It is stated in Paris that a feature of the battle of Verdun is the enormous quantities of German heavy artillery and huge mobile guns, while the ...
Article : 204 wordsAll lads living within five miles of [?] Drill Halls at Koroit, Mortlake, [?]ort Fairy and Warrnambool who at[?]in the age of 15 years during ...
Article : 132 wordsA message from Amsterdam states that the German fleet has cabled to the Kaiser that it has returned to its base. The funnels of some of the ...
Article : 161 wordsThe practice of placing messages in bottles and throwing them overboard from transports appears to be fairly common amongst soldiers going to ...
Article : 142 wordsA new determination has been reach-by the wages board for the woollen [?]de. It provides for increased wages the rate of 8d. per day for daily ...
Article : 130 wordsA few undefended debt cases constituted the only business listed for Thursday's sitting of the Warrnambool Court of Petty Sessions, at which ...
Article : 89 wordsAdvices from Corfu state that the Serbian army is nearly equipped and clothed. The health of the troops is excellent. ...
Article : 36 wordsThere was a fine display of the Aurora Australis seen from Warrnambool to the Southward on Wednesday night. The southern sky presented ...
Article : 91 wordsThe debate on the naval estimates was continued in the House of Commons on Wednesday. Mr. Baufour (First Lord of the ...
Article : 452 wordsAn interesting description of services conducted at the front as Chaplain, by the Rev. T. P. Bennett, vicar of Christ Church, Warrnambool, ...
Article : 638 wordsA Petrograd communique states:—"The Russian troops on the coast of the black Sea are pressing the Turks closely. They have captured Rizeh." ...
Article : 89 wordsParis claims that no fewer than five German generals have been killed in the Verdun district, including General Letterer, the commander of a ...
Article : 39 wordsA special army order was received Ballarat on Wednesday by the commanding officer of the military camp, meeting that all soldiers who had ...
Article : 140 wordsA German wireless message says: We stormed the enemy positions on the left bank of the Meuse below Bethincourt over a width of four miles ...
Article : 80 wordsMessrs. Webb Bros. and Co. have just completed a most successful bore for Mr. F. Skuse, of Strathallen, Lake Gillear, put down by the firm's ...
Article : 103 wordsThe broken portion of a propeller from one of the three Zeppelins which dropped bombs on England on Sunday has been picked up in Kent. ...
Article : 43 wordsThe third phase of the battle opened on Sunday when a terrible artillery duel commenced west of the Meuse. Woods were levelled and the ...
Article : 101 wordsMr. A. S. Rodgers, M.H.R., has [?]ed before the Defence Depart[?]nt a proposal that Australian com[?]ssed fodder should be shipped to ...
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Advertising : 414 wordsIt is officially stated that the casualties in the last air raid were: Killed, 9 men. 4 women, 5 children; injured 22 men, 22 women, 8 children. ...
Article : 35 wordsIt is semi-officially stated that though the Germans made some gains on both wins the general French defences are not affected. Forges is ...
Article : 81 wordsThe Home Secretary and Postmaster-General (Mr. Herbert Samuel), replying to a question in the House of Commons on Wednesday, stated ...
Article : 77 wordsThe following extracts from Christ[?] sermons preached by Lutheran [?]isters in Berlin and Leipsic dem[?]te the "Christian" spirit that ...
Article : 159 wordsThe fighting at Hill 265 was even more obstinate than it was at Douaument. The Germans were repulsed 20 times with heavy losses before the ...
Article : 44 wordsIt is expected at Capetown that the interned German steamers seized by Portugal in Delagoa Bay, in pursuance of the decision to seize all ...
Article : 64 wordsA Paris communique dated Thursday reports: The enemy attempted to make fresh progress west of the Meuse under cover of an intense ...
Article : 108 words"The woman soul leadeth as Upward and on." — Goethe. From time immemorial the land of ...
Article : 3,575 wordsThe "Times," in a leading article, says: "A movement is at hand for the trade policy in concert with the Dominions and our Allies. Mr. ...
Article : 123 wordsThe harvest festival services of the [?]ington Methodist Church were [?]dy held and proved most suc[?]ful. The church was nicely ...
Article : 166 wordsThe Premier received from the Agent-General a telegram stating that Germany had postponed the date of the threatened attacks on armed ...
Article : 54 wordsA correspondent of the American Associated Press who visited Verdun states that there has been less damage than he anticipated. No ...
Article : 91 wordsIt is learnt that the report from Zurich relating to the employment of Swiss trade unionists in England was a German lie intended to ...
Article : 41 wordsThere was a satisfactory increase in the number of volunteers offering at the local enlisting depot, and as a result the new army was increased by ...
Article : 84 wordsMr. Martin Donohoe, in a telegram from Athens states: "The German army in Bulgaria has been ordered to hold itself in readiness for ...
Article : 141 wordsGermany has made a fresh proposal to America in relation to the crisis over the submarine campaign. The German Government, London ...
Article : 56 wordsTo-day a deputation from the Methodist Conference waited on the Premier and asked that a referendum be taken as soon as possible on the ...
Article : 98 wordsThe nine months old baby of Mr. [?] Mrs. J. S. Smythe (electrician at [?]ang) met his death in sensational [?] extremely sad circumstances on ...
Article : 110 wordsA regulation issued to-day under the War Precautions Act gives the Commonwealth Government, through the Customs, power to control all ...
Article : 52 wordsA new War Precautions regulation issued to-day requires companies to furnish the Federal Attorney-General's Department with a certified list ...
Article : 45 wordsThe Bright Shire Council at [?] meeting on Tuesday, unanimously agreed to support the shire of Warragul in its effort prevail upon the ...
Article : 61 wordsMonday evening was the occasion of [?]ery pleasant social evening in con[?]tion with the above society. After [?] business of the evening, the ...
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The Warrnambool Standard (Vic. : 1872 - 1879 ; 1914 - 1918), Sat 11 Mar 1916, Page 9
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