The official opening of the State Government Dockyards at Walsh Island, and the launching of the first two vessels undertaken there, took place yesterday ...
Article : 989 wordsThe following communique has been issued:— The cannonade in the north has diminished. ...
Article : 88 wordsIt was officially announced yesterday that the battleship Bulwark, of 15,000 tons had been blown up at her moorings in Sheerness Harbour at eight o'clock ...
Article : 407 wordsField-Marshal Lord Kitchener, Secretary of State for War, in the House of Lords, emphasised the fact that since he had last addressed the House the ...
Article : 134 wordsSenator GIVENS, the President of the Senate, took the chair at half-past ten o'clock this morning. Senator PEARCE, the Minister for ...
Article : 582 wordsThe petrograd correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph" says the battle of Koluski was the crowning victory of the Polish campaign. While the ...
Article : 253 wordsThe German Black Eagle flag, captured at Rabaul, in German New Guinea, was hung to-day in the Queen's Hall, of the Federal Parliament House. ...
Article : 27 wordsAt the Brisbane Police Court to-day, Carl Zoeller and Company, Limited, were flood £100, with costs, on a charge of having attempted to trade with the ...
Article : 71 wordsThe Germans for a long time have been constructing a bridge at Dixmude for a large force which is assembled there. When the task was nearing completion ...
Article : 94 wordsLord Haldane, the Lord Chancellor, speaking in the House of Lords, said the War Office was organising the defence of the country. It had arranged to ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 152 wordsDuring the recent battle at Ypres, Major Christie's battery brilliantly withstood five German batteries. After the three British guns had been disabled, the men were ...
Article : 89 wordsThe counting of the second preference in connection with the State elections was proceeded with in a number of electorates to-day, and the latest figures ...
Article : 168 wordsThe executive, committee of the Newcastle branch of the Red Cross Society have been busy all the week sewing and cutting out garments. Mrs. H. J. ...
Article : 296 wordsThe following message was received today from the Secretary of State for War:— The only important action in France ...
Article : 101 wordsIt is officially reported that a sharp action took place at Wonaldo, near the East African frontier. The Panjabis brilliantly carried a strong position. ...
Article : 64 wordsAt Ypres the German guns found the range of a British trench, and the British were ordered to quit, thus preventing their own battery from checking the ...
Article : 121 wordsSouth American Republics have asked the United States to co-operate with them and exclude all belligerent warships from North and South American waters. ...
Article : 191 wordsWhile the American official attitude is strictly neutral, the feeling throughout the United States is deeply divided. The Irish irreconcilables join with ...
Article : 272 wordsAn official communique states: The Lodz battle continues to develop. The Russians have secured the advantage. Their efforts are directed to extricating a corps ...
Article : 68 wordsMr. Holman, the State Premier, made reference this afternoon to the agitation in the Sydney press in favour of the legalisation of the totalisator. ...
Article : 509 wordsReuter's Paris correspondent records that a British officer beta French officer that the Indians could capture 30 sentinels who were guarding a wood in ...
Article : 57 wordsThe followers of General Zapata restored order in the city on their arrival. Indications point to General Villa accepting General Guiterriez as President, ...
Article : 91 wordsMr. M'DONALD, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, took the chair at half-past ten o'clock this morning. Mr. FISHER, the Prime Minister, ...
Article : 989 wordsAn official Russian report states that the Crown Prince's army, which had been operating on the Czenstochowa-Cracow line, is retreating in disorder. ...
Article : 58 wordsHavildar Cagnasings, the first Indian recommended for the Victoria Cross, commanded 15 Indians in defending a trench. They killed 60 Germans before they were ...
Article : 60 wordsProfessor Barrett Wendell, of Harvard University, has published an article which is attracting great interest. He advances the thesis that if ...
Article : 69 wordsThe Legislative Assembly continued the consideration of the motion affirming the expediency of introducing the Wheat Purchase Bill this morning, after our report ...
Article : 91 wordsAn official report issued in Berlin states that General von Mackeusen has been victorious at Lodz and Lowisz. He captured 40,000 uninjured prisoners, seventy cannon, ...
Article : 53 wordsTwo bombs were thrown by Indians in the streets. The first seriously injured two head constables, and the second killed a Punjab police orderly, and ...
Article : 117 wordsDetails of the aerial attack on the Zeppelin sheds at Friedrichshafen, show that Commander Briggs led the flight from France at a height of 1400 metres ...
Article : 261 wordsA Turkish Minister has explained that the firing on the Tennessee's launch was merely intended, as a warning to prevent her entering the mine-strewn harbour of ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 237 wordsThe Lord Mayor's Patriotic Fund now stands at £165,975, and the War Food £73,325. The aggregate is nearly £450,000. ...
Article : 424 wordsWitnesses of the fighting in Galicia describe the extraordinary confusion and disorder into which the Austrians, were thrown. Entire detachments were ...
Article : 84 wordsDjemail Pasha, Minister for Marine, has been appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Turks operating against Egypt. It is reported that a Turkish ...
Article : 65 wordsA daring case of garotting occurred to-day at noon in Fitzroy, when a young man sprang on Mrs. Stacey, a resident, as she was walking along the street, ...
Article : 65 wordsThe launchings of the Stockton ferry, and a steam punt for Tarren Point, Port Hacking, created great interest. They were Newcastle's first functions of the ...
Article : 304 wordsA pitched battle in which half a million are engaged, is being fought at Cazarevstz. The Australians are using five Army ...
Article : 42 wordsAccording to a message received at the Navy Office from Colombo, all the wounded British and German officers and men of H.M.A.S. Sydney and the Emden ...
Article : 38 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly to-day, Mr. Barnes, the Treasurer, moved a motion to dissent from the ruling of the Speaker in declaring that a certain amendment ...
Article : 211 wordsA combined meeting of the West Wallsend, Seaham Nos. 1 and miners was held in the Federal Hall on Thursday evening, Mr. W. Ward presiding. ...
Article : 171 wordsThe tanneries are in a serious position, owing to the difficulties of obtaining tanning extracts from Italy and France. The "Financial News" suggests that ...
Article : 60 wordsAs showing the Russian soldiers' remarkable powers of endurance, it is stated that some corps were engaged continuously for 50 days. ...
Article : 56 wordsThe New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, shows a profit for the year of £121,724, and a dividend of 5 per cent. has been declared on ...
Article : 99 wordsAccording to a statement by the European Relief Commission, seven millions of Belgians are without food. Appeals to the United States to ...
Article : 38 wordsThe steamer Matatua, from Newcastle, via Sydney and ports, has reached Liverpool. The four-masted barque Poltalloch, ...
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Advertising : 145 wordsAll luggage belonging to subjects of hostile States which have been deposited at German Customs and military depots, has been seized by the authorities. ...
Article : 31 wordsAfter the launchings the Ministerial party, visitors, and officials were entertained at afternoon refreshments by Mr. Cutler and his staff. The loyal toast ...
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), Sat 28 Nov 1914, Page 5
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