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  2. TRAMS UNDER BOARD

    Today the management of the cable ramway service in Melbourne was transferred from the Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Company to the ...

    Article : 122 words
  3. SPAIN ENGAGED IN WAR

    A message from "The Times" correspondent at Tangier says:-- "The Spaniards have penetrated the highlands and are successfully ...

    Article : 54 words
  4. SOLDIER WAITED IN VAIN FOR LETTERS FROM HOME

    If Corporal-Signaller F. Salter, A.I.F., of Middle Park, were even a little superstitious he would be obsessed, he believes, with the idea that ...

    Article : 639 words
  5. BRAVERY ON PATROL

    Following is a copy of a specials battalion order, in which Private Oscar Johnson is mentioned for valued ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 171 words
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  7. FRANCE

    A Paris communique received late last night says:-- "There was a desperate struggle all day at Thiaumont. We carried the ...

    Article : 98 words
  8. NEEDS OF BRITISH FIRMS

    A committee has been appointed by the Board of Trade to consider the needs of British firms after the war, with particular reference to financing ...

    Article : 46 words
  9. MARITIME

    An Exchange Telegraph message from Copenhagen reports a naval fight in the Baltic. Gorman cruisers, and other warships ...

    Article : 64 words
  10. TEACHING OF SCIENCE

    At a meeting of the Imperial College of Science, the Marquis of Crewe, Lord President of the Council, stated that the Government intended to appoint a ...

    Article : 71 words
  11. MEXICAN BANDIT CAPTURED

    A message from Mexico City says that General Gonzales reports that the stronghold of Emilio Zapata, the bandit chief, who for several years has ...

    Article : 132 words
  12. OFFICERS' SALARIES STATED

    Mr. W. A. Adamson, Minister for Public Works, stated today that the Tramway Board had exercised its discretion in agreeing to give Mr. H. ...

    Article : 294 words
  13. GERMAN STEAMER CAPTURED

    Russian destroyers have captured the German steamer Hermonthis (4782 tons), in the Baltic. The vessel had on board a cargo of ...

    Article : 47 words
  14. COMBERS' STRIKE ENDS

    The strike of Bradford wool combers has been settled. Employers and operatives have adopted a suggestion by Sir George ...

    Article : 88 words
  15. HUNS PERSIST IN PLAN

    "Very heavy flighting is proceeding at Verdun," says "The Times" correspondent at Paris. "The Germans attempting to reduce ...

    Article : 139 words
  16. ABANDONING DECLARATION

    Gorman newspapers are angry at the abandonment by Britain of the Declaration of London. The "Frankfurter Zeitung" denounces ...

    Article : 57 words
  17. EXPEDITION TO ARCTIC

    A Quebec message says that Captain J. E. Bernier, the explorer, left yesterday for the Arctic aboard the steamer Guide. ...

    Article : 66 words
  18. HAY CROP COMMANDEERED

    An order has been issued by the Army Council commandeering the whole of the British hay crop. ...

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  19. DEAL IN SHIPS BY MR. HUGHES IS APPROVED BY MR. HOLMAN

    Mr. W. A. Holman, Premier of New South Wales, in referring today to the purchase of 15 ships for the Commonwealth by Mr. W. M. Hughes, the Prime ...

    Article : 117 words
  20. RECORD OF PIRACY

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  21. CITIZENS SEEK ENROLMENT IN VOLUNTEER DIVISION

    Thousands of applications have been received for enrolment in the volunteer army division proposed by Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, former President of the ...

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  22. BRITISH RAIDERS ACTIVE

    General Sir Douglas Haig reports:--"Our patrols, reconnoitring, and raiding parties continue to be active on the whole front, entering the German ...

    Article : 93 words
  23. MANSION FOR HOSPITAL

    Surgeon-General N. R. Howse, Director of Medical Services of the Australian Imperial Force, is securing a mansion in London to accommodate 1000 ...

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  24. DAY BAKING DISPUTE

    Members of the Operative Bakers' Society will meet at the Trade Hall this evening to consider the recommendation made by the Trades Hall ...

    Article : 340 words
  25. BUILDING OF TRAWLER

    Mr. W. Brown, secretary of the Shipwrights' Union, stated today that Mr. W. A. Adamson, Minister for Public Works, was mistaken in his ...

    Article : 386 words
  26. AUTOGRAPH FLAG TO BE SOLD

    Mr. P. W. Tewkesbury, of Melbourne, is taking to Melbourne and selling for the benefit of disabled soldiers an Australian flag covered with the ...

    Article : 75 words
  27. EMPIRE

    Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, has declined a request by the churches for the proclamation of a holiday for a day of prayer on August 4. ...

    Article : 69 words
  28. SECRET SESSION OF CHAMBER

    A message from Paris says that the Government will explain its military and diplomatic actions at a secret session of the Senate on Tuesday. ...

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  29. JUNIOR FOOTBALLER KILLED

    In the fighting in France Private John W. Sanderson, of the Australian Imperial Force, has been killed. Prior to enlisting he was a member of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  30. PARLIAMENTARIANS ARRIVING

    Mr. P. M. Glynn, M.H.R., of Australia, has arrived to take part in the conference of the Inter-Empiro Parliamentary Association. The other ...

    Article : 91 words
  31. MENINGITIS OUTBREAK

    A case of meningitis was admitted to the Casterton Hospital today. Tents are being erected in the grounds to accommodate such patients. ...

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  32. AUSTRIA

    "There has been fierce fighting north-west of Kuty, in Gallcia," says an Austrian communique. "We have withdrawn from the ...

    Article : 55 words
  33. POSTPONEMENT OF PENALTY DESIRED IN CASEMENT CASE

    Senator J. E. Martine has moved in the United States Senate that Dr. Woodrow Wilson, the President, be asked to request the British ...

    Article : 70 words
  34. FARMER KILLED BY TRAIN

    Matthew [?]yrne, farmer of western Reserve, near Warrnambool, was killed last night through being run over by the Warrnambool to Port Fairy train ...

    Article : 56 words
  35. MR. B. SHAW GIVES EVIDENCE

    Mr. Bernard Shaw, the well-known author and palywright, gave evidence at a Chelsea court-material on behalf of a conscientious objector. ...

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  36. FALL OF KOLOMEA

    News received in Paris of the fall of Kolomea, in Galicia, is confirmed in an official report from Petrograd. ...

    Article : 34 words
  37. APPEAL LODGED

    Sir Roger Casement's appeal against his conviction for treason has been lodged. Mr. Michael Doyle, the Irish-American ...

    Article : 54 words
  38. NEWS AWAITS MOTHER

    I have received a letter from a brother in the hospital in Egypt. He mentions a young man whose mother has lost all tidings of him. The young ...

    Article : 65 words
  39. CONSPIRACY CHARGE FAILS

    Messages from New York announce that Captain Tauscher, Krupp's agent in America, has been aciquitted on the charge of having been implicated in ...

    Article : 160 words
  40. FUNDS IN CANADA LARGE

    There is a probability of the establishment of a Russian credit in Canada as the result of a conference held yesterday between Canadian ...

    Article : 99 words
  41. CHILDREN HOLD REVELS

    All the children of all the commercial travellers and their friends seem to have congregated at the Town Hall tills afternoon. Wearing ...

    Article : 224 words
  42. REORGANISATION PROPOSED AT VICTORIAN SHIPYARDS

    If the State Cabinet concurs in a proposal which Mr. W. A. Adamson, Minister for Public Works, intends to put before it soon, the State shipyards will ...

    Article : 205 words
  43. PROBLEM OF REPATRIATION CONSIDERED BY COMMITTEE

    In the final report of the committee appointed to consider the settlement of former soldiers and sailors on the land, it is, estimated that there will be a ...

    Article : 87 words
  44. DYING SOLDIER SENDS LAST TOKEN

    Private Ellis Oliver, 23 Alma road, St. Kilda, has forwarded to this office a photograph, unmounted, which he received from a dying soldier ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 93 words
  45. ITALIANS SHELL TARVIS

    A message from Rome says that the Italians are now shelling Tarvis, north of the Predil Pass. Twelve hundred prisoners were taken ...

    Article : 39 words
  46. DISCUSSION WELCOMED

    Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, has informed the Triple Labor Alliance that he will, discuss gladly, with them postwar problems. ...

    Article : 28 words
  47. CONFEDERATION DAY OBSERVED

    Confederation Day is being celebrated with unusual zest by the Canadian cities. ...

    Article : 35 words
  48. SIR R. HAGGARD IN CANADA

    Sir Rider Haggard, who has been conducting inquiries in regard to land settlement in Australia, has arrived at Victoria, B.C., on board the steamer ...

    Article : 63 words
  49. TRAM RETURNS HIGHER

    Traffic returns of the Prhran and Malvern Tramway Trust for June show a marked increase, as compared with the corresponding month last year. ...

    Article : 64 words
  50. DEMOBILISING GREEK ARMY

    A message from Athens says that the Greek Government has agreed to the Allies' request to accelerate the demobilisation of the Greek Army, ...

    Article : 51 words
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