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  2. QUEENSLAND FLOODS

    The Premier (Mr. Ryan) received the following radio message last night through the Naval Department from the Bingera, which arrived at Mackay ...

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  3. AMERICA AT WAR EXPLOSION AT TORPEDO FACTORY.

    An explosion occurred yesterday at a torpedo factory at Newport, Rhode Island, and resulted in eight of the employees being killed and seven being ...

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  4. FEDERAL SHIPBUILDING

    A meeting of the Hobart shipbuilding committee was held at the offices of the hon, secretary (Mr. W. J. Fullerton, M.H.A.) last evening. Mr. A. B. ...

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  5. ENEMY'S WAR AIMS

    There is a remarkable statement from America in to-day's cablegrams. It is that Great Britain intends to advance from Mesopotamia to Erzerum. in Armenia, and also undertake an offensive north from Jerusalem. There is no likelihood of British troops undertaking such an adventure as an advance ...

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  6. JAPAN AND THE WAR.

    The Tokio correspondent of the United Press Association of New York states that Baron Ozaki (formerly Minister of Foreign Affairs), speaking in ...

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  7. MUNITIONS OF WAR.

    The appointment of Mr. E. J. Stettinius to the position of surveyor-general of army purchases is regarded as an illustration of the general ...

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  8. MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.

    Captain Ward, a New Zealander, who recently returned, from France owing to illness, and has since been in Mount Felix Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, is ...

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  9. THE BRITISH FRONT LINE AGAIN EXTENDED

    There have been indications in recent official communiques that the British front has been extended. This is now confirmed by the statement that ...

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  10. THE CONSTITUTION.

    The Constitution, as one of the problems that would have to be faced after the war, was discussed by the Governor of Victoria (Sir Arthur Stanley) at the ...

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  11. TASMANIA HOBART HONOUR ROLL.

    At last night's meeting of the Hobart City Council it was reported that the undermentioned members of the Australian Imperial Force, whose ...

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  12. WORLD'S FOOD SUPPLIES PRESIDENT WILSON'S PROCLAMATION.

    President Wilson has issued a proclamation, asking the American people to reduce their wheat consumption by 30 per cent., to observe Mondays and ...

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  13. ENEMY PARTY DISPERSED.

    This morning's report from Sir Douglas Haig says:— There is hostile artillery firing in the neighbourhood of Ribecourt ...

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  14. ENEMY'S WAR AIMS. GERMAN PUBLICIST'S VIEW.

    The Rotterdam correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" states that Herr Maximilian Harden, Germany's most famous publicist, writing in his ...

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  15. THE KAISER.

    A Swiss correspondent of the Paris newspaper "Humanite." who recently saw the Kaiser in Berlin, says that the military clique has convinced him that ...

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  16. THE AMERICAN ARMY.

    The Paris correspondent of the "New York World," after inspecting the American army in France, states that General Pershing's troops have made ...

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  17. NORTHERN QUEENSLAND ISOLATED.

    The Deputy Commissioner at Rock[?]ampton wired at 2.30 this afternoon: The traffic at Mt. Morgan was again blocked to-day. The Fitzroy River at ...

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  18. UNREST IN BERLIN.

    Two hundred of the invalided soldiers who recently interrupted a meeting of the Fatherland Party (Pan-German) in Berlin have been arrested for ...

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  19. PERSONAL.

    Two Sydney aldermen, Alderman Cuthbertson, of New Town (a son of Alderman Cuthbertson, of the Hobart City Council), and Alderman Baxter, ...

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  20. TASMANIAN CASUALTIES.

    Private Tanner, who left Australia last May, went through the Mesopotamian campaign, and was at the surrender of Bagdad, returned to Hobart ...

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  21. FOOD RIOTS IN SPAIN.

    Troops have been called out to quell the disturbances in Barcelona, where martial law has been proclaimed, owing to strikes und riote arising from the ...

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  22. GENERAL AERIAL OPERATIONS

    The following report was received from Sir Douglas Haig to-night:— Our anti-aircraft guns shot down a German aeroplane to-day. ...

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  23. THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH.

    Owing to the prevailing political excitement all meetings have been prohibited in Germany. ...

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  24. AGITATION IN ENGLAND.

    The Lord Mayor of Manchester told a deputation who demanded an equal distribution of food that their agitation was unnecessary, as all possible was ...

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  25. SITUATION IN RUSSlA. THREATENED GERMAN ADVANCE.

    Mr. Harold Williams, the Petrograd correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle," states that the Bolshevik newspapers admit that the peace negotiations at ...

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  26. THE TURKISH WAR. PALESTINE CAMPAIGN.

    A Turkish communique received by wireless to-day says:—We have rectified our lines in Palestine by an advance of two kilometres (2,188 yards). ...

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  27. HOBART REGATTA.

    The Hobart Regatta committee met last night at the Town-hall, when Mr. J. G. Turner presided over a full meeting. Mr. John Godfrey, of Bendigo, who ...

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  28. ZINOIFEROUS ORES.

    Mr. Robert Sticht, manager of the Mt. Lyell Company, who left Australia nine months ago to study the electrolytic method of treating zinciferous ores ...

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  29. POLICE COURTS.

    At the Hobart Police Court yesterday. James O'Brien was fined 10s., in default seven days' imprisonment, for having been drunk and incapable on ...

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  30. AUSTRIA AND GERMANY.

    Count Czernin, the Foreign Secretary, informed the Austrian Delegations that the text of his speech was forwarded to President Winson before ...

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  31. TORRENTIAL RAINS AT ROCKHAMPTON.:

    A drizzling rain set in last night, and at noon to-day it came down in torrents, and by 2 o'clock nearly 2 inches had been registered. The ...

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  32. SUPPOSED INFANTICIDE.

    An inquest was opened at the City Police Court yesterday afternoon, before the Coroner (Mr. E. L. Hall), touching the death of a newly-born ...

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  33. NEW BRITISH OFFENSIVE LIKELY.

    The Washington correspondent of the "New York World" says information received by the American authorities indicates that the british are aiming a ...

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  34. MARKETS AND MONEY.

    Messrs. Brunner, Mond, and Co., the owners of the celebrated Staffordshire alkaline works, are offering every holder of two ordinary shares in the company ...

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  35. HELP FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes), on behalf of the Commonwealth Government, has sent the following message to the Premier of Queensland:—"The ...

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  36. THE NAVAL BATTLE ATTACKS ON THE GOEBEN.

    A Turkish official wireless message received last night says:—There is lively artillery activity in the Dardanelles. The fire from our guns ...

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  37. GENERAL WAR NEWS FOR VALOUR.

    The "London Gazette" to-day states that bars to the Military Medals already won by them have been awarded to the following Australians:—Privates ...

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  38. WHEAT V. STOCK RAISING.

    At A conference held last week to consider a proposal regarding the curtailment of the area under cultivation for wheat, so that greater attention ...

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  39. THE BOLSHEVIKS.

    Mr. Arthur Ransome, the Petrograd correspondent of the "Daily News and Leader," insists that the position of the Bolsheviks is critical. A ...

    Article : 435 words
  40. ATTACK ON NEUTRAL VESSELS.

    The Madrid newspaper "Sol" reports that a new Spanish steamer, the Giralda, of 4,000 tons, has been sunk by the Germans to the westward of ...

    Article : 97 words
  41. BACK FROM GERMANY.

    A New Zealand soldier from Germany, who is now interned in Switzerland, spent much of his time when a prisoner at Dulmen, in Westphalia. He ...

    Article : 253 words
  42. LAUNCESTON TRAMWAYS.

    The Launceston City Council, at a meeting to-day, decided to extend the city tramway system to the King's wharf immediately. The Mayor ...

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  43. DESTRUCTION OF GERMAN SUBMARINE.

    Yesterday the crew of a French airship threw several bombs at a German submarine, and the hits were observed to make her unsteady. A minesweeper ...

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  44. UPHEAVALS IN AUSTRIA.

    Advices received by the State Department indicate that there is increasing restiveness among the Slav population of Austria, particularly the Czechs. ...

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  45. LATEST DETAILS.

    News received in Brisbane to-day by mail from Mackay, dated Saturday last, states that the town has been practically wrecked by a disastrous ...

    Article : 289 words
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