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  2. STRIKE PARTIALLY SETTLED

    A definite agreement for a general resumption of work in the railway and tramway services was reached on Saturday night. The settlement was arrived at in conference between ...

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  3. WESTERN FRONT

    The French made a dashing attack on a small front north of Verdun, and captured important positions. Otherwise there have been no operations of importance on ...

    Article : 441 words
  4. LATE WAR NEWS.

    A British communique issued at 1.10 p.m. states:—"We entered German trenches on a front of several hundred yards eastward of Villeret, taking prisoners. We raided ...

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  5. CHARGES AGAINST SWEDEN.

    A very grave situation has arisen as a result of its being disclosed that Sweden has violated her neutrality by transmitting code messages from Count von Luxburg, ...

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  6. AUSTRIANS HIT BACK.

    An Italian communique issued on Friday says: North-east of Gorizin the enemy having suffered heavily, is desperately resisting. We yesterday took 204 prisoners. ...

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  7. THE RUSSIAN PUZZLE.

    Such little definite news [?] been received of the Rign situation suggests that the Russian retirement, for the moment at least, has slowed down. ...

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  8. SWEDISH SENSATION.

    A sensation has been caused in the diplomatic world by the discovery that Sweden regularly, on behalf of Germany, transmitted, under the guise of Swedish Government ...

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  9. EAST AFRICA.

    The War Office announces: Our troops in East Africa are pursuing the Germans who were dislodged from Upepo, We occupied Mahenge. We repulsed enemy ...

    Article : 36 words
  10. ENEMY CALCULATES.

    The Rotterdam newspaper "Tyd" declares that the new German Council, which is discussing and formulating a reply to the Pope's Peace Note, proposes that Belgium's ...

    Article : 577 words
  11. MACEDONIAN BATTLE

    A French communique relating to Macedonia and issued on Thursday, says: The artillery struggle is somewhat violent in the region of the Vardar, especially on the left ...

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  12. 2,000,000 AMERICANS.

    A message from Washington say's that the War Department's programme provides that 2,000,000 men shall be on active service and in training by next June. ...

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  13. RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.

    The Petrograd correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" says:—"Barring disasters, there is a strong possibility that, the Germans will be held up on a line between Pskov and the sea. ...

    Article : 109 words
  14. UNITED STATES.

    President Wilson has issued a proclamation prohibiting the exportation of coin, and bullion currency to the Central Powers, and to neutrals, except under license. ...

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  15. SUBMARINE LOSSES REDUCED.

    Mr. Charles Grasty, of the "New York Times," cabling from London, says that since June 30 the average losses from submarines have been reduced by 159,000 tons per month. ...

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  16. A GERMAN DENIAL.

    It is reported from Amsterdam that the "Handelsblad," commenting on a New York message that Germany proposed Holland should open the Scheldt to German ...

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  17. MERCHANTMEN FIGHT SUBMARINES.

    The "New York Tribune" publishes further details regarding the battle between 22 merchantmen and seven submarines. It says:— "Four of the merchantmen which participated ...

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  18. TORTURED BELGIANS.

    The Belgium Government has given the Paris correspondent of the "New York Times" an exclusive statement describing the sufferings of the Belgian people, and impressed ...

    Article : 213 words
  19. GRAND DUKES ARRESTED.

    The Grand Dukes Michael and Paul have been arrested because of their friendly relations with certain superior officers alleged to be connected with a reactionary plot with ...

    Article : 68 words
  20. THE MARNE BATTLE.

    The Paris newspaper, "Le Journal" publishes an account of an interview with Viscount French, on the occasion of the anniversary of the Marne battle. The British ...

    Article : 283 words
  21. TERMS OF SETTLEMENT.

    Representatives of the Strike Defence Committee—about 16 in all—were again in close consultation with Mr. J. B. Holme, B.A., Under-Sectetary for Labour and ...

    Article : 524 words
  22. OFFICERS' LAPSE.

    Metcalf, who was formerly an officer in the Coldstream Guards, and Milton, who was in the Flying Corps, were found guilty in connection with the theft of jewellery from a ...

    Article : 208 words
  23. IRISH CONVENTION.

    The Belfast correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states that the visit to Belfast of the Irish Convention was a great success. The fact that the initiative came from the ...

    Article : 85 words
  24. GENERAL WAR NEWS.

    The War Office announces that newspaper statements made regarding an increase in soldiers' pay are unauthorised and 'inaccurate. An official announcement will be issued ...

    Article : 84 words
  25. REPORTING FOR DUTY

    Inquiries yesterday elicited the fact that the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association—one of the main bodies affected by the strike—is already acting upon ...

    Article : 145 words
  26. PRICE OF FOOD.

    The London correspondent of the United Press Association interviewed Lord Rhondda (President of the Local Government Board), who stated that England expects to spend ...

    Article : 154 words
  27. ALLEGED SHIPPING FRAUD.

    Douglas Carson, assistant manager of the Humber Graving Dock Company, has also been arrested as a party to alleged frauds in connection with ship-repair contracts. ...

    Article : 71 words
  28. GERMAN LOSSES.

    The Paris "Matin" says that the German losses in defending Lens are already 16,000, or a quarter of the number engaged. Moreover, since August 23 thirty-five German ...

    Article : 132 words
  29. RED CROSS WORK.

    The Australian Red Cross commissioner in London reports that the August issues of comforts in England included 1,500,000 cigarettes, 1194lb of tobacco; 3219 packages of foodstuffs, ...

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  30. NEW FRENCH CABINET.

    It is reported from Paris that the Premier, M. Ribot, presented his Cabinet's resignation to President Poincaro, but [?] ferred further action, at the latter's request, ...

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  31. GERMAN WAR LOAN.

    It is reported from Copenhagen that a German 5 per cent. war loan of ten [?] ards of marks (nominally, £500,000,000) will be issued on the 19th. ...

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  32. TRAMWAY UNION.

    Mr. Wharton, secretary of the Tramway Union, stated last night that when he left the Department of Industry on Saturday night everything had been definitely settled so far ...

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  33. FRANCHISE IN CANADA.

    Mr. Meighen (Solicitor-General) has introduced a Wartime Elections Act, providing for the disfranchisement of aliens of enemy origin naturalised since 1902, and enfranchising the ...

    Article : 77 words
  34. PEACE MEETING STOPPED.

    The police stopped an open-air peace meeting in Manchester owing to women and wounded soldiers threatening a disturbance. The organisers were hooted, and took refuge ...

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  35. N.S.W. GOVERNOR.

    The Colonial Office has chosen a Governor for New South Wales, but will not disclose his name till he is formally appointed. ...

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  36. LIQUOR TRADES.

    The New South Wales branch of the Liquor Trades' Employees' Union of Australia, with a membership of about 3000, held a largelyattended meeting yesterday afternoon to ...

    Article : 89 words
  37. NEW GERMAN BARBARITY.

    The correspondent of the United Press Agency telegraphs that the Germans bombed American and British hospitals on the French coast on Tuesday night. The attack was ...

    Article : 64 words
  38. PRISONERS IN TURKEY.

    The Press Bureau states that the sending of parcels to prisoners in Asiatic Turkey; except Manissa, has been suspended. Letters and money orders are still being forwarded. ...

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  39. JAPANESE WARSHIP.

    A Washington Embassy has been informed that Japan is building a battleship of 22,000 tons. ...

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  40. WHEAT ESTIMATES.

    The wheat estimates are 668,000,000 bushels, as compared with 640,000,000 last year. ...

    Article : 21 words
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