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  2. SHIPBUILDING.

    Questioned yesterday in regard to the reported early commencement of shipbuilding by the Federal Government, and the State Government's co-operative measures, the ...

    Article : 154 words
  3. LATE WAR NEWS.

    Sir Douglas Haig, reporting at midday, states: We recaptured a sap to the eastward of Bullecourt which the enemy occupied yesterday morning. ...

    Article : 36 words
  4. FURTHER ADVANCE.

    An official report from Palestine states: A further advance of over a mile was made on part of General Allenby's line northward of Jerusalem. ...

    Article : 59 words
  5. THE REFERENDUM.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 15 words
  6. RANDWICK HOSPITAL.

    The Minister for Defence, Senator Pearce, yesterday made available two reports received from the Hospital Advisory Committee, New South Wales, in respect to the ...

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  7. AWARDED ROYAL RED CROSS

    Mrs. Stobo is matron of No. 2 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, on the Belgian frontier, to which she was recently appointed. Her husband is Mr. E. H. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 163 words
  8. AUSTRALIANS HONOURED.

    Lieutenant-Colonel Reginald Travers, one of the recipients of the D.S.O. and bar, is a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Travers, of Weedon, Albert-street, Mosman. ...

    Article : 507 words
  9. WAR AIMS.

    Lord Lansdowne, interviewed, said he noted the most distinct affirmation that Britain had never aimed at the extinction of Germany as a great Power, but rather at turning her aside ...

    Article : 249 words
  10. THE STATES.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 233 words
  11. AMERICAN RAILWAYS.

    President Wilson's address to Congress on Thursday explained the details for taking over the railways, and an appropriation o[?] £30,000,000 for financing the scheme. He said ...

    Article : 229 words
  12. PRIME MINISTER'S STATEMENT.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) stated yesterday that Victorian State officials had had several interviews with the Supervisor of Commonwealth Shipbuilding regarding the ...

    Article : 61 words
  13. MOTOR ROBBERY.

    The prevalence of motor car robberies has been so great of late that it is now considered by car owners unsafe to leave their motors standing unattended. Special steps ...

    Article : 272 words
  14. STRIKE AVERTED.

    The electrical trade-unions, whose membership is 20,000, threatened to strike at noon on Saturday. Dissatisfaction is caused by the unequal distribution of Government war bonuses. ...

    Article : 72 words
  15. MANLY MYSTERY.

    The mystery concerning the disappearance of Mr. Thomas de Burgh, an engineer in the Public Works Department, was cleared away on Saturday, when his father, Mr. E. M. de ...

    Article : 230 words
  16. THE NEXT BLOW.

    Mr. Frank Simmonds, in a striking article in the "New York Tribune," says Germany's superior forces failed on the Marne, on the Yser, at Ypres, and at Verdun, and she is now ...

    Article : 80 words
  17. SPANISH CRISIS.

    It is officially explained that certain political parties assisted in the formation of defence committees composed of non-commissioned officers against their chiefs. The ...

    Article : 70 words
  18. "LAST MAN AND LAST SHILLING."

    Mr. Crawford Vaughan, ex-Premier of South Australia, is touring America under the auspices of the Committee of Public Information, making speeches with the object of ...

    Article : 76 words
  19. GRAVES OF AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS.

    The Minister for Defence, Senator Pearce, recently received a cable message from the High Commissioner, Mr. Fisher, stating that he had attended the first meeting of the ...

    Article : 210 words
  20. LORD DENMAN'S COMMENT.

    Lord Denman, in opening the exhibition of Mr. Will Dyson's drawings, praised their wonderful realism. It would be ungenerous to adversely criticise the result of the ...

    Article : 83 words
  21. JAPANESE SHIPPING.

    A Washington message says advices from Tokio state that the Japanese Government has notified the Entente that Japan is temporarily prohibiting sales or charters of Japanese ...

    Article : 39 words
  22. PORTUGAL.

    Dear food and the late Government's vigorous repression of its political opponents caused the recent Portuguese revolution. The new Government has ordered fresh ...

    Article : 36 words
  23. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    It is officially announced that a barony has been conferred upon Sir Edward Morris, ex-Premier of Newfoundland, in recognition of his long and distinguished services to the ...

    Article : 293 words
  24. HIGHER WAGES.

    It is reported in connection with the electricians' dispute that the employers have agreed to grant a 12½ per cent, advance to those not yet receiving it. ...

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  25. RECRUITING.

    Referring on Saturday to the figures for enlistments for the year 1917 the Director-General of Recruiting (Mr. Mackinnon, M.L.A.), pointed out that the average monthly ...

    Article : 283 words
  26. BISHOP OF HEREFORD.

    The Hereford Chapter elected Archdeaco[?] H[?]nson as Bishop. Fifteen voted in his favour, and four abstained from voting. Five rural d[?]neries and many private persons ...

    Article : 43 words
  27. PERILOUS MOMENT.

    A most sensational motor accident occurred on the Black Spur at half-past 5 o'clock on Saturday evening, when the mail coach running between Healesville and Marysville ...

    Article : 245 words
  28. MEAT SCARCITY.

    There is great competition in London for corned beef, sausages, poultry, and fish, queues being everywhere. There are unprecedented high prices. Bones are eagerly ...

    Article : 40 words
  29. NEW ZEALAND BUTTER AND CHEESE.

    Negotiations have been successfully concluded between New Zealand producers and the Imperial Food Controller for the purchase of socond-class butter and cheese. The price ...

    Article : 43 words
  30. A MAD SON.

    The residence of Mr. L. Gitsham, cab proprietor, of Redan, was the scene shortly before 2 o'clock this morning of a sensational encounter with a lunatic, in the course of which ...

    Article : 419 words
  31. INTERSTATE GOLD YIELD.

    Birthday Tunnel, 155[?] including general clean-up from plates and about battery, and 60oz from 90 tons; Edna May (month), 2011 tons, 1366oz; ditto (cyanide), £1729; Edna ...

    Article : 86 words
  32. SAILORS AND SOLDIERS' LEAGUE.

    Nominations for the election of officers for the New South Wales branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League of Australia, close at noon oh January 19. All 1917 ...

    Article : 82 words
  33. PROMOTIONS.

    Sergeant-major E. A. Mulford, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Mulford, of 47 Wiley-street, Waverley, who was recently awarded the D.C.M., has been granted a commission on the ...

    Article : 73 words
  34. DIED OF GAS POISONING

    Mr. and Mrs. E. Cleland, of Obley, Gordoncrescent, Petersham, have received news that their son, Gunner Albert Victor Cleland, has died from the effects of gas poisoning. He ...

    Article : 57 words
  35. LINK WITH WATERLOO.

    The death of Mr. Edward Turley, aged 81, has occurred. Deceased was born in Sydney. The cloak worn by deceased's father in the battle of Waterloo, in which he ...

    Article : 58 words
  36. Y.M.C.A. WORK.

    Sir,—Having just arrived home from doing troopship duties in the East, allow me to pass a very high tribute to the splendid work of the Y.M.C.A. as I have personally seen it. ...

    Article : 764 words
  37. INDEX.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 194 words
  38. CHILDREN'S ESCAPADE.

    Two boys, each aged 9½ years, were arrested yesterday by the police and lodged in the Children's Shelter. These boys were found in the top floor of Messrs. Beard, Watson, ...

    Article : 113 words
  39. NEW ZEALAND RACEHORSES.

    Mr. Greenwood intends that the champion three-year-old Biplane shall return to Melbourne in order to take part in the V.R.C. Autumn Meeting. The colt has made a ...

    Article : 130 words
  40. NORTHERN DISTRICTS TOUR.

    On Wednesday Sergt. G. Salisbury, M.M., Sergt. Bewick, Sergt. Browne, and Corporal P. M'Namara will leave Sydney on a recruiting tour of the northern districts. These ...

    Article : 124 words
  41. COUNTRY NEWS.

    BERRIGAN.—A bazaar in aid of "Our Day" effort realised £100. BROKEN HILL.—John Stuart Sloan, 49, a miner, employed in the North Mine, finished ...

    Article : 460 words
  42. MANLY HOLD-UP.

    In connection with the Manly tramway depot hold-up and attempted robbery. Detectives Leary and Lynch arrested a man on Saturday and charged him at the Central Police ...

    Article : 38 words
  43. CONSTABLE HONOURED.

    Last night the Chamber of Commerce presented a gold watch and albert to First-class Constable George Cleaver in' recognition of the bravery and intelligence he recently ...

    Article : 70 words
  44. ADVERTISEMENTS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 224 words
  45. SCOTTISH WOMEN'S WAR HOSPITALS.

    In response to Mrs. Elizabeth Abbott's appeal for £20,000 in aid of the Scottish Women's Hospitals, the sum of £5315 has been received to date. ...

    Article : 144 words
  46. TRONG TIN, N.L.

    It is announced by the management of Trong Tin, N.L., Federated Malay States, that a contract has been let for the dismantling and transport of the company's dredge to the ...

    Article : 94 words
  47. THE FEDERAL TANGLE.

    Mr. Sampson on Saturday expressed his views on the situation as follows:—"All lovers of the Empire will appreciate the difficulty in which the Federal Ministry, possessing as ...

    Article : 223 words
  48. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

    Sir,—Is it not time that the members of the Federal Government definitely repudiated the intention, which has been repeatedly attributed to them in the public Press, of not ...

    Article : 296 words
  49. CROWNING OF CARNIVAL QUEEN.

    The Coogee Carnival Queen Competition, in aid of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, was concluded on Saturday afternoon, when the queen, Mrs. H. G. Goldstein (who had secured ...

    Article : 186 words
  50. RED CROSS ACTIVITY.

    Although nominally "in recess" during the Christmas and New Year holiday season, the officials at the Red Cross Society headquarters have been exceptionally busy on ...

    Article : 132 words
  51. TO-DAY.

    Her Majesty's Theatre: "The Bing Boye," 7.45. Criterion Theatre: "Peter Pan," 8. Palace Theatre: "The New Henrietta," 8. Playhouse: "Rajah of Shivapore," 8. ...

    Article : 170 words
  52. DEATH OF MAJOR HODGKINSON.

    Major W. Hodgkinson died in the military hospital last night from neuritis. The deceased officer left Australia in September, 1915, with the 11th Light Horse, and after service ...

    Article : 75 words
  53. BASEBALL PLAYER INJURED.

    When playing in the second-grade baseball match at Leichhardt Oval on Saturday, Oscar Tribe, of the local team, had a [?]eg torn from the knee to the ankle. He was removed to ...

    Article : 45 words
  54. LATE SHIPPING.

    MELBOURNE.—Arr: Jan. 5, Zealandia, s, from Adelaide; Rotomahana, s, from Launceston; Jun[?], s, from Queensland. Jan. 6, Laranah, s, from Hobart; Oonah, s, from Burnie; Dimboola, s, Burwah, s, and ...

    Article : 70 words
  55. NEW ZEALAND WAR PENSIONS

    At present the New Zealand war pensions total, 10,450, representing an annual liability of £614,690. ...

    Article : 25 words
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