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  2. LATE WAR NEWS.

    The wettest December on record culminated in a terrific gale, with snow and floods. Enormous seas broke on the coast, and did great damage. Casualties ...

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  3. REINFORCEMENTS.

    The leader of the Opposition in the House of Representatives (Mr. Cook) yesterday referred to the latest proposal of the Commonwealth Government with reference to the ...

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  4. OUR TROOPS.

    There are[?] indications that the new year will bring about a revival in recruiting. For a single morning's work yesterday established a record in the number of recruits, though it ...

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  5. WARFARE.

    It is stated that the damage done at Cuxhaven by the British hydroaeroplanes is undoubtedly serious. One report states that the fire of ...

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  6. BRITISH HARD PRESSED.

    "Eye Witness" with the British Headquarters, describing a fight on the 2lst inst, says the British made a gallant and Stubborn defence under severe fire from ...

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  7. WITHDRAWALS SUGGESTED.

    Reuter's Washington correspondent states that Germany has notified the United States that the American Consuls in Belgium must be acceptable to the ...

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  8. A MATTER OF MATERIAL.

    In this connection one wonders what must now be the state of Germany's supplies of, say, copper, which is used s[?] largely in the manufacture of shell and cartridges, of ...

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  9. ARGENTINA'S [?] ATTITUDE.

    Germany's efforts to induce Argentina to recognise German sovereignty in Belgium have completely failed. This is in accordance with the decision of the ...

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  10. WAR AND LABOUR.

    Most students of the immigration problem opine that a severe labour famine will follow the war, and the proposed further restrictive legislation will be inflicting ...

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  11. EGYPT.

    There is no development of the situation on the eastern frontier. A few parties of Turks and Bedouins continue to wander aimlessly in the eastern half of the Sinai ...

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  12. OFFICIAL MESSAGE.

    The following cablegram has been received by the Minister for Defence from Mr. C. E. W. Bean, Australian war correspondent with the Australian Imperial ...

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  13. THE OIL PROBLEM.

    The oil problem must be particularly acute, for there seems to be no doubt that Germany looked to replenishing her own accumulated stores from the oilfields of Galicia. She ...

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  14. BELGIAN PROTEST.

    M. Havenith, the Belgian Minister, has announced that the Belgian Government has protested against Germany's refusal to recognise Consuls accredited in ...

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  15. NO PRISONERS TAKEN.

    The "Daily Express" states that General Joffre in an army order dated December 17 says:—"We have proof that the lieutenant commanding the 7th Company of ...

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  16. REBEL CAPTURED.

    A motor force captured the rebel Martin Slabbert, ex-lieutenant in the defence force. Slabbert was chased for two days. His men had previously surrendered. ...

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  17. LOOKING AHEAD.

    Mr. E. Cantrell, a native of Kentucky, and for seventeen years a resident in Belgium, states that when visiting Liege immediately after the occupation, he noticed ...

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  18. ROLL OF HONOUR.

    Captain Walter Penrose Pritchett, a Victorian, has died of his wounds. Captain Alfred Barnes Rose, who served with the New Zealand contingent in South ...

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  19. CUXHAVEN RAID.

    The British ships which took part in the raid on Cuxhaven on Christmas Day approached Heligoland in the dark. The clear weather which then prevailed pro ...

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  20. MERCHANT SHIPPING.

    The steamer Charon (left Fremantle on December 10) and the ship Mataram (left Sydney on December 1) have arrived at Singapore. ...

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  21. INDIAN WHEAT.

    In view of the abnormal prices of wheat in India, the Government has decided to restrict exports of wheat, including flour, to 100,000 tons from December 1 to March ...

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  22. ENEMY'S LOSSES.

    Lists 101 to 108 show 35,883 Prussian casualties. Altogether 250,000 Prussians and Bavarians have been killed, 850,000 wounded, ...

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  23. GENERAL ITEMS.

    John Kuhr, a well-known German inventor and wireless expert, who, it was thought, had escaped from Newcastle Gaol, has been discovered in concealment ...

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  24. RIGHTS OF NEUTRALS[?]

    The New York correspondent of the "Times" states that Venezuela has suggested the holding of a conference in Washington of all neutral nations to ...

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  25. STIRRING LETTER[?]

    The following extracts are taken from a letter just received by a well-known Sydney lady from her son, who joined King Edw[?]d's Horse some y[?]s ago: ...

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  26. "TAKE NO PRISONERS."

    On one or two occasions during the war it has been stated that the German troops had received orders not to take prisoners, but to shoot all enemy soldiers that fell into ...

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  27. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

    Captain von Muller, late of the Emde[?], has arrived in England aboard the Orama, The Maharajah of Gwalior has established a convalescent home for six Indian ...

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  28. THE RUSSIANS.

    An official communique reports isolated German attacks between the lower Vistula and the Pilica. An abortive German attack to the south-east of Skierniewice ...

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  29. CENSORSHIP.

    The Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) replied to-day to some severe criticisms of the censorship system. He said that the point of view he ...

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  30. RED CROSS.

    The following cable has been received from Lord Rothschild, chairman of the British Red Cross Society, by her Excellency Lady Helen Munro Ferguson: ...

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  31. AIRCRAFT GUNS.

    The naval and military authorities emphasise the danger from fragments of sh[?]ll and bullets which may be tired against aircraft attempting to raid London. The ...

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  32. WAR NOTES.

    The news from both the Eastern and Western theatres of the war this morning is meagre, and in neither case has any important development taken place. On the ...

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  33. ATTEMPTED BRIBERY

    Castrignano, an ex-Customs officer, and Dr. Fiori have been arrested for attempting to bribe a Customs official to issue a permit for the export of corn to ...

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  34. ARTICLES REQUIRED.

    The following table has been received from the High Commissioner in response to inquiries made by her Excellency Lady Helen Munro Ferguson as to what articles are most ...

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  35. THE SURRENDERING BAVARIAN.

    The fact that the alleged order is attributed to a Bavarian general, however, suggests one explanation that is not altogether connected with hatred of the Allied troops. ...

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  36. SULTAN OF EGYPT.

    The Minister for External Affairs (Mr. Mahon) has received a cable from the High Commissioner, Sir George Reid, from Cairo, to the following effect: ...

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  37. FIGHT ON THE ICE.

    Diaries from Hungary state that two regiments in Przemysl made sorties every night for a fortnight, but seldom more than one regiment returned. The ...

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  38. TSING TAO.

    The E. and A. Company's steamer Aldenham arrived from Kobe, via ports, yesterday and brought further news of the fall of Tsingtao. The official report of the capture of the ...

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  39. UNITED STATES.

    The United States has addressed a strong remonstrance to the British Government against the present treatment of American commerce by the British fleet. ...

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  40. ALARM AT HAMBURG.

    The raid was kept secret in Germany until Saturday, and there was much alarm, especially in Hamburg, until the German official report was issued. Most of the ...

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  41. THE GERMAN CASUALTIES.

    The Amsterdam message published this morning dealing with the German casualties, can be taken as authentic, based as it is, as far as the Prussians and Bavarians are ...

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  42. SYDNEY'S VICTORY.

    A nephew of Mr. J. V. Hill, Town Clerk, writing from a troopship on November 22, says "There was great excitement on the morning of November 9 at the news that the ...

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  43. THE GERMAN REPORT.

    The German official wireless service states that while general confidence has been felt that the Austro-Germans on the eastern front have been progressing, ...

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  44. ENEMY'S WEAK POINT.

    A naval expert, who refuses to allow his name to be used, expresses the opinion, in the New York press, that Great Britain will only be able to attack the ...

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  45. A MYSTERY.

    In the early stages of the war it was reported that two German cruisers had been taken into Hongkong in a badly battered condition. Nothing was heard as to the identity ...

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  46. AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

    Croatian and Slav artillerymen at Montebrione and St. Nicholas forts, near Riva, Austria (20 miles south-west of Trente), revolted. ...

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  47. TROOPS AND CHINESE.

    The Federal Government has had under consideration the matter of the dibturbance that took place in Melbourne recently when a number of Chinese were assaulted by ...

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  48. "SET YOUR TEETH."

    Speaking at Newcastle-upon-Tyne last month, Lord Haldane said we were at war because it was our sacred duty to be at war. Had we in this conflict stood by and folded ...

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  49. THE WEAK LINK.

    Although the German casualty figures are big enough in all conscience—two millions for, say, a little over four months of war—still it is clear that as far as mere numbers are ...

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  50. FRENCH SUBMARINE.

    A sailor on a French submarine relates that on Sunday the submarine entered an enemy port, which is not named. They were about to torpedo a battleship when ...

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  51. ENEMY'S HUGE LOSSES.

    On October 16 the London Daily Chronicle received from a correspondent in Holland, who had been in Berlin, the following important statement of the German losses: ...

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  52. WESTERN FRONT.

    A communique states: We continue to advance west of Lombaertzyde, and have now reached out from the dunes, where the enemy established a line of resistance. ...

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  53. OUR TROOPS.

    The correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" at Cairo writes:—"The Australians and New Zealanders are now in their desert camps. Whatever they have been ...

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  54. SEIZURE OF BELGIUM.

    Germany has formally notified the State Department that the German Emperor wishes the withdrawal of American Consuls in Belgium, unless in certain ...

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  55. GERMAN CARGO RELEASED.

    The Premier is advised by Mr. Fisher that an order has been obtained in the Prize Court for the release of the whole of the cargo in the German barque Ernst, and that the ...

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  56. THE RIFLE CLUBS.

    The rifle clubs in the [?]arious [?]uburbs are drilling regularly. The last club formed, that of Roseville, drills twice a week, and has its own rifle range. The club has 83 ...

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