The Dutch army is strongly holding [?] frontier. Numerous barbed wire entanglements barriecade all the roads, and arrangements have been made for flooding the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,540 wordsA sentry shot M. Eugene Goldschmidt, a young millionaire, who was motoring to join his regiment at Gyongyos, in Hungary. Goldschmidt did not know the ...
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Article : 33 wordsAt the termination of the ordinary meeting of the Cabinet yesterday, the Acting Premier (Mr. W. H. Barnes) announced that the Cabinet had decided that any war gifts ...
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Article : 23 wordsConsiderable interest is being c[?]d in the forthcoming matine to be held in His Majesty's Theatre next Tuesday afternoon in aid of the mayor's patriotic ...
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Article : 68 wordsSir,—As it is possible that there are othrs who take the same view of my suggestion as "J.A. B., I would ask you to allow me to state that I was satisfied ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Wed 19 Aug 1914, Page 7
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