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  2. AFRICA.

    A Pretoria message to the "Cape Times" of September 29 says:- A detachment of our forces, operating from the south against German South-west Africa, ...

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  3. LATE WAR NEWS.

    A communique states: The Allies have progressed slightly east of Nleuport. On the right bank of the Yser the German attacks were renewed on Wednesday from ...

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  4. WAR NOTES.

    At midnight no details whatever had come to hand regarding the naval action off the coast of Chill. The whole thing was wrapped in mystery. All that was definitely known ...

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  5. HARD FIGHTING

    Violent fighting continues on the Franco-Belgian battle line, and details of further progress by the Allies are published. ...

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  6. OUR TROOPS.

    Camp was broken by the men of the 7th (A.I.) Light Horse Regiment at Liverpool yesterday, and a transfer made to a site at the rear of the public school, a distance of ...

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  7. OPPOSED TO WAR.

    General Cherif Pasha, leader of the Opposition in Turkey, has telegraphed to the French Premier (M. Viviani), saying he is dismayed that a handful of bandits have ...

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  8. A FANTASTIC IDEA.

    As for the "Invasion" itself, it could hardly amount to anything that Canada could not quite easily cope with. There are certainly many thousands of Austrians and Germans in ...

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  9. GERMAN PLOTS.

    It is reported that the Government is aware of German plots to lay mines in the Bay of Fundy, with the object of interfering with the winter trans-Atlantic services. ...

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  10. GREECE.

    The Greek Legation announces that Turkey's belligerency does not affect Greece, as Greece's newly-acquired islands in the Levant are guarded [?]y the allied warships. ...

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  11. GENERAL BOTHA.

    The Commander-in-Chief of the Union of South Africa Forces has had a notable and consistently successful career. Born in 1862 at Greytown, In Natal, he accompanied his ...

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  12. RAND TROOPS IN ACTION.

    A message from Luderitzbucht says:—A force comprising Imperial Light Horse and Rand Light Infantry, belonging to Colonel Boves's column, came in contact with a ...

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  13. CANADIAN TROOPS.

    The second Canadian contingent of 15,000 men are in training, and it is expected they will be ready to leave in January. ...

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  14. MINE SWEEPER SUNK.

    The mine sweeper Mary was destroyed by a mine in the North Sea. Eight persons were drowned. ...

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  15. WAR WITH TURKEY.

    The somewhat humorous way Turkey generally goes about things is again exemplified in the semi-official message that "for the present she will restrict herself to war against ...

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  16. RUSSIAN ADVANCE.

    It is officially stated that there have been eavy German losses on the East Prussian front, only 80 being left in some companies. ...

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  17. WIRELESS STOPPED.

    Wireless communication via Tuckerton, New Jersey, with Germany, has been suspended until further notice. The reason for this has not been given. ...

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  18. NEAR ARRAS.

    Mr. Martin Donahue, war correspondent to the London "Daily Chronicle," says:- "The Germans for two days fiercely attacked the Allies along the line between ...

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  19. AEROPLANES IN WAR.

    Brigadier-General Scriven, head of the Army Signal Corps, reporting to the Secretary for War on the use of aeroplanes in war, has recommended the United States ...

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  20. THE UPINGTON BORDER.

    Reuter's Upington correspondent telegraphed on September 28:—I returned yesterday from a trip near the border in the direction of Nakob and met Corporal Smit, of the old Free State ...

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  21. WAR BULLETIN.

    Sir George Reid cables under date, London, Nov. 5:- Official: Owing to hostile acts committed by Turkish forces under German officers, ...

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  22. ITALIAN CABINET.

    Signor Sunnino has accepted the position of Minister for Foreign Affairs in succession to the late Marquis di San Giullauo. ...

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  23. TROUBLE WITHIN AND WITHOUT.

    But it would seem that, Turkey will be extraordinarily lucky if her only troubles are to be those from without. Although Germany secured sufficient influence at ...

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  24. IN BELGIUM AND FRANCE.

    A communique issued at midnight stated: There is no notable change to report. We progressed slightly towards Messines. ...

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  25. TRADE AND COMMERCE.

    Negotiations between Canada and Australia to promote closer trade relations are to be reopened immediately. British Columbia interests are urging great ...

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  26. ATTACKS ON ARRAS.

    The German Emperor witnessed the renewed attacks upon Arras, the violence of which was due to the Emperor's desire to see the town taken. ...

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  27. SHEEPSKIN WAIST-COATS.

    A meeting was held yesterday afternoon in the Equitable-building to discuss the ways and means of supplying the troops at the front with waistcoats of tanned sheepskin. ...

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  28. THE KONIGSBERG.

    The report that the German cruiser Konigsberg has been "put out of action in the Indian Ocean" bad not been amplified or even confirmed up till a late hour last night. She ...

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  29. NATION'S EXISTENCE.

    The Earl of Selborne, speaking at Chiswick, said that the voluntary response had been wonderful, but the young men. who did not enlist, though they had no one ...

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  30. THE BELGIANS.

    The battle continues in the Dixmude, Ypres, and Roulers district. The Belgians are fighting with great spirit. Their splendid bayonet work in Tuesday's battle was ...

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  31. CANADIAN WHEAT AREA.

    Farmers in Western Canada, assisted by the Government, are preparing huge areas for wheat. It is intended next season to place the largest area under wheat in ...

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  32. COMPULSORY SERVICE.

    Owing to a check in recruiting during the past three weeks, and the wear and tear of the army in Flanders, the newspapers are prominently discussing ...

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  33. ADMIRAL SIR PERCY SCOTT.

    The return of Admiral Sir Percy Scott to the Admiralty brings once more into prominence an officer who loomed largely in the public eye during the Boer war, for he it was ...

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  34. NAVAL BATTLE.

    The Minister for Defence (Mr. Pearce) said to-day that he had received a cable from the Admiralty in which It was stated the only news that had been received ...

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  35. MERCHANT SHIPPING.

    The Norwegian barque Dea has left Gothenburg for Adelaide. ...

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  36. DISTRESS IN BELGIUM.

    The Spanish and United States Ministers at Brussels estimate that 60,000 tons of grain, 16,000 tons of maize, and 3000 tons of rice and peas will be needed monthly to ...

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  37. ELLICE ISLANDS.

    The barquentine Laura arrived from the Ellice Group yesterday afternoon, after having spent a lengthy period in the group waiting for the steamer Dawn, which did not put ...

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  38. GAMES OF THE GHURKAS.

    Writing from London to her brother, Major Timothy, chief selector of recruits at the Victoria Barracks, Miss Timothy Bays that overyone ia delighted with the exploits of the ...

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  39. NAVAL BATTLE.

    Reports from Valparaiso state that the German cruiser Nurnberg sought the British squadron fruitlessly after the supposed battle, but only heard wireless calls ...

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  40. BENEATH THE COAL.

    One of the most picturesque incidents of the war ia that of the capture of the Prussian ammunition on the River Marne (says the Paris correspondent of the "St. Jaines's ...

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  41. THE SPIRIT OF NEW RUSSIA

    An old soldier, one of the Emperor Nicholas I.'s "iron men," has tramped a hundred miles to Kostroma to offer his services at the front as a volunteer. The veteran is 103 years of ...

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  42. COMMENT IN UNITED STATES.

    There is much comment in the press with respect to Germany not taking steps to rescue the victims of the war in Belgium, and leaving to other countries the ...

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  43. OPINION IN CANADA.

    The reported British naval defeat in South American waters is scouted in Government circles, although the report is everywhere credited by the press in the ...

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  44. WAR OF REGENERATION.

    Another illustration of tho solidarity of Russians in the war is supplied by a letter which appeared in the "Times," from Mr. v. Bourtzeff, who has been for the last six ...

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  45. THE UNITED STATES AND A CANADIAN "INVASION."

    The chief point of interest in the news that the Germans and Austrians in the United States are planning an invasion of Canada is in the bearing the affair has on the neutrality ...

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  46. TSING-TAO.

    It is officially stated that the Allies are enclosing Tsing-Tao. Shells are now falling in the streets, and have destroyed the power-house. ...

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  47. TURKEY.

    The "London Gazette" announces that Britain has declared war on Turkey. The Turkish Ambassadors at London and Paris have received their passports. ...

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  48. FALL IMMINENT.

    Private telegrams received from Tokio indicate that the fall of Tsing Tao is imminent. ...

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  49. SUSPECTED SHIP.

    With reference to a paragraph published in the "Herald" on Thursday, to the effect that a "subpicious-looking" steamer, name apparently unknown, had been brought into ...

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  50. THE WAR AND WAGNER.

    Madame Schumann-Heink has described to a New York interviewer how the war broke up a Wagner performance at Bayreuth. She was singing in "Parsifal" on the night of ...

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  51. TWO FAMOUS MUSICIANS AT REIMS.

    Reims Cathedral, tesides being "the Parthenon of French national architectare," has played an important part in the world of music (says a London journal). It was here ...

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  52. "SONGS FOR SOLDIERS."

    We have received a copy of the third edition of "Songs for Soldiers," written and pictured by Captain George A. Taylor, of the Australian Intelligence Corps, and published ...

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  53. CANADA.

    The Secret Service Department has discovered that there is great activity in the United States amongst German organisations, with the object of invading Canada. ...

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  54. DEPRESSION IN TURKEY.

    Reuter's correspondent at Alexandria states that through the intervention of the United States Ambassador, British, French, and Russian subjects have been allowed ...

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