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  2. NEGOTIATIONS END

    An emphatic pronouncement was made yesterday by the Acting Premier declaring that the Government would refuse to enter into any further negotiations with representatives of the strikers for a settlement of the strike. ...

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  3. LATE CABLE NEWS.

    Field-Marshal Haig reports:— There has been fierce fighting southward of Lens. We hold the German trenches north-westward of Green ...

    Article : 63 words
  4. WAR NOTES.

    The optimism displayed by General Maurice in summing up the military situation as it stands to-day is all the more welcome when we realise that military men usually show a ...

    Article : 386 words
  5. ROUMANIANS CLAIM SUCCESS.

    A Russian official message issued on Thursday at 4.25 p.m. stated: We retired under pressure in the direction of Tukkum (in the Riga district). ...

    Article : 245 words
  6. ITALIAN ATTACK.

    An Italian communique issued on Thursday afternoon says: We made progress north and south on the Iso[?]zo front. Our troops are repulsing counter-attacks. ...

    Article : 256 words
  7. CRISIS IN GERMANY.

    The Rotterdam correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" says that a fresh political crisis has developed in Germany, and threatens the position of Dr. Michaelis, the new Chancellor. ...

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  8. WESTERN FRONT.

    The British have made slight but important advances north-east of Ypres and south of Lens. The battle north of Verdun except for artillery activity has died ...

    Article : 416 words
  9. ISONZO BATTLE.

    A report from Rome says that the Austrian resistance on the Carso is most stubborn along the whole front. The Carse sector is enormously valuable to the enemy, and is ...

    Article : 81 words
  10. NEW BRITISH ORDERS.

    Long lists of the first recipients of the Order of Companions of Honour, and of the various classes of the Order of the British Empire, have been issued. The men and ...

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  11. STRUGGLE EAST OF THE ISONZO.

    The great trial of strength between the Italians and Austrians continues along the front beyond the Isonzo, but, while it still shows fresh results in the shape of a growing ...

    Article : 438 words
  12. THE NEW RUSSIA.

    The Petrograd correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" reports that an important series of all-Russia conferences will be held in Moscow. The most important will open on ...

    Article : 217 words
  13. THE SALONICA FIRE.

    Advices from Athens state that 150,000 people are without shelter through the fire in Salonica. The French are caring for 25,000. ...

    Article : 195 words
  14. TRAINS AND TRAMS.

    Yesterday morning the train service into Sydney consisted of 69 trains, says the official report of the Chief Commissioner. The whole of the suburban trains arrived practically to ...

    Article : 545 words
  15. MEAT TRADE.

    A splendid response has been made to the advertisement calling for outside labour," said Mr. Nicholls, secretary to the Master Butchers' Defence Committee yesterday. "If ...

    Article : 249 words
  16. QUEENSLAND.

    Dissatisfied with the apathy of the State Government in dealing with the Northern railway strike, the Farmers' Union has convened a public meeting for to-morrow at ...

    Article : 247 words
  17. AID FOR RUSSIA.

    The Washington correspondent of the United Press Association says that, following a conference between President Wilson, the Cabinet, and M. Bakhmetieff (Russian ...

    Article : 66 words
  18. PROGRESS OF FIGHTING.

    The "Morning Post's" correspondent at British headquarters reports that the Canadians are still closing around Lens. They attacked, on Thursday morning, the southern ...

    Article : 127 words
  19. RUSSIANS RETIRE IN THE NORTH.

    The position on the Eastern front continues to prosent many interesting features. Away up on the northern flank, near Riga, there has evidently been more activity than the ...

    Article : 285 words
  20. RAID ON ZEEBRUGGE.

    The Admiralty reports that naval aviators on Wednesday morning bombed the shipping and batteries at Zeebrugge, and also the Ghistelles aerodrome. All our machinen returned safely. ...

    Article : 65 words
  21. MILITARY MEAT "BLACK."

    Information was supplied to the Attorney-General yesterday which shows that the Meat Industry Employees' Union has taken up a most extraordinary attitude with regard to ...

    Article : 105 words
  22. AIR RAID.

    The Admiralty reports that yesterday morning the Naval Air Service carried out a raid on the Belgian coast, and dropped bombs on the ammunition dumps at Middlekerko and ...

    Article : 43 words
  23. MILITARY POSITION.

    General Maurice (Director of Military Operations) states that the recent British advances have all been carried out according to programme. Mud rendered the Langemarck ...

    Article : 234 words
  24. THE RAILWAY TRUCE.

    The "Daily Telegraph" says that neither the excutive of the National Railwaymen's Union nor any responsible body intends to break the new railway truce. The ...

    Article : 65 words
  25. THEIR OWN GAS.

    A French shell, on the Verdun front, blew up a German gas-shell dump, asphyxiating the men of three German batteries. ...

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  26. "BLACK" LUGGAGE.

    The latest demand of the South Queensland railway unionists is that luggage should be declared black. This request has been made in respect of luggage arriving at Wallangarra ...

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  27. SOLDIERS' CRICKET.

    The Australian convalescent soldiers at Lords beat the New Zealand convalescents by 263 to 116. ...

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  28. COAL-TRIMMERS' ACTION.

    At to-day's meeting of the Chamber of Commerce a letter was read from the Stevedores' Assoiation enclosing a copy of a communication received from the Coal-trimmers' Federal ...

    Article : 113 words
  29. IRISH CONVENTION.

    The Press Bureau says the Irish Convention continued the discussion of the scheme of self-government based on the principle observed in the Dominions. Subsequently Sir ...

    Article : 45 words
  30. ENEMY AIR RAID.

    The Press Bureau announces:—The total casualties occasioned by the German aeroplane raid on Ramagate and Dover were 11 killed and 26 injured. ...

    Article : 68 words
  31. SUBMARINE SUPPLIES.

    It is reported from Athens that the authorities at Gorakis, in Laconia, arrested a German naval officer. He was disguised as a peasant, and was carrying much money. He ...

    Article : 46 words
  32. ROUMANIANS RECOVERING GROUND.

    In Southern Moldavia the Roumanians have more than hold their own, and their official communique, which is the first intelligent message issued by them for some time, ...

    Article : 292 words
  33. ABORTIVE CONFERENCE.

    The Trades-union Congress proved abortive. The Premier, in a statement to-night, said it now became their duty to fix upon a time during which the northern men would be ...

    Article : 47 words
  34. AMERICA AT WAR.

    A Washington report states that the Senate has amended the Revenue Bill. It now provides for a graduated tax on incomes —1 per cent, on incomes of £1000 to 50 per ...

    Article : 65 words
  35. THE GAZA BATTLE.

    "In every fairness to my brave comrades, who so gallantly sacrificed their lives in the fight for Gaza on April 19 last," writes a trooper attached to the Imperial Camel ...

    Article : 195 words
  36. COMMONWEALTH LOAN.

    The "Evening News" criticises the Commonwealth loan as an extravagant method of raising money. It repeats the old suggestion that the British Government ought to finance ...

    Article : 81 words
  37. TIRED OF THE STRIKE.

    The majority of the men in Newcastle are becoming very tired of the strike, and would be glad to get back to work if they could be shown an "honourable" way out of ...

    Article : 210 words
  38. ANZAC MEMORIAL.

    General Royston has conferred with the Commomvealth authorities and Mr. Bertram M'Kenual respecting the erection of a memorial to fallen Anzacs. The Suez Canal ...

    Article : 64 words
  39. REPORTED SINKING OF GERMAN RAIDER.

    The "New York Evening World" states that the British steamship Harrington Head reported that a British warship sank the German raider See Adler in the Atlantic, a ...

    Article : 92 words
  40. RETURNED TO WORK.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 82 words
  41. GENERAL WAR CABLES.

    The condition of Earl Grey is causing grave anxiety. Mr. Hubort Davies, dramatist, is missing. It is supposed he fell off the cliffs at Whitby, ...

    Article : 61 words
  42. MONEY FOR THE STATES.

    The cabled announcement that the Commonwealth intends to float a loan in London was confirmed to-day by the Federal Trensurer. Sir John Forrest, who stated that the ...

    Article : 99 words
  43. LABOUR AND THE WAR.

    It is expected that 692 delegates, representing 3,100,000 unionists, will attend the trade union annual congress on September 3 at Blackpool—the largest numbers on record. ...

    Article : 87 words
  44. DISASTROUS RAIN.

    The harvest prospects in England, which hitherto have been described as good, have been seriously affected by excessive rain, which has beaten down the growing corn in ...

    Article : 34 words
  45. "PROFITEERS" AND FINES.

    It is understood that Lord Rhondda (Food Controller) is pressing for imprisonment in bad cases of "profiteering." Fines often do not act as a deterrent when compared with ...

    Article : 36 words
  46. MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES.

    Mrs. W. Durham, late of Singleton, has been advised that her daughter, Sister Sophie Durham, has been mentioned in Sir Douglas Haig's despatches. ...

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