The most sensational war news to-day is the appearance of the liner Appa[?] at an American port manned by a German crew, and with a number of prisoners on board. This is a mystery of the sen, which has yet to be solved, and doubtless it will make a thrilling story. There is no news of any importance from the Western front, and we have no details yet of last week's battle. ...
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Article : 69 wordsGerman warships in April last captured a Swedish steamer named the England (2,680 tons). The police at Stockholm have new discovered that a ...
Article : 65 wordsTo-day's Berlin communique says:— "One of our airships yesterday attacked the Allies' ships and despots at Salonika. The raid was attended with ...
Article : 69 wordsThe Yorkshire miners are subscribing 6d. a week each for 14 weeks, and thus raising £35.000 for the purchase of motor-ambulances. The South Wales ...
Article : 45 wordsThe acting-Prime Minister (Senator Penrcc) announced to-day that, as the result of further information from. Canada, it had been decided to cancel ...
Article : 150 wordsA semi-official French review of the position in the Balkans states that the German newspapers at last see the Montenegrin episode in its true light. ...
Article : 67 wordsThe special correspondent of the "Daily Mail," in a message from Athens, states that there are nearly 40 instances known of enemy ...
Article : 58 wordsSoap is now to be treated as absolute contraband of war. This and other articles were included in the list issued by the Federal Government in a special ...
Article : 147 wordsThe Federal Treasurer (Mr. Higgs) made available to-day the results of the second Commonwealth war loan, and the figures showed that an even more ...
Article : 1,723 wordsAt the end of October the German authorities at Antwerp sentenced a youth named M[?]rtens, aged 17 years and nine months, to death on a charge ...
Article : 77 wordsThe official Press Bureau states that in the Zeppelin raid on England yesterday, bombs were dropped on several towns in the rural districts of ...
Article : 275 wordsThe Prime Minister recently issued the following appeal to men to join the new army:— "The Defence of Australia and the ...
Article : 413 wordsThe Church of St. Margaret's, Westminster, has been placed at the disposal of the Oversea forces for services or religious ministrations. ...
Article : 48 wordsFollowing his statement of yesterday, that it would be useless for application to be made for permission to raise capital for the formation of ...
Article : 76 wordsIn a message to the "Daily Chronicle," the special correspondent, Mr. Philip Gibbs, describes the following incident of the visit of men of the ...
Article : 154 wordsThe Dutch liner Princess Juliana, having struck a mine in the North Sea, has been beached at Felixstowe, in Suffolk. All her passengers were ...
Article : 36 wordsThe President of the Council of Ministers (M. Goremykin) has resigned, on the ground of ill-health. M. Sturmer is to succeed him. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe Mayor (Alderman L. H. Macleod) is arranging to give a picnic to returned sick or wounded soldiers at Kingston on Wednesday next. He has ...
Article : 60 wordsThe following distinctions have been granted to Australian medical officers for services at the front:— Companion of the Bath: Colonel ...
Article : 108 wordsA number of members of the Russian Duma who are visiting England have been invited to pay a visit to the British front in France. ...
Article : 39 wordsTwenty-three volunteers submitted themselves for medical examination at the Barracks, Hobart, yesterday. Fifteen were passed as fit, six declared ...
Article : 118 wordsLast night's communique says:— The Austro-Germans have attempted to take the offensive along the Strypa, to the north-west of Bu[?]zacz ...
Article : 52 wordsThe Washington correspondent of the "Morning Post" states that it is natural that the English press should assume that Dr. Wilson, the American ...
Article : 167 wordsThe Calars to Paris express was derailed yesterday at St. Denis, near Paris. Seven carriages took fire, and ten of the passengers were killed and ...
Article : 36 wordsThe British and West African Navigation Co.'s liner Appam, 7,781 tons, which was supposed to have been lost on the voyage from West African ports ...
Article : 89 wordsMuch interest was evinced to-day in the Prince of Wales's entry into public affairs. Khaki-clad and bronzed, having obtained special leave from the ...
Article : 157 wordsThe coastal trader Squall, 369 tons, struck a rock and sank off the East Coast to-day. All hands were saved. The sea was calm, and Captain L. ...
Article : 84 wordsLast night's communique says:— Our Caucasian troops continue to press the Turks closely in the region of Tortum and Khynha. region (north ...
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Article : 1,092 wordsThe "New York World's" special correspondent at Athens says:—"Recent arrivals from Constantinople report that the Turks are longing for peace. The ...
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Article : 153 wordsThe British Foreign Office has issued a statement in which it denies the assertion made by the German Chancellor (Dr. Von Bethmann-Hollweg) that ...
Article : 109 wordsThe members of the Royal Colonial Institute gave a luncheon to-day at the Hotel Cecil to Sir Rider Haggard, who has been commissioned by the Imperial ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Thu 3 Feb 1916, Page 5
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