Minister in Sydney yesterday, Senator Pearce, Minister for Defence, stated to-day that committees would be called together in each ...
Article : 189 wordsThe agent (Peter Sutton, of Crown-street) for the owner of premises in Chapman-street, Surry Hills, rented by Mrs. Smith, wife of a man who had been shot all over at Lone Pine, ...
Article : 641 wordsIn view of the sweeping condemnation contained in the report furnished by the Mesopotamian Court, considerable interest attaches to a letter written by Sir Beauchamp Duff, and ...
Article : 315 wordsIn the Storthing the Norwegian Minister for Foreign Affairs declared that the German Foreign Office had sent bombs by a messenger to the Legation in Christiana. ...
Article : 163 wordsReferring to the statement issued by the Prime Minister yesterday morning, the Chairman of the State Recruiting Committee said: "The previous demand for 16,500 men per ...
Article : 218 wordsThe Duma has refused the request of numerous elements that it should dissolve because of the various Congresses, such as the Workmen's, Soldiers', and Peasants', ...
Article : 91 wordsA Washington message states that rapid progress is being made in the construction of U-boat chasers. It has been announced that the New York Naval Yards alone have completed ...
Article : 70 wordsIn view of the number of Australian establishments, the object of which is to make provision for the comfort of those of our men who are sent from the front, wounded to sick, ...
Article : 549 wordsA message from Zurich states that Abler, the leader of the Austrian Socialists, has sent a communication to the Government, as well as to the Socialist organisations, pointing out that ...
Article : 84 wordsThe Press Bureau states that an Order-in-Council empowers Lord Rhondda, the Food Controller, to requisition foodstuffs from manufacturers and producers on the basis of the cost ...
Article : 43 wordsThe Under-Secretary for War stated in the House yesterday that there were no casualties among the Australians in the Balkans. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe barometer showing the latest results of the appeal for men for the 2nd Sportsmen's Unit, stand's as follows :— Still ...
Article : 268 wordsA detachment of 500 infantry with machine guns has arrived at Ennis for duty during the East Clare election. ...
Article : 30 wordsAt a meeting of the committee of the A.J.C. held on Wednesday, the question of paying in War Savings Certificates a part of the added money for races run by the club at Randwick, ...
Article : 120 wordsAda Reeve requires no adventitious aid from change of costume. She comes on, within tapestried walls and on a green carpet, in a simple dress of white with pink trimmings, and ...
Article : 388 wordsIn Good Gracious, Annaballe, this city is favored with the second production of a light and whimsical farce comedy, staged first last November at the Republic Theatre, New York. ...
Article : 846 wordsThe poll to fill the vacancy caused in the Macquarie State electorate by the death of Mr. T. H. Thrower will be held on Saturday, July 28. ...
Article : 151 wordsThe Minister for Agriculture, Mr. W. C. Grahame, announces that arrangements in connection with the payment of the next advance on account of the 1918-16 wheat have been ...
Article : 274 wordsNews has been received by Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Sampson, of Norton-street, Leichhardt, that their son, Lieut. R. W. Sampson, has been awarded the Military Cross in France. He ...
Article : 176 wordsA large and representative meeting of delegates from the various district branches of the Farmers and Settlers' Association branches and National Leagues was held this afternoon on ...
Article : 112 wordsMr. D. Mackinnon, Director-General of Recruiting, who has just returned from New South Wales, speaks enthusiastically of the work being done by the local organisations. In the ...
Article : 58 wordsMembers of the Australian Imperial .Force with long service and a good record will in future be entitled to a badge. It will consist of an inverted single chevron of service braid, ...
Article : 64 wordsLook Who's Here is different from any show previously staged here. It is aa olla podrida, musical comedy, tragedy, burlesque, grand opera, vaudeville, pantomime, revue, and ...
Article : 235 wordsShortly before six o'clock this morning there was a collision just outside Newcastle Heads, between the pilot steamer Ajax and the coastal steamer Rocklily. It is stated that when the ...
Article : 209 wordsAt 4 p.m. to-morrow there will be a meeting of the General Purposes Committee of the City Council to consider loans which are now maturing, and further to deal with a minute ...
Article : 119 wordsA quiet wedding was celebrated at St. Canice's Church, Roslyn Gardens, on Wednesday last, the bride being Miss Marjorie Williamson, eldest daughter of the late Mr. J. C. ...
Article : 259 wordsThe State revenue for the financial year which ended yesterday shows an increase of £881,848. The receipts for the period were £20,511,748, as compared with £19,629.900 ...
Article : 101 wordsAt a meeting of the Women Workers' Association of N.S.W., held at the Trades Hall on Thursday night last, the following resolution was carried unanimously : "That this ...
Article : 85 wordsTreasury officials stated this afternoon that the finances for the year would probably show a deficit of between £150,000 and £150,000, including £45,000 transferred from the ...
Article : 60 wordsMr. Frederic Shipman, the well-known theatrical entrepreneur, returned to Sydney yesterday from a successful tour of the East with Mr. Paul Dufault and his company. Mr. ...
Article : 101 wordsThe Humewood silver lead mine, Yass, which yielded so heavily in years past, has been successfully prospected for the last nine months by T. Smith and patty. This week the claim ...
Article : 81 wordsIn general orders, by Lieut.-General Birdwood, it is stated that non-commissioned officers, appointed in Australia or in England and sent with partially-trained men to France, will ...
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Sunday Times (Sydney, NSW : 1895 - 1930), Sun 1 Jul 1917, Page 2
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