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  2. Advertising

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  4. AUSTRALIA'S SHARE

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 468 words
  5. N.S.W. WHEAT GRAB

    Mr. Hall, after the meeting of the special Executive Council meeting said:—Under the proclamation all the wheat in the State is seized, except what is on ...

    Article : 370 words
  6. FIELD OF POLITICS

    The political position in New Zealand is one that deserves the close study of the farmers of Australia. There are three parties—Keforra, Liberal, and ...

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  7. PATRIOTIC FUNDS

    The patriotic funds stream it not running a banker, but every channel of service is showing a trickle that is helping to swell the volume of the main stream. ...

    Article : 154 words
  8. THE WAR FROM DAY TO DAY

    German airmen, greatly during, paid a Christmas visit to England on Thursday and again on Friday (Christmas Day) and afforded the residents in the ...

    Article : 199 words
  9. ANGOLA INVADED

    The Germans in South-west Africa appear to be resolved upon their own destruction. Not only have they routed the Afrikanders against them, by fostering a ...

    Article : 166 words
  10. MODERN WARFARE

    In the early days of the war much admiration was expressed at the perfect equipment of the German army, and the thoroughness with which every detail ...

    Article : 121 words
  11. THE BATTLE OF BZURA

    The fiercest bottle yet fought on the eastern frontier of Germany is taking place on Bzura, Rawka, Pilica and Nida rivers, tributaries of the Vistula in ...

    Article : 103 words
  12. DONATIONS TO "F. AND S." FUNDS.

    For the Chamber of Commerce War Food Fund, the "Farmer and Settler" has received the following further donations:— ...

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  13. DESPERATE NIGHT ATTACKS.

    The Germans on December 19 made five desperate efforts at night to establish a footing on the eastern bank. Though the searching were upon them ...

    Article : 91 words
  14. THE BEST FED SOLDIER.

    In a recent issue of the Paris "Figaro" an appreciative article appeared on the British commissariat service, and the writer, an-ex-officer of the same branch ...

    Article : 69 words
  15. NAULILA ATTACKED.

    Foiled in their first attempt to overrun Angola, as their compatriots in Europe overran Belgium, the Germans took shelter behind the Kaiser's apology, but ...

    Article : 98 words
  16. SHEERNESS THREATENED.

    Another German airman who visited England on Christmas Day was more venturesome. Under cover of a dense fog he eluded the watchers on the coast ...

    Article : 97 words
  17. LURED TO THEIR DEATH.

    The Russians at one point on the B[?]ura allowed the Germans to cross a ford until they reached deep water, and then fell on them. The Germans, seeing ...

    Article : 68 words
  18. DIDN'T LIKE THE COOK'S JOB.

    Apropos thin part of the "Figaro's" article, the following letter from a private in the Norfolk regiment will be read with interest ...

    Article : 375 words
  19. GERMAN INTERESTS IMPERILLED.

    The methods of German diplomacy have been demonstrated to be so tortuous that it would not be safe to assert that the acts of the colonists have not been ...

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  20. MILLERS AS GOVERNMENT BUYERS

    The following millers have been asked by the Wheat Acquisition Board to bet for the Government in the various country centres, and have consented to do so ...

    Article : 261 words
  21. HAND-TO-HAND FIGHTING.

    The cont[?] reached its climax on December 20, when the Germans, in a second attack, succeeded in dragging several mitraillenses across and en[?] ...

    Article : 83 words
  22. SKILFUL MANOEUVRING.

    The intere[?] enemy [?] successfully included two aircraft above him and one beneath him, all armed with quick-firers. No bombs were dropped, but the ...

    Article : 103 words
  23. THE SWELLING TOTAL.

    The amount contributed to different war funds in the Commonwealth is, approximately £1,200,000. Of this amount New South Wales has contributed ...

    Article : 85 words
  24. AUSTRALIANS STAND THE TEST.

    At the invitation of the firm, 150 members of the Commercial Travellers' Association of New South Wales paid their thirteenth annual visit to the brewery of ...

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  25. ARMORED MOTOR CARS.

    The Germans on Tuesday night and all Wednesday concentrated their efforts to force the passage of the Brura, in the Rawka districts of Mistrzewise and ...

    Article : 143 words
  26. PURSUED TO THE SEA.

    The nearer the chase approached to the sea, the thicker became the fog, and the more difficult the pursuit. The official press bureau states that the ...

    Article : 138 words
  27. Picturesque Cossacks

    In a recent issue of the London "Daily Express," Mr. Alan Ostler hus a well-written article describing the gathering of the Russian hosts at Warsaw for the ...

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  28. THE WAR PENSION BOARD.

    The Australian War Pensions Act provides for a claims board to deal with applications under the act from dependents of soldiers killed and ...

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  29. A COURT OF APPEAL.

    Farmers within if to appeal to the Necessary Commodities Commissions concerning the seizure of their wheat, must do so within fourteen days. The form ...

    Article : 276 words
  30. GIFTS FROM VICTORIA.

    Mr. M'Bride (Agent-General for victoria) has expended £1,000 subscribed by officers of the Victorian public service upon socks, stockings, and boots for the ...

    Article : 77 words
  31. A BUSY WEEK-END.

    Last week-end appears to have been a busy time for the Allies' airmen as well as their German antagonists. A German hydroplane flew over Calais on Sunday ...

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  32. TRAVELLING WORKSHOPS.

    Breakdowns of motor waggons and other vehicles engaged in the transport service are of frequent occurrence, and these are provided for by travelling ...

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  33. NEW ZEALAND ELECTION.

    Regarding the New Zealand elections the election pendulum was swung back. In Duuedin Central, where Mr. Munro (Labor) was declared elected by a ...

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  34. RUSSIAN INTREPIDITY.

    The Russian activity in Galacia is proceeding satisfactory, inflicting heavy losses, and making prisoners at Rygli[?] and elsewhere. Two infantry regiments ...

    Article : 65 words
  35. BLANKETS FOR THE TROOPS.

    In one week, at the result of an appeal in the "Warrnambool, Standard," Vic., 1,000 blankets were presented for the use of the British [?] in Belgium. ...

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  36. THE EMPTY SADDLE SACS.

    Of the last-named, whom he terms "the untamed untamed Bashi-Bazouks" of the Army, he tells the following good story:— "By dint of patience and distinct ...

    Article : 250 words
  37. CIVILIANS KILLED.

    It is affirmed that the Germans used eight-inch guns against Sochaczew, and the shattered houses and falling masonry killed hundreds of civilians. The ...

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  38. RAILWAY WORKERS' ACENDA.

    The annual conference of the N.S.W. Railway Workers' arid General Laborers' Association will be held in Sydney on January i, and the business paper is now ...

    Article : 325 words
  39. THE VETERINARY SERVICE.

    Another department of the service that excited the writer's admiration was the veterinary hospitals that form parts of the equipment of every cavalry ...

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  40. AUSTRALIA'S "SPLENDID GIFT."

    The London "Times," in announcing the receipt of a further £3000 from Australia to the Red Gross Fund, making a total of £50,000, said: "It is a splendid ...

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  41. LOYAL PIJIANS.

    The Ba provincial council of Fiji nat offered to raise a corps of Fijian natives to serve in Europe. The natives of that province alto made a donation of £500 ...

    Article : 86 words
  42. An Impressive Spectacle

    In honor of the new regime in Egypt, and probably also with a view of accustoming the natives to the changed condition of affairs in the country, the ...

    Article : 188 words
  43. GERMAN "VICTORIES."

    German and Austrian war bulletins have been published claiming numerous successes along the river B[?]ura and in the Latorczka valley, but messages from ...

    Article : 126 words
  44. A PATRIOTIC SHIRE PRESIDENT.

    Owing to the adverse conditions prevailing the president of the Tamarang (Quirindi) shire (Cr. Hugh M'Master) has declined to accept the second ...

    Article : 39 words
  45. WIRELESS ON SATTLEFIELDS.

    Portable wireless telegraphy apparatus, with which it is passible to send and receive messages over a distance of from thirty-five to fifty miles, forms a valuable ...

    Article : 250 words
  46. Loyal Germans

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Fisher) has received a letter from the President of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod in Australia, assuring him of the true loyalty ...

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  47. THE CHICK WHEAT POSITION.

    The Wheat Acquisition Board on Wednesday decided to release all chick wheat from the effect of the proclamation, as it realises that the position of the poultry ...

    Article : 143 words
  48. "TO ARMS, TO ARMS, YE BRAVE."

    The French Consul-General in Australia has notified all Frenchmen in Australia that were born in 1896, to report themselves, either personally or by letter ...

    Article : 85 words
  49. The Siege of Przemysl

    A strong Russian force is investing the great Austrian fortress at Przemysl. but the siege it not being permitted to interfere with the Russian operations in ...

    Article : 186 words
  50. THE CAPTOR CAPTURED.

    "All the camp here" continues Mr. Ostler, "is laughing heartily over the stroy of the Cossack who was captured, horse and all, by an Austrian scouting ...

    Article : 196 words
  51. THE CENSOR ON TRIAL.

    The censorship was the subject of a number of questions in the Senate on Friday. It was stated that news passed by the English censors was blocked in ...

    Article : 180 words
  52. STOPPED BY A FUNERAL.

    A curious illustration of a clash between East and West occured when the line of troops was interrupted to permit of the passage of a native funeral that ...

    Article : 72 words
  53. A LABOR PREMIER'S TROUBLES.

    Respecting a demonstration of unemployed in his office reported in a recent issue, Mr. Scaddah, West Australian Labor Premier, says that when he left ...

    Article : 248 words
  54. THE TELEPHONE IN WAR.

    The military authorities in Whitehall, London, are able to speak by telephone direct to General French. Message: are being received utmost from the ...

    Article : 82 words
  55. SIR GEORGE REID AT GAIRO.

    Sir George Reid and Mr. Thomas Mackenzie (High Commissioner for New Zealand), accompanied by Colonel Buckley, landed at Port Said on Thursday ...

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