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  2. HEROISM IN THE TRENCHES.

    The little party of 51 Queenslanders who were motored out to the Rose Hall Convalescent Home nt Darling Point contained in their numbers a few of the most distinguished of ...

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  3. P.L.[?]. CONFERENCE.

    The sittings of the P.L.L. Conference were resumed last night under the pres lency of Mr. J. W. Doyle. A spirit of ca[?]m brooded over the proceedings. The Premier was ...

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  4. VOLONTARY SYSTEM

    A deputation waited on the Minister of Defence (Senator Pearce) to lay before him the views of Victorian municipalities in regard to conscription. ...

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  5. WAR SCHEMES.

    The war activities in South Australia were the subject of a conversation last evening with the Premier of that State (Mr. Crawford Vaughan), who arrived in Sydney by the ...

    Article : 435 words
  6. BINGARA SEAT.

    The resignation of Mr. M'Donald, member for Bingara, came as a great surprise to the electorate. The fight between the two political factions ...

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  7. IN TURKEY.

    The Department of Defence has rece[?] from the Secretary of State for the Colo[?] a copy of a communication dated January [?] last, from the American Ambassador at ...

    Article : 378 words
  8. DAYLIGHT SAVING.

    Curious scenes marked the coming in of the daylight saving scheme. The people stayed up till midnight to see the hands of the public clocks skip round an hour, and there was ...

    Article : 62 words
  9. MOVEMENT WIDELY SUPPORTED

    Mr. Herbert Samuel (Postmaster General) states that the Government is in favour of a Daylight Saving Bill on the grounds of economy in fuel for lighting purposes. ...

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  10. PRAISE FOR THE NAVY.

    Few people would have recognised in the rather corpulent figure of a sergeant of the First Field Ambulance, who was among the returned soldiers, a man who, before the ...

    Article : 212 words
  11. WOUNDED AND SICK.

    Two further contingents of wounded and sick soldiers are shortly expected to disembark in Sydney. The following is the list of officers and man in the first contingent: ...

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  12. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING.

    At the Newmarket First Spring Meeting to-day, the race for the principal event on the card resulted as under:-TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES of 100 ...

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  13. DECORATED BY THE KING.

    Major Hill, of the 15th Battalion (Queensland), who was decorated by the King with the Military Cross, was on board. He could not be induced to relate how he won his ...

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  14. SOLDIERS AND DRINK.

    The Federal Executive Council has approved of a regulation under the War pr[?]cautions Act, which gives to the naval and military authoritis most comprehensive ...

    Article : 235 words
  15. FEDERAL SESSION.

    A meeting of the Federal Cabinet has been [?]ummoned for Saturday morning, when further consideration will be given to the programme of business to bo submitted to ...

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  16. NEW ZEALAND AGENCY.

    Six hundred people attended a reception held by Sir Thomas and Lady MacKenzie on the occasion of the opening of the New Zealand Government's new offices in the ...

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  17. FOUGHT WITH PRIVATE KEYSOR V.C.

    He was a nuggetty little man, and of a cheerful countenance, in spite of the fact that he had lost his left hand and part of his arm at Lone Pine. His name is Private J. ...

    Article : 364 words
  18. Y.M.C.A.

    Lady Jellicoe when opening a Y.M.C.A. hut at Pontypridd on March 10, said it seemed to her that, the association was out to "keep the nome fires bunning and read a telegram ...

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  19. SUDDEN DEATH OF MR. MURRAY.

    Mr. John Murray, M.L.A., died at Warrnambool to-day. He had been staying with his sister (Miss Murray) for some months past, and just before noon to-day drove into town ...

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  20. LATE SIR JOHN FULLER.

    The estate of the late Sir John Fuller, formerly Governor of Victoria, has been sworn at £57,100. Sir John Fuller was Governor of Victoria ...

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  21. LIEUT-COL. J. W. S. LUCAS.

    News have been received from the front that Major John William Steuart Lucas has bee[?] promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel, and placed in charge of the 15th Field ...

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  22. QUEENSLAND PREMIER.

    Mr Ryan, Premi[?]r of Queensland, had an interview with Mr. Bonar Law (Secretary of State for the Colonies) to-day. ...

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  23. GERMAN KILLED.

    The inquiry concerning the death of Hans Portmann, at the German camp, was continued yesterday [?] Holdsworthy, before Mr. H. Richardson Clark, the Parramatta Coroner. ...

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  24. STATE TRADING.

    Replying to a deputation from the metropolitan council of the Australian Labour Federation, the Minister for Works (Mr. Angwin[?] admitted that some of the State ...

    Article : 192 words
  25. SHAKESPEARE TERCENTENARY

    Yesterday was the actual tercentenary of Shakespeare's death, corresponding to April 23, Old Style. It was celebrated in the primary schools, the morning being devote[?] to ...

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  26. HIS LUCKY ESCAPE.

    It is not every returned solider who can say that a Turkish concussion bomb exploded between his feet, and that he lived to tell the story. This however, was the ...

    Article : 286 words
  27. MILITARY APPOINTMENTS.

    To-day's "Gazette" contains the following appointments and promotions, etc. in connection with the Australian Imperial Force:- To be Major and second in command [?] A B[?]ttalion: ...

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  28. A KETCH ASHORE.

    During a strong southerly s[?]uall to-night the ketch Premier was driven ashore inside tho harbour, near the northern breakwater. She was bound from the north to Sydney, and ...

    Article : 57 words
  29. THE WEATHER.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 182 words
  30. COAL IN RIVERINA.

    After several weeks' operation coal was struck yesterday at a depth of 220ft in the shaft put down on Mr. C. T. Lane's property, cast of Boorabin Siding, about eight miles ...

    Article : 95 words
  31. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 169 words
  32. OIL PRICES.

    Consent has been given by the Necessary Commodities Commission to an Increase in the price of kerosene and petroleum spirits, asked for by the oil companies, to the extent of ...

    Article : 540 words
  33. GROCERS' DISPUTE.

    An additional 90 employees in the manufacturing grocery trade were dismissed to-day, for refusing to fill-Parsons Bros. bags with oatmeal. The total number of men who ...

    Article : 66 words
  34. RETURNED MEN.

    The following are the name[?] of the officers and men who returned, either wounded or sick, yesterday:- OFFICERS. ...

    Article : 1,136 words
  35. SYDNEY'S WATER SUPPLY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 157 words
  36. LATE SHIPPING.

    The steamer Cacique sailed from (San Francisco for Vladivostok shortly before the last American mail left. On returning to San Francisco she will load for Australian ports. ...

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  37. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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  38. DEPARTURES.

    Makambo, s, for Newcastle. Morin[?] s, for Newcastle. ...

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  39. R.M.S. KARMALA DUE TO-DAY.

    The P. and 0. Company's R.M S. Kurmala is expected to arrive from London, via ports, this morning. A large steamer, which was probably the Karmala, was reported passing Green Cape, bound north, st 8.30 ...

    Article : 46 words
  40. SOLDIERS' GRAVES.

    The Minister of Defence (Senator Pearce) stated to-day that he had received a cablegram from the Australian military authority in Egypt, informing him that the Australian ...

    Article : 146 words
  41. CLERKS' CONFERENCE.

    The Federal council of the Federated Clerks' Union of Anstralia which has been sitting at the Trades Hall, cosidered the advisability of amalgamation being effected ...

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  42. SHIP SIGHTED.

    A ship waa sighted 12 miles S.E. of Jervis Bay yesterday, at 1.15 P m., standing north. The tug Champion left last evening, and was off the Heads at a late hour, but the ship had not then been ...

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  43. WIRELESS FROM MAKURA.

    A wir[?]less message has been received from the R.M.S. Makura stating that she will arrive at the Heads from Vancouver, via potts, at about 9 o'clock this morning. She will berth at No. 5 Darling Harbour between 10 ...

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  44. TO-DAY.

    Political Labour League: Conference, 7. Theatre Royal: "Brith of a Nation," 2 and [?]. Her Majesty's Theatre: "Mother Go[?]," 7.45. C[?]terion Theatre: "On Trial," 8.10. ...

    Article : 155 words
  45. TELEGRAPHIC.

    NEWCASTLE ([?]2m).—Arr: May 4, Yechigo Mar[?], [?] from Port pirie; Kadina, s, from Adelaide; Yarra, s, from Port Augusta[?] Saros, s, from Melbourne; Mo[?]r[?] [?] from Brisbane: Dilkera, s, from Townsville; Beulab, ...

    Article : 223 words
  46. CONSCRIPTION CONFERENCE.

    At last-night's meeting of the Sudney Labour Council [?] request by the Melbourne Trades Hall Council that delegates to the Interstate Trade Union Coogress to be held at Hobart ...

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  47. MUNITIONS MAKING.

    A number of the new lathes ordered for munitions making at the Walsh Island Government engineering works have arrived, and to-day a start was made with the working of a ...

    Article : 44 words
  48. DAY BAKING.

    A deputation from the Industrial Disputa Committee of the Trades Hall Council waited upon the Pre[?]ler (Sir Alex. Peacock) to-day. and urged that legislation should be enacted ...

    Article : 118 words
  49. PATRIOTIC FUNDS.

    The State executive of the Labour Federation has passed a resolution that the present system of obtaining money for the various war and other patriotic funds was ...

    Article : 87 words
  50. HIBERNIAN CONFERENCE.

    The annual meeting of the Hibernian Catholic Benefit Society was continued yesterday. The district president, [?]ro. C. C. Lazzarini, presided. The financial report was ...

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  51. FIGHT AT COUNCIL MEETING.

    At a meeting of the North Illawarra Council last night a fight occurred between Aldermen Madden and Porter, as a result of which Alderman Porter had to seek medical aid for ...

    Article : 57 words
  52. ARTIFICIAL ESSENCES.

    The Minister for Customs (Mr. Tudor), by proc[?]amation in the Commonwealth "Gazette" to-day, prohibits the importation into the Commonwealth of essence of whisky, rum, ...

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  53. NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING.

    WELLINGTON (123[?]m).— Dep: May 4, Reverin[?], s, 6 p.m., for Sydney. LYTTELTON (1374m).—Dep: May 4, Ka[?]po[?], [?], for Newcastle. ...

    Article : 26 words
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