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  2. Advertising

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  3. OUR FLYING SCHOOL

    The first of the six aeroplane engines that were ordered locally by the Defence department is to [?] delivered to the authorities this week. ...

    Article : 223 words
  4. RIGA BATTLE

    A Berlin wireless report says that the inventory of the booty taken by the Germans at Kovno is incomplete, but it includes many modern heavy ...

    Article : 92 words
  5. BALKAN STATES

    A message from Cettinge states that Austrians violently bombarded Montengrin positions at Penovo [?]. A serious engagement is proceeding at ...

    Article : 67 words
  6. KITCHENER’S PREDICTION.

    Lord Esher (President of the London Territorial Forc[?] Association) has written an interesting letter to the “Glasgow Herald.” ...

    Article : 160 words
  7. ENEMY'S COAL SUPPLIES.

    Russian warships in the Black Sea again have destroyed Turkish coaling stations and fortifications on the coast of Anatolia, which had ...

    Article : 37 words
  8. ZEEBRUGGE BOMBARDED

    A later message from Amsterdam gives more details of the British attack on Zeebrugge. “The British bombardment of Zeebrugge,” it says, ...

    Article : 130 words
  9. CONSCRIPTION IN ENGLAND.

    Mr John Hodge, M.P. (Labor), who is secretary of the British Steel Smelters’ Mill, Iron, and T[?]nplate Workers’ Association, states that ...

    Article : 81 words
  10. RUSSIAN COMMUNIQUE.

    “The situation on the Gulf of Riga and on land is unchanged. “We held up the enemy’s offensive on the Kovarsk-Wilkomir-Kochedary ...

    Article : 76 words
  11. CHINESE GARDENERS’ ROBBED

    An audacious robbery was committed at the local Chinese garden yesterday. The Chinese were working some distance from their ...

    Article : 163 words
  12. ENEMY LACK EQUIPMENT.

    General von Falbeck, one of the German commanders in France, has issued an order that equipment must not be abandoned on the battlefield. ...

    Article : 74 words
  13. TURKISH SHELL SUPPLY.

    It will be noted that Reuter’s despatch mentions, in connection with the Turkish shelling of the Allied positions, that “the shells are becoming ...

    Article : 268 words
  14. FRENCH SUCCESSES.

    The Paris comunique states that very violent fighting has taken place east of North Fecht, in Alsace. The German counter-attacks at Scratchanuelle, ...

    Article : 30 words
  15. GERMANS SURPRISED.

    “The garrison at Zeebrugge remained in specially prepared shelters, but the marines at Knocke assembled behind the Grand Hotel, their ...

    Article : 116 words
  16. WOOLWICH ARSENAL.

    Under the new arrangement for expediting the increase of munitions, the control of the Woolwich Arsenal has passed from the War Office to the ...

    Article : 41 words
  17. SERVIA AND BULGARIA.

    It is stated that Servia and Bulgaria are on the eve of an agreement. Servia is willing that the Allies should arbitrate afterwards on the territory to be ...

    Article : 70 words
  18. THE NAVAL VICTORY.

    It is reported in Petrograd that, in addition to the vessels mentioned previously as having been mentioned by the Germans in the Gulf of Riga naval ...

    Article : 47 words
  19. CANADIAN PRISONERS.

    News has been received at The Hague that Canadian prisoners in Germany are being given reduced rations in consequence of an allegation that ...

    Article : 41 words
  20. COAL GIFT TO BRITAIN.

    It is announced officially that the British Government has accepted gratefully the offer of a gift of 100,000 tons of coal made by the ...

    Article : 60 words
  21. ENEMY DESTROYERS SURPRISED.

    The old Russian battleship Slava (13,516 tons, four 12in guns) put up a fine fight against the enemy’s cruisers. Two of the best German torpedo-boat ...

    Article : 120 words
  22. ZEPPELIN’S INGLORIOUS RETURN.

    Rotterdam reports that the remains of the Zeppelin which was hit while raiding England on August 9th, and was destroyed subsequently by French ...

    Article : 45 words
  23. ITALY’S GAINS.

    It is announced that Italy has conquered 11000 square miles (1,920,000 acres) of Austrian territory in the Firuili, Cadore, and Trentino districts, ...

    Article : 58 words
  24. AMERICA’S ACTION.

    Washington announces officially that the American course of action in connection with the sinking of the s.s. Arabic will be determined ...

    Article : 226 words
  25. BILLIARDS

    When play ceased on Saturday night in the Gray v. Stevenson billiard match the scores stood :— Stevenson, 8876. ...

    Article : 106 words
  26. SOUTH AFRICAN VOLUNTEERS.

    Forty volunteers from South Africa have arrived in England. The majority of the men took part in the conquest of German South-west ...

    Article : 38 words
  27. V.C. AWARDS.

    The “London Gazette” on Monday announced that a number of Victoria Crosses had been awarded as under : Corporal Issy Smith (Manchester ...

    Article : 315 words
  28. INSIDE INFORMATION.

    The Socialist newspaper, “Volkrecht,” of Zurich (Switzerland) publishes a memorial, which Germany suppressed, presented to the Reichstag by ...

    Article : 218 words
  29. RECRUITING

    There were 164 aspirants for enlistment yesterday despite the inclement weather in the metropolis, and 116 men were accepted as fit for ...

    Article : 132 words
  30. ALIENS INTERNED IN BRITAIN.

    There are at present 30,000 alien enemies interned in the United Kingdom. ...

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  31. SIZE OF LANDING FORCE.

    It is estimated that the German force which attempted to land on the shores of the Gulf of Riga at Pernow in four huge barges comprised a ...

    Article : 35 words
  32. TROUBLE IN TURKEY.

    The Dedeagatch (Bulgaria) correspondent of “The Times” says that the last Turkish Cabinet meeting held under Prince Said Halim, who ...

    Article : 121 words
  33. BRITISH FEAT APPRECIATED.

    To honor the part played by the British submarines in the recent naval actions in the Baltic, the Petrograd crowds on Sunday made an ...

    Article : 40 words
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  35. VIOLATION OF NEUTRALITY.

    The Danish Legation at Berlin has telegraphed to Copenhagen that the German Foreign Minister (Herr von Jagow) expresses Germany’s regrets, ...

    Article : 95 words
  36. TURKS SHORT OF AMMUNITION.

    It is rumored freely in Berlin that the position of the Turks is becoming desperate, owing to the shortage of ammunition. ...

    Article : 52 words
  37. OPINION IN GERMANY.

    Messages received in New York from Berlin indicate that German official spokesmen are seeking to allay the American irritation. ...

    Article : 169 words
  38. ATTEMPT TO WRECK A TRAIN

    A dastardly act was discovered in time to avert the destruction of the south-western mail near Marrar. Just before the arrival of the mail train, ...

    Article : 100 words
  39. NEW ZEALANDER MISSING.

    Flying Corps Lieut. W. A. Burn, a New Zealander, who was attached to the British force in the Persian Gulf, is missing. He is believed to have ...

    Article : 32 words
  40. GERMAN MEAT SHORTAGE.

    Reports received by the American Association of Commerce, the headquarters of which are at New York, regarding food supplies in Germany have ...

    Article : 98 words
  41. WOUNDED REACH ENGLAND.

    Two train-loads of Australian and New Zealand wounded soldiers arrived in London on Monday. Some of the men had participated ...

    Article : 69 words
  42. FEEDING THE BELGIANS.

    The National Revictualling committee, at Havre, the temporary Belgian capital in France, has learned from the Spanish and United States Ministers at ...

    Article : 59 words
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  44. FREE SAMPLES OFFERED

    Free samples of the new laxative, Pinkettes, containing sufiicient to give it a satisfactory trial will be sent to any reader of the Ballarat “Echo” ...

    Article : 123 words
  45. MR BRYAN’S CRAVEN POLICY

    Mr W. J. Bryan late Secretary of State, has appealed to the New York newspapers, asking them to warn United States subjects not to travel by ...

    Article : 32 words
  46. WAR NOTES

    There are several points of interest about the news to hand from the Dardanelles recently. In the first place, the whole tenor of the despatches ...

    Article : 176 words
  47. INCIDENT IN CHINA.

    Twenty Austrian marines, belonging to the guard of the Austrian legation at Pekin, entered a British-owned picture theatre, where a film showing ...

    Article : 49 words
  48. BRITISH LINER SUNK.

    The Ocean liner Diomed (4672 tons, registered at Liverpool) has been sunk by a German submarine Her commander, Captain Myles, ...

    Article : 49 words
  49. FIGHTING ON THE EUPHRATES.

    A Turkish communique received through Amsterdam states that a British detachment was attacked near Arike, on the River Euphrates, heavy ...

    Article : 27 words
  50. POTATO MARKETS.

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  51. SOUTH AFRICAN MALCONTENTS.

    The South African Labor Congress, now in session at Johannesburg, on Saturday considered a war motion, which was tho cause of an ...

    Article : 118 words
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  53. STRENUOUS WORK AHEAD.

    It is quite useless to attempt to estimate the numerical strength of the respective forces— anything that could be said in that direction would be the ...

    Article : 291 words
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