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  2. BRITAIN MUST WIN.

    Writing to a borough council in reference to the enlistment of employees, General Robertson, the Chief of the Military Staff, states: "I have no hesitation in ...

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  3. IN MACEDONIA.

    A Servian communique states:—There was force fighting on the 22nd. instant on the whole front against fresh German forces. ...

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  4. THE WAR.

    Sir Douglas Haig, the British Commandant on the west front, reports:—We bombarded the lines in the neighbourhood of Messines, Armentieres, and ...

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  5. MINING DIFFICULTY.

    The second Compulsory Conference in regard to the coal-mining difficulty was opened this afternoon. Mr. Hughes, the Prime Minister, presided, and the ...

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  6. MATTERS IN SYDNEY.

    The position in Sydney grows worse daily, as the stocks of coal in hand become depleted. Every day the list of unemployed is ...

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  7. NEWCASTLE ELECTRIC SUPPLY.

    The announcement in yesterday's "Newcastle Morning Herald" with regard to the War Precautions Act, Federal regaintions, especially clause 7, caused ...

    Article : 330 words
  8. NO PEACE POSSIBLE.

    Referring to the recent series of articles on a basis for peace, Lord Northcote has sent a letter to the "New York Times" by wireless, in which he says:— ...

    Article : 79 words
  9. ITALIAN AID.

    An Italian official report states:—The Italians in the mountains to the westward of Monastir repulsed a violent attack from Mount Muza. Then advancing ...

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  10. FRENCH REPORT.

    The latest French communique states: —There is intermittent artillery fire on the whole front. A previous communique stated:—There ...

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  11. SERVIANS DEPORTED.

    Austria is deporting 1000 Servians, including women, to work in munition factories. It is hoped by this means to liberate, ...

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  12. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS.

    Mr. Frederick Palmer, the war correspondent, displays unstinted admiration for Australian soldiers. Interviewed by the Australian Press ...

    Article : 333 words
  13. ATTACK ON ZEEBRUGGE.

    The Admiralty announce:—Naval aeroplanes attacked yesterday seaplane sheds at Ze[?]bruggo and destroyers alongside the mole. ...

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  14. RUMANIA'S POSITION.

    An undated Rumanian communique throws no light on the position at Cralova. It reports:—There have been violent ...

    Article : 69 words
  15. THE ALLIED ARMIES.

    M. Albert Fevre, in a remarkable speech in the Chamber of Deputies, said: "Behind the army or the French breasts, the British army has grown to formidable ...

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  16. LIGHT LITERATURE INQUIRED FOR.

    An inquiry of several of Newcastle booksellers yesterday elicited the peculiar fact that there has been a run on the light literature in stocks. The ...

    Article : 133 words
  17. DANGEROUS GERMAN POSITION

    Colonel Bidou, the military critic of the "Journal des Debats," compares General von Falkenhayn's advance on Craiova with General von Kluck's movement ...

    Article : 56 words
  18. GERMANY'S NEED OF MEN.

    The German Federal Council has approved of a Compulsory Labour Bill, to which it is expected there will be conisderable opposition, including that of the ...

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  19. DYKE COAL.

    Immediately prior to the development of the present difficulty, a large quantity of coal—approximating 40,000 tons—was stacked on the Dyke wharf. The product ...

    Article : 66 words
  20. GERMAN REPORT.

    A German communique states:—The booty taken at Craiova included 300 railway carriages. ...

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  21. ILLTREATMENT OF BELGIANS.

    A number of Belgian deportees, on refusing to work, were sentenced to two months Imprisonment. The main streets of Brussels, the ...

    Article : 39 words
  22. BRITISH IN ODESSA.

    The "Bourse Gazette" states that British soldiers recently passed through Odessa, the Russian port on the Black Sea. ...

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  23. FILLING IN TIME.

    A leading Newcastle retailer of fishing tackle and anglers' requisites generally stated yesterday that during the past three weeks the business done in these ...

    Article : 143 words
  24. DREADNOUGHT SUNK.

    A fire on the 20th October exploded the magazine of the Dreadnought Imperatriza Maria, 22,500 tons. The vessel sank. Of the crew 213 are ...

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  25. THE SUBMARINE QUESTION.

    Washington correspondents emphasise the seriousness of the situation regarding submarines. They believe that Germany will ...

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  26. THE BRITANNIC.

    Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, announced in the House of Commons that it had not yet been definitely ascertained whether the Admiralty hospital ship ...

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  27. SHELLING A FIELD HOSPITAL.

    An Italian communique reports:—The enemy shelled a field hospital in the Gorizia area, despite the fact that the Red Cross flag was conspicuously ...

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  28. DANGEROUS MEN.

    Scotland Yard reports the recapture of Grahame Scott and Edward Hodgson, who escaped from internment in the Islington workhouse on Saturday. A third man, ...

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  29. BANKING BUSINESS.

    The mining difficulty has not to any appreciable extent affected business at the Newcastle branches of the Savings Bank up to the present. The deposits for the ...

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  30. THE GREEK DIFFICULTY.

    The German, Austrian, Bulgarian, and Turkish Ministers left at noon on Wednesday. More than twenty persons who were ...

    Article : 115 words
  31. ENEMIES' MONEY STOPPED.

    The examination of mail bags to and from Scandinavia and Holland resulted in stoppages of cheques and paper money going to the enemy worth £50,000,000. ...

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  32. NEWCASTLE GAS SERVICES.

    Mr. A. Langwill, manager of the Newcastle Gas Company, when seen yesterday with respect to the position of the company in relation to the proclamation ...

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  33. OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER.

    The Commonwealth authorities in London have appointed an official photographer to work with the Australian forces on the west front. ...

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  34. RIGHTS OF DOMINIONS.

    Mr. Massey, the Prime Minister of Now Zealand, and Sir Joseph Ward, the Minister for Finance, have visited and inspected a portion of the Grand Fleet, including ...

    Article : 101 words
  35. MAIL ALTERATIONS.

    Owing to the reduced train service it has been found necessary to recast the mail timetable at Newcastle. This appears in to-day's issue of the "Newcastle Morning ...

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  36. FRENCH FOOD SUPPLY.

    The Government has appointed a Food Controller. ...

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  37. UNREST IN AUSTRIA.

    The late Emperor Francis Joseph relapsed into delirium at six, and then followed a crisis of tears. He died quietly at nine o'clock. ...

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  38. FRANCE AND CHINA.

    The Franco-Chinese dispute, which caused a run on the French Bank, has been settled. ...

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  39. A CHINESE LOAN.

    The Allied group of bankers has protested to Chicago bankers against the loan of £1,000,000 to China, declaring that the loan is political, and not industrial. ...

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  40. ABSENTEE MINERS.

    The miners' conference has failed to find an effective policy of dealing with avoidable absenteeism. The policy of moral persuasion has not ...

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  41. EFFECT ON SHIPPING.

    It is estimated that 121 steamers are idle at different Commonwealth ports owing to the coal trouble, including 66 at Sydney and 24 at Newcastle. ...

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  42. DISTRICT CASUALTIES.

    PRIVATE BUCHANAN.—Mrs. J. W. Buchanan, who is at present living with her sister, Mrs. A. Coleman, of Devon-street, Plattsburg, has been officially notified that ...

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  43. RAILWAY RUNNING SHEDS.

    The curtailment of the railway services has had its effect in the reduction of portions of the staffs of the running sheds of the department. ...

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  44. CHARLES THE THIRD.

    The title of the new Emperor of Austria is to be Charles the Third. ...

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  45. BRITISH POLITICS.

    The London correspondent of the "New York Tribune" says:—Apparently an attempt is about to be made to shelve Mr. Asquith, and elevate Mr. Lloyd George to ...

    Article : 41 words
  46. DILUTION OF LABOUR.

    A conference of representatives of the engineering and shipbuilding trades unions, after hearing the Government Labour Adviser, agreed to recommend their ...

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  47. SERIOUSLY ILL.

    SERGEANT HOWELL.—Mr. and Mrs. Win. Howell, of "Ardgowan," Lambton, have received a telegram to say that their son. Staff-sergeant A. H. Howell, is ...

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  48. WORLD'S WHEAT YIELD.

    Rome estimates the world's wheat yield in 1916 at 2,222,000,000 bushels, being 27 per cent. less than in 1915. ...

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  49. ILL.

    PRIVATE CREAMER.—Mrs. C. Creamer, of 135 Darby-street, Newcastle, has received intimation that Private A. J. Creamer, has been admitted to hospital in ...

    Article : 34 words
  50. BAVARIAN FOOD SHORTAGE.

    The municipality of Munich, in Bavaria is establishing refuge halls, fitted with stoves, for the purpose of counteracting the absence of heat-producing foods. ...

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  51. GERMAN IMPOSITION.

    Germany has increased Belgium's monthly levy from 40,000,000 to 50,000,000 francs. ...

    Article : 15 words
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