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  3. PERSONAL ITEMS.

    Captain W. S. Brazenor, who has joined the Australian Expeditionary Forces, was presented yesterday with a set of pipes and a box of cigars by his fellow ...

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  4. FORTIFYING BELGIUM.

    Amsterdam reports that the space between Lille and the Belgian frontier is said to have been transformed into a gigantic fortress, which can be easily ...

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  5. GERMANY MUST GO UNDER.

    Members of the Royal colonial Institute tendered a luncheon to-day to Mr F Young, the recently-installed Agent-General for South Australia. Sir ...

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  6. EASTERN CAMPAIGN

    An official communique from Petrograd announced that the Russians have discovered the secret order of General Kustanek, the Austrian commander, to ...

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  7. NEW UNIT AUTHORISED.

    Authority for the formation of the new unit of one infantry brigade for the Australian Expeditionary Force, with Colonel J. Burston in command, was given by ...

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  8. RED CROSS FUND.

    The hon, treasurer of the Ballarat branch, Red Cross Fund. Mrs Fred. Hem, acknowledges the following donations:—Miss Leviston, Bullarook, £7 10s; ...

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  9. GENERAL WAR NEWS

    The steamer Cramus, wilde on a voyage from England to Holmstead (Sweden), states a copenhagen message, encountered a Zeppelin off ...

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  10. IN BUKOVINA.

    A Petrograd communique states that the Austrians are making a particularly stubborn attack on the Polen height, near Rostock, in Bukoyina. Very ...

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  11. BELGIAN RELIEF.

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  12. INTERSTATE NEWS.

    Seven horses were found trampled to death in a truck at the Lockhart rail way yards this morning. The other horses in the truck were so savage from hunger ...

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  13. POLISH TOWN VISITED.

    Two German aviators flew over Bye lostok, which lies 49 miles south-west of Grodno, and is close to the St. Petersburg - Warsaw railway, and ...

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  14. CHASING THE DRESDEN.

    The closing phases of the long chase after the German raiding cruser are told in the following story. It also reveals the duplicity of the Germans. ...

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  15. TURKISH CAMPAIGN

    An official message states that the Turkish losses at Shaiba, on the Persian Gulf, are estimated at 2500. The Turks are everywhere in a ...

    Article : 90 words
  16. BURGLAR IN HOTEL.

    Discovering a man in the act of removing plate from a sideboard at the Liverpool Hotel, Darlinghurst, last night, Joseph M'Donough, the licensee, punished ...

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  17. THRILLING BATTLE.

    The Geneva correspondent on the London "Daily Chronicle" has telegraphed to London news of a thrilling air battle which took place over ...

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  18. TOWN FUND.

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  19. BALANCE SHEET.

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  20. A BOY'S PROMPTITUDE.

    When Stanley Williams stood on a broken glass bottle, while paddling with other boys in a pond at the rear of the Rosehill recourse, the blood spurted ...

    Article : 135 words
  21. CAMEROONS INVASION.

    It is intimated in an announcement from Paris that after stubborn fighting lasting for a few months, the Germans opposing the Allies' advance in ...

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  22. DARDANELLES FORCES.

    General Sir Ian Hamilton has been appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Dardanelles expeditionary forces. The "Daily Telegraph" states that ...

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  23. WOMEN'S PEACE CONGRESS.

    Owing to the absence of steamships, the Englishwomen who had intended to attend the international Women's Peace Congress, to be held at The ...

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  24. HILL "60."

    The War Office has announced that violent and continual counter-attacks are being made by the Germans against Hill 60, which was captured by the ...

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  25. TURKISH MINES.

    Two Turkish mines have been recovered from the Suez Caual near Kamtara. ...

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  26. N.S.W. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

    The ballot of the members of the Labor cannas for a successor to MR Flowers, M.L.C., as Vice-president of the Legislative Council, resulted in Mr J. ...

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  27. BENEFIT EUCHRE PARTY.

    A euchre party and dance was held in Collins' Dramatic Hall on Wednesday evening, in aid of the Belgian fund. The committee worked ...

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  28. MUNITIONS LOST.

    Petrograd advices state that Russian torpedo boats on Sunday and Monday last sank ten Turkish vessels off the coast of Anatolia. The enemy ships ...

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  29. GERMAN LOSSES.

    An official communique states:— Since 17th April the German lesses near Hill 60 have been between three and four thousand. ...

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  30. ESCAPE OF MARITZ.

    Documents found in German South-West Africa, show that the stories of the death or arrest of Maritz, who organised the Boer revolt in south ...

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  31. GERMAN EAST AFRICA.

    A communique issued in Berlin claims that the British lost 200 killed and four companies of troops taken prisoner at Jassin, in German East ...

    Article : 79 words
  32. AUSTRALIANS IN EGYPT.

    The "Daily Chronicle's correspondent at Cairo says that he colonial troops have developed faster and better than their best friends had hoped. Their ...

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  33. ASPHYXIATING CASES.

    The Germans in an official statement from Berlin at the end of last week complained that the British artillery were employing shells which on ...

    Article : 112 words
  34. INSULATED SHIP SPACE.

    The Imperial Government having made [?]usive purchase of all frozen meat for export, has now practically commandeered all the insulated space ...

    Article : 79 words
  35. BRITISH TREASURY BILLS.

    Since it was announced on 14th April that the Imperial Government had decided to issue Treasury bills in denominations of £1000, £5000, and £10,000, ...

    Article : 63 words
  36. MUNITIONS PROBLEM.

    The London newspapers comment to-day on the remarkable divergence between the optimism of Mr Asquith, who stated at Newcastle that there was no ...

    Article : 101 words
  37. LEARMONTH'S APPEAL.

    A crowded and enthusiastic audience greeted Mr Harold Moran and students on Wednesday evening, in the Mechanics' Hall, Learmonth, when a ...

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  38. EXPLODED MINE.

    The mine exploded by the British on Hill 60 made the biggest crater on record. The British displayed unwavering ...

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  39. IN AUSTRALIA.

    The Minister for Defence is delighted with the liberal response so far as liturature is concerned that has been made to the appeal made on behalf of the troops ...

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  40. N.Z. BUTTER.

    The price of butter is now 1s 6d per 1b. It is suggested that it will rise to 1 9d per 1b before nexe season. the reason being that some 10,000 boxes ...

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  41. MYSTERIOUS EXPLOSION.

    A violent explosion occurred on Wednesday at Woolwich Arsenal. Nobody was killed, but three persons were seriously injured. The cause of the ...

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  42. OBITUARY.

    The funeral of the late Mrs Em[?] Liddell, of Piggoreet, took place yesterday at the Scarsdale Cemetery, and was attended by residents from Piggoreet ...

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  43. CARTRIDGE EXPENDITURE.

    Interesting figures have been supplied from Paris respecting the vast amount of ammunition expended in the prosecution of the Allies' campaign. ...

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  44. IMPORTANT POSITION.

    The importance of Hill 60 is due to its forming a screen for Zandpoudre, five kilometres (a little over 3 miles) eastward of where the German artillery ...

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  45. NO SHORTAGE NOW.

    Mr W. A. S. Hewins (Unionist) moved in the House of Commons on Wednesday "that it is urgently necessary that firms engaged in the ...

    Article : 386 words
  46. CHARGE AGAINST F. SNOW.

    The hearing of the charge against Franois Snow of having attenpted to trade with the enemy was continued in the Criminal Court to-day. The case ...

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  47. TRAVELLING KITCHEN.

    The Minister for Defence gratefully acknowledges the gift by the ladies of Sandringham of a travelling kitchen for the use of troops at the front. ...

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  48. SINCAPORE REVOLT.

    In the house of Commons on Wednesday, the Secretary of State for the colonies (Mr Lewis Harcourt) said that thirty-five British subjects were killed ...

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  49. CALIFORNIA SEED BARLEY.

    The South Australian Government has arranged for the importation of a cargo of seed barley from California. ...

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  50. DISTRIBUTION OF GIFTS.

    The Minister for Defence has received a report from the General Office Commanding 1st Australian Division. Egypt, on the complaints that have been made ...

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  51. VICTORIAN WHEAT YIELD.

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  52. AERIAL ACTIVITIES.

    Belgian airmen have dropped bombs on the arsenal at Bruges, say a Paris communique. Explosives have also been launched ...

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  53. SULTAN'S ASSAILANT.

    The young merchant of Mansurah on the Nile, who attempted to assassinate the Sultan of Egypt earlier in the month, by firing a revolver at him, ...

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  54. AUSTRALIANS IN EGYPT.

    Writing to Cr J. F. Henderson (Essendon) from Egypt, under date March 18, Colonel H. E. Elliott, Seventh Battalion, A.L.F. says: ...

    Article : 309 words
  55. KHYBER PASS FIGHT.

    Latest advices state that the fighting near Shabkad, in the Khyber Pass, was very severe, and laster several hours. The enemy suffered heavily, ...

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  56. AMERICAN EXPANSION.

    A Washington message states that the Secretary of State (Mr W. J. Bryan) has asked Rear-Admiral Peary (retired), the discoverer of the North ...

    Article : 159 words
  57. AMERICAN NEUTRALITY.

    Mr W. J. Bryan (U.S. Secretary of State has replied to the memorandum presented by Count von Bernstorft German Ambassador to the United ...

    Article : 142 words
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