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  2. TRAIN SMASH.

    The adjourned inquiry into the death of Robert John Thomas, 48. tailor, of Temora, who was fatally injured in the recent collision between the Melbourne express and ...

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  3. LATE WAR NEWS.

    Half a million signatures have been obtained to a women's petition for the internment of alien enemies of military age, and the removal of the remainder from the sea ...

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  4. FOR THE FRONT.

    It is not often the country police make a mistake in forwarding a recruit on a free railway pass to Sydney. Yesterday at the Victoria Barracks, however, a boy came along ...

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  5. AMMUNITION.

    The newspapers, referring to Mr. Asquith's speech to munition workers at Newcastle, comment on the remarkable divergence between Mr. Asquith's optimism ...

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  6. BRITAIN.

    Mr. Fred T. Jane, the naval expert, speaking in Liverpool, said: "We were once very near invasion, but the navy saved us, and there was never a word in the ...

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  7. COLONIAL TROOPS.

    General Sir Ian Hamilton is the commander-in-chief of the Dardanelles Expeditionary Force, of which the "Daily Telegraph" states colonials constitute the ...

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  8. ARTILLERY.

    Violent counter-attacks are being made by the Germans against Hill 60, near Ypres. The Germans have been repulsed, ...

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  9. ITALY AND AUSTRIA.

    The "Messagero" states that the German Ambassador, Prince von Bulow, on April 15, informed Senator Garafa that negotiations on the subject of Italy's demands ...

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  10. UNITED STATES.

    Mr. Bryan (Secretary of State), replying to Court Von Bernstorit's memorandum expressing regret at America's alleged infringement of neutrality by refusing to ...

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  11. THE TURKS.

    It is officially announced that the Turkish losses at Shaiba in the recent action are estimated at 2500. The Turks, everywhere are in ...

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  12. "BARBED WIRE PRISONS."

    At the second annual conference of the Association of Justices of the Peace of Australasia, which was opened in Adelaide today by the Deputy-Governor, Sir Samuel Way, ...

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  13. ALLIES' AERIAL ACTIVITY.

    During the past week reports concerning the activities of the Allied airmen have been remarkably frequent, and it would appear that special attention is now being given by this ...

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  14. SUEZ CANAL.

    Two Turkish mines have been recovered from, the Suez Canal, near Kantara. ...

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  15. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

    "A Soldier's Wife."—(1) Your husband must leave you not less than three-fifths of his pay, and more if he likes; (2) Yes; (3) and (4) Yes, probably till the finish of the war, the same as if he were ...

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  16. IN FLANDERS.

    The War Office announces that violent and continual counter-attacks against Hill No. 60, near Ypres, which the British captured on Sunday, are proceeding. ...

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  17. E15'S CAPTAIN.

    The captain of the British submarine E15, which ran aground in the Dardanelles, was not killed, as at first reported, but is a prisoner. ...

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  18. VISCOUNT CRICHTON.

    Viscount Crichton, Extra Equerry to King George, who was reported to have been made a prisoner in Germany in November last, was killed in action. ...

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  19. LETTERS TO THE TROOPS.

    As almost every day the "Herald" receives complaints from relatives of those now in Egypt or serving elsewhere with the Australian Imperial Expeditionary Forces with ...

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  20. RUSSIA.

    A communique states: The Austrians made a particularly stubborn attack on a height near Rostock, and sustained very heavy losses. Five hundred were taken ...

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  21. INDIAN WHEAT CROP.

    The Indian wheat committee has devised a scheme to prevent speculation in India's surplus crop, which is estimated at 2,000,000 tons. ...

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  22. "VERY NEAR INVASION."

    One of the most interesting items in the cable news of this morning is that which tells of a remark made by Mr. Fred T. Jane in the course of a lecture in Liverpool. ...

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  23. "DEVILS TO FIGHT."

    Before the hearing of the Snow case was resumed in the Criminal Court to-day, Mr. Justice Gordon mentioned that he had read with pleasure the letter received by Sir ...

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  24. CARTRIDGES USED.

    The British used 6000 kilogrammes of dynamite to blow up Mont Saint Elol. It is stated in military circles that 70,000,000 rifle cartridges are used up daily ...

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  25. MERCHANT SHIPPING.

    Arrivals at London: Steamers Clan Mactavish and Yarrowdale. Passed Dover: Steamer Mottisfont. Departures for Sydney: Ship Hiawatha, ...

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  26. BLACK SEA.

    Our torpedo boats, off the Analolian Coast on Sunday and Monday, sank ten Turkish vessels carrying ammunition and stores. ...

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  27. MOTOR CYCLE CORPS.

    Recruits are wanted for the Motor Cycle Corps attached to the South African Soldiers' Rifle Club (National Reserve). Sergeant J. A. Fair, of the Motor Cycle Club ...

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  28. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

    Twenty women's societies have organised a conference which will meet tomorrow to discuss the problem of illegitimacy, the result of exceptional ...

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  29. INDIAN FRONTIER.

    The fighting near Shabkadr, on the northwest frontier of India, was severe, and lasted several hours. The enemy suffered heavily, and retired ...

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  30. SOUTH AFRICA.

    During a debate in Parliament on the Rebellion Inquiry Committee's report, Mr. J. X. Merriman, who is a member of the committee, entirely acquitted General ...

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  31. VAST EXPLOSION.

    The mine at Hill 60 made the biggest crater on record. The British troops displayed unswerving tenacity. Our prisoners captured seemed wholly ...

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  32. HORRORS OF WAR.

    A letter has been received by a friend in Newcastle from Dr. Golding-Bird, Bishop of Kalgoorlie, and formerly Dean of Newcastle, who went as a chaplain with the first ...

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  33. "GOD SAVE IRELAND."

    One of the most striking things about this war has been the way it has shown the outsider how the British people can "close up their ranks" when faced with a common ...

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  34. GERMAN AFRICA.

    After stubborn fighting during the last few months the Germans in the Cameroons have been compelled to withdraw towards high plateaus in the centre of the colony. ...

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  35. FRENCH PROGRESS.

    A communique states:— Since April 17 the German losses near hill 60 have been between three and four thousand. We captured another trench at Flirey ...

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  36. WAR NOTES.

    The news that General Sir Ian Hamilton has been appointed Commander-in-Chief of the "Dardanelles Expeditionary Force" will be received with satisfaction not only in Britain, ...

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  37. PREFERENCE TO UNIONISTS.

    Lieut.-Colonel Luscombe, A.A.G., Second Military District, referring yesterday to the order issued in regard to preference to unionists, pointed out that the direction of the ...

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  38. 300 HORSES DESTROYED.

    A disastrous fire in Craig's stables to-night destroyed about 300 horses of the average value of £45 each, also vehicles and general equipment. Only three horses were saved. ...

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  39. AUSTRALIA.

    Early Grey presided at the Royal Colonial Institute's luncheon, tendered to the new Agent-General for South Australian (Mr. F. W. Young). Sir George Reid ...

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  40. THE SOLDIERS' CLUB.

    The arrangements are well in hand for opening the soldiers' club at an early date, an event to which the soldiers themselves are already looking forward. The art students of Sydney ...

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  41. RUMOURS OF RETREAT.

    It is alleged that aeroplanes considerably damaged Lille, which has been formidably reinforced. The space between Lille and the Belgian ...

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  42. A MENA WEDDING.

    Letters received from Cairo from Trooper Stanley Rutledge and his wife show that they were responsible for the first wedding in the Mena Camp. Mrs. Rutledge travelled from ...

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  43. ENEMY RECAPTURE JASSIN.

    A German communique claims that the British lost two hundred killed and four companies taken prisoner at Jassin, German East Africa, on January 18 and 19. ...

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  44. BUTTER TRADE.

    Several Sydney grocers again experienced trouble yesterday in securing supplies of butter for the local trade, and in at least one instance a retailer secured only one half of the ...

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  45. SINGAPORE RIOT.

    Mr. Harcourt, Secretary of State for the Colonies, announced in the House of Commons that 35 British subjects were killed in the Singapore riot. ...

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  46. POSITION IN NEW ZEALAND.

    The price of butter is now 1/6 a pound, and it is suggested it will rise to 1/9 before next season. The reason is that 10,000 boxes have been sent to Australia, thus seriously ...

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  47. EMPIRE'S SOLIDARITY.

    In an address on "A Free Empire in War Time," delivered under the auspices of the Victoria League in London recently, Mr. Leiwis Harcourt, Secretary of State for the Colonies, ...

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  48. AIR WARFARE.

    The War Office reports that a bold and successful attempt was made to destroy the enemy's airship shed in Ghent, and the damage must have been considerable. ...

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  49. SULTAN OF EGYPT.

    The man who recently attempted to assassinate the Sultan of Egypt has been sentenced to death. ...

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  50. DISSATISFIED MINERS.

    A conference of the Miners' Federation met at Westminster to-day to discuss the suggestion that the South Wales miners should strike unless an advance of 20 per ...

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  51. GERMAN ESCAPEES.

    The Minister for External Affairs (Mr. Mahon) has received a report from the Lieutenant-Governor of Papua, Judge Murray, stating that he has received advices that two ...

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  52. ARMOURED CARS.

    According to a report from France, the Germans are now using armoured cars so designed that reversing in order to turn round is not necessary. In existing circumstances the ...

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  53. FIGHT ALONG THE RHINE.

    The Geneva correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" describes an aerial fight lasting two hours, which occured yesterday along the Rhine, near Itstein. ...

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  54. GERMANY AND THE UNITED STATES.

    There is something grimly humorous about the German complaint against the United States for not prohibiting the export of minitions of war to the allied countries. When ...

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  55. EXPLOSION.

    An explosion occured at Woolwich Arsenal, the cause being unknown. Three persons were seriously injured. ...

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  56. MURRAY WATERS.

    Arrangements have been made by the Minister for Water Supply, Mr. Hutchinson, for the members of the Water Commission to explain the Murray waters agreement to ...

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  57. ENGINEER KILLED.

    Mr. C. W. Harris, engineer in charge of the harbour works at Suva (Fiji), and formerly or the Sydney Harbour Trust, was accidentally killed whilst superintending the launch of a ...

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