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  2. PETROL.

    Yesterday's sittings of the Petrol Royal Commission were held in No. 1 Jury Court. Every available seat was again occupied. The examination, and cross-examination of Mr. ...

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  3. THE BALKANS.

    The Government has forbidden travellers to go to or come from Bulgaria. GREAT EXCITEMENT. There is tremendous excitement at ...

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  4. LATE WAR NEWS.

    Two conscientious objectors who were compulsorily enlisted in a non-combatant corps have been sentenced to two years' imprisonment for disobeying orders. ...

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  5. VERDUN.

    The latest French communique says:— Our artillery wrecked trenches west of [?]arviilers, between the Somme and the O[?]e. We exploded four mines at La Fille ...

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  6. MESOPOTAMIA.

    A Turkish communique says:—The British suffered a fresh bloody defeat at Felahiyeh (about four miles from Kut-e[?]Amara), 3000 dead being counted in front of ...

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  7. MESOPOTAMIA.

    The latest French communique says there has been a violent and continuous bombardment of Hill 304, Esnes, ...

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  8. RECRUITING.

    At Victoria Barracks yesterday 65 men volunteered, and 51 were accepted. In response to the Prime Minister's appeal for recruits, 54 perso[?]s in Berry answered ...

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  9. A FORMIDABLE TASK.

    So, unfortunately, we are forced to conclude that one more of those disappointing checks which have been so frequent in this little campaign has occurred. Our forces ...

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  10. THE ITALIANS.

    A communique says:—By a methodical offensive we extended our ground to the heights north of Rio Pogale and Ledro Valley. ...

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  11. RECRUITING.

    Mr. Asquith informed a deputation representing married men that the Government had resolved to act in an equitable, if not generous, spirit, and make pecuniary ...

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  12. THE REICHSTAG.

    Despite severe censoring, the facts of Saturday's debate in the German Reichstag are leaking out. It transpires that when Dr. Karl ...

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  13. IN OTHER STATES.

    There were 143 volunteers in Victoria to-day, and 97 were accepted. PERTH, Thursday. Twenty-six men volunteered to-day, of ...

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  14. THE BUDGET.

    As a result of a discussion with the Treasury and Customs officials, match manufacturers have withdrawn their opposition to the tax on matches, and will ...

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  15. FRANCE AND AMERICA.

    The death of Richard Harding Davis, the American war correspondent, removes a writer who has throughout the war been giving the outside world valuable impressions of the ...

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  16. WAR QUESTIONS.

    "G.G.F." (Leichhardt).—Apply to the Amelioration Committee, Educational Offices, Sydney "W.G.W."—You certainly cannot join the Returned Soldiers' Association if you have never been a ...

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  17. AIR DEFENCE COMMITTEE

    Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, speaking at Birmingham, said he and Lord Derby had resigned from the Air Committee because they were powerless to effect real reforms, ...

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  18. PRUSSIAN MILITARISM.

    Mr. Asquith's explanation of the phrase "destruction of Prussian militarism" at the dinner to the visiting [?]renen Parliamentarians, has been widely commented upon ...

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  19. SUBMARINE WAR.

    Germany, in reply to th[?] United States, [?]ays that the Sussex was not attacked, but another vessel in the neighbourhood of the Sussex was torpedoed. ...

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  20. COAL MINES.

    The hearing or the claims of the Colliery Officials' Association of the South Maitland Coalfleld Industrial Union was commenced by the Wages Board to-day. Mr. Halse Rogers ...

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  21. AMERICAN NEUTRALITY.

    Mr. Robert Lansing (Secretary of State) states that the British reply on the subject of the seizure of Austrians and Germans from an American steamer in the Far East ...

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  22. THE BLOCKADE.

    An Order in Council declares that gold, silver, paper money, and all negotiable, instruments and realisable securities are absolute contraband. ...

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  23. PARIS CONFERENCE.

    Replying in the House of Commons to Sir Clement Kinloch Cooke, Mr. Asquith said it had not been suggested the Dominions should be specially represented at the Paris ...

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  24. WHISKY DISTILLERIES.

    The "Evening News" says' that Mr. Lloyd George (Minister for Munitions) is determined that whisky distilleries shall be nationalised at the end of the war. The ...

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  25. THE FRANCHISE.

    In the House of Commons to-night of numerous questions asked relating to Australia, Sir Arthur Markham asked whether the Government had information that the ...

    Article : 96 words
  26. POST-WAR TRADE.

    On a Unionist motion, urging the Government to discuss post-war trade relations with the Imperial Government with a view to concerted action, the Premier, ...

    Article : 255 words
  27. ENEMY GOODS.

    With regard to the suspension of enemy trade marks, which was notified in the Commonwealth "Gazette", on January 12, the Acting Attorney-General (Mr. Mahon) stated ...

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  28. THE DREADNOUGHT DECADE.

    On February 10 last the Dreadnought completed her tenth year afloat. The anniversary is a sharp reminder not only of the fleetness of Time's passage, but also of the ...

    Article : 388 words
  29. GERMAN PLOT.

    Charles von Kleist, Ernest Becker, Captain Otto Wolpert, and Captain Enno Bode (superintendent of the Hamburg-American Piers, at Hoboken, New Jersey, have been ...

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  30. MERCHANT SHIPPING.

    Arrivals.—At Plymouth: Rotorua, s (left Wellington February 29); at Marseilles: Mongol[?]av R.M.S. (left Sydney March 4); at Aberdeen (Washington): King Cyrus, 4-m ...

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  31. INDIAN LOYALTY.

    There is no falling off in the donations by the Indian Princes and noblemen to the war funds. The latest gifts include the Raja of Rajgarh 40,000 rupees for war ...

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  32. BOOKMAKERS AND CLUBS.

    It has been represented to the Premier by the president of the Bookmakers' Association of New South Wales (Mr. J. H. O'Dea) that bookmakers plying their railing on the ...

    Article : 190 words
  33. HOLLAND.

    Domela Nieuwenhuis, a Socialist, formerly the Democratic leader, is regaining his popularity, and is conducting an anti German campaign against the export of ...

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  34. WAR NOTES.

    A Turkish communique says that the British suffered "a bloody defeat" at Felahiyeh on Suuday, when, after an artillery preparation, they attacked with their entire forces on the ...

    Article : 336 words
  35. AGA KHAN.

    The King has conferred the rank and status of First-class Chief of the Bombay Presidency for life on Aga Khan, with a Balute of 11 guns. The honour is ...

    Article : 102 words
  36. CAPETOWN.

    Sir "Monel Phillips, [?] an address at Johan[?]sburg on the war, said Admiral von Spee's defeat off the Falklands was fortunate, as he intended to bombard Cape ...

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  37. STOREKEEPER'S ESTATE.

    The New South Wales estate of the late Mr. David Whyte, of Armadale (Vic.), a retired storekeeper, who died an September 20, is sworn at £7159, and the Victorian estate at ...

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  38. DEATH OF REV. J. BECKENHAM.

    The death occurred yesterday at his residence, Lawson, Elizabeth-street, Zetland, of the Rev. John Beckenham, of the Congregational Church, at the age fo 70 years. The ...

    Article : 45 words
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