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(PER REUTER'S SPECIAL CABLES.) ALLIES MAKE ADVANCE. GERMANY LOSES 20,000 A DAY. HUNGARY ASKS FOR REINFORCEMENTS. CAPITAL OF SERVIA TRANSFERRED. KING DECORATED OFFICERS AND MEN.
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HUNGARY COMPLAINS.
REQUESTS GERMAN ASSISTANCE. Petrograd, Sunday.
Complaints have been made that the Hungarian Plains have been largely left open to the attack by the Russians. Hungary has officially ...
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TURKEY MAKES THREATS.
DEMANDS RELEASE OF EMISSARIES. Constantinople, Sunday.
Sir Edwin Pears has been arrested, and his offices searched. Talaat Bey, the Minister for the Interior, threatens that noless two ...
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Mr. Watters, representing the American Christian World, has returned here from a tour of Belgium. He states that he saw over 2000 poorly clad ...
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Private letters received from Germany state that foreigners have been expelled from the eastern baoks of the Rhine, which are being prepared with ...
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An eye-witness with the British head-quarters staff confirms the wantonness and vindictiveness of the bombardment of the Clothhall Cathedral, at Ypres, ...
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The Servian capital has been transferred to Mitrovatza. ...
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It has been officially stated at Berlin that "We evacuated Vermelles, in accordance with our concerted plan Further retention would entail ...
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According to Copenhagen advices, German official returns show that the German and Austrian casualties for four months have averaged 20,000 a ...
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"Eye-witness," with the, British headquarters staff, in his narrative, states that the Germans have lately pressed heavily against our Indian ...
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Evidence of the inhuman methods adopted by the Germans is supplied in a statement made by Corporal Minns, of the First Queen's Regiment, who, ...
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The Secretary of State for War (Lord Kitchener) denies the accuracy of the language attributed to him by the well-known American journalist ...
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The captured rebel leader, Christian de Wet, and eleven of his followers, have been lodged in Johannesburg fort. Hostile demonstrations against ...
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The Navy List for December shows that the battleship Canada and the cruisers Cambrian and Wallaroo have been added to the British fleet. ...
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A Petrograd official message states that the Russians have captured Sarah Kashkal, in Turkish Armenia, alter a desperate resistance by the Turks, who ...
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"The battle of Ypres cost the enemy 120,000 men. Never has an attack been so carefully prepared and so furiously delivered, and suffered such a complete ...
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King George, during his visit to the front, reviewed the troops in various French towns. The streets were decorated with flags and thronged with ...
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Germans are continuously varying their strategy in Poland, and the Russians are designing ingenious counter- plots. ...
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Seven neutral ships, laden with wool for Dutch ports, have been seized by German warships in the Baltic Sea. ...
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British aeroplanes are constantly patrolling the Sinai Peninsula, but there is no sign of the enemy. The hostile camps have been broken up, and the ...
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Lieutenant Gerard F. Freeman-Thomas, of the Coldstream Guards, the eldest son of Lord Willingdon. Governor of Bombay, and a grandson of ...
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"Jewry has contributed 5000 men to the army, and the Reverend Michael Adler is going to the front. This is the first time in history that a Jewish ...
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THE EMDEN'S OBJECTIVE.
WHEREABOUTS WHEN DESTROYED. NEAR AUSTRALIAN TROOPSHIPS.
In the Senate the Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) in summarising the Budget proposals, referred to the fact that as a result of the work done ...
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The following donations have been collected by Mrs. Cameron and Mr. L. Gillies:—Thomas Young. £5 5s; William Sack, £2 2s; F. J. Millar, £2 2s; David ...
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Patent reasons (says the Argus) are available to show that the duty on wheat should be given the immediate consideration of the Minister for ...
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A proclamation published in the Government Gazette on Saturday stated that all orders previously made regarding retail prices for the southern ...
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Latest News.
DAIRYMAN HEAVILY FINED. Melbourne, Monday.
A Newbold, an Abbotsford dairyman, who had two previous convictions against him, was fined i£15 to-day for ...
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It is believed in leading hotel circles that the counter lunches will be abolished as a result of the increased tariff charges on liquor. ...
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Mr. Robert George Kent, formerly the secretary of the Victorian Railways, died to-day, after a long illness. ...
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The Lord Mayor's Patriotic Fund now stands at £148,864; the Belgium Fund £28,683. ...
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Owing to the great effect of the war on the copper market, the proprietary of the Hampden Copper Mines proposes to reduce, on certain conditions, the ...
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As the result of a street disturbance in the city on Saturday night, in which soldiers figured prominently, two members of the Expeditionary Force and ...
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The death is reported of Mrs. Elizabeth Morley, one of the oldest inhabitants of Amphitheatre, aged 97 years. The death occurred at Hamilton of ...
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When the Wimmera Shire Council met on Friday last, the president (Cr. Mills) intimated to his fellow councilors that they had met that day under ...
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At the conclusion of the coming racing season in March improvements, consisting of a new grandstand, renovation of other buildings, laying on ...
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An interesting programme of races has been drawn up by the committee of the Horsham Amateur Club for their annual races to be held on Saturday, ...
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The Mentone Club held a meeting on Saturday, with the following results:— First Division Handicap.—King Murillo, 6.11 (R. N. Smart), 1; Eurohin, ...
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There was a serious accident at the first fence in the steeplechase at the Mentone races, with the result that B. .J. Casey, the rider of Poomah, died ...
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Murtoa paid a visit to the Horsham courts last Saturday to try conclusions with the local players. The day was rather windy, but still the match ...
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A meeting of cricketers, including the old members of the Jalumba Club, is convened, to be held in the Carchap Hall on Friday night. A club has been ...
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BOXING.
MEHEGAN V. VOLAIRE. HOSTILE DEMONSTRATION.
According to the official timekeeper, the duration of the contest between Hughie Mehegan and Eugene Volairo at Baker's Stadium on Saturday night ...
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The second pennant match will be played between Rods and Blues tomorrow. The following are teams—Blues: Houston, Potrie, Heron and Heald; Glenister (J.), Donovan, ...
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Sweepstakes at sparrows will be shot off on the Horsham show grounds tomorrow afternoon, under the auspices of the Horsham Gun Club. ...
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A quiet but pretty wedding was celebrated in St. Aidan's Church of England, Natimuk, on Thursday, when the Rev. Thos. Cole performed the ...
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