Eleven earthquake shocks were felt during Monday. It is estimated that fifty thousand persons have been rendered homeless out of the ...
Article : 182 wordsFurther steps towards the solution of the unemployed problem were taken yesterday by the committee that was brought into being as a result of the recent conference ...
Article : 1,124 wordsThere is no falling off in the number of recruits offering for active service throughout Victoria. The total number enrolled on Monday was, 240, and of these 148 were ...
Article : 154 wordsGiven fine weather to-day, there will doubtless be a very large crowd of visitors to the city to witness the ceremonial parade of the Light Horse Brigade Even if the ...
Article : 255 wordsChristmas night. Outside—The moon shining on two great pyramids and the rolling upland of the Lybian desert. Inside— An acetylene flare lamp and two or three ...
Article : 1,336 wordsThe British Admiralty at the time preserved the strictest secrecy concerning the ships that, under Vice-Admiral Sturdee, engaged the German Pacific squadron in the ...
Article : 446 wordsA cheerful survey of the operations of the Allies in the western theatre has been sent to Paris by the French "Eye-Witness." He says that our successes on both wings have been ...
Article : 119 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday.—The recruiting officers today enlisted nearly 200 men of the right stamp and the doctors had an almost equal cause for satisfaction the percentage ...
Article : 89 wordsMr. Alfred Deakin will leave Melbourne by the express train this afternoon for Sydney en route for San Francisco, where he will represent Australia at the Panama ...
Article : 318 wordsIt is notified by the Melbourne Tramway Company that while the troops are marching through the city to-day cars whose routes include Bourke, Collins, Swanston, ...
Article : 148 wordsWELLINGTON (N.Z.). Tuesday.—The Minister for Defence (Mr. Allen) states that so far the department had all the recruits it wanted. ...
Article : 27 wordsSir,—A great deal is being said at the present time on the subject of enlistment, and undeserved criticism is being passed on to the officers who prefer to don the ...
Article : 324 wordsThe conduct of the Australasian and Canadian troops now in Egypt has been referred to in the German press. On Monday the "Frankfurter Zeitung" ...
Article : 136 wordsAn American, who spent some years in Australia, but is now living at Seattle, in the course of a letter to a Wagga friend says:—"Your Australian newspapers have a ...
Article : 747 wordsA valuable review of the recent operations in Western Belgium, France, and Al[?]ce has been supplied by the French "Eye-Witness" with the Allies. ...
Article : 528 wordsAn idea of the extent of the losses being sustained by the Austrians can be formed from the statement from Petrograd that during the last fortnight of December the ...
Article : 188 wordsNews has been received from Havana, the capital of Cuba, that it British cruiser has sunk the steamship President, of the Hamburg-America line, off the Cuba coast, ...
Article : 84 wordsSir,—Under the heading of "A Suggestion for Training:," "Willys" makes to-day the suggestion of young men who lack confidence being taught the elementary portion of drill ...
Article : 71 wordsThe New South Wales Agent-General (Sir Timothy Coghlan) has tent a further supply of comforts for the troops at the front from the "War Chest" fund raised by public ...
Article : 36 wordsWELLINGTON (N.Z.), Tuesday.—In order to demonstrate New Zealnnd's capabilities in tbe production of the finest wool, the Agricultural department is sending a ...
Article : 64 wordsMajor-General W. R. Birdwood, who has arrived from India to command the Australians and New Zealanders, was present at the march of the troops through Cairo ...
Article : 168 wordsThe Lady Mayoress's Patriotic League is issuing a fresh appeal for support in the following terms:— "The Australian men are coming ...
Article : 338 wordsThe following cable messages appeared in the later editions of "The Argus" of yesterday:— RETREAT AT SOISSONS. ...
Article : 468 wordsBENDIGO, Tuesday.—As the driver of a light engine from Woodend was approaching the Kangaroo Plat station shortly before 6 o'clock this morning, he noticed the body ...
Article : 234 wordsOwing to the necessity for husbanding the financial resources of Great Britain, so as to ensure the successful prosecution of the war, the Treasury' has decided (in ...
Article : 400 wordsThe pursuit of the Turks from Karn Urgan, in the Caucasus, continues. A two-days' battle at Jenikos ended in victory for tbe Russians, a Turkish ...
Article : 117 wordsPrevious acknowledged, £162,862/9/4; C. R. Williams, £1; balance Caramut Patriotic Fund, £3 15/; employees Robinson Dros. and Co. Pty. Ltd., 8th instalment, £21/18; Strath Creek Patrotic ...
Article : 68 wordsAn appeal from the Unemployment Relief Committee for assistance in relieving the unemployed difficulty has been issued on behalf of the general committee. The ...
Article : 630 wordsAs some 700 or 800 Victorian members of the Australian Natives' Association are now serving with the Expeditionary Forces, the idea has been mooted that ...
Article : 121 wordsThe position of Mr. C. Kussmaul, designing engineer of the Metropolitan Board of Works, was again the subject of discussion at a special meeting of that body yesterday. ...
Article : 149 wordsThe hon. treasurer, Government House and 352 Finders lane, acknowledges:— Previously acknowledged, £82,527/7/10; subscription by members of Y.W.C.A., £41/6/9; ...
Article : 96 wordsAn official report has been published in London to the effect that British forces have assisted the Sultan of Muscat, in Arabin, to repel a rising of Turkish ...
Article : 43 wordsSir,—I have read with interest your subleader upon the above cast. It reminds one of Justin McCarthy s account of the Gordon case at tht time of the Jamaica riots. ...
Article : 306 wordsSoon after the commencement of the war the German steamer Houtman landed at Batavia 132 passengers for australasian ports, and subsequently they were sent on ...
Article : 100 wordsDuring the French retreat from Soissons, on the Aisne, a force of Moroccans was posted at Crouy as rearguard. They allowed the Germans to advance in ...
Article : 127 wordsThe Defence department has received advice to the effect that Private J. Harrison, "G" Company, 14th Battalion, died at Albany, W.A., on January 18. Deceased's ...
Article : 44 wordsPreviously acknowledged, £3,422/10/6; F.C., 10/; total, £3,423/0/6. The amount acknowledged as J.W. should have been J.N. ...
Article : 19 wordsPreviously acknowledged, £35,923/10/3; Newstead Patriotic Fund, £25; Pyramid Hill Fund, £20; proceeds guessing competition for cushion and tea-cosey, per Miss Linda McLean, £1/7/6; ...
Article : 47 wordsSir,—May I through the columns of "The Argus" ask the members of Oakleigh brunch to send in then subscriptions towards the motor ambulance for our soldiers at the ...
Article : 57 wordsBRISBANE, Tuesday.—A man was arrested at Cloncurry on Sunday under grave suspicion of spying. He passed through Hughenden at night in the charge of ...
Article : 145 words"The Times," in a leader this morning, urges that in view of Australian opinion the Imperial Conference should be called for the spring of this year. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 136 wordsWELLINGTON (N.Z.), Tuesday.—The merchants interested in the cargoes of the Gurman ships interned in Java have asked Gollin and Company to represent them at ...
Article : 88 wordsARARAT.—a garden fete was held by the Ararat branch of Red Cross Society on Saturday afternoon. About £60 in cash was received, together with a considerable quantity of goods ...
Article : 164 wordsAt a meeting of officers and employees of the Metropolitan Board of Works it was decided, notwithstanding that the Lord Mayor's Patrictic Fund had closed, to continue the contributions on the ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Wed 20 Jan 1915, Page 9
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