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  2. MARITIME STRIKE.

    "These 300 or 400 seamen in Melbourne are holding up the whole of the shipping industry of Australia, except that comparatively small section of it which can run along altogether ...

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  3. PRICE OF BREAD.

    Mr. A. B. Piddington, K.C., Chief Interstate Commissioner, yesterday continued his inquiry into the price of bread. Special attention was directed to the question of flour. ...

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  4. LATE WAR NEWS.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Lloyd George), receiving agricultural representatives, appealed to farmers to increase enormously food supplies, not because he was afraid of the ...

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  5. EAST AFRICA.

    An official report concerning operations in East Africa states:—The last remnant of the guerilla band in the north surrendered near Eyassi Lake. The Belgians ...

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  6. GERMAN NAVAL MUTINY.

    Reports which have reached Amsterdam from Berlin state that Admiral von Capelle (Minister for the Navy) created a sensation in the Reichstag by stating that some ...

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  7. TEUTONIC PLOTS.

    The State Department has revealed cablegrams which were sent to Count von Bornstorff (ex-German Ambassador), showing that Germany in 1916 proposed to destroy the ...

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  8. SHIPPING.

    The following is the Admiralty summary of shipping movements and of ships lost during the week ended October 7. Arrivals, 2519; departures, 2632. ...

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  9. TOUGH TASK

    The correspondent of the United Press in Flanders telegraphs:—A pocket of Germans in Daisy (Dewzy) Wood is still holding out, but is fast dwindling. ...

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  10. ITALIAN FRONT.

    An Italian official message on Wednesday stated:—We repulsed repeated enemy attacks on Monday, which attempted to gain ground at Castagnavizza on the Carso. ...

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  11. RECRUITING.

    Sergeant Saunders will deliver a lantern lecture on Gallipoli to the men in the Taronga Park camp to-night at 8 o'clock. About 100 recruits will be required for the ...

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  12. MACEDONIA.

    A German official message on Wednesday stated: The Bulgarians repulsed the English south-west of Lake Doiran. ...

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  13. MEETINGS.

    To-day, at 1 p.m., Captain M'Vean, Lieutenant J. D. Walker, and Private MacKenzie, will address the recruiting meeting in Martin-place. To-night, at 8 o'clock, Private ...

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  14. AUSTRALIAN PRISONERS.

    Mr. Fisher (High Commissioner for Australia) is receiving many letters, from prisoners in Germany asking him to send more soup and meat. Mr. Fisher, in conjunction ...

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  15. MORE ABOUT BOLO PASHA.

    A Paris message states that Bolo Pasha, who is involved in the "Bonnet Rouge" scandal, was connected with the Perrier Bank, Paris, when it floated a £2,000,000 loan for ...

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  16. GALLANT AIRMAN.

    Friday's papers will announce the awarding of the Military Cross to Lieutenant W. W. Cook, of the New Zealand forces and the Flying Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and ...

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  17. EMPLOYEES' INDEMNITY ASSOCIATION.

    The prospectus of the Employers' Indemnity association of Victoria, formed to protect employers against union tyranny, was issued to-day. The scheme has been approved by ...

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  18. PEACE PROBLEMS.

    Dr. Kuhlmann (Foreign Minister), speaking in the Reichstag, said that Germany had only one reply to the subjeet of the restoration of Alsace and Lorraine—namely, "No—Never." ...

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  19. INDUSTRIAL RECONSTRUCTION

    A manifesto, signed by many business men and educationalists, has been issued urging a national scheme for industrial reconstruction, whereby workers will participa[?] in ...

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  20. ON THE WATER FRONT.

    Further indignation was expressed yesterday by members of the Sydney branch of the Seamen's Union at the attitude taken up by their Melbourne confreres, who are on strike ...

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  21. IN FLANDERS.

    Mr. C. E. W. Bean, the Commonwealth official correspondent, telegraphing on Wednesday, states:—The Australian troops on the crest of the ridge north of Broodseinde ...

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  22. WIN-THE-WAR LEAGUE.

    On Monday evening next, at 7.45, a meeting of the officers of branchs of the Win-the-War League will be held in the Repertory Theatre, Grosvenor-street. Major Shillington, ...

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  23. H.M.S. NEW ZEALAND.

    Sir Thomas Mackenzie (High Commissioner for New Zealand) visited the warship New Zealand. The captain who has recently been appointed to command her declared that in ...

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  24. STEAMER FOR MELBOURNE.

    Messrs. Howard Smith, Ltd., secured a volunteer crew yesterday for the cargo steamer Era, and an effort will be made to despatch her this evening to Melbourne. ...

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  25. POLICE ON STRIKE DUTY.

    One of our representatives yesterday referred to the Inspector-General of Police a correspondent's letter, pointing out that, while members of the police force who were ...

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  26. COAL-TRIMMERS.

    The coal trimmers held a meeting to-day and passed the following motions:— "That this meeting of the Coal-trimmers' Union condemns the action of the master ...

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  27. THE AIR SERVICE.

    Lord Cowdray, in a speech, said he had no doubt that the air service would be a determining factor in compelling the enemy to seek peace on terms which would be of ...

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  28. AUSTRALIAN WHEAT.

    The Customs Division of the United States Treasury Department announces that Australian wheat and flour are to be admitted free. ...

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  29. FLOODS IN CHINA.

    Business is almost at a standstill owing to the floods, 15,000 square miles of country being inundated. The French, British, and Japanese authorities are making efforts to ...

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  30. TRAITORS IN ITALY.

    A Rome report announces that Sergeant-major Bonatti has been sentenced to imprisonment for life; his wife was acquitted, but his father-in-law and two hotel ...

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  31. SULTAN OF EGYPT.

    The ex-Sultan had been ill for many months before his death. Much public sorrow was occasioned by the close of a useful life. Prince Fuad, his brother, succeeds him. ...

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  32. BROKEN HILL MINES.

    The total number of men registered for work on the mines, surface and underground, up to yesterday afternoon was 5558. Some men have already been engaged for surface ...

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  33. JURYMEN PAY AN ACCUSED'S EXPENSES.

    At the Circuit Court, before Mr. Justice Gordon, George Turner was tried on a charge of stealing a cow, the property of Peter O'Neill. The evidence showed that Turner ...

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  34. LABOUR COUNCIL.

    At last night's meeting of the New South Wales Labour Council delegates suggested that the council should take immediate action to safeguard the well-being of men who had ...

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  35. NEWCASTLE DISTRESS.

    A public meeting of citizens was held at the Council-chambers this evening to consider what action should be taken to relieve the distress that exists within the ...

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  36. SOUTH AMERICA.

    A message from Buenos Ayres states that all German ships in Uruguayan ports will be requsitioned. Enemy agents are seeking to create ...

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  37. BENEVOLENT SOCIETY'S APPEAL.

    Sir,—The Benevolent Society of New South Wales makes an appeal to the people of New South Wales for funds. From the beginning of the war, when the old society—the first ...

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  38. FIRES ON SHIPS.

    Referring to-day to the presence of German raiders in the Pacific Ocean, the Minister for the Navy (Mr. Cook) said that the general situation was receiving the undivided ...

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  39. LATE MR. H. A. DUNCOMB.

    Probate has been granted of the will and codicils of the late Mr. Henry Archibald Duncomb, grazier, who died Waitaki, Mosman, on May 4 last. The value of his estate is ...

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  40. POST-WAR TRADE.

    Sir Thomas Mackenzie (High Commissioner for New Zealand) has visited the principal English and Scottish Industrial centres, where he collected valuable data in connection with ...

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  41. SUPERANNUATION.

    The New South Wales Labour Council decided last night that a deputation should wait on Mr. Fuller, Acting Premier, immediately with reference to the decision of the ...

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  42. QUEENSLAND UPPER HOUSE.

    The Government proposes to make recommendations that will bring the numerical strength of the Upper House up to a figure never previously heard of in the history of ...

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  43. SUCCESS SOMEWHAT MODIFIED.

    Mr. Percival Phillips, telegraphing on Wednesday, says: Yesterday's original success has been somewhat modified between Broodseinde and the Thourout railway, embracing ...

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  44. DECLINE OF GERMANY'S STRENGTH.

    It is reported from Washington that the French Commission, in an authoritative review of the recent course of the war, declares that the Germans have reached their ...

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  45. BRAVE STRETCHER-BEARERS.

    Mr. Philip Gibbs, describing events in the newly-captured sector on Tuesday evening and night, says: Before darkness German aeroplanes came over in dense flocks and flew ...

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  46. THE PER CAPITA GRANT TO STATES.

    The Federal Treasurer (Sir John Forrest) has forwarded to the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) a recommendation that the States should not be given the per capita grant of ...

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  47. HOLLAND'S LIVE STOCK.

    A Washington report says the head of the Dutch mission asserts that Holland has begun to slaughter part of her live stock owing to the shortage of feed. A 50 per cent. ...

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  48. A UNION MOVE.

    Mr. Barr, of the Storemen's Union, speaking at last night's meeting of the Labour Council, said that if the Industrial Disputes Act was wiped off the statute book the union ...

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  49. FIRE AT KENSINGTON.

    A fire broke out in the premises of the British Australian Tobacco Factoty, Todman-avenue, Kensington, at 5.40 p.m. yesterday, but was extinguished by the automatic ...

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  50. PAPUAN RUBBER.

    The Minister for Home Affairs and Territories (Mr. Glynn) said yesterday that the production of Papuan rubber was estimated at about 415,000lb for the current year. Of ...

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  51. INSULT TO SPAIN.

    It is believed that the escape of the interned German U-boats from Cadiz has augmented the chances of involving Spain in the war. Spain stands insulted. It is not ...

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  52. GRAMPIANS SEAT.

    Nominations closed to-day for the by-election for the Grampians seat in the House of Representatives, rendered necessary by the death of Dr. Carty Salmon. Only two ...

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  53. MAJOR S. G. GIBBS KILLED.

    Major Stanley G. Gibbs, of the Army Service Corps, has been killed. He was previously on the Headquarters Staff of the First Anzac Corps. ...

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  54. HINDENBURG STAYS.

    It is reported that Hindenburg has declined to accompany the German Emperor to the Balkans, owing to the situation in Flanders. ...

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