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  2. REFERENDUM.

    In the House of Representatives yesterday Mr. Poynton (S.A.) directed the attention of the Prime Minister to the alleged statements of two members of the House, wherein they ...

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  3. LATE WAR NEWS.

    Greece's decision is hourly awaited. The latest message describes the situation as intricate and confused, and and adds:— "It is rumoured in Athens that King ...

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  4. WAR NOTES.

    The official messages regarding the Somme fighting show that the British line is taking a northerly move in the direction of Bapaume. A very satisfactory gain has been ...

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  5. REVIEW OF ANZACS.

    The King reviewed the Australians and New Zealanders at Salisbury. This was the largest body of Australasian troops which has yet paraded in England. ...

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  6. GERMAN POLITICS.

    A Berlin message, received via Berne, states that at the eleventh hour a bargain has been struck between Dr. BethmannHollweg, Imperial Chancellor, and the ...

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  7. VICTORY REVIEWED.

    Messages from Paris state that the news of Tuesday's victory was received with intense joy on the Allies' Western front, particularly that relating to Thiepval, ...

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  8. THE SOMME

    The Allies are consolidating their recent important gains north of the Somme. The British have taken a ...

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  9. GREECE'S DECISION.

    A message from Athens says that five Greek generals had an audience with King Constantine, and, It is believed, persuaded him to join the Entente. ...

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  10. SIGNED ARTICLES AND LETTERS.

    From, now on all articles and letters apearing in the newspapers commenting on the [?] sue raised by the Refeteudum must be signed. Correspondents, are therefore, ...

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  11. VALUE OF POSITION.

    The Paris correspondent of the "New York Times" supplies his paper with some Interesting comment upon the Anglo-French offensive along the Somme, and states that the ground ...

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  12. SALONICA.

    The Salonica correspondent of the "Echo de Paris" says that the Franco-Serbian forces, resuming the, offensive on Sunday, drove back the Bulgarians two and ...

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  13. NERVOUSNESS APPARENT.

    Berlin messages, which the censorship has apparently allowed to be sent to Swiss newspapers, emphasise the seriousness of the military situation. One correspondent ...

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  14. FREEDOM OF SPEECH.

    The following resolution were passed at a special meeting of the Mudgee P.L.L. and forwarden to the New South Wales executive of the P.L.L—That this meeting welcomes ...

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  15. BELGIUM'S CLAIM.

    President Poincare, welcoming a new Pelgian Minister, paid a tribute to King albert of Belgium. He said the King was the personification of honour, and that, ...

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  16. THE DRAIN ON MEN.

    Germany has called up the men of the 1870-75 class, previously rejected as unfit, and also the 18-year-old lads of the 1898 class, for examination. ...

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  17. MR. CATTS'S VIEWS.

    The northern district assembly of the Political Labour League held an anti-conscription meeting on Wednesday night. The attendance numbered 500. The Mayor, ...

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  18. ITALIAN JUSTICE.

    The Austrian Imperial family's Italian property, of a value approaching £4,000,000. will be sold to provide compensation for the sufferers by Austrian aircraft. ...

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  19. SALONICA FRONT.

    A French communique states:—The Ser vians at Kayramachalan threw back three violent attacks, inflicting heavy losses, and capturing 50 prisoners. ...

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  20. THE WERDUN CONTRAST.

    In considering the increased rate of progress we must also take into consideration the fact that the enemy has been driven in many places from the main defensive positions ...

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  21. OFFICIAL DETAILS.

    Sir Douglas Haig, in reporting at midnight on Wednesday, stated: We have made excellent progress. We carried the [?]emy's trenches on a front of 2000 yards ...

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  22. UNPOPULAR SERVICE.

    In consequence of the Zeppelin disasters in England, many Zeppelin crews have offered their resignations. They have been sent to gaol. ...

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  23. INTERNED GERMANS

    The United States has provided a convoy of 12 warships for two interned German auxiliary cruisers which are leaving Norfolk and proceeding to Philadelphia. ...

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  24. MERCHANT SHIPPING.

    The steamer Nigaristan (from Sydney) has arrived at Havre. The four-masted schooner Encore (from Sydney) has arrived at San Francisco. ...

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  25. P.L.L. ATTITUDE.

    Mr. J. W. Doyle, president of the Political Labour League of New South Wales, in the course of a statement explaining the attitude of his executive, says:— ...

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  26. SOCIALIST MANIFESTO.

    The Nationalist Socialist party in a manifesto to socialists in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and South Africa, expresses surprise and regret to see from tue ...

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  27. GREAT SURPRISE FOR GERMANS.

    The Paris correspondent of the "New York Times" says that the capture of Combles has driven the Germans from an are six miles deep, comprising 117 square ...

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  28. BRITISH OFFICERS.

    Major Arthur Humphreys and [?]utenant Hugh Lovick, who, while on route to Canada, were detained by the immigration authorities at Ellis Island, because they ...

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  29. THE ROUMANIANS.

    A German communique states: We made good progress at Hermanstadt. ...

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  30. RECRUITING.

    One hundred and twenty-nine men offered themselves at Victoria Barracks yesterday. Of that number, 85 were accepted. Among those who enrolled were an ...

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  31. CAVALRY IN ACTION.

    The British cavalry has been in action for the second time during the Somme offensive. Their first appearance in the Somme region was made on July 16, when the British broke ...

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  32. RUSSIAN FRONT.

    A Russian communique states:—Patrol skirmishes on the east front have been most serious at Tirul, south of Riga. The Paris "Journal's" Petrograd ...

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  33. NO PEACE THIS YEAR.

    Baron Yoshiro Sakatani, formerly Japanese Finance Minister, who attended the Paris Conference of the Allies, predicts that another winter will pass before peace ...

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  34. ROLL OF HONOUR.

    Two of Mr. Asqulth's nephews, and his son, Edward Asquith, the Hon. Wyndham Tennant, heir to Lord Glenconnor, and his cousin, Mark Tennant, of the Scots ...

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  35. GERMANS IN JAPAN.

    The Government has ordered all German banks in Japan to close indefinitely owing to the discovery of their complicity in suspicious specie movements. ...

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  36. THE ITALIANS.

    A semi—official message from Rome states:—The eastern part of the Carso Plateau gradually widens south, bence the enemy's persistent attempts to retake ...

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  37. THE GERMAN MORAL.

    Mr. Philip Gibbs, writing from the British Headquarters in France, says:—In a night the enemy troops between Merval and Sa[?]lly melted away. Our cavalry ...

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  38. INSPECTIONS OF TROOPS.

    The District Commandant, Brigadier-General Ramaclottl, V.D., Inspected the 38th Battalion, under Major T. Rook, and the 39th Battalion, under Captain F. Wilkin, and the ...

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  39. SIR E. SHACKLETON.

    The Yelcho, the Chilian Government yacht, in which Sir Ernest Shackleton proceeded to Elephant Island and rescued his 22 companions, has arrived here. The town is ...

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  40. BRITISH SEAPLANES.

    The Admiralty announces: Our seaplanes raided airship sheds at Evere (near Brussels), Berellem (on the Scheldt), Saint Agathe, and Eterbeck. Bombs were seen ...

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  41. ENEMY'S LOSS OF MAN POWER.

    According to the Petrograd correspondent of the Paris "Journal" General Brusslloff considers that he has put out of action during the past four months 800,000 of the enemy. ...

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  42. SOLDIER'S WIFE.

    Mr. Mahoney (Shipwrights and Dockers' Union) drew the attention of delegates at last night's meeting of the Sydney Labour Council to what he considered to be a case ...

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  43. THE ZEPPELIN RAID.

    A Berlin official message says: Naval airships on the 25th and 20th dropped explosive and incendiary bombs with visible success on the naval harbour of ...

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  44. IN OTHER STATES.

    Sixty-one recruits were accepted in Queensland yesterday The number accepted in Brisbane to-day was 54. MELBOURNE, Thursday. ...

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  45. MINISTER AND EXEMPTIONS.

    In the Senate to-day, Senator Lynch (W.A.) asked the Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) whether, under the present system of recrulting. special exemption had been ...

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  46. THE BREMEN.

    Amsterdam advices state that the German newspapers report that the submarine Bremen has reached America. NHW YORK, Sept. 28. ...

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  47. N.S.W. LANCERS' COTTAGES.

    In connection with the scheme for the crection of a number of cottages at North Rockroad, Parramatta, for returned troopers of the Anzac Mounted Brigade, the secretary of ...

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  48. SQUIRES TO ENTER CAMP.

    Mr. "Bill" Squires, the one-time famous boxer, has left for Sydney to enter camp. He has been farming in this district for over seven years ...

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  49. AFTER THE WAR.

    Sir Thomas Mackenzie, High Commissioner for New Zealand, in a speech at the Sailors' and Firemen's Union dinner, said that after the war, owing to the changed ...

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  50. UNIVERSAL SERVICE LEAGUE.

    A meeting of the general committee of the Universal Service League will be held in the vestibule of the Town Hall to-day, at 4.20 p.m. The chair will be taken by the prest ...

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  51. WAIRUNA EXPLOSION.

    In connection with the Walruna explosion, Joseph Buttel, whose spine was fractured, has not yet tegained consetousness. The conduition of Muaro and Barter has slightly ...

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  52. BRITISH SUCCESSES.

    King George, in reply to riesident Poincare's congratulations to the British army on its two days' successes, says:—"These could not have been achieved without the ...

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  53. FEDERAL SERVICE.

    The Federal Treasurer (Mr. Higgs has Introduced a bill to provide for the appointment of an Assistant Commissioner for Taxation at a salary of £900 a year. ...

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  54. THE TRAMWAY MEN.

    A meeting of the tramway men was to have been held to-day to discuss the question of conscription, but it has now been decided to postpone the meeting until after meeting ...

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  55. BELGIAN-ZEELAND FRONTIER.

    A large force of civilians is engaged on the Belgian-Zeeland frontier cutting down trees and constructing trenches. ...

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