There were 32 applications for enlistment in the Australian Imperial Force yesterday. Of these 12 were married men and six were under 21 years of age. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 159 wordsMr. R. Hamilton, of Morningside, has received further information from his sons in the A.I.F. W[?] the eder one, writes from Salisbury Plain:—"I have just seen ...
Article : 694 wordsField-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig in a report issued this evening states: Our cavalry drove the enemy out of Longavesnes, Lie[?]amont, and Equancourt, which ...
Article : 123 wordsThe House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Comm[?]ttee is preparing a resolution for the new Congress declaring that the time has arrived when the United ...
Article : 266 wordsSpeaking at Castlemaine to-day the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) said there were some men whose ideals found expression in the Caucus manifesto. It had not ...
Article : 771 wordsThe matter of the selection of a candidate for [?]he representation of Capricornia in the House of Representatives to oppose Mr. W. G. Higgs has been ...
Article : 355 wordsAs a result of the seizure of correspondence between the ex-Tsa[?]tsa and M. Protopopoff, the former Minister of the Interior, a secret wireless station ...
Article : 82 wordsAs a result of negotiations between the Wheat Harvest Board of South Australia and the Waterside Workers' Federation, an agreement has [?]een entered into ...
Article : 171 wordsThirty-four volunteers c[?]me forward to-day, and cut of these 17 succeeded in passing the doctors. ADELAIDE, March 28. ...
Article : 46 wordsPresident Wilson [?]nd members of the Cabinet reahlise the need for rigid precautions to prevent plotting. [?] step was the decision to call out the ...
Article : 167 wordsAfter having been rejected six times Samuel Walter Miller was to-day [?]cepted for active service with the A.I.F. at the local recruiting d[?]. ...
Article : 86 wordsA large and representative gathering was held this morning to present a requisition to Mr. R. F. Duncan, requesting him to contest the Capricornia seat ...
Article : 630 wordsA wireless Press message received by the Admiralty contains the following Russian communique:—The enemy attacked on the west bank of the River ...
Article : 55 wordsA French communique issued last night state: Between the Somme and the O[?] our artillery dispersed enemy gatherings between Benay and Urvillers. ...
Article : 347 wordsPrivate J. Smith was tendered a farewell by the residents of this district and was presented with a wristlet watch. There were several enlogistic speeches. ...
Article : 114 wordsThe American steamer St. Louis, which has arrived at Liverpool from New York, was the first liner armed fore and aft to cross the Atlantic. Many correspondents ...
Article : 96 wordsMr. and Mrs. John O'May, of Patterson-street, Toowoomba, have been of ficially advised that their son, Sergeant J. A. O'May, had recently been severely ...
Article : 606 wordsA wireless Press message received by the Admiralty contains the following German communique:—We energetically advanced south-east of Baranovitchi [?]nd ...
Article : 54 wordsThe State Recruiting Committee is anxious to hear from citizens willing to speak at the open air showing of war pictures opposite the Post Office each ...
Article : 107 wordsThe "Manchester Guardian" states that [?] the Dominions' Commission's report were carried out to the full, the Empire would be given such a unity and coherence ...
Article : 106 wordsThe Admiralty announces that the British hospital ship Asturias, steaming with all navigation lights and all distinguishing Red Cross signs brilliantly ...
Article : 140 wordsMr. F. B. Newell, of Sutton, Shaw-street, Auchenflower, has received a letter from his son, F. B. Newell (quartermaster), who has seen service at ...
Article : 130 wordsThe following letter, written by the sole remainin[?] son of a well-known family near Brisbane, is an example of patriotism that should put to shame the ...
Article : 651 wordsA meeting of members of the House of Lords and the House of Commons, supporting the principle of Imperial preference, resolved,—"That in view of the ...
Article : 150 wordsPrivate A. J. Bert. O'Driscoll, in a letter to his mother, Mrs. O'Driscoll, Rigby-street, Wooloowin, from somewhere in France, say[?]: "We are getting some ...
Article : 138 wordsAt a meeting of supporters of Mr. G. H. Mackay, the National candidate for the Lilley seat, held last night, Mr. W. Brown was unanimously elected president ...
Article : 236 wordsA wireless Press message intercepted by the Admiralty contains the following German communique:—Rain reduced the fighting on the whole of the West Front ...
Article : 81 wordsA French communique issued to-night states: We captured a quarter of a mile of trenches in the direction of Cer[?] Nastena, taking 500 prisoners. The ...
Article : 64 wordsA movement is being promoted to burn war loan bonds in memory of the dead, thus relieving taxation, the donors being granted illuminated certificates in ...
Article : 34 wordsGunner John M'Gregor, now in France, and formerly an employee of Dalgety's, in a letter to his mother (Mrs. M'Gregor, Teneriffe), expresses grateful thanks for ...
Article : 40 wordsThe Admiralty has received a wireless Press message containing the following Belgian communique:—A Belgian detachment raided German positions near ...
Article : 42 wordsThe Press Bureau states that an accidental explosion occurred in a munitions factory in the North of England this morning. No serious damage was done. ...
Article : 221 wordsThe Admiralty announces that in connection with the British destroyer recently mined and sunk in the English channel four officers and 17 men were ...
Article : 35 wordsThe hon. treasurer acknowledges the following additional donations:—Previously acknowledged, £126,966/0/7: Kitchen Sub-committee, £8/13/2; ...
Article : 221 wordsIt was stated in the House of Commons that German prisoners of war refused to carry on quarrying work unless they received increased pay and rations. ...
Article : 50 wordsMr. J. G. Bayley, the Nationalist candidate for Oxley, and Mr. E. H. Macartney, M.L.A., delivered effective addresses in the Yerenga Hall last night. ...
Article : 1,206 wordsThe annual encampment of the 7th and 12th Infantry, and details from the 4th 8th, and 9th Infantry—all members of the Citizen Forces—was commenced ...
Article : 150 wordsThere was a large and enthusiastic gathering of the supporters of the National War Administration last night at the meeting called by the Eastern ...
Article : 127 wordsReports from the frontier state that 4000 German deserters have arrived in Holland, searching for food. They have been interned at Zwolle. ...
Article : 27 wordsSister Gwladys Thomas, writing from Southall Hospital under date February 2, to her parents in Gympie, says: "I feel splendid. They say it has been the coldest ...
Article : 199 wordsCount Dohnaschlodien, commander of the Moewe, reporting on the cruise of the raider, says the wireless worked perfectly, all warnings sent out to enemy ...
Article : 48 wordsThe "Gazette" announces that an Albert Medal of second-class has been awarded to John Forbes, superintendent of the Bradford Fire Brigade, who, with three ...
Article : 85 wordsA wireless message from Zurich states that the Hungarian authorities, under the pretext that assistance had been rendered to the Roumanian invaders, have ...
Article : 89 wordsThe plebiscite of the Caucus organisations for the selection of a candidate for the Wide Bay seat was completed to-night. It was announced that Mr. F. ...
Article : 74 wordsThe military authorities announce that the Pay Office will be closed next Saturday owing to removal from Desmond Chambers, Adelaide-street, to Victoria ...
Article : 49 wordsA well-attended meeting of residents of Mount Mee was held in the hall to consider what would be the most suitable way to commemorate Anzac Day. The ...
Article : 93 wordsThe aid of the skating rink was last night requisitioned in the laudable effort to raise money for patriotic purposes. On this occasion the South Brisbane ...
Article : 252 wordsThe following gifts have been received by the Queensland Soldiers' Comforts Funds Committee during the week:— Nanango 1 case, Townsville 4 ...
Article : 173 wordsOwing to delayed arrivals, colonial butter is in short supply. A little New Zealand choicest is available, and is selling at 218/ to 220/. Australian is ...
Article : 40 wordsThe ladies of the Red Cross Society held an at home yesterday afternoon for the purpose of welcoming Major Shanahan, D.S.O., back to Roma, after ...
Article : 105 wordsA wireless message from Zurich states that owing to a shortage of beetroot 26 factories in Bohemia have had to close. ...
Article : 28 wordsAt a conference held at Ballarat to-night of representatives of the various Liberal organisations and the National Federation it was decided not to oppose ...
Article : 54 wordsIn comparison with the way the unionists of Brisbane recently turned down the proposal to assist their returned soldiers at the meeting presided over by the Minister ...
Article : 160 wordsOwing to improvements in British manufacture the prices of anti-febrin, aspirin, and several other drugs, formerly produced in Germany, have been enormously ...
Article : 33 wordsThe charge against the authorities in connection with the raid on the "Field" offices has been withdrawn, but the inquiry continues in ...
Article : 106 wordsThe secretary of the Bakers' Union reports that that organisation, on account of the official attitude of the Australian Labour Federation towards the Prime ...
Article : 63 wordsThe "Cologne Gazette" states that Portugal has sold Macao to Japan. [Macao is an island in China, in the provin[?] of Kwangtung. It has two harbours; both suffer ...
Article : 82 wordsIn connection with the Tweed battleplane, recently supplied to the Imperial Government, the balance of £1500 over-subscribed, has been added to a similar ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Thu 29 Mar 1917, Page 7
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