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  2. THE FRENCH FRONT.

    A French communique says:— This morning we vigorously counter-attacked the enemy, who since the hard fighting on June 28 has occupied the first ...

    Article : 220 words
  3. THE RUSSIAN FRONT.

    A Russian official report says:— South-west of the Dvinsk our detachments occupied German positions astride the Dvinsk-Veln railway. ...

    Article : 177 words
  4. BRITAIN'S WAR BILL.

    Mr. Bonar Law, in introducing in the House of Commons the credit vote of £650,000,000, said the unexpended balance of the last vote was £80,000,000. ...

    Article : 370 words
  5. FIVE BILLION DOLLARS FOR WAR

    Mr. M'Adoo, Secretary to the Treasury submitted to Congress a new five billion dollar War Revenue Bill, designed to provide the amount needed, in addition ...

    Article : 130 words
  6. FEDERAL PARLIAMENT.

    Senator GIVENS, THE President of the Senate, took the chair at half-past two o'clock this afternoon. A bill to repeal the Daylight Saving ...

    Article : 558 words
  7. NOTES ON NEWS.

    There is much matter for serious thought in the speech which Lord Milner made in the House of Lords on the question of the home production of corn. ...

    Article : 347 words
  8. SOLDIERS' COMFORTS.

    During July there has been despatched from the depot, Scott's Ltd., 130 garments for the relief of the British and Belgian poor, contributed by Mesdames ...

    Article : 78 words
  9. POST-WAR ECONOMICS.

    A report from Amsterdam states that a series of economic conferences has begun in Vienna between German and Austro-Hungarian delegates, to devise ...

    Article : 59 words
  10. STATE PARLIAMENT.

    Mr. F. FLOWERS, President of the Legislative Council, took the chair at half past four o'clock this afternoon. Mr. M. J. CONNINGTON was sworn in ...

    Article : 372 words
  11. N. S. W. FIELD FORCE FUND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 134 words
  12. SITUATION IN SPAIN.

    The Barecelona correspondent of "Le Petit Parisien" says the situation in Spain is serious. A manifesto circulated by the recently ...

    Article : 105 words
  13. GERMANS REINFORCED.

    M. Marcel Hutin, writing in the "Echo de Paris," states that the German batteries from the coast of the Scarpe have been largely reinforced, also that the aerial ...

    Article : 52 words
  14. GERMAN HOPES DASHED.

    There is, at any rate, one man in Germany whose faith in the submarine as the weapon which is to put us out of the war has been a little shaken. Captain ...

    Article : 279 words
  15. THE TRAITOROUS 11TH ARMY.

    The correspondent of the "Morning Post" at Petrograd writes:— The 11th army, in collapsing, lost a large number of prisoners and guns. The ...

    Article : 106 words
  16. SERVIAN AND MONTENEGRIN FUND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 100 words
  17. ENEMY CLAIMS.

    A German official report states:— An artillery duel in Flanders, which lasted all day and night, was of unprecedented intensity. ...

    Article : 74 words
  18. THE KAISER'S BOMBAST.

    Advices from Berne state that, according to the Augsburg "Post Zeitung" and other newspapers, the Kaiser, in course of conversation with Herr Scheideman, ...

    Article : 96 words
  19. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Replying to a question in the House of Commons, Mr. Bonar Law said Sir Edward Carson, as a member of the War Cabinet, received a salary of £5000 a ...

    Article : 196 words
  20. UNSPEAKABLE HUMILIATION.

    The correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" at Petrograd, writing on Tuesday, says that details of the disgraceful rout of the 11th army impressed ...

    Article : 126 words
  21. WICKHAM COUNCIL.

    The Wickham Council met last evening. Present: Aldermen R. J. Bond (Mayor), Toll, Armstrong, Magin, Gittins, Brown, Colman, Webber, Kirk, Jenner, ...

    Article : 555 words
  22. BRITISH SUCCESSES.

    A despatch from Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig is as follows:— We successfully carried out four raids north-east of Ypres. ...

    Article : 113 words
  23. OFFICIAL CONFIDENCE.

    A message from Petrograd says that in pursuance of the Government's efforts to deal with the military situation the Russian offensive has already been ...

    Article : 85 words
  24. BALKAN CONFERENCE.

    M. Ribot, Premier of France, will preside at an Allied Conference on Balkan affairs, which will be opened to-morrow. Baron Sonnino, Italy's Foreign Minister, ...

    Article : 93 words
  25. BEANS FOR PROFITEERS.

    It was stated the other day in the House of Commons that prices of foodstuffs have risen on the average 98 per cent. since the beginning of the war. ...

    Article : 236 words
  26. AUSTRIANS HANG BACK.

    A report from Rome states that the Galician offensive was exclusively carried out by Germans, and that there was shown a marked disinolination by the ...

    Article : 84 words
  27. A MAN OF THE HOUR.

    Lieutenant Kozmin, who brought about the surrender of the men of the machine gun regiment, who had taken up a position in the fortress of Peter and Paul, ...

    Article : 122 words
  28. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

    Mr. W. E. JOHNSON, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, took the chair at three o'clock this afternoon. On the motion of Mr. SAMPSON (Vic.) ...

    Article : 935 words
  29. DISTRICT CASUALTIES.

    SERGEANT BROWN.—Mrs. O. Johnson, of 13 Lawson-street Hamilton, has received a cable message stating that her son, sergeant H. G. Brown, has been ...

    Article : 107 words
  30. LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.

    Mr. J. J. COHEN, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, took the chair at half-past four o'clock this afternoon. COLONEL ONSLOW gave notice of a ...

    Article : 667 words
  31. CONSCRIPTION IN CANADA.

    The debate on the third reading of the Conscription Bill indicated the message would pass. Sir Wilfrid Laurier deplored compulsion, ...

    Article : 116 words
  32. RECRUITING IN BRITAIN.

    Lord Derby, Secretary for War, gave evidence to-day before the Select committee which is inquiring into the medical examination of soldiers. ...

    Article : 307 words
  33. GERMAN OFFICIAL CLAIMS.

    A German official message says:— Bitter fights which resulted in our favour have taken place on the whole of the East front from the Baltic to the Black ...

    Article : 257 words
  34. MACHINE GUNS FOR TRAITORS.

    The correspondent of the "Morning Post" at Petrograd says that directly General Korniloff assumed command on the south-western front, he saw the ...

    Article : 121 words
  35. COST OF RECRUITING.

    In the House of Representatives, Mr. Groom, on behalf of Senator Pearce, the Minister for Defence, informed Mr. Heltmann (W. W.) that the cost of recruiting ...

    Article : 78 words
  36. THE PRICE OF MEAT.

    There is the case of meat. This has been going up in price by leaps, until it is new practically out of the reach of poor people. It is not a question of a ...

    Article : 225 words
  37. THIRD READING CARRIED.

    The third reading of the Conscription Bill was carried by a majority of 58 votes. The majority for the Conscription Bill ...

    Article : 98 words
  38. WIN-THE-WAR LEAGUE.

    Win-the-war League meetings were addressed yesterday at Messrs. Scott's Ltd., at Stockten, and of the Mental Hospital, where two meetings of the hospital staff ...

    Article : 58 words
  39. FIRM TRUST IN FUTURE.

    The correspondent of the "Daily News" at Petrograd says that the recent communiques are the saddest ever issued by the General Staff. ...

    Article : 140 words
  40. BRITISH COAL MINERS.

    The Miners' Conference has passed a resolution agreeing to the presentation of demands for a 25 per cent. increase in wages. The claim is based on the high ...

    Article : 185 words
  41. PRIVATE W. D. SMITH.

    Private William Denton Smith, of Newcastle who has enlisted in the Sportsmen's Battlion, was in Newcastle yesterday on final leave. He is the only ...

    Article : 94 words
  42. THE GUNS AT KUT.

    Replaying to Mr. B. E. Peto, in the House of Commons, Mr. J. I. MacPherson, Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the War Office, said that when the British ...

    Article : 77 words
  43. DISTRESSED SHIPOWNERS.

    Mr. Bonar Law had rather an effective reply for those members of the House of Commons who pleaded on behalf of distressed shipowners, once more hard hit ...

    Article : 193 words
  44. MORE PUBLICITY NEEDED.

    Mr. Holman, the Premier of New South Wales, in a letter to the "Morning Post," emphasises the necessity for further taking the public into the confidence of the ...

    Article : 290 words
  45. WELFARE WORK.

    The attention of the Acting Premier has been invited to the annual report of the Chief Inspector of Factories and Workshops (England), in which reference is ...

    Article : 377 words
  46. FRANCE'S DAY FUND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 57 words
  47. THE SALONICA ARMY

    In the House of Commons Lord Robert Cecil, Minister for Blockade, replaying to allegations by Mr. Dillon, hotly resented the suggestion that the Salonica army ...

    Article : 105 words
  48. BRITISH MINISTER'S VIEWS.

    Mr. A. Henderson, a member of the War Cabinet, who recently visited Russia, in the course of an interview, said that despite present events in Russia, the ...

    Article : 130 words
  49. IRISH CONVENTION.

    There was little excitement or controversy in Dublin on the eve of the Irish Convention. The first meeting will take place at Trinity college to-day. ...

    Article : 127 words
  50. HAMILTON.

    Mr. Jack Smith, manager of Wright Heaton, and Co., Limited, Newcastle. who was recently operated upon at Piptea Pah private hospital, is now well ...

    Article : 31 words
  51. WARATAH.

    At the police court yesterday, before Mr. A. Gates, D.S.M., cases Waratah Council against debtors, for sanitary rates, were withdrawn or settled out of ...

    Article : 64 words
  52. TIGHE'S HILL.

    Mrs. J. G. Green, of Henry-street, Tighe's Hill has received a cable message from her husband, Sergeant J. G. Green, stating he has arrived safely in England. ...

    Article : 108 words
  53. AMERICAN SHIPBUILDING.

    President Wilson took drastic action in order to end the controversy and to speed up the carrying out of the shipping programme. ...

    Article : 86 words
  54. RUSSIAN WORKERS' FEARS.

    The "Daily Chronicle" publishes an interview with Mr. Henderson, in which he says:—After centuries of oppression the Russian worker is in a frame of mind ...

    Article : 412 words
  55. Advertising

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    Advertising : 65 words
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