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  2. PUBLIC SERVICE.

    Evidence concerning matters affecting the clerical division of the Public Service was placed before Mr. G. Mason Allard, Royal Commissioner yesterday. ...

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  3. CYCLONIC STORM.

    Definite news concerning the fate of Mackay is anxiously awaited. It is now certain the town received the f[?] force of the cyclone which struck the Queensland coast. ...

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  4. LATE WAR NEWS.

    Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:- We captured two machine-guns in successful patrol encounters last night ...

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  5. WAR NOTES.

    The news from Austria-Hungary overshadows all other newi in this mornings cables—that, and the unexpected announcement that the Allied Premiers are to hold an ...

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  6. UNHAPPY RUSSIA.

    Dr. Harold Williams, the Petrograd correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle," says that Bolshevik leaders state that their action in dissolving the Assembly was justified. They ...

    Article : 199 words
  7. WESTERN FRONT.

    Mr. Philip Gibbs, telegraphing from the British headquarters in France, says: The relief from incessant infantry fighting is reflected in the clear drop in the ...

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  8. AUSTRIAN CRISIS

    The Amsterdam correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" says the Austrian strikers behaved in an exemplary fashion, and avoided disorder. They continued absolutely necessary ...

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  9. THE IRISH PROBLEM.

    There is a growing belief that a settlement of the Irish question is not for distant. Sir Edward Carson's resignation is regarded as a most hopeful sign. ...

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  10. GOEBEN AND BRESLAU.

    The Admiralty has published details of the Goeben-Broslau engagement. These show that our destroyer, Lizard, while patrolling north-eastward of Imbros, sighted the Breslau ...

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  11. SIR EDWARD CARSON.

    The Press Buroau announces that Sir Edward. Carson has resigned from the W[?]r Cabinet He wrote to the Prime Minister as follows:- "When I joined the War Cabinet I had no ...

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  12. ENEMY'S UNDER-WATER CRAFT.

    A report from Parts says it is rumoured that the German submarinos have been recalled to their bases in connection with the new Spring campaign. ...

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  13. ITALIAN FRONT.

    Official cables from Rome received in Washington state that the Central Powers are maintaining 52 divisions on the Piave and Brenta lines. ...

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  14. THE NEXT RISING.

    Twenty disguised men raided two houses near Galway and held up the occupants at the revolver point. They took two shotguns, a duckgun, a rifle, a bag of ammunition, ...

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  15. IRISH PAPERS BANNED.

    It is reported from New York that three Irish newspapers have been barred the use of the United States mails. ...

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  16. STRANDED GOEBEN.

    Naval experts state that the warship Goeben, as the now lies beached on Nadara Point, in the Dardanelles, has become an easy target for our naval guns. ...

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  17. FLOODS IN GERMANY.

    The Hague correspondent of the "New York Times" says: There are heavy floods throughout Germany, due to the thawing and tremendous snowfalls. Factories, munition ...

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  18. TURKISH DESERTERS.

    Official despatches received in Washington state that 160,000 Turks, or over 50 per cent. of the entire army commanded in Asia Minor by General von Falkenhayn, ...

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  19. AMERICA'S ARMY.

    A report from Washington states that the President informed a deputation of Senators that America's overseas army by June will be twice the size originally planned. ...

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  20. GENERAL CABLES.

    The Minister for Munitions has extended the orders controlling spelter to all zinc and compounds. ...

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  21. SUBMARINE MENACE.

    United States invontors have perfected a non-ricochet shell, which is capable of exploding under the water. The British and French Admiralties are successfully ...

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  22. RETURNED MEN.

    The soldiers who returned yesterday were few in number—31 for Queensland, and 45 for this State. Their combative spirit they had apparently left behind them on the Western ...

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  23. AUSTRIAN STRIKE.

    It is difficult to ascertain what actually is happening in Austria. Freedom is allowed the strike leaders. The Premier's promptness in meeting their demands suggests the ...

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  24. LORD NORTHCLIFFE'S ATTACKS.

    Colonel Repington, who has resigned from the position of military correspondent of the "Times," becomes military correspondent of the "Morning Post." ...

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  25. MR. HUGHES'S POSITION.

    An Ottawa message says that the Canadian Press comments upon Mr. Tudor's failure to form a Coalition Government. Several newspapers suggest that Mr. Hughes would show ...

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  26. ELECTORAL REFORM.

    The House of Lords carried by 132 votes to 42, Lord Selborne's amendment to the representation of the People Bill, providing for proportional representation on the basis of ...

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  27. PLEA FOR THE BOLSHEVIKS.

    A meeting in connection with the Labour Conference accorded M. L[?]tvinoff the Russian Provisional Plenipotentiary in London, a tremendous reception. ...

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  28. UNITED STATES.

    The New York "World" co[?]demns the War Council as "a vicious measure designed to strip the President of his powers." If the bill is carried by Congress, the paper says, ...

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  29. STOREKEEPER METHODS.

    On his return from Sydney to-day the Minister for the Navy (Mr. Cook) alluded to the comments by the Auditor-General (Mr. Israel) on the faulty methods of storekeeping at the ...

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  30. BRITISH PARLIAMENT.

    Mr. Arthur Henderson, [?]essing a conference of the Women's Labour League at Nottingham, said he believed a general election would be held between July and ...

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  31. RATIONS IN BRITAIN.

    The Press Bureau says under the new public meals order there are to be two meatless days weekly. The order prohibits the consumption of milk, excepting in tea, coffee, and ...

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  32. RECRUITING.

    Mr. Donald Mackinnon, M.L.A., DirectorGeneral of Recruiting, will arrive in Sydney to-day and deliver a series of appeals to eligible men. He will open his campaign at ...

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  33. THE DECISIVE BLOW.

    The Paris correspondent of the "New York Times" says: France is awaiting confidently the great German offensive on the West front, which she believes is imminent. ...

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  34. SOCIALIST LEAFLETS.

    In the House of Commons yesterday Sir George Cave (Solicitor-General), replying to Mr. C. P. Trevolyan, said the police had raided the premises of the British Socialist party ...

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  35. DOUBLE INCOME TAX.

    Mr. Francis Keating, presiding at a meeting of the Australian Pastoral Company, protested against the double income tax, and the injustice of paying high war taxes on the ...

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  36. TO-DAY'S MEETINGS.

    Balmain.—Rowntree-street, 8 p.m.: Lieut. Litchfield, Sergt. Robson, Private Barrington. Southern Cross Picture Theatre, Neutral Bay 8 p.m.: Lieut. Nicholls, Dr. Agnes ...

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  37. GERMAN PRISONERS.

    The "Manchester Guardian" says the authorities are bringing German prisoners from France to work on farms in the south of England, previous experiments having been ...

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  38. THE WARSPITE FIRE.

    Three boys from the t[?]ing ship Warspite, named Ernest Adams, Frederick Blogg, and Harold Gurr, were charged at Dartford with setting fire to the Waraplte. The police ...

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  39. UNITED STATES.

    It is reported from Washington that the concensus of opinion is that owing to the President's opposition the War Council Bill will be defeated. ...

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  40. FIRE BRIGADE CHANGES.

    The decision of the Fire Board to reorganise the personnel of the Fire Brigade has met with hostility from the members of the brigade, who say that the contemplated ...

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  41. MUNIFICENT GIFT

    Lord Glenconnor has preeented the nation with Dryburgh Abbey, a famous monastic ruin in Berwickshire. ...

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  42. FOUR-MINUTE APPEALS.

    An appeal is being made to a[?]l club organisations and societies in Victoria to secure members for a four-minute league, which will be formed of men who are prepared to take ...

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  43. ALSACE-LORRAINE.

    A Paris message states that the Seine Socialist Council has unanimously recognised the right of M. Thomas to express his personal views in regard to Alsace-Lorraine. ...

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  44. PEACE TERMS.

    A message from Paris states that M. Albert Thomas, in a letter to the "Matin," urges Mr. Lloyd George and President Wilson to offer terms to Germany diplomatica[?] The ...

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  45. GENERAL CABLES.

    The Judicial Committee has granted special leave to appeal from the decision of the New South Wales Prize Court regarding the case of the steamer Turul. ...

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  46. BOLSHEVIKS' LOOSE RULE.

    The "Daily Chronicle's" Petrograd correspondent says: Lenin and the Soviet condem[?] the murders of M. Shingareff and M. Kokoshkin, and have issued an order for the ...

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  47. CHINESE TORPEDO GUNBOAT.

    It is officially announced in Washington that the United States Government has protested to the Chinese Government against the torpedoing of the United States gunboat ...

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  48. USED TEA LEAVES.

    A Stratford man has been fined £250 for manufacturing used tea-leaves as an [?]mitation of tea, the used tea-leaves also being mixed with to[?] as a che[?] ...

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  49. COAL AGREEMENT.

    It is expected that an agreement under which Victoria will take up to 200,000 tons of coal from New South Wales each year for two [?]ears will be signed without delay. ...

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  50. LATE SHIPPING.

    FREMANTLE.—Arr: Jan. 23, Zealand[?] from east[?] ...

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