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  2. RECRUITING.

    At Victoria Barracks yesterday 105 men offered their services, and 61 were accepted, 44 being rejected as unfit. The diversity of the professions and trades ...

    Article : 314 words
  3. THE KING.

    The King has sent the following telegram to General Sir John Maxwell:—"Now that the lamentable outbreak has been finally qnelled, I wish to express to the gallant ...

    Article : 465 words
  4. WESTERN FRONT.

    An Amsterdam message stales that the civilian population are Quitting Metz (Alsace-Lorraine). A French communique says: We ...

    Article : 152 words
  5. COMPULSION.

    In the House of Commons to-day, Mr. R. D. Holt (Liberal member for Hexham) moved the rejection of the Compulsory Service Bill on the ground that it would ...

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  6. P.L.L. CONFERENCE.

    The P. L. L. Conference sat again last night. Mr. J. Doyle being in the chair. The Premier forwarded the following cablegrain which he had received from the Prime ...

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  7. LATE WAR NEWS.

    Captains arriving at Malmoe report that a large Gorman squadron, comprising some of the [?]ggest ships in the North Sea fleet, was seen in the Baltle steaming ...

    Article : 44 words
  8. SALONICA.

    The French extended and consolidated their gains at Mort Homme (west of the Meuse). ...

    Article : 119 words
  9. THE L20 DISASTER.d

    We have previously referred to the curious fatallty which seems to [?]ing to the German an ship raiders. After about every second raid o[?] so we get news of an airship coming ...

    Article : 336 words
  10. THE SUBMARNES.

    Germany's reply is one of the longest documents issued in connection with the war. Germany still insists on treating armed merchantmen as craisers. She ...

    Article : 76 words
  11. BALLY AT WOOLLAHRA.

    "Why are so many of our young men holding back?" asked Professor Macintyre, in the course of an address made at a recruiting meeting in Queen-street, Woollahra, last ...

    Article : 665 words
  12. THE SUBMARINES.

    Germany's reply to the united States has been completed. It is a voluminous document, and will be handed over to Mr. Gerard (American Ambassador in Berlin) ...

    Article : 163 words
  13. THE LATEST ZEPPELINS.

    In regard to these latest Zeppelins, the French expert, M. Georges Prade, contributed an interesting article to the "Times," based on an examination of the LZ77, which was ...

    Article : 220 words
  14. WAR QUESTIONS.

    "Reject."—If you have been rejected for active service for the complaint you write of you will not have much hope of being accepted for home service. You might be accepted in one of the clerical ...

    Article : 101 words
  15. THE BALKANS.

    The French have occupied Florina (20 miles south-east of Monnastir, and 80 miles westward of Salonica). ...

    Article : 27 words
  16. WHEAT AND FLOUR.

    Negotiations are now proceeding for the sale of a very large quantity of Australian wheat, and some flour—enough to load 25 big merchant vessels. The define quantity of ...

    Article : 190 words
  17. GERMAN STEAMER.

    The British captured the Gorman steamer Telde (2073 tons), which was interned at Teneriffe. She was anchored outside the bay and fearing a storm, tried to ...

    Article : 55 words
  18. PROGRESSIVE STAGES.

    M. Prade further states that the LZ 77 was provided with five motors of the same type as those of previous dirigibles. (It will be noted that this morning's cables speak of the L20 ...

    Article : 313 words
  19. KUT-EL-AMARA.

    Lord Kitchener, in the House of Lords to-day, warmly culogised General Townshend and the defenders of Kut-el-Amara. He read General Townshend's last ...

    Article : 162 words
  20. SIR EDWARD CARSON

    Sir Edward Carson was entertained at lunch by the Unionist War Committee. Replying to the toast of his health, he said he was glad to see the introduction ...

    Article : 144 words
  21. "HOW TO KEEP FIT."

    Co[?]ncidently with the appearance of the series of articles in the "Herald" by Professor D. A. Welsh, on "The Health of the Forces, and the Forces of Health," we have received ...

    Article : 310 words
  22. MISCELLANEOUS.

    Replying to a question in the House of Commons, Mr. A. H. D. Steel-Maitland (Under-Secretary for the Colonies) said there was no reason to believe Canada and ...

    Article : 164 words
  23. MR. J. L. WILLIAMS' FAREWELLED.

    Lance-sergeant J. Leslie Williams, C.M.G., Under-Secretary for Justice, who has enlisted, was farewelled yesterday by the members of the staff of the department, the Attorney- ...

    Article : 173 words
  24. AUSTRALIA'S SYMPATHY.

    The Governor-General, on May 2, sent a message to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, conveying the sympathy of the Commonwealth on the fall of Kut-el-Amara.d ...

    Article : 60 words
  25. MR. HUGHES.

    Mr. Hughes lunched with Lord Fisher to-day, and conversed with him for several hours. He afterwards called on Mr. M'Kenna (Chancellor of the Exchequer) at the Treasury, ...

    Article : 184 words
  26. THE BLOCKADE.

    Mr. Hughes had a long consultation to-day with a highly-placed personage as to the extent of Germany's evasion of the blockade. ...

    Article : 28 words
  27. ZEPPELINS.

    A German communique states: Naval airships on Tuesday night dropped bombs on factories, smelting furnaces, and railways at Middlesborough, Stockton, and ...

    Article : 204 words
  28. WORK AT TOWN HALL.

    Mr. James J. Morrish, M. L. A., representing the confidential committee (Sydney Recruiting Committee), reports that during the past week 81 men have presented themselves for ...

    Article : 261 words
  29. GERMANS IN TURKEY

    The Cairo newspaper "Mokknttam" states that Turkish officers stabbed General von der Goltz. It adds that bombs were dropped on ...

    Article : 46 words
  30. WAR NOTES.

    There is a curious little cablegram to hand from Salonica this morning. It makes the bare announcement that "the French have occupied the Greek town of Florina." Now ...

    Article : 486 words
  31. PARLIAMENT'S SOBRIETY.

    Mr. Wade, leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly, yesterday made the following statement regarding certain allegations of the Premier's before the P. L. L. ...

    Article : 303 words
  32. BELGIAN RELIEF.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Asquith), speaking at the annual meeting of the Belgian relief Committee, which was hold in the Mansion House ...

    Article : 102 words
  33. QUEENSLAND PREMIER.

    Argument was oponed before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council to-day in the matter of the Attorney-General of Queensland versus the Attorney-General of the ...

    Article : 93 words
  34. ADVICE TO RECRUITS.

    Headquarters has issued instructions for the guidance and information of recruits and intending recruits. The instructions state that a recruit, before ...

    Article : 668 words
  35. BINGARA SEAT.

    Mr. G. R. W. M. Donald, who has resigned the Bingara seat, but who is offering himself for re-election, yesterday made the following statement:—The report in Friday's "Herald," ...

    Article : 141 words
  36. GERMAN MINE-SWEEPERS

    The newspaper "Ribestifts Tidendo" narrates that on October 7 eight mine sweepers under the auxiliary cruiser Kaiser anchored in the Sound. ...

    Article : 65 words
  37. PEACE PROSPECTS.

    Mr. Thomas Page, American Ambassador to Italy, reports that there is no immediate prospect of peace in Europe. He believes, however, that peace will ...

    Article : 54 words
  38. PSYCHOLOGY AND BUSINESS.

    Mr. Morris Miller, lecturing at the University on psychology in relation to business, said it was very unfortunate that experimental psychology had not been included among ...

    Article : 72 words
  39. NEW RANK FOR ENGINEERS.

    It was notified in the Commonwealth "Gazette," which was issued yesterday, that a new rank of warrant engineer in the Royal Australian Naval Reserve had been created, to ...

    Article : 55 words
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