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  2. SHIPBUILDING.

    The position of Australia in being almost entirely dependent on others for her shipping, and the need for an extension of ship-building were referred to by the Governor-General ...

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  3. CYCLONE AND FLOOD.

    News reached Brisbane to-day that the river at Muttaburra is risingly rapidly, endangering the homesteads und township. Telegraphic communication with Muttaburra ...

    Article : 647 words
  4. LATE WAR NEWS.

    Mr. Arthur Ransome, telegraphing from Petrograd, insists that the position of the Bolsheviks is critical. The conference of Soviets was discussing the question of peace ...

    Article : 269 words
  5. RUSSIA'S RED FLAG.

    Mr. Harold Williams, telegraphing from Potrograd, states that the Bolshovik newspapers admit that the Brest Litovsk negotiations exposed the German Government's ...

    Article : 435 words
  6. THE CENTRAL EMPIRES

    A Washington cablegram Bays the State Department has been advised that there is increasing restiveness amongst the Slav population in Austria, particularly the Czechs. The ...

    Article : 531 words
  7. WAR NOTES.

    Having had to choose between disastrous peace and disastrous war, Germany has chosen the latter. The speech of Count von Hortling, her Chancellor, is one of ...

    Article : 310 words
  8. BRUNNER, MOND, AND CO., LTD.

    The firm of Brunner, Mond, and Co., Ltd. (alkali manufacturers) is offering every holder of two ordinary shares three more at £1 each. The company has paid 26½ per cent. for years. ...

    Article : 114 words
  9. CITY COUNCIL.

    At last night's meeting of the City Council a letter was received from the Lord Mayor, Alderman Joynton Smith, who has been in hospital for several weeks with [?]n ...

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  10. FOUR GERMANS.

    Apart from the Emperor, there are four men who hold the destinies of Germany in their hands to-day. There are the Chancellor, Count von Hortling, and the Foreign ...

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  11. CHANGING THEIR TUNE.

    The Geneva correspondent of the "Daily Express" says that the British raid on Mannhelm on Thursday eclipsed all other raids, showing Germany the penalties she may expect ...

    Article : 109 words
  12. AUSTRALIAN CORPS SCHOOL.

    The Australian Corps School has evolved into a magnificent institution. It has assumed the proportions of a small military college, with highly trained instructors. Each division ...

    Article : 324 words
  13. WESTERN FRONT.

    Recent referdnces in official communiques, indicating an extension of the British front, are confirmed. A new section has been taken over from the French. ...

    Article : 108 words
  14. SCOTTISH WOMEN'S WAR HOSPITALS.

    The above fund now stands at £7088. Public meetings will be held next week at Singleton and Muswellbrook, when the people of these towns will have an opportunity of hearing the ...

    Article : 174 words
  15. THE RUIN OF MACKAY.

    Up to 10.30 p.m. on Friday, January 25, 19 bodies, victims of the Mackay catastrophe, had been recovered, and some 100 buildings in centres most affected were more or less ...

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  16. THE U-BOAT LULL.

    A Washington report says Mr. Baker (United States Secretary for War), in a communique, points out that Germany is planning the most powerful submarine ...

    Article : 128 words
  17. A.N.A. DAY.

    The annual Foundation Day luncheon of the Australian Natives' Association was held at the Exhibition Building to-day, and among those present were the Governor-General (Sir ...

    Article : 78 words
  18. BBITAIN'S BASES.

    The Paris "Matin" says:—"Count von Hertling's demand that England shall abandon Gibraltar, Malta, Aden, and Hongkong, is a puerile manoeuvre. These bases alone have ...

    Article : 55 words
  19. ALSACE-LORRAINE.

    Count von Hertling, in the speech which he has just delivered in the Reichstag, stated definitely that there could be no thought of handing over Alsace-Lorraine to France. ...

    Article : 409 words
  20. TOWNSVILLE ESCAPES.

    The Deputy Postmaster-General has received a telegram from the lineman in charge of St. Lawrence stating that the cyclone there on the 21st inst. only did slight damage ...

    Article : 46 words
  21. LINER TORPEDOED.

    The Irish correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" states that the Cunard liner Andania, which was carrying 40 passengers and 200 crew, was torpedoed off the Ulster coast. ...

    Article : 57 words
  22. NOISY AGAIN.

    The Paris correspondent of "Humanite" in Switzerland, who recently saw the German Emperor in Berlin, says the military clique has convinced him that Germany's situation is ...

    Article : 69 words
  23. ATTACKED BY A SHARK.

    Excitement was caused on the Sandringham Beach on Sunday afternoon when a shark seven feet long came into the shore. When the alarm was given there was rush for ...

    Article : 125 words
  24. N.S.W. OFFERS HELP.

    The Premier on Saturday telegraphed to the Premier of Queensland expressing the deep concern of the New South Wales Government at the bad news from Mackay, and offering to ...

    Article : 146 words
  25. THE MERSEY ENGINEERS.

    Sir Auckland Geddes unexpectedly accepted an invitation to speak at a meeting of the Morsey Engineers. His speech occupied 1½ hours, and then he was for two hours ...

    Article : 58 words
  26. THE DARDANELLES.

    A Turkish official report says: There has been lively aerial activity in the Dardanelles. Land fire compelled two enemy warships and a mine-sweeper to retreat. ...

    Article : 43 words
  27. BRUTAL TREATMENT.

    The New Zealand soldiers from Germany, who are now interned in Switzerland, spent much time in Dulmen. Two attempts to escape failed. The Allied prisoners, especially ...

    Article : 200 words
  28. THE CONSTITUTION.

    The Constitution as one of the problems that would have to be faced after the war, was discussed by the Governor of Victoria. Sir Arthur Stanley, at the A.N.A. Foundation ...

    Article : 165 words
  29. A NOTE ISSUE.

    The issue of 60,000 five-shilling notes by Britain is imminent. ...

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  30. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PROVIDES £5000.

    The sum of £5000 is being made available immediately by the Commonwealth Government for relief purposes in connection with the Mackay disaster. This will be followed ...

    Article : 336 words
  31. TURKS CLAIM ADVANCE.

    A Turkish communique says: We rectified our lines in Palestine, advancing them two kilometres. ...

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  32. STATE INCOME TAX.

    State income tax returns for the year ended December 31, 1917, are now due, and should be delivered or posted to the Commissioners of Taxations at George-street North, on or ...

    Article : 99 words
  33. CASUALTIES.

    Yesterday morning three residents of Towrang took shelter in an unoccupied but about half a mile from the railway station, and in it they found the body of man, apparently ...

    Article : 392 words
  34. AMERICA'S WAR EFFORTS.

    A Washington message says the appointment of Mr. E. J. Stetinius as Surveyor-General for all army purchases is an illustration of the general tendency to ...

    Article : 68 words
  35. WILLY-WILLY AT PORT HEDLAND.

    A telegram from Port Hedland states that on Thursday last, after a shade temperature of 120 degrees, the most violent "Willy Willy" on record struck the town and damaged a ...

    Article : 43 words
  36. "FREEDOM OF THE SEAS."

    What does the term "Freedom of the Seas" mean? We can form an idea of what it means in the German mind by reading some remarks made recently by Professor F. Sefton ...

    Article : 410 words
  37. AWARDED THE D.S.O.

    Major Norman Oxenham, a son of the wellknown sportsman, Mr. Humphrey Oxenham, was, last week, awarded the D.S.O. for meritorious work in France. Previously, Major ...

    Article : 69 words
  38. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    There are rumours that a colonial loan is pending. It is presumed to be for one of the Australian States. Captain Ward, a New Zeslander, an inmate ...

    Article : 77 words
  39. A. PIONEER'S DEATH.

    Last week Mr. W. W. Fraser, one of the very old residents of the Inverell district, died at the advanced age of 87. The deceased was the son of a Scottish minister, and was ...

    Article : 206 words
  40. AUSTRALIANS HONOURED

    Bars to the Military Medals have been awarded to the following Australians:—Private G. L. Hampton, Private A. Robinson, and Lance-corporal C. W. Wignell. ...

    Article : 38 words
  41. "TRENCH TEETH."

    Acting upon reports from various sources in regard to the disease called "trench teeth," the Mininter for Health has obtained the following statement from the ...

    Article : 138 words
  42. LATE SIR SAMUEL PETHEBRIDGE.

    There was a large gathering at the funeral of the late Brigadier-General Sir Samuel Pethebridge, K.C.M.G., administrator of the captured German islands in the Pacific, which ...

    Article : 71 words
  43. JAPAN AND THE WAR.

    The United Press correspondent at Tokio states that M. Ozaki, speaking in the Diet, denounced the Terauchi administration, and lamented its indifference ...

    Article : 63 words
  44. NEWS AWAITED IN ENGLAND.

    Details as to the fate of Mackay are anxiously awaited in England. ...

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