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  2. POLICEMEN'S STRIKE SETTLED. SUBSTANTIAL CONCESSIONS.

    There were exciting scenes at Scotland Yard on Friday. Five hundred strikers, headed by cyclists and a piper, marched towards Tower Hill, singing "Fall in and Follow Me." When ...

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  4. AIR FIGHTING.

    The Press Bureau publishes details of the week's air activity, which show that over 200 tons of bombs were dropped on enemy organisations in the battle area alone. We also ...

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  5. BRITISH ENDURANCE.

    Mr. Phillp Gibbs (correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle," telegraphed on Friday: Since the 23rd London troops fighting in the battle have made astonishing progress. They ...

    Article : 305 words
  6. DECISIVE VICTORY.

    President Wilson announces that it is the solemn purpose of the United States to secure a decisive victory of arms, and it is proposed deliberately to devate a larger part of the ...

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  7. PERONNE MUST FALL AUSTRALIANS' BRILLIANT GAIN

    A dushing night attack by the Australians gained possession of Mount St. Quentin, north of Peronne, which commands that town. Peronne is outflanked, and its fall is regarded as a ...

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  8. LENIN SHOT.

    A Russian official message on Friday stated: As the result of an attempt on his life at Moscow, Lenin was wounded. Later reports say Lenin was hit twice ...

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  9. LABOUR AND WAR.

    At a luncheon to Mr. Samuel Compers (President of the American Federation of Labour), Mr. Lloyd George paid a glowing tribute to Mr. Gompers' energies before and since the ...

    Article : 417 words
  10. THE OFFICIAL REPORTS.

    Sir Douglas Haig, reporting at noon on Friday, stated: Despite the destruction of river bridges, our advanced troops crossed the Somme south and west or Deronne. ...

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  11. THE BATTLE LINE.

    The Australian Press Association on Saturday afternoon learnt that the French made a small advance in the Allotte neighbourhood, and occupied the southern outskirts of a wood ...

    Article : 261 words
  12. HOW MT. ST. QUENTIN WAS TAKEN.

    At dawn this morning New South Welsh, Victorian, and Tasmanian infantry, by a sudden, swift stroke north of the River Somme, seized the bluff promontory north of Poronne, ...

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  13. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    An Amsterdam report says cholera has broken out in Belgium. There wore 30 deaths in a week in one village. The Commonwealth Bank is opening a branch ...

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  14. NEW COMMISSIONER.

    The Press Bureau announces that Lieutenant-Genora. Sir Cecil Macready succeeds Sir Edward Henry as Commissioner of Police for the metropolis. The King has conferred a ...

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  15. AUSTRALIAN PRESS DELEGATION.

    The Australian Agents-General entertained the Australian Press Mission at dinner at the Automobile Club. Sir Charles Wade, who presided, said the most urgent problem in ...

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  16. ITALIAN SUCCESS.

    An Italian report states: We penetrated deeply the enemy's positions on Monte Malo, inflicting heavy casualties. We tbok 25 prisoners. ...

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  17. RED CROSS.

    At the August meeting of the Australian Red Cross central council it was reported that the monthly remittance of £19,000 had been forwarded to the commissioners. ...

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  18. GERMAN OUTLOOK.

    The "Evening Standard" publishes a series of German telegrams of a pessimistic and conciliatory nature, showing that Germany is beginning to realise that she has ...

    Article : 321 words
  19. BRAZILIAN LINER.

    Reports from an Atlantic port state that an unarmed Brazilian liner with 350 passengers aboard was shelled by a U-boat for two hours 150 miles off Virginia Capes. The U-boat, ...

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  20. DESTRUCTION OF NOYON.

    The Paris "Matin" states that the French traversed Noyon at the double. No soldiers are now there, it being impossible to stay for the present. Dense clouds of smoke ...

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  21. THE CANADIANS.

    By Friday the Canadians had advanced 12,000 yards since Monday, capturing the advanced German positions of the Drocourt-Queent line. They took 2500 prisoners, in ...

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  22. BALTIC PROVINCES.

    According to a Copenhagen message additional provisions of the Brest-Litovsk Treaty provide that Esthonla and Livonia shall be independent, but Russia is secured commercial ...

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  23. "BEGINNING OF END."

    The Press Bureau announces that in replying to the congratulations of Slg. Orlando, Premier of Italy, regarding the British successes on the Western front, Mr. Lloyd George ...

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  24. SPAIN AND GERMANY.

    A message from Madrid states that a special Cabinet meeting will be held to consider the situation arising out of the sinking by a U-boat of the Spanish steamer Carasa after ...

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  25. THE CHANGED SITUATION.

    The Washington correspondent of the "New York Times" says that M. Tardieu has cabled from Paris a summary of the military events of the past five months. As bearing on the ...

    Article : 153 words
  26. AMERICANS IN FRANCE.

    According to a report from Washington, General March (Chief of Staff) announces that the United States troops are being withdrawn from the British and French brigades in order ...

    Article : 339 words
  27. BUOYANT STATE REVENUE.

    Notwithstanding that the last financial year —July, 1917 to June, 1918—yielded a record revenue, there are substantial indications that the current yeal will show figures well ahend ...

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  28. BELGIANS ESCAPE.

    An Amsterdam message states that 30 Belgians armed with rifles and revolvers rushed the electrified wire barrier on the Dutch frontier during the night. Two of the ...

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  29. SOUTH AFRICAN WOOL.

    General Eustin, head of the South African Government sheep division, in a statement on the wool question to a meeting of prominent breeders at Bloemfontein, stated that the ...

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  30. THE RHINE DEFENCES.

    According to an Amsterdam message the German authorities are employing thousands of 17-year-old boys from Westphalia, Hanover, and the Rhine provinces, also Belgians, ...

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  31. CLOSING IN ON PERONNE.

    The Australians are closing in upon Peronne, which is merely a broken ruin. After its demolition by the Germans last year hardly an habitable house remained. It now ...

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  32. DEGRADED FROM KNIGHTHOOD.

    The Press Bureau announces that the King has degraded Sir Joseph Jonas fruin the degree of Knight Bachelor. Jonas, a prominent Sheffield steel ...

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  33. POST-WAR TRADE.

    A New York message states that Mr. Beaumont Alexander, Vice-President of the Allied Industries Board, is leaving for England to submit a plan to Viscount Furness and the ...

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  34. TEUTON DESERTERS.

    An increasing number of German desertors, including Prussians, are coming to the Allied lines. Austrian officer prisoners say their men held the line only because Germans were ...

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  35. DECREASE IN VICTORIA.

    Compared with last year, the State revenue for August shrank by £64,311. For the first two months in the financial year the reduction was £5805. ...

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  36. MR. HUGHES IN ENGLAND.

    Mr. Hughes' Scottish tour concluded with a visit to the Grand Fleet. He lunched with Admiral Beatty aboard the flagship, and after wards inspected the various naval units. ...

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  37. PRICE OF BACON.

    The Minister in Charge if Price Fixing, Mr. Masby Greene, stated in reference to the revocation of the order fixing the price of bacon in New South Wales that this action ...

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  38. NOVEL SECRET SERVICE.

    A Paris report says the mystery of the disappearance of the famous airman Vedrdness since early in the war has been solved by the "Petit Journal's" announcement that he has ...

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  39. CHRISTIANS MASSACRED.

    Messages received in New York from the United States Minister in Persia say that 40,000 Christian refugees from Urumia, in the Persian province of Azerbaljan have arrived ...

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  40. BIG FIRE IN HONDURAS.

    Belize, the capital and chief seaport of Brirish Honduras, has been partly destroyod by fire. The Governor, Mr. Hart Bennett, was injured. ...

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  41. FIGHTING AT BULLECOURT.

    The "Petit Parisien" states that the British in the Bullecourt area took 1700 prisoners on Friday, making 3695 in four days. ...

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