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  2. WAGE LIMIT.

    An important decision affecting professional men in public employ was delivered by Mr. Justice Heydon in the Industrial Court yesterday. In the course of a judgment in ...

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  3. WAR CASUALTIES.

    A private cable has been receive intimating that Dr. Stuart graham, aged 25, the son of the late Sir James grabam, and of Lady Graham, of Neutral Bay, has been killed in ...

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  4. LATE WAR NEWS.

    Sir Douglas Haig, in his noon report on Monday, says: We repulsed two more counter-attacks at Ginchy, and drove off several small detachments of infantry at ...

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  5. WAR NOTES.

    This morning's war messages suggest that one of those inexplicable general lulls, which have been of infrequent occurrence lately, is temporarily affecting practieally all fronts. ...

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  6. HALICZ BATTLE.

    A Berne message states:—The Russians in the form of a half-circle are surrounding Haliez, which they continue to bombard. The capture of Halicz will ...

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  7. ROUMANIAN ADVANCE.

    The "Times" correspondent at Roumanian headquarters says that the Roumanian advance in the Carpathian mountains is most satisfactory. The mountains ...

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  8. IRISH TROOPS.

    Mr. Philip Gibbs, writing from the British Headquarters in France, says:— The charge of the Irish troops through Guillemont on Sunday, the 3rd inst., was ...

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  9. THE SOMME

    The Allies on the Somme have successfully repelled many counter-attacks. The British last week took ...

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  10. RECRUITING.

    At victoria Barracks yesterday 158 men offered themselves for enlistment. Of that number 84 were accepted. Recruiting, as usual, took a bit of an ...

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  11. ISONZO FRONT.

    An Italian communique on Sunday stated:—The Austrians, after a handgrenade preparation on the Dolje-Tolmino sector, north of Gorizia, attempted to break ...

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  12. MR. ASQUITH AT FRONT.

    The British Prime Minister, Mr. Asquith, made a tour of inspection on the Somme front. He made very careful inquiries about supplies and the quality of ...

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  13. WEEK'S GAINS ON SOMME.

    General Sir Douglas Haig, in his noon report of Sunday says:—In the past week's heavy fighting we have advanced [?] a front of 6000 yards to a depth ...

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  14. VILLAGES IN THE SOMME AREA.

    Now that the British have taken Guillement and Ginchy and the French have pushed forward their line on the southern side of the river, we are likely to see now names of ...

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  15. VERDUN STRUGGLE.

    A French communique on Sunday stated: We captured another hundred prisoners in a brilliant action east of Fleury. Our curtain of fire and machine guns ...

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  16. ITALIANS IN ALBANIA.

    An Italian communique on Sunday stated:—We occupied, yesterday, Albanian heights between Porto Palermo and Subase, upon the River Zrinos, without ...

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  17. MEETINGS.

    To-day and on Wednesday and Thursday, Sergoants Galli and Donald will hold recruiting meetings from 12 to 12.30, at the new abattoirs. Homebush. ...

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  18. AUSTRIA AND PEACE.

    A New York message says that Count Burian, the Austro-Hungarian Minister for Foreign Affairs, interviewed, admitted that Austria would bail peace with ...

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  19. AERODROME BURNED.

    It is reported from Copenhagen that a large aerodrome near Frankfort has been burned down. Four uncompleted Zeppelins and 15 ...

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  20. NEW ZEALAND ENLISTMENTS.

    The Recruiting Board has decided that for the future the period of enlistment ahead shall be 3 months, instead of 6 months. Recruits must therefore, expect to be called ...

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  21. DIED OF WOUNDS.

    Privates George and Thomas Mcpherson, sons of Mr. and Mrs. James Mcpherson, of Aliri, Clarence-road, Rockdale, have both died of wounds received in France. ...

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  22. ADDRESSES OF NEXT-OF-KIN.

    A great deal of trouble and delay in advising next of kin of injuries or sickness of men of the A.I.F. has been caused through the fact that the next of Kin, when making a ...

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  23. ROMANTIC DISCOVERY.

    A report from Petrograd describes a romantic discovery. A wounded soldier who took part in a battle in Volhynia, and is now in kharkoff hospital, has been ...

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  24. GERMAN CASUALTIES.

    The Press Bureau announces that the German casualties reported for August were 240,957, of whom 42,732 were killed, and 44,674, prisoners of war and missing. ...

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  25. MECHANICAL TRANSPORT.

    Personal applications from A.I.F. and C. M. F. officers desirous of transferring to or enlisting in the Mechanical Transport Corps should be made to Captain H.S. ...

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  26. WOUNDED.

    Private Thomas Jersey Christie has been wounded in France. Prior to enlisting he was in charge of a school in the Guyra district. PRIVATE T. WEATHEAD. ...

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  27. BAND READY TO ENLIST.

    Mr. T. Nugent, bandmaster of the Emmaville Miners' Brass Band, has announced that the band is now 'preparing to enlist in a body, and is going to apply for permission to ...

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  28. WAR FINANCE.

    The French Minister for Finance, M. Ribot, when interviewed, said: We are determined to introduce the income tax, and thanks to the elasticity of this form ...

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  29. PLACATING HUNGARY.

    A Berne wireless message states:—The adjournment of the Hungarian Parliament until the 28th, when the Reichstag reassembles, is not merely a coincidence. ...

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  30. BLESSING THE AIR.

    The ceremony of blessing the air was carried out for the first time at a town on the French Atlantic coast. The idea of placing aviators under the Virgins ...

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  31. 1800 BUILDINGS BURNT,

    News has been brought by the steamer St. Albans, which arrived from the East yesterday, that a great fire occurred at Hakodate, Japan, on the afternoon of August 2. It was ...

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  32. Q.V. MARKETS.

    Another effort is to be made to turn the Queen Victoria Markets into a payable proposition. A scheme for remodelling the building was ...

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  33. AUSTRIA AND PEACE.

    Baron Burian has again expressed a desire for peace, according to a message received by way of New York. If he has been correctly reported, the Austrian Minister for ...

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  34. ATTEMPTED ARSON.

    Several business firms in the city have reported to the police that attempts have been made to set fire to their premises. The firms in question are:— ...

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  35. SALONICA.

    A French communique on Sunday stated: The Bulgarians on the Salonica front east of Vetrenik evacuated many trenches, abandoning material. ...

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  36. MR. HUGHESS POLICY.

    Mrs. Pankhurst, who has returned from America, addressed a meeting of women in Hyde Park to-day, at which it was resolved that Mr. Hughes must be given a ...

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  37. GREECE.

    An Athens message says:—Armed men entered the courtyard, of the French Legation while the Entente Ministers were holding a conference, and fired six pistol ...

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  38. WAR PENSIONS.

    To date the war Pensions Board has awarded pensions to 3748 persons. The annual charge to the State is £184,000, and the average pension £49. ...

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  39. ILL.

    Mrs. G. Coulton, of Bulli, has been informed that her husband, private G. W. Coulton, is being invalided home. ...

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  40. ELECTRIC LIGHT INTERRUPTION.

    A fierce gust of wind on Sunday morning blew down a limb of a tree in Preston- avenue. Double Bay and forced two overhead bare wires carrying electric current into contact, ...

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  41. ARMENIAN HORRORS

    A despatch from a Presbyterian missionary in Northern Arabia describes the awful sufferings of the Armeniaus at Meskene. He saw women and children throw ...

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  42. MISSING.

    Private Walter B. Williamson is missing in France. He is the eldest son of the late Mr. M. A. Williamson, solicitor, formerly of Drummoyne. His wife and son reside at Sans ...

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  43. LIEUT. A. JACKA, V.C.

    The Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) has received a cable message from the commandant, A.I.F. headquarters. London, to the effect that Lieutenant Albert Jacka. V.C. ...

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  44. NAVAL AEROPLANES.

    An official message states:—Naval aeroplanes on Saturday afternoon bombed the railway siding and ammunition dump at Lichtervelde, in Belgium. They returned ...

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  45. THE GOVERNOR AT INVERELL.

    Yestrday the Governor Sir Geraid Strickland and part and some 40 other guests, were entertained at a pienie party at Arrawatta, by Mr. G.B. Ring. Mayor of Inverell, ...

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  46. CARTERS' STRIKE.

    The carters engaged on the irigation works at [?]th are on strike. Only 20 men are idle, but unless the trouble is soon settled, 500 employees may be affected. The refusal of ...

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  47. ROLL OF HONOUR.

    A report that Major J. W. Hills, Unionist M.P. for Durham, had been killed in action, has been corrected. Major Hills is alive. His nephew has been killed. ...

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