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  2. CENSURE MOTION.

    Mr. Keegan resumed the debate in the Legislative Assembly yesterday upon the motion of censure on the Government, proposed on Wednesday by Mr. John Storey, ...

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  3. COAL CONTRACT.

    The following statement regarding the Victorian coal contract has been, signed by the principal colliery proprietors of New South Wales: ...

    Article : 277 words
  4. WATERFORD PEERAGE.

    The defence in the Waterford legitimacy suit consists of a total denial of the plaintiff's allegation that he is the lawful son of the fifth Marquess. ...

    Article : 113 words
  5. LATE WAR NEWS.

    In reg[?]rd to the Representation of the People Bill, the small majority in favour of the alternative vote suggests the possibility of a ...

    Article : 190 words
  6. WAR NOTES.

    After a trying time, during which her troops have been compelled to act on the defensive, Italy has attacked again, and has met with considerable success, [?] attack was ...

    Article : 347 words
  7. WAR AIMS.

    Mr. Bonar Law, in the House of Commons, denied that the A[?]lles' Co[?] in P[?] proposed to issue a joint declaration of war aims. He considered that o[?]r de[?]rations ...

    Article : 46 words
  8. SITUATION IN GERMANY

    Copenhagen advices state that news from Berlin is meagre. Most of the great newspapers are not being published owing to the strike. All workmen's meetings and ...

    Article : 372 words
  9. RAIDING GOTHAS.

    Gotha aeroplanes bombed Paris last night. It was a bright moonlight night. wh[?]n the Gothas arrived at 11.445 they were met with intense gunfire. Numerous bombs were dropped ...

    Article : 235 words
  10. A CLEAN PEACE.

    A deputation of Journalists and authors presented an address to Lord Lansdowne in recognition of [?] on war-aims of November [?]8. The address said: Lord ...

    Article : 281 words
  11. NEW SOUTH WALES LOAN.

    The Government of New South Wales is inviting holders of 3[?] per cent. stock, maturing in September, to convert an equal amount at 5[?] per cent., maturing in 1922-32, also, cash ...

    Article : 139 words
  12. THE RAID ON PARIS.

    The Paris theatres had just emptied when the most murd[?]rous raid that Paris has yet suffered was commenced. It is estimated that 60 Gothas attacked, operating in squadrons of ...

    Article : 212 words
  13. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The House of Lords has passed the second reading of the Non-ferrous Metal Bill. The Press Bureau anno[?]nces that the Duke of Connaught has arrived in Egypt and has ...

    Article : 230 words
  14. FEDERAL FINANCE.

    The Federal Treasurer, Sir John Forrest, in his Budget speech, estimated that there would be a deficit of about £2,000,000 in Customs revenue for the financial year ...

    Article : 228 words
  15. WESTERN FRONT.

    Sir Douglas Haig, reporting late on Wednesday night, stated: The enemy's artillery has been more active at Epehy, Havrincourt, La Bussee, and to the eastward of ...

    Article : 320 words
  16. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ASIAGO FRONT.

    Referring to the Asiago front in a recent number of "Land and Water," Mr. Hilaire Bello[?] wrote:—"There is no material whatsoever for forecasting the future events that ...

    Article : 451 words
  17. ITALIAN VICTORY.

    An Italian official message states: our detachments continued their thrusts south of Asiago. We improved our position north-east of Col-del-Rosso. ...

    Article : 329 words
  18. RUSSIAN PARTIES.

    It is roported from Petrograd that a new party has arisen called the "Independent Anarchists." They denounce the Bolsheviks as a bourgoois Government. ...

    Article : 164 words
  19. SHOW ON GOOD FRIDAY.

    The Archbishop of Sydney has addressed the following letter to the Council of the Royal Agricultural Society on the subject of the opening of the Show on Good Friday: ...

    Article : 377 words
  20. PLAGUE IN CHINA.

    The British Legation has received a medical report, urgently appealing for more doctors to fight the plague, which is spreading southwards. ...

    Article : 31 words
  21. RUSSIA.

    The Government manifesto explaining the raising of the new revolutionary army says:— "Whereas the old army was an oppressive instrument of the bourgeoisie, the new army ...

    Article : 137 words
  22. RECRUITING.

    The following recruiting meetings will be hold to-day:- Martin-place, 8 p.m.: Mr. A. M. White; and Private Barrington will exhibit a number of ...

    Article : 40 words
  23. COMPLAINT AGAINST ENGLAND.

    Captain Muller's interview with Wolff's Agency is being widelyquoted by the German newspapers. Captain Muller is very bitter about his "unheard-of" treatment aboard the ...

    Article : 182 words
  24. INCOME TAX FORMS.

    Dissatisfaction is felt that a sufficient supply of forms in connection with tne returns of income tax is not available locally. One man who came between 30 and 40 miles to Forbes ...

    Article : 80 words
  25. A PSYCHOLOGICAL MOMENT.

    The Italian attack, of course, has an important bearing on the whole war situation. The climatic conditions on the Western front are not yet favourable enough for the ...

    Article : 383 words
  26. MESOPOTAMIA.

    A British official message from Mesopotamia states: Hostile aeroplanes on the night of January 24-25 bombed ou[?] hospital near Bagdad, causing casualties. ...

    Article : 45 words
  27. BRISBANE STOCK EXCHANGE

    The annual meeting of the Brisbane Stock Exchange was held yesterday. The president (Mr. D. Benjamin), in placing the annual report and balance-sheet before members, said: ...

    Article : 294 words
  28. ALLIED COUNCIL.

    The "Echo de Paris" says the Allies' Supreme Council at Versailles has reached a complete agreement upon several important military questions. M. Clemenceau declared ...

    Article : 41 words
  29. RUSSIAN LOANS.

    The Minister for Finance announced that the Government believed that succeeding Governments in Russia would continue to pay the interest on the loans, therefore the ...

    Article : 42 words
  30. DOCTORS AND LODGES.

    The position in connection with the dispute between the B.M.A. and the friendly societies was unchanged to-day, as the lodge surgeons' resignations took effect from January 31. The ...

    Article : 68 words
  31. THE WAR'S CRISIS.

    President Wilson has issued a statement in which he expresses the opinion that the culminating crisis of the war has arrived, and that this year's achievements must determine ...

    Article : 217 words
  32. LOST TRANSPORT.

    The first published story of the sinking of the transport Aragon, which was torpedood on December 30, is given by a nurse who was aboard. ...

    Article : 218 words
  33. SINGLE-MEMBER CONSTITUENCIES.

    The Hoube of Commons, by 178 votes to 170, restored the alternative vote for single-member constituencies which the House of Lords rejected. ...

    Article : 29 words
  34. UNITED STATES NAVY.

    A Washington report says Mr. Daniels (Secretary for the Navy) announced that nearly two billion (£400,000,000) have already been spent in the United States navy in the ...

    Article : 70 words
  35. SALE OF FUEL.

    Yesterday's issue of the Government "Gazette" includes regulations governing the sale of coal, coke, and firewood. The regulations provide that coal or firewood hawked on any ...

    Article : 164 words
  36. RATIONING SCHEMES.

    Speaking in the House of Lords, the Food Controller (Lord Rhondda) stated he hoped to have the country covered by local compulsory rationing schemes early in March, which ...

    Article : 40 words
  37. THE NORTHCOTE CUP.

    To-day the first heat of the contest for the Northcote Cup was won by Killara, representing the St. Kilda Yacht Club, which beat The Rip (Royal Yacht Club) by 10 seconds. ...

    Article : 42 words
  38. AN AMERICAN FRONT.

    We may expect that the Allied Premiers, who are now sitting in War Council in France, will not be slow to take advantage of the present internal conditions of the enemy ...

    Article : 313 words
  39. KIEFF TAKEN.

    A Petrograd message says that the Bolsheviks occupied Kleff after the exchange of a few shots. ...

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  40. LOAN TO BRITAIN.

    It is reported from Washington that the United States Government has lent Gre[?]t Britain £53,000,000. ...

    Article : 21 words
  41. WHEAT SILOS.

    The Wheat Board, the Railway, and other Government officials have inspected the main and branch line stations where the wheat silos are to be constructed, and ...

    Article : 41 words
  42. A DISCIPLINED NATION.

    Sir Edward Carson, on the eve of his departure for Ireland, addressed the British Empire producers' organisation. He said the Germans were not relying on the superiority of their ...

    Article : 90 words
  43. VALUATION OF GERMAN VESSELS.

    The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council dismissed with costs the consolidated appeals from the decision of the New South Wales Prize Court re the vessels Germania, Tiberius, ...

    Article : 216 words
  44. MONS HERO'S GRIEF.

    A bomb on Tuesday fell on a house in a London suburb instantly killing seven members of a soldier's family. The father and a boy of 13, who is aboard a training ...

    Article : 75 words
  45. DROWNED IN A WATERHOLE.

    A young man named Norman Pittman, who had been missing for several days from his home at Gungal, has been found drowned in a waterhole. ...

    Article : 32 words
  46. THE WEATHER.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 184 words
  47. WEEKLY SINKINGS.

    An Italian official message states: The arrivals for the week ended January 27 were 446, and the sailings 430. Two steamers over 1500 tons, and two [?]ng ships under 100 ...

    Article : 77 words
  48. KEROSENE IMPORTATION.

    With the object of keeping kerosene as cheap as possible for the Australian user a vessel of the Commonwealth recently brought 150,000 cases of kerosene to Australia for the ...

    Article : 62 words
  49. BRESLAU'S LAST DASH.

    Mr. MacNamara (Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty) stated in the House of Commons that the British casualties during the recent action at the Dardanelles were ...

    Article : 35 words
  50. TAX ON CAPITAL.

    A meeting of the owners of house and business property in Greater London, representing £200,000,000, protested that any tax on capital would have a penalising effect on the property ...

    Article : 47 words
  51. CHARGE AGAINST GERMAN.

    A New York report states that at the trial of a German named Henning for treason, a witness asserted: "While a munition works inspector's attention was distracted Henning ...

    Article : 59 words
  52. PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION.

    The New Zealand Protestant Political Association has inaugurated a special campaign fund for £100,000, and the secretary has been instructed to exchange copies, of the ...

    Article : 50 words
  53. BRAZIL'S NAVAL HELP.

    A message from Rio de Janeiro states that Brazil is sending a cruiser and destroyer division under Admiral Mates, to join the British fleet in European waters; also ...

    Article : 34 words
  54. OBITUARY.

    The death is announced of Mr. Alfred Rothschild, a partner in the firm of Messrs. N. M. Rothschild and Sons. ...

    Article : 24 words
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