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  2. TASMANIA.

    The Deputy Postmaster-General advises that the advice has been received from the British Post Office as follows: —Following are conditions for week-end ...

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  3. UNITED STATES DEFENCES.

    The United States Naval Affairs Committee has passed appropriations for a large extension of the aeroplane service, and also 1,000,000 dollars to ...

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  4. NOTICE.

    A War Special Edition of "The Mercury" will be published at about Noon To-day (Saturday), ...

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  5. ROUMANIA AND THE WAR

    The loss of life and the destruction of properly in the war will not have been altogether in vain if it causes the whole of our community to be leavened with the spirit of our heroes. General Smith-Dorrien, in a letter to his wife, said that deeds of heroism were being daily done at the front. There aro also naval heroes, and among these should be placed high the name of the late Captain Arthur Loxley, of the Formidable. When his ship was torpedoed, and ...

    Article : 372 words
  6. THE EXPORT OF TEA

    The "Standard" states that the Government's proposed removal of the prohibition on the export on tea amazes critics in Mincing-lane, City of ...

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  7. ABSINTHE.

    M. Raymond Poincare, the French President, has signed a decree prohibiting the sale in France of absinthe and similar drinks. ...

    Article : 28 words
  8. Advertising

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  9. LAYING OF MINES.

    Yesterday a steamer struck a mine off Scarborough, and was blown up. All the crew were saved. ...

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  10. THE EASTERN CAMPAIGNS

    According to the official Russian reports, the only activity now beiug shown along the line in Poland, west of the Vistula, is some fighting along the ...

    Article : 242 words
  11. PILLAGE, ROBBERY AND MURDER.

    The French Commission's report on Gorman violations of international law states that never has war among civilised nations been of a more savage and ...

    Article : 251 words
  12. EXCHANGE RATES.

    The Treasuiy has announced that in view of the rates of exchange between Great Britain and the United States being now normal it is not necessary for ...

    Article : 48 words
  13. BRITISH TRADE.

    The Board of Trade returns for December show that, as compared with the corresponding month of last year, imports decreased by £3,559,014, exports ...

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  14. THE ALLIES' CAMPAIGNS

    The news from the front continues to be scanty. The only important development reported along the line from Arras to the sea is the regaining by the ...

    Article : 345 words
  15. THE TURKISH WAR.

    I understand from an authoritative source that despite the lack of equipment and the enormous difficulties of the project, the Turkish Government ...

    Article : 455 words
  16. BOMBARDMENT OF THE DARDANELLES.

    During the recent bombardment of the Dardanelles by the Anglo-French fleet five of the forts were completely put out of action. ...

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  17. GENERAL WAR NEWS.

    An Order in Council issued to-day empowers the exemption of Christian Armenians, Syrians and Greeks, from the alien restrictions extended to other ...

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  18. NAVAL STATION ON THE NORTH SEA.

    Herr Ballin, chairman of directors of the Hamburg-Amerika Steamship Company, in the course of an interview, has stated that there will never be a ...

    Article : 145 words
  19. GERMAN INTRIGUE IN AMERICA.

    The Washington correspondent of "The Times" states that German propagandists in America are intriguing to get Congress to forbid the export of ...

    Article : 68 words
  20. POSITION OF VIENNA.

    A message from Vienna states that the Austrian authorities are actively constructing entrenchments and building fortifications round the city. They ...

    Article : 68 words
  21. DUM-DUM BULLETS.

    Mr. W. Jennings Bryan, the American Secretary of State, replying to representations made by Count Bernstorff, the German Ambassador, as to the ...

    Article : 116 words
  22. AUSTRALIA.

    Referring to-day to the recent offer of a voluntary hospital by the Victoria League, Colonel Featherstone (Director-General of the Army Medical Service) ...

    Article : 205 words
  23. AUSTRO-SERVIAN WAR.

    Advices received in Rome from Pontebba, an Italian village on the Austrian frontier, state that 60,000 Germans are hurrying through Bosnia, and are ...

    Article : 50 words
  24. THE FORMIDABLE.

    In the House of Lords this afternoon, Lord Crowe, the leader of the Government in the Chamber, in reply to Lord Selborne, a former First Lord of the ...

    Article : 285 words
  25. CARDINAL MERCIER.

    The Vatican is without official information about Cardinal Mercier, and it is believed that his communications have been censored. ...

    Article : 218 words
  26. ROUMANIA AND THE WAR

    According to a message from the Paris correspondent of the "Morning Post." Roumania has decided to throw in her lot with the Allies in order to ...

    Article : 249 words
  27. WEARING DOWN THE ENEMY.

    "Eyewitness," with the British head-quarters staff, reports, that an officer and twenty-five men on the British right centre attacked the enemy's ...

    Article : 154 words
  28. GERMANS IN TURKEY.

    A gentleman belonging to a neutral country, who has reached London from Constantinople, reports that up to the end of November 10,000 Germans had ...

    Article : 51 words
  29. USING ENEMY SHIPS.

    The Comptroller-General of Customs Mr. Mills) stated to-day that of the enemy ships now under the control of the Commonwealth six had been utilised ...

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  30. BATTLE OF SARYKAMISH

    The Turks in Transcaucasia fought warely under German officers, but the Russian leaders outmanœuvred the Germans, who had planned the battle from ...

    Article : 737 words
  31. SCHOOLS OF INSTRUCTION.

    A school of instruction is now in full swing at Claremont for officers of the Light Horse and certain selected N.C.O.'s. The school is being largely attended, and ...

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  32. HOW TURKEY JOINED IN.

    Sherif Pasha, who was Minister of Finance in the last Turkish Government, and is now a fugitive in Paris, stated in an interview yesterday that ...

    Article : 119 words
  33. MARKETS AND MONEY

    The following are the Bank of England returns for the week ending to-day:- Coin, £68,266,000. ...

    Article : 208 words
  34. THE FIGHTING IN BELGIUM.

    The French official "Eyewitness" at headquarters has sent the following message regarding the fighting at the front: ...

    Article : 113 words
  35. ISSUE OF PASSPORTS.

    At the late conferece held between the State Premiers and Mr. Fisher's Ministry the question of the issue of passports by the States was considered. ...

    Article : 132 words
  36. CONTRABAND.

    Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the British Ambassador to America, has notified Mr. W. Jennings Bryan, the Secretary of State, of a partial settlement of ...

    Article : 81 words
  37. BRITISH DIPLOMATIC SERVICE.

    The Civil Service Commission's report on the British diplomatic service recommends drastic reforms in the direction of providing a wider field for selection. ...

    Article : 107 words
  38. NAVAL OPERATIONS

    It is reported that some of the boilers of the Turkish battle-cruiser Goeben burned out recently as the result of steaming at high speed from the Crimea ...

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  39. SILENCE IS GOLDEN.

    No reference to the great defeat of the Turks in Transcaucasia appears in the German newspapers. Ladies, Queen Soap is in every home; ...

    Article : 41 words
  40. THE STRUGGLE IN THE ARGONNES.

    The struggle in the Argonnes is being waged principally over the control of the roadway connecting the German positions round Vienne-le-Chateam (23 ...

    Article : 257 words
  41. INDIAN PRISONERS.

    The Berlin correspondent of the Amsterdam newspaper "Telegraaf" states that the Indian prisoners in the concentration camp near Berlin will ...

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  42. BIG ORDER FOR SOLDIERS BANDOLIERS.

    The Sydney firm of Messrs. J. J. Weeks Ltd, has received an order from the British War Office for the supply of 12,500 soldiers' bandoliers. The firm ...

    Article : 44 words
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