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  2. RECRUITING.

    It is stated in a circular issued by the State Recruiting Committee that Australia is so many thousands of miles from the actual scene of hostilities that it is difficult for the ...

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  3. LATE WAR NEWS.

    The New York "World" says that, although the German Emperor, who is wedded to rapacious war gods, is unable to perceive danger signals at home and ...

    Article : 49 words
  4. WAR NOTES.

    Evidences of a distinct shortage of food in Germany and Austria, as compared with previous years, continue to accumulate. One report-purports to quote an Austro-German ...

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  5. ROUMANIA.

    The roughest weather on the Roumanian front hinders operations. All the Austro-German efforts have been checked during the past fortnight with ...

    Article : 178 words
  6. SEA STRUGGLE.

    The "New York Times" states that a well-informed London correspondent says that the intense, if unadvertised, activity on the part of the Admiralty supports ...

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  7. PEACE OFFERS.

    The Petrograd correspondent of the "New York World" interviewed Prince Nicholas Galitzin the Russian Premier, who said that the Entente would not ...

    Article : 204 words
  8. ROUMANIA

    Rough weather on the Roumanian front is hindering operations. All the Austro-German efforts during the ...

    Article : 166 words
  9. WOMEN'S SERVICE CORPS.

    At a committee meeting of the Australian Women's Service Corps, the following resolution was carried unanimously, viz.:—"That if women are to be of assistance in recruiting ...

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  10. FAMINE CONDITIONS.

    Advices from Petrograd state that reports from many parts of the country emphasise that the breakdown of the transport and the dislocation of the ...

    Article : 172 words
  11. A CIRCULAR LETTER.

    The attention of the organising secretary of the State Recruiting Committee has been drawn to a circular letter addressed by Mr. R. J. Stuart Robertson, M.L.A., to the ...

    Article : 129 words
  12. MESOPOTAMIA.

    An official message from Mesopotamia states: On the nights of the 25th and 26th inst. the enemy made renewed attempts but failed to recapture the ground lost on ...

    Article : 55 words
  13. CENTRAL POWERS.

    An official statement issued by the Imperial German Food Office declares:—Despite the favourable corn crop, Germany's position is worse than in 1916, owing to ...

    Article : 387 words
  14. A WEEK'S FIGURES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 105 words
  15. COUNTRY CONFERENCES.

    The executive of the local recruiting committee has decided to bring the following matters before the conference of the Darling Federal electorate recruiting committees, ...

    Article : 174 words
  16. DEUTSCHLAND OVERDUE.

    The submarine Deutschland is overdue, and the agents are anxious concerning her. ...

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  17. BIG LINER SUNK.

    The White Star liner Laurentic, 14,892 tons, has been sunk off the Irish coast. The vessel was employed in the Government service. ...

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  18. SWITZERLAND'S ALARM.

    The notorious unreliability of the reports which come from neutral sources makes it most difficult to gauge accurately the position of Switzerland at present in relation to the ...

    Article : 329 words
  19. RIGA BATTLE.

    A Russian official message says: We repulsed two attacks west of Riga. The Germnns [?]ed in disorder. A German official message states: ...

    Article : 43 words
  20. FEDERAL POLITICS.

    The Federal situation is no clearer than it was a week ago. The Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) and the leader of the Liberal party (Mr. Cook) were both in Melbourne to-day, ...

    Article : 257 words
  21. IN OTHER STATES.

    To-day's recruiting figures were:—Volunteered, 39; accepted, 20. ...

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  22. WAR COUNCIL MEETING.

    Mr. W. T. Willington (president of the Chamber of Manufactures), in the absence of the Premier, presided yesterday at a meeting of the State War Council. The other ...

    Article : 69 words
  23. DEFEATING TORPEDOES.

    M. Jansen, a Danish engineer, has invented a torpedo shock absorber. It consists of an armoured belt placed around warships and merchantmen, ...

    Article : 84 words
  24. SOLDIERS ON THE LAND.

    Speaking at the conference of War Service committees, held at Cooma on the 23rd, instant, Mr. Austin Chapman, M.P., stated that it was vitally necessary for the ...

    Article : 118 words
  25. MEETING AT RANDWICK.

    Miss Langer Owen was the first speaker at the recruiting rally at Randwick Town Hall last night. She said she had come to the meeting without any excuse for so doing, ...

    Article : 273 words
  26. NORTH SEA SHIPPING

    The United States Embassy in London cables that Britain has enlarged the North Sea area which i[?] dangerous for shipping. ...

    Article : 73 words
  27. WAR SERVICE LEVY.

    In order to meet the expenses of the Werriwa Federal electorate executive committee, it was agreed to start a fund, of which Alderman Wood, Mayor of Goulburn, was to ...

    Article : 66 words
  28. EXPLOSION IN PARIS.

    A violent explosion occurred in a mellnite factory near Paris. The fire, which spread rapidly, reached depots containing explosives. ...

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  29. SWISS FRONTIER AND BELFORT.

    When the Franco-German war of 1870-71 was nIts end a French army of 150,000, under General Bourbaki, marched from a point near Orleans to relieve Belfort, the French ...

    Article : 251 words
  30. BATTALION BADGES.

    A military order states that returned soldiers of the Australian Imperial Force and Naval and Military Tropical Force, who have re-enlisted or are appointed to a military ...

    Article : 75 words
  31. WESTERN FRONT.

    The Paris "Matin" considers it is improbable that Germany will carry out a spring offensive. Rather she is preparing for a vigorous defensive on all fronts ...

    Article : 201 words
  32. GOVERNMENT ATTACKED.

    During the course of his address at the annual meeting of the directors of the Royal North Shore Hospital last night, the chairman (Major Carey) spoke strongly of the ...

    Article : 204 words
  33. COLD IN THE BALTIC.

    A number of Danish and Swedish harbours in the Cattegat and Baltic are icebound, and it is feared all traffic will be stopped if the intense cold continues. ...

    Article : 39 words
  34. SWISS ANXIETY.

    The Central News Agency's correspondent in Zurich states that the Rothschilds, of Paris, have withdrawn £8,000,000 from the Swiss banks in view of the ...

    Article : 87 words
  35. CAMP ENTERTAINMENTS.

    The work being done by the Soldiers' Entertainments Committee is very much appreciated by officers and men in all camps. A few days ago Colonel Lamrock. V.D., ...

    Article : 156 words
  36. AT BALMAIN.

    Three pronounced anti-conscriptionists, Mr. John Storey, M.L.A., Senator Grant, and Mr. Peter Bowling, spoke strongly in advocacy of recruiting at a meeting held in Balmain Town ...

    Article : 286 words
  37. DEVELOPING RESOURCES

    The Empire Resources Development Committee has issued a statement advocating the conservation of the natural resources which are under the ownership ...

    Article : 160 words
  38. STARVING GERMAN AVIATORS

    Two German aviators landed in Normandy. A farmer, whose eldest son had been killed in the war, was working in a field at the time. Arming himself with a ...

    Article : 76 words
  39. GENERAL'S APPEAL FOR MEN.

    The Director-General of recruiting, Mr. Mackinnon, M.L.A., states that the urgency of the call for men was set out in a letter dated November 2, from Brigadier-General ...

    Article : 217 words
  40. ANZAC-PARADE.

    In the City Council last night it was decided, on the motion of Alderman Barlow, that, as the City Council has decided to name the roadway through Moore Park ...

    Article : 90 words
  41. NATIONAL SERVICE.

    The decision of Colonel Sir Neville Chamberlain (Director of National Service) not to make a simultaneous appeal to men and women has chagrined many ...

    Article : 318 words
  42. IN THE CARPATHIANS.

    The Russians up in the Carpathian Mountains between Bukovina aad Roumania launched an attack on a front of perhaps some five or six miles, and penetrated the ...

    Article : 269 words
  43. IRISH CANADIANS.

    The Irish-Canadian Rules, who are visiting Ireland, had a rousing reception in Armagh. Roman Catholic and Protestant members attended their respective ...

    Article : 138 words
  44. FAMILY OF FIGHTERS.

    Mr. Ernest H. Powis, of Birmingham, England, who is now in Sydney, has had war experiences as a soldier at the front, and as the manager of a manufacturing firm which has ...

    Article : 170 words
  45. MEETING AT WAVERLEY.

    The Mayor of Waverley (Alderman H. Rogers) presided at a meeting held last night at the Waverley Town Hall in support of the recruiting movement. He said that every ...

    Article : 120 words
  46. ALSACE.

    Lord Sydenham, in an article in the "Sunday Times," says the Germans are concentrating in Alsace, possibly contemplating an attempt of the Verdun type ...

    Article : 58 words
  47. AUSTRO-HUNGARY.

    Dmitri Jantcheeuetsky, a Russian publicist, who has been released after thirty months' imprisonment in Austria, states that there is a universal desire for peace ...

    Article : 115 words
  48. TO-NIGHT'S MEETINGS.

    Leichhardt Town Hall, 8 p.m. (Mr. Donald McKinnon, M.L.A., Director-General of Recruiting), Mr. J. Storey, M.L.A., Captain Coates (organising secretary), Mr. T. L. ...

    Article : 60 words
  49. AT ALEXANDRIA.

    A meeting in connection with the recruiting campaign was held in the Alexandria Town Hall last night. Alderman Ralph waa in the chair. ...

    Article : 85 words
  50. FLOODS IN QUEENSLAND.

    The Flinders River was running about six feet deep on Saturday, and has backed up Station Creek a considerable distance. Considering the extraordinary falls recorded ...

    Article : 68 words
  51. CITY PARKS.

    The City Council last night approved of the appointment of a landscape gardener, who will have charge of the city parks. His salary will be £350 a year. Incidentally ...

    Article : 53 words
  52. BRITISH FOOD SUPPLY.

    Mr. W. C. Anderson, M.P. (Labour), speaking in Leicester at a meeting to protest against the high prices of food, sais he was not giving away a secret by ...

    Article : 18 words
  53. ALIENS IN ENGLAND.

    The "Daily Mail" says that Mr. Cave has decided to submit to the House of Commons a bill to denaturalise all undesirable aliens, who will thus revert to ...

    Article : 40 words
  54. NEW ZEALAND WAR LOAN.

    The sale of war loan-certificates continues steadily. Sales now amount to £1,214,380. An analysis shows that Wellington citizens have invested £2 4s 3d per head in ...

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  55. NEWCASTLE P.L.L.

    A meeting of members of the newly-formed Political Labour League was held last week, and it was decided to form an electorate council. Seven leagues of the district were ...

    Article : 145 words
  56. MEETING AT MANLY.

    A well-attended combined meeting of the Win-the-War and local war service committees took place in Victoria Hall, Manly. A working committee of those present was ...

    Article : 77 words
  57. ENSURING PEACE.

    Sir Joseph Ward, speaking at a Brotherhood meeting in Browning Hall, said that the only way the peace of the world could be perpetuated after the war was ...

    Article : 73 words
  58. THE LONDON EXPLOSION.

    Many anxious inquiries have been made by the relations of the Australian munition workers who are employed in England concerning the recent explosion near London. ...

    Article : 54 words
  59. TREATMENT OF BELGIANS.

    The Belgian Minister has stated that Germany has seized tools, [?] and raw materials worth many millions of pounds, and thus created idleness, which ...

    Article : 28 words
  60. GORDON ELECTORATE.

    Steps are being taken to strengthen the existing branches of the Liberal Association in the Gordon electorate, so as to be ready for the selection of a candidate for the ...

    Article : 80 words
  61. MEXICO.

    The War Department announces that the American troops are withdrawing from Mexico. ...

    Article : 23 words
  62. RALLY AT MOSMAN.

    A loyal response was made last night to the call to a recruiting rally in the Mosman Town Hall. The chair was taken by the Mayor (Alderman Smith), and the principal ...

    Article : 205 words
  63. WHEAT CROP BURNT.

    A fire started on Mr. O. Dowling's wheat paddock at Coolac whilst stripping operations were in progress, and 120 acres of standing crops were burned. ...

    Article : 32 words
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