Fairfield-Newlands Patriotic Fete Draws Huge Crowds
The Fairfield-Newlands fete on the school grounds drew a vast attendance in ideal weather. Proceeds go to the Ashburton County War Relief Fund with the mayor and local bands in attendance. Large marquees stalls and side shows filled the grounds as transport schemes boosted revenue.
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Fairfield
Dows
Airfield
Newlands
Ashburton
Achburton Patriatio
Martbee Cape
Roll of Honour from Wellington Hospital Report
The following Hospital progress report lists discharged convalescents and those still in care. Names include Private P. Sidson of the Auckland Battalion and Privates D. Fraser A. Hickey of Otago, Fr W Foster, F B Rix, S Gann, and others from NZ Medical Corps Rifle Brigade Canterbury and Wellington Mounted Rifles. Some classified as dangerously ill or removed from danger. several admitted to Royal Albert Hospital Woolwich and Royal Victoria Hospital Notley Notley.
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Wellington
Auckland
P. 8
Siidson
Otago
D. Fraser
A. Hickey
Medical Corps
W. Foster
Rifle Brigade
F. BR. Rix
Walton Hospital
England
Qiago Mounted ‘Rifles
Sergi
J. B. Dalton
ES. C. Joseph
Canterbury
A. G. Foster
Royal Albert Hospital
Woolwich
F. Shackleton
Afaita
Canterbury Mounted Rifles—Corporgc
Rt. Babingon
Alexandria
L. &. Friedrich
W. Tu
Wil‘Kingon
Canterbury Mounted Rifles
P. Harris
EB. H. Parnham
Otago Mounted Rifles
W. ‘A. Wood
J. Ll. Boni
Pall
NLZ
Field Artilery
G. Tocnard
Freates
Campbell
Australian Casualties 118th List Reports Embarkations
The 118th casualty list released December 2 lists personnel with actions including Private J B Sutton killed in action and Private W Reston died of wounds. It notes Private J Small wounded and embarked for England, Private J d Robinson dangerously ill, Sapper D Dennis in hospital in England, Private W Rodgers in hospital in London, and Sergeant Major I A Pardey and Sergeant BR Brrews Both aboard for England from Malta.
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Bydney
J. B. Sutton
W. Reston
England
J. Small
J. d. Robinson
Sapper
D. Dennis
Ig Hospital
London
Ww. Rodgers
Malta
I. A. Pardey
BR. B Fews Fhoth
Engwy
Sterving Serbians and Roumanian War Tactics Report
Reports from Bucharest on December 1 discuss mine laying in Roumanian waters on the Lower Danube and a Roumanian demonstration against Germany. The article also details German influence and Allied reactions, including claims of German U boat assistance through the Hamburg America Line and Berlin directed instructions to neutrals.
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Bucharest
Lower
Danube
Ferdinand
Germany
Hungary
Transylvania
United States
Atlantic
Pacific
Bounz
Berlin
Lim
Berlina
Boyed
Washington
Britain
Tane
Baltic blockade proves thorough and wields fear on seas
The Evening Post Stockholm correspondent reports Britain's Baltic blockade is thorough. German steamers avoid iron and timber ports as 19 ships have been torpedoed or driven ashore. British submarines boost Russian activity and German crews grow wary, with armed trawlers fired upon. at least one Swedish submarine was sunk by mistake.
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New York
Evening Post
Stockholm
Britain
Baltic
Government Clashes Over War Press and Public Opinion
A debate highlights distrust caused by the German influence and press criticism. Officials accuse the Times Daily Mail and Daily News of undermining morale, while Home Office and Foreign Office clash over press suppression and wartime policy. Some MPs urge restraint to avoid endangering allied efforts.
Christmas entertainments for our boys in England
The New Zealand War Contingent Association plans Christmas entertainments for New Zealand soldiers at Epsom and Weymouth, coordinated from London with events set for early December.
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London
New Zealand War Contingent Association
Epsom
Weymouth
New Zealand
Asquith Addresses Labour Delegates On Wartime Sacrifice
At the Labour conference with 700 delegates, Mr Asquith urged economy and sacrifice in non essentials. He cited war costs at about £1,662,000,000 and called for profits, wages, and taxes to support the Empire and Allies. He urged unions to avoid wage demands while stressing shared patriotism.
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London
Asquith
Labour
Colonel Ward
House of Commons
Henderson
Yose
Gissont
Ford pacifist tour sails to Europe for peace crusade
President Ford has mobilized hundreds of top pacifists including governors to travel to Europe on a peace mission. He plans to visit front lines and urge soldiers to return home while the Press questions the venture, backed by university leaders manufacturers and women advocates, with a special steamer sailing Saturday.
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Washington
Ford
United States
Europe
Jacking
Fall of Monastir Reported as Serbs Withdraw
Athens correspondent Mr Martin Donchoe says Monastir fell and Serbs retreated in two orderly columns to Albania and Montenegro to avoid useless bloodshed. French forces fought Gradaka and east of Krivolak while heavy snow and refugee pleas from Florina strain Greek aid efforts.
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London
Martin Donchoe
Athens
Monastir
Byard
Gradaka
Krivolak
Albania
Montenegro
Florina
Greece
Salonika
Sydney Recruitment Campaign Details Delayed for NSW
Sydney dispatch reports Mr J. H. Catis has taken over the organising secretary role for New South Wales recruiting. Details of the new Commonwealth Scheme will not be available until December 15.
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Sydney
J. H. Catis
New South Wales
Bulgaria's Campaign Claims Heavy Casualties and Loans
London dispatch reports heavy Bulgarian casualties from bayonet charges in a campaign led by General Baracieff. Officers fallen include insurgent chief Teherngpeell. Berlin and Vienna sent sanitary missions and 30 car hospital trains. Germany agreed to cover campaign expenses. Toncheff sought 250 million francs with a second loan option of 50 million and arranged 250 million francs immediate payment.
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London
Bucharest
Times
Teherngpeell
Baracieff
Berlin
Vienna
Bulgarian Red Cross Society
Germany
Bulgaria
M. Toncheff
Riotuous Soldiers Dispersed by Police in City
A band of soldiers prone to riotous behavior paraded the streets of Reeciad last night and threatened the German Club. Police dispersed them without incident and no damage occurred.
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Sydney
Bonar Law Predicts Narrow Path to Victory at St Andrews Day Speech
Mr Bonar Law told a St Andrews Day banquet that though news may be slow, Britain is moving inexorably toward victory. He praised the Navy's pressure on Germany, asserted British Empire unity, and warned peace cannot be negotiated by a German General Staff. Lord Haldane echoed that the German nation no longer exists for peaceful aims.
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London
Bonar Law
St. Andrews
Flanders
West Front
Germany
Lord Haldane
King’s College
Kaiser Visits Vienna Amid Austro German Dissent
Rome correspondent notes the Kaiser's Vienna visit aims to calm Polish related tensions. Paris dispatch reports the Chamber of Deputies passed a bill to call up the 1917 conscript class as a prudential measure.
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London
Daily Mail
Rome
Vienna
Poland
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Child Heroine Saves Crew After Steamer Sinking
Eight year old girl aboard the Bosnie, torpedoed near Candia, braved four days adrift with her two younger brothers. The family was separated from their parents as sailors exhausted, she warmed them, and helped escort survivors to safety as the vessel neared Mikroas Taland im Crote.
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London
Martin Donohoe
Bosnie
Candia
Toad
Mikroas Taland Im Crote
Newspapers Attack in Commons Over War Coverage
In the House of Commons Ronald McNeill cited a Nation article claiming it is better to lose the war than lose voluntary service. J Hodge and others criticized press articles in the Times Daily Mail and Daily Chronicle for unfair treatment, warning they damage morale in France and the Balkans and imply England is defeated. Sir John Simon defends the true value of the jaundiced sheets.
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London
House of Commons
Ronald McNeill
John Simon
Nation
J. Hodge
Labour
Lord Northelife
Pmes
Daily Mail
France
A. B. Markham
Home Office
Times
Daily Chronicle
Goscot
Robert Cecil
Espa
Balkans
England
Sensational disclosures in Hamburg American probe
Dr Karl Beanz, managing director of the Hamburg American Company, was examined in the American government case of alleged conspiracy. The transcript notes sensational disclosures as investigators press for details.
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New York
Karl Beanz
Germany’s Plans Reported as War Ends With Serbia
Brisbane dispatch December 1 says Governor received a cable from Bonar Law stating Germany will not continue the war against Serbia. The message signals a potential shift toward peace negotiations and ends a period of hostilities in the Balkan theater.
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Brisbane
Bonar Law
Germany
Serbia
Serbs Not Scattered Across Frontiers, Report Says
London reports the Serbians are not reduced to a remnant. One army is retreating in good order toward the Albanian and Montenegrin frontiers, another to south western Serbia. About 250000 first class fighters remain available though armed. German losses are described as extremely heavy and Serbs retain 60000 Austrian prisoners.
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London
Serbia
Germans Deliver Weapons to Persia Says Novoe Vremya
A Petrograd correspondent reports that Germany has shipped a vast stock of bombs maxims rifles and other military supplies to Teheran Ispahan and Hamedan. Government members allegedly sympathize with Entente foes and the Shah appears powerless.
Greek reply risks neutrality while safeguarding sovereignty
European capitals focus on the Balkan issue as Greece declares benevolent neutrality toward the Entente. Greece insists its sovereign rights are protected and no military restrictions will be accepted, arguing Salonika and its railway must remain under Greek control to keep provisioning for its forces.
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London
Greece
Salonika
New Governor of Ceylon Named in Colonial Appointments
Sir John Anderson of the Colonial Office has been appointed Governor of Ceylon. Sir George Vandeleur Fiddes, Assistant Under-Secretary for the Colonies, will succeed Sir John Andersen as governor.
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London
John Anderson
Colonial Office
Ceylon
George Vandeleur Fiddes
John Andersen
German View of Greece Explores Pro-German Sentiment
Amsterdam dispatch reports German newspapers praising pro German Greeks. An Athens politician allegedly says King Constantine and General Dusmanis view Italy as a greater threat than Bulgaria. He suggests Turkey should defend Constantinople against Russia and mocks Allied operations near Greece.
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Amsterdam
Constantine
Dusmanis
Ttaly
Bulgaria
Epirus
Turkey
Constantinople
Russia
Greece
Call for Ken Urgently Register for New Zealand Infantry Reinforcements
Wellington December 2 An urgent appeal by Defence authorities calls for hdu men to register at once to reach the 600 needed for infantry of the Sith Reinforcements. Officials warn failure to meet the call threatens New Zealand pledge to the Imperial Government and field strength. They cite holidays in camp as a possible reason but insist urgency remains.
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Wellington
Hdu
New Zealand
Sanders Eucalyptus Extract Presented as Superior Medicine
At the Supreme Court of Victoria Melbourne a case proves Sanders Bucalypt Extract contains all medicinal constituents of eucalyptus. It is claimed to be more powerful and pure than ordinary preparations and widely supported by authorities over four decades.
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Supreme Court of Victoria
Melbourne
Sanders
Sannder
fragmentary wartime remark on Greek defense and British forces
A fragment discusses soldiers assigned to Greek ships and the potential capture of British troops to defend Greece from bombardment. The text hints at a strategic exchange or proposal during wartime.
Illness for Bratiano Shakes Romanian Cabinet
Paris dispatch reports in Bucharest that Prime Minister Bratiano is ill and unable to strengthen the cabinet. The strain grows with talk of a Russian accord and Austro German forces massing on the frontier as France braces for a major effort.
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Paris
Petit
Bucharest
M. Bratiano
Roumania
Russia
Crisis Deepens as Roumania Mobilizes for War
London reports indicate Roumania nearing a crisis as Paris circles grow hopeful for an Allied entry. Bucharest's government clashes with the opposition over dates and methods while Bratianu and Filipescu press for participation. Rome experts note the King’s speech signals mobilization and potential Russia moves.
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London
Rome
King of
Bulgaria offers neutrality moves under German pressure
London dispatch reports Bulgaria may waive claims to Kavala and Dobrudja to aid Greece and Romania neutrality. Transfer of Doiran and Gergheli to Greece is proposed, with King Monath possibly and Constantine joining the Central Powers. Bulgarian Premier Radoslavoff is believed to agree, and the Sobranje may be summoned December 28.
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London
Bucharest
the Times
Germany
Kavala
Dobrudja
Greece
Romania
Bulgaria
Doiran
Gergheli
Monnath
Constantine
Mradoslavoff
Turks in Thrace Claim AdriaNople and Land Return
The Times reporter reports strained relations in Serbia and rising agitation in Bulgaria over Turkey’s demand for retrocession of Thrace districts. Constantinople warns that Bulgaria would be warned by conquest in Serbia due to Turkish friendship, but Bulgarians seek Adrianople to be ceded in any settlement.
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London
T' Times
Serbia
Bulzar
Bulgaria
Turkey
Thrace
Constantinople
Adrianople
British Fleet Bombards Flemish Forts Near Ostend Veerbrugge
A British squadron of 40 vessels bombarded German fortresses between Ostend and Veebrugge for two hours. Heavy daily fighting on the Flemish front has been heard for a week, with many trains carrying wounded arriving at stations.
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Amsterdam
Ostend
Veebrugge
Fighting on the Vosges French succeed north of Mubhlbach
Paris dispatch reports a French communique stating artillery overthrew enemy trenches north of Mubhlbach in the Feucht Valley, marking progress on the Vosges front.
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Paris
Mubhlbach
Italy at War: Bitter Fighting Near San Florina Gorizia Road
Rome reports a communique noting increasingly bitter fighting with Italians in near areas to San Florina and along the Gorizia Road, signaling gains and name recognition in the conflict.
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Rome
San Florina
Gorizia Road
Austrians Claim To Repel Italian Attacks
An Austrian communique states defenses held at war points and that Italian forces were repelled. The report mentions withdrawals and asserts two months of defense activity amid ongoing fighting.
President’s Address Vows Strength as War Foes Fail
In Germany the Reichstag convenes as the President proclaims the enemy failed to break the western line and Austrian forces hold eastern positions. Balkans operations noted as successful with swift, confident strikes.
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Amsterdam
Reichstag
Balkans
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