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  2. THE WAR.

    The following official reports have been issued:— London, August 19 (12.40 a.m.) (from Field-Marshal Haig).—"We took a few ...

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  3. RUSSIA.

    The "Daily News" correspondent at Stockholm states that Moscow is full of rumours of a counter-revolutionary effort to be attempted about August 20. It is ...

    Article : 74 words
  4. AMERICA.

    The national executive committee of the American Socialist Party has issued a programme dealing with post-bellum questions. and recommending that there be no ...

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  5. BRITISH NEWS.

    The London "Daily Telegraph" says that the new arrangements regarding the Imperial War Cabinext do not represent the final stage of development of Imperial ...

    Article : 148 words
  6. IMPORTS OF COPRA.

    The importation of copra into Australia either for home consumption or for transhipment overseas will be permitted from the Pacific Islands under British or Allied ...

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  7. INTERNED IRISHMEN.

    The inquiry authorised under a war precaution regulation into the question of the continued detention of Albert Thomas Dryer, Edward McSweeney, Michael ...

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  8. THE CALL FOR MEN.

    At a meeting of the Perth Recruiting Committee held on Monday afternoon Colonel Pope bade farewell to the committee. He said that with in a few days he was ...

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  9. NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

    For some time it has been a hardship for a married man with children to take promotion to non-commissioned rank from his private's status in the Australian ...

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  10. A REIGN OF TERROR.

    Official advices from Russia, through Sweden, state that a reign of terror prevails in Petrograd. Thirty thousand people have been arrested, including many army ...

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  11. PLEASURE MOTOR CARS.

    The War Industries Board is considering a proposition to curtail immediately the manufacture of pleasure automobiles by 75 per cent. The board has decided not to ...

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  12. MR. W. M. HUGHES.

    Yesterday Mr. W. M. Hughes paid his first visit to the Australians on Salisbury Plain. Over 4,000 men, commanded by Colonel Russell Watson, paraded at Sutton ...

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  13. WIRELESS NEWS.

    The following wireless news has been received from Honolulu by the American Consul here:— Oakland (California).—The steamer ...

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  14. A BUMPER HARVEST.

    Agricultural experts anticipate the finest harvest for half a century. ...

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  15. REFUGEES AT MURMANSK.

    The Murmansk correspondent of the New York "Times" says that the town is teeming with refugees, of whom trainloads remain at railway sidings for weeks, owing ...

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  16. INDUSTRIAL SECURITY.

    Mr. W. M. Hughes will speak on the subject of industrial security in the Manchester Free Trade Hall on Monday. ...

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  17. INDUSTRIAL UNREST.

    The tramway and omnibus employees at many of the tourist resorts on the south coast of England have struck; also the Bristol and Bath employees. ...

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  18. MISCELLANEOUS.

    At the meeting of the executive of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Association last night the president (Colonel H. Pope, C.B.) intimated that he was about to ...

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  19. CZECHO-SLOVAKS' ADVANCE.

    Mr. Dosch Fleurct, corespondent of the New York "World," in a message from Moscow, states that the Czecho-Slovaks hold the railroad from Rumari into Siberia. ...

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  20. SETTLEMENT OF SOLDIERS.

    In a return which was issued by the Closer Settlement Board to-day it was mentioned that the total area of land purchased up to Monday last by the State for the ...

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  21. VLADIVOSTOK.

    Sir Charles Norton Edgecumbe Eliot, K.C.M.G., principal of the Hong Kong University has been appointed British Plenipotentiary at Vledivostok: ...

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  22. WAR PROPAGANDA.

    The Government has given further consideration to the proposal recently made to it by a representative deputation of citizens, and has decided to establish the ...

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  23. SPEECH BY MR. MASSEY.

    Mr. W. F. Messey, Prime Minister of New Zealand, in a speech to the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce, said that in all the war's fluctuations the dominions had not ...

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  24. AVIATION REPORTS.

    London, August 19 (11.45 p.m.) (from Field-Marshal Haig).—"We brought down six aeroplanes, and one British machine is missing. We dropped 16 tons of bombs ...

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  25. WAR IN THE AIR.

    The Berlin municipal authorities are taking elaborate precautions against Allied air raids, which are expected in the future. Valuable objects in museums and art ...

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  26. GERMAN REPORTS.

    The British Admiralty on Monday interespted the following wireless German official report:—"We repulsed British attacks between Meteren and Merris. We advanced ...

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  27. QUEENSLAND FINANCES.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day the Treasurer (Mr. Theodore) presented his financial statement. He said that when he submitted the Estimates for the financial ...

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  28. ALIENS INTERNED.

    The police authorities, acting on the recommendations of the Aliens Advisory Committee, have interned about three hundred aliens. ...

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  29. MERTON LIBEL ACTION.

    Mr. W. M. Hughes announced last evening that the Commonwealth Government had accepted full financial and other responsibilities in connection with the ...

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  30. LIBRARY ON AERONAUTICS.

    At a meeting of the Adelaide University Council to-day the Chancellor (Sir George Murray) announced the receipt of a gift of £500 from Mrs. A. M. Simpson to ...

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  31. AMERICA DAY.

    The recent America Day celebrations on the goldfields resulted in £1,266 being raised for the benefit of returned soldiers. ...

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  32. GENERAL ITEMS.

    A message received from Johannesburg says that the question of a ballot being taken on the offer made by the Chamber of Mines was discussed by the general ...

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  33. LABOUR AND THE WAR.

    Mr. G. N. Barnes, M.P., the Labour representative in the War Cabinet, in a speech at Glasgow yesterday, said that he owed his position to the Labour ...

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  34. A NEW OFFENSIVE.

    The Australian Press Association learns that the operations of General Mangin's Tenth Army have developed into an offensive promising important developments. ...

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  35. WAR CASUALTIES.

    Mrs. W. Reay, Bay-road, North Fremantle, has been notified that her third son, Lieutenant Bert Kell died of wounds on August 9, in France. ...

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  36. QUEENSLAND LAND.

    A telegram from Atherton says that Mr. Hunter (Honorary Minister) paid a visit to the town in connection with the resumption for soldiers' settlement of fertile ...

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  37. A FAMOUS FRENCH "ACE."

    A recent cable message said that Lieut. Fonck of the French air force, brought down three enemy aeroplanes on August 14 on the battlefield in France. Some ...

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  38. THE WAR AT SEA.

    Mr. Ward Price, the British Official Press representative on the Italian front describes the sinking of an Austrian U-boat by an Italian submarine. The latter was ...

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  39. THEFT OF FLANNEL.

    A daring theft of flannel, belonging to the Defence Department, valued at £600, is now being investigated. Early in July a number of bales of flannel, made at the ...

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  40. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Invalids returning, named in list R, are notified as leaving by train in three divisions, the first of which is due to arrive in Perth on Friday. ...

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  41. LAST WEEK'S FIGURES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 224 words
  42. GOOD HAUL OF PRISONERS.

    The United Press Association states that during the 24 hours up to Monday evening, the Allies netted nearly 3,000 prisoners in various operations. The French ...

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  43. CARPENTERS' WAGES.

    Mr. Justice Powers, in the Arbitration Court to-day, cited representatives of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners and the Commonwealth Railway ...

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  44. OFF AMERICAN COAST.

    The Washington correspondent of the New York "Times" says that the captain of a vessel which was sunk by a U-boat is positive that he saw on shore a petty ...

    Article : 146 words
  45. FEDERAL TAXATION RETURNS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 342 words
  46. THE AUDIGNICOURT RIDGE.

    General Mangin has captured the ridge south of Audignicourt, giving an opportunity to menace the German lines on the Aisne. ...

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  47. BACKWARD MOVEMENT.

    Mr. Percival Phillips states that four out of the five German armies facing the British are now occupied with a backward movement. It is not a general retirement, ...

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  48. A GENERAL ELECTION.

    The London correspondent of the New York "Herald" interviewed Mr. T. P. O'Connor, M.P., who predicts a parliamentary general election in December, with a ...

    Article : 41 words
  49. THE FRENCH MISSION.

    M. Henri (Louis) Bergson, the distinguished philosopher, has been appointed to succeed the late M. Albert Metin as the head of the French mission to Australia. ...

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  50. OUR NAVY'S MESSAGE.

    A reply to a congratulatory message sent to the officers and men of the Australian fleet by the Naval Board on the fourth anniversary of the war has been received ...

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  51. COAL SHORTAGE.

    In connection with the appeal to Britons to economise in the use of coal it has been pointed out that Britain has been called on to supply tremendous shortages ...

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  52. ADELAIDE UNIVERSITY.

    Mr. Peter Waite, the well-known pastor alist and chairman of directors of Messrs. Elder. Smith, and Co., made a valuable gift a few years ago to the State of the ...

    Article : 186 words
  53. ITEMS FROM AMERICA.

    The French have advanced two miles between the Oise and the Aisne, taking hundreds of prisoners. They have also captured Saint Mard a mile to the south ...

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  54. COMMONWEALTH.

    In the Summons Court to-day John McDonald, editor of the "Daily Standard," was proceeded against for a breach of the censorship regulations in having failed to ...

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  55. INJURED BY EXPLOSION.

    George Brown (18), employed in the Midland Junction workshops, who is spending a holiday on the goldfields, met with a painful accident yesterday. He picked ...

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  56. AMERICANS ILL-TREATED.

    The American troops are angered by the reports that comrades who have been taken prisoners have been ill-treated owing to the allegation that the Americans do ...

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  57. AUSTRIAN PROMISES.

    The Czechs, Slavs, and Serhs have received with great distrust the reports regarding the Austrian promises to grant autonomy to her subject races. ...

    Article : 32 words
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