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  2. EUROPEAN WAR.

    Many thousands of lives will be sacrificed before France is finally cleared of the invading enemy. Fighting has continued without intermission for almost ...

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  3. AUSTRIAN TREACHERY.

    An official report states: "The Austrians during the Lemberg battle hoisted the while flag. Colonel Frolome, the hero of Port Arthur, suspended his attack, but as his ...

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  4. A TERRIBLE SPECTACLE.

    A correspondent writes:—"The closing hours of Thursday in the valley of the Aisne presented a terrible spectacle. Rain was falling heavily and the artillery ...

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  5. FOODSTUFFS AND TRADE.

    The Federal Royal Commission on Foodstuffs and on Trade and Industry to-day submitted the following recommendation to the Governor-General:—"Having ...

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  6. HEAVY AUSTRIAN CASUALTIES.

    It is estimated that the total Austrian casualties in Galicia represent 35 per cent. of the 1,000,000 men engaged. The Russian casualties are estimated at 25,000. The ...

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  7. GERMAN ATROCITIES.

    The Belgian Atrocities Commission's third report states that between 6,000 and 8,000 of the inhabitants of Louvain were confined a whole night in a riding school. The space ...

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  8. WAR AND UNEMPLOYMENT DISTRESS RELIEF FUND.

    Previously acknowledged £743 2 7 W.M. (per Liberal League) 5 0 0 A. R. Richardson 20 0 0 Engine-driver (first instalment) 2 10 0 ...

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  9. RUSSIA'S MISSION.

    The "Bourse Gazette" declares:—"Before peace is declared Russia must secure the freedom of the Slavs from the foreign yoke and from the nightmare of German ...

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  10. IMPUDENT BRIDGE-WRECKERS.

    The Germans (attired in the uniforms of French prisoners), who were caught in the act of attempting to blow up a railway bridge, with the object of destroying ...

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  11. SEVERE GERMAN REVERSES.

    The enemy unsuccessfully tried to resume the offensive on the approaches to Saint Die. Our attack progresses slowly in this region, owing to bad weather and ...

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  12. MINING IN QUEENSLAND.

    Discussing the present position in the mining industry as affected by the war, Mr. Appel (Secretary for Mines) said to-day that the Government were trying to ...

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  13. POLAND'S NOVELIST.

    A report from Vienna states that Henryk Sienkiewich, the celebrated Polish novelist author of "Quo Vadis," who was reported as killed in one of the early ...

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  14. HOW GERMANY FORCED WAR.

    A Russian official orange-book, which has reached England, contains reports of the negotiations between Russia and Austria prior to the war. This shows, even more ...

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  15. THE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.

    The work at the military camp at Blockboy Hill was carried out yesterday in wintry weather. The wind squalls were very severe and some of the tents were levelled ...

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  16. QUEENSLAND.

    The Queensland Patriotic Fund now totals £49,947. To-day's receipts include £1,000 from Barcaldine and district, and £2,117 from Ipswich and district. ...

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  17. THE GERMAN RIGHT.

    It is reported that the German right wing is slowly retiring in good order towards the Belgian frontier. ...

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  18. THE DESTRUCTION AT RHEIMS.

    The Consul-General for France (M. Chayet) has received from the French Minister for Foreign Affairs (M. Delcasse) a cable message reading as follows:—"Without ...

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  19. THE ITALIAN FRONTIER.

    Austrian troops, to the number of 200,000 have been concentrated on the Italian frontier. Hundreds of Italians at Trieste have been wrongly denounced for spies, ...

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  20. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The South Australian Expeditionary Force paraded this afternoon through the principal streets of the city, and the soldiers were given a great ovation by ...

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  21. GERMAN LOSSES.

    At Luneville, before they captured the town on August 24, the Germans lost 11,000 men, while at Nancy on September 6 and 7 they lost 20,000 men. ...

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  22. RESTLESS ROUMANIA.

    Popular feeling is strongly in favour of Roumania abandoning neutrality and joining the allies. A series of street demonstrations have been made, urging the ...

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  23. THE GERMAN RETREAT.

    An official communique issued late last night announced: "On our left wing below Soissons our troops were vigorously attacked by superior forces and gave some ...

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  24. GERMAN "PROTECTION" FOR ART.

    A Berlin telegram states that the German Education Department has taken measures to protect Belgian works of art—because military protection is inadequate now the ...

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  25. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Previously acknowledged £11,363 8 5 P. C. Anderson 19 0 0 J. A. Thompson, Yarloop Patriotic Fund, 2nd ...

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  26. AUSTRALIAN NAVY.

    To-day further details of the death of Captain B. C. A. Pockley reached his father, Dr. F. Antill Pockley. Captain Pockley accompanied as medical officer the ...

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  27. AUSTRIA'S IDLE NAVY.

    The Austrian fleet, which has taken little part in the war, its operations having been confined to shelling by cruisers on the Montenegrin coast, is still sheltering behind ...

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  28. GERMAN DISSENSION.

    In connection with the collisions that occurred between the Prussians and the Bavarians at Brussels, it is stated that the Bavarians intentionally allowed six ...

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  29. SERVIAN PRINCE DECORATED.

    The Czar has conferred upon Crown Prince Alexander of Servia, the Russian order of St. George. ...

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  30. GERMAN FICTION.

    The "Daily Mail" asserts that Baron von Kuhlmann, who was until recently Counsellor to the German Embassey in London, is conducting the German campaign in the ...

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  31. THE TURKISH FLEET.

    The Athens branch of the Exchange Telegraph Agency states that at Constantinople on Thursday the Sultan held a review of the Turkish fleet. which accompanied by the ...

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  32. THE BRITISH ARMY.

    The Danish newspapers and people express warm admiration for the gallantry dash and endurance which the British troops have shown in the war. ...

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  33. NORTH SCHLESWIG.

    A message from Berlin states that the "Berliner Tageblatt" declares that the German policy in North Schleswig has hitherto been a great mistake, and that the new ...

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  34. BRITISH ITEMS.

    A British warship has captured the German ship Ponape, bound from Iquique, Peru, for Antwerp and laden with nitrate and brought it to Falmouth. The Dutch ...

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  35. THE QUEENSLAND TROOPS.

    The Governor-General (Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson) paid a visit of inspection to the camp of the expeditionary force at Enoggera to-day. His Excellency first inspected the ...

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  36. RUSSIA'S ADVANCE.

    The Russian Legation here has issued a communique stating that General Rennenkampf has definitely checked the German offensive from East Prussia. The Germans ...

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  37. ENEMY'S PLAN OF CAMPAIGN.

    The French newspapers have obtained possession of a document revealing Germany's plan of campaign. The document was found in a railway carriage five months ago by ...

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  38. DETAINED GERMAN VESSELS.

    In the Prize Court at Sydney to-day application was made to the President of the Court, Sir William Cullen (Chief Justice), for an order authorising the proper ...

    Article : 214 words
  39. A GERMAN CLAIM.

    The Germans declare that they can hold the Aisne position for three months if necessary with the natural fortress of hills, woods, and quarries which the enemy had ...

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  40. THE EMBARGO ON FLOUR EXPORT.

    The W.A. Flour Millers' Association states that, as an embargo has been placed upon the export of flour from the Commonwealth, except to Great Britain, the ...

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  41. A STIFF ENGAGEMENT.

    The Petrograd correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" describes how General Rennenkampf rushed a brigade forward from Grajewo (in Poland) and discovered ...

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  42. GERMANS IN AFRICA.

    German patrols have been 30 miles from Kakamos (Cape Colony). The Germans have destroyed the wells within 30 miles from the frontier, ...

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  43. SIEGE OF KIAU-CHAU.

    It is officially announced that the Japanese, landed in Kiau-chau Bay on Thursday, and attacked the enemy in a fortified position at Wangko-Huang, near Tsina. The ...

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  44. RHEIMS IN RUINS.

    Advices from Bordeaux state that Rheims is a mass of ruins. The colleges, public buildings, the Cathedral have all been destroyed. ...

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  45. THE BUILDING TRADE.

    Three representatives of each of the building trades met the Minister for Works (Mr. Johnson) and various departmental officers yesterday and discussed the ...

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  46. BRITISH DOGGEDNESS.

    "They are terrible fellows. We had seen nothing like it," was a Frenchman's comment upon the doggedness of the British. "The fighting on the slopes about Soissons ...

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  47. FRENCHMEN IN AUSTRALIA.

    All Frenchmen between the ages of 21 and 48 years at present in New South Wales, excepting those who were 45 years of age on August 13, 1913, are required to ...

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  48. OFFICIAL CABLE MESSAGES.

    The following cable messages have been received from the High Commissioner (Sir George Reid):—September 21. Official: Since the outbreak of ...

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  49. NEW SOUTH WALES WHEAT SUPPLIES.

    After selling 1,500 bags of wheat to-day to the City and Suburban Millers, whose establishment was closed owing to shortage, the Government still has 140,500 bags ...

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  50. POSITION IN BELGIUM.

    The possibility of a sieze of Antwerp still looms ahead. Exceptionally heavy rain momentarily hampers military moves, but the Germans have been bringing up ...

    Article : 230 words
  51. ANOTHER AUSTRIAN DEFEAT.

    An official statement issued yesterday stated:—"The Austrians, who endeavoured to arrest our advance on the Baranoff-Ranichsoff front, were repulsed with great ...

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  52. GOLD MINING INDUSTRY.

    Dealing with the war, the current number of the Chamber of Mines' monthly journal states:—"On these goldfields, we are perhaps the people who, in the whole of the ...

    Article : 277 words
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