The report of the committee appointed to inquire into the claims of Sir John Jackson, Ltd., for commission amounting to £170,000 in connection with the building of ...
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Article : 320 wordsThe following awards have been announced:— Distinguished Service Order: Lieutenant Commander Arthur Asquith. ...
Article : 118 wordsMr. W. J. Bryan, who resigned the office of Secretary of State with the Wilson Government on a question of Pacifist principles, has offered his services to President Wilson ...
Article : 79 wordsA deputation from the Temperance Alliances of the various States waited upon the Minister for the Navy (Mr. Cook) to-day, and urged that the hotels should be ...
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Article : 32 wordsThe Premier of New Zealand (Mr. Massey), who had returned after spending the weekend at Windsor, as a guest of the King, presented interesting mementoes of his ...
Article : 122 wordsAccording to a message from Mexico city the first Constitutional Congress has met, General Carranza announced Mexican neutrality in the war between the United ...
Article : 35 wordsUnited States Government agents have learned that German submarine parts have been brought to Mexico, and that they have been assembled at Progress (in Yucatan) ...
Article : 39 wordsLieutenant R. Burchell, who is seeking re-election to the Fremantle seat in the House of Representatives in the Federal Parliament, addressed a large audience at ...
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Article : 30 wordsThe "Petit Parisien" states:—"Four German divisions participated in the counter attack on the Bapaume-Cambrai-road, attempting to recapture important points. ...
Article : 79 wordsThe Paris correspondent of the "World" reports that several aeroplanes dropped copies of President Wilson's speech into the German lines in France yesterday, ...
Article : 42 wordsThe British Government has requisitioned, 18 British ships belonging to the Atlantic Transport, Leyland, Dominion, and White Star lines. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe Perth branch of the Shop Assistants and Warehouse Employees' Union passed a resolution on Monday evening to the effect that it had no confidence in the recent ...
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Article : 103 wordsTravellers from Germany report that a general strike was to have commenced in Berlin yesterday. Rioting was in progress in the city when they left. ...
Article : 35 wordsMr. Frank Simmonds, telegraphing from Paris to the "Tribune," declares: "The struggle at Arras is the greatest offensive movement that has taken place since the ...
Article : 64 wordsEighty Americans have arrived here from Vienna, including several officials of the United States Embassy. They believe that all races in Austria-Hungary desire peace. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe Germans here used firearms to resist attacks by the mob. Serious casualties resulted, including at least five persons killed. The authorities have suppressed the ...
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Advertising : 39 wordsA wireless German official report intercepted yesterday stated:—"On the north bank of the Scarpe, north-east of Croisilles, our fire kept down the British-attackers. ...
Article : 164 wordsAccording to Berlin newspapers and the "Independence Belge" (Brussels) a factory has been established at Gerolstein (in Rhenish Prussia) for the purpose of extracting ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Wed 18 Apr 1917, Page 7
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