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  2. LATE WAR NEWS.

    The following Australians have received the military medal:— Corporals: 3457 Blythe, 2213 Charlton, 4449 Chisholm, 794 Kelstead, S6 Harrison, ...

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  3. REFERENDUM.

    The Conscription Referendum Bill was under discussion in the House of Representatives right through the night. It was generally understood at the close of ...

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  4. GALLANT CONDUCT.

    The following members of the Australian forces have been awarded the military medal for distinguished conduct:— Sergeants: 586 Anderson, 274 Banning, ...

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  5. EASTERN FRONT.

    A German communique states:— We drove out the Russians temporarily holding our trenches near Szelwow. Snow has covered the Carpathians. The Russians ...

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  6. SALONICA.

    An Italian communique says: Important Bulgarian forces on the southern slopes of Mousheles attacked our small advanced posts. We fell back in good order on ...

    Article : 211 words
  7. GALLANT BRITISH.

    Mr. Philip Gibbs, writing from the British headquarters in France, says: Such foul weather seems to bring us back into winter with mud, rain, and a bank of mist, ...

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  8. THE SOMME

    There has been further heavy rain on the Somme front. The Germans ...

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  9. THE ITALIANS.

    A Rome message states that the Austrian losses on the battlefield stretching from san Grado to the sea, from September 13 to 18, are estimated at 20,000. ...

    Article : 171 words
  10. MEAT DIET IN FRANCE.

    Owing to the army requirements civilians have been requested to reduce the meat consumption and replace it with fish and other substitutes. ...

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  11. EAST AFRICA.

    Portuguese expeditionary forces have crossed the Rovuma River, which forms the boundary between German and Portuguese East Africa. They drove back ...

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  12. CONTROL OF PRICES.

    The President of the Board of Trade (Mr. Walter Runciman), replying to the Poplar Council's resolution protesting against high food prices, claims that the Government ...

    Article : 136 words
  13. REICHSTAG STORM.

    The United Press Agency has received a message from Berlin stating that a storm in connection with the demands for the resumption of unrestricted ...

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  14. NEW ZEALANDERS.

    General Sir Douglas Haig, in his noon report to-day, says:—The New Zealanders repulsed strong continuous counter-attacks southward of the Ancre. ...

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  15. THE POSITION IN ROUMANIA.

    An unofficial message stated that the Roumanians in Dobrudja below the railway between Constanza and the Danube have resumed the offensive. The enemy claims a success at Petroseny, in Transylvania, between Hermannstadt and The Banat, an Austrian communique stating that they have recaptured this town from the Roumanians. The above map shows how most of the railways in Transylvania join up with the main line running south-west along the Maros River valley, which explains the enemy's anxiety to prevent any advance towards this line by way of Hatszeg. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  16. EARL KILLED.

    Colonel the Earl of Feversham has been killed in action. He was 37 years of age. ...

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  17. MERCHANT SHIPPING.

    The steamer Muritai (from Wellington) has arrived at London. The 4-masted sch. Kona (from Newcastle) has arrived, at Wellington. ...

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  18. THE SOMME FRONT.

    Sir Douglas Haig, reporting at midnight on Wednesday, says:— There has been heavy rain. There was considerable hostile artillery ...

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  19. RECRUITING.

    At Victoria Barracks yesterday 98 men were enrolled. Things seem to get quieter and quieter at the enrolling office, and barely a dozen men ...

    Article : 226 words
  20. DURATION OF WAR.

    The British Under-Secretary for War, Lord Derby, in interviews with American correspondents, said be did not agree that the war will end in six months. He ...

    Article : 68 words
  21. ENEMY WITHIN OUR GATES.

    Senator Ferricks (Q.) moved the adjournment of the Senate to-day to draw attention to the press and other censorship. He said that the people had had brought home to ...

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  22. ROUMANIANS.

    A message from Bucharest, received via Rome, reports the resumption of the Roumanian offensive in the Dobrudja district, and the capture of numerous prisoners. ...

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  23. THE BLOCKADE.

    The Berlin correspondent of the "New York Times" cables that there are persistent rumours that the relations between Denmark and Germany are strained to a ...

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  24. SOLDIERS' CLUB.

    The Lord Mayor opened the Victoria League's new club for oversea soldiers at Hatton Garden. Messrs. Gamages, Ltd., have lent the premises. Lady ...

    Article : 62 words
  25. ORGANISATION.

    It is officially stated that, in pursuance of the War Committee's decision, a board has been appointed, under the chairmanship of Mr. Austen Chamberlain (Secretary of ...

    Article : 89 words
  26. ROLL OF HONOUR.

    The newspapers have commented very favourably on the career of Lieutenant Thomns Kettle, one of the most brilliant of the younger school of Irish writers and ...

    Article : 78 words
  27. GREEK DEMAND.

    An Athens report states that the Greek Government has scut an urgent Note to Germany demanding the immediate return to Greece of the army corps which ...

    Article : 115 words
  28. HOUSING THE PEOPLE.

    The Government is evolving, post-war housing schemes, involving £3,000,000. Mr. Walter Long (President of the Local Government Board), replying to a ...

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  29. MISCELLANEOUS.

    Mr. F. W. Young (Agent-General for South Australia) gave a farewell dinner in honour of Colonel Weir, who is returning to South Australia. The guests included ...

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  30. PRICE OF BUTTER.

    Under the War Precautions Act, the Commonwealth Government has fixed the price of butter. The wholesale figure at the metropolitan areas and factories is 149/4 per cwt, ...

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  31. POPE AND PEACE.

    The Rome representative of the United Press Agency learns that the Pope intends to make an important declaration on the war and the prospects of peace at the ...

    Article : 67 words
  32. WHAT GERMANY THINKS.

    A "confidential" document found on a prisoner on the Somme front and signed by the Chief of Staff of the Third German Army, and dated the 14th, states: It ...

    Article : 131 words
  33. GERMAN PEARS.

    The Amsterdam 'Telegraaf" says the Germans hurried troops and artillery to the Dutch frontier last week, being apprehensive of a British attack across the ...

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  34. DIOCESE OF ARMIDALE.

    The diocesan synod of Armidale opened in the Town Hall yesterday, Ven.Archdeacon Johnstone, Administrator presiding. Ministers from all parts of the New England district ...

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  35. MUNITION WORKS EXPLOSION

    It is officially stated that the casualties in the recent explosion in a munition works were:—Five killed. two died after admission to hospital, and 72 injured, 20 ...

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  36. ANZAC BUFFET.

    Mr. Fisher, High Commissioner for the Treasury, speaking at the opening of the Anzac Buffet, paid a tribute to the wise and much appreciated work of the buffet, ...

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  37. LATE LIEUT ASQUITH.

    Lieutenant Raymond Asquith, the eldest son of the Prime Minister, who was killed in action, was buried in the Army Cemetery in France. It was a simple funeral. ...

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  38. MERCHANT SHIPPING.

    The R.M.S. Kaisar-i-Hind (from Sydney) has arrived in London. The steamers Remuera and Port Chalmers have left for Wellington. ...

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