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  2. RETURNED SOLDIERS.

    The sub-committee, consisting of Senator Millen, Mr. Poynton, M.P.,Mr Watt, M.P., and Mr. J. C. Watson (hon. organiser of the Federal Parlementary War Committee), which ...

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  3. LATE WAR NEWS.

    The steamer Norseman was beached, all aboard being rescued. ...

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  4. MIDDLE EAST.

    A Turkish communique issued via Amsterdam says:—The British attacked [?] miles east of Kut-el-Amara on both sides of the Tigris. The battle lasted six hours. ...

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  5. WESTERN FRONT.

    It is unofficially reported from Paris that greater German activity In the west Is shown by the bombardment and occasional attempts to attack. It is ...

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  6. EASTERN FRONT.

    It is reported from Petrograd that the Russian positions are now four versts (about three miles) distant from the town of Pinsk (on the Orel-Brest-Litovsk ...

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  7. THE BALKANS.

    A few thousand Montenegrins and Servians offered a desperate battle near Podgoritza, where they held up two Austrian divisions. The enemy's losses were ...

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  8. THE WEST.

    A Paris message says that there is greater German activity in the west. It is expected that a big effort will ...

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  9. AIR WARFARE.

    The editor of "Aeronautics," describing the Fokker monoplane, says the scare was baseless. He points out that the Germans temporarily concentrated their best ...

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  10. GERMAN EMPEROR.

    The "Daily Mail" claims that its correspondent carried out one of the most remarkable jounalistic achievements of the war. He twice visited Constantinople, ...

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  11. SOUTH AFRICA.

    Correspondence has been published in which General Botha protested against De Wet addressing public meetings where he expresed a hope that the war would ...

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  12. GERMAN METHODS.

    Two German destroyers by means of suffocating gas fumes, with which they enveloped the steamer Lambert, endeavoured to force her out of territorial ...

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  13. GERMAN CENTRE AND PEACE.

    It has been made clear that the Socialists and some influential Liberals in Germany are of opinion that the present moment is an opportune one for peace negotiations; but, as ...

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  14. COMPULSION.

    In the House of Lords last night Lord Lansdowne (Minister without portfolio) moved the second reading of the Military Service (No. 2 Bill). He said it was based ...

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  15. THE LUSITANIA

    Count Bernstorff (German Ambassador in the United States) has made further concessions regarding the sinking of the Lusitania, but has not yet disavowed the ...

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  16. MISCELLANEOUS.

    Replying to a question in the House of Commons, Mr. G. Roberts (a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury) said the Indian Government had taken statutory powers ...

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  17. SUNK.

    The Dominion liner Norseman has been sunk. The Norseman was a steel twin-screw steamer of 9442 tons, built by Messrs. Har[?]and ...

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  18. THE MINERS.

    The Miners' Federation Congress at Bristol resolved not to do anything to hamper the Government in its conduct of the war. ...

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  19. THE 50,000.

    The Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) to-day issued a statement showing the number of recruits who have enlisted in the various districts during the past few days. Details are ...

    Article : 172 words
  20. EMPIRE ARMIES.

    Mr. Bonar Law (Secretary of State for the Colonies) was cheered in the House of Commons this afternoon on announcing that New Zealand by the end of June ...

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  21. INDIA.

    All over India efforts to assist towards the victory of the Allies are steadily proceeding, and many gifts of a public and private nature continue to be received by ...

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  22. WAR NOTES.

    On the information available from the cables the German attacks on the west front during the past couple of days can so far only be bracketed under the phrase, " a ...

    Article : 311 words
  23. SPELTER.

    Speltermakers have written to Mr. Lloyd George (Minister of Munitions) and the Board of Trade, asking for an authoritative statement whether the Ministry of ...

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  24. THE BLOCKADE.

    The Press Bureau has issued a reply by the War and Trade Department to the "Daily Mail" articles, alleging an ineffective naval blockade of Germany. It ...

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  25. SOLDIERS' FARMS.

    About 300 voluntary workers journeyed to French's Forest yesterday to assist in clearing the land set apart for soldiers' farms and in lending a hand in constructing the first house ...

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  26. MR. CATTS'S POSITION.

    Recently a number of insinuations have been made against Mr. Catts, organising secretary of the State recruiting campaign, to the effect that he should be at the front. ...

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  27. BUSH FIRES.

    Two outbreaks of fire occurred late on Monday afternoon one at North Quat Quatta, 12 miles cast of Cowra, and the other at Redlands, about the same distance west of the ...

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  28. BY-ELECTION.

    The by-election for the Mile End Division of Tower Hamlets (sent rendered vacant by the elevation of the Hon. H. L. Lawson to the peerage on the death of his ...

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  29. THE RECENT FIGHTING.

    The fighting which has occurred during the past couple of days has taken place at three points. In the first place a violent cannonade developed in the neighbourhood of Nieuport, ...

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  30. IMPERIAL YACHT DAMAGED.

    Advices from Constantinople state that a French submarine, operating in the Bosphorus towards the end of December, torpedoed the Imperial yacht Ertogroul, ...

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  31. CONCERTS AT THE FRONT.

    Miss Lena Ashwell makes an appeal to Australasia for assistance to continue the concerts at hospitals at the front, especially a concert party going to Malia and ...

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  32. LOSSES AT JUNEE.

    A bush fire broke out at Abbott's farm on Saturday, and destroyed 600 bags of wheat. It broke out afresh on Tuesday, and swept towards Mitta Mitta at a great pace, burning ...

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  33. KING FERDINAND.

    In thanking the Emperor Francis Joseph for the Bestowal of a Field-Marshal's baton. King Ferdinand telegraphed: "I am wellnigh overwhelmed by this ...

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  34. SHOWGROUND BUILDINGS DESTROYED.

    ThE large Industrial hall and the poultry pavilion at the Showground were totally destroyed by fire. The blaze started in the grass near the buildings, and owing to the strong ...

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  35. KING EDWARD'S HORSE.

    The Second King Edward's Horse has earned official recognition for excellent work since volunteering for the trenches in France. Major Norton Griffiths, ...

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  36. THE "BOOMERANGS."

    The Boomorangs, 102 strong, arrived at Canowindra at 6 p.m. yesterday, and were met by a large number of townspeople at the terminus of the Canowindra-Goolagong road, ...

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  37. PEACE PROPOSALS.

    Mr. W. J. Bryan (ex United States Secretary of State) has arrived to join the Ford committee which is drafting peace proposals. ...

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  38. GRAIN VESSELS.

    Twenty vessels, mostly with grain, Including the Mlmiro, have arrived at London since December 28, and are uwaiting berths. ...

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  39. AERIAL WARFARE.

    It is officially announced that two neroplanes bombed Dunkirk. A British [?] chine forced a German seaplane to the water north-westward of Nleuport. ...

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  40. CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY.

    Evidence was given at the police court that during the fortnight before their arrest John Dallas and Joachi Altani received £1000 from Ottoman Jews, many ...

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  41. THE PERSIA.

    The State Department, learning that Berlin and Vienna have denied that German of Austrian submarines s[?]nk the Persia, intends to ask Turkey [?] she is ...

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  42. ENLISTMENTS.

    The enlistments In Queensland to-day totalled 111 out of 133 volunteers. The enlistments to date total 30,148. MELBOURNE, Wednesday. ...

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  43. WAR CENSUS.

    In a preliminary statement just Issued It is stated that as a result of the national register [?] single men and widowers without dependents stated that they were not ...

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  44. "THE DEVIL'S WALL."

    The cables some weeks ago told us that the Germans were sending an Immense number of machine-guns to the eastern front, with a view to enabling them to hold their lines there ...

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  45. MERCHANT SHIPPING.

    Arrivals: At [?], Majanka, ship (from Newcastle Nov. 29); Hougomont, 4-m bq (From Newcastle Nov. 15). Departures: For Sydney, Claverdon, ship ...

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  46. LOAD OF WOOL BURNT.

    A large waggon with a load of wool drawn by a Caterpillar motor engine, while en route from Tilpa to Bourke, was burnt yesterday near Louth. ...

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