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  2. THE TROOPS.

    The enrolling officer at the barracks put through 140 applicants yesterday, and accepted 120 for all ranks. The detachment for Liverpool numbered 99, 45 being allocated to the ...

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  3. LATE WAR NEWS.

    A huge German cemetery has been made near Namur, where thousands have been hurriedly buried. Many are only partially covered, and the ghastly ...

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  4. GENEROUS REVENGE.

    Retails of the Russian annexation of Bukovina show that teh Cossacks made a dramatic entry into Czernowitz, The capital, with bunds playing and choristers ...

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  5. THE BALTIC.

    The Germans claim a victory over the Russian army that was advancing towards Thorn, and state that the Russians have retreated ...

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  6. THE RAIDS.

    We regret that, owing to an error in a telegraphic message, the Australia Hotel Company was mentioned in our report of Mr. Hughes's statement in the House of Representatives on ...

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  7. FOUND THE RANGE.

    During the northern baltic a German shell fell near a French battery without bursting. A lieutenant, desiring to find the range, ...

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  8. EAST AFRICA.

    Lord Crewe, in the House of Lords last night, said that at the beginning of the war the position of the British troops in East Africa was less strong than the ...

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  9. RUSSIA.

    There are tens of thousands of sick and wounded soldiers in Moscow, almost every second house having been improvised as a, hospital. ...

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  10. SOLDIERS' PENSIONS.

    In the House of Commons yesterday, a select committee was appointed, on the motion of Mr. Asquith, to consider a scheme for soldiers' pensions. ...

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  11. TURKEY.

    A communique states that the Russian fleet cannonaded the fort and barracks at Treb[?]zond, on the Black Sea. ...

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  12. IN THE WEST.

    The spy's prediction that the Germans are about to withdraw further eastward in Belgium has not yet, as far as we can definitely tell, been borne out by the facts, though he ...

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  13. WAR LOAN.

    The war loan is being offered at a premium of 2s 6d. The "Financial News" say the loan was over subscribed at noon yesterday. ...

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  14. BOER REBELS.

    A further remnant of General Beyers' commando has been captured. ...

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  15. TURKS REPULSED.

    It is officially announced that the Russians repulsed skirmishes by the enemy in the direction of Erzerum, and occupied Doutakh, an important point in the ...

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  16. GERMAN SPY.

    A German spy has been arrested for trying to open the breech of a gun on the fortifications of Copenhagen. ...

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  17. EARL ROBERTS.

    The funeral of Earl Roberts proceeded, although it was raining. Enormous crowds thronged the roads, which were blocked. Thousands of Territorials and ...

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  18. ALBANIA.

    The Young Turks, believing that Essad Pasha aims at pacifying and freeing Albania, are stirring up insurgents under Kamil Bey to turn Essad Pasha out. ...

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  19. THE BALTIC.

    A communique states that two German cruisers and ten destroyers bombarded Libau, on the Baltic, causing several fires. In the bombardment five persons were ...

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  20. FAMISHED CHILDREN.

    Cardinal Mercer, making an appeal for food on behalf of the Belgians in Malines, writes:"Famished children in desperation often go to German soldiers and tear bread ...

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  21. A HOLY WAR.

    Berlin newspapers state that the German Emperor has telegraphed to the Crown Prince that the Shelk-ul-Islam has proclaimed a holy war for the whole of ...

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  22. ALONG THE YSER.

    The "Telegraaf" states that the conflict along the Yser has been renewed between Neuport and Dixmude. The Belgians are utilising small boats ...

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  23. CALL OF EMPIRE.

    Under the heading, "Lot them join the Contingents," the Minister for Public Works yesterday made a further statement regarding the unemployed deputation from the ...

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  24. SMYRNA INCIDENT.

    The State Department has been informed that Turkish forts in Smyrna fired on the United States cruiser Tennessee. It is understood that the cruiser was ...

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  25. HEAVY CANNONADING.

    Heavy cannonading for an hour was beard off Gothland. ...

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  26. THE WAR LOAN.

    There is great public demand for prospectuses of the war loan, but as they are obtained at every bank and money order office there is no rush. ...

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  27. BRITISH NAVAL CASUALTIES.

    From whichever point of view it is regarded there is reason for regret in the total British naval casualties to date as announced by the First Lord of the Admiralty. He states that ...

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  28. ESPIONAGE.

    A sharp debate took place in the House of Lords regarding the alleged slackness of the Home Office respecting spies. Lord Londonderry, during an angry ...

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  29. WESTERN FRONT.

    It is reported that the Germans are making a new effort to cross the Yser. There has been an extensive movement of Landsturmers from Ghent, while young ...

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  30. WAR BULLETIN.

    The following message has been received from Sir George Reid:—Official: The first division of the British troops yesterday was subjected to a heavy ...

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  31. GERMAN GOLD.

    The German Government has sent 12,000,000 marks in gold to the Danish National Bank, because the exchange of German bank-notes has been falling daily ...

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  32. UNITED STATES POLICY.

    President Wilson is determined, despite all statements to the contrary, no matter what the facts of the alleged firing on the United States cruiser Tennessee appear to ...

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  33. BOOTS FOR SOLDIERS.

    Northampton is making 4,000,000 pa[?] of boots for the British army, and 2,000,000 for the French. ...

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  34. VIOLENT CANNONADE.

    A communique issued at midnight states:—There was a very violent and almost ceaseless cannonade throughout the day on the northern front. ...

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  35. SOUTH AUSTRALIA'S QUOTA.

    The South Australian quota of the Second Expeditionary Force was reviewed by the Governor to-day, at Montefiore Hill, and his Excellency presented the troops with a flag. ...

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  36. SIR GEO. PATEY'S PROMOTION.

    An announcement was made by the Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce), a few weeks ago, that the Commander of the Australian Fleet (Sir George Patey) had been promoted ...

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  37. BELGIAN NEUTRALITY.

    A Dutch news agency states that the late King of Roumania wrote to King Albert of Belgium in July, advising Belgium to devote herself to defence, as the ...

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  38. A MISUNDERSTANDING.

    The Tennessee has proceeded to Chios (an island of the Aegean Sea, belonging to Turkey). There is an indication that the fiction of ...

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  39. RUSSIA.

    The Germans have assembled their chief available forces in the neighbourhood of Thorn. Their immediate objectives are Plock and Kutno (27 miles ...

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  40. GENERAL BEYERS.

    The official report cabled from Pretoila on the 10th lnst, announcing that Colonel Lemmer's Union forces totally defeated the rebels led by Lieutenant-General Beyers at the Vet ...

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  41. THE AUDACIOUS.

    The New York cablegram regarding the battleship Audacious leaves us quite in the dark as to what the reports concerning her amounted to. We are simply told that an ...

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  42. MAJOR ABBOTT RESIGNS.

    Major P. P. Abbott, M.P., who is OfficerCommanding the New England Light Horse, has found that it is impossible for him to devote the necessary attention to his ...

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  43. LATE EARL ROBERTS.

    The Agent-General for Victoria (Mr. McBride), on behalf of the Government and people of Victoria, has telegraphed to Lady Roberts: ...

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  44. BRITISH NAVAL LOSSES.

    The British naval casualties, announced by Mr. Churchill as 4148, do not include 875 lost on H.M.S. Good Hope, and 1000 naval men interned in Holland. ...

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  45. COUNTRY HELP.

    The local patriotic fund now reaches £239. The latest addition is £10 18s 6d, the proceeds of the sale of three fat lambs, presented by Mr. T. Dunn, of Kelvin Park. ...

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  46. TROOPS ABROAD.

    The Australian War Contingent Association constituted at the request of the War and Colonial Offices, and with the object of cooperating with these departments in all ...

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  47. WATERLOO.

    The Calais correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states that German transport waggons are choking the roads towards Brussels, apparently preparatory to ...

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  48. WRECKED CRUISER.

    A court-martial has been opened into the wreck of the armoured cruiser Oceanic. The vessel was wrecked on Foula Island, one of the Shetland Islands, ...

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  49. ADVANCE GUARDS RETREAT.

    A communique states: The Russian advance guards between the Vistula and Warta are falling back in the direction of Szoura. ...

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  50. THE FUNERAL.

    The King will attend the funeral of Lord Roberts. ...

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  51. GERMAN CANADIANS.

    Forty-six men belonging to the Canadian contingent have been rejected on account of their Austrian or German nationality and re-embarked for Canada. ...

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  52. MOTOR AMBULANCE.

    The Retail Pharmacy Board of Victoria has presented a fully-equipped motor ambulance to the field hospital attached to the second expeditionary force. ...

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  53. BRITISH BATTLESHIP.

    Surgeon J. C. Beaumont, an officer aboard the Olympic, stated on arrival here that it was absolutely untrue the Olympic ever rescued a single bluejacket from the ...

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  54. THE JEHAD.

    The Shielkh-ul-Islam, or Grand Mu[?]ti, who, according to the German emperor, has proclaimed a Jehad or Holy War throughout Islam, is the head of the hierarchy in Turkey. ...

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  55. EAST PRUSSIAN FRONT.

    The Russians continue fighting all the way towards the Gumbinnen-Angerburg front (East Prussia), which the enemy is defending (adds the communique). ...

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  56. DEFENSIVE MEASURES.

    The Germans are taking great defensive measures from Bruges to Courtrai. They are also strewing mines from the front towards Brussels. ...

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  57. BAKERS AND BUTCHERS.

    There will be a bakery and butchery section attached to the Army Service Corps to leave Australia with the next expeditionary force. Bakers will make broad for the ...

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  58. PANAMA CANAL.

    Major-General Wotherspoon, a retired offleer, in a letter to the newspapers points out that it is impossible to protect the Panama Canal or the American Colonies ...

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  59. AUSTRIANS DEFEATED.

    The Russians defented some Austrian troops at Lodovtiza. ...

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  60. STEAMER SEIZED.

    A British cruiser seized the American steamer Kroilland in the Mediterranean. She had on board 2500 tons of war munitions from New York, destined for ...

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  61. IN FRANCE.

    The "Daily Mail" says there are indications that the Germans are strengthening their lines towards So[?]ssons. ...

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  62. GERMAN STATEMENT.

    A German communique states: The battle north of Lodz (75 miles west-southwest of Warsaw) is developing, and is undecided. ...

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  63. ONE OF THE BRAVES.

    Mr. John Stewart, honorary secretary of the Highland Society of New South Wales, has received an acknowledgment of the society's cable of condolence on the death in action of ...

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  64. WET OR DRY CANTEENS.

    Sir,—The Rev. George Cranston is to be commended for his letter appearing in your issue of to-day on the above subject. It is admitted by everyone who has had the ...

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  65. SHOTS FROM THE SEA.

    The Germans on the coast, noticing that the British warships' fire spared the houses on the Middlekerke sea front, went there to reside. ...

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  66. GERMAN TRANSPORT.

    The German stenmer Karnak, an auxiliary transport, has been interned at Antofogasta (Chili). ...

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  67. MERCHANT SHIPPING.

    Arrivals: At Valparaiso, bq Woodburn; at Port Louis, bq C.J.S.; at Singapore, steamer Minderoo. Departure: For Wellington, steamer ...

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  68. LIBAU BOMBARDED.

    Libau, which has been bombarded by a German squadron, is an important Russian port about 45 miles north of the German border, and only about 100 miles from the ...

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  69. A GALLANT DEED.

    Germans were constructing a pontoon on the Vistuala, when a Russian officer with 20 men, under a fearful fire, conveyed a barge, blowing it up against the ...

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  70. UNEMPLOYMENT AT PERTH.

    The City Council has decided to authorise the expenditure of £5800 on new works in order to find employment for soms of the me[?] affected as a result of the war. ...

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  71. WAR NOTES.

    As suggested in this column yesterday, the Germans are gaining ground in their new advance between the Vistula and the Warta. They must outnumber the Russians in this ...

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  72. MINES OFF IRELAND.

    Earl Meath, in the House of Lords last night, hinted that the German mine field off the north-east coast of Ireland was laid by Irish fishing boats, in the service of ...

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  73. RUINED DIXMUDE.

    Dixmude is little more than a name. Since October 16 it has been the storm centre of artillery fire. Scarcely stone upon stone is left, and the ruins have ...

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