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  2. RED CROSS.

    The first meeting of the new council under the constitution adopted by the Australian branch of the British Red Cross Society took place yesterday at Federal Government House. ...

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  3. THE WHEAT CROP.

    The report published in the press that negotiations were proceeding with the Imperial Government (which it was hoped would result in the purchase by Great Britain of the ...

    Article : 166 words
  4. THE 50,000.

    With regard to the recent offer of the Commonwealth Government of 50,000 men—to be formed in three divisions and reinforcements, to bring the Australian contribution to the ...

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  5. MESOPOTAMIA.

    An Indian communique, issued in Delhi, says:—General Townshend is holding Kut-el-Amara, 100 miles south-east of Baghdad, as a point of strategical ...

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  6. RUSSIA.

    A remarkable story of how Russia recovered from the munitions crisis in 1915 is related by M. Polivanoff, Minister of War. ...

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  7. THE WAR.

    The Germans claim to have counter-attacked and recovered the positions previously lost south of the Somme. ...

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  8. WESTERN FRONT.

    A German communique states: We counter-attacked and recovered the positions lost south of the Somme on Sunday night. ...

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  9. SEA-POWER.

    An illuminating article in the "Daily Chronicle" on the Allies' sea power, says that Captain Persius, in the "Berliner Tageblatt," reviews the naval and ...

    Article : 225 words
  10. DIMINISHING THE RESERVES.

    So, when Colonel Repington says that there are 2,700,000 Germans "out of action for good" he has not said all that is to be said when it comes to a matter of estimating the ...

    Article : 398 words
  11. SIR GEORGE REID.

    Sir George Reid, M.P., presiding at a meeting of the Royal Humane Society, said:—"I am one of the old freetraders, who passed the shortest tariff ever known, ...

    Article : 79 words
  12. THE HARVEST.

    Wheat carting is now in full swing. Over 136,000 bags have been received at the Berrigan railway station, and it is estimated that 70,000 have yet to be carted. At Oaklands ...

    Article : 223 words
  13. ECONOMY CAMPAIGN

    The economy campaign is proceeding apace. The Royal Commission on the sugar supply urges all classes to reduce the consumption of sugar, jam, ...

    Article : 199 words
  14. THE ADRIATIC.

    A brisk naval engagement occurred in the Adriatic, in which France-British warships forced four destroyers to flee to Cattaro. ...

    Article : 107 words
  15. FRANCE AND ITALY.

    The Premier, M. Briand, will shortly visit Italy, to confer with Signor Salandra, with a view to co-ordination of efforts, in order that the total strength of the Allies ...

    Article : 62 words
  16. SETTLED.

    A mass meeting of the men on strike was held this afternoon in the Skating Rink, and, after a long discussion, it was agreed to accept Senator Pearce's proposals for going ...

    Article : 189 words
  17. THE SICKNESS FACTOR.

    The second reason why Colonel Repington's estimate of a German reserve of 2,000,000 hardly stands alongside the basic figures be gives is that when he speaks of 2,700,000 men ...

    Article : 207 words
  18. GERMANY'S AIMS.

    Earl Curzon (Lord Privy Seal) presided [?] a gathering in the Royal Colonial Institute, when Mr. J. L. Garvin, the wellknown journalist, delivered an address on ...

    Article : 498 words
  19. THE APPAM.

    Shippers, in discussing the Appam case, point out that a Dutch steamer which recently arrived in America was six months in the Atlantic. She belongs to a Dutch ...

    Article : 41 words
  20. GERMANY.

    Colonel Repington, the "Times'" military expert, estimates that Germany commenced the war with nine millions of men available, and has 3,600,0000 now in the field, ...

    Article : 119 words
  21. CONSPIRACY.

    The German Consul-General, Herr Bopp, has been indicted on a charge of conspiring to originate a military expedition against Canada, also to blow up munition ...

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  22. NEW GERMAN ANTHEM.

    The German Emperor composed the words of the new National Anthem, and commanded Herr Strauss to compose the music. The Germans are gratified, as they ...

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  23. THE RATE OF WASTAGE.

    Thus, when Colonel Repington says, "if we can dispose of a quarter of a million monthly the German reserves will be exhausted in September " we have every justification on ...

    Article : 324 words
  24. THE CLAN MACTAVISH.

    Lieutenant Berg states that with the exception of 15 Lascars killed and 4 Lascars wounded, all the passengers and crew of the Clan Mactavish were rescued, and ...

    Article : 43 words
  25. ARBITRATION.

    The Acting Prime Minister (Senator Pearce) stated to-night that he had received an intimation by telegraph that the Broken Hill men had accepted the terms, subject to there ...

    Article : 101 words
  26. MARCHANT SHIPPING.

    The R.M.S. Maloja, which left Sydney on December 24, has arrived at London. ...

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  27. THE AUSTRALIANS.

    Mr. Andrew Fisher (High Commissioner for Australia) nnd his wife inspected the Horseferry-road and Great Peter-street depots. At the Peel House ...

    Article : 146 words
  28. MISCELLANEOUS.

    Colonel Fiaschi is convalescent and now on leave visiting France and Italy. He will afterwards return to the front. It is reported from Rome that the war ...

    Article : 169 words
  29. LORD LINCOLNSHIRE.

    The days of Lord and Lady Carrington in New South Wales are recalled in the description of the ex-Governer's tribute to the bravery of Australian soldiers, as chronicled by ...

    Article : 375 words
  30. "NERVES OF STEEL."

    Cinemntograph films have been taken which are immensely useful to the French staff. The photographers, who are volunteert, must have nerves of steel, and be ...

    Article : 96 words
  31. WAR PROFITS.

    The Acting Prime Minister (Senator Pearce) stated this afternoon that at a meeting of the Cabinet yesterday it was decided to ask the Interstate Commission to investigate and ...

    Article : 91 words
  32. GERMANS AFTER MONEY.

    The "Daily Chronicle's' Amsterdam correspondent says that tens of thousands of pounds in English money is yearly finding its way to Germany through Dutch firms ...

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  33. MR. HOLMAN.

    After spending a pleasant holiday in Tasmania, the Premier of New South Wales (Mr. Holman) arrived in Melbourne by the Loongana this morning, and left again by the ...

    Article : 211 words
  34. B.M.A. RATES.

    Members of the Railway Workers and General Labourers' Union employed on railway construction works, have paid the various contractors 6d per week each so that a medical ...

    Article : 231 words
  35. BRITAIN'S FINANCES.

    A German wireless says that Dr. Helfferich, Under-Secretary for Finance, replying to the analysis of Britain's financial position by Sir Edward Holden, ...

    Article : 79 words
  36. WAR NOTES.

    Once more we are treated to a set of figures dealing with the losses of the enemy. On this occasion it is Colonel Repington, the military writer of the London "Times," who ...

    Article : 170 words
  37. MILITARY SERVICE ACT.

    A miners' conference in Lancaster is discussing in camera the attitude to adopt towards the Military Service Act. ...

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  38. COPPER BOOM.

    The copper boom is attributed chiefly to American operations. The "Financial News," in remarking that the price Is the highest since the 1007 ...

    Article : 102 words
  39. STRUCK A MINE.

    The steamer Perth (3522 tons), which was recently engaged as a factory ship in Western Australia in connection with the whaling industry there, has, according to latest advices, ...

    Article : 145 words
  40. THE DOMINIONS.

    There is considerable public interest in the exhibition of Australian, New Zealand, and other Dominion posters at the Mansion Houe. This is part of a vigorous ...

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  41. MR. ASHAMED BARTLETT.

    Owing to the fact that the steamer with Mr. Ashmead Bartlett on board will not arrive till late to-morrow afternoon, the lunchcon arranged by the New South Wales ...

    Article : 109 words
  42. NEW ZEALAND CASUALTIES.

    The following casualties are reported:- Prisoners of War.—Wellington Battalion: Ptes. William Lambert, Leslie Steel, John Coulter. ...

    Article : 80 words
  43. BERLIN FOOD SUPPLY

    Renewed food riots have occurred in the Moabit district of Berlin. The police charged and wounded many people. Similar riots occurred at Aachen, where ...

    Article : 44 words
  44. THE TEMPORARILY INCAPACITATED.

    In the first place, when Colonel Repington speaks of 2,700,000 Germans being "out of action for good," he inferentially suggests that all the other Germans out of action ...

    Article : 283 words
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