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  2. REFERENDUM DATE

    The referendum on conscription will be taken on Saturday, December 22. Speaking in Sydney yesterday Sir William Irvine said that the military situation was grave and the Empire was ...

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  3. LATE WAR NEWS.

    Sir Douglas Haig, reporting at midday, stated:—Welsh troops successfully raided yesterday night to the south-east of Armentieres. They captured 14 Germans, ...

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  4. GAZA TAKEN.

    The capture of Gaza is reported. An official message from Egypt states: General Sir Edmund Allenby captured Khuwellfeh, 1[?] miles north of Beersheba, ...

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  5. LIVENZA.

    A German official message on Wednesday stated: We have reached the line of the Llvenza River. A previous German official message ...

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  6. SHIPPING LOSSES.

    The Admiralty figures dealing with British losses through submarines for the week ended November 4 are as follows:— Arrivals, 2384; sailings, 2370. ...

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  7. ARTILLERY.

    Mr. C. E. W. Bean, the Commonwealth official correspondent, writes: In days when little is heard of the battle before Ypres, there is being done by one little-mentioned section ...

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  8. HAIG'S PUSH

    Sir Douglas Halg's midnight report on Wednesday stated: We continued organising our new positions at Passchendaele and the high ground in the ...

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  9. KERENSKY DEPOSED.

    It is reported that the Premier of Russia, M. Kerensky, has been deposed. ...

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  10. AT PASSCHENDAELE.

    Mr. Porcival Phillips writes: Nine hours after Passchendacle was taken, an iron door, which had been unnoticed, in a pillbox opened, and two Prusian colonels came out with hands ...

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  11. WINNING THE V.C.

    Second Lieutenant Colvin, of thee Choshires, has been awarded the Victoria Cross. When all the other officers had been killed he assumed the command of two companies, and ...

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  12. THE CAPTURE OF GAZA.

    The map will enable the operations of General Sir Edmund Allenby's army in Palestine to be followed. The capture of Gaza, which was stubbornly defended by the Turks, marks a further important advance by the British troops, including Australians. It was reported some months ago that the railway had been extended to Rafa, and it is possible that the line now extends beyond that point. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  13. ALLIED UNITY.

    A Paris message says M. Barthou has announced that a commission will consider measures to be taken towards an agreement of the Allies to realise a complete unity of ...

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  14. AMERICAN SECTOR.

    Advices from France, received in Washington, state that artillery firing continues fairly active in the American sector. ...

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  15. MILITARY SITUATION.

    A high military authority explains that the progress on the West front is satisfactory. "We now hold," he says, "two-thirds of the Passchendaele Ridge, which is the most ...

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  16. AMERICA'S FIRST LOSSES.

    The first casualty list, giving the losses suffered by the United States troops in the recent raid upon the American trenches, has been published. The announcements have ...

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  17. SIR WILLIAM IRVINE

    The Government is again going to throw upon the electors of Australia a responsibility which,, in my opinion, ought to be borne by themselves. ...

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  18. THE CABINET.

    The conscription referendum will be taken on Saturday, December 22. The Federal Cabinet sat again all to-day, considering the conscription question and the ...

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  19. SECRET SERVICE ARREST.

    Secret service officers on November 5 arrested Thomas Welsh, a British subject, upon his arrival in New York. He is alleged to have been a messenger between the Sinn ...

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  20. AN ERRAND OF MERCY.

    The American Red Cross intends to send a commission to italy to take every stop to alleviate the suffering of soldiers and civilians. ...

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  21. GAINS HELD.

    The correspondent of the United Press Association in Flanders telegraphs: Despite the orders to the German troops to contest every inch of ground, and to ...

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  22. GERMAN MAN-POWER

    A Washington message says reports from Switzerland state that Germany has lost on an average 1,200,000 men annually, and this number will at least be equalled for 1918. The ...

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  23. RIVEN RUSSIA.

    As a result of the conflict between the Government and the Soviets Revolutionary Committee regarding the control of the Petrograd military forces, it is rumoured the Soviet ...

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  24. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Major Miller, of the Royal Flying Corps, who was born in South Africa, and is at present on a mission recruiting for the R.F.C., to-day commenced a flying tour of the union. He ...

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  25. DAY OF PRAYER.

    It is officially announced that his Majesty the King issues the following message:— To My People,— A world-wide struggle for triumph and ...

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  26. INDUSTRIAL UNREST.

    Lord Salisbury, in the House of Lords, referring to the Industrial Unrest Commission's report, said it showed that the working classes' distrust was towards the ...

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  27. INCREASE PRODUCTION

    Dr. Addison (Minister of Reconstruction), speaking at the National club, said that the progress of the country after the war depended upon its increased productivity. ...

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  28. CONFERENCE OF ALLIES.

    The American delegates to the Allies' Conference have arrived at a British port. They comprise Colonel House, Admiral Benson, and several others. ...

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  29. NEW YORK'S MAYOR.

    Judge Hylan, the newly-elected Mayor of New York, will support the Government in every act it determines upon. His election means Tammany's return to ...

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  30. FATE OF POLAND.

    A message from Amsterdam states the "Lokal Anzeiger" reports that the Polish problem has been settled by the Austrian Emperor becoming King of Poland and the ...

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  31. BRAZIL AND THE WAR.

    It is officially notified that the King sent a message to the President of Brazil, expressing cordial greetings and congratulations on the occasion of Brazil's declaration of war. ...

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  32. AIR REPRISALS.

    Mr. Bonar Law, speaking at Manchester, said the British already had a considerable number of aeroplanes bombing German towns —more than the public seemed to realise. ...

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  33. ENGLISH RACING.

    The Cambridgeshire Stakes, a handicap of 25 sovs, with 500 sovs added, 1¼, was run at Newmarket to-day. Result:— Mr. D. Fraser's hr e Brown Prince, by ...

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  34. A V.C. HERO.

    Sergeant Knight, of Nottingham, who has been awarded the Victoria Cross, captured a machine-gun single-handed. He then attacked twelve of the enemy in a shell hole. ...

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  35. VICTORY OF PEACE.

    New York newspapers welcome the Japanese-American agreement, which benefits the three parties, and terminates German machinations. ...

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  36. DANISH BUTTER.

    The "Morning Post's" correspondent at Copenhagon states that the fixing of a maximum of 229/ caused a panic in the butter market. Many exporters shipped quantities at ...

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  37. ARRESTS IN IRELAND.

    Three Irish volunteer officers were arrested at Wexford for drilling volunteers. They included Robert Brennan, who was sentenced to death at Easter, 1916. His sentence was ...

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