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  2. DEPARTING TROOPS.

    The public will to-day have an opportunity which has not been afforded for a long time of witnessing a march through the city of troops on their way to embark at ...

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  3. LATE WAR NEWS.

    A new German offensive has been begun between Meteren and Voormezeele. ...

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  4. CALL IMPERATIVE.

    The Prime Minister, Mr. Lloyd George, in the preface to a volume of his war speeches, says: "Democracy and autocracy have come to ...

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  5. WAR NOTES.

    The latest communiques indicate no alteration of importance on the front in Flanders since the enemy gains on Thursday and Friday last, except for the readjustment of the ...

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  6. HOLLAND'S SURRENDER.

    The Rotterdam correspondent of the "Daily News" says Holland has surrendered to the German mailed fist. An agreement was reached on Saturday. It is impossible to ...

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  7. RUSSIAN RUMOURS.

    A Stockhold message says it is reported that Generals Alexieff and Korniloff have arrived in Petrograd, where they have become masters of the situation. ...

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  8. FLANDERS FRONT

    Mr. Percival Phillips confirms the report that the British line has been readjusted in the Ypres sector. The London Press admits the likelihood of Ypres being relinquished. ...

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  9. RECRUITING.

    Lieutenant Thomson conducted the recruiting meeting in Martin-place yesterday. Half a dozen men responded to the appeals of returned soldiers. ...

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  10. LABOUR AND RECRUITING.

    Mr. Arthur Rae, acting secretary to the Australian Labour patty, asked yesterday whether he had anything to say regarding the attitude of the Official Labour party towards ...

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  11. TURKS OCCUPY KARS.

    A Turkish official report on Saturday stated: We have occupied Kars (Transcaucasin). We captured 860 guns, and a large quantity of war material. ...

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  12. THE OFFICIAL REPORTS.

    Sir Douglas Haig, reporting at noon on Sunday, stated: The enemy captured Voormezeele last evening, but a counter-attack early in the night drove him out. ...

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  13. AMERICAN LABOUR.

    The American Mission had luncheon in the Whitehall Banqueting Hall, from which Charles the First emerged to his execution. This is the first time the hall ...

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  14. FLANDERS AND PICARDY.

    A remarkable contrast in views is displayed by the cabled statements of Philip Gibbs and Marcel Hutin this morning. While Mr. Gibbs states that the enemy, "thwarted at Amiens ...

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  15. CHINA'S FUTURE.

    According to a message from Peking the "Shanghai Gazette" says that China has agreed to the following Japanese demands:- (1) Japanese control of Chinese arsenals and ...

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  16. POSITION OF MARITIME UNIONS.

    Buring the hearing in the Arbitration Court to-day before Mr. Justice Higgins, of the claim of the Waterside Workers' Federation of Australia against the Commonwealth ...

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  17. INSPECTION OF TROOPS.

    The Governor, Sir Walter Davidson; accompanied by Brigadier-General Lee, State Commandant, and Mr. R. B. Orchard, Minister in Charge of Recruiting, visited Liverpool Camp ...

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  18. GERMANS AIM TO REACH CHANNEL.

    Mr. Phillp Gibbs writes: It is fairly certain that the enemy, thwarted at Amiens and Arras, has now decided to hurl his fullest weight northwards, striking towards the ...

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  19. IRISH CRISIS.

    Visiting correspondents declare that upon the subject of conscription Ireland is for the time being a united nation. The words, "No conscription" are boldly printed on the chest ...

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  20. KING'S MESSAGE.

    The Press Bureau states: The King sent the following message to the Viceroy of India (Lord Chelmsford) for communication to the war conference at Delhi on Saturday: I learn ...

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  21. CARMICHAEL THOUSAND.

    The preparations are now complete for the march of Captain Carmichael's thousand recruits to-morrow. A number of men who enlisted in country districts have already ...

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  22. FIJI AND THE WAR.

    The Legislative Council at Suva has carried the following motion:—"This Council expresses its unabated pride in the valour and self-sacrifice of the British and Allied armies, ...

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  23. SIGNIFICANT ENEMY OBJECTIVES.

    Of the two views one is inclined to attach more signifiance to that expressed by Marcel Hutin, without laying too much stress upon the "secondary" nature of the Flanders front. ...

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  24. AUSTRALIAN NOTES.

    On April 24 there were in circulation 17,790,967 Australian notes, representing a face value of £52,687,694. The amount of gold held by the Treasury for the Aot at that date ...

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  25. VICTORY POLICIES.

    Subscriptions that came to hand yesterday brought the "Victory Policies" Fund to over the £20,000 aimed at by Sir James Burns, by whom the campaign was initiated. But ...

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  26. ZEEBRUGGE.

    The Admiralty, announces the following casualties in the operations on the Belgian coast:—Officers, 16 killed, 3 died of wounds, 2 missing, 29 wounded. ...

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  27. MATUNGA'S PASSENGERS AND CREW.

    Burns, Philp, and Co., Ltd., have received information by cable from their London agents giving the whereabouts of several of the passengers and crew of the Matunga as ...

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  28. SEVERITY OF THE ENEMY'S LOSSES.

    Mr. Phillp Gibbs states: The enemy's losses all along the line have been very severe. The actual figures show that some companies were reduced from 120 to 40. The average company ...

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  29. HEROES OF THE SEA.

    Official reference is made to the excellent work of the motor launches at Zeebrugge, attention being drawn to the splendid services of these craft throughout the war. ...

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  30. TO ROUND UP DESERTERS.

    The British Vice-Consul at Boston (U.S.A.) states that the British authorities are preparing to arrest hundreds of Canadian and British army deserters in the ...

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  31. AEROPLANE OVER CITY.

    An aeroplano flying over the city yesterday caused many of the people who saw it to become unnecessarily alarmed. It was officially explained that the aeroplane was ...

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  32. FRENCH MARQUIS ARRESTED.

    A report from Paris states that the Marquis Laurent Decquevilley has been arrested on a charge of treason and espionage. The marquis served for several years in French ...

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  33. COAST RAILWAY TO BRISBANE.

    The attention of the Minister for Railways was directed this morning to Mr. Holman's speech at Grafton with reference to the proposed linking up of the coast railway from ...

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  34. MEN WANTED FOR TROPICS.

    Captain Spain, of Victoria Barracks, will receive applications from men over 27 years and under 50 for service in the tropics. Successful applicants will receive the same rates ...

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  35. HOLLAND AND GERMANY.

    It would now appear that the serious position which Holland was said to be faced with has been relieved, but if the cabled message announcing that an economic ...

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  36. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Lord Rhondda has withdrawn his resignation for the post of Food Controller. The Bishop of Exeter, preaching at Cambridge University, suggested that the Church's ...

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  37. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—Having read the official published account of the Governor-General's Conference, would you kindly allow me space to express my opinions. As a true Briton, ...

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  38. A NEW DISEASE.

    The eighth death in London within a week has resulted from botulism, a disease caused by a germ attacking the nerve-contres. The germ is found in under-cooked meats, tinned ...

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  39. KING OF TONGA'S DEATH.

    News has been received that King George, and Tuban II. of Tonga, died of tuberculosis on April 5, and was buried in state the following Wednesday. ...

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  40. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SCHEME.

    Additional offers to provide policies of £200 each under the scheme inaugurated by the Chamber of Commerce to insure the lives of recruits have been received from the ...

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  41. TREATMENT OF PRISONERS.

    The France-German agreement with regard to the treatment of war prisoners, interned civilians, and French bostagas, as well as dealing with the position of the population ...

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  42. HOSPITAL SHIPS.

    An Admiralty official report states: inquiry shows conclusively that the hospital ship Guildford Castle was struck by a torpedo in the middle of March. The first missed, and ...

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  43. QUEEN'S WOMANLY MESSAGE.

    Queen Mary has sent the following message to the nayy, army, and air force; "I send this message to tell every man how much we women of the British Empire at home watch ...

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  44. MOVEMENT IN WAVERLEY.

    At an enthusiastic meeting held in the Wavverley Council-chambers last night it was decided to provide insurance policies for men with dependents who enlist from the ...

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  45. GERMANY'S THREE MILLION DEAD.

    The Rotterdam correspondent of the "New York Times" says unofficial advices from Berlin state that since the beginning of the war three million German soldiers have been ...

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  46. UNREGISTERED DOCTOR.

    Harry Christian Watson was convicted at the Essendon Police Court to-day on a charge of having pretended to be a medical practitioner at Mooneo Ponds, though not ...

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  47. PRINCE LICHNOWSKY.

    A Copenhagen report says the Prussian Upper House has authorised the prosecution of Prince Lichnowsky, formerly Ambassador to Britain, whose memorandum stating that ...

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  48. OFFERS FROM THE COUNTRY.

    TAMWORTH.—Ten business men in Tamworth have offered to insure for £200 each ten men enlisting in Carmichael's Thousand, provided they have dependents. Mrs. S. A. ...

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  49. DISAFFECTED FIJIANS.

    Sentences of imprisonment ranging from one to eighteen months were passed at Fiji on fifteen Fijian natives who were arrested on charges of seditious utterances. ...

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  50. CONCRETE SHIPS.

    The following American official information by wireless is supplied by the American Consul-General:—A Pacific coast shipyard that built the first concrete ship of 5000 tons has ...

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  51. AN ANZAC DAY RESOLUTION.

    At an Anzac celebration concert on Sunday night the following resolution was moved by. Mr. J. Hebbard, president of the Returned Soldiers' Association, and ...

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  52. ALLIED NAVIES.

    A Paris report says the Inter-Allied Naval Council has arrived at important decisions to ensure closer coliaboration and intensification of naval action. ...

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  53. AUSTRALIANS HONOURED.

    Mr. A. W. M'Kibbin, of Esk-street, Lithgow, has been notified that his brother-in-law, Sergeant A. J. Cox, has been awarded the D.C.M. for gallantry on the field. Sergeant ...

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  54. SUPER-SUBMARINES.

    The New York "Times" correspondent at Washington says information has been received that Germany has completed six supersubmarinos of 1500 tons capacity each, and ...

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  55. STATE PARLIAMENT.

    By "Government Gazette" notice yesterday, the State Parliament was further prorogued until May 8. Members are not likely to be called together untill July next. ...

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