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  2. THE APPEAL. TO RAISE THE 50,000.

    The Federal authorities to-day commenced to issue to local recruiting committees, which will consist of mayors or shire presidents and their councils, instructions with regard to the ...

    Article : 752 words
  3. ROUTE MARCHES. THE WALLABIES.

    The route march of the Wallabies has fired the imagination of the people of the north-west. The troop is gathering strength, and the Wallabies are going from success to ...

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  4. WAR NOTES.

    The news of the resignation of Sir John French as Commander-in-Chief of the British forces in France comes as a distinctly unpleasant surprise. It will probably be not ...

    Article : 264 words
  5. TURKEY.

    Advices from Constantinople received in Rome show there is a general movement in favour of a separate peace. The movement is encouraged by some of the ...

    Article : 68 words
  6. THE BALKANS.

    It is reported from Salonica that there has been a large exodus of Germans, Turks, and Austrians. The German schools have been closed, and the consul ...

    Article : 582 words
  7. WESTERN FRONT.

    The military expert of the Paris "Temps" says that news has been received in Holland that Germany, is preparing for a general attack on the French ...

    Article : 191 words
  8. THE WEST. GERMANS PREPARE

    Sir John French has, at his own request, relinquished the command of the British forces on the western front. ...

    Article : 153 words
  9. ARABIA.

    A British force under Colonel Gordon, on December 13, encountered hostile Arabs 24 miles west of Matrah in Oman (an independent Arab State). The ...

    Article : 61 words
  10. MARCH FROM TENTERFIELD.

    A meeting of delegates in connection with the proposed route march from Tenterfield was held in Armidale, Tenterfield, Glen Innes, and other centres being represented. It was ...

    Article : 95 words
  11. THE SURGEON.

    A good deal has reached the Australian press about the breakdown of hospital transport arrangements in the early days of the expedition, and of certain defects later. Those ...

    Article : 757 words
  12. JAPAN.

    The Budget shows a revenue of 553,000,000 yen (about £55,300,000), which is equal to the expenditure. The naval programme provides for an additional ...

    Article : 38 words
  13. THE TWO GENERALS.

    Sir John has in the past 16 months carved out for himself an unassailable place in history. His work during those first few terribly critical weeks alone won him an undying ...

    Article : 299 words
  14. GENERAL JOFFRE.

    Replying in the House of Commons to a question whether General Joffre's appointment as Generalissimo necessitated an important change in the higher British ...

    Article : 57 words
  15. NEW ZEPPELIN.

    The destruction of Zeppelin L22 was due to the accidental explosion of a bomb as the airship, which was of the latest type, and had been in use only a few weeks, was ...

    Article : 64 words
  16. SIR JOHN FRENCH.

    The War Office states that for sixteen months, during severe and incessant strain, Sir John French most nobly commanded the British armies on the western front. ...

    Article : 253 words
  17. RECRUITING.

    Earl Derby (Director of Recruiting) stated in the House of Lords to-day that Mr. Asquith would announce the recruiting figures on Tuesday. He ...

    Article : 212 words
  18. THE COMING GERMAN OFFENSIVE.

    The straws in the wind suggest that the new British Commander-in-Chief will before very long have his mettle put to its severest test. The German offensive in the Balkans ...

    Article : 268 words
  19. AUSTRIA.

    The Austrian reply to the United States Note in connection with the sinking of the Ancona, says:—In view of the sharpness of America's censure, and the firmness ...

    Article : 256 words
  20. THE KOOKABURRAS.

    Captain Eade and Lieut. Middenway are in the district organising meetings in connection with the Kookaburras' route march. So far the results are satisfactory. At a meeting ...

    Article : 123 words
  21. FINAL EFFORT FOR A DECISION.

    Thus, having set things in train in Asia Minor, the Germans are gathering strength for a great effort in France and Flanders. The view seems to be held that the Prussian ...

    Article : 216 words
  22. BRITISH PRISONERS.

    The German authorities, in replying to a Foreign Office White Paper issued on April 10, state that Major Vandeleur was made to travel in a cattle truck "owing to his ...

    Article : 222 words
  23. OUR WOUNDED.

    The Commonwealth authorities have opened a camp near Woolwich, under Major Hogan. It will accommodate 1500 Australian soldiers who have recovered ...

    Article : 150 words
  24. SHARE OF THE STATES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 76 words
  25. BIG SAYING.

    In the House of Commons Dr. C. Addison (Parliamentary Secretary for Munitions) said the Munitions Department was recently paying £30 a ton for a certain ...

    Article : 146 words
  26. WARATAHS.

    The Waratahs, which left Nowra on November 30, will march into the city to-day, when Captain Blow will lead a contingent 120 strong. The men experienced a trying time ...

    Article : 712 words
  27. WHEAT SCHEME.

    The adjourned conference of Ministers representing the States interested in the Government wheat scheme was resumed to-day, and finality was reached on most of the points ...

    Article : 463 words
  28. UNION'S ENDORSEMENT.

    The Clerks' Union has passed a resolution supporting the proposals of the War Council in the recruiting campaign, and placing on record "Our disgust of the disloyal action of ...

    Article : 102 words
  29. SUEZ CANAL.

    Commenting on the decision of the Dutch East Indies lines to use the Cape instead of the Suez route, the "Daily Telegraph" says: "The Orient, P. and O., and ...

    Article : 156 words
  30. ZEPPELIN LOSSES.

    A cablegram yesterday announced the loss of two German Zeppelin airships during last month, one near Hamburg and the other in Saxony. This morning a Copenhagen message ...

    Article : 249 words
  31. AUSTRALIAN OFFICERS.

    Colonel Pope, C.B., of Western Australia, Lieut-Colonel Cannan, C.B., of the 15th Battalion, and Major Tilney, D.S.O., of the 10th Battalion, were at Buckingham ...

    Article : 46 words
  32. GREAT BRITAIN'S WEALTH.

    Mr. M'Kenna (Chancellor of the Exchequer) stated in the House of Commons to-day that the capital wealth of the United Kingdom was roughly estimated at ...

    Article : 37 words
  33. COLONEL GODFREY IRVING.

    Colonel Godfrey Irving, who has acted as commandant in Western Australia, and is now the Chief of the General Staff in the Commonwealth, has been appointed general officer ...

    Article : 247 words
  34. THE IRON FIST.

    Dr. Helfferich (Minister of Finance), when introducing in the Reichstag a war credit of £500,000,000, said:—"Your voting of this credit will prove that all ...

    Article : 190 words
  35. MERCHANT SHIPPING.

    Arrivals.—At Port Allen: Barque British Yeoman. At Puntarenas: Steamer Rena. Departures.—For Sydney: Steamer Hellenic, barquentine Mary Winkelman, ...

    Article : 29 words
  36. BLOCK OF GOLD.

    The United States Treasury has melted down 20,000,000 sovereigns. This accumulation is the result of British payments. The block weighs two hundred tons, and ...

    Article : 46 words
  37. EMPIRE BONDS.

    The Speaker of the House of Commons (Mr. J. W. Lowther), presiding at a meeting of the Parliamentary Association, said the inter-Parliamentary bonds with the ...

    Article : 71 words
  38. MISCELLANEOUS.

    Ford's peace ship has arrived at Kirkwall (Scotland). An interesting ceremony took place in the Australian hospital at Auteuil, when ...

    Article : 96 words
  39. DISLOYAL UTTERANCES.

    Francis Peter Hagen, a clerk in the Public Health Department, was fined £25 under the War Regulations Act for publishing disloyal utterances. When the reinforcements were ...

    Article : 124 words
  40. KING'S COUNSEL.

    The Lord High Chancellor (Lord Buckmaster) announces that no King's Counsel will be appointed during the war, principally in order to avoid injustice to many ...

    Article : 45 words
  41. MINERS' WAGES.

    The hearing of the plaint of the Federated Mining Employees' Association for increased wages and better working conditions was continued yesterday before Mr. Justice Powers. ...

    Article : 74 words
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