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RECRUITING.
Of the 574 men who volunteered in New South Wales last week 340 were accepted. On Sunday 15 men passed at the Central Recruiting Depot. ...
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WAR NOTES. FREQUENT GERMAN RETIREMENTS.
It is difficult to find a more severe test to apply to the moral and discipline of an army than to ask it to fight a series of losing actions. This is what the German armies ...
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FERRY PASSES.
The case against seven Manly aldermen who accepted free passes to travel on the Manly ferries, and who were charged with having acted in the capacity of aldermen ...
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LATE WAR NEWS. BRITISH ATTACK.
Sir Donglas Haig in his noon report on Monday stated: We attacked at dawn this morning on a wide front southward of the Scheldt River. The attack is reported to have ...
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ALLIED BLOWS.
The correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" at Rotterdam says the Germans in North Flanders are in full retreat towards Antwerp. Apparently they are retiring to the Meuse. ...
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AUSTRIA ACCEPTS ARMISTICE HOSTILITIES ENDED
Austria is out of the war. An armistice has been signed, and hostilities on the Italian front have ceased. The Press Bureau announces that Mr. Lloyd George telephoned to Downing-street from Paris: "News has ...
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GREAT CAPTURES.
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VICTORY OVER AUSTRIA. DEMONSTRATION AT 1 O'CLOCK TO-DAY.
Yesterday at 1 o'clock the engineers of the ferry steamers on the harbour, and the trains at the Central Railway Station, set their whistles going in joyful acclamation of the ...
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VALENCIENNES LOOTED.
The Germans looted Valenciennes, destroyed factories and many houses, and forced 20,000 civilians between 14 and 60 years to quit the town. The roads became so congested that ...
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THE FINAL BLOW.
Mr. Astor, M.P., addressing a meeting of farmers in Taunton, said he had learned that had there been five fresh American divisions with the British during the October offensive ...
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BAVARIA.
According to on Amsterdam message a pamphlet is being circulated widespread in Bavaria urging a separate peace, otherwise the Government must be overthrown. ...
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GOULBURN CELEBRATES.
The news of the surrender of the Turks was enthusiastically received here. Gatherings were held at noon and again at night[?]. ...
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ITALIAN FRONT.
A British Italian official message says: The Tenth Army on the 3rd instant reached the line of Villotma, Praturlone, Meduna River, eastward of Pordenone, Sanquirino, and ...
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LABOUR AND PEACE.
Mr. Arthur Henderson, M.P., speaking at the Labour conference in Nottingham, demanded open discussion of peace and no secret diplomacy. The people were entitled ...
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NO ENEMY COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS.
The Commercial Travellers' Association of Victoria at the annual meeting to-day agreed, by an overwhelming majority, that no person of enemy origin be allowed to become a ...
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ENEMY OFF THE ARGONNE MASSIF.
As the result of the combined efforts of the French and Americans on either side of the Argonne massif the enemy has been compelled to abandon his strong position on the ...
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CONVOY SYSTEM.
The Australian Press Association learns that up to October 26 the Admiralty convoyed 75,722 merchantmen, of which 433 were lost, or 0.51 per cent. ...
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PALESTINE TROOPS.
Questioned regarding the possibility of the early demobilisation and return of the Light Horse and other troops from Palestine, Senator Pearce said that the disposition of troops ...
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HUNGARY SUBMISSIVE.
Reports from Budapest received in Copenhagen state that the Minister of War in the National Council announced that the Hungarian Government hal instructed the supreme ...
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MILITANT LABOUR. STATE BUTCHERS' STRIKE.
The employees of the local State butcher shop to-day carried into effect their threat to cease work unless they received a weekly wage of £4/5/. Mr. Ross, supervisor of the ...
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THE COMMUNIQUES.
We captured on Saturday the steelworks south-cast of Valenciennes, which the enemy determinedly defended all day. We advanced our line a mile and a half cast of the town, ...
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GERMAN WAR CRIMES.
Sir Frederick Smith, Attorney-General, strongly advocates a court consisting of Entente civil and military representatives, to punish enemies responsible for war crimes. ...
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SOVIETS FORMED IN AUSTRIA.
Mr. Dosch Fleurot, the "New York World's" Copenhagen correspondent, says the Austrian army has soldier Soviets. The new Government has given the soldiers every privilege ...
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A TOWN IN DARKNESS.
Through the action of the stokers of the Cairns Gas Company, who ceased work because the manager refused their request for increased wages, the town was plunged into ...
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DOCKYARD DOCUMENTS.
At the Contrai Police Court yesterday, William Muir, assistant secretary of the Boilermakers' Society, was proceeded against for a breach of the War Precautions Regulations ...
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INQUIRY INTO RENTS.
Mr. A. B. Piddington, K.C. (Chief Interstate Commissioner), yesterday resumed his inquiry into house rents. J. R. Whall, manager of the State Timber ...
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RUSSIA.
The Copenhagen "National Tidende" says advices from Berlin state that 20,000 mari[?] have revolted against the Bolsheviks in Petrograd, and are determined to overthrow the ...
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FOE'S FINAL DEFEAT.
In the operations on the Asiago Plateau the Forty-eighth Division took 200 prisoners. The latest Italian official message states; The 7th Army, which has entered the struggle, ...
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DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
Naringla Flats, Yarranabbe-road, Darling Point, were the scene of a double tragedy yesterday afternoon as a result of which Mrs. Daisy Terry, aged 26, wife of Mr. John Terry ...
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AUSTRIA'S SUBMISSION.
With Austria's acceptance of the terms under which the Allies are prepared to grant her an armistice another important battlefront disappears from the war map. As far ...
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STANDING ALONE
The Paris correspondent of the United Press says the Versailles Council has reached a full arrangement of the terms under which the Germans will be granted an armistice. ...
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SHIPBUILDING.
The Rome "Agenzia Nazlonale" says the British Government has agreed to assist the Italian shipbuilding industry by furnishing machinery and steel, and Italian shipbuilders ...
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THE MINERS' BALLOT.
Mr. Grahame, Acting Minister for Labour and Industry, replying yesterday to the comments of the executive of the Colliery Employees' Federation upon Mr. Reeby's ...
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SOUTH AFRICA.
A report that the Government intends to remove the colour bar on the Rand mines was discussed at a meeting of the Miners' Union, when the feeling was expressed that such an ...
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HEROES FROM RIVERVIEW.
At the invitation of the Jesuit Fathers, relations and friends of ex-students who have fallen in the war attended a Requiem Mass in the chapel of St. Ignatius' College, Riverview, ...
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HONOUR ROLLS.
A rich dressing of bunting right across the street, imposing guards of honour of local returned men and boy scouts, crowds of people, and lively airs by the Ashfield band, ...
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THE TAURUS TUNNEL SYSTEM.
Like those arranged with Bulgaria, the conditions of the armistice with Turkey provide for the Allied control of all Turkish railways. It is worthy of notice, however, that a special ...
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GERMANY AND THE HOHENZOLLERNS.
News from diplomatic and military sources agree that the Kaiser signed the Act of Abdication at the assembly of confederated princes in Berlin on Wednesday. The ...
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GOTHAS BOMB NANCY.
Gothas violently bombed Nancy on Thursday night. Considerable damage was done, and there were numerous victims. Although many alarms were given the previous two ...
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FACTORY DESTROYED.
A fire, which broke out in the Australian Card Manufacturing Company's five-storied factory, 15 Brisbane-street, city, shortly before half-past 6 last night, destroyed the ...
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DEADLY INFLUENZA.
Though influenzn in England is generally abating, the position is serious at Leicester, where 355 deaths occurred last week. Funerals continue all day. The corporation is obliged ...
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FREE PEESS WANTED.
A deputation from the country Press Association asked the Minister for Home and Territories to repeal the clauses of the Commonwealth Electoral Act compelling newspaper ...
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ARMISTICE TERMS.
The following message occurs in the official review of last week's war operations, received to-day by the Commonwealth Government:— "It may be safely stated that no terms of ...
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PRICE OF BOOTS.
The report of the Interstate Commission on Boots and S[?]oes has been circulated. The time seemed ripe, the Commission held, for all Australian made boots to be branded ...
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AMERICAN OFFICIAL NEWS.
The following official wireless news has been received at Sydney by the American Consul-General:— Admiral Sims's report to the Secretary of ...
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BLIGH WARD ELECTION.
Last night the Lord Mayor, Alderman Joyuton Smith, M.L.C., who is again a Bligh Ward candidate, addressed a large meeting near the Darlinghurst Fire Station. In seeking ...
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DEATH OF CAPTAIN R. F. BOUTON.
Cable advice has been received that the death occurred at sea, on October 19, of Captain R. F. Douton, who had been for over 20 years in the service of the Howard Smith ...
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SHOCK OF EARTHQUAKE.
Father Pigot, of Riverview, yesterday reported that the college seismograph recorded on Sunday night an earthquake approximately 1360 miles from Sydney. Father Pigot ...
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POST-OFFICE ROBBED.
The safe at the post-office was opened by burglars on Saturday night, and two cashboxes were taken. They contained more than £200 in notes, cheques, and silver. Some ...
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A FAMILY'S WAR RECORD.
One of the latest recruits from this district is Mr. H. G. Sisson, four of whose brothers have made the supreme sacrifice in the present war. A sister also died while on active ...
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