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  2. CAPTAIN CARMICHAEL'S APPEAL

    Captain A. C. Carmichael, M.C., Chairman of the State Recruiting Committee, yesterday issued the following appeal:- I want a thousand Australian-born men to enlist by the first of May and come with me to France in answer to the appeal that has just come ...

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  3. LATE WAR NEWS.

    Sir Douglas Haig, in his midday report, states: We advanced our line slightly at night time on the south bank of the Somme eastward of Viresous and Corbie. ...

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  4. THE AUSTRALIANS.

    The Australian units have been involved to-day and yesterday in two separate attacks, fighting most desperately with such magnificent tenacity and fiery spirit in ...

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  5. GERMANY'S WESTERN OFFENSIVE.

    The heavy black line represents the position on the sector of the front east and south-east of Amiens, as indicated by recent cablegrams. The principal alteration effected by the enemy's attacks since the recent lull in the offensive has been an extension of the advance immediately southward of the Somme, at the angle ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. THE GREAT STRUGGLE

    Since the fighting last week there has been another lull on the Western front. Sir Douglas Haig's report states that there has been heavy rain. ...

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  7. AMERICA.

    The New York Press is unanimous in its praise of President Wilson's Baltimore speech. The New York "World" says: "The reply to the Germans' military masters is in terms ...

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  8. REINFORCEMENTS

    The conference called by the Governor-General (Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson) to consider the appeal for reinforcements made by the Imperial Government, will ...

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  9. RUINED RUSSIA.

    A Petrograd message states that by occupying Ekenas and Reval the Germans have secured control of the whole of the naval defences of Petrograd. ...

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  10. AMERICA'S EFFORTS.

    President Wilson, replying to the King, expres[?]es warm gratification at his generous message, and assuring His Majesty that it is with the greatest satisfaction that the people ...

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  11. OFFICIAL REPORTS.

    Sir Douglas Haig, reporting at mid-day, says:—Counter-attacks yesterday successfully re-established our positions at Aveluy Wood, and yielded 120 prisoners and ...

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  12. WAR LOAN.

    Never in the history of banking have such scenes been witnessed in Australia as were enacted yesterday at the Commonwealth Bank. There have been stampedes to take out ...

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  13. £141,000 AT HER MAJESTY'S.

    Lieut. Godfrey, M.C., told Her Majeaty's audience last night that he knew of a mother who had lost two sons in the war. Their joint estate was £40, which she put into the ...

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  14. GERMANY AND PEACE

    Dr. Ablass, a member of the extreme section of the German Liberals, in a speech at Herschberg, in Silesia, said that even the Liberal parties no longer considered the ...

    Article : 233 words
  15. £50,000 AT THE TIVOLI.

    Lieut. Moore was introduced at the Tivoli Theatre last night by Mr. Arthur Rickard, and made a four-minute appeal for subscriptions. The following investments were ...

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  16. NATIONAL DEBT OF HONOUR.

    Mr. J. Barnes, president of Tattersall's Club, introduced the Lord Mayor (Alderman Joynton Smith) and Mr. J. Kell, deputy-governor of the Commonwealth Bank, to members during ...

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  17. GERMAN MENACE.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Lloyd George) says in a message to the Viceroy of India: At this time when the intention of Germany's rulers to establish tyranny not only ...

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  18. VALLEY OF DIJATH.

    Mr. Philip Gibbs says that the Germans are struggling hard to bring up heavy guns and complete the organisation of their divisions before attempting another drive on a big ...

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  19. HARD FIGHTING.

    Mr. Percival Phillips writes:—Repeated attacks along practically the entire front are yielding the enemy such scant gain of ground that his position has in no wise improved since ...

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  20. £100,000 EXPECTED FROM C.T.A.

    "I am sanguine that the commercial travel— lers of New South Wales will be responsible for over £100,000 for the war loan," said Mr. A. A. Hall, secretary of the C.T.A., ...

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  21. IRELAND.

    The "Daily Chronicle" learns that the Government, in anticipation of a settlement of the Irish question, proposes to include in the new Military Service Bill its intention ...

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  22. VISITOR'S FAITH IN AUSTRALIA

    The honorary organiser of the Australian Air Squadron's Fund, Mr. C. Alma Baker, although only a visitor to Australia, yesterday subscribed through the Union Bank £10,000 to ...

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  23. THE LATEST SUBSCRIPTIONS.

    The following additional subscriptions to the Sixth War Loan were received at the Commonwealth Bank yesterday:- Edwards, Dunlop, and Co., Ltd., Tooth and Co., ...

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  24. MINISTER HOPEFUL.

    "Personally, I think it is about the best step that could have been taken in the circumstances," remarked the Minister in charge of recruiting (Mr. R. B. Orchard) yesterday, ...

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  25. GENERAL CABLES.

    Polish newspapers state that Polish legions consisting of several thousands of soldiers have been dissolved owing to treason, and interned in the interior of Hungary. ...

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  26. SOUTH AFRICA.

    The great recruiting campaign to fill the ranks of the South African Brigade officially opens to-day throughout the union. There will be special intercessory services in the ...

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  27. GERMAN TANKS.

    The "Morning Post" correspondent on the French front sends interesting details of the German tanks used in the present offensive. The Germans modified the construction and ...

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  28. HINDENBURG'S ORDERS.

    The United Press Agency's correspondent on the Western front says:—President Wilson's decision to hasten America's armed support to the Allied troops did not come an ...

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  29. LABOUR PARTY'S ATTITUDE.

    Mr. Arthur Rae, acting secretary to the Australian Labour party, and who was also secretary to the recent anti-conscription campaign, commenting on the matter yesterday, ...

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  30. GERMANS TN MOROCCO.

    The Tangier correspondent of the "Times" says that Germans in Morocco have attempted to persuade Raisuli and others to inaugurate a revolution of tribesmen against the French, ...

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  31. NEWCASTLE CONTRIBUTIONS.

    All the banks of the city and district reported that they had been kept busy to-day with inquiries and payments to the war loan. The total amounts of the contributions now ...

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  32. THE GOVERNOR AND TRADES UNIONISTS.

    A large number of trade union officials have accepted the Lord Mayor's invitation to a function on May 1, when his Excellency the Governor will be afforded an opportunity of ...

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  33. AMERICAN TROOPS.

    Washington advices state that the War Department's weekly summary says that the American transport sections took an active part in the great battle. The aviation ...

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  34. THE CAUCASUS.

    A Turkish communique states: On April 6, after violent fighting we occupied the region of Erdiscach, on the north shore of Lake Van (in the Caucasus). We ...

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  35. TANK OUT AGAIN.

    In Moore-strect yesterday the tank attracted a tremendous crowd, and four-minute speakers made appeals for the loan from noon until 2 o'clock. There were 77 investors, whose ...

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  36. TANK IN MELBOURNE.

    The War Loan tank met with further success to-day, and in the morning the sum of £325,000 was secured as the result of a visit to the Stock Exchange. ...

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  37. RECRUITING OFFICERS MEET.

    Captain Carmichael, M.C., the new chairman of the State Recruiting Committee, is leaving no stone unturned to give an impetus to the recruiting movement. One of his ...

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  38. SPAIN AND GERMANY.

    Madrid advices state that Spain and Germany have reached an agreement whereby Switzerland, acting as intermediary, will supervise shipments as a guarantee that the ...

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  39. NO ROOM TO DEPLOY.

    Major Civrieux, writing in the "Matin," says the Germans are being crowded into the corner of an angle eastward of Amiens, giving them the advantage, of shorter distances ...

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  40. BOLO TO BE SHOT.

    A Paris message states that Bolo has petitioned for a reprieve. President Poincare refused to grant a pardon, and Bolo will therefore be shot. ...

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  41. ENEMY'S LOSSES.

    German newspapers are publishing semiofficial warnings threatening severe penalties on persons spreading alarmist tumours regarding the army's losses on the Western front. ...

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