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  2. ANZAC DAY.

    The following is the programme arranged for Anzac Day (April 25) in London:— In the morning 1,300. Australians will arrive at the Waterloo railway station at 9 ...

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  3. THE NEW EMPIRE.

    Lord Sydenham (formerly Governor of Victoria) makes some interesting comment on the current situation. "Earnest thinkers in all parts of the ...

    Article : 484 words
  4. THE EAST FRONT.

    Fighting on the Northern front, between the Russians and Germans, is growing in intensity. A Petrograd message says that the ...

    Article : 106 words
  5. FIGHT FOR VERDUN.

    "Two German divisions," says a Paris communique, issued at midnight on Monday, "attacked our positions north and northeast of Verdun, from the Me[?]se to ...

    Article : 265 words
  6. PITH OF THE WAR.

    Within the next few hours the result of the British Cabinet crisis, which hat arisen over the question of conscription for the army, should be ...

    Article : 240 words
  7. REPATRIATION OF SOLDIERS.

    The appeal for returned soldiers, which was decided upon at a conference of representatives of the Commonwealth and State Governments, and of the Federal ...

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  8. CONSCRIPTION ISSUE

    The crisis in the British Cabinet on the question whether compulsion should be extended continues. During Monday afternoon the situation ...

    Article : 1,316 words
  9. BOXING MATCHES.

    Sir,—There were over 10,000 spectators at the boxing match at the West Melbourne Stadium on Saturday evening. The gate receipts amounted to £1,133. Two or three ...

    Article : 195 words
  10. RUSSIANS AND TURKS.

    The brief references in the official communiques fail to do justice to the recent fighting in the Caucasus. Fuller Petrograd advices are that the ...

    Article : 187 words
  11. COST OF VOLUNTARYISM.

    Sir,—Last week 686 men volunteered for the army. I wonder if the general public have ever tried to estimate the cost per head for obtaining the men. It has been ...

    Article : 185 words
  12. FRANCE'S BATTLE-PLANE.

    "On the night of April 15," it is reported officially from Paris, "one of our armoured aeroplanes, at a height of 300ft., fired 16 shells at an enemy ship in the North Sea. ...

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  13. IN MESOPOTAMIA.

    Lieutenant-General C. V. F. Townshend, commander of the 10,000 British troops who have been besieged at Kut-el-Amara since the first week in December, in his ...

    Article : 204 words
  14. A PARENTS' LEAGUE.

    Sir,—"Compulsory" strikes a true note when he suggests that the fathers and brothers of our men already fighting should form a union in which they can by ...

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  15. IN AUSTRALIA

    WARRAGUL, Tuesday.—The conscription movement initiated by the Warragul Shire Council in February has been productive of striking results. At that meeting ...

    Article : 467 words
  16. AMERICA AND GERMANY.

    Two American citizens were on board the Russian steamer imperator, which, according to official advices received at Washington, was shelled by an Austrian ...

    Article : 385 words
  17. GREECE.

    Greece has decided not to oppose the transportation of Serbian troops by the Greek railways through Athens to Salonika, but to content itself with entering a formal ...

    Article : 120 words
  18. IRISH AND THE WAR.

    The Premier of Queensland (Mr. J. T. Ryan) has arrived here en route to England. He refused to explain the nature of his mission, but announced that he carried a letter ...

    Article : 383 words
  19. Lieut.-Col. Buckley in France.

    Lieut.-Colonel P. N. Buckley, the military representative attached to the Commonwealth Offices in London, is at present paying a visit to the West front. ...

    Article : 32 words
  20. Lords Pass Bills.

    The House of Lords has passed through all stages a bill transferring the control of the Imperial Institute from the Colonial Office to the Board of Trade and the Pacific ...

    Article : 36 words
  21. Double Income Tax.

    The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. McKenna) stated in the House of Commons on Tuesday that he was willing to consider a request to receive a deputation ...

    Article : 41 words
  22. French Exchange.

    According to "Le Matiu," the rate of exchange on London has recently risen in Paris to 2[?] francs to the £1, which reacts unfavourably on French trade and on the ...

    Article : 112 words
  23. Wheat Shipping Problem.

    The wheat freight problem is no nearer solution. Apparently the British Government is still disinclined to commandeer ships. It is understood that the ...

    Article : 40 words
  24. Australians Dismissed.

    The "London Gazette" publishes the notification that, in furtherance of the sentence of a general court-martial, the following Australian officers have been ...

    Article : 49 words
  25. PREJUDICIAL TO RECRUITING.

    MOAMA (N.S.W.), Tuesday.—At the police court to-day, Charles Wilks was fined £100 on a charge of having used words likely to prejudice recruiting. Considerable ...

    Article : 138 words
  26. SPORT AND WAR.

    At the annual meeting of the Victorian Lacrosse Association, held at the Amateur Sports Club of Victoria last evening, the following motion, submitted by Mr. W. B. ...

    Article : 352 words
  27. A HUSBAND'S POSITION.

    Sir,—I am a married man but to my knowledge not termed a "cold-footer." In fact, it is my desire, and has been from the commencement of the war, to do my share ...

    Article : 264 words
  28. Australasian Shipping.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 12 words
  29. OVERSEAS HOSPITAL.

    After a long delay in construction, the new military hospital at Caulfield, which is to be known as the Overseas Hospital, has been opened. The first batch of patients ...

    Article : 201 words
  30. SOLDIERS IN CAMP.

    Easter leave at the military camps will extend over Good Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, and training will be resumed on Monday morning. A letter, signed "Soldier's ...

    Article : 168 words
  31. SOLDIERS TO SING.

    Following on the suggestion of the acting State commandant (Brigadier-General Williams), that soldiers in camps of training should be taught to sing popular songs, ...

    Article : 110 words
  32. NEW TRENCH DESTROYER.

    The capabilities of the McGuinness trench destroyer were exhibited yesterday at the Royal Park by the inventor. This machine, it is alleged, will [?] bricks, iron[?] ...

    Article : 168 words
  33. Suicide of Australian.

    Warrant-Officer Guy Barton Hardy, formerly a mechanical engineer of Adelaide, has committed suicide by shooting in a West End hotel in London. He died in ...

    Article : 73 words
  34. Classified Advertising

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    Advertising : 410 words
  35. LABOUR'S POSITION.

    Sir,—Councillor Gill, of Port Melbourne, proposed and carried a resolution yesterday at the meeting of the Political Labour Council that every Labour member who ...

    Article : 380 words
  36. SHIRE PRESIDENT ENLISTS.

    DROUIN, Tuesday.—The president of the Bu[?] Bu[?] Shire, Councillor J. Y. Woolstencroft, having been accepted for active service, has resigned as president. At the meeting on Monday, the ...

    Article : 54 words
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