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  2. JOIN US! SOLDIERS' SPEECHES.

    1 p.m.—Martin-place. Military parade and speeches by representatives of religious denominations. 11 a.m.—Fruit Exchange, foot of Bathurst-street. Speakers! Mr. R. D. Meagher, M.L.A., and Corporal ...

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  3. SOLDIERS' THANKS.

    The Premier has received replies to the cable message which he sent to General Birdwood, Major-General A. J. Godley (commanding N.Z. A. Division), and Colonel Sellheim ...

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  4. LATE WAR NEWS. THE KING.

    A bulletin states that the improvement in the King's condition has continued. His Majesty passed a better night. ...

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  5. CASUALTIES.

    The 102nd and 103rd casualty lists will be found on page 5. ...

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  6. THE BALKANS.

    The Paris "Temps" states that General [?] met Lord Kitchener to decide on common measures in the Near East, and the conference will result in the ...

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  7. WESTERN FRONT.

    A communique states:—The enemy's bombardment in the Champagne district developed its greatest violence over a front of eight kilometres from Hill 193, Tahure ...

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  8. EASTERN FRONT.

    Reuter's Agency says there is comparative calm on the northern sector of the eastern front The German commanders are working out a new plan, but they ...

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  9. THE WEST. GERMAN REPULSE.

    The Paris "Temps" says that General Joffre and Lord Kitchener met to decide on common measures in the Near ...

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  10. THE KING.

    It is officially announced that the King is progressing favourably. 5.20-p.m. An official bulletin states:—The King ...

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  11. GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S CABLE.

    The Governor-General (Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson) has sent the following cable to Lord Stamfordham (private secretary to the King), in reply to a mesage received by him ...

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  12. BRITISH STEEL HELMET.

    The new British steel helmet is proving a success. Lined with soft leather, it prevents wounds from hand grenades, shell splinters, and shrapnel. In one ...

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  13. THE REAL WINTER.

    "After Janunry 14, or a few days later," continues our observer, "the weather is almost invariably bad; there is always a snow blizzard or two, generally between January 20 ...

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  14. OLD BOYS' MESSAGE.

    The president of the Sydney Grammar School Old Boys' Union, Mr. R. J. Black, M.L.C., who has a son in the fighting line, despatched cables yesterday to Major ...

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  15. THE AUSTRIANS.

    The "Daily Chronicle's" correspondent says the Austrians have evacuated Riva (20 miles south-west of Trent), where for long they barred the Italian advance. ...

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  16. WAR NOTES.

    Sir John French's despatch, cabled this morning, dealing with the recent offensive between La Bassee and Loos, contains little really fresh news, but there are one or two ...

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  17. BOY OF THE RIGHT STAMP.

    The Chief Secretary, Mr. Black, who has been most active in the recruiting campaign, has received the following spirited letter from a lad of l8 who wants to go to the front, but ...

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  18. GERMAN TRADE.

    The "Morning Post," in a leader, says Mr. W. M. Hughes (Commonwealth Prime Minister) is one of the few people in the Empire who grasped the danger of German ...

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  19. FIXED PRICES.

    An interesting commentary on the action of the Government in fixing prices is furnished in the report of tho Aerated Bread Company, Ltd. After mentioning that the increase in ...

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  20. THE MINERS.

    A meeting of the council of the Australian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation was held at the Trades Hall, Newcastle, to-night. Mr. J. M. Baddeley, the president, occupied the ...

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  21. GREAT BRITAIN.

    Mr. Asqu[?]th's pronouncement on Tuesday will be comprehensive, covering the whole field of controversy. Lord RosebEry's suggestion is not likely ...

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  22. DARDANELLES.

    Eight thousand British wounded from the Dardanelles will shortly be arriving at Palermo. The fullest hospital preparations are being made. ...

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  23. BUSH FIRES.

    The weather is still very dry and hot, and daily the position is becoming more serious. Since the end of the week bush fires have been raging in many parts of the district. Large ...

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  24. PRAISEWORTHY ARTILLERY WORK.

    The second point of interest in Sir John's despatch is the marked tribute he pays to the work of the British artillery. As he says, the Germans were under the impression that ...

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  25. A SUBMARINE.

    During the voyage through the Mediterranean the Orontes, which arrived on Saturday, got into uncomfortably close pr[?]ximity to the German submarine which blew, up a French ...

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  26. REVENUE RETURNS.

    The usual monthly statements showing the Federal revenue received were issued to-day by the Federal Treasurer (Mr. W. G. Higgs). Customs and excise collections last month were ...

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  27. PRISONERS IN TURKEY.

    The Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) has been advised that the postal authorities in Switzerland report, in response to inquiries by the Commonwealth Postmaster-General's ...

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  28. RECRUITING.

    Earl Derby, in a letter to Sir R. W. Perks (president of the Wesleyan Conference), in reference t[?] the intercession war services in the Wesleyan churches, says:— ...

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  29. FIRE BOARD.

    Mr. F. Flowers, M.L.C., has resigned from the position of Chairman of the New South Wales Fire Commissioners. The position carried witih it a salary of ...

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  30. GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

    Alderman G. T. Clarke presided over a meeting of the Citizens' Protest Committee at the Town Hall yesterday, in connection with the closing of Government House. The ...

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  31. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

    A Zurich message says the Archbishop of Budapest announces his readiness to give up all church bells for military purposes without waiting for requisition. ...

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  32. "FULL HUMILITY."

    The German Emperor, in reply to the Prussian Cabinet's congratulatory telegram on the five-hundredth anniversary of the Hohenzollern reign ...

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  33. THE GALLIPOLI CLIMATE.

    IN View of the fact that our troops are likely to spend some time yet on the Gallipoli peninsula, it is interesting to turn to ther conditions in that region. Such has been ...

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  34. QUEENSLAND WHEAT.

    At a meeting of the South Downs branch of the Queensland Farmers' Union on Saturday a letter from the Under-Secretary for Agriculture to Mr. Grayson, M.L.A., was read, ...

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  35. MISS CAVELL'S DEATH

    The Senate has passed a resolution in regard to the execution of Miss Cavell, describing her as a martyr to patriotism, and declaring that eternal justice brands the ...

    Article : 101 words
  36. STATE BUDGET.

    The Premier and Treasurer will this evening in all- probability deliver the Budget speech Mr. Holman has been engaged for several weeks preparing his material, and for the last ...

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  37. SOLDIER'S SUICIDE.

    Oliver Tame, aged 30 years, a member of the Expeditionary Forces at Broadmeadows, committed suicide yesterday by hanging himself at his brother's home at Brunswick West. ...

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  38. UPPER HOUSE ABOLITION.

    The Premier, Mr. Ryan, states that the bill to abolish the Legislative Council will not provido for any substituted chamber, but for the extinction of the bi-cameral system. ...

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