Field-Marshal Haig reports to-day: We attacked and completed the capture of Westhoek. We also secured the remaining positions on the Westhoek Ridge. ...
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Article : 59 wordsThe "Karlsruhe Volkszeitung" recognises that it is impossible for Germany to compel her enemies to pay indemnities or surrender territory. The continuation ...
Article : 118 wordsInformation from most reliable neutral sources shows that Germany has three insoluble problems, necessitating an early peace—shortage of men, failure of ...
Article : 101 wordsA Russian communique, dated August 11, received by the Admiralty by wireless Press, states: The enemy's partial offensive in the direction of Brody was a ...
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Article : 43 wordsThe Press Bureau states that the King has telegraphed to M. Kerensky, the Russian Premier, as follows: "At the moment you haye re-established the leadership of ...
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Article : 244 wordsAs the result of the visit of Mr. W. A. Holman, it is understood that important changes are to be made in the New South Wales Agency-General, including the ...
Article : 71 wordsIn the House of Commons to-day Dr. H. A Fisbor (Minister for Education), in introducing a new Education Bill for England and Wales, said it adhered to ...
Article : 168 wordsThe Commonwealth Bank's military branch will be moved to Australia House in September. ...
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Article : 140 wordsThe Empire Settlement Committee recommends the appointment of a Central Board to control the immigration of ex-service men, with a chairman, who, ...
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Article : 63 wordsField-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, in a message to all the Overseas Dominions, states: "Our armies, drawn from every part of the Empire, bring to the fourth ...
Article : 110 wordsA cable from the French Information Bureau states that Monsignor Fredreric[?] Tedeschini, the new Papal Secretary of State, in an interview with the Rome ...
Article : 139 wordsAn explosion ignited the Alax Chemical Works at Barking, near London, last night, and the building was destroyed. Thirteen bodies of females have been ...
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Article : 86 wordsFrancis Earl Johnston, Brigadier of the North Staffordshire Regiment, attached to the New Zealanders, and a son of the Hon. Charles Johnston, of Wellington, ...
Article : 60 wordsThe State Department has received a decree from Uruguay declaring that the latter does not regard the United States as a belligerent. This means that ...
Article : 39 wordsMr. Russell, a member of the returned American Commission to Russia, and a former Socialist candidate for the Presidency[?] declares that the Socialist ...
Article : 81 wordsThe contest for the Kilkenny seat in the House of Commons, vacant through the death of Mr. Patrick O'Brien, resulted in the return of the Sinn Fein ...
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Article : 38 wordsThe Press Bureau states that additional Japanese Naval Units have joined the Allied forces in European waters. ...
Article : 23 wordsPresident Wilson has signed the Food Control Bill. FOOD ADMINISTRATOR. NEW YORK, Saturday. ...
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Article : 198 wordsA German patrol ship collided with a German minefield in the Baltic, and was sunk, 30 lives being lost. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe Washington correspondent of the "New York Times" states that authentic information received in diplomatic circles, shows that trouble is threatening between ...
Article : 163 wordsIn a cricket match Public Schools v. Hornchurch New Zealanders, played at Kennington Oval, the Schools scored 234, and the New Zealanders 242 for five ...
Article : 71 wordsThe Press Bureau announces that Mr. Neville Chamberlain has resigned the position of Director-General of National Service, and his resignation has been ...
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Article : 104 wordsIn reply to a cable message sent to his Majesty the King on the occasion of the third anniversary of the war, the Prime Minister's Department has received the ...
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Article : 391 wordsThe Minister for Lands, when speaking on Saturday about the repatriation scheme. Indicated that the problem of voluntary assistance for repatriation purposes was ...
Article : 624 wordsThe fine statue of honour, erected as a permanent recognition of the gallant[?] services rendered by the 520 men of the East Brisbane training area (which ...
Article : 566 wordsYesterday afternoon, at Enoggera, the Anzad workers had the keen satisfaction of seeing the first cottage they have built on behalf of soldiers or their dependents handed over by the Governor ...
Article : 214 wordsThe children held high holiday at the Village Fair on Saturday afternoon. Albert-square and the streets adjoining it were filled with dense crowds from early evening till a late hour at ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Mon 13 Aug 1917, Page 7
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