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  2. THE HOTELS.

    In view of the fact that the Minister's proclamation dealing with 6 o'clock closing states that "all premises licensed for the sale of intoxicating liquors situate within the ...

    Article : 359 words
  3. THE APPAM.

    A hundred of the Appam's passonger have arrived. One passenger named Billingham, a gold miner, in a diary, states that the Clan ...

    Article : 438 words
  4. AERIAL WAR.

    In the House of Lords to-day several questions were asked with regard to Britain's preparedness for air defence. Lord Kitchener stated that one ...

    Article : 398 words
  5. ERZERUM.

    The advance on Erzerum was conducted by three routes. The downfall of the fortress was due to a frontal attack. The first fort was taken on Monday. ...

    Article : 571 words
  6. WESTERN FRONT.

    General Sir Douglas Haig reports: The enemy exploded a mine south of Loos. Oin fire cheeked an attempt to occupy the crater, but we occupied the near edge of ...

    Article : 186 words
  7. ROUMANIA

    Further details of the fall of Erzerum emphasise the brilliance of the Russian victory. Enormous booty fell into ...

    Article : 236 words
  8. GERMAN SUPPLIES THROUGH DENMARK.

    One cablegram this morning states that the newspapers predict a new Danish agreement whereby Britain will "appoint a resident commlttee in Copenhagen to prevent illicit ...

    Article : 395 words
  9. MAN POWER.

    A certain number of writers are already using the unfortunate setback our troops have received on the Tigris as a text from which to preach the doctrine of concentration on the ...

    Article : 1,475 words
  10. TONNAGE.

    In the House of Commons this evening Mr. B. E. Peto (Unionist), moved an amendment to the Address in Reply, "regretting that measures had not been taken ...

    Article : 650 words
  11. PREMIER'S VIEWS.

    The Premier yesterday claimed that the action of the Minister for Defence in closing hotels at 6 o'clock trader the War Precautions Act was a justification for the attitude the ...

    Article : 977 words
  12. WHAT THE AGREEMENT ALLOWS.

    The Earl of Portsmouth, speaking in the House of Lords on December 16, said that as far as he could judge "from a copy of the agreement in his possession." Britain ...

    Article : 339 words
  13. CHURCH AND THE WAR.

    On the motion of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Upper House of Convocation carried a resolution against reprisals. The Bishop of Banger moved the ...

    Article : 93 words
  14. EAST AFRICA.

    It is officially stated that the British in East Africa on the 12th carried out a reconnaissance in force against Salaita Hill in order to ascertain the enemy's ...

    Article : 113 words
  15. MERCHANTMEN.

    Germany has informed the United States that if passenger liners leaving American ports with defensive armament are to be immune from submarine attack, as ...

    Article : 276 words
  16. THE BALKANS.

    A Bucharest message says that Roumania, being anxious as to the movements of Germans and Bulgars on the frontier, sent three squadrons of aeroplanes over ...

    Article : 276 words
  17. THE BLOCKADE.

    The newspapers veredict that a new agreement will be made immediately, whereby Britain will appoint a resident committee in Copenhagen to prevent illicit trade with ...

    Article : 36 words
  18. BASES OF THE AGREEMENTS.

    Lord Lansdowne wont on to define the bases of this policy, "in the first place," he said, "we have endeavoured to arrive, in consultation with the neutrals concerned, at ...

    Article : 495 words
  19. TURKEY'S CLAIMS.

    A Turkish communique issued via Amsterdam says:—Our aeroplanes bombed the British artillery at Kut-el-Amara with great effect. The British left many dead on ...

    Article : 74 words
  20. GERMAN DISCOVERY.

    A semi-official Berlin message says a substitute for ferro manganese for the production of steel has been discovered, and that the substance, which can be ...

    Article : 43 words
  21. MILITARY SEEVICE.

    The "Manchester Guardian" says it is rumoured that owing to the disappointing yield from the earlier Derby groups the Government is considering the raising of ...

    Article : 45 words
  22. AUSTRALIAN MEAT.

    Since the new year the War Office has accepted contracts amounting to 3,750,000lb of Australian corned beef, inclusive of about 2,000,000 tins of Australian surplus ...

    Article : 39 words
  23. THE SOCOTRA.

    The Board of Trade has given judgment in regard to the loss of the steamer Socotra, which was held to be due to the master's neglect to take adequate steps to ...

    Article : 140 words
  24. WAR NOTES.

    Ho fresh developments on the main fronts were recorded in the cables received up till midnight. There seems to have come a full in the German attacks which have been ...

    Article : 332 words
  25. A GALLANT FIGHT.

    Stirring details of how two British motor boats gallantly fought a German gunboat on Lake Tanganyika. (East Africa) on Boxing Day are related by a participator, who ...

    Article : 182 words
  26. FULL ASSURANCE WANTED.

    After an interview with Count Bernstorff (German Ambassador), Mr. Lausing (Secretary of State) said that America would accept nothing short of a full and ...

    Article : 111 words
  27. ECONOMY URGED.

    The Press Bureau says the National War Savings Committee appeals to all classes to save every possible shilling in order to bring about an early victory. ...

    Article : 110 words
  28. A VERY DIFFICULT PROBLEM.

    The outstanding fact of the whole matter is, however, that goods of all kinds are still being imported into Denmark immeasurably in excese of that "country's normal requirements. ...

    Article : 321 words
  29. MESSAGES EROM THE CHURCHES

    Great satisfaction is expressed by the heads of the various churches at the action of the Minister for Defence. The president of the Baptist Union (Mr. ...

    Article : 277 words
  30. WOMAN SPY.

    Mr. Herbert Samuel (Home Secrstary) stated in the House of Commons that a woman spy, who was not British, was recently sentenced to death at the Old ...

    Article : 52 words
  31. NEW SUBMARINES.

    The "Journal Geneve" learns from a German source that Germany has built 100 submarines of a new type. ...

    Article : 22 words
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