An official French communique issued yesterday stated: "A sharp counter-attack east of Vauxhaillote resulted in our recapture of the greater part of the salient still ...
Article : 94 wordsThe Pan-German Press publishes an article which it is believed emanates from the Court at Berlin. It states that peace without annexation or indemnity would be ...
Article : 102 wordsThe members of the FremantleLumpers' Union met at a special meeting on Sunday, to review the conditions set down in a log by the Federated Waterside Workers ...
Article : 1,330 wordsTrouble is again threatened in the butchering industry on account of alleged victimisation by a number of employers of men who ceased work out of ...
Article : 540 wordsI have related what we onlookers saw of the battle of the Hindenburg line simply, as we saw it. Except for one or two details of map reading that story of this ...
Article : 2,321 wordsOwing to exciting rumours causing a panic on the Christiania Stock Exchange, the Norwegian Government has issued a communique which states that great ...
Article : 128 wordsA wireless German official report intercepted yesterday by the British Admiralty stated: "We repulsed English reconnoitring advances to the south of the Scarpe. Our ...
Article : 52 wordsThere is a serious coal famine in Germany. Many bakeries have been closed, and the lighting of Berlin has been cut down two-thirds. There is a similar ...
Article : 51 wordsThe "Morning Post" representative at the British front states that the British troops are now fighting in the sand dunes below Ostend. There has been lively ...
Article : 93 wordsThe national collection of fruit stones in Germany during 1916 resulted in eight billions of kernels being utilised for the production of oils. The War Office has ...
Article : 42 wordsEx-King Constantine of Greece has purchased a magnificent chatean called Chartreuse, near Thuncastle. It belonged to Baron von Zedlitz, a German officer. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe situation in Russia is undoubtedly serious. A Minister recently described Russia as a patient in a high fever, and said it depended on the toughness of the ...
Article : 348 wordsCongratulatory cable messages have passed between the Commonwealth Government and the British Army Council on the progress made on the West front by the ...
Article : 231 wordsCaptain Brandenburg, who commanded the German air raid on East London on the 13th inst., has been awarded the Order of Merit. ...
Article : 30 wordsHerr Scheidemann, leader of the Socialists' majority in the Reichstag, has written a letter to the Berlin Socialist newspaper "Vorwaerts" on the subject of the war. ...
Article : 113 wordsSome of the explosives were disguised as coal briquettes, and it is suggested that they were designed to be placed on board ships. If this be the case it explains the ...
Article : 74 wordsThe Judges of the High Court gave their reasons for judgment to-day in reference to the appeal of Henry Stemp who was recently fined £5 at Footscray Court for ...
Article : 511 wordsThe Committee of Public Information has issued a pamphlet, explaining President Wilson's Note of last December, in which he asked the belligerents to set forth their ...
Article : 213 wordsMrs. A. Parncutt, of Aberdeen-street, has received notice, through the Red Cross Society, that her husband, Company Sergeant Major A. Parncutt, late W.A.G.R., ...
Article : 516 wordsThe seized explosives are of German manufacture and reached Norway under the cover of diplomatic luggage, as foreign State luggage is not examined. Baron Von ...
Article : 51 wordsA difficulty has arisen in connection with the potato crop in Holland. Before new potatoes can be exported to Germany the Dutch promised to supply 12,000 tons of ...
Article : 129 wordsSpecial meetings of the Storthing have been held in camera to discuss the discovery of a vast German plot against Norway's security. Many German agents have ...
Article : 43 wordsThe hotels were closed whilst the sick and wounded soldiers were ashore at Fremantle yesterday, but the comfort and entertainment of the men were not overlooked. ...
Article : 254 wordsAt the recent treason trials the evidence showed that all the accused transmitted military secrets to an Austrian espionage centre at Lucerne, in ...
Article : 231 wordsThe correspondent of the "Morning Post" states that the first battalion of women soldiers goes to the front in a fortnight, as an object lesson to the peacemongers.Most ...
Article : 142 wordsThe "Daily Chronicle" says that General Smuts, the South African Minister for Defence, will not attend the British War Cabinet when domestic policy is being ...
Article : 87 wordsThe correspondent of the "New York Times" at Washington states that President Wilson has ordered the Secretary of State (Mr. Lansing) to create an Exports ...
Article : 140 wordsM. Thomas, Minister for Munitions, has returned from Russia, and expresses, confidence that Russia will resume the offensive. He visited the Roumanian front, where a ...
Article : 46 wordsLord Newton, Lieutenant-General Sir Herb[?]t Belfield, and Mr. Justice Younger have arrived here to discuss with German delegates questions connected with ...
Article : 67 wordsIt is announced that 200 advanced student aviators will be turned out weekly after August 25, and it is expected there will be 1,400 active American fliers by ...
Article : 43 wordsA wireless message has been received from Petrograd stating that a manifesto has been issued to the people of the Russian capital with reference to the anarchist ...
Article : 175 wordsLieutenant Guy Glyde, who was wounded on February 28, has cabled his parents (Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Glyde, of Claremont) that he is going on well, but is still in hospital ...
Article : 1,138 words"Lloyd's News" publishes the secret history of the exposure of Gerlach's esplonage and conspiracy. The Italian Government was aware that the most important ...
Article : 222 wordsMr. Ward Price states that the British in Thessaly are encamped at Pharsalia, where Caesar beat Pompey. The British in conjunction with the French cavalry are ...
Article : 87 wordsMembers of the W.A. Institute of Architects and a number of distinguished guests met in the reception rooms of the Savoy Hotel last night to hear and ...
Article : 503 wordsRear-Admiral Sims has temporarily taken over the command of the Irish waters. It is the first time in history that an American admiral has commanded a British ...
Article : 37 wordsThe award of the Interstate Commission in the arbitration case submitted to it regarding the amount payable by the Postal Department to the States for the carriage ...
Article : 495 wordsMr. Cook, Minister for the Navy, considers that the building of homes for wounded soldiers and war widows is essentially one for the people, and not for the ...
Article : 74 wordsA romantic story is told in connection with a man named Abbaremaggie, who played the part of informer at the trial of members of the Camorra secret society at ...
Article : 98 wordsThe "Daily News" correspondent at Petrograd says that food is costing five times more than in peace time, and there are the clearest possible signs of a famine ...
Article : 137 wordsThe 315th casualty list was released by the Censor yesterday, and is published below. It contains the names of Western Australian soldiers, together with those ...
Article : 689 wordsA wireless message from Vienna states that Herr Siepler, who is a permanent official in the Ministry of Agriculture, has been appointed Austrian Premier. It is likely ...
Article : 52 wordsWhile the resignation of M. Holfman, the Swiss Minister for Foreign Affairs, as the result of the recent revelations, was hailed with delight by the true Swiss, it caused ...
Article : 265 wordsNorman Stanley W. Cottle was charged, on remand, at the Malvern Court to-day with an indecent assault on March 16. Detectives Federli and Armstrong gave ...
Article : 209 wordsSir Douglas Haig issued the following despatch yesterday morning:—"The enemy unsuccessfully attempted raids to the south-east of Gavrelle and Armentieres, ...
Article : 160 wordsMr. W. F. Massey, Prime Minister of New Zealand, and Sir Joseph Ward, Minister for Finance, were entertained here to-day, Mr. Massey, in the course of a speech, predicted ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Tue 26 Jun 1917, Page 5
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