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  2. FEDERAL SESSION.

    In the Senate to-day the Minister for Repatriation Senator Millen replying to Senator M'Dougall (N.S.W.), stated that the terms of the new war loan were now under the ...

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  3. RECRUITING.

    That there is to be an effort to infuse fresh life into the somewhat dry bones of recruiting in this State is evident from the visit of the Director-General of Recruiting (Mr. ...

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  4. LATE WAR NEWS.

    M. Kihlman, formerly Attorney-General of Finland, who is visiting England in connection with the relief fund, whon interviewed, stated that Finland is on the verge of ...

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  5. THE CYCLONE.

    A message from Townsville on Wednesday night stated that a heavy gale was blowing. Rockhampton reported that rain continued almost without cessation all night, and that ...

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  6. WESTERN FRONT.

    Sir Douglas Haig, in his noon report on Wednesday, stated: Encounters occurred with hostile raiders and patrols southwest of St. Quentin. We drove off a raid ...

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  7. THE SUBMARINES.

    Mr. T. J. Macnamara (Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty) announced in the House of Commons that two ships had been torpedoed in the Mediterranean, ...

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  8. PETROGRAD.

    A Petrograd message says: The Corumittee of Public Safety's manifeste states that the counter-revolutinaries Lave united with the object of fighting the Bolshevik ...

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  9. ANNEXATION.

    A Russian political official statement declares: The German annexationists have been sufficiently powerful to impose their will upon the evaaive, diplomatists of the ...

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  10. REIGN OF TEEROR.

    According to Stoekolm advices frontier messages state that a reign of terror prevails in Finnish towns. There was a sanguinary encounter on ...

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  11. AUSTRIA AND PEACE.

    The "Daily News" correspondent at Geneva states that strikes in Bohemia and Croatia continue, but elsewhere work generally has been resumed. It is becoming hourly more ...

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  12. BOLSHEVIK TALK.

    Several newspapers protest, against M. Litvinoff's speech inciting to revolution. M. Litvinoff followed up his reference to the possibility of a revolution in Germany by ...

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  13. PROBABLY NOT AUSTRALIAN.

    As no advice bas been received by the Navy Department it may be taken for granted that the vessels sunk ware not Australian. ...

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  14. TOLL KEPT DOWN.

    The Admiralty figures showing British shipping losses by submarines or mines for the week ended January 20 are as follow:— ...

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  15. LABOUR CONGRESS.

    Mr. Purdy, in his presidential address to the Labour Congress at Nottingham, said that after Mr. Lloyd George's and President Wilson's declarations, Germany could not ...

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  16. REVOLUTION IN VIENNA.

    The United Press Petrograd correspondent says the Government announces it has received wireless information that a revolution has broken out in Vienna, and that ...

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  17. COAL CONTRACT.

    Further reference was made last night by the Premier, Mr. Holman, to the criticisms which have passed during the last two weeks on the negotiations between the Victorian and ...

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  18. HAIG ATTACKED.

    A feature of the debate in the House of Commons on the Cambrai breakdown was a remarkable speech by Mr. Kennedy Jones. He startled the House by doclaring that ...

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  19. CAMBRAI BREAKDOWN.

    In the House of Commons Major Davies, on a motion for odjournment, said that in view of the vigorous Press campaign the Government should make a statement regarding Cambrai, ...

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  20. A PARIS SENSATION.

    A Paris report says sensational developments are expected in connection with the arrest of a man and woman, whose names are not forthcoming, who are charged with ...

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  21. U-BOATS LOST.

    The Berne correspondent of the "Agenzla Liberal" states that 22 German submarines were missing in December. The Gorman Admiralty, with a view to ...

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  22. FOOD COMMANDEERING.

    Lord Rhondda will shortly issue an order, empowering local food committees to commandeer other foodstuffs in addition to margarine. ...

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  23. GERMAN REPLY.

    An Amsterdam message says Count von Hertling's speech on Thursday in the Reichstag, in reply to President Wilson and Mr. Lloyd George, is awaited with growing ...

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  24. PRESENTATION TO PROFESSOR MACINTYRE.

    Professor R. G. Macintyre, who, until recently, occupied the position of chairman of the New South Wales Rocrultlng Committee, but resigned owing to ill-health, paid a visit ...

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  25. THEIR LAST FIGHT.

    The Admiralty reports: Our aircraft made a further day and night attack on the Goeben. They secured two hits with heavy bombs. We also bombed a tug alongside. Heavy ...

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  26. BAND CONTESTS.

    The attendance at the Sydney Sports Ground last night must have been encouraging to the Band Association of New South Wales, who are carrying out the interstate championship ...

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  27. "STICK TO IT."

    The Mayor of Newcastle has received the following cablegram from the — battalion:- "Mayor and citizens of Newcastle, New South Wales, best wishes for Xmas and the New ...

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  28. CHANGES ON HAIG'S STAFF.

    Mr. Macpherson, in the House of Commons, announced the following changes in Sir Douglas Haig's staff:—Brigadier-General-Lawrence, Chief of Staff; Brigadier-General F. ...

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  29. THE IRISH PROBLEM.

    Sir F. E. Smith (British Attorney-General), speaking in Ottawa, said that Sir Edward Carson had undoubtedly resigned from the War Cabinet on patriotic grounds. He was ready ...

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  30. HLNDENBURG'S EXHORTATION

    General von Hindenburg, in a message to the Young Men's Association, says:—German discipline and spirit have given us heroic strength to resist, a numerically superior ...

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  31. DOCTORS TO RESIGN.

    By a unanimous decision, the council of the Victorian branch of the British Medical Association decided that the resignations of lodge doctors would take ...

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  32. THE WAR CABINET.

    The Parliamentary correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" says the vacancy in the War Cabinet will not be filled immediately. ...

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  33. HONOUR REGAINED.

    A "Gazette" announces the reinstatement of E. P. England as Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Horse Artillery. He was dismissed from the army in December, 1914. His ...

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  34. CHINESE BANDITS.

    A report from Peking says it is believed that Chinese bandits fired on the United States gunboat Monocacy, which was reported to have been torpedoed on the ...

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  35. POOR LAW REFORM.

    The Poor Law Commissioners' report has been submitted to the Ministry of Reconstruction. The proposed scheme abolishes workhouses. The Guardians' functions were ...

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  36. ITALY'S CLAIMS.

    The Rome correspondent of the "Morning Post" says that Signer Orlando's visit to Paris is welcomed as a proof that the Italian Government intends to discuss an ...

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  37. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    In the House of Commons on Wednesday the Non-Ferrous Motals Bill was read a third time. A message from Stockholm says that Sweden ...

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  38. I.W.W. CASES.

    Mr. H. E. Booto delivered an address at last night's meeting of the Trades and Labour Council concerning the trial and conviction of the twelve members of the I.W.W. ...

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  39. TERRITORY LOSS.

    Interesting figures as to the cost of the Northern Territory to the Commonwealth to date were given by Senator Millen in the Senate to-day. The total liability taken ...

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  40. BRITAIN'S WAR BILL.

    In the House of Commons, Mr. Bonar Law stated that Britain's expenditure on the war for the seven weeks ended January 19 was £7,517,000 daily. ...

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  41. BRITISH FRANCHISE BILL.

    The Parliamentary correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle' says it is extremely improbable the House of Commons will agree to the vital changes made by the House of ...

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  42. CATTLE SWEPT AWAY.

    The Fitzrey River fell over a foot to-day, and continues to fall slowly. When the western waters nrrived, however, there is bound to be another rise. Water has now ...

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  43. FIRMS DISAPPOINTED IN VICTORIA.

    Mr. W. T. Appleton, chairman of directors of Huddart, Parker, stated to-night that keen disappointment would be felt by about six shipping and coal importing firms which ...

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  44. TASMANIAN V.C.

    The investiture took place at Buckingham Palace of Sergeant Dwyer, V.C. [Sergt. John James Dwyer is a Tasmanian and the announcement that he had been ...

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  45. ARMY PROMOTIONS.

    The "Daily Mail" states that the authorities have decided to promote the officers in the new army to higher commands shortly, and will begin by creating a number of ...

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  46. COL. REPINGTON.

    The "Times" says: "Colonel Repington resigned becau[?] we supported the Government man power [?]heme, without demanding more drastic com[?]ng out. There is u[?] foundation ...

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  47. BULLDOG COURAGE.

    Gunner Arthur Phillips, who returned to "Cardiff from Australia on the outbreak of war, received the Distinguished Service Medal at the Cardiff Exchange, tor sinking a ...

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  48. BUSH FIRE.

    Mr. E. R. Pike lost five stackes of has and 14 acres of standing wheat crop by a bush fire. The stacks were uninsured, but the standing crop was insured. ...

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  49. WAR BONUSES.

    The Press Bureau announces that the War Cabinet has decided from January 1 to pay a benus of 7½ per cent, to all pieceworkers engaged in munition work, except the iron and ...

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  50. FAMOUS ENGINEER DEAD.

    The death is announced of Sir John Wolfs Barry, K.C.B., aged 81. [The deceased was a famous engineer, and was the designer of the Tower Bildge, ...

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  51. SOLDIERS' CHILDREN.

    The Government has decided to aliot ten scholarships at the District High Schools of the value of £30 per year for five years to the children of deceased and incapacitated ...

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  52. BRIGADIER-GENERAL ASQUITH

    Lieutenant-Coramandor Arthur Asquith, son of the ex-Prime Minister, has been severely wounded in Franco. His foot was amputated. He has been promoted to the rank of ...

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  53. MISSING NEW ZEALANDER.

    Captain Charles K. Werd, who has disappeared, belongs to the New Zealand Dental Corps. Inquiries suggest that he muy still be alive, as be was seen after the discovery of ...

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  54. NOTE ISSUE.

    A notification was published in the Commonwealth "Gazette" to-day to the effect that the amount of Australian notes in issue might be increased from £48,000,000 to £50,000,000. ...

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