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  2. THE CARD SYSTEM

    In a statement issued by Mr. Kavanagh last week, on behalf of the Strike Promotion Committee, regarding the card system, said Mr. Fuller yesterday, the following appears:— ...

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  3. THE STRIKE

    Two urgent measures were introduced in the Assembly last night. One gives power still further to restrict the use of gas and electricity. The other amends the Mining Act, giving the ...

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  4. POPE'S PEACE NOTE

    The Rome correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" says that the Vatican is annoyed at the premature publicity given the Peace Note. It was inte[?]ded to issue the Note ...

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  5. LATE WAR NEWS.

    The Paris "Matin" says that the Britishers' impetuous assault was the most violent witnessed for ten months past. The merciless violence of the [?]ght, its swiftness, and the ...

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  6. ROUMANIA.

    The position on the Sereth front of Moldavia is still very critical. The Russians and Boumanians appear to be doing their utmost to stop the violent Austro-German ...

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  7. HILL 70 TAKEN BY CANADIANS

    The Canadians, advancing one mile on a two miles front, have secured most important positions northward of Lens, which it is reported will become a mere ...

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  8. FRENCH LOSSES.

    During the week ended August 12 the arrivals at French ports totalled 1010, and the sailings 1028. The French ships sunk were:— One above and three below 1600 tons. Four ...

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  9. LONDON WELCOMES AMERICANS.

    American troops who marched through London streets received the warmest and most popular demonstration of the war period. Lord Derby (Minister for War), General Sir ...

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  10. NEUTRAL BOAT TORPEDOED.

    It is reported from Christiania that the Norwegian steamer Bestum has been torpedoed. The crew was rescued. ...

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  11. BRIGADIER-GENERAL KILLED.

    Brigadier-General R. Maclachlan, of the Rifle Brigade, has been killed in action. He married, in 1908, a Sydney lady, a daughter of Dr. J. Cox. ...

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  12. THE SUGGESTED BALLOT.

    The Acting Premier, Mr. Fuller, referring yesterday to the Defence Committee's proposal for a ballot, said:— "Mr. Kavanagh's proposal shows that he ...

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  13. EX-CZAR IN EXILE.

    Copenhagen advices state that the threatened reactionary movement in Russia during July has been successfully overcome. The ex-Czar and his family have been secretly ...

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  14. THE EX-CZAR.

    It is reported from Petrograd that the ex-Czar has been conveyed to a family estate near Kostroma (230 miles north-east of Moscow). ...

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  15. PRISONERS IN TURKEY.

    A conference between British and Turkish delegates, shortly, will discuss the better treatment of prisoners in Turkey. ...

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  16. THE MEDITERRANEAN.

    The "Daily Express" expects that an important announcement will shortly be made concerning the naval command in the Mediterranean. ...

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  17. BANISHING THE CZAR.

    The train which conveyed the Czar to exile in Siberia left at a quarter to six in the morning, the utmost secrecy being observed. The Czarina was pale and ill. The Czar ...

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  18. BOMBS ON VENICE.

    An Austrian communique says:—In reprisal for the Italian aerial attack on Pola, numerous Austrian aeroplanes attacked Maritim Arsenal at Venice, and successfully dropped four tons ...

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  19. CHINA AT WAR.

    China's first action after declaring war has been to take over all Austrian and German shipping in her ports, and repatriate German officials. It is not intended to intern ...

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  20. LOSSES OF SHIPPING.

    The following is the Admiralty summary of shipping movements and of ships lost during the week ended August 12. The figures do not include fishing and ...

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  21. COVETED BAGDAD.

    The Rome correspondent of the "Morning Post" says that the Austrian and German troops sent to Anatolia will form the nucleus of a combined army, which has been ...

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  22. NAVAL PENSIONS.

    A warm passage occurred in the House of Lords between Lord Beresford and Lord Lytton (Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty). ...

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  23. LOANS FOR ALLIES.

    Mr. McAdoo, Secretary to the Treasury, informed Congress that it would be necessary to vote an addition of £1,800,000,000 war credit, including additional loans of ...

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  24. WHAT IS LOYALTY?

    Mr. G. W. Fuller, Acting Premier, in a statement made yesterday said:— "The only way in which the Strike Promotion Committee is able to keep its forces ...

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  25. GREEK OPINION.

    Replies to the Speech from the Throne, from both the majority and minority, in the Greek Chamber of Deputies, have been submitted, says an Athens message. The ...

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  26. STOCKHOLM CONFERENCE

    It is expected that the Government will forthwith be challenged in the House of Commons upon the refusal to issue passports to delegates to the Stockholm Conference. ...

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  27. A "MUTINY."

    "This is a mutiny, and not a strike, declared the Minister for Defence, Senator Pearce, to-day, in referring to the industrial upheaval. ...

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  28. CONCESSIONS TO LABOUR

    The Minister for Munitions, Mr. Winston Churchill, when securing the omission of the "dilution of labour" clause from the Munitions Bill in the House of Commons, explained that ...

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  29. ELECTRICAL TRADES' PRESIDENT.

    The following letter has been addressed to the Federated Electrical Trades Union of Australia by Mr. Flower, its president, who is resuming ...

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  30. NATIONAL SERVICE BUREAU.

    The Prime Minister, Mr. Hughes, announced to-day that Mr: G. G. Haldane, chief accountant of the Postmaster-General's Department, had been appointed Director-General of the ...

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  31. GENERAL WAR NEWS.

    In the House of Lords, the Marquis of Salisbury's amendment, that no order under the Ministry of Reconstruction Bill should be issued unless in pursuance of a resolution ...

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  32. RAIDS IN IRELAND.

    Police and military raided the Dublin premises of Colonel More's section of the National Volunteers, who broke off from the main body. Books, ammunition, and 100 ...

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  33. STRIKE IN PRAGUE.

    A message from Amsterdam s[?]s that reports from Prague show that 90 per cent. of the munition workers and 70 per cent. of other Bohemian workers have been on ...

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  34. DISORDER IN SPAIN.

    The strike control committee has been arrested. There have been further fatalities and casualties in Sabadell and Barcelona. ...

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  35. CANADIANS' VICTORY.

    Mr. Philip Gibbs sends a vivid description of how the Canadians captured Hill 70, after mining the Lens suburbs of St. Laurent and St. Emille. He gives an eye witness's account ...

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  36. RAILWAYMEN'S DEMAND.

    In the House of Commons, Sir Albert Stanley (President of the Board of Trade) said that the Board of Trade was unable, under the war conditions, to grant an ...

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  37. ITALY AND ENTENTE.

    The Rome correspondent of the "Morning Post" interviewed Baron Sonnino (Minister for Foreign Affairs), who said he was delighted with the results of the London ...

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  38. ANZACS PRAISED.

    Thursday's papers will contain General Maude's M[?]ian despat[?] in which mention is made of the [?] Captain Marr[?] R. Clark [?] ...

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  39. VOLUNTEER COOKS.

    Miss Elcanor Jacob, president of the Australian Women's Service Corps, has been requested to supply cooks for the Volunteers' Camp at the Cricket Ground. Several have ...

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  40. ASSAULTING TRAM CONDUCTOR

    At the Central Police Court yesterday Louis Kaufmann, 25, was fined £5, with the option of two months in gaol, for assaulting Thomas Forbes, a tram conductor. The assault, it ...

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  41. DEPUTATION TO MR. HUGHES.

    A deputation from the Melbourne Trades Hall Council waited upon the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) at Federal Parliament House this afternoon, and urged that he should ...

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  42. TROUBLE IN ARGENTINA.

    The imminence of a general strike, arising out of railwaymen's grievances, threatens to paralyse the frozen meat trade. ...

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