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  2. WOOL.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) to-day made the following announcement with regard to the sale of wool:—"The first appraisements in Sydney and Melbourne have been made ...

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  3. "WIN THE WAR."

    Professor Macintyre, chairman of the State. Recruiting Committee, is leaving for Tasmania to-day. Previous to taking up the work of the recruiting committee he had made ...

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  4. WAR NOTES.

    The few further facts that have been received relative to the Russian attack at Riga throw a good deal more light upon the situation. It is now shown that the Russians, ...

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  5. RUSSIANS

    The Russians have made a very successful offensive movement on the Riga front, under great difficulties, and ...

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  6. ALLIES' PEACE TERMS

    The Cologne "Volkszeituug" states that the Allies peace terms amount to a fresh declaration of war. The journal adds: We are again summoned to fight for our ...

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  7. THE "VICTORY LOAN."

    The "Victory Loan" has made an excellent start. It was estimated that the first £100,000,000 would be received in a few hours. Lombard-street was early crowded ...

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  8. RIGA BATTLE.

    The Petrograd correspondent of the "Evening Post" states that General Russky, commanding the Baltic front, has warmly thanked General Dimitrieff's army ...

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  9. CHANCE FOR RETURNED SOLDIERS.

    Returned soldiers who are fit for duty can return to the army again by loining No. 2 District Guard. Captain Champion, who is in charge of the arrangements, will be glad ...

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  10. ROLL OF HONOUR.

    A roll of honour bearing the names of members of Berry Coronation Lodge, G.U.O.O.F., who have gone to the front has been unveiled by Mr. Latlmer, of the Sydney ...

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  11. ELUSIVE GREECE.

    The Greek situation is rendered a little less obscure by a message which says that Greece, while simulating a complete surrender to the Allies' recent ultimatum, and thus gaining ...

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  12. WEEK'S ENLISTMENTS.

    The following figures show the enlistments in this State for the week ended January 13, and include those recruits who were enrolled at Victoria Barracks:—Calare 11, ...

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  13. MURDER AND SUICIDE.

    In the early morning of the 3rd inst Miss Robina Sophia Grant M'Leod, aged 24, was fatally shot while in her bedroom at her father's residence, Bonar, ...

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  14. IN OTHER STATES.

    In Melbourne to-day 56 recruits were enrolled. There were 91 volunteers. ...

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  15. ROUMANIA.

    A message from Petrograd concerning the fighting in Roumania states: The enemy attacked from Kotumlkhall, on the Sereth, as far as Vadenl. We abandoned ...

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  16. POLA BOMBED.

    An Italian naval communique states: Italian and French seaplanes raided Pola on the 12th instant, and bombed the Austrian fleet. They drove off enemy ...

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  17. "ONE RECRUIT EACH."

    "Let every man and every woman get but one recruit each," said Mr. Joseph Cook in an address delivered at Manly last night, "and what a grand army we could send to help our ...

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  18. CHECK TO THE ZEPPELIN.

    The statement by the "Kreuz Zeitung," a prominent German Journal, that the British and French have found means of folling the Zeppolin, and that the policy of "frightfulness" ...

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  19. BRITAIN'S COLOSSAL NEEDS.

    Mr. Harold Cox, editor of the [?] burgh Review," in an article on the new loan in the "Sunday Times," considers that Mr. Bonar Law will not be disappointed. ...

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  20. MACEDONIA.

    A German official report states:—Hostile attacks between the Vardar and Lake Doiran were unsuccessful. ...

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  21. SUBMARINES.

    An Italian naval communique states: Two Austrian submarines have been captured, one of which has been incorporated with the Italian navy. ...

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  22. WESTERN FRONT.

    Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig's latest report states: We drove off a raid northwest of Gueudecourt and carried out successful p[?]l enterprises at Neuve ...

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  23. BRITAIN'S ANXIETIES.

    Herr Killanl. who was the German Consul-General in Sydney at the outbreak of the war, lecturing at Munich, said that ever since the South African war England ...

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  24. WOOLLEN MILLS.

    Owing partly to the falling-off in the numbers of recruits offering for the Australian Imperial forces, the military warehouses are full to overflowing of materials and ...

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  25. THE ANCRE BATTLE.

    The "Petit Parislen" states that the Britten are harassing the enemy without relaxation from Ypres to the Somme. The two days' battle on the Ancre was the ...

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  26. HELP FROM TRADES UNIONS.

    Mr. Bower[?] M.P., in an interview after a visit to the front, said:— "France has done everything she can, both in regard to men and money. Much depends ...

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  27. BREAD TRADE DISPUTE.

    Spoken to yesterday in reference to threatened trouble in the bread trade, the Minister for Labour and Industry, Mr. Beeby, said that the Breadcarters' Union must accept the full ...

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  28. SERIOUS SHIPPING LOSSES.

    Not a day passes now but a message comes telling of the destruction, by submarines, of merchant ships belonging to the Allies or to neutrals. The average daily number lost is ...

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  29. GREECE.

    Telegrams from correspondents in Athens indicate that the Government's implied acceptance of the Allies' ultimatum has delighted the populace. ...

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  30. BELGIUM'S SUFFERINGS.

    The Tress Bureau has issued Belgium's reply to President Wilson's Note. President Wilson, it pays, seems to believe that the statesmen of the two ...

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  31. STORY OF AN ESCAPE.

    An extraordinary exploit by 103 inhabitants of Liege is reported. They escaped to Holland, got possession of an old tug, and drifted at night ...

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  32. MEETING AT MASCOT.

    A public meeting was held in the Mascot Town Hall last night for the purpose of increasing the membership of the existing local recruiting committee. ...

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  33. RUSSIA AND AUSTRALIA.

    The Russo-British Chamber of Commerce intends sending delegates to Australia for the purpose of establishing closer commercial relations between Russia and Australia. ...

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  34. TIMBER ROYALTIES.

    The local Shire Council has decided to draw the attention of the Forestry Department to the fact that the timber industy is responsible for the cutting up of the roads in the ...

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  35. LATE ARCHBISHOP DUNNE.

    At Brisbane many thousands to-day viewed the body of the late Archbishop Dunne, who was lying in state in St. Stephen'a Cathedral. Messages of sympathy have been received ...

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  36. GERMAN COMMERCE.

    The "Nene ester Journal" says that capitalists in Germany and Austro-Hungary are negotiating a gigantic banking concern for the Central Powers. ...

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  37. PRICE OF BUTTER.

    The Butter Advisory Committee of Victoria to-day urged the Federal Minister controlling price-fixing (Senator Russell) to increase the price of butter in Victoria, New ...

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  38. DUTY REMITTED.

    At the instance of Mr. Massey (Prime Minister of New Zealand), the Government has remitted the duty on jam and sugar rations for the New Zealand troops; also the duty ...

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  39. "SEND US MORE MEN."

    In the Erskineville Council-chambers last night a meeting was held under the chairmanship of the Mayor (Alderman W. Robertson), to increase the membership of the local ...

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  40. NEW ZEALAND'S RESOURCES.

    Sir Joseph Ward addressed a large meeting at Bournemouth on the resources of New Zealand and the part she has played in the war. ...

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  41. IMPERIAL CONFERENCE.

    The ecision of the Government to hold the Imperial Conference at the end of February has given satisfaction in Colonial cicles. There is reason to believe that ...

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  42. WAR CABINET.

    Mr. Lloyd George is rapidly improving the clearing-house for Cabinet business, which was absorbed by the former War Committee and Committee of Imperial ...

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  43. THE DUPONT EXPLOSIONS.

    The police are investigating reports that Gurman plotters were responsible for the explosions at the Dupont Powder Company's works. ...

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  44. CLERMONT FLOODS.

    The Commissioner of Railways received a message to-night, stating that the heavy rains yesterday on the Davy son Flats had undone a great deal of the good work which had ...

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  45. DEMARCATION DISPUTES.

    The question of demarcation disputes in connection with the naval dockyards at Garden and Cockatoo islands was brought up at a meeting of the Australasian Society of ...

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  46. QUEENSLAND FINANCES.

    The Premier (Mr. Ryan) returned from Melbourne to-night. In the course of an interview he said that as far as Queensland was concerned the financial arrangements entered ...

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  47. DEPORTED BELGIANS.

    A great number of the deported Belgians who have been sent back are in an emaciated and dying condition. They were unable to continue working in Germany on ...

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  48. STAMP DUTY.

    In connection with probates and letters of administration, £8293 stamp duty was paid last week. The following estates were the chief contributors:—Francis Rawson Chesney ...

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  49. ALBANIAN SCHOOLS.

    Halian schoolmasters who are not fit for service have been sent to teach in Albanian schools, which are being reopened everywhere. ...

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  50. PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD.

    The members of the Public Service Board left for Tumut last night to hold an official [?] ...

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  51. PERSUASION, NOT COERCION.

    The Director General of Recruiting, Mr. Mackinnon, in an address at the Wesley Church yesterday said that he would not ask for coercion or that men should be ...

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  52. QUEENSLAND GOLD YIELD.

    The gold yield for December was 17,254 fine oz valued at £72,390 against 19,148 fine oz of the value of £81,335 for December, 1915. ...

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