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  2. THE CARD SYSTEM.

    Mr. James Fraser, Chief Railway Commissioner, gave further evidence yesterday, before Judge Curlewis, Royal Commissioner, Inquiring into the operation of the time ...

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  3. WAIRUNA'S OFFICERS

    The head office of the Union Company has been advised that Captain Saunders and the officers of the Walruna are prisoners of war at Karlsruhe, and can be communicated with ...

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  4. CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE.

    Delegates from all States were present at the opening at the Town Hall to-day of the fifteenth annual conference of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of Australia. The ...

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  5. RECRUITING.

    About ten days ago Captain Carmichael, M.C., M.L.A., proposed that the coollicting parties in the late conscription fight should be compounded with a view of carrying out a ...

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  6. RUSSIAN PEACE TREATY.

    A report from Moscow says a section of the Revolutionary Socialists are withdrawing from the Government, declaring that they will not lay down their arms. They intend to ...

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  7. LATE WAR NEWS.

    The correspondent of the United Press in Petrograd reports that Martoft, head of the Monshevlks, addressing the Moscow Soviet, alloged that the treaty with Germany provided ...

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  8. DELAYED OFFENSIVE.

    Mr. Philip Gibbs, telegraphing from the Western front on Sunday, states: Enemy operations are still limited to raids and gas bombardments. There is very little ...

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  9. FOR ATTACKS FRENCH

    A, Trench communique, issued on Sunday afternoon, stated: Fairly considerable reciprocal artillery fire is reported north of the Chemin-des-Dames. Under ...

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  10. SHIPBUILDING.

    Referring yesterday to his visit to Melbourne in connection with the shipbuilding proposition, the Minister for Works (Mr. Ball) stated that he had conferred with the Prime ...

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  11. DUTCH SHIPS.

    The "Daily Express" Says the Allies to-day will temporarily take over a million tons of Dutch shipping Ii Allied ports. These ships will be utilised in carrying food. It is stated ...

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  12. AMERICA.

    Many interesting facts concerning conditions in the United States are contained in a letter written to a friend in Sydney by Mr. Thomas Hughes, of the Colonial Sugar Refining ...

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  13. MANCHURIA.

    Tokio newspapers state that Chinese and Japanese assisted to suppress the Bolshevik rising on the Manchurlan frontier. There were no casualties. ...

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  14. THE PARIS EXPLOSION.

    It is reportad from Paris that 1600 people were injured in the Courneuve disaster. It appears that three men were carrying a case of hand-bombs when they heard a click. ...

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  15. GERMAN SET-BACK.

    Mr. Gilmour telegraphing on Friday stated: Being drunk with brandy the Germans suffered greater defeat at the bands of the Australians than was at first ...

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  16. SUBMARINE SUNK.

    A New York message says an American tank steamer which has arrived in port reports having had a fight lasting an hour with a U-boat in the Bristol Channel oa February 24. Finally ...

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  17. UNITY ESSENTIAL.

    In opening and dedicating a rectory at St. Anne's, Ryde, on Saturday afternoon, the Archbishop of Sydney (Dr. Wright) said that Australia had been spared what had happened in ...

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  18. AUSTRIAN UNREST.

    The "Lelpziger VolksZeitung" says the strike became general in Vienna on Friday. A Zurich wireless message says the Austrian censor suppressed news of serious ...

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  19. PROMPT ACTION URGED.

    At a meeting of the Ashfield women's branch of the National Association of New South Wales the following resolutions were carried:—"That, owing to the pressing demands ...

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  20. TIRPITZ AND THE SUBMARINES.

    Admiral von Tirpitz is again prophesying docisive success if the German submarine campaign is continued without flinching. He does not fix any definite date when the ...

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  21. BRITISH FRONT.

    Sir Douglas Haig on Sunday afternoon reported: We drove off raiders near Zonnebeke. Enemy artillery has been active southward of the Bapanme-Cambral ...

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  22. WAR NOTES.

    The latest French communique announces what appears to have been a rather important German effort against portions of the French front on the Eastern side of the Mouse above ...

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  23. VICTORIAN POLITICS.

    The Governor, Sir Arthur Stanley, to-day refused the request of the Premier, Mr. Bowser, for the dissolution of the Legislative Assembly. Upon receiving his Excellency's ...

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  24. AUSTRALIAN SPIRIT.

    Mr. F. M. Cutlack, assistant official correspondent with the A.I.F. in Franco, cabling on Friday, stated:- The Australians again raided the German ...

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  25. IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS.

    Interesting details of the work being done at the Broken Hill Proprietary Company's iron and steel work at Newcastle are contained in the company's report for the four ...

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  26. REORGANISATION OF UNIONS.

    A conference of affiliated and unafflliated unions, convened by the New South Wales Labour Council, was held at the Trades Hall. The scheme for the reorganisation of unions ...

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  27. FLOATING A CEMENT COMPANY.

    An action to recover moneys paid in connection with the proposed flotation of a large cement company was concluded to-day, before Mr. Justice Hood, in ths First Civil Court, ...

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  28. APPEAL FOR PROHIBITION.

    Rev. R. B. S. Hammond, speaking at the Seamen's Institute of the C.M.M. to-day, said that the promise of Australia in this war was "the last man and the last shilling," and they ...

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  29. LAND TAXATION.

    The London "Daily Telegraph," referring to the Federal and State Land taxes on tho Midland raliway (Western Australia) declares. The land grant, after serving its original ...

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  30. AIR RAIDS.

    A Paris message states that M. Abel Ferry, in an article in the "Petit Parisien," suggests that the Government, in agreement with the Allies, Bbould, through neutral Pewers, ...

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  31. WHERE ARE THE MEN?

    Referring yesterday to the statement made by Mr. Con. Wallaco, M.P. for Darlington, on Saturday, that Australia had contributed in all about 500,000 men to the war, Mr. Joseph ...

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  32. RUSSIA'S PEACE.

    The evation which M. Lenin is said to have received while advocating the ratification of the Risso-German peace treaty indicates that the desire for peace at any price is still ...

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  33. RAILWAY COMMISSIONER FOR VICTORIA.

    At the request of the Victorian Government Mr. Smith, president of the New York Central Railway, has forwarded several nominations for the position of Victorian Railway ...

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  34. SHIPPING LOSSES.

    A Washington report says that Mr. Daniela (United States Naval Secretary) made a statement that the world's shipping construction new exceeds the sinkings by submarines. ...

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  35. FISHERIES.

    The Chief Secretary has just returned from a tour of the inshore or estuarine fisheries north of Newcastle. Mr. Fuller was much impressed with the magnitude of these and with ...

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  36. DUTCH SHIPS.

    A New York message pays the United States War Trade Board has issued a statement explaining that the Allles calculate Hollanda's shipping needs at 550,000 tons. The balance ...

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  37. BOULDER FALLS ON TRAIN.

    A message from Harrisburg (Penn.) says that a boulder weighing 300 tons fell on a passing train, smashing the sleeping cars. Two of the occupants were killed and 20 ...

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  38. SYDNEY MUNICIPAL LIBRARY.

    The Lord Mayor, Alderman J. Joynton Smith, in the presence of a large gathering, yesterday afternoon officially opened the new quarters of the Sydney Municipal Library in ...

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  39. EARLY CLOSING.

    The London "Daily Telegraph" states that a new order is to be issued closing theatres, music halls, and cinemas at 9.30 each night alter April 1. It Is believed that this will ...

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  40. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The Press Bureau announces that Britain, on behalf of the Allies, is taking over the Egyptian cotton crop from August next also the residue of the present crop. ...

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  41. REVIEW OF TROOPS.

    There will be a review of troops by his Excellency the Governor-General (Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson) at Moore Park, at 3 o'clock this afternoon. ...

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  42. HOMEBUSH ABATTOIRS.

    The State Government decided yesterday that the Board of Trade under the Amending Arbitration Act recently passed shall, when appointed, act as a Royal Commission to ...

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  43. SHIPBUILDING CONTRACTS.

    It has been ascertained that Walker's, Ltd.. engineers and Iron founders, of Maryborough, have received contracts for the construction in cast-steel of the stern posts and ...

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  44. AUSTRALIAN WOOL.

    The investigation of a German plot to corner wool revealed that German agents in the United States purchased wool from Australia, and endeavoured unsuccessfully to ship it to ...

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  45. CAUCASIAN GOVERNMENT'S THREAT.

    Apparently the opponents of the [?] German peace treaty include some important bodies in Russia, not the least being the Government of Caucasia, which is reported ...

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  46. IRELAND.

    Mr. Donovan, M.P., speaking at Glasgow, said the Irish Convention had almost succeeded. The remaining difficulty was the opposition of a very small insurgent minerity ...

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  47. WAR CHEST CONTRIBUTIONS.

    The Clifton-Scarborough War Chest Fund contributions for the fortnight amounted to £43/8/9, as follows:—Scarborough collieries and cokeworks, £19/7/[?] Coalcliff colliery, ...

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  48. BISHOP CRITICISES GALA.

    The gala in aid of the Lord Mayor's Fund was concluded on Saturday night. It was a great success, and it is expected that the gross takings will exceed £1000. Preaching ...

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  49. MILITARY MEDAL.

    Mrs. Kerr, of Midgeloy-street, Corrimal, has been advised that her brother, private A. Hamilton, has been awarded the Military Medal for removing wounded from the ...

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  50. STRIKE IN SPAIN.

    Spanish telegraphic agencies bave decided to institute a general strike. All post-offices have been placed under military guard. It is leared the railwaymen will join in the strike. ...

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