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  2. THE WAR SITUATION.

    A gratifying announcement is volunteered by the First Lord of the Admiralty:—The Allies are now "holding" the submarine menace. They are sinking ...

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  3. A Catalogue of Honors.

    The Saturday Review says:—More people have been murdered during the Russian revolution than during the French reign of terror. While the Baltic Fleet ...

    Article : 194 words
  4. A TERRIFIC STORM.

    The most furious windstorm experienced in Australia since meteorological records have been taken occurred at Brighton and Brighton Beach at about 4.45 on Saturday ...

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  5. STATE POLITICS.

    The Secretary of the "National" Party (Mr. Y. Kappler) has dispatched the following reply to the Hon. Secretary of the Combined Sturt and East ...

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  6. THE BERLIN STRIKES

    Stringent martial law has been proclaimed in Berlin. The proclamation issued by the military commander of the city states that it is intended to ...

    Article : 238 words
  7. MARTIAL LAW IN BERLIN.

    Gen. Sir Douglas Haig reported on Saturday night:—Infantry from the West Riding of Yorkshire successfully raided the enemy line south-west of Monchy le Preux to-day ...

    Article : 212 words
  8. Successful French Raids.

    The French communique this afternoon reports:—"We carried out several successful raids in the region of Nieufort and to north-west of Rheims, and took prisoners." ...

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  9. RUSSIAN SITUATION.

    The Petrograd correspondent of The Daily News reports that another attempt on the life of the Bolshevik Premier (M. Lenin) has been foiled. A youth in a ...

    Article : 171 words
  10. AMERICA AND THE WAR.

    The United States Secretary for War (Mr. Baker) is about to visit the western front on a tour of inspection, during which ...

    Article : 37 words
  11. Merry Hospital Days.

    An Australian Press Association representative who made a tour, of the principal Australian convalescent depots and hospitals in France, and witnessed the ...

    Article : 288 words
  12. AMERICAN PRISONERS CAGED.

    Correspondence which has been received from the American headquarters in France states that captured documents reveal that the Germans ...

    Article : 61 words
  13. After war Commerce.

    The Commerce Committee of the Washington Senate has voted to limit the term of the Government Controllers of after the war to 18 months, but giving President ...

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  14. REVOLT IN FINLAND.

    It is reported that the Finnish Government troops command a position north of Vasa. They have occupied the bridges communicating with Russia. The Red ...

    Article : 212 words
  15. Bolshevik's Further Lease.

    The Petrograd correspondent of The Daily Chronicle reports that the All-Russian Conference of Soviets concluded on Friday. Members were greatly exhilarated ...

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  16. British Minister Recalled.

    The New York Times says it has learned on good authority that the British Attorney-General (Sir F. E. Smith), who is on a mission to the United States, has been ...

    Article : 66 words
  17. Street Battles.

    It is estimated that 100,000 workers were concerned in recent riots at Charlotten[?]urg. The watchwords of the mob were "Peace" and "Bread." The police charged ...

    Article : 228 words
  18. Change of Leaders.

    The Washington correspondent of The New York Times says that Major-Gen March will be appointed Chief of the United States General Staff, in succession ...

    Article : 42 words
  19. More Greeks to Mobilize.

    Ten classes of reservists have been ordered to mobilize on February 14. ...

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  20. SHORTAGE OF FOODS.

    The President of the Board of Agriculture (Mr. R. E. Prothero), addressing meeting of farmers representatives at laton Hall said:—"We are in a critical ...

    Article : 292 words
  21. Kaiser Keeping Constantine.

    The Journal De Geneve states that Constantine, the ex-King of Greece, is living in luxury on £80,000 a year, which the Kaiser pays to his credit at the Zurich Bank. ...

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  22. Poles and Cossacks Attacked.

    Information from Minsk states that the Polish legions have declared war against he Bolsheviks, who hotly attacked one Division under Gen. Ottapovitch. ...

    Article : 121 words
  23. NAVAL AIR WORK.

    The Admiralty state that on Wednesday, at Oostcamp, direct nits were obtained on a hangar and sheds, and fires were caused. We downed one enemy machine in an ...

    Article : 76 words
  24. Argentina Bellicose.

    The Argentine Government has officially announced that its military attaches have been recalled from Berlin and Vienna, and that Argentina has sent a Note to ...

    Article : 58 words
  25. ITALIAN SUCCESS.

    An official message states:—By a sudden thrust from Monte Valbella we reached the head of the Melago Valley. A strong attempt by toe enemy to dislodge us broke ...

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  26. Generalissimo Suggested.

    The military correspondent of The Observer states that the British General Staff and High Command recognise the value of he Versailles International War Council ...

    Article : 111 words
  27. Workers Various Attitudes.

    Messages from Berna state coat the strikes are subsiding at Hamburg, Danzig, and Kiel; that the men are gradually resuming work, and that only minor ...

    Article : 103 words
  28. THE POPE AND PEACE.

    The Rome correspondent of the Observer has telegraphed an interview with his Holiness the Pope, who says:—Surely it is not too much to hope that out of the ...

    Article : 184 words
  29. AUSTRIAN GUNS CAPTURED.

    The war correspondent of The Giornale d'Italia says:—"Hungarian officer prisouers admit that heavy losses were suffered by several of their divisions, the casualties in ...

    Article : 62 words
  30. NOTES ISSUE AND RESERVE.

    A little more than a week ago the announcement appeared in The Commonwealth Gazette that an Order in-Couner had been issued authorizing the increase ...

    Article : 94 words
  31. Odessa Captured.

    Reports from Petrograd state that the Bolsheviks have captured the towns of Orenburg and Odessa from the supporters of the Black Sea Republic. ...

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  32. WAR ON THE SEA.

    The Bremer Zeitung has published an article, signed by "Admiral X.," declaring that the German submarine campaign is a failure. German papers point out that it ...

    Article : 307 words
  33. Plague in the Crimea.

    Advices from the Caucasus state that plague has broken out in the Crimea. A republic has been established in the Crimes, and the entire population is ...

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  34. Bombs on German Towns.

    The Press Bureau has given details of the air raids on Germany cabled on January 25. The bombars dropped 889 lb. of explosives upon Treves. There was a good ...

    Article : 227 words
  35. Importance Exaggerated.

    The tendency to exaggerate the importance of the German strikes continues. There is no evidence that there is anything like a million men involved, although ...

    Article : 431 words
  36. CONSUMERS COUNCIL.

    The Press Bureau states that at the first meeting to-day of the Consumers Council, on which trade unionists, co-operators, women, and industrialists are represented ...

    Article : 201 words
  37. ALLEGATIONS AGAINST MILLERS.

    to issue a regulation under the War Precautions Act this week to deal with the case of a Victorian baker, Who declares that, because he sold bread under the ...

    Article : 87 words
  38. Russia v. Roumania.

    Owing to the break with Roumania the Black Sea Revolutionary Committee has seized 40 Roumanian steamers and several warships in Black Sea ports. ...

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  39. A Labour Difficulty.

    Mr. Arthur Henderson, M.P., has issued a statement in which he says he is apprehensive that an irreparable break with an important Labour section will result unless ...

    Article : 159 words
  40. RUSSIA AND THE ALLIES.

    The correspondent of the United Press Association at Petrograd has interviewed M. Trotsky, who asserted that the peace terms laid down by President Wilson and ...

    Article : 391 words
  41. SIR JOHN FORREST'S HEALTH.

    The Federal Treasurer (Sir John Forrest), who recently underwent a slight operation in this city, is progressing satisfactorily. He left the hospital on ...

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  42. SOLDIERS MEATLESS DAY.

    Many regiments in England on borne service have voluntarily adopted one meatless day a week, in order to increase the supplies available for civilians. ...

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  43. A YEAR'S INQUESTS AT THE BARRIER.

    During 1917 there were 33 inquests in Broken Hill. Seven of these were on mining fatalities, two in reference to drowning cases, five cases of suicide, and two ...

    Article : 41 words
  44. FACTS IN DISFAVOUR.

    A German field courtmartial has sentenced two British aviators—Flight Lieuts. Scholte and Wookey, whose machines were shot down near Cambrai on October 17 last ...

    Article : 159 words
  45. NEW ZEALAND ITEMS.

    To date the Imperial Supplies Department has paid to New Zealand nearly £50,000,000. The Anckland Chamber of Commerce ...

    Article : 120 words
  46. WHITHER TENDING?

    The chief topic of discussion in the lobbies of the House of Commons is that of the Labour troubles now being experienced in the United Kingdom. Opinion ...

    Article : 117 words
  47. An Official Rejoinder.

    An official statement circulates by the Press Bureau controverts Mr. Henderson's statement that the Government has admitted the right of the engineers to claim ...

    Article : 194 words
  48. German Submarines Held.

    The First Lord of the Admiralty (Sir Eric Geddes) announces that the Allies have at last got the grip of the German submarines, and are sinking them as fast ...

    Article : 74 words
  49. Half a Million Chinese.

    M. Chang, the Chinese Missioner to Washington, ia an interview published to-day, says that China has 500,000 troops ready to fight on the western, front. ...

    Article : 91 words
  50. FIFTY YEARS AGO.

    Mr. Davidson, proprietor of the boiling-down establishment at Moama, contemplates, carrying on, in addition, the manufacture of glue; and he ...

    Article : 262 words
  51. A Cologne Canard.

    Newspapers published at the North German capital, Cologne give details of an alleged Anglo-American plot. They assert that a committee was formed at ...

    Article : 91 words
  52. Submarines Tampered With

    At the trial of a German named Henning on a charge of treason, a witness asserted, "While munition works inspectors attention was distracted, Henning ...

    Article : 61 words
  53. Demos Aroused.

    A strike leaflet typical of many Which are being circulated at Berlin reads:—"The Government desire for peace is only a mask. Only by rising, en masse can the ...

    Article : 192 words
  54. Advertising

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  55. Canadian Liner Sunk.

    [?] Ocean services inner Montreal (8.644 tons) has been sunk in a collision with a larger vessel, which escaped serious damage. Torpedo boats were ...

    Article : 63 words
  56. Advertising

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  57. Advertising

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  58. 40 Wooden Vessels Ordered.

    The British Government has decided to embark on an extensive wooden shipbuilding industry, on the Pacific coast of Canada. Orders have been given for the ...

    Article : 44 words
  59. Ore and the Enemy.

    It is suggested that the [?]res should relax the blockade of Sweden, and permit that country to import "wool and other raw materials; and that they should assist to ...

    Article : 104 words
  60. Boarding Steamer Sank.

    The British Admiralty armed boarding steamer Louvain was torpedoed and sunk in the Eastern Mediterranean on January 21. Seven officers and 217 men were lost ...

    Article : 33 words
  61. Dutch Shipping Precautions

    The Netherlands Government has stopped Dutch ships from leaving their ports owing to the fear that the Germans will seize vessels editing toward America ...

    Article : 40 words
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