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  2. FEDERAL MINISTRY

    There is a belief in Federal political circlos that important changes in the Cabinet are pending. It is considered inevitable that Senator Pearce will ...

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  3. AMERICA AT WAR

    Mr. J. R. Garfield, the Director of national Service in the United States, announced yesterday that as a result of the order for the closing ot all ...

    Article : 88 words
  4. FIGHTING IN FINLAND.

    The White Guards have totally defeated the Red Guards near Tammerford, in the south of Finland, and taken 700 prisoners. ...

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  5. ALLIED WAR COUNCIL

    The news of the retirement of General Sir William Robertson, Chief of the Imperial Staff, is being received with widespread regret. It is evident that he objected strongly to the new scheme of control adopted at the Versailles Conference. There is no doubt he is one of the ablest soldiers of the day. ...

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  6. THE LYNCHFORD TRAGEDY

    At the Police Court to-day Charles Deegan was charged with the wilful murder of his brother, John Thomas Deegan, at Lynchford, on Saturday, ...

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  7. RUSSIA'S LIABILITIES.

    The Copenhagen newspaper "Politiken" learns that Holland has taken the initiative at Petrograd with reference to joint action by neutral countries ...

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  8. THE ITALIAN FRONT. CONCENTRATION OF ENEMY TROOPS.

    Correspondents report a large concentration of German troops in Southern Bavaria and the Tyrol with the object of preventing an Italian move ...

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  9. GENERAL WAR NEWS

    Sir John Simon, who was Attorney-General in Mr. Asquith's Government, and who joined the army in October last, addressing his constituents at ...

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  10. SWEDISH INTERVENTION.

    The Russian troops on the Aland Islands, at the mouth of the Gulf of Bothnia, have surrendered to the Commander of the Swedish gunboat Thor, ...

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  11. PLAGUE IN CHINA.

    The plague-has appeared at Paotingfu, 80 miles to the south-west of Peking, and is endangering the Chinese capital and Tientsin. So far, every ...

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  12. THE PACT OF LONDON.

    The text of the Pact of London, determining the participation of Italy in the war, and which was referred to on Thursday in the Italian Chamber of ...

    Article : 215 words
  13. ANXIETY IN JAPAN.

    Dr. Syonaga, a Japanese publicist, in a speech in New York yesterday, said Japan regarded the Russian chacs with the greatest anxiety, because it ...

    Article : 70 words
  14. WAR TIME PROFITS TAX.

    The chairman (Mr. F. K. Fairthorne) and the secretary (Mr. J. C. Macmichael) of the meetings of mineowners and others interested in the tin ...

    Article : 380 words
  15. RAILWAY DISASTER.

    A collision between two trains occurred yesterday on the railway line between Lerida and Barcelona, on the Spanish Mediterranean coast, and ...

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  16. THE LOST GERMAN COLONIES

    Lord Leverhulme, in a speech in London yesterday, said Great Britain could not return a single one of Germany's colonies because it would sow the seeds ...

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  17. QUEENSLAND POLITICS.

    Mr. T. J. Ryan, the Premier of Queensland, delivered his policy speech at Townsville to-night, before a very large gathering. ...

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  18. THE CIVIL WAR

    It is reported that the Cossack army, under General Alexieff, the former Russian Commander-in-Chief, has won a battle in the vicinity of Voronezh, the ...

    Article : 164 words
  19. ALLIED WAR COUNCIL

    In connection with the resignation of General Sir W. R. Robertson, the Chief of the Imperial General Staff, it is recalled that questions in Parliament, and ...

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  20. SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICS.

    In his Budget speech this afternoon Mr. H. Burton, the Minister of Finance in General Botha's Government, announced that the surplus for the ...

    Article : 79 words
  21. SITUATION IN RUSSIA. THE WAR TO RECOMMENCE.

    The members, of the Commissions of the Central Powers sent to Petrograd left the Russian capital on Friday on return to their respective countries. ...

    Article : 310 words
  22. THE BRITISH FRONT

    Field-Marshal Haig, reporting to-night, says:— Our patrols in encounters last night made prisoner a few of the ...

    Article : 117 words
  23. PRICE OF MEAT.

    The report of the Inter-State Commission on the price of meat was considered at a meeting of the Federal Cabinet to-day. The report had been referred ...

    Article : 115 words
  24. ITALIAN SPIES.

    A large quantity of bombs, grenades, and 1,000,000 copies of a manifesto have been found in a cellar of oremises in Zurich formerly occupied by Gino ...

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  25. NAVAL OPERATIONS.

    The bombardment of Dover yesterday (Saturday) morning by a German submarine was a "hit and run" attack, and caused the slightest material damage to ...

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  26. FLOUR FOR BAKERS.

    A deputation from the Victorian Master Bakers' Association waited upon the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) to-day, with reference to the proposed action ...

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  27. THE FRENCH LINE. ARTILLERY DUELS PROCEEDING.

    The French communique issued to-day says:— There was fairly considerable reciprocal artillery firing last night in ...

    Article : 56 words
  28. CONSCRIPTION ISSUE.

    In the course of an interview to-day, commenting on the speech delivered at Bendigo on Saturday by the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes), Sir William Irvine ...

    Article : 380 words
  29. BRAZILIAN SHIPPING.

    A wireless message received in London from Paris states that the Budget Committee of the French Chamber of Deputies has voted 110,000,000 francs ...

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  30. ENEMY SUBJECTS IN CHINA.

    With the exception of the Chinese Premier, who has pro-German leanings, the Chinese Cabinet has expressed itself willing to agree to the request of the ...

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  31. AIR RAIDS

    The Official Press Bureau states that at 10 o'clock last night hostile aircraft crossed the Kent coast and the Thames Estuary, and proceeded to London. ...

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  32. THE ENEMY IN BELGIUM.

    The Belgian Council of Ministers congratulated the Flemish and Walloon Senators, Deputies, and Magistrates upon having heroically resisted the ...

    Article : 68 words
  33. WRECK OFF THE QUEENSLAND COAST.

    The Brisbane portmaster has received a message from the harbourmaster at Rockhampton stating that the steamer Timaru had returned from Iron Island, ...

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  34. PROPAGANDA.

    Lord Northcliffe has been appointed Director of Propaganda for every country. ...

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  35. THE PEACE WITH UKRAINE.

    The revolt of the people of Poland against the cession of the province of Kohlm to Ukraine is seriously embarrassing the Central Powers, and the ...

    Article : 197 words
  36. FOOTBALL.

    About 25,000 spectators assembled in Paris on Saturday afternoon, when a football match under Rugby rules was played between New Zealand and ...

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  37. THE TOREADOR.

    The "Daily Chronicle's" correspondent at French Headquarters says:— Some soldiers believe that the enemy will make a dramatic but limited coup ...

    Article : 144 words
  38. SHIPPING DISASTER.

    Portion of a wrecked vessel has been found on the beach 100 miles north of Gisborne. The vessel was apparently a three-masted chooner, with a keel ...

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  39. AUSTRALIA

    The Minister of Defence (Senator Pearce) referring to-day to the proposal of the Imperial authorities that the London Museum should have first ...

    Article : 81 words
  40. THE NEW WAR LOAN.

    Several thousands of canvassers are to be employed by the Federal Government to assist in making the new war loan a success. These canvassers, who will be ...

    Article : 229 words
  41. GENERAL AERIAL OPERATIONS

    Field-Marshal Haig reports to-day: Our aeroplanes yesterday bombed and machine-gunned the billets of Penemy troops, and dropped five and a ...

    Article : 194 words
  42. MERSEY MARINE BOARD.

    The monthly meeting of the Mersey Marine Board was held to-day. The secretary of the Commonwealth Steamship Line wrote for statistics ...

    Article : 146 words
  43. THE RUMANIAN ARMISTICE.

    The Zurich correspondent of the Paris "Matin" states that the Central Powers have prolonged the Rumanian armistice until the 22nd inst., to enable ...

    Article : 113 words
  44. NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNOR

    A public welcome was to-day accorded to the new Governor (Sir Walter Davidson), and later, in the presence of a representative gathering, His ...

    Article : 137 words
  45. TASMANIA

    Official intimation has been received by Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Piesse, of Hobart, that their son, John Stanley Piesse, has been killed in action at ...

    Article : 344 words
  46. ANOTHER RAID.

    The Official Press Bureau states that at 10 o'clock on Sunday evening hostile aeroplanes crossed the Thames Estuary and proceeded towards London, and ...

    Article : 43 words
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