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  2. MORE ENGINEERS TO STRIKE

    Engineers at the Clyde works will probably strike. They declined to handle railway locomotives sent in by the Railway Department for repairs. Employees at Hudson Bros., timber yards in ...

    Article : 315 words
  3. LATE WAR NEWS.

    A British communique issued at 12.30 p.m. states:— "We advanced our line north-eastward of St. Jullen, and successfully raided ...

    Article : 42 words
  4. WEST FRONT

    The communiques respecting the operations on the Western front state that the Germans have made several attacks on British and French positions, all of them ...

    Article : 254 words
  5. WAR NOTES.

    As far as the military situation is concerned, interest has been temporarily diverted to the Eastern front, where the enemy's recent activities are beginning to bear fruit. At ...

    Article : 261 words
  6. RIGA EVACUATED

    A Russian official message on Monday stated:—The Riga region has been abandoned owing to the threatening situation westward of Riga. We retired to a line ...

    Article : 466 words
  7. ITALY'S SUCCESS

    An official Italian report, issued at 3 p.m. on Monday, stated: "We advanced further eastward of the Brestovizza Valley, capturing several dollnas (clefts in the ...

    Article : 380 words
  8. THE RUSSO-GERMAN INTRIGUE

    A further instalment of the telegrams which passed between the German Emperor and the ex-Czar, have been published in the New York "Herald." The Emperor on July 29, ...

    Article : 675 words
  9. OCCUPATION OF RIGA.

    The developments on the Russian right flank, which have been followed with some anxiety during the past week, have culminated in the complete withdrawal of the ...

    Article : 377 words
  10. JAPANESE STEAMSHIPS.

    It is reported in Washington that the Nippon-Yusen Kaisha, one of the leading Japanese steamship lines. is planning extensions, including new services between ...

    Article : 46 words
  11. RUSSIANS ABANDON RIGA.

    The enemy officially announces that he has taken Riga, and the Russians admit that they have abandoned the Riga region. The Russians at first retired to a line from Bilderlingshof to Dahlen, but the Germans crossed the Dwina below Dahlen, captured Uxkull, and pushed north and north-eastward, penetrating the Russian positions on the Jagoi River, and threatening to surround Riga. The heavy black line on the above map represents the approximate position of the front on the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 100 words
  12. AMERICAN SOLDIERS.

    President Wilson has published an address to the men selected for service abroad. "Soldiers of the National Army," the ...

    Article : 153 words
  13. CLYDE ENGINEERING WORKS.

    Engineers in the employ of the Clyde Engineering Co, Ltd., after consulting with the executive of their union, declined yesterday to carry out the work of repairing certain ...

    Article : 401 words
  14. SHIPWRIGHTS.

    "About 420 of our members have been rendered idle in consequence of the industrial unrest," said Mr. Jackson, secretary to the Shipwrights' Union, yesterday. "We are a ...

    Article : 161 words
  15. FERRY FARES.

    The Sydney Ferries, Ltd, were officially notified yesterday of the finding of the Roya[?] Commissioner, Mr. Yarwood, who inquired into the company's financial condition. ...

    Article : 121 words
  16. SECRET HISTORY.

    The Paris edition of the "New York Herald" publishes a series of sensational. telegrams copied from the Russian Imperial Archives covering the German Emperor's effort during ...

    Article : 558 words
  17. LABOUR AND THE WAR.

    A New York message says that the Secretary for Labour (Mr. Wilson), in a speech at the Labour Day meeting, said that there was no labour union in (the United States ...

    Article : 81 words
  18. TOTAL RESUMPTIONS, 5375.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 114 words
  19. PRUSSIAN MORALITY.

    The Krupp organ, "Rheinisch West[?]aclische Zeitung," argues that Germany's duty is to make her enemies uncomfortable. It adds, referring to Belgium: "A country is invaded, ...

    Article : 88 words
  20. THE COUNTRY AND THE STRIKE.

    In past days in the country "Jack" has. been termed "as good as his master." Both have worked good humoredly together in the paddocks or on the run, and when there has ...

    Article : 514 words
  21. THE RIGA SITUATION.

    It is reported from Paris that all the public buildings in Riga were evacuated many months ago, and the inhabitants have diminished to 100,000. It is stated that ...

    Article : 50 words
  22. MACEDONIA.

    A German official message issued on Monday afternoon stated:—We repulsed the French north-west of Monastir. ...

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  23. GERMAN FLANK STRENGTHENED.

    The capture of Riga is a most useful gain to the enemy, and we may expect him to take full advantage of it. It will extend his sphere of influence in the Gulf of Riga, ...

    Article : 423 words
  24. ALLIED WAR COUNCIL.

    A cable from Rome, received by the Italian Embassy in Washington, states that an Allied war council will be held in Paris to consider "the greatly altered military ...

    Article : 37 words
  25. AUSTRIA DENIED HELP.

    A Berne message says that the Bulgarians have refused to send Austria reinforcements, and that the relations between these nations are strained. The disagreements concern ...

    Article : 41 words
  26. AIR RAIDS.

    A British official report says:—Enemy aeroplanes crossed over to the south-east coast at 11 o'clock on Monday, and dropped bombs in various places. No reports of casualties or ...

    Article : 81 words
  27. BOTTLEWORKERS.

    The employees engaged at the Australian Glass Manufacturers' Co., Ltd., Waterloo, went on strike yesterday morning. The employees complained that the coal at the ...

    Article : 82 words
  28. PORT PIRIE.

    A message received from Port Pirie last night stated that the waterside workers had resolved to maintain their previous attitude not to resume work. No work was ...

    Article : 159 words
  29. A BATTERED ARMY.

    A message from Paris says it has been estimated that the British and French latest offensives in Flanders and at Verdun used up 40 German divisions. Ten ...

    Article : 62 words
  30. PRICE OF PETROL.

    Petrol has advanced 8½d per gallon, owing to the increase in the insurance on tank steamers, and it will now be retailed nt 4/4 per gallon. It is expected that this will ...

    Article : 66 words
  31. TRADES' UNION CONGRESS.

    Mr. Hill, representing the Boilermakers' and Shipbuilders' Union, presiding at the Trades' Union Congress, sitting in Blackpool, urged the workers to hold the ...

    Article : 162 words
  32. TIMBER WORKS CLOSED.

    The whole of the employees of Messrs. George Hudson and Son, Ltd., timber merchants, Blackwattle Bay, Glebe, came out on strike yesterday, and the owners propose to ...

    Article : 178 words
  33. CADORNA'S GENERALSHIP.

    The "Corriere Della Sera," of Milan, states that several thousand Austrians were concealed in caverns on the Carso Plateau, and instructed to remain there until the Italians ...

    Article : 133 words
  34. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Dr. Kent Hughes, of Melbourne, has been appointed Surgoon-in-Chief of the AngloRussian Hospital in Petrograd. Ethel Sidgwick, whom Edmund Morel is ...

    Article : 64 words
  35. PORT KEMBLA SMELTERS.

    The Defence Committee, in an official statement, reported that it had been announced that the smelters at Port Kembla had closed down. ...

    Article : 44 words
  36. SUPPOSED FATAL FALL.

    At 1.15 this morning Night-watchman Yates came upon the body of a man lying on the footpath in Young-street, alongside the Hotel Metropole. It was later identified ...

    Article : 129 words
  37. RELIEF STEAMER FOR NORTH.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) stated this afternoon that he had made arrangements for the despatch on Saturday of the steamer Wodonga from Brisbane to North Queensland ...

    Article : 83 words
  38. CHARGE AGAINST BARRISTER.

    Alfred W. Foster, barrister, has been charged under the Unlawful Associations Act, 1916, with having, at Melbourne, on July 29, encouraged the taking of human life and the ...

    Article : 56 words
  39. OBSTRUCTING RAILWAY LINE.

    Information has come to hand of a further deliberate attempt to derail trains on the Main Western line. Near Wentworth Falls on Tuesday last, about 3 o'clock in the ...

    Article : 70 words
  40. BUILDERS' LABOUREES' CLAIM.

    In the Arbitration Court to-day, before Mr. Justice Higgins, the new plaint of the Builders Labourers' Federation against, employers in different States was adjourned ...

    Article : 48 words
  41. FRENCH CABINET.

    M. Ribot, the French Premier, is consulting the leaders of all groups in the Senate and Chamber of Deputies, with a view to reconstituting the Cabinet. ...

    Article : 33 words
  42. PETROGRAD STILL AFAR OFF.

    Although a close study of the Russian communiques for some days past has shown that all was not well on the Russian right flank, the fall of Riga appears to have come as a ...

    Article : 329 words
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