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  2. AUSTRALIA'S SUPREME CHOICE.

    On Roll—New South Wales. 1,054,679: Victoria, 824.871; Queensland, 365.549; South Australia, 262,130: Western Australia, 167,616; Tasmania, 107,864: grand total 2,782, 709. The votes of soldiers on active service, who have until November 11 to ...

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  3. THE POLITICAL CHAOS.

    Probably no crisis has ever arisen in Australia which has opened the way to such interesting and important political developments as those which are now ...

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  4. THE BALKANS.

    The enemy is attacking on the whole Dobrudja front, a Petrograd message states. The Russians and Roumanians are resisting, but are retiring to the north of the ...

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  5. EASTERN FRONTS.

    Wireless telegraphic reports emanating from Germany indicate that a new great offensive movement is being prepared by the Russians against Galicia and Poland. ...

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  6. WESTERN FRONT.

    The Kaiser it reported to have had a narrow escape from death recently. A bomb thrown from an allied aeroplane hit the train in which he was travelling, and ...

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  7. THE EARLY CLOSING LAW.

    The operation of the war regulations in the direction of the early closing of licensed houses has resulted in a great decrease of convictions for drunkenness ...

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  8. BATTLE IN THE CHANNEL.

    The Germans have made a daring midnight raid from Zeebrugge upon the Allies' transport service in the English Channel. An engagement ensued, in which the British report says two German submarines were destroyed, and on the British side an empty transport was sunk, a destroyer is missing, and ...

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  9. Boastful Germans at Verdun.

    The French communique of Friday morning says:—Our artillery exploded a German munition depot in the Genermont and Ablamcourt region of the Somme ...

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  10. OBITUARY.

    Our London correspondent, under date September 20, records the following obituaries of distinguished persons:—Col. Duncan Campbell (40), M.P. for North ...

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  11. Give-and-Take Battles.

    A Russian communique says:—We repulsed the Germans south of Riga. Our advanced posts fell back to the east bank of the Shara. The Roumanians on the ...

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  12. FRENCH FIRM HOLD AT VERDUN.

    The French communique in reference to the position at Verdun states that the enemy is keeping up a continuous violent bombardment against the first French lines ...

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  13. A CHANNEL RAID.

    Ten Gentian destroyers raided the English Channel transport service on Thursday night, and sank an empty transport. A British Admiralty report states that ...

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  14. ENEMY ON FINNISH COAST.

    The captain of a steamer which has arrived at the Swedish port of Aregrund says that German submarines are active in the Gulf of Bothnia, and that they ...

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  15. REINFORCEMENTS ARRIVED.

    The Petit Parisien says that important Russian reinforcements have arrived on both the Danube and Transylvanian fronts of Roumania. ...

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  16. Heavy Fighting in Galicia.

    Terrific fighting is being continued between the Russians and the Austro-German forces in Volhynia and Galicia. Turkish divisions, consisting of picked ...

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  17. HINDENBURG HUSTLING GERMAN NAVY.

    In connection with the English Channel affray it is recalled that fresh German naval measures have been anticipated since Gen. Hindenburg's assumption of military ...

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  18. 'Mid Snow and Ice.

    The Milan correspondent of The Daily Telegraph says:—The troops of the German Commander-in-Chief (Gen. Falkenhayn) are pressing hard up the Prapovo Valley, ...

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  19. FRENCH ARTILLERY WORK.

    Parisian newspapers to-day describe how the French 75-millimetre (3-in.) guns were used with conspicuous effect near Verdun on Thursday, when the Germans, by ...

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  20. SENSATIONAL ROBBERY.

    A sensational robbery occurred at Warwick last night. The local branch of the Bank of North Queensland, situated in Grafton street, was entered between ...

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  21. MAGNIFICENT SEAMANSHIP.

    No further details have been made public in reference to the defeat of the German attempt to hold up the British cross-channel transport service. The ...

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  22. Germans Locked in Trenches.

    The Russians who captured Austrian trenches near Dornawatra, on the northern frontier of Roumania, found that the enemy entrenchments were being ...

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  23. A BLUFF THAT FAILED.

    Mr. Ashmead Bartlett, who was an eyewitness of the Verdum success, says:—Since the battle of the Somme opened the Germans at Verdun had been putting up a ...

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  24. Steamer Saved by a Lad.

    A British vessel struck a mine and sank in the North Sea, and nine of the crew, including a signal boy, 14 years of age, were brought safely to land. The ...

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  25. "Hold Your Tongues."

    An official announcement says that prisoners belonging to the German 39th Active Regiment of the Line, taken on Tuesday at Handromont Quarries, state ...

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  26. ITALY AND AUSTRIA.

    An Italian communique on Saturday evening reports that in the Tyrol battle area the Rome troops expelled the Austrians from the village of Sano, in the ...

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  27. WAITING.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes), whose movements over the week-end were somewhat obscure, was found to-night to be visiting the Naval College at Jervis ...

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  28. Further Vessels Destroyed.

    The Christiania newspaper Aftenpost denies that Germany has sent an ultimatum to Norway, who will reply to the German Note next week. The Germans have ...

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  29. East African Struggle.

    The Portuguese forced the Germans to retreat after two days' fighting at Nakalali, in East Africa. The enemy abandoned arms and ammunition. ...

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  30. British Northern Line.

    Gen. Sir Douglas Haig reports:—The German artillery is active against the British sector between La Bassee and Hulluch. The British guns bombarded enemy trenches ...

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  31. Lifeboat Capsized.

    After the naval action and the loss of the transport Queen, lifeboats were called out at many stations on the English Channel coast, particularly at Deal and ...

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  32. FACTORS TO BE RECKONED WITH.

    It is probable that the result of the vote taken among the Anzacs will not be disclosed for publication. The reason for this is a military one. It is understood that ...

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  33. German Prisoners Taken.

    Gen. Haig reports having carried out on Saturday morning, on the Somme front, a successful local operation north-east ward of Les Boeufs, capturing several important ...

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  34. Bravery Rewarded.

    Lieut.-Col. John Ford Elkington, who for bravery while a private in a French regiment was restored to the rank in the Warwickshire Regiment fom which he was ...

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  35. FRENCH LINER ON FIRE.

    A maritime Exchange message received after noon to-day says that the French liner Chicago (11,127 tons) reports a fire in her hold, and that she is making for the Island ...

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  36. ENEMY CLAIMS.

    The Berlin official story of the raid makes the following claims:—The German war vessels passed through the Straits of Dover and sank 11 allied patrol ships and two ...

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  37. Austrians Impatient.

    Advices from the Austrian capital state that there is a strong agitation in Vienns for the early meeting of the Austro-Hungarian Parliament in order to discuss the ...

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  38. STATEMENTS BY RESIGNED MINISTERS.

    The resignation of the three Federal Ministers—Mr. Higgs, Sr. Gardiner, and Sr. Russell—on Friday as a protest against the actor of the Prime Minister ...

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  39. U-Boat in America?

    The United States Navy Department has learned that a German submarine has arrived at Norfolk, Virginia. All information is withheld. ...

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  40. STRONG ENEMY DEFENCES.

    London newspapers, in articles discussing the raid on the transport service, suggest the necessity of extending the use of mines near the Straits of Dover, in order to close ...

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  41. Fighting in the Mud.

    Mr. Percival Gibbon, who is representing The Daily Telegraph and The Daily Chronicle t the western front, thus describes the hand-to-hand fighting for the ...

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  42. ST. JOHN'S IN DARKNESS.

    The City of St. John's, the capital of Newfoundland, owing to the possibility that enemy submarines are in the neighbouring seas, has been ordered to be kept ...

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  43. Relief Ship Sunk.

    During an inquest at Plymouth on the bodies of five members of the crew of the Greek steamer George Embericos, it was elicited that the captain told ...

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  44. NO BROKEN HILL FIGURES.

    The polling yesterday was very steady, and will probably prove to have been heavy. So far the figures are not allowed to be published. The only figures ...

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  45. Airman's Narrow Escape.

    A Dutch lugger has rescued a British airman in the North Sea. The aviator sank his hydroplane lest it should be captured ...

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