Copies of the appeal to be sent to all male citizens of the Commonwealth in connection with the raising of the new Australian army of 50,000 men were made ...
Article : 720 wordsIf proof were wanning of the urgent need that exists for lightening the financial burden of the Children's Hospital, in order to permit of the continuance and extension of ...
Article : 2,353 wordsKing Constantine of Greece on Saturday gave an audience to the diplomatic representatives of the Allies and gave them personal assurances which are regarded as ...
Article : 411 wordsThe Belgian powder factory at Havre was blown up yesterday, and the explosion resulted in the death of 160 workmen, and injuries to 1,000 others. ...
Article : 243 wordsIn the various States last week, the number of recruits enlisted was as follows:—Victoria, 326; Queensland, 494; New South Wales, 1,077; South Australia, 216; ...
Article : 106 wordsAlthough the physical standards for recruits are to remain as they are for the present, the military authorities are taking steps to make medical examinations more ...
Article : 95 wordsAt the City Court to-day William Sutherland Barns, a livery stable keeper, of Latrobe-street, was fined £50 for unlawfully establishing and conducting a ...
Article : 153 words"Surely any citizen who follows the course of events must realise that a personal appeal to every available citizen by the Commonwealth Government is a ...
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Article : 37 wordsThe American Government is preparing a Note to France, questioning the legality of a French cruiser removing Austro-Germans from the American ships Carlina, ...
Article : 49 wordsMr. E. B. Johnston, M.L.A., returned from a trip in the country to-day. When the remarks of the Premier (Mr. Scaddan), which appeared in Monday's "West ...
Article : 873 wordsGerman advices' state that the Serbian army in Montenegrin and Albanian ports is being transported to Salonika. A German communique states that the ...
Article : 72 wordsAt a meeting of the State War Council yesterday morning, the Premier (Mr. Scaddan) presiding, it was decided to call the attention of the public to the following ...
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Article : 57 wordsA Bucharest report of the recent naval engagement in the Black Sea says the Russians torpedoed and damaged the Goeben, sank the gunboats Bourakrus and Malaitia, ...
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Article : 27 wordsSir John French reports: "We bombarded enemy positions east of Ypres and shelled the enemy north of the La Basse canal with heavy howitzers." ...
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Article : 34 wordsMr. Warner Allen, writing to the "Daily Telegraph," says he saw 334 miles of French trenches upon 10-miles fronts. He estimates there are over 20 miles of ...
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Article : 73 wordsThe secretary of the Farmers and Settlers' Association (Mr. Stanistreet) announced yesterday, that at its executive meeting his association had discussed the ...
Article : 656 wordsIn the House of Commons last night, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. R. McKenns, dealing with the Government scheme of utilising Canadian and American ...
Article : 227 wordsYesterday twenty-six men volunteered for service at the Drill Hall, Francis-street. Fifteen of them passed the doctors and were accepted. This morning further ...
Article : 31 wordsThe German Humanity League asserts that the Kaiser has categorically promised that the Pope's temporal power shall be restored, and that a Papal State shall be ...
Article : 51 wordsThe "Telegraaf" states that many German troops have arrived at Courtroi (Belgium) from Serbia. ...
Article : 26 wordsWe have received from Mr. Strempel, of Northam the sum of £12, the proceeds of an-art union for fancy work and painting kindly donated by Mrs. J. M. Howard ...
Article : 80 wordsThe determination of the Melbourne Trades Hall council in regard to voluntary recruiting was the subject of reference by the Minister for External Affairs (Mr. ...
Article : 712 wordsMajor-General Townsend, commanding the British expeditionary forces at Kut-el-Amara, in Mesopotamia, reports that on December 9 and 10 the enemy heavily ...
Article : 116 wordsThe "Daily Chronicle's" Salonika correspondent says trustworthy information has been received of the extraordinary self-martyrdom of a French submarine officer. ...
Article : 116 wordsTo the many who are desirous of rendering assistance by endowing beds in military hospitals the following information, gleaned at military headquarters, ...
Article : 224 wordsThe details of the Danish trade agreement, which have hitherto been kept secret, are now announced. The agreement stipulates that goods cannot be re-exported, ...
Article : 175 wordsThe Austrian War Department has summoned all youths born in 1893 to join the army at the New Year, as they will attain the age of 18 during 1916. ...
Article : 76 wordsAn official report states that a reconnoitring force from Matruh encountered 300 hostile Arabs and drove them westward, killing 35. The British casualties ...
Article : 41 wordsAt the Karrakatta Club this afternoon at 3 o'clock Miss Merry, hon. instructress to the Western Australian Spinning Association, will continue her weekly class of ...
Article : 94 wordsIn the eighteen hospital ships and hospital transports that have returned to Australia, 5,654 sick and wounded soldiers have been brought back. Of these, 2,775 were ...
Article : 41 wordsMr. Sheppard, an American correspondent, now in the Near East, writes:—"Gallipoli has been the bloodiest and most terrible battlefield in history, and will go ...
Article : 54 wordsThe Agent-General for New South Wales has secured a contract with the War Office for 500,000lb. of Australian melon jam for the troops. This is an interesting ...
Article : 46 wordsNisi Prins.—At 10.30 a.m., in No. 1 Court, before Mr. Justice Burnside and a jury: Nathaniel White Harper (Plaintiff) and Matthew George Ernest Bodey ...
Article : 51 wordsIn the House of Commons yesterday Mr. H. Tennant. Under-Secretary for War, stated that the control of the Anti-Aviation Corps had been transferred to the ...
Article : 82 wordsThe second reinforcements for the 54th and 55th batteries of siege artillery, which are Australian, have arrived in England. ...
Article : 24 wordsOwing to the brake gear having been tampered with by someone, who turned off the air pipes, a train carrying soldiers could not be pulled up at Liverpool last ...
Article : 269 wordsMr. J. Dean Hammond, of Kellerberring, addressed a gathering of residents of Tammin in the Agricultural Hall on Saturday evening last, on war munitions. Mr. ...
Article : 117 wordsIn the House of Commons last night, the Prime Minister, in reply to the suggestion that the war economies recommended to the public, should be practised by Parliament ...
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Advertising : 199 wordsA medical bulletin, issued by the King's doctors in London, on Monday, stated that his Majesty was so far recovered from his recent grave accident as to be able to ...
Article : 90 wordsInvitations have been issued by the Federal Ministers for a farewell dinner to the High Commissioner Designate (Mr. Fisher) on Monday evening at Parliament House, ...
Article : 77 wordsSitting in Divorce yesterday, Sir Bargrave Deane resolutely refused a motion for the service of a petition on an artillery major serving at the front, on the ground ...
Article : 65 wordsAt 3 o'clock on Friday next [?] Drill Hall, the Commissioner of Railways will formally present to the State Commandant (Colonel Bruche) the two motor ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Wed 15 Dec 1915, Page 7
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