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  2. LAH WAR NEWS.

    The losses of the Australian force from the first day when, by forced marches, they came into this battle on March 26, to the present amount to about the same as in the single ...

    Article : 559 words
  3. MOLDAVIA SUNK.

    The Admiralty reports that the armed mercantile cruiser Moldavia (9500 tons) was torpedoed and sunk on May 23. The crew suffered no casualties, but 56 of ...

    Article : 239 words
  4. RHINE TOWNS.

    Sir Douglas Haig reported on Friday night: We again attacked Mannheim and dropped 24 heavy bombs on the chlorlno factory, causing two large fires. Aviators clearly ...

    Article : 280 words
  5. REVIEW OF WAR.

    Mr. Lloyd George, when receiving the Freedom of the City of Edinburgh to-day, said the collapse of Russia had been an enormous help to the enemy at a time when the ...

    Article : 871 words
  6. RAIN SCREENS FOE'S MOVEMENTS.

    Yesterday the Germans at intervals drenched the villages in the Valley of the Somme and Ancre, immediately behind the Australian front, with gas shells. This gas shelling was ...

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  7. WEATHER BREAKS.

    Mr.Phillp GIbbs telegraphs: Heavy thunderstorms have broken the spell of fine weather. This is likely to hamper the German attack and force them to work ...

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  8. IRISH PLOTTERS.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. L[?]oyd George), speaking at a lunchoon al Edinburgh, said; "There is no doubt about there being a conspiracy for a great Irish rising. I have ...

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  9. IRISH PACKET LOST.

    The Cork packet Inniscarra was torpedoed by a submarine and sunk. There was no time to launch the boats, and 82 out of 37 on board were drowned. ...

    Article : 49 words
  10. GERMAN OUTRAGE.

    The fiendish bombing of hospital huts in France has caused a sensation in Britain. There was clear moonlight, and the big red crosses on a white ground must have been ...

    Article : 328 words
  11. CRUISER-SUBMARINE.

    The Admiralty state: One of our Atlantic escort submarines, on her return to the base, reports that whilst proceeding to meet a convoy on May 11, in the latitude of Cape ...

    Article : 100 words
  12. U-BOAT ACTIVITIES.

    German submarines have sunk 79 Spanish ships, totalling 150,000 tons, during the war, killing 52 Spaniards. Widespread indignation has been caused in Spain by the ...

    Article : 125 words
  13. TO HELP RUSSIA.

    It is understood that the Allies seriously are considering how to re-establish Russia. The situation is not regarded as hopeless. America will decide in what manner Allied ...

    Article : 124 words
  14. PALESTINE.

    An official report from Palestine states: We raided an enemy post on the right bank of the Jordan, near Ummeshshert, killing or taking prisoner a number of the enemy. We ...

    Article : 100 words
  15. TO PUNISH GERMANY.

    Mr. Havelock Wilson (president of the Seamen's Union), speaking at the Albert Hail, said the British seamen were adding a month's boycott for every flesh German ...

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  16. AUSTRIAN ATROCITY.

    Washington advices state that the Austrians have inoculated Italian and Servian prisoners with tuberculosis germs. A thousand consumptives have been sent home. ...

    Article : 66 words
  17. AIR ACTIVITY.

    On Friday night Sir Douglas Haig reported:—The long fine spell ended at 11 a.m. on Thursday. Before the weather broke we dropped eight tons of bombs on aerodromes ...

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  18. MUNITION WORKERS RISE TO OCCASION.

    Mr. Kellaway (Parliamentary Secretary to the Munitions Ministry), in a speeech at Bedford, said the munition factories could claim a wonderful achievement since the ...

    Article : 75 words
  19. EAST AFRICA.

    An official report from East Africa states: Direct communication has been established between Colonel Edwards' and Colonel Northey's columns. Colonel Edwards has occupied ...

    Article : 62 words
  20. ITALY'S MOTIVES.

    A Washington report says President Wilson has received the following message from King Victor Emmanuel, in connection with the third anniversary of Italy's entry into ...

    Article : 61 words
  21. THE AIR FORCE.

    At the annual meeting of the Overseas Club the Air Minister (Sir William Weir) was presented with a cheque for £13,500, subscribed by the Overseas Club and Patriotic League, ...

    Article : 130 words
  22. LABOUR AND EDUCATION.

    Mr. Arthur Henderson, M.P., who presided at the Labour Educational Conference, said educational reconstruction was an essential part of the social reconstruction which was ...

    Article : 105 words
  23. FIRE AT PADDINGTON.

    A fire resulting in the total destruction of a large stable, a furniture storehouse, a cottage, and serious damage to two other cottages occurred shortly before 12 o'clock last night ...

    Article : 152 words
  24. RUSSIA IN ASIA.

    Tho United States has agreed to adopt a "hands-off" policy with regard to Russia, while simultaneously offering Russia supplies and any aid possible. There will not be ...

    Article : 106 words
  25. AUSTRALIAN AEROPLANE.

    There was a large attendance at Hull on the occasion of the presentation of a scout aeroplane to Australia for use at the front. The machine was purchased by a fund raised ...

    Article : 96 words
  26. PRINCE OF WALES IN ROME.

    The Prince of Wales has arrived in Rome. Enormous crowds welcomed him, including thousands of school boys, waving flags and shouting "Viva England." The Prince will ...

    Article : 69 words
  27. CASUALTIES.

    Robert Alexander, aged 10, lately residing at Killarney, near Gosford, was lighting a fire on Saturday night when a spark came in contact with a tin of benzine close by ...

    Article : 174 words
  28. SWEDES IN JAPAN.

    A sensation has been caused in Tokio by M. Wallenberg, the Swedish Minister, and fourteen prominent Swedes having left Japan owing to allegations of unneutral conduct. ...

    Article : 41 words
  29. RUSSIA'S RUIN.

    The "Daily Express" publishes a pathetic letter from a famous Russian general, who has been called the Lord Roberts of Russia. Though 75 years of age, he and his family ...

    Article : 146 words
  30. FOE'S CONVICT BATTALIONS.

    Somi—official despatches have reached Washington showing that the German man-power has been so weakened that the Government has been forced to adopt drastic measures to ...

    Article : 55 words
  31. COSTA RICA.

    Costa Rica baa declared war against the Central Powers. Costa Rica is a Central American republic, with a population of 411,000. The capital is ...

    Article : 37 words
  32. CHINA AND JAPAN.

    The Peking correspondent of the "New York Times" says that a naval convention between China and Japan has been signed. A Peking report says 800 students of Peking ...

    Article : 57 words
  33. RATIONS IN BRITAIN.

    Tea will be rationed in July, the allowance being 2½oz weekly. The Press Bureau announces that, in view of the surplus of British-made butter ...

    Article : 48 words
  34. AUSTRALIAN WAR PICTURES.

    Mrs. Fisher opened a fine display of photographs and colour sketches at the Grafton Galleries, depicting Australia's part in the war. The collection is the nucleus of a fine ...

    Article : 91 words
  35. PROHIBITED PUBLICATIONS.

    It was notified in Thursday's Commonwealth "Gazette" that the following had been declared prohibited publications under the War Precautions Regulations:—"The New ...

    Article : 86 words
  36. GERMAN MUTINY.

    Advices have reached Washington that a German division at Dvinsk mutined. Eighty were shot, and hundreds imprisoned Various regiments held meetings of ...

    Article : 65 words
  37. TROUBLE IN BOHEMIA.

    A Zurich report Bays pro-Entente demonstrations in Bohemia continue. Estates belonging to the German nobility have been attacked. A demonstration was arrnnged to ...

    Article : 63 words
  38. KING OF LITHUANIA.

    An Amsterdam message says the "Leipsig Zeitung" announces that, in accordance with the expressed wish of the Lithuanian people, the German Emperor and the King of ...

    Article : 69 words
  39. NEW GERMAN AIRCRAFT.

    The correspondent of the Chicago "Dally News" on the French front gives details of the new German aeroplanes. They have four motors, each of 300 h.p., and carry a crew ...

    Article : 61 words
  40. ZEPPELIN BROUGHT DOWN.

    The Exchange Telegraph Agency Company's Copenhagen correspondent saya fishermen at Esbjerg state that they witnessed a Zeppelin brought down in the North Sea. A ...

    Article : 34 words
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