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  2. CONSTABLE SHOT

    Constable David McGrath was shot dead by burglars at the Trades Hall about half-past [?] o'clock this morning. Three men are now under arrest charged ...

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  3. MUNITIONS METAL.

    "With knowledge and deliberation, I declare that the Imperial authorities and the Commonwealth, in holding up all Australian supplies of wolfram, molybdenite, and other ...

    Article : 366 words
  4. RECRUITING.

    Replying to Mr. Cann's statement on the subject of recruiting, the Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) said last night that the remarks he had made to the "Herald" ...

    Article : 486 words
  5. THE BALKANS.

    "Le Temps" (Paris) correspondent Nish estimates that half a million Austrians and Germans are massed on the Servian frontier, including 250,000 Germans. ...

    Article : 260 words
  6. WESTERN FRONT.

    Private telegrams from England and France to all neutral countries have been suspended for 48 hours. Lord Kitchener sent the following ...

    Article : 936 words
  7. EASTERN FRONT.

    A communique states: Our cavalry stopped the German offensive southward of Lake Dusiaty (south-west of Dvinsk). We dislodged the enemy at Kullkovitchy on ...

    Article : 254 words
  8. ALLIES' OFFENSIVE CONTINUES.

    The Allied offensive continues, especially on the Champagne front, where the Allies captured 121 field or ...

    Article : 126 words
  9. OFFENSIVE WILL BE RESUMED.

    That there is any possibility of the British offensive dying down yet seems hardly believable. The forward move that has been made between La Bassce and Lens, notable ...

    Article : 210 words
  10. GERMANY'S SUBMARINE LOSSES.

    It is sincerely to be hoped that Copenhagen is well informed when it tells us that the German Admiralty has received no news for some time from no less than 47 submarines, ...

    Article : 425 words
  11. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

    Freetraders continued the Budget debate in the House of Commons. A division on certain import duties resulted: Ayes 174, noes 8 (including Mr. R. L. ...

    Article : 139 words
  12. SUBMARINES.

    It is reported from Copenhagen that the German Admiralty, has not received news of 47 submarines, which are supposed to be lost. The real number is believed to ...

    Article : 37 words
  13. COAL TRADE.

    As a result of the compulsory conference between the employers and employees of the coal mines of Australia, which began before Mr. Justice Higgins, President of the ...

    Article : 399 words
  14. "GASSED" SOLDIERS.

    Miss Mary Davies, a bacteriologist, nearly lost her life in a heroic experiment to test poison as an antidote. Although previous tests on animals were fatal, she ...

    Article : 104 words
  15. ENLISTING.

    Recruiting has not yet taken an upward movement; In fact, recruiting is nothing like what it was a few months ago. Only 35 were accepted at the Barracks yesterday, and 32 at ...

    Article : 364 words
  16. ASIATIC TURKEY.

    It is officially announced that after three days' fighting we dislodged the Turks from their position on both banks of the Tigris, seven miles below Kut el Amarah (100 ...

    Article : 195 words
  17. WAR NOTES.

    One of the most significant items of news this morning is in relation to no news. The item reads:—"Private telegrams from England and France to all neutral countries have ...

    Article : 384 words
  18. MILITARY HOSPITALS

    Senator Pearce, Minister for Defence, accompanied by Sepator Long, visited the No. 4 military hospital at Randwick yesterday and inspected the alterations and additions that ...

    Article : 480 words
  19. RECRUITING.

    The "Manchester Guardian" states that Enrl Kitchener, when addressing the Labour Conference, said he preferred the voluntary system; but the present rate ...

    Article : 211 words
  20. EMPIRE LEAGUE.

    Over a hundred members of the British Empire League in Australia, and of the Victoria League in New South Wales, attended a meeting in St. James's Hall last night, at the ...

    Article : 386 words
  21. DARDANELLES.

    A Turkish communique states: We silenced on Tuesday batteries bombarding our positions near Sedd ul Bahr. Mitylene reports state that there was a ...

    Article : 71 words
  22. SOUTH COAST COMPANIES.

    The secretary of the Wollongong Recruiting Committee has received a communication from the military authorities, requesting to be furnished with a list of names of ...

    Article : 240 words
  23. FIGHTING STILL IN PROGRESS.

    In the meantime the French are continuing their offensive in the Champagne district and to the north of Arras with unabated vigour, and in each sector even the German ...

    Article : 244 words
  24. H.M.A.S BRISBANE.

    The Prime Minister, Mr. Fisher, yesterday made available the following message from the King to the Governor-General, Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson, in reply to the cable ...

    Article : 76 words
  25. MR. CHURCHILL.

    Mr. Winston Churchill (ex-First Lord of the Admiralty, and now Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster) has appeared in a new role. He has stopped from politics ...

    Article : 156 words
  26. GERMAN PLOT.

    The "Freeman's Journal" publishes details of German plans for promoting strikes in America. It appears that Matthew Cummings, of ...

    Article : 182 words
  27. OUR WOUNDED.

    A transport with a contingent of New South Wales and Queensland sick and wounded soldiers will reach Sydney to-night. The troops, however, will not be landed till 9 ...

    Article : 184 words
  28. NAVY MINISTER PLEASED.

    The Minister for the Navy (Mr. Jonsen) stated yesterday that it had been reported to him that no damage had resulted to H.M.A.S. Brisbane through going aground at Spectacle ...

    Article : 122 words
  29. FEDERAL REVENUE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 138 words
  30. GUNNER PERRY.

    The inquiry was resumed to-day into the alleged ill-treatment of Gunner Perry by Dr. Mende at the Base Hospital. A further attempt was made to cross-examine Perry by ...

    Article : 190 words
  31. THE BRITISH SECTOR.

    The British section of the line, as far as we can gather from the cables, is still meeting the German counter attacks, and our troops have not yet been able to make their ...

    Article : 220 words
  32. REVENUE RETURNS.

    The quarter's revenue amounted to £51,569,628, the Customs being £10,967, 000, excise £24,481,000, and stamp duty £1,704,000. ...

    Article : 20 words
  33. MONEY AND MEN.

    Six per cent, of the population of Papus has enlisted, while subscriptions to the various war funds total £2000. Mr. Staniforth Smith, Administrator of the territory ...

    Article : 80 words
  34. ROLL OF HONOUR.

    Mr. Harold Cawley (Liberal M.P. for the Heywood division of Lancashire) has been killed at the Dardanelles. Sir Thomas Capper has been killed in ...

    Article : 28 words
  35. MERCHANT SHIPPING.

    Arrival: At Bellingham Bay (Washington State): Fearless, 4-mstd sch (left Sydney July 22). Departures.—For Sydney: Willis A. ...

    Article : 31 words
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