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  2. STATE PARLIAMENT.

    Further debate on the adoption of the Address-in-Reply to the Governor's Speech occupied the Legislative Assembly last night. The Minister for Labour and Industry (Mr. Beeby). ...

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  3. LATE WAR NEWS. GERMAN OFFENSIVE.

    The Germans have begun a new offensive on the Reims front. ...

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  4. WAR NOTES. THE PERIOD OF ANXIETY.

    Mr. Bonar Law was made an interesting statement to the effect that if the Germans fall to secure their strategic objectives three months hence the campaign will have failed. ...

    Article : 418 words
  5. "WORLD PRESTIGE."

    The German Government has officially recognised Ernest Kienetz's book on "the value of the German South Sea Islands," which replies to the suggestions that these could be ...

    Article : 208 words
  6. THE PIAVE CROSSED BY ENEMY

    The present position is now as follows: The Austrians reached the right bank of the Piave, from the Conegliano railway to the Zenson bend, advancing about a mile. ...

    Article : 331 words
  7. WAR REVIEW.

    Speaking in the House of Commons Mr. Honar Law (Chancellor of the Exchequer) said the Austrian offensive was part of the intensive offensive now proceeding on all ...

    Article : 601 words
  8. LULL CONTINUES.

    Mr. Douglas Haig reporting at midday on Tuesday stated: We repulsed a raiding party south-eastward of Villers-Bretonueux and took a few prisoners. We made ...

    Article : 161 words
  9. BRITISH FRONT.

    Sir Douglas Haig, reporting at midnight on Tuesday, says:—We carried out a successful raid on the evening of the 17th northward of Lens. We raided ...

    Article : 144 words
  10. EMBARGO ON SKIN AND HIDES

    A Capetown message says:—The announcement that the United States has placed an embargo on the importation of hides and skins has caused a surprise. No reason is ...

    Article : 90 words
  11. AMERICAN OFFICIAL NEWS.

    The following American official news by wireless is supplied by the American Consul:— The Mayor of San Francisco has named a ...

    Article : 231 words
  12. MR. HUGHES.

    The King received in audience at Buckingham Palace Mr. Hughes (Prime Minister of Australia) and Sir R. L. Borden (Prime Minister of Canada). ...

    Article : 116 words
  13. THE AMERICANS.

    The United States Government announces that a division of the National Guard is fighting in Alsace. A message from Paris states that in ...

    Article : 130 words
  14. THE AMERICANS.

    An American official message says:— There is continued artillerying in the Chateau-Thierry region; also on the Marne front. Our patrols crossed the Marne ...

    Article : 38 words
  15. BATTLE OF THE PIAVE.

    The later news from Italy confirms the belief expressed in these notes yesterday that, having failed along the mountain front between the Astico and the Piave, the enemy ...

    Article : 380 words
  16. SHIP CONSTRUCTION.

    The United States Shipping Board has announced that the ships completed during the first two weeks in June include 16 of 89,162 total deadweight tons. ...

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  17. AUSTRIAN OFFENSIVE.

    An Italian official message says:—The violence of the battle has somewhat decreased on the mountain front, but is increasing along the Piave. The enemy's ...

    Article : 439 words
  18. ALLEGED SEDITION.

    The Acting Prime Minister, Mr. Watt, said to-day that it had recently come to the knowledge of the Government that an Australian division of the organisation known as the ...

    Article : 332 words
  19. THE LATE MR. DAVID GEORGE.

    The late Mr. David George (London manager of the Bank of New South Wales), left an estate valued at £50,941. He left legacies to his brother officers, and large bequests to ...

    Article : 46 words
  20. THE AUSTRALIANS.

    Many stories are told of individual bravery and devotion of Australian officers and men during the last advance of the Australians along a ridge between the Ancre and the ...

    Article : 738 words
  21. AIRMEN BUSY.

    The Admiralty announces that aeroplanes from June 13 to June 16 dropped 24 tons of bombs with good results at Zeebrugge; also on docks nt Ostend and ...

    Article : 175 words
  22. RECRUITING.

    The recruiting meeting in Martin-place yesterday was conducted by Sergeant Browne. According to the official figures 14 men were accepted at the Central Recruiting Depot, ...

    Article : 155 words
  23. OFFICERS' TRAINING SCHOOLS.

    The Defence Department has received information that the officer cadot schools abroad for members of the A.I.F. are being resumed. The monthly allotment is 120 Infantry, 26 ...

    Article : 40 words
  24. LABOUR OFFER.

    "I notice Mr. Tudor has been inviting the National Labourites of Western Australia to come back into the fold," said the Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) to-day. "But ...

    Article : 387 words
  25. HUGE CREDIT VOTE.

    In the House of Commons the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Bonar Law), in moving a credit vote of £500,000,000, said, the daily average expenditure during the current ...

    Article : 118 words
  26. THE RIVER OBSTACLE AT MONTELLO.

    This position on the Italian left, where the danger is said to be greatest, is, as we mentioned yesterday, the front which was taken over by the British troops when they first ...

    Article : 274 words
  27. SALONICA.

    General Desperny has been appointed to the command of the Allied army at Salonica. ...

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  28. U-BOAT SUNK.

    An incoming steamer reports the destruction of a U-boat by a clean hit from the ship's guns. The officers of an American submarine ...

    Article : 65 words
  29. RUSSIA AND THE RED CROSS.

    At the general committee meeting of the Red Cross Society yesterday Major (Dr.) Kent Hughes delivered an interesting address upon hospital work in Petrograd, and Red Cross ...

    Article : 464 words
  30. GERMANS DESERT.

    An Amsterdam message roports that escaped French refugees from Northern France state that the Gorman troops even in the first line are now very short of rations. The moral of ...

    Article : 116 words
  31. A GALLANT FEAT.

    Paris advices state that a gallant feat was performed by Lieutenant la Rochefoucault. While acting as observer his aeroplane fell abruptly 20 metres from the German lines. The ...

    Article : 76 words
  32. ADMIRALTY CHANGES.

    Captain Charles M. de Bartholome replaces Rear-Admiral Lionel Halsey as Third Sea Lord. Mr. R. S. Horne, K.C, replaces Sir Alan Anderson, K.B.E., as Controller at the ...

    Article : 32 words
  33. "INSPIRED" PROPHETS IN ITALY.

    The Germans have directed close attention to propaganda in Italy, and their great success at Caporetto in October of last year was undoubtedly assisted by the moral ...

    Article : 372 words
  34. UKRAINE AND GERMANY.

    A Moscow message reports fresh risings by armed peasantry in the Kieff district against German requisitions. Demobilised soldiers in other parts of the Ukraine, equipped with ...

    Article : 50 words
  35. TURKISH CLAIMS.

    A Turkish communique states:—We occupled the town of Tabriz, in Persia, and both shores of Lake Urza, with a view to protecting the wing of our army in the Caucasus. ...

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  36. CURIOUS COURT-MARTIAL.

    The newspapers give prominence to a curious court-martial. Lieutenant Canning was accused of criticising the commanding officer because he allowed ladies to pay ...

    Article : 86 words
  37. MARTYRED FRANCE.

    "Some of the saddest sights of this war that I have seen have been during the last few weeks," says Corporal Walter J. Thompson, in a letter to his wife, who resides at ...

    Article : 356 words
  38. GENERAL FOCH.

    It transpired during a debate in the House of Commons that General Foch has been definitely appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces. ...

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  39. AUSTRALIANS REPULSE RAIDS

    Early on Monday morning a Saxon division apposite the Australian lines on the Somme, which was badly stung in the recent night advance, attempted to raid our line at ...

    Article : 336 words
  40. REPATRIATED SOLDIERS.

    One of the repatriated soldiers, Private S. Noell, of the 51st Battalion, of Collie (Western Australia), who was wounded and captured at Mouquet Farm, in September 1916. ...

    Article : 193 words
  41. GENERAL CABLES.

    A Copenhagen message states that the Austrian Cabinet has resolved to lower Vienna's bread ration from 1260 to 630 grammes weekly, owing to the Ukraine fiasco. The ...

    Article : 217 words
  42. SOUTH AFRICAN MINES.

    Speaking at a banquet in connection with the industrial Convention at Johannesburg, the president of the Chamber of Mines defended the attitude of Labour in the mines. ...

    Article : 106 words
  43. LABOUR COUNCIL AND WAR.

    At a meeting of members of the Australian Clerical Association a motion was carried disapproving of the action of the Labour Council in regard to recruiting. ...

    Article : 32 words
  44. ENGLISH RACING.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 54 words
  45. GALLANT AUSTRALIAN.

    An inquest at Southampton revealed that Lance-corporal Ernest Poole, of Sydney, dived from a breakwater in France in order to save a child. He was too modest to mention the ...

    Article : 64 words
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