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  2. Advertising

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    Advertising : 17 words
  3. To-day's Weather

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 15 words
  4. FALL OF BAGDAD EXPECTED

    In some quarters the announcement of the fall of Bagdad is expected every moment. It is believed that the British cavalry have occupied the city without opposition, and are now sweeping northward. ...

    Article : 402 words
  5. THE MAIN BATTLE FRONTS

    Sir Douglas Haig's report states:—"Yesterday evening the enemy bunched fire raids on our trenches north of Walverghen and re-attacked with four parties this morning. "Only one party in each case reached our trenches. The enemy left ...

    Article : 96 words
  6. THE BREAKDOWN.

    THE ELECTOR : "Seems as you've got as far as you can get with that contraption, matey !" ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. VIOLENT COUNTER ATTACKS AGAINST FRENCH

    A French official message states:—"We entered and wrecked the enemy trenches at several points southward of Roye. "The enemy three times furionsly attacked positions we had captured yesterday, in the sector of Maison Champagne. Our curtain of maxim ...

    Article : 313 words
  8. HOME RULE FIGHT

    An article in the Nation says that Mr. Bonar Law might have delivered nine-tenths of Mr. Lloyd George's so-called Home Rule speech, which was really an affirmation of Ulster's claim ...

    Article : 366 words
  9. U.S.A. ARMS MERCHANTMEN.

    President Wilson has called an extra session of Congress for April 16. Meanwhile, without waiting for extra powers to be conferred upon him by ...

    Article : 99 words
  10. WHEELDONS EXPLAIN

    The hearing of the conspiracy charges against the Wheeldons has been continued. Mrs. Wheeldon, under cross-examination, said that the use of a microbe was an unlikely ...

    Article : 204 words
  11. FRENCH PRAISE OF BRITISH ADVANCE

    M. Marcel Hutin, the well-known French military writer, says that the British forces have driven the Turks 93 miles in 18 days, and may have already negotiated the last 14 miles and reached the gates of Bagdad. ...

    Article : 142 words
  12. AUSTRALIA DID NOT ASK

    Sir George Reid, commenting on the Dardanelles report, says that Australia was the most closely involved in the campaign; bat not an Australian voice had asked for an ...

    Article : 215 words
  13. ADMISSION OF FRENCH SUCCESS

    A German official message claims that the British position westward of Wytschaete was entered and 37 prisoners were taken. The message adds:—"The French attacked south of Ripont and penetrated our trenches on Height 185, and also in the Champagne. Our ...

    Article : 89 words
  14. CAUSE OF ZEPPELIN'S DEATH

    Countess Anna Dagenfeld, a niece of Count Zeppelin, whose death as just been reported, has expressed the opinion that the inventor's death was due indirectly to the failure of his airships ...

    Article : 82 words
  15. HOME FOR SOLDIER'S WIDOW

    Tile first home for a soldier's widow, erected by the Wollongong Voluntary Workers Association, was opened this afternoon by Mr. G. M. Burns, M.H.R. The Mayor of ...

    Article : 105 words
  16. RUSSIANS ATTACKED NEAR MITAU

    A Russian official message says:—"We threw the enemy back when they attacked in the region of Mitan. "The enemy captured three heights northwestward of Okna, but attacks to the west failed." ...

    Article : 85 words
  17. HUNGER IN GERMANY

    A message from Amsterdam states that a speech by a Socialist named Kofers. which has been published in the newspaper Vorwaerts, has created a sensation. ...

    Article : 156 words
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  19. PRODUCE PRICES FIXED

    The Produce Exchange has fixed the following maximum wholesale prices for the ensuing fortnight:—Butter.—New Zealand and Danish, 224/ a ...

    Article : 165 words
  20. EXAMPLE TO SLACKERS

    Driver Harold Brissett, who was invalided to Australia 14 months ago, has re-enlisted. He was entertained by the townspeople last night at a social under the auspices of the ...

    Article : 81 words
  21. RAID ON THE ITALIANS REPULSED

    An official Italian message says that the enemy penetrated the Italian lines westward of Castagna Vezza, but were thrown out. ...

    Article : 34 words
  22. FARMERS CAN WIN WAR

    Mr. Lloyd George, in a letter to farmers, urges them to utilise the next few weeks to the utmost, because they will be decisive regarding the harvest. ...

    Article : 53 words
  23. THEY ALL WANT TO VOTE

    Mr. K. B. Rees, a Victorian M.L.G., called a meeting of Australians in London, ct which Sir John Taverner presided, and a resolution was carried urging the Commonwealth ...

    Article : 93 words
  24. MR. WEBSTER ON G.P.O. SORTERS' THREAT

    The Postmaster-General referred yesterday to the threat of the Postal Sorters' Union to take a ballot among members as to whether they should strike. The grievance of the ...

    Article : 128 words
  25. RAILWAY SERVICE FOR SOLDIERS

    A correspondent expresses the view that returned soldiers might be more frequently employed by the Railway Commissioners in positions which able-bodied eligibles now fill. ...

    Article : 122 words
  26. A CHANNEL CATASTROPHE

    The War Office announces that the transport Mendi, with the final batch of South African native laborers, collided with another vessel in a thick fog of the Isle of Wight on February ...

    Article : 66 words
  27. PATRIOTIC INDIAN PRINCE

    The Press Bureau states that the Government has accepted the Nizam of Hyderabad's gift of £100,000 towards the anti-submarine campaign. ...

    Article : 26 words
  28. UNION COMPANY'S SHARES RISE

    A feature of the Stock Exchange business yesterday was the rise of 2/6 in the chares of the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand, due to revived rumors of an arrangement ...

    Article : 67 words
  29. ONLY FIT FOR GOATS

    Mr. John Mann, ex-member for Cairns, has declared that land near Cairns on which the Government propose to settle returned soldiers for sugar crowing is only fit to carry ...

    Article : 37 words
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