The Commonwealth Prime Minister and Mrs. Hughes yesterday visited the Burdett Coutts school, at Westminister, where they were accorded an enthusiastic reception, ...
Article : 350 wordsA French communique issued yesterday afternoon stated:—"The Germans westward of the Meuse to-day renewed their attacks, which were accompanied by jets of flaming ...
Article : 347 wordsQueen's Gardens were utilised yesterday afternoon for the purpose of tendering a welcome to returned soldiers, the event taking the form of a garden party. The ...
Article : 1,601 wordsThere were unprecedented scenes at Buckingham Palace yesterday, when the King and Queen entertained 1,000 wounded soldiers. Motor omnibuses and clairabanes ...
Article : 96 wordsThe following statement was made this afternoon by the Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) to the Federal War Committee:—"On November 25 last the ...
Article : 830 wordsMr. David Donaldson, a publican at Boulder, has decided to have erected in the Railway Reserve, Boulder, at a cost of £700, a monument in memory of the ...
Article : 84 wordsThere was a striking anti-Germans vote at the election of the Stock Exchange committee yesterday. For the 30 seats there were 40 candidates of whom 27 were old ...
Article : 107 wordsOnly 34 volunteers came forward at the Drill Hall yesterday, and of this number 22 were accepted and sworn in. Amongst the men accepted was the young man, Bert ...
Article : 58 wordsA social was given by Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Nixon, of Irvine-street, Cottesloe, on March 18, in honour of their son Clifford, who is proceeding to the front. The ...
Article : 1,273 wordsThe Admirly issued yesterday the following account of a small naval action:—"On Monday four British destroyers chased three German destroyers off the Belgian ...
Article : 63 wordsThe "Daily Graphics" correspondent at The Hague emphasises the fact that the Germans are preparing for ruthless commercial warfare in Holland after the ...
Article : 125 wordsA meeting of citizens was held in the City Council Chambers yesterday afternoon to consider the advisability of arranging some suitable commemoration of Anzac Day ...
Article : 1,156 wordsThe Minister for Munitions (Mr. Lloyd George) stated in the House of Commons yesterday that the President of the Board of Trade (Mr. Walter Runciman) would be ...
Article : 175 wordsThe official German account of Monday's naval engagement states:—"Three of our torpedo boats had a successful engagement with five British destroyers off the Flemish ...
Article : 53 wordsThe Germans claim that all the aeroplanes engaged in the raid on Kent returned safely. ...
Article : 23 wordsA decree has been issued prohibiting the importation of luxuries, and also spirits, with the exception of brandy and rum. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe bombardment by the Allies' combined air fleet yesterday reduced Zeebrugge Harbour to chaos. Two German submarines escaped by promptly ...
Article : 82 wordsIn the House of Commons yesterday, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey) announced that Britain, France, and Russia had ...
Article : 71 wordsMajor-General Hughes, the Canadian Minister for Defence, who is visiting London, has expressed himself as entirely in accord with the Commonwealth Prime ...
Article : 32 wordsThe arrival of British submarine in Southern cattegat has caused a sensational in Sweden. One submarine off Anhalt yesterday examined a Swedish ...
Article : 49 wordsThe Paris correspondent of the "Daily Mail" states:—"An Allied conference will meet here between next Saturday and to-morrow week to discuss the united military ...
Article : 59 wordsThe inquest on the body of Laidlaw, the New Zealand aviator, who was killed while being tested for his pilot's certificate, was held yesterday. It was stated in evidence ...
Article : 56 wordsIn the Legislative Council yesterday Sir Ebrain Rahimtoola moved that the Government should appoint a committee to consider the development of Indian industries. ...
Article : 107 wordsIt is reported from Berlin that Herr Ballin has informed the directors of the Holand-America line that Germany's policy is to prevent all traffic between the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 237 wordsA Bulgarian monk who reached Salonika yesterday reports that a Bulgarian regiment at Palanka mutinied and killed its officers. M. Sgoureeff, the chief of the ...
Article : 45 wordsPublic meetings calling for definite actions by the United States on behalf of the Allies, and also for the dismissal of Count Bernstorff (the German Ambassador), have ...
Article : 79 wordsIn the libel action brought by Mrs. Asquith, wife of the Prime Minister, against the "Globe" newspaper for imputing pro-German sentiments and actions to her, ...
Article : 503 wordsThe "Daily Telegraph's" Rome correspondent reports:—"The Allies will shortly be publishing evidence contained in documents providing that Austria and Bulgaria ...
Article : 156 wordsMr. Candler, the official Press correspondent with the British forces in Mesopotamia, telegraphs:—"Three British columns on the night of the 8th inst. ...
Article : 131 wordsThe 156th casualty list of Western Australian members of the A.I.F. was released by the Censor last night, and is published below. Where not otherwise stated the ...
Article : 717 wordsGerman advices from Constantinople state that Enver Pasha has returned from an extended tour of inspection of the Turkish forces. ...
Article : 25 wordsTo-day 59 men volunteered at Adelaide for active service, and 42 were accepted. ...
Article : 34 wordsLieutenant - Colonel Repington, the "Times" military correspondent, states:—"The position of the army regarding numbers is critical. We have 70 United ...
Article : 146 wordsAn Austrian communique issued yesterday morning stated:—"After half a year's brave defence we evacuated the ruined bridge and fortifications north-west of ...
Article : 121 wordsMr. Hewison, president of the Australian Natives' Association, yesterday protested against the treatment that was being meted out to some of the returned ...
Article : 63 wordsAt the annual conference of the Australian Natives' Association at Warragul to-day the board of directors submitted an amended motion declaring—"That the needs ...
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Advertising : 208 wordsA German wireless message received yesterday stated:—"The Russians are extending their attacks to the uttermost in northern Wixe. We repulsed them south of ...
Article : 65 wordsIn the House of Commons yesterday, during the debate on the Army Vote, it was stated that 4,000,000 men were centered in the recruiting areas. Several speakers ...
Article : 159 wordsWhen the members of the Miners' Union refused, some time ago, to work with enemy subjects, a large number of aliens were thrown out of employment, and have ...
Article : 259 wordsA peculiar position has arisen with regard to the sale of the copper produced in Australia. Some time ago the principal copper producing companies, at the instance ...
Article : 236 wordsFull Court—At 10.30 a.m., in No. 1 Court, before the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Burnside, and Mr. Justice Rooth: (1) In the matter of the Land and Income Tax ...
Article : 72 wordsThe Russians have entered Ispahan. [Ispahan, which is 226 miles south of Teheran, was once the capital of Persia, and had a population of 800,000, but its ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Thu 23 Mar 1916, Page 7
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