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  2. THE RUSSIANS.

    PETROGRAD, Sunday.—An official communique states that stubborn lighting continues on the Lowiez-Lodz line, and towards Petrokow. ...

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  3. THE GERMAN STORY.

    LONDON, Friday—The "Daily Chronicle" Cairo correspondent cables a story told by an Englishman, who recently escaped from Constantinople. ...

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  4. DEFENCE OF EGYPT.

    ROME, Sunday.—The "II Mattino" publishes an interview from its Cairo correspondent in which Major General Sir John Maxwell, commanding the forces in Egypt, ...

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  5. INDIA'S PART.

    DELHI, Saturday.—All the great native States have now expressed regret to the Viceroy of India that Turkey has joined Germany in lighting England under whose ...

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  6. THE WHEAT GRAB.

    No sane man would oppose the Government: taking all the wheat of the country if public requirements Justified it. At the same time the price to be paid ought to be fairly fixed by ...

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  7. THE WAR.

    PARIS, Saturday.—The following is the latest communique:- We have appreciably progressed north the Lys; our infantry at daybreak ...

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  8. OFFICIAL BULLETIN.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.—The following cable message dated London, December 5, has been received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies:— ...

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  9. THE COMING VICTORY.

    PARIS, Sunday.—It is reported that General Joffre in the course of a conversation with an officer, said that the coming victory was a mathematical certainty. His first ...

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  10. SUEZ CANAL THREATENED.

    COPENHAGEN, Friday.—A message from Berlin states that the Turks, under German direction, are constructing a military railroad from Maan to the Suez Canal. ...

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  11. THE GERMANS HELD.

    PETROGRAD, Sunday.—Private messages state that the Germans have withdrawn nine army corps from France, placing them in the second line of troops, but the ...

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  12. WHERE IS THE ENEMY?

    CAIRO, Friday.—British aeroplanes are patrolling the Sinal Peninsula constantly, but no sign of the enemy has been discovered. Hostile camps that were ...

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  13. SYDNEY AND EMDEN'S WOUNDED.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.—A cable message has been received by the Navy Department from Colombo to the effect that the wounded from the Emden and Sydney are progressing ...

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  14. BEFORE THE WAR.

    LONDON, Friday Evening.—Reuters Rome correspondent stales that documents exist showing that early in July, when after the Serajevo murder, Austrian and ...

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  15. AROUND VERDUN.

    LONDON, Friday.—The "Daily Chronicle" correspondent, who has recently visited the Verdun area, disposes of the German claims to having besieged the fortress and having ...

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  16. RUSSIAN CAPTURE.

    PETROGRAD, Sunday.—It is officially reported that the Russians have captured Sarai Kashkal, after desperate resistance by the Turks who fled towards Van (in ...

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  17. POSSESSION OF FIREARMS

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.—A naturalised German was arrested on Saturday by direction of the military authorities. Recently the military officials paid a visit ...

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  18. THE NAVAL SIDE.

    LONDON, Saturday.—The Navy List for December shows the addition to the list of vessels in commission of the battleship Canada, and the cruisers Cambrian and ...

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  19. GERMAN LOSSES.

    COPENHAGEN, Saturday.—German official returns show that the German and Austrian casualties for four months have averaged 20,000 daily. ...

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  20. WOOL FOR AMERICA.

    LONDON, Friday Evening.—The Imperial Government has decided to permit the exportation of merino wools to the United States, conditionally upon satisfactory guarantees ...

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  21. ON THE YSER.

    AMSTERDAM, Sunday.—It is reported that the Germans have retired two kilometres along the Yser owing to the insanitary condition of the marshy ground on ...

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  22. CHANNEL LIGHTS AND SIGNALS.

    LONDON, Saturday.—The Admiralty has issued a notification to the effect that lights on buoys and fog signals in the Channel arc liable to cessation or alteration without ...

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  23. FRANCE CONFIDENT.

    PARIS, Saturday.—An official bulletin thus sketches the war to date:— The violation of Belgium showed that the main struggle would occur in the north. We ...

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  24. EYES ON ITALY.

    ROME, Sunday.—The Chamber of Deputies, by 413 votes to 49, has approved of the declaration made by the Prime Minister, Signor Salandra, at the opening of ...

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  25. CRUISER BERLIN.

    LONDON, Friday Evening.—The Admiralty states that the cruiser Berlin, which recently left Wilhelmshafen for Iceland, thence south in order to attack British ...

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  26. IN DEFENCE OF EMPIRE.

    The following resolution was carried unanimously at a meeting of The King's School Council being proposed by Archdeacon Gunther, and seconded by Mr. E. J. Ferry (hon. sec.):— ...

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  27. TRADING WITH THE ENEMY.

    LONDON, Saturday.—In the Chancery Division the Zinc Corporation sought a decision as to whether a contract to sell the whole of its output to the German firm of ...

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  28. MAY FALL BACK.

    PARIS, Friday.—Newspaper correspondents at Nancy emphasise signs of a possible German retreat from Lorraine. The Germans are constructing between Blamont and ...

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  29. SENSATION IN ROME.

    ROME, Saturday.—A sensation has been caused by the appointment of Prince Vou Bulow, as German Ambassador as the Prince is an ex–Chancellor. The ...

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  30. PRAISE FOR NAVAL BRIGADE.

    LONDON, Friday.—Sir John French has forwarded to the Admiralty a despatch dealing with the work of the Naval Brigade who assisted in the defence of Antwerp. ...

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  31. CONGESTED SHIPPING.

    LONDON, Friday Evening.—The "Star" state that the Tilbury docks are full and steamers are lying in the river waiting for berths. This is due to the fact that vessels ...

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  32. GENERAL GORDON'S PROPHECY.

    More than a quarter, of a century ago General Gordon familiarly known as "Chinese Gordon," made a prophecy, of which several English writers have recently bethought ...

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  33. KING GEORGE AND HIS TROOPS.

    LONDON, Sunday.—King George is continuing his review of tho troops in France. The French towns are bedecked with flag in his honor, and the streets as he ...

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  34. IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    CAPETOWN, Sunday.—The Union Government is confiscating the farm stock and effects of the rebels. The Ministry is also considering the ...

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  35. PROHIBITED EXPORTS.

    LONDON, Saturday.— The Government has prohibited the export of tinned meats and tinplates to Sweden, Denmark, and the Netherlands, and also of extracts for ...

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  36. UNITED STATES DEFENCE.

    WASHINGTON, Friday.—The question of the defences of the United States is now agitating the press and political circles. Representatives Fitzgerald and Sherley ...

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  37. A WOMAN'S GOOD NAME.

    LONDON", Friday Evening.—Further evidence of an interesting nature was given in connection with the case in the High Court in which Charles Slingsby is seeking to prove the ...

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  38. MORE GERMAN FICTION.

    PRETORIA, Sunday.—It is officially stated that the Germans in South west Africa are disseminating news to the German troops, to the effect that the Russian ...

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  39. THE KING RETURNS.

    LONDON, Sunday.—The King has returned to London. ...

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  40. WAR CONTRACTS COMMITTEE.

    LONDON, Saturday. — A committee of three of the members of the Committee of imperial Defence with Lord Esher as chairman has been appointed to co–operate with ...

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  41. PRIVATE GEORGE WILSON, V. C.

    LONDON, .Sunday.—The Victoria Cross has been conferred on Private George Wilson of the Highland Light Infantry. Wilson attacked a hostile machine gun ...

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  42. OBSOLETE GUNS AND DEFICIENT TROOPS.

    WASHINGTON, Saturday. — Brigadier General Weaver, giving evidence before the Military Committee of the House of Representatives, sentatives, stated that 10,000 more men ...

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  43. DE WET AT JOHANNESBURG.

    JOHANNESBURG, Saturday—The rebel Christian de Wet and eleven of his followers have been lodged in Johannesburg fort. Hostile demonstrations have been ...

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  44. NO CARICATURES.

    LONDON, Friday Evening.—The British and French authorities have decided not to forward to the front any picture postcards ridiculing the Kaiser or the Crown Prince. ...

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  45. MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES.

    Major Richardson, of the New Zealand Staff Corps, is mentioned by General Paris in his despatch. Major Richardson participated in the defence of Antwerp. ...

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  46. MEXICO.

    WASHINGTON, Saturday.—Sir Cecil Spring Rice British Ambassador has informed the State Department that information has reached him from Mexico City that General ...

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  47. FRENCH AIRMEN'S FEAT.

    THE HAGUE, Saturday.—A telegram from Berlin states that French airmen have dropped bombs on the railway station at Freiburg and destroyed portion of the line. ...

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  48. AUSTRALIA'S ACTION.

    LONDON, Sunday.—Sir George Reld, speaking at a recruiting meeting at Kingston–on–Thames, said that when a shadow came over the old flag, Australia did not ...

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  49. A WALL OF CONCRETE.

    LONDON, Sunday.—The Amsterdam correspondent of the "Observer" reports that mystery envelops the movements of the German forces in Belgium, and that ...

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  50. "TOOK NO PRISONERS."

    LONDON, Saturday—Corporal Minns, of the First Queen's, who was wounded at Ypres, reports that a section instructed to capture a house was handicapped by a ...

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  51. FIELD HOSPITAL FOR BELGIUM.

    Sir.—May I appeal for funds for the British field hospital for Belgium? It is a voluntary undertaking approved by the War Office and by the Red Cross Association of Belgium and ...

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  52. ANOTHER RISING.

    WASHINGTON, Saturday.—Attempts to start a new revolutionary movement in Mexico are reported from El Paso. Senors Salazar and Capa, two former Federal ...

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  53. LORD KITCHENER.

    LONDON', Friday Evening.—It is officially denied that Earl Kitchener has been in France this week. Lord Kitchener also denies tile accuracy ...

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  54. HELPING THE BELGIANS.

    LONDON, Friday Evening.—Mr. P. .M Bride, Agent General for Victoria, has banded a further sum of £4000 to M. Lalaing, Belgian Minister in London, for the relief ...

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  55. TO THE LAST MAN.

    TORONTO, Saturday.—Sir Robert Borden, Prime Minister of Canada, speaking at a meeting of the Empire Club, said that Canada was unflinching in her determination ...

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  56. A SCHEME THAT FAILED.

    LONDON, Sunday.—The "Daily Chronicle's" Dunkirk correspondent states that the sentries of the Allies at Pervyse were suddenly alarmed at midnight by observing ...

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  57. EMPIRE PARLIAMENTARIANS.

    LONDON, Saturday.—The Empire Parliamentary Association has carried a resolution admitting members of the Australian State Parliaments to the Commonwealth branch of the ...

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  58. DUBLIN PAPER'S TROUBLES.

    LONDON, Saturday Morning.—Copies of the Irish "Worker," which is published in Dublin, have been seized by the police, who have also seized the printing plant and all ...

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  59. WHOLESALE PASSPORT FORGERY.

    PARIS, Saturday.—The English, French, and Russian police have discovered one factor in German espionage work in the shape of a press and printing plates for the ...

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  60. ENGLISH FOOTBALL.

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  61. WHAT SWITZERLAND ESCAPED.

    PARIS, Sunday.—The "Matin" is publishing maps of Switzerland which were found on the dead bodies of several German officers. These were printed in Germany with ...

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  62. GERMAN PRECAUTIONS.

    GENEVA, Saturday.—A well-informed paper, "La Suisse," states that guns have been mounted at Colmar and parts of Mulhansen have been mined, whilst ...

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  63. NEW ZEALANDERS FIT.

    LONDON, Saturday.—The newspapers are publishing interesting accounts of the remarkable fitness of the detachment of New Zealanders at Salisbury Plain. The Army ...

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  64. CUP TIES.

    LONDON. Saturday Morning.—The Scottish Football Association dissents from the combined decision, and concurs in the War Office's view that the Cup ties should be ...

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  65. AN OFFICER MISSING.

    'LONDON, Saturday.—The Earl of Dudley's brother Corald has been reported missing ...

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