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  2. THE GREAT NAVAL BATTLE.

    Mr. A. J. Baliour (First Lord of the Admiralty) made a striking speech summing up the results of the North Sea battle, in responding to the toast ...

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  3. AN AUSTRALIAN DASH.

    The British Commander-in-Chief in France (Sir Douglas Haig) has reported that the Australians entered the German trenches at Bois Grenier, inflicting some ...

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  4. LORD KITCHENER'S DEATH.

    A memorial service in connection with the death of Lord Kitchener will be held in St. Paul's Cathedral on Tuesday next. The King and Queen will attend. ...

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  5. AUSTRALIA'S PRIME MINISTER.

    The Australian Prime Minister (Hon. W. M. Hughes), accompanied by the High Commissioner (Mr. Fisher), left London on May 31 on a visit to the ...

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  6. THE NEW ZEALAND IN ACTION.

    The "Scotsman" publishes a special narrative of the share taken by the battle cruiser New Zealand in one of the greatest sea fights in history. ...

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  7. UNITED STATES PRESIDENCY.

    A Reuter's message from Chicago states that the Republican and the Progressive Republican Conventions in connection with the nominations for the United ...

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  8. FEELING IN ITALY,

    There was a feeling of stupefaction here when the news of Lord Kitchener's death was received. The newspapers reprint in leaded type Lord Kitchener's happy ...

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  9. NATIONAL GRIEF IN RUSSIA.

    The newspapers appealed to-day with deep mourning borders. The fact that Lord Kitchener was coming to Russia has intensified the national grief at his death. ...

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  10. NEWS DISCUSSED IN GERMANY.

    Advices from Berlin state that no telegram of the year has created a sensation equal to that announcing the death of Lord Kitchener. Special editions of ...

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  11. THE RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE.

    The Russians have now taken prisoner on the Pripet Front 40,000 Austrians, including 900 officers, and have captured 77 guns, 134 machine guns, and 49 trench ...

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  12. THE SINKING OF THE HAMPSHIRE.

    An eye-witness of the disaster to the Hampshire (the cruiser which was conveying Lord Kitchener to Russia) states: "It was a wet and stormy ...

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  13. THE BRITISH FRONT.

    Genenl Sir Douglas Haig reports: The enemy succeeded on Tuesday in capturing the front line trenches at Hooge, but the attacks on other parts of our line failed, ...

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  14. CHINESE PRESIDENT.

    President Yuan Shih-Kai's non committed suicide immediately after his father's death. ...

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  15. LIEUT.-COL. FITZGERALD'S BODY RECOVERED.

    The body of Lieutenant-Colonel D.A. G. Fitzgerald, who was military secretary to Lord Kitchener, has been washed ashore at the Orkneys. ...

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  16. AUSTRIAN WITHDRAWAL.

    An Austrian communique states: In face of superior forces in Volhynia on the Upper Putilovka ive withdraw to the Plain of Luck, 40 miles to the west of ...

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  17. THE WOOL EMBARGO.

    The secretary of the Brisbane Wool Selling Brokers' Association (Mr. Gilbert Wilson) advises that he is in receipt of information to the effect that, at the ...

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  18. IN ARMENIA.

    A Russian communique states: Our artillery stopped a large Turkish offensive in the direction of Erzinghian. We occupied strongly [?] positions in ...

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  19. MR. LLOYD GEORGE'S ESCAPE.

    The "Daily Express" states that had it not been for his mediation in the Irish situation Mr. Lloyd George would have accompanied Lord Kitchener on his ...

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  20. ACCOUNTS OF SURVIVORS.

    A survivor from the Destroyer Fortune says: "The German battle ships let rip at us with their Hin. guns, and all the boats were shot away. We took to the ...

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  21. THE VERDUN STRUGGLE.

    An official communique issued today states: Machine gun fire smashed a powerful German attack on Vaux Fort on Tuesday evening, ...

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  22. LORD KITCHENER'S SUCCESSOR.

    The "Manchester Guardian" forecasts that Mr. Lloyd George will succeed Lord Kitchener as Secretary of State for War. Mr. Asquith is temporarily in charge ...

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  23. TURKISH SUCCESSES CLAIMED.

    A Turkish communique states: We drove the Russians from positions on the Caucasus Front extending for a distance of 14 kilometres (8¾ miles), and chased ...

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  24. LOCAL EXPRESSIONS 0F SYMPATHY.

    The Acting Premier has asked his Excellency the Governor to cable to his Majesty the King, through the Secretary of State for the Colonies, the following ...

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  25. THE DEATH ROLL.

    It is announced that 1792 lives were lost in the battle cruiser Invincible and the cruiser Defence. ...

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  26. MESOPOTAMIAN CAMPAIGN.

    Mr. Edmund Candler, the official Press representative with the British force in Mesopotamia, describing the fight at Deitaisha on April 15, states: ...

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  27. "ALL SORROWING."

    At a meeting of the Royal Society of Queensland last night his Excellency the Governor, who presided, said they were all sorrowing at the loss sustained by the ...

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  28. JAPANESE COMMANDER LOST.

    The Admiralty announces that Commander Chiusuke Shioomura, of the Japanese navy, perished on board the Queen Mary, which was sunk in the naval ...

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  29. GERMAN COMMUNIQUE.

    A German communique states: The Upper Silesian and Wurtemberg Regiments attacked the British near Hooge, and captured a portion of the village and ...

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  30. PERSONAL NOTES.

    A private cablegram has been received from the Australian Central Flying School to the effect that Lieutenant R. C. Trout has ...

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  31. RESCUED BY THE GERMANS.

    advices from Berlin state that it is officially announced that the German cruisers and torpedo-boats rescued an ensign and one man from the Queen ...

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  32. REPLY TO RUSSIAN CONGRATULATIONS.

    Sir Edward Grey, replying to the congratulations of M. Sazonoff, Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, on the naval battle, said: "Knowing the enemy ...

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  33. THE LATE ADMIRAL HOOD.

    Real-Admiral the Hon. Horace Lambert Hood, C.B., D.S.O., M.V.O., Naval Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty, who found a sailor's death in ...

    Article : 374 words
  34. GERMAN EAST AFRICA.

    Colonel Northey reports that British columns crossed the Nyassaland frontier into German East Africa on May 25, and pursued the enemy as far as Neuntengule, ...

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  35. NEW GERMAN WAR VOTE ADOPTED.

    The Reichstag has adopted the new war vote, which was opposed by the Socialists. The Minister for Finance stated that ...

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  36. REFERENCES IN THE SOUTH.

    At a conference of the Returned Soldiers' Association the following motion was adopted:—"That this conference, representing the Australian ...

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  37. TRADE AFTER THE WAR.

    The conference of the British Imperial Council of Commerce, by an overwhelming majority, passed a resolution in favour of a scheme of preferential trading within ...

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  38. THANKSGIVING SERVICE IN BERLIN.

    Thousands of persons took part in a thanksgiving service held on the steps of the Reichstag on Sunday afternoon in connection with the alleged German naval ...

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  39. SITUATION IN IRELAND.

    The court-martial on Captain Bowen Colthurst on a charge of the murder of Sheehy Skelfington (who was shot in Dublin without trial) was continued ...

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  40. BRITISH TRADE RETURNS.

    The Board of Trade returns for the month of May show that the imports into the United Kingdom increased by £12,213,636 compared with the previous ...

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  41. THE PARIS CONFERENCE.

    It is announced that Sir George E. Foster, Canadian Minister for Trade and Commerce, will attend the Allies' Economic Conference in Paris as a ...

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  42. FURTHER ADMISSIONS OF GERMAN LOSSES.

    The Germans admit the loss of the battle cruiser Lutzow and the cruiser Rostock in the recent naval battle. [The Lutzow was a battle curiser of about ...

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  43. LONDON WOOL SALES.

    At the wool auctions to-day all me[?] and fine crossbreds, had an animated sale at full recent rates. There was better competition generally for crossbreds, and ...

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  44. MAKING OF MUNITIONS.

    Questioned yesterday regarding statements that munition making at Ipswich has practically ceased owing to the excessive demands of unionism, the ...

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  45. BRIGADIER-GENERAL IRVING RETURNING.

    Brigadier-General Irving, who left Australia some months ago to fill the position of general officer commanding the Australian troops in Egypt, is on his way ...

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  46. ENEMY TRADERS.

    A notification was published in the "Commonwealth Gazette" to-day adding the name of G. Hardt and Co. to the list of enemy traders. ...

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  47. MOURNING IN THE ARMY.

    The following is a copy of a cablegram received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, dated June 6:—"His Majesty the King commands tint officers of the ...

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  48. THE WHEAT MARKET.

    The wheat market is steadier, and prices show an advance of 3d. to 6d. per quarter. No Australian wheat is offering, owing to the freight difficulty. ...

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  49. MEDALS FOR RETURNED SOLDIERS.

    The four medals which are being obtained by the Defence Department for issue to returned soldiers, munition workers, home service men, and those rejected ...

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  50. MR. RYAN VISITING THE FRONT.

    The Premier of Queensland has gone to the West Front. The chief interest in the Wounded Allies' Fair at Islington is in the ...

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  51. RED CROSS DAY.

    The organising committee for Red Cross Day will meet next Tuesday, at 3 p.m., in the British Medical Association Rooms, Adelaide-street. Branch delegates are ...

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  52. TASMANIAN PATRIOTIC FUNDS.

    The grand total of the various Patriotic Funds raised in Tasmania up to the end of May is £163,141. ...

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