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  2. THE WEST FRONT.

    Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, the British Commandant on the west front, reports:—We progressed at night time northward of Beaucourt, and bombarded ...

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  3. THE GERMAN RAIDER.

    It is reported that the German raider left Kiel under the Danish flag, ballasted with iron, and carrying four officers and a crew of 250 men. ...

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  4. THE WAR LOAN.

    Mr. Bonar Law, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, addressing 4000 people in St. Andrew's Hall, in Glasgow, made a stirring appeal to Scotsmen to support the war ...

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  5. THE WAR.

    The Petrograd correspondent of the "Morning Post" states that General Dimitrieff's surprise attack on the eve of the Russian Christmas almost recaptured ...

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  6. ALLEGED CONSPIRACY.

    At the Mansion House, yesterday, John Gruban, a naturalised German, and managing director of Haigh, Gruban, and Company, Limited, manufacturers of ...

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  7. INDUSTRIAL MATTERS.

    The Colliery Employees' Federation was informed by Mr. Justice Edmunds during the week that it was his intention to proceed with the hearing of the ...

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  8. FEDERAL POLITICS.

    At the conclusion of the party meetings to-day, Mr. Hughes, the Prime Minister, and Mr. Cook, made statements as to the business that had been transacted. ...

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  9. GERMAN REPORT.

    A German official report states:—We evacuated, an advanced position on the Serre last Friday, but the British attacking there on Wednesday sustained heavy ...

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  10. STOCKTON-BOREHOLE BRUSHERS.

    The dispute at the Stockton-Borehole Colliery in connection with the brushers, upon the question as to whether these employees should receive 7½ per ...

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  11. RECRUITING CAMPAIGN.

    The Director-General of Recruting, Mr. Donald Mackinnon, left Newcastle by train yesterday morning. He would, he said, possibly revisit Newcastle ...

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  12. IN RUMANIA.

    A Russian communique states:—Our fire arrested attempts at an offensive southward of Oituze. The Rumanians repulsed the Germans ...

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  13. A RECENT RAID.

    A correspondent, describing one of Wednesday's raids by the British troops, says that it was carried out in a snowstorm. ...

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  14. MUNITION WORKERS WANTED.

    Senator Pearce, the Minister for Defence, states that the British Government has asked for further drafts of skilled men from Australia for work in ...

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  15. THE YARROWDALE REPORTED.

    According to reliable information from Rio de Janeiro, the Yarrowdale has arrived at Sao Vicente, in the Cape Verde Island., with the crews of eight ships ...

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  16. LARGE SUBSCRIPTIONS.

    The Alliance Assurance Company has invested £5,000,000, including conversions; Mr. H. R Morton, £250,000; Manchester City, £1,000,000; and Lysaght's, of Bristol, ...

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  17. TRADES HALL EXTENSIONS.

    A meeting of the management committee and trustees of the Newcastle Trades Hall was hold on Thursday evening in connection with the proposed additions to the ...

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  18. COOK'S HILL SOLDIER HONOURED.

    Corporal Harald ("Snowy") Bay has been awarded the military medal for bravery on the battlefield. This gratifying information is contained in a ...

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  19. SITUATION STEADILY IMPROVES.

    Telegraph from Rumania indicate that the situation is steadily improving. The Austro-German offensive has bean arrested, and the Russo-Rumanians are ...

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  20. GERMANY'S MOVEMENTS.

    M. Marcel Hutin says that when the peace manocuvres failed, the enemy concentrated large forces in the direction of the Swiss frontier. ...

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  21. ALLIED CRUISERS SEARCHING.

    The Washington correspondent of the "New York Times" learns that there is more than one raider, owing to the transfer of guns and prize crews to captured ...

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  22. RUSSIA'S LOYALTY.

    Prince Galitzin, the Prime Minister of Russia, telegraphed to Mr. Lloyd George assuring him of loyal co-operation In rendering more intimate the Anglo-Russian ...

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  23. TURKISH REVENGE.

    Official telegrams from Constantinople state that General Townsend has been removed to a fresh place of internment, as a precaution. ...

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  24. LABOUR CONDITIONS.

    At the beginning of the present month the number of unemployed in the Newcastle district totalled, in round figures, 960. ...

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  25. GERMAN REPORT

    A German official message states:—The Russians, attacking with tenfold superior numbers, penetrated an advanced post north of Crashin, but were driven ...

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  26. AID FROM INDIA.

    The Indian Government has decided to presently raise a special war loan in India on practically the same terms as the British loan. ...

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  27. STARVATION IN SYRIA.

    Official information has been received that 110,000 people have died from hunger in Syria. Hundreds of exhausted inhabitants of ...

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  28. AN UNPLEASANT DUTY.

    Mr. Adrian, S.M., in the Newcastle Police Court yesterday, intimated very plainly that the conviction of friendly neutrals and allied subjects for failure ...

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  29. LIFE ON A SUBMARINE

    A neutral who was captured aboard a Dutch mail boat gives interesting details of the life on German submarines. The men suffer greatly from cold ...

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  30. RECRUITS IN SYDNEY.

    For the week 181 recruits were accepted at Victoria Barracks, and 116 deferred. ...

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  31. GERMAN EXCUSES.

    The German war correspondents in Rumania are now enlarging on the difficult conditions existing, especially frost, snow, and fog. ...

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  32. OILS FOR HIGH EXPLOSIVES.

    Under the War Precautions Act there is a regulation forbidding the use of crude coal tar without the permission of the Minister for Defence. The object ...

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  33. TROOP TRAIN FATALITY.

    An accident happened to a British troop train nine miles from Paris. The train contained 1300 rank and file, and 210 officers, of whom 50 were colonels. ...

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  34. MATTERS IN GREECE.

    The Rome correspondent of the London "Dally Telegraph" states that in accordance with the Entente's ultimatum the Greek Government has removed ...

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  35. STRENGTH OF THE EMPIRE.

    Mr. Massey, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, at a dinner given by the Junior Constitutional Club, said the war had taught the British Empire to think ...

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  36. VICTORIA.

    Two girls, while bathing at Sandringham to-day, got into deep water. A school boy brought them ashore, but one, May Crichton, 15 years of age, the daughter of ...

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  37. RUMOURED SECRET BASE.

    A rumour is current of the existence of a secret German base at an uninhabited coastal spot. Captain Days, of the French schooner ...

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  38. BERLIN REPORT.

    A Berlin message states that a returned submarine claims to have sunk sixteen ships, with a total tonnage of 26,000. ...

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  39. ADMIRAL DEWEY.

    Congress is preparing to accord funeral honours to the late Admiral Dewey equalling those granted to martyred Presidents. ...

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  40. SUCCESS IN TRIPOLI.

    An Italian communique states: We completely defeated 5000 rebels at Zoara, in Tripoli, on Tuesday. The enemy's losses totalled 1000. ...

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  41. GERMANY SAVAGE.

    The "Petit Parisien's" Zurich Correspondent says that meetings urging increased submarine ruthlessness are of widespread occurrence in Germany. ...

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  42. GERMAN TYRANNY.

    German placards at Tongres, in Belgium, threaten that the town will be fined 50,000 marks (about £2500) for each man who crosses the frontier. ...

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  43. PRISONERS IN BULGARIA.

    The Balkans correspondent of the "Rotterdam Courant" states that Bulgaria holds 90,000 prisoners, including all the Allies and some Australians and ...

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  44. OUR SOLDIERS' GRAVES.

    Presiding over the Soldiers' Graves Committee, the Prince of Wales stated that 15,000 graves were registered in France and Belgium. Sixty of 400 burial grounds ...

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  45. COAL LUMPERS' WAGES BOARD.

    With the object of considering the claims of the coal-lumpers employed in loading coal at Mortlake Gasworks, the Coal Lumpers' Wages Board met this ...

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  46. QUEENSLAND.

    The State Labour caucus will meet in Brisbane on Tuesday morning, the 30th instant, prior to the reassembling of Parliament. It is understood that the ...

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  47. DISTRICT CASUALTIES.

    SERGEANT KENNEY.—Mr. J. Kenney, of Now Lambton, has been advised that his son, Sergeant R. Kenney, of the Headquarters Stuff, has been reported wounded. ...

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  48. BRITAIN AND NORWAY.

    A secret session of the Norwegian Storthing considered the British reply to Norway regarding the coal supply. It does not repent the assertion that ...

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  49. COUNCIL OF THE ENEMIES.

    The "Daily Telegraph" correspondent at Rome says the German Emperor has summoned to general headquarters the reigning Kings, Grand Dukes, Princes, and ...

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  50. FUNERAL OF MR. A. F. COSTA.

    The funeral of Mr. A. F. Costa took place Yesterday afternoon from his late residence, the Pilot Station, King's Wharf, Newcastle. The interment was in ...

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  51. PROGRESS REPORT.

    PRIVATE SIMPSON.—Mr. A. Simpson, of Young-street, Carrington, has received word that his son. Private Simpson, who is in hospital, is improving. ...

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  52. RUSSIA'S AMBASSADOR.

    It is definitely announced that Count Sazanoff will succeed the late Count Benckendorff as Russian Ambassador to London. ...

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  53. WILL GERMANY CAPITULATE.

    "Will Germany be forced to capitulate this year, and peace be established ?" Writers in the periodicals contribute, directly and indirectly, to the answer ...

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  54. AGRICULTURAL DIFFICULTY.

    The Agriculture Labourers' Union threatens action if Mr. Prothere, the President of the Board of Agriculture, carries out his intention to draft ...

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  55. A "DELAYED" MESSAGE.

    Mr. W. Field, of Park-street, Morewether, yesterday received a message tram his son through a third person under somewhat unusual circumstances. The ...

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  56. DISCOVERY OF COAL.

    Rich coal seams have been discovered in Bessarabia, close to the surface. ...

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  57. DEATH OF THE EARL OF ELGIN.

    The death is announced of the Earl of Elgin and Kineardine, formerly Secretary of State for the Colonies. ...

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  58. ELEVEN BROTHERS KILLED.

    The "Daily Chronicle's" Amsterdam correspondent states that eleven brothers perished in the recent destruction of a Zeppelin in England. ...

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  59. THE UNEMPLOYED PROBLEM

    In view of statements made at the meeting of the Labour Council, Mr. Ball, the State Minister for Works, was questioned this afternoon regarding the ...

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  60. WOMEN FIX PRICES.

    The town bellman at Whitehaven, in Cumberland, urged the public not to pay more than is a stone for potatoes. A crowd of women carrying flags ...

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  61. SIR JOSEPH BEECHAM'S ESTATE.

    Sir Joseph Beecham's estate Is provisionally valued at £1,000,000. The bulk is divided among his children. His American business la bequeathed to ...

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  62. CIRO'S CLUB.

    The appeal of Ciro's Club against a conviction for supplying liquor after hours has been abandoned. ...

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  63. RUSSIAN WAR MINISTER.

    General Belaieff has been appointed Minister for War in Russia. ...

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  64. VESSELS SUNK.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 39 words
  65. THE CHARGES AGAINST GERMANY.

    The "New York Times," emphasising the profound importance of Mr. Balfour's Note, says :—"Can Germany fail to reply to the charges of the worthlessness of her ...

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  66. RHEIMS CATHEDRAL.

    In response to the Pope's request to Germany for permission to restore Rheims Cathedral under satisfactory guarantees, the Kaiser has expressed his ...

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  67. NEWCASTLE BENEVOLENT DAY.

    The hon. treasurers Newcastle Hospital and Benevolent Day Fund acknowledge receipt of the following sums:—Amount previously acknowledged, £3943 10s 6d; ...

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  68. WOMEN AND THE BAR.

    The Bar Council has overwhelmingly defeated a resolution proposing the admission of women to practice at the Bar. Sir Frederick Smith, the ...

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  69. 30TH BATTALION COMFORTS FUND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 93 words
  70. A FRENCH APPOINTMENT.

    General Allouin has been appointed to the Headquarters Staff to study proparatory questions dealing with the general conduct if the war. ...

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  71. Advertising

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