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  2. FRENCH TENACITY.

    Details of the fighting in the Montmaro Wood, when 15 counter attacks were repulsed after the French success at Les Eparges, reveal that the Germans received ...

    Article : 179 words
  3. BRITISH AND FRENCH

    Important British successes have been gained hear Ypres. The fighting was as fierce as at Neuve Chapelle. The Germans on the Yser took a number ...

    Article : 224 words
  4. THE VERY LATEST.

    President Woodrow Wilson, explaining the reasons for United States neutrality, claimed that the United States was not merely trying to keep out of trouble, but ...

    Article : 131 words
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  6. THE VERY LATEST.

    Sir John French's bulletin reports that the improvement in the weather has resulted in increased aerial activity to our advantage. British airmen drove off three ...

    Article : 303 words
  7. OVERSEAS DOMINIONS.

    Mr. Lewis, M.P., asked in the House of Commons what steps the Government was taking to consult Ministers of the overseas dominions in order to ensure the full ...

    Article : 79 words
  8. SUBMARINE WARFARE.

    The Admiralty state, in connection with the torpedoing of the Vanilda, that the killing of fisher folk for no military purpose; will [?] escape attention. This is the second murder ...

    Article : 59 words
  9. REPRISALS.

    The "Lokal Anzeiger" states that thirteen British officers at Colonge are undergoing solitary confinement by way of reprisal for the treatment of submarine officers imprisoned in ...

    Article : 33 words
  10. GREECE AND BULGARIA.

    The "Daily Chronicle's" representative at Athens states that the Greek Government has informed the Triple Entente that Greece will join in the war, if the Entente can obtain ...

    Article : 41 words
  11. NEWS BY WIRE.

    A diamond valued at £100 was stolen from a box on the steamer Pulginbar during the voyage from Grafton to Sydney. ...

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  13. SUGGESTION FOR BRITAIN.

    The "Daily Mail" argues that if the Government is unwilling to enforce the law of hostages by immuring a number of GErmans in penal prisons, reprisals would be easy by ...

    Article : 70 words
  14. TSING-TAO REFUGEES.

    Mr. W. H. Page, United Staten Ambassador to Britain, has handed Sir Edward Grey Germany's protest against the seizure of the German steamer Paklat while conveying ...

    Article : 118 words
  15. THE WESTERN FRONT.

    The capture of hill 60, two miles south of Zillebukke, near Ypres, is an important step in the task of swinging round the German right. The blowing up of the hill ...

    Article : 139 words
  16. ASPHYXIATING GASES.

    A German official report states that the statement that we were using cases of asphyxiating gas at Ypres is false, and doubtless was made in order to justify the ...

    Article : 61 words
  17. A THIEF AT FARMERS.

    A thief broke open the door of a locker at Farmers' establishment in Pitt-street during the night, and stole an evening gown valued at about £50. ...

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  18. HOLLAND'S LOSSES.

    The Dutch vessel Alanda (2138 tons), laden with coal, and bound for Seaham and Rotterdam, struck a mine in the North Sea. and sank. The crew were saved. ...

    Article : 34 words
  19. CONSERVATORIUM OF MUSIC.

    It is understood that M. Van Bruggen, a notable Belgian musician, will be the director of the proposed New South Wales Government Conseravtorium of Music. The ...

    Article : 41 words
  20. SINKING OF THE KATWIJK.

    Germany on her own initiative, has informed Holland that it is possible that, through an accident, a German submarine torpedoed the steamer Katwijk, and if an inquiry proves ...

    Article : 40 words
  21. HEROIC NAVAL ACTION.

    The determination of this naval men at the Dardanelles not to allow the stranded British submarine E15 to fall into the hands of the Turks led to a heroic action which ...

    Article : 184 words
  22. SALUTARY SENTENCE.

    Anthony Curry, having failed to palm off a quantity of brummagem jewellery on a man in George-street yesterday, struck him on the jaw. The assault was witnessed by ...

    Article : 50 words
  23. IN THE BALTIC.

    The German fleet has laid a minefield in the vicinity of the Aland Islands to prevent communication between Russia and Sweden. ...

    Article : 31 words
  24. GERMAN OUTLOOK.

    A Berlin telegram denies the interview with Herr Ballin, recently published, in regard to the question of peace. A Reuter message says it is not clear ...

    Article : 117 words
  25. MAITLAND WILL CASE.

    The Probate Court suit, in which Celin Jane Cummins and Chas. Henry Gale, who claimed to be executrix and executor of the will of the late Elizabeth Wall, asked that ...

    Article : 300 words
  26. BELGIAN PRISONERS.

    The "Daily Chronicle" states that after the Belgians recently drove back the Germans at Driegrachten, on the Yser Canal, a Belgian night patrol surprised and killed ...

    Article : 64 words
  27. PRINZ EITEL FRIEDRICH.

    Some of the crow of the Prinz Eitel Friedrich, which was recently interned at Newport Ness, have reached Copenhagen with the commander's secret report. ...

    Article : 32 words
  28. DARDANELLES.

    It is reported, as the result of aeroplane reconnaissance that Turkish forces are concentrated in great strength on the coasts northward of Gallipoli and north-east ...

    Article : 65 words
  29. COAST BOMBARDED.

    The "Telegra[?] states that British warships bombarded the Germans at Middlekerke and Ostend. The inundations near the Yser are ...

    Article : 46 words
  30. ADMIRAL VON TIRPITZ.

    In anticipation of the birthday of Von Tirpitz, High Admiral of the German Navy, on the 24th, birthday cards are selling bearing his portrait and the words "Tirpitz ...

    Article : 41 words
  31. MUNITION FACTORIES.

    Mr. Asquith, Prime Minister, speaking at Newcastle, said that it was untrue that the work of the army was being crippled for lack of supplies, but the unprecedented ...

    Article : 103 words
  32. IN ALSACE.

    A communique states: The British, near Levartelen, captured 200 metres of German trenches. We continue to progress along the Fecht ...

    Article : 110 words
  33. VON HINDENBURG.

    The "Novoe Vremya" states that Field-Marshal Von Hindenburg has fallen into disfavour with the General Staff, but has retained his command on the German ...

    Article : 41 words
  34. LOSS OF U15.

    The Turkish account of the sinking of the British submarine E 15 says the vessel left Tenedos at midnight, and dived after entering the Straits to avoid the searchlights. ...

    Article : 100 words
  35. WOMEN'S PEACE CONGRESS.

    The British delegates to the Women's Peace Congress were unable to reach the Hague, owing to the absence of steamers. Lord Bryee, in a letter heartily ...

    Article : 73 words
  36. CONSCRIPTION.

    In reply to a question in the House of Commons, Mr. Lloyd George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, stated that the Government did not believe that the war would be more ...

    Article : 61 words
  37. HIBERNIAN CONFERENCE

    Archbishop Kelly, addressing the H.A.C.B. Society Conference to-day, declared that secret societies that were oathbound were doubly wrong. They offended ...

    Article : 137 words
  38. BLOWN UP.

    The Salonica correspondent of the "Echo de Paris" states that the Russians mined the entrance to the Bosphorus. Two Turkish destroyers were blown up and ...

    Article : 60 words
  39. OPPRESSED BELGIUM.

    Reports have been received that M. Lenoir; an official in the Belgian Railway Ministry, was court-martialled for espionage. He was executed at the Ghent rifle ...

    Article : 83 words
  40. MINERS' THREAT.

    The North Wales Miners' Association has notified the owners that after May 9 they will cease work at any mine employing non-unionists or non-financial members. ...

    Article : 56 words
  41. HELPING BELGIUM.

    Queen Mary has promised hospital requisites for the Belgian Convalescent Home, for which the French Government is providing a building at Biarritz. ...

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  42. ITALY.

    "Figaro" says it is rumoured in Rome that Italy has fixed to-day as the last day for a definite Austrian answer to Italian demands. ...

    Article : 31 words
  43. GREECE'S EX-PREMIER.

    M. Venizelos, ex-Premier of Greece, has arrived at Alexandria. There was a frantic demonstration on the Quay. The Sultan's brother welcomed him, the French and ...

    Article : 41 words
  44. FRONTIER CLOSED.

    The Germans have closed the Dutch Belgian frontier. Not even foodstuffs are allowed to pass. ...

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  45. PERSIAN GULF ENGAGEMENT.

    The Earl of Crewe, in reply to a question in the House of Lords, stated that the enemy forces in the Persian Gulf were well trained and the trenches were invisible at a distance ...

    Article : 174 words
  46. GETTING READY.

    The "Echo de Paris" states that Italy is perfecting her transport arrangements towards the frontier. Many fresh units have been hurried forward. ...

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  47. AIR WARFARE.

    Amsterdam advices say that a German communique claims to have captured M. Garrds, the well-known French airman, who has been the hero of several successful ...

    Article : 78 words
  48. BARON DE REUTER.

    At the inquest on the body of Beron de Reuter, whose death by suicide has been reported, a verdict was returned of suicide under temporary insanity. ...

    Article : 125 words
  49. GERMAN WEST AFRICA.

    It is officially announced that the British have occupied Keetmanshoop, in German South-West Africa. ...

    Article : 20 words
  50. MORE TROOPS.

    The "Echo de Paris" states that Italy has called up the 1801 class. ...

    Article : 17 words
  51. UNION TROOPS ADVANCE.

    The Fourth Brigade has occupied Seebelt, an important junction on the Kalk[?]ontein branch of the Luderitz Bay-Keelmanshoop railway. ...

    Article : 29 words
  52. AUSTRO-GERMAN STEAMERS.

    Reuter's Agency states that Austro-German steamers, which have been refuged at Ancona (an Italian seaport in the Adriatic), alive been ordered to Dalmatia. ...

    Article : 46 words
  53. WRECK OF AIRSHIP.

    In connection with the recent wreck of a Zepnelin after dropping bombs on Ball[?] it now transpires that nine of the crew were killed. ...

    Article : 36 words
  54. GOLD MINE PROFITS.

    The Assembly has adopted a special tax of half a million on the profits of gold mines. ...

    Article : 31 words
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