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  2. THE ZEPPELINS.

    Despite the utter fiasco of last Sunday's Zeppelin raid, the German newspapers are full of fantastic stories. They declare that unheard of devastation was caused, ...

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  3. AUSTRALIA'S RESPONSE.

    The Minister for Defence (Senator Pear[?] gave further particulars yesterday of the enlistments in the Commonwealth since the beginning of the month. The figures for the sixth ...

    Article : 47 words
  4. FEDERAL SESSION.

    Business will begin in earnest in both the Federal Houses on Wednesday afternoon. So far all that has been done since Parliament resumed has been confined to the Prime ...

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  5. THE ITALIANS.

    An Italian communique states:—We repulsed weak Austrian attacks at Mount Giovo and Serra Valle, and a more violent attack at Lugana Valley. ...

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  6. WAR CASUALTIES.

    Mrs. Critchley Porker has received word from the Defence Department of the death of her brother, Sergeant Andresv Kerr, who was killed in action in France. A younger ...

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  7. MISCELLANEOUS WAR NEWS

    At the British Association Congress at Newcastle several speakers regretted that the Government had failed to employ the thousands of German prisoners in ...

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  8. STRIKE SETTLED.

    The mutton Slaughtermen who went out on strike at the metropolitan abattoirs on Thursday last have decided to resume work, this morning. This decision was come to at a ...

    Article : 378 words
  9. BULGARIAN ATROCITIES.

    It is not advisable to place implicit trust in all accounts of atrocities reported to have been committed by our enemies. In the heat and excitement of the struggle men ...

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  10. THE PRIME MINISTER.

    Miss Annie Kenney arrived in Melbourne on Saturday, bearing a memorial from the women of England praying for the return of the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) to London. ...

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  11. HERRING-FISHING.

    It is reported that herring fishing from Yarmouth has been prohibited for this season. ...

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  12. UNITED STATES' HARVEST.

    The Bureau of Crop Estimates announces that nearly all estimates have declined during the month—wheat by 43 million bushels, oats by 43 millions, and barley by 11 millions. ...

    Article : 72 words
  13. ALLEGED LIBEL.

    The case in which State Ministers of the Crown are claiming £2000 each from a weekly publication in Sydney, in respect of statements regarding Ministers and the totalisator, ...

    Article : 93 words
  14. NO PREMATURE PEACE.

    The Bishop of London, wearing a purple cassock and carrying a shepherd's crook, opened a National Mission of Repentance ana Hope, at a great open air meeting in ...

    Article : 220 words
  15. WAR NOTES.

    The capture of Ginchy is the most pleasing item of news from the Western front this morning. Ginchy, after the fall of Gulllemont, became the main eastern ...

    Article : 332 words
  16. DIED OF WOUNDS.

    Private C. F. Poulter, who has died of wounds in France, was the second youngest son of Mrs. T. Poulter, of Newtown. He worked for Messrs. John Bardsley and Co. ...

    Article : 82 words
  17. V.C. HERO.

    Lieutenant William Robinson, the Zeppelin hero, who brought down the 121, received the Victoria Cross from the King at Windsor Castle on Friday. Large ...

    Article : 33 words
  18. WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE.

    President Wilson, addressing the National American Women's Suffrage Association on Friday evening, predicted the triumph of the suffrage cause within a short time. ...

    Article : 79 words
  19. LATE MR. H. RICHARDSON.

    About 60 of the friends of the late Mr. Harry Richardson, Tramway Commissioner, assembled at his grave at Gordon on Sunday, when a memorial was unveiled. ...

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  20. WOUNDED.

    Lieut, J. S. Douglas, of Roseville, has been wounded in France. He left Sydney in June, 1915, and was four months in Gallipoli. PRIVATE P. RUBIE. ...

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  21. DEAN TALBOT ON SUNDAY WORK.

    The Dean of Sydney administered an implied robuko at St. Androw's Cathedral on Sunday morning to those who affected to see harm in performing work in connection with the ...

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  22. BRITISH PROPERTY.

    A Royal Proclamation has been issued, in view of the great importance of obtaining full information regarding property in enemy territory belonging to ...

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  23. FAMILY TRAGEDY.

    Early on Saturday morning the demented wife of a settler named J. Barraclough, of Koorlong, near Mildura, shot and killed two of her five children, attempted to shoot a ...

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  24. PANAMA CANAL.

    Private advices have been received in Wellington that traffic has been resumed through the Panama Canal. ...

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  25. FORGED MILITARY PASSES.

    At the Clerkenwell Police Court John Shanahan and Reginald Ellis, Australian soldiers: Annie Saker, the wire of an English Gunner, and Edith Bragg, a typist, were charged with ...

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  26. HOTEL HOURS.

    Several hundred women asked the Prem[?] (Mr. Ryan) yesterday, to introduce a bill immediately to close, the hotel [?] at six o'clock. The Premier, in reply, said that ...

    Article : 60 words
  27. EAST AFRICA.

    The East African campaign is likely to close in two months. General Smuts has driven the enemy into the south-eastern corner, consisting of unexplored and ...

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  28. NEW YORK STRIKE.

    The strike of employees on the underground and elevated tramways is practically a failure. The employees are new urging their leaders to call out 750,000 workers in a sympathetic ...

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  29. SOLDIER STABBED.

    As the outcome of a quarrel early last evening at the Grand Hotel, at the corner of William and Russell streets, William O'Neil, a soldier, was stabbed several times in the ...

    Article : 104 words
  30. MISSING.

    Private S. D. Wright, son of Mrs. Wright, of Redfern, has been missing since August 7. PRIVATE E. LAWLER. Private E. Lawler, husband of Mrs. Lawler, ...

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  31. WAR HOMES.

    At Bexley, on Saturday Dean Talbot handed over to Mrs. M. Bishop, whose husband was killed at the war, the first cottage erected by the Boxley branch of the Voluntary Workers' ...

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  32. DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NEAR EAST.

    The position in Roumania continues to hold interest. Important moves are developing on both sides, and, as time goes on, the object which each of the belligerents has in view ...

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  33. UNSATISFACTORY ARBITRATION

    Mr. Harold Beauchamp, chairman of the directors of the Bank of New Zealand, being entertained by hardware merchants, commented on America's labour situation. ...

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  34. LAND FOR SOLDIERS.

    Mr. Bonar Law (Secretary of State for the Colonies), replying to a deputation con cerning land settlement for ex-service men after the war, said:—"Our first duty is to ...

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  35. ROUNDING UP SHIRKERS.

    The police and military are preparing a great sweep of London theatres, music-halls, picture palaces, boxing rings, Newmarket racecourse, and other ...

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  36. PRISONERS OF WAR.

    Sergeant Roy M'Curley, a son of Police-sergeant M'Curley, of Molong, who was previously reported to have been wounded, is a prisoner of war at Dumlen, Westphalia. ...

    Article : 55 words
  37. RECRUITING.

    The seven days' recruiting which ended on Saturday only produced, as far as New South Wales is concerned, 737 accepted men, or just double the number which the Minister for ...

    Article : 253 words
  38. MUNICIPAL FUNDS MISSING.

    In the police court yesterday Frederick Parkin Morley appeared to answer to a charge of having stolen £1451 5s 10d, which had come into his possession on account of ...

    Article : 62 words
  39. ELEPHANT ISLANDERS.

    A despatch to the "New York Herald" from Punta Arenas says that Frank Wild, the leader of the Elephant Island party, states that the surgeon operated on Blackboro's ...

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  40. POLICEMAN SHOT.

    On Saturday evening Constable Frederick Cudmore Furnell, of Garden Vale, had a sensational [?]counter with a suspect. Constable Furnell had occasion to call at ...

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  41. CRAONNE AT BRISBANE.

    The French steamer Craonne has arrived at Brisbane from Port Arthur, Texas, with 153,000 cases of kerosene, 50,000 cases are to be landed here, the balance being for Sydney and ...

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  42. RUSSIANS IN ASIA.

    A Russian communique states:—Stubborn batties continue on the front at Kighi, in the Ognot region of Armenia. ...

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  43. CASUALTIES.

    Mr. H. S. Hawkins, City Coroner, held an inquiry on Friday into the circumstances surrounding the death of Ernest Hanson, aged 61, a retired Public servant, who died at ...

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  44. STEEL WORKS' STRIKE.

    The engine drivers and other employees who went out on strike it the steel works on Friday last held a meeting at the Trades Hall from 10.30 a.m. till 4 p.m., on Saturday. ...

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  45. TRADE UNION CONGRESS.

    The Trade Union Congress passed resolutions protesting against child labour in agriculture, and condemning the system of fines in factories; advocating the ...

    Article : 324 words
  46. BRITISH ARMOURED CARS

    The London "Daily Telegraph's" Petrograd correspondent records the amazing achievement of the British armoured cars on the Caucasian front, under Commander ...

    Article : 139 words
  47. IRELAND.

    Latest observers agree that Sinn Feinism has increased in Ireland since the rebellion. A newly-formed Irish Nation League holds its first mass meeting in Phoenix Park on ...

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  48. ENEMY'S COUNTER-STROKE.

    With regard to the enemy's counter-stroke in Dobrudja, it is reassuring to note that he has not deemed it prudent or possible to attempt the crossing of the Danube. ...

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  49. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 167 words
  50. MAN ASSAULTED.

    Frederick Snow, 48, living at Railway-crescent, Lakemba, was assaulted at the corner of Park-street and Unwi[?]'s Bridge-road, St. Peters, on Saturday evening. The ...

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  51. IN OTHER' STATES.

    Recruiting in Queensland is again slack, only 35 being secured on Saturday. MELBOURNE, Sunday. To-day's recruiting figures were:— ...

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  52. HOME RULE ACT.

    An Order-in-Council postpones the operation of the Home Rule Act for a further six months. ...

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  53. SOLDIERS' ESTATES.

    The Attorney-General has informed Mr. Waddell that the Stamp Duties Act of this State exempts from probate duty estates under the net value of £1000. Mr. Hall says that ...

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  54. AUSTRALIAN OFFICER.

    General Sellheim, of the Australian forces, has arrived here from England, and leaves San Francisco for Australia on September 26. He says the Australians at the front are in ...

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  55. SEVEN SOLDIER SONS.

    A patriotic demonstration at Dannevirke included a big procession of men eligible for service, a feature being the large group of soldiers' fathers, led by Messrs. Whaler ...

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  56. CRICKETER KILLED.

    Kenneth Hutchings, the cricketer, has been killed by a shell, He joined as a private, and later received his commssion. [Kenneth Lotherington Hutchings, who was ...

    Article : 86 words
  57. AUSTRALIAN FORCES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 87 words
  58. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 182 words
  59. HOSPITAL FOR RUSSIA.

    Referring to the appeal for funds in connection with the proposed establishment of an Australian hospital in Russia, the Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) stated yesterday ...

    Article : 120 words
  60. DOCTORS AND SCHOOLS.

    Replying on Saturday to the comments in the current issue of the "Medical Journal," published in Friday's "Herald," the Minister for Education, Mr. Griffith, complained that the ...

    Article : 293 words
  61. GOLF IN AMERICA.

    The final of the golf amateur championship was won by Chick Evans, who defeated Gardner by 4 up and 3 to play. By adding the amateur championship to the open ...

    Article : 69 words
  62. ESCAPE FROM BALTIC.

    The British steamer Verasion has arrived at Galveston, after being bottled up at Petrograd since the outbreak of war; but, with 59 other allied steamers in the ...

    Article : 58 words
  63. SUGAR INDUSTRY.

    The Queensland members of the Federal Parliament are impressing upon their colleagues the seriousness of the position of the sugar industry in their State, owing to the ...

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  64. THE TOWN OF ORSOVA.

    The town of Orsova, which the Roumanians have just captured, stands on the northern bank of the Danube, slightly to the west of the Roumanian border. It is situated on a ...

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  65. UNITED STATES' CONGRESS.

    Congress has adjourned until December. President Wilson signed the Revenue Bill. ...

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  66. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 186 words
  67. THE GOVERNOR AT INVERELL.

    Saturday was a red-letter day in the history of Inverell, as it marked the initiation of work in connection with the water supply scheme, to cost £80,000, the unveiling of a ...

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  68. ENEMY CAMPS BOMBED.

    It is officially stated that aeroplanes again raided the Turkish camps at [?] Nazar, and dropped twenty bombs. ...

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  69. SHOT WITH PEA-RIFLE.

    Two men who returned with a motor car to a garage in the city late at night had a dispute with a caretaker, with the result that one of them was shot through the abdomen ...

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  70. REMITTANCES TO POLAND.

    The Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) announced to-day that telegraphic adivice had been received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies to the effect that authority ...

    Article : 125 words
  71. THE "BLACK LIST."

    Before the final adjournment Congress empowered the President to withhold clearances of ships belonging to belligerent Powers, which discriminate against ...

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  72. MERCHANT SHIPPING.

    The steamer Mamari (from Lyttelton) has arrived at London. The barque Lalla Rookh (from Newcastle) has arrived at Iquique. ...

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  73. ACCOUNTANT SENTENCED.

    In the Criminal Court, Murray Bidwell, late accountant to the Claremont Municipality, was sentenced to three and a half-years hard labour for the embezzlement of £636, the ...

    Article : 41 words
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