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  2. THE COUNTING

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 18 words
  3. WAR NOTES.

    No one can read the recent cablegrams relating to peace discussions in the various belligerent countries without admitting the effective nature of Gorman propaganda. When ...

    Article : 351 words
  4. LATE WAR NEWS.

    Sir Douglas Haig, reporting at midday, states: We repulsed a local attack in the neighbourhood of the Ypres-Staden railway, and drove off raiders to the ...

    Article : 39 words
  5. WESTERN FRONT.

    Sir Douglas Haig on Friday night reported: There has been increased hostile artillery fire in the neighbourhood of Polygon Wood, Passchendaele, and ...

    Article : 245 words
  6. IMPORTANT DECISIONS.

    The wording of Mr. Lloyd George's letter, coupled with the fact that he unexpectedly invited the executive of the Congress to Downing-street on Friday evening to discuss the ...

    Article : 313 words
  7. RUSSIA.

    The central executive of the Soviet has decreed the nationalisation of the private banks. Depositors' safes will be compulsorily examined, and gold, coin, and bullion ...

    Article : 270 words
  8. WAR AIMS.

    Seven hundred delegates, representing 2,500,000 workers, met in the Central Hall at Westminster on Friday to consider the memorandum formulating Labour's war aims and ...

    Article : 735 words
  9. TROTSKY TO ALLIES

    A Petrograd message states that M. Trotsky, addressing the Soviets' Executive, said: "Russia will insist that self-government shall apply to territories and ...

    Article : 667 words
  10. THE PEACE QUESTION.

    The "Central News" states that Mr. Lloyd George, discussing the war aims with the Labour Conference's Executive, explained that the conference's proposals could only be ...

    Article : 105 words
  11. THE STATES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 220 words
  12. THE RUSSIAN DANGER.

    The Petrograd correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" says that the German terms mean the restoration of the status quo ante bellum, coupled with the Berlin-Bagdad scheme and a ...

    Article : 92 words
  13. SUNK BY GERMANS.

    A Rotterdam message states that one of the British destroyers lost off the Dutch coast was sunk by Germans. When news of the disaster arrived a steam lifeboat with surgical ...

    Article : 55 words
  14. SIBERIA.

    A Washington message says despatches from Tokio state that Chinese and Japanese troops are preparing for possible action in the Far East. The occupation of portions of Siberia ...

    Article : 153 words
  15. GERMANY AND DEMOCRACY.

    The British Trade Union Congress, in its advocacy of a negotiated peace, summarises ita policy under three headings, the first of which is:—"A speedy settlement founded on ...

    Article : 326 words
  16. THE STATUS QUO.

    A Paris message says M. Pichon (Foreign Minister), speaking in the Chamber of Deputies, said: "The Allies have no idea of enslaving foreign populations, but only of ...

    Article : 167 words
  17. BRITISH SUCCESS.

    An official report from Palestine on Friday stated: After repelling several determined attacks at Ras-El-Tawil, northward of Jerusalem, and eastward ...

    Article : 334 words
  18. VICTORIA.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 93 words
  19. BRITAIN'S FOOD.

    Mr. Bevan (Dockers' Union), speaking at the Labour Food Conference, said that when in England Mr. Massey arranged with the Government that New Zealand mutton should be ...

    Article : 146 words
  20. FRENCH WAR EFFORT.

    A Paris report says the Chamber has de cided to call up the 1918 class. It was stated that Germany already had called up her 1920 class. Intending to make a formidablo effort. ...

    Article : 123 words
  21. ITALY.

    An Italian official message on Friday stated:—We drove back patrols in the Giudlearle and Lagarina valleys. Successful minor engagements on the Asiago ...

    Article : 210 words
  22. GREAT AIR RAID.

    The Milan correspondent, of the "Daily Chronicle" gives fuller accounts of the great air raid on Trevise. Twenty-five bombing machines," supportod by 50 chasers, ...

    Article : 101 words
  23. QUEENSLAND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 102 words
  24. ENEMY'S WILL MUST BE BROKEN.

    "Even if you hold democracy to be a 'religion," continues Mr. Belloc, "how can you conceive its sudden acceptance by the Germans?... Even it by a miracle, the, like ...

    Article : 432 words
  25. GERMAN PRISONERS.

    It is reported from Zurich that 84 British officers and 455 men are to be released from Germany for internment in Switzerland. They include the following:—Australians: Captains ...

    Article : 103 words
  26. BOMBS ON MANNHEIM.

    Further official Information of the bombing raid on Mannheim (Germany) on December 24 shows that in the morning two of our formations of ten machines crossed the line ...

    Article : 124 words
  27. NAVAL LOSS.

    The Admiralty announces that three British destroyers were mined or torpedoed in a fog off the Dutch coast on the night of December 22-23. Thirteen officers and ...

    Article : 39 words
  28. ARMY RUGBY MATCHES.

    Following are the results of the Rugby football matches played by the oversea troops:- Australian Engineers (14 points) v Australian Headquarters (nil); New Zealand, Command ...

    Article : 46 words
  29. MR. LLOYD GEORGE.

    Replying to the resolution of the Parliamentary Committee of the Trade Union Congress and the National Executive of the Labour party, suggesting that the Government ...

    Article : 225 words
  30. STOCKS AND THE WAR.

    The "Bankers' Magazine" states the values on the Stock Exchange of 337 representative stocks have decreased by £771,000,000, equal to 23 per cent, since the outbreak of war. ...

    Article : 108 words
  31. THE REFERENDUM.

    Assuming that the early returns of the referendum in Australia indicate that the soldiers' votes are not likely to alter the verdict on the conscription proposals of the ...

    Article : 147 words
  32. SHIPPING OFFICES ABLAZE.

    The Orient Steam Navigation Company's offices and stores at Tilbury have been burnt, and damage done to the extent of £10,000, The workshops were saved. ...

    Article : 29 words
  33. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 26 words
  34. SUBMARINES.

    A Rome message says the "Corriere D'Itala" learns from Germany that the submarines which have been sunk during the past quarter number ten in excess of those constructed ...

    Article : 69 words
  35. YESTERDAY'S HEAT.

    High temperatures were again recorded over inland areas on Saturday, where maximum day temperatures were mostly between 95 and 104 degrees, the latter value being ...

    Article : 180 words
  36. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 38 words
  37. BREST-LITOVSK.

    A Zurich telegram from Berlin states that the whole Liberal and Socialist press is highly satisfied at the results of the Brest-Litovsk conference. Pan-German and Conservative ...

    Article : 117 words
  38. DR. MANNIX.

    Archbishop Mannix, in the course of an address at Collingwood on Saturday night, said that for some days before the referendum ballot polls Avere taken in the military ...

    Article : 308 words
  39. FOOD PROBLEM.

    Representatives of the Trades Union Congress, the Labour party, and the War Emergency Workers' National Committee met at Westminster to discuss the question of food ...

    Article : 201 words
  40. OVERSEA MARKET CABLES.

    January shipments of cotton aro selling at 22.79d per lb. Colonial frozen meats and rabbits are not offering. Owing to the latter's absence ...

    Article : 59 words
  41. WORLD'S WHEAT CROP.

    The world's wheat production during the past year amounted to 1,864,000,000 bushels, excluding the harvest of the Central Powers, being a decrease of 3 points. ...

    Article : 29 words
  42. SECURITY OF PEACE.

    Lord Curzon's New Year, message to the Primrose League is as follows:—The severest trial of the war lies before us, not behind. The spirit of our country and race will ...

    Article : 141 words
  43. TASMANIA.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 89 words
  44. COLLIERY TRADE.

    During the fortnight ended yesterday only one colliery (Richmond Main) in the Newcastle and Maitland districts worked the full time of nine days. Eight worked eight days ...

    Article : 176 words
  45. PACIFIC CABLE BOARD.

    The report of the Pacific Cable Board for the year 1916-17 shows that the receipts exceeded the expenditure by £90,926, but the contribution, to the Renewal Fund was ...

    Article : 141 words
  46. GENERAL CABLE' NEWS.

    A second list of orders of the British Empire will be issued on Monday. The "Daily Chronicle" says the first list was disappointing, and hopes for a better selection the next. ...

    Article : 176 words
  47. GERMAN COLONIES.

    An Amsterdam report says Dr. Fensch, a Majority Socialist, speaking at Chemnitz, said: "Cermany's colonies would remain in Britain's hands only if the Allies won such a series, ...

    Article : 167 words
  48. POLYGAMY IN GERMANY.

    The "Berliner Tageblatt," discussing the question of polygamy, denies that the movement has official support, but admits the existence of polygamy, Instancing the Eden ...

    Article : 60 words
  49. GERMAN ESCAPEE RECAPTURED.

    Ernest Christian Kuhlmann, a German escapee from Holdsworthy Camp, was arrested at Summer Hill Creek last night by Sergeant Paton, Kuhlmann, with a man named Fischer, ...

    Article : 75 words
  50. ZEPPELINS DESTROYED.

    The Paris correspondent of the United Press says that Germans has only 13 Zeppelins, 35 having been destroyed, and the are either disabled or missing. ...

    Article : 54 words
  51. NEW ZEALAND FREIGHTS.

    Increased shipping freights are contemplated on New Zealand produce lines which are not purchased by the Imperial authorities. Particulars are not available, but it ...

    Article : 67 words
  52. LUTHERAN CLERGYMAN.

    A local protest has been made against the visits of a Lutheran clergyman to the German Battlement at Bareenong. A local resident has wired Mr. Grimm, M.L.A., and Mr. ...

    Article : 45 words
  53. LADY DENMAN'S HEALTH.

    Lady Denman, wife of the former Governor-General of Australia, is suffering from typhoid fever. She is going on satisfactorily. ...

    Article : 29 words
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