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  2. HUGE WAR EXPENDITURE.

    Mr. Lloyd George estimates the year's expenditure at £206,024,00. In addition there will be a probable war expenditure of £328,443,000. The year will close with ...

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  3. AU REVOIR.

    It is a striking testimony to the immediately practical character of Australian loyalty that on the very day the newspapers made the announcement of the ...

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  4. Appalling Casualties.

    Although the forces of the allied armies in Belgium lost very. heavily during the four days of the fiercest fighting around Ypres, the casualties were light in ...

    Article : 189 words
  5. UNITED STATES.

    President Wilson has made the United States' attitude clear in regard to European peace proposals. He deciares that the American Government Cannot piers ...

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  6. THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE.

    As the vast armies of the Czar continue their slow but sure advance from Poland, into East Prussia scores of thousands of terror-stricken German civilians are fleeing ...

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  7. BIG ARTILLERY DUEL.

    To-day's cable messages include a report of the naval fight in the Pacific off Valparaiso on November 1. This shows that the German ships managed to get their opponents at a disadvantage in reference to light, and that the Good Hope and the Monmonth were early set on fire ...

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  8. NATURALIZED GERMANS.

    Replying to a question in the House of Commons, the Home Secretary (Mr. McKenna) stated that Baron Bruno Schroder, a prominent banker, and head of the ...

    Article : 107 words
  9. Big Battle in Progress.

    The afternoon communique on Tuesday in reference to the Russian, operations stated that in East Prussia, the German armies were retreating upon the Gumbinnen and ...

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  10. No Business.

    At the meeting of the Water and Sewerage Board yesterday (says The Sydney Morning Herald of November 12) a letter was read from Messrs. Noves Brothers. ...

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  11. Enemy's Wanton Damage.

    The French Premier (M. Vivian[?]), Minister of Justice (M. Briand), Minister of War (M. Millerand), and Minister of Finance (M. Ribot) have paid ...

    Article : 131 words
  12. A STRIKING CARTOON.

    Punch publishes a striking cartoon entitled "A Chip of the Old Block." It depicts Australia as a young lion carrying a fox (marked "Emden") in its teeth to ...

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  13. Australians for Egypt?

    The Berliner Tageblatt points out that there are many difficulties in the way of successful Turkish attacks on the Suez Canal. The British Mediterranean Fleet. ...

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  14. Airman's Perilous Climb.

    A French airship was ordered to destroy a railway junction in the Arras district, where the Germans were conveying troops. The aviators succeeded in dropping ...

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  15. How "Tommy" Fares.

    Mr. W. H. Harral has sent the following interesting letter which he has received from Lieut. W. A. S. Turner, of the Royal Field Artillery, and which gives some idea ...

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  16. Question of Alien Patentees.

    The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has adjourned for a fortnight the hearing of an appeal by the Gold Ore Treatment Company of Western Australia ...

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  17. Ottoman Reverses.

    An official communique states that the Russian Army, which is making headway in Asiatic Turkey, has defeated mixed forces of Ottomans and Kurds in the ...

    Article : 84 words
  18. Canada's Co-operation.

    Sgt. Harry Burton, of London, Ontario, who joined the Canadian Contingent, recently returned wounded to England. He asserts that he saw a Belgian boy whose ...

    Article : 143 words
  19. Turkish Port Bombarded

    The British gunboat Minerva received news that mines had been sent to Akabah, an Arabian port on the north-eastern arm of the Red Sea, for use, against British ...

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  20. Angola Again Invaded.

    Advices from Lisbon state that the Germans have again entered Angola, the Portugucse province of South-West Africa. The garrison there has sustained some ...

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  21. Prussian Guards Smashed.

    The smashing of the Prussian Guards at Zonnebeke, in Belgium, was beautifully timed. The Germans had shelled the trenches of the Allies with lyddite and ...

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  22. LORD ROBERTS'S REMAINS.

    The widow of the late Lord Roberts has consented to the interment of her distinguished, husband's remains in St. Paul's Cathedral. ...

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  23. THE PACIFIC NAVAL FIGHT.

    The Central News representative at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, reports that the British light cruiser Glasgow, 4,800 tons, which participated in the naval engagement ...

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  24. A Secret "Wireless."

    Commander Lupcke and the wireless operator (Herr Voltz), of the Germans war ship Preussen (13,000 tons), which has been interned at Sabang Bay, Java, have, been ...

    Article : 93 words
  25. American Warship Affronted.

    The United States armoured cruiser Tennessee (14,500 tons) anchored off Vourla, Asia Minor, and sent a launch to seek permission from the local authorities for the ...

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  26. Prisoners from the Emden.

    An official intimation has been given that 150 of the personnel of the German cruiser Emden have been taken at prisoners. ...

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  27. SCENE AT BOULOGNE.

    There was on impressive scene at Boulogne when the casque containing the remains of the deceased leader was borne to the steamer that was to convey it to ...

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  28. Austria and Servia.

    An official statement issued at Vienna shows that the Austrians operating against Servia occupied the village of Valjevo, 47 miles south-west of Belgrade. The ...

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  29. LATEST NEWS FROM THE FRONT.

    Official lists of German casualties to date set the number of killed, wounded, and missing at 549,247. This figure does not include the losses of the armies of ...

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  30. Movement of German Troops.

    Amsterdam advices state that direct communications between Holland and Berlin have suddenly ceased. The fact is interpreted to signify that a great movement of ...

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  31. Copper and the War.

    Col. Jacling, general manager of the largest group of copper mines in North America, has stated that the decision of Great Britain in regard to copper being ...

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  32. Troubles of Missionaries.

    The entry of Turkey upon the war will mean many very serious consequences to missionaries at work in Moslem lands. Miss F. E. Newton, of the Church ...

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  33. A German on Germany.

    Maximilian Harden (Felix Ernst), Editor of the Berlin weekly paper Die. Zukunft, which he founded in 1892, says:—"Let us drop our miserable Attempts to excuse the ...

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  34. A NATIONAL MONUMENT.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Asquith) and the Secretary for War (Earl Kitchener) in the House of Commons and the House of Lords respectively to-day moved for an ...

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  35. Spies' Tactics.

    Two officers in a motor car flying the Red Cross flag traversed the villages in the Aisne district of France, and attempted to inspect the lines of the Allied armies. ...

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  36. Allies' Satisfactory Progress

    The official communique issued on Tuesday midnight says:—"The enemy has renewed the attacks eastward and southward of Ypres, but have not modified the ...

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  37. BRITISH WAR LOAN.

    The prospectus has been issued of s British war loan of £350,000,000, The stock will carry interest at the rate of 3 1/2 per cent, per annum, and will be issued at the ...

    Article : 63 words
  38. Letter from Admiral Jellicoe

    The Rev. E. W. Matthews, General Secretary of the British and Foreign Sailors' Society, London, has forwarded to the Secretary of the Port Adelaide ...

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  39. NEWSPAPERS AND THE CENSORSHIP.

    As part of the campaign of secrecy which followed the departure of the 1st Expeditionary Force an embargo was placed on the dispatch of newspapers from the ...

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  40. AFRICAN REBELS.

    A Reuter message just received asserts that De Wet is undoubtedly losing influence with his forces. The troubles of the rebel leader are added to by the fact that ...

    Article : 165 words
  41. Incidents of the War.

    A message from Rotterdam states that a German Zeppelin airship fell to the earth, and was wrecked at Maastricht, in Southern Holland. ...

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  42. GOVERNOR-GENERAL IMPRESSED.

    A review of the troops of the 2nd Expeditionary Forces, under canvas at Enoggera, was held by the Governor-General this afternoon. His Excellency, after an ...

    Article : 185 words
  43. Prince Alfred Old Collegians

    There are about 25 old Prince Alfred Collegians included into the 2nd Expeditionary Force. So that their schoolmates may have an opportunity of bidding them ...

    Article : 54 words
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  45. German Brutality.

    Mr. G. H. King, of Adelaide, has received a letter from his sister who resides at Cowes, Isle of Wight, in which she tells of the case of a man from Cowes, who fell ...

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  47. German Vessel Disarmed.

    The Norwegian authorities are disarming the German auxiliary cruiser Berlin, which arrived at the fortified port of Trondhjem on Monday. ...

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  49. BOYS OF BRITAIN.

    Do you hear the tramp of soldiers as they're marching through the street? Do you know the men were sending to the front our foes to beat? ...

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  51. Kiao-Chau Defenders.

    According to official reports which are reaching the British Legation at Pekin, the surrender of Tsing-tao by the Germans had been pre-arranged two days before the ...

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