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  2. "CARRY ON"

    A dozen years, and more, have passed since Kipling wrote "The Islanders." Few men read the signs and portents. If they ever thought of the Great War that was ...

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  3. ON JUNE 1ST.

    General Bridges, head of the British Military Mission to th United States, in a statement at Washington, said that the enemy has 1,500,000 bayouets on the ...

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  4. EMPIRE ORDER.

    His Excellency the Governor-General (Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson) is in receipt of a cablegram from the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies, intimating ...

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  5. ALL MUST HELP.

    It is reported from Washington that the officials of the United States War Department have announced that after June 1 all loafers and men not engaged in useful ...

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  6. LATE WAR NEWS.

    Speaking at Edinburgh, the Prime Minister, Mr. Lloyd George, said that on the eve of the great German attack the Allies were supremely confident. ...

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  7. U-BOATS' FAILURE.

    The newspapers accept the submarine statistics as definite evidence that German piracy has failed, and that U-boats are being sunk faster than they are built. ...

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  8. SINN FEIN PLOT.

    The Irish deportees were given the option of applying to the Home Office Advisory Committee for a revision of their internment order. All refused. ...

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  9. GALLANT SERGEANT-MAJOR.

    Of the quality which the Australian subordinate leaders have shown during the recent lighting no better has been seen than in the case of an old Gallipoli soldier who went in ...

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  10. FRENCH FRONT.

    A French communique issued at midnight on Thursday says:—There was intermittent artillery activity at some points south of the Avre, but no infantry action. Eleven German ...

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  11. PERSONAL NOTES.

    Dr. Edith Barrett is the hon. secretary of the Australian Red Cross Society, and a sister of Sir James Barrett, of Melbourne. COL. E. W. HAYWARD, C.B.E. ...

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  12. BOTTLED UP.

    The authorities state that aerial photographs within the last few days reveal a satisfactory situation at Zeebrugge. The Germans evidently are unable to remove the ...

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  13. WAR FOR FREEDOM.

    President Wilson has sent the following message to Italy:—"This great war represents the conflict of self-government and dictation by force. ...

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  14. BELGIAN FRONT.

    A Belgian communique says:—There was fairly violent reciprocal artillerying at Langemarck and Merckem. ...

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  15. AIR FIGHTING.

    Sir Douglas, Haig in his aviation report says:—We dropped over 18 tons of bembs on aerodromes and billets. We brought down 14 and drove down two out of control. Three of ...

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  16. WAR NOTES.

    According to General Bridges, the head of the British Military Mission to the United States, the enemy may be expected to deliver his attack on the Western front in a week's ...

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  17. THE BREAK-AWAY.

    There is a very perturbed feeling at the Trades Hall amongst union officials, and the movement to break away from the Labour Council which is at present dominated by the ...

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  18. WOMEN'S PAGEANT.

    We, the women of New South Wales here assembled, do solemnly and sincerely affirm our belief that the safety and peace of Australia are now being ...

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  19. BOMBS ON PARIS.

    A French official message says: Enemy aeroplanes dropped bombs on Paris on Wednesday evening. No damage was done and there were no victims. ...

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  20. AIR FIGHTING.

    A Paris message states that from May 15 to 18 French airmen destroyed 37 enemy aeroplanes, and severely damaged 60. They also dropped 160,000 kilograms of bombs, while 120 ...

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  21. STILL WAITING

    Mr. Percival Phillips telegraphs:—We are still awaiting the great German offensive. The respite has been welcomed by the Allies. Troops and artillery have been poured in ...

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  22. PROPOSED KILTED BRIGADE.

    A large Scottish audience in the Conservatorium of Music last night received with manifest delight the statement by Mr. John Russell that quite a number of new members ...

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  23. SALVAGE WORK.

    Not the least useful work done by the Australians since they came on the Somme has been the salvage of French public and private property in towns and villages, which ...

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  24. AMERICA'S MILLIONS.

    A Washington report says Mr. Baker (Secretary for War) recommended to the House Committee that the President be authorised to call up as many of the 10,000,000 registered ...

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  25. ALBANIA.

    A message from Athens says it is reported from Salonica that the French in Albania advanced their left wing 11 miles in three days. ...

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  26. SEA AND LAND COMMUNICATIONS.

    A cablegram published this morning states that the newspapers accept the submarine statistics as distinct evidence that German piracy has failed. This tendency to treat ...

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  27. SINN FEIN PLOT.

    The "Daily Express" is of opinion that the Sinn Feiners ought to be brought to an open trial, before an impartial British jury, so as to let the facts be brought into the light ...

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  28. GERMAN OUTRAGE.

    Mr. Phillip Gibbs telegraphs details of the ghastly outrage of the Huns in bombing Red Cross hospital huts filled with badly wounded men. Some were with open wounds, which ...

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  29. FEDERAL SESSION.

    In the House of Representatives to-day the Acting Minister for the Navy (Mr. Poynton) informed Dr. Malonoy (Vic.) that provision was made under the Naval Defence Act ...

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  30. AMERICAN RED CROSS.

    New York City raised £2,200,000 for the Red Cross in three days. The nation's total is £9,000,000. ...

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  31. REPATRIATION.

    A meeting called for yesterday afternoon, to form a local committee to carry out the Commonwealth Government's repatriation scheme for returned soldiers, was attended ...

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  32. RUSSIA.

    It is reported from Petrograd that the exCzar's transfer to Ekaterinburg was due to the discovery of a plot whereby the local peasantry had been bribed to effect the ...

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  33. GERMAN METHODS.

    A message from Zurich says that, following the discovery of 30 bombs and numerous boxes of explosives in the Limmat River, the Swiss authorities have arrested six suspects, ...

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  34. NO STOCK EMBARGO.

    The Premier (Mr. Ryan) to-day referred to the question of the stock embargo, and the attitude of the southern States. He said that there was no stock embargo, and that it was ...

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  35. BRITISH BOMB CATTARO.

    A Rome naval official message says:—A British air squadron on the 24th inst bombed hydroplane and submarine bases at Cattaro, and started fires. All the machines returned ...

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  36. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Owing to the strain on the railways the British War Cabinet decided that racing must be restricted to Newmarket after May. The Jockey Club has acquiesced, and cancelled all ...

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  37. KING VISITS DOCKYARDS.

    His Majesty the King visited the dockyards at Chatham and Sheerness. He suddenly stopped to speak to a tall seaman at Chatham, and said, "I think we have met ...

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  38. LICHNOWSKY'S MISTAKE.

    A message from New York states that Mr. Thayer, a leading historian, in a letter to the "New York Times" discloses authentic information that Prince Lichnowsky ...

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  39. TWO IMPORTANT WEAPONS.

    What the Allied airmen are endeavouring to achieve against Germany's land communications, the enemy's submarine commanders are attempting against the Allied sea lines. ...

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  40. CONCRETE SHIPS.

    The following wireless news is made available by the United States Consul in Melbourne:- A message from Seattle states that Mr. ...

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  41. THE SENATE.

    The Vice-President of the Executive Council, Senator Russell, said that the Government was endeavouring to fix the price of secondhand bags for use as potato, wheat, and chaff ...

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  42. A DISASTROUS FIRE.

    A fire occurred this evening at the factory of the Austral Nail and Wire Proprietary, Ltd., South Wharf. The building, which was of galvanised iron and wood, was completely ...

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  43. FRENCH CAPTAIN ON TRIAL.

    A court-martial of Captain Mathleu, formerly General Sarrail's orderly officer at Salonica, and Sergeant Paix-Seailles, on a charge of divulging confidential documents, ...

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  44. DEATH OF MRS. RICKETTS.

    Mistress Ricketts, sister of Charles Parnell, aged 80 years, died in tragic circumstances in the South Dublin Workhouse, where she was admitted a week ago. Her identity was not ...

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  45. FOOD RATIONING SUCCEEDS.

    Lord Rhondda and Mr. J. R. Clynes (Food Control Department) are highly satisfied with the results of food rationing in Britain. They point out that the German censorship has ...

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  46. SHIPBUILDING OUTLOOK.

    The following official wireless news has been received by the American Consul:- A Detroit message says: Mr. E. C. M. Schwab, the United States Shipping Chief, said ...

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  47. NATIONAL PARTY.

    The Premier addressed a meeting of the National Council here to-day. The following resolution was carried:—"That this conference of the Murrumbidgee electorate has ...

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  48. V.C. HERO NOT DEAD.

    It transpires that Corporal Davies, of the South Lancashire Regiment, who was awarded the Victoria Cross, for enabling his company to cross, a river by mounting a parapet and ...

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  49. RIOTS IN BOHEMIA.

    Advices have reached Washington that martial law has been proclaimed in several districts in Bohemia owing to riots among [?]chs and Bohemians. ...

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