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  2. WAR SCENES. LETTERS FROM THE FRONT.

    Corporal Les. Buckland, brother of Mr. C. O. Buckland, of Forbes, was aboard the transport Southland, when she was torpedoed. Writing to his brother he says: "If the ...

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  3. MELBOURNE FIRE. HEAVY DAMAGE.

    During the closing hours of this afternoon the greatest fire which Melbourne has suffered for many years broke out in a building occupied by Andrews, Jack. Dyson, and Co., ...

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  4. BATTLE PICTURE.

    The following graphic description of a battle at the Dardanelles has been written by Private Melville Humphries in a letter to a friend in Sydney:— ...

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  5. WAR NOTES. MR. LLOYD GEORGE'S SPEECH.

    Mr. Lloyd George's anxiety to state a telling case before the trade union leaders at Glasgow led him into making one rather startling statement. He said that unless ...

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  6. WESTERN FRONT.

    A French communi[?]ue says:—There is great artillery activity south of Bailleul and Arras. We blew up a munitions depot in the ...

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  7. THE WAR. WESTERN FRONT.

    Some of the Athens newspapers anticipate that the German-Bulgarian advance will be delayed a fortnight. ...

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  8. THE BALKANS.

    An Athens message says that some of the newspapers anticipate the GermanBulgarian advance will be delayed a fortnight. It is possible that this delay ...

    Article : 348 words
  9. THE FESTIVE TURKS.

    Private E. R. Wrigley, C Company, 17th Battalion, writing from Gallipoli to his brother, late of Mudgee, says:—On Tuesday morning, after one or two shots had been ...

    Article : 263 words
  10. COAL MINERS.

    When interviewed, Mr. A. C. Willis (miners' general secretary) said that at the delegate board meeting the failure of the Legislative Assembly to pass the Eight Hour ...

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  11. SHELLING STRANDED STEAMER.

    Driver J. D. Wilkie, of the 15th Army Service Corps, writing from "the old address, Anzac," on November 8. refers to the increased activity of the Turkish artillery ...

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  12. MUNITIONS.

    Mr. Lloyd George (Minister for Munitions) addressed a meeting of 3000 tradesunion leaders in Glasgow on Christmas morning. At the outset there was a good ...

    Article : 340 words
  13. SCENES IN LONDON.

    Mr. F. C. Wills, secretary of the Public Service Association, has received the following letter from his son. Kenneth, who was one of the first public officers to enlist, being ...

    Article : 204 words
  14. RECRUITING.

    Lord Kitchener (Secretary of State for War), and several other members of the Cabinet, remained, at their offices through, out the holidays. The Cabinet will ...

    Article : 299 words
  15. DARDANELLES.

    An article in the "Sunday Times" asserts that Mr. Ashmend Bartlett, at the end of May, sent home an outspoken despatch giving the real position in the Dardanelles ...

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  16. ANOTHER FIRE.

    A fire which occurred in the main street. Gordon, on Christmas morning destroyed Bowden's Hotel, Parker Bros. general store, and David Kohn's saddler's shop. The damage ...

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  17. ENEMY ESTIMATE OF THE RUSSIANS.

    We get an interesting estimate of the Russians from "the other side" in an interview with the Austrian General Arz, recorded by M. Francis Moinar, a well-known ...

    Article : 332 words
  18. THEFTS FROM SOLDIERS' LETTERS.

    Evidently there is a lack of supervision over soldiers' letters in Egypt, even though they be wounded and in hospital, according to a letter received yesterday from Sergeant ...

    Article : 216 words
  19. FATAL DIVE.

    Two men, named Thomas Patrick Boyd (generally known as Ernest Kislingbury), single, 35 years of age, and Frank Collins, married, were drowned off Brighton Pier ...

    Article : 168 words
  20. ATHLETES WANTED.

    The Assistant Commissioner for Tramways (Mr. Milne) has forwarded to the Premier a letter which he has received from Private Hubert Waikes, late raliway night officer, ...

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  21. SOLDIERS' SETTLEMENT.

    Dr. Arthur, M.L.A., writes:—"I want workers who will turn up early on New Year's Day at the returned soldiers' settlement at French's Forest and put in the day clearing ...

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  22. THE KING'S MESSAGE

    General sir John Maxwell (commanding the forces in Egypt), on behalf of the British, Australian, and New Zealand troops, has sent a message to the King, in ...

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  23. IN A GALE.

    According to a letter received in England just before the last English mail left, the Norwegian barque Pehr Ugland (1316 tons), well known in Australian waters, had a very ...

    Article : 353 words
  24. TRAINING IN ENGLAND.

    Gunner G. T. Gillam, son of Mr. E. Gillam, of Melrose, writing from a training camp, England, to a Mudgee friend, states:—We had the Zeppelins over our camp on their way to ...

    Article : 198 words
  25. THE RUSSIAN SOLDIER.

    "The Russian' artillery," continued General Arz, "is very good, it is indeed most annoying, but fortunately we encountered always loss and less artillery as we progressed, ...

    Article : 386 words
  26. INTERNED.

    Herr Carl Menke, ex-German Consul at Birmingham, and Carl Sporu, who was associated with Lim in business, were suddenly detained on the orders of Sir J. A. ...

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  27. IN A LONDON HOSPITAL.

    Signaller J. Maloney, of the 3rd Reinforcements, 26th Battalion, of Ashfield, who enlisted at Grafton, writes to his family from Fulham Military Hospital, Hammersmith, ...

    Article : 548 words
  28. MESOPOTAMIA.

    Major-General Townshend reports: We repulsed a determined attack on portion of our position on Satruday, inflicting a loss of from 600 to 800. Our casualties were ...

    Article : 100 words
  29. THE EMPIRE.

    The "Daily Chronicle" says that Mr. Hewin's (Unionist M.P. for Hereford, and Chairman of the Unionist, Business Committee) motion on January 4 regarding ...

    Article : 107 words
  30. LIEUT. GUY MACARTHUR.

    A cable has been received announcing the death of Lieutenant Guy D.D. Macarthur, of patatyphoid and pneumonia at the 2nd A.G. Hospital, Ghezireh, Egypt on Sunday last. ...

    Article : 175 words
  31. MOTOR CAR ACCIDENTS. SEVERAL PEOPLE BADLY INJURED.

    On Christmas afternoon Messrs. J. S. Whyte (local post and telegraph master), F. Windsor (a local stock dealer). R. Mettam (property-owner), Leary (stock and station ...

    Article : 240 words
  32. PEACE TERMS.

    Herr Ballin, Director of the HamburgAmerica Line, in his Christmas wishes to the nation through the "Vossie[?]e Zeitung" says:—"The men who will be called to ...

    Article : 207 words
  33. BROKEN HILL MINERS.

    The decision of the underground members of the A.M.A. to work the Saturday afternoon shift was due to a misunderstanding. An amendment was proposed that the men ...

    Article : 107 words
  34. THE HOLIDAY.

    A decrease in the number of passengers booked at the Sydney and suburban stations was shown yesterday as compared with Boxing Day of last year, the decrease being 12,856, ...

    Article : 135 words
  35. PERSIA.

    The Teheran correspondent of Reuter's states that the Persian Cabinet has fallen and Prince Firman Firma has been appointed Premier. This is considered a ...

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  36. DARTNELL, V.C.

    A soldier's letter states that Lieutenant Darinell, V.C., of the Legion of Frontiersmen (the Australian who was killed in East Africa), gave a good account of ...

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  37. AEROPLANES AND DIRIGIDLES AT THE FRONT.

    Commenting upon the subject of bombdropping from aeroplanes and navigable airships land the latter are being used by the Allies to a greater extent at the front than ...

    Article : 470 words
  38. GERMAN EMPEROR'S ILLNESS.

    There are most alarming rumours throughout Switzerland that the German [?]Emperor's condition is causing the most profound anxiety. ...

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  39. FATAL FIRE.

    A fire, involving the death of Thomas Lewis Williams, case merchant, 61 years of age, occurred to-night in a weatherboard house in East Melbourne. Williams, who was both ...

    Article : 53 words
  40. COLLISION WITH A CART.

    While proceeding to Coff's Harbour last week, Mr. T. Martin, president of the Dorrigo Shire, was thrown from a motor car through colliding with a cart. His skull was ...

    Article : 59 words
  41. GERMAN NEWSPAPER SUPPRESSED.

    The German military authorities have [?]uppressed Maximilian Harden's newspaper, "Die Zukunft." ...

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