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  2. THE PREMIERS.

    The Premier's Conference practically co[?]cluded its business to-day, and only a few minor items remain on the agenda paper to be dealt with on Monday, on the return of ...

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  3. LATE WAR NEWS.

    Mr. W. M. Hughes, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth, was given a great welcome in Manchester to-day. Troops lined the streets. ...

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  4. ROYAL COMMISSION.

    The Royal Commission inquiring into the origin of the recent rebellion in Ireland resumed its sittings in Dublin to-day, Lord Hardinge presiding. ...

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  5. IRISH PROBLEM.

    The House of Commons was crowded this evening, and listened to Mr. Asquith's statement on the Irish situation with the most intense interest. Lord Wimborne. ...

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  6. WESTERN FRONT.

    A communique says: On Wednesday night we made progress with hand-grenades into the thickets immediately eastward of Cumieres. The enemy gained a footing in ...

    Article : 447 words
  7. TRENTINO.

    Rome an Vienna communiques indicate, that heavy fighting is in progress in the Trentino. The Anstrians claim to have captured several villages. ...

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  8. VERDUN.

    On the western front, there has been a violent bombardment by both sides in the Douaumont region (east of ...

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  9. RECRUITING.

    At Victoria Barracks yesterday 90 men volunteered for service, and of these 58 were accepted. The accepted men were principally from the ...

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  10. TURKISH POSITIONS SKIRTED.

    And apart from Baghdad altogether, the fact that it marched round the Suwelkie marshes to join our Mesopotamian army seems to be definite evidence of a lack of really ...

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  11. SIR ROGER CASEMENT.

    A special grand jury has returned true bills in the cases against Sir Roger Casement and Daniel Julian Bailey. This is the third occasion in 76 years ...

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  12. MR. HUGHES

    The Prime Minister of Australia (Mr. Hughes) has begun his Midland tour. Alderman A. S. Mather, Lord Mayor of Liverpool, welcomed Mr. Hughes on his ...

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  13. TRADE POLICY.

    In the House of Commons to-night, Mr. Bonar Law (Secretary for the Colonies), in reply to Sir R. A. Cooper (Unionist), said that no official representations had been ...

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  14. STARTLING SOUTH AFRICAN FIGURES

    Our compatriots in Germany, having access to the Teutonic press ouly, would, if they accepted all they read as fact, be rather shocked at the terrible losses suffered on our ...

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  15. EMPIRE DAY.

    General Sir Douglas Haig, in acknowledging General Joffre's greetings to the oversea forces on Empire Day, said: "It is their pride and privilege to share dangers ...

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  16. IN OTHER STATES.

    There was a falling-off in the recruiting figures yesterday, when only 51 men were accepted. There were 124 volunteers. There were 81 volunteers in Victoria to-day, ...

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  17. BRITISH PARLIAMENT.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Asquith) announced in the House of Commons that Parliament would adjourn on Thursday next for the Whitsuntide recess. ...

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  18. CONSCRIPTION.

    The Military Service Act has received the Royal assent. King George, in a message to the people, says: ...

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  19. SEND-OFF TO SOLDIERS.

    The Municipality of Cabramatta-Canley Vale farewelled a number of men on Wednesday night, who are leaving for the front, each receiving useful gifts. The men were Alderman ...

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  20. THE DOMINIONS.

    Mr. Ronar Law (Secretary of State for the Colonies), replying to Sir H. A. Cooper in the House of Commons, said [?] was prepared as far as lay[?] his powe[?] ...

    Article : 76 words
  21. INCOME TAX.

    Mr. M'Kenna (Chancellor of the Exchequer) has given notice of an additional income tax of 2s, without exception or abatement on incomes from stocks, shares, ...

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  22. RECRUITING TRAIN.

    A recruiting tour to the Goulburn Valley district of Victoria and into River[?]a (N.S.W.), which is being organised by the State Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, will be the ...

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  23. MERCHANT SHIPPING.

    Arrivals:—At Marseilles: R.M.S. Mooltan (left Sydney April 12); at San Francisco: Ethel Zane, 4-mstd sch.; at Eureka: Meteor, 4-mstd sch (left Sydney March 18); ...

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  24. QUEENSLAND MEAT.

    The Acting Chief Secretary announced yesterday that an agreement between the Queensland Government and the meat works companies, for the supply of meat for the ...

    Article : 186 words
  25. LAND SETTLEMENT.

    Lord Selhorne (President of the Board of Agriculture), in moving the second reading of the Small Holdings Colonies Bill in the House of Lords, said the experiment ...

    Article : 161 words
  26. SOLDIERS' DEPENDENTS.

    A regulation under t[?]e War Precautions Act has been adopted by the Federal Executive Council which makes it an offence for any porson to whom allotment from the pay or a ...

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  27. WAR NOTES.

    No now developments of importance are reported from any of the lighting fronts this morning. The battle of Verdun is still raging, but the position generally is unchanged. The ...

    Article : 445 words
  28. NEWCASTLE ABATTOIR.

    It was expected th[?] the abattoir would have been in operation and supplying meat to the district on and after next Monday. The necessary notification was issued by the ...

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  29. MESOPOTAMIA.

    General Sir Percy Lake reports that the Turks on Wednesday were still holding positions on the left bank of the Tigris in the vicinity of Sannayyat. ...

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  30. GERMAN VAGRANT.

    A Germon named Richaul Lippmann, 55, was sent to gaol yesterday on a charge of vagrancy. The police stated that the man had done no work for months, and went about ...

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  31. SOLDIERS' PENSIONS.

    The Government has introduced an amendment to the War Pensions Art increasing the weekly allowance to children from 5s to 7s 6d, and providing that widows with £600 a year ...

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  32. ILLEGAL LIQUOR.

    Three people were each fined £50 at Taumarunui, a no-license area, for keeping liquor for sale. ...

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  33. SHIPS FOR NEUTRALS

    In the House of Commons to-night, Mr. E. G. Pretymtin (Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade), in reply to Sir R. A. Cooper (Unionist), said that any ...

    Article : 79 words
  34. CONGREGATIONAL UNION.

    The find session of the Congregational Union was held yesterday. The ballot for the election of officers resulted:—President Rev. W. J. Closs (Victoria); vice presidents ...

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  35. EGYPT.

    The War Office reports:—After the Port Said raid our aeroplanes heavily bombed the enmey's advance posts, smashing buildings at El Hamma and water tanks at ...

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  36. EXPORT OF RABBIT SKINS.

    The Assistant Minister for Defence (Senator Gardiner) to-day received a deputation representative of the fur and rabbit skin industry. The deputation urged that the ...

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  37. PEACE TALK.

    President Wilson has expressed the opinion that intervention in the war ov neutrals could rest only on a mutual understanding by the belligerents that peace ...

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  38. THE BLOCKADE.

    Representative Tagn[?] has introduced a resolution for the consideration of Congress, declaring that any interferene with the American mail by Britain should be ...

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  39. WAGGA ELECTORATE.

    At a representative meeting of the Farmers and Scttlers' District Council, a discussion took place as to the best means of settling the question whether the Wagga seat would ...

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  40. NOTORIOUS CONVICT DEAD.

    The Chief Secretary (Mr. M'Leod) has received a letter from Captain Henderson, master of the barquentine Puako, stating that William King, the notorious negro convict, died while ...

    Article : 67 words
  41. PARIS CONFERENCE.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Asquith[?], replying in Major Norton Griffiths in the House of Commons, said he still hoped to arrange the Paris Conference on a date ...

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  42. MESOPOTAMIA.

    A further item about the Russians and British in Mesopotamia comes to hand this morning. It is officially announced in Petrograd that the Russian force which had ...

    Article : 248 words
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