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  2. Advertising

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  3. THE WAR. ON THE FRENCH FRONT

    Sir Douglas Haig reports further extended gains on the north-west of Bazentin, and Le Petit. The British found the German trenches much ...

    Article : 57 words
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  5. FIERCE FIGHTING AT DIABERKER.

    A communique states that we have captured a portion of the enemy's position west or Lake Nobel, and have considerably advanced near ...

    Article : 57 words
  6. AUSTRIAN JOY AT LEMBERG.

    Correspondents at Lemberg describe the Austrian troops and population as being frantic with joy over the welcoming of the arrival of Turkish ...

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  7. FROM POZIERES TO THE SOMME.

    In another message Sir Douglas Haig states that there was fighting yesterday afternoon along the whole Pozieres to the Somme front. We ...

    Article : 81 words
  8. POLISH AUTONOMY.

    According to a Berlin telegram, von Besler, German Governor General at Warsaw, has announced that Austria and Germany have agreed to recognise ...

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  9. GERMANY'S VIEW OF THE RUSRIAN FIGHTING.

    The communique continues: —Russian attacks west of Lake Nobel were completely driven back, and the Austro-Germans stormed Gagurashill ...

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  10. PROGRESS AT MAUREPAS AND THIAUMONT.

    A Paris communique says: By means of a brilliant assault we captured a notable position near Maurepas, which was occupied by the ...

    Article : 66 words
  11. AN AUSTRIAN COMMUNIQUE.

    An Austrian communique states that violent fighting is proceeding to the westward of Zabie. We withdrew to Chornahora ridge. The Russians ...

    Article : 42 words
  12. GERMANS LEAVE CHARLEVILLE.

    The Germans have compelled 1200 inhabitants to leave Charleville on the Mouse, for Germany. ...

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  13. SCOTCH WHISKY FOR SYDNEY.

    One hundred thousand gallons of best Scotch whisky is on a steamer which is now at Adelaide, for Sydney. ...

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  14. Telegrams. MOTHER WON'T LET DARCY GO.

    Les Darcy says his mother refuses her consent to his enlistment, as he is not of age till October. ...

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  15. GREEK RETALIATION SUGGESTED.

    A Rome wireless says that the Greek newspapers urge the Government to seize German steamers to replace the 14 Greek vessels which were ...

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  16. ON THE EUPHRATES.

    A Turkish communique claims that a British raid on the Euphrates was unsuccessful, and after four hours' fighting they withdrew, abandoning 40 ...

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  17. ENEMY ATTACKS BREAK DOWN.

    A Paris communique states that the enemy counter attacks from Maurepas to Clery broke down. The enemy secured a foothold in a trench ...

    Article : 108 words
  18. WOMAN FOUND PARTLY UNCONSCIOUS.

    With her face and head covered in blood, Elizabeth Campbell, 42, of 6 Church street, Marrickville, was found early on Saturday night, lying ...

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  19. RUN OVER BY TRAIN.

    James Telford, who was sleeping on the railway line, was run over on the Cloncurry-Mount Cuthbert line. ...

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  20. FAMOUS AVIATOR KILLED.

    The famous aviator, Lieut. Bonnier, who flew from Paris to Cairo, has been killed on the Russian front. ...

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  21. THE EUPHRATES GUNBOATS RAIDED.

    The Secretary for War states that early in August Turkish irregulars interned our reconnoitring steamers on the Euphrates. ...

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  22. A KNITTING PRIZE.

    Mrs. G. de V. Pilcher has announced that she will donate 10/6 as a prize in connection with the knitting competition, for the best soldier's scarf ...

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  23. RECRUITING.

    Four hundred and thirty-five were accepted at Victoria barracks for the past week. ...

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  24. LORD DERBY AT SOUTHPORT.

    Lord Derby, in a speech at Southport, said they could take it from him that the high military authorities were absolutely satisfied with the ...

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  25. THOSE FORGED FIVERS.

    Frederick O'Neill, bookmaker, was arrested at Melbourne yesterday and charged with having passed a forged Commonwealth £5 note at Liverpool, ...

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  26. AT THE STARS.

    The audience who attended the performances In the afternoon and evening, on Saturday last at the Stars, fully testified to the appreciation of ...

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  27. RAILWAY AND TRAMWAYS CONTROL.

    The Cabinet will next ween disclose its intentions regarding railway and tramway administration. There is a strong feeling in favor of a ...

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  28. SERBS AND BULGARS.

    A Bulgarian official message claims that on the 17th the Bulgarians repulsed and pursued the Serbians who are occupying Fiorina, and drove them ...

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  29. SOLID BRITISH GAINS.

    Sir Douglas Haig reports that our successes as reported last night are being maintained, and have extended. Several enemy night attacks have ...

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  30. HUGH WARD'S RESIDENCE BURGLED.

    An attempt was made early yesterday morning to rob the residence of Mr. Hugh Ward, Bellevue, Potts Point. A woman in the house covered her ...

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  31. MR. LEARCE AND MR. HUGHES.

    Mr. Pearce, the Minister for Defence, went the round of the camps on Saturday. He is here for the opening of the Commonwealth Bank. Mr. ...

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  32. WHISTLING TAXIS.

    Shrill whistling from the cabs, which at all times made night hideous in the busy portions of London, was recently aggravated by the scarcity of taxis ...

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  33. BULGARIAN ATTACK CHECKED.

    A later message states that Salonika reports that the Bulgarian attack on Florina was checked four miles from the railway station. The Allies broke ...

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  34. EMBARGO ON THIRD GRADE BUTTER REMOVED.

    Mr. Tudor stated in Melbourne that he had removed the embargo on the export of third grade butter, and upon second grade in store in Australia. ...

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  35. AGAINST CONSCRIPTION IN ANY FORM.

    The unions are piling up resolutions against conscription in any shape or form. ...

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  36. SERBIAN FRONT EXTENDING.

    Greece has authorised the evacuation of villages occupied by Serbian armies, where the military operations commenced. The Serbian front has ...

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  37. NEW BRITISH ZEPPELINS.

    A naval correspondent describes the construction of new British Zeppelins, and says they are of beautiful design, of a finer model than the ...

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  38. RAILWAY COMMISSIONERSHIP.

    Mr. Hoyle may be offered a position on the new Railway Commission. He favors Mr. Fraser as chief, and Mr. Milne is regarded as certainty for a ...

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  39. VENEREAL DISEASE.

    Members of citizen forces who are about to undergo continuous training will be medically examined, and if suffering from venereal disease will ...

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  40. AUSTRLAN'S SHELL GORIZIA.

    A Rome communique states that the enemy have shelled Gorizia, and the Isonzo bridges. Our batteries check ed an attack on Carso. ...

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  41. SUDDEN DEATH AT WELLINGTON.

    The death was reported from Wellington on Friday under very sad circumstances of Mrs. Mary Flinn, wife of Mr. W. Flinn, both well known ...

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  42. THE BIG OFFENSIVE FROM A GERMAN SOURCE.

    A German communique says:—we have victoriously resisted a stupendous effort of the combined enemies on the west front. Anglo-French masses, ...

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  43. REMEDY FOR GASSING

    The "Lancet" describes an experiment which has been conducted by injection, through solution of sodium of carbonate into the veins of soldiers. ...

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  44. KNOCKED DOWN BY A MOTOR CAR

    At about 6.30 on Saturday evening, Augustus Brice, 42, Underwood-st., Paddington, was knocked down by a motor car owned by J. Saunders, of ...

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  45. Leaving Bathurst for France.

    The 4th reinforcements of the 54th Battalion made their first advance towards Berlin, lighthearted, from Bathurst on Friday, and confident, yet ...

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  46. GERMAN SUBMARINE CAPTURED.

    Passengers by the Cunard liner, Alaunia, say that a captured German submarine, lashed to a British cruiser, has been taken to Deal, ...

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  47. TO SHORTEN THE EAST AFRICAN CAMPAIGN.

    General Botha has appealed to the recruiting committees to redouble their efforts in order to shorten the East Africa campaign. He has ...

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  48. THE SHIFTING OF THE WHEAT CROP.

    Mr. Grahame disagrees with the cable from the "Times," stating that if freight could be secured at 150 per cent a margin of profit of 28/ per ...

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  49. PASSPORTS FOR AUSTRALIA.

    The Foreign Office has announced that nobody over the age of 15 shal be allowed to land in Australia without a passport. ...

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  50. LLOYD GEORGE SATISFIED.

    Mr. Lloyd George, referring to the war, said he was satisfied the way things were progressing. "I feel," he said, "that for the first time in two ...

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  51. EMPIRE'S TO-NIGHT.

    "THE JOAN OF ARC OF LOOS." There is no sweeter girl in the whole village of Loos than Emilienne, the heroine of the story. Devoted to ...

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  52. OUR SUCCESSFUL AERIAL RAIDS.

    The Allied airmen's bomb raid, cableed on the 12th, exploded the citadel at Namur, killing 150 German soldiers. They also set fire to several ...

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  53. BLOWN UP BY INFERNAL MACHINE.

    The captain of a Swedish steamer which was blown up in the North Sea, says the Germans at Gothenburg smuggled an infernal machine aboard. ...

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  54. THE COMMONWEALTH STEAMERS.

    The Commonwealth fleet of steamers will be under the Prime Minister's Department, and be controlled by Senator Russell, who has been In ...

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  55. BRITISH HOLDING THEIR OWN.

    Sir Douglas Haig reports: Operations carried out on Friday on various points of the front from Thiepval to the extreme right, and ...

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  56. 'AS MANY FRYATTS AS THEY CHOOSE."

    Germany received Mr Asqeff[?]n's statement regarding Captain Fryatt's death with derisive laughter. The press are particularly sarcastic, and ...

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  57. ENGLAND WILL RETALIATE.

    Viscount Grey has requested America to warn Germany that if contrary to the agreement prisoners continus to be deprived of recreations and ...

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  58. THE N.S.W. LOAN.

    II is a fact that 80 per cent of the stock of the N.S.W. loan remained with the underwriters. This does not appear to the State Treasurer to give ...

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  59. Sporting.

    The August Steeplechase at Melbourne, 2½ miles, was won on Saturday by Artillery Bill, with Rendrock 2nd and Booligal 3rd. The winner ...

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  60. A DEARTH OF JOCKEYS.

    At the Forbes races on Friday the field in the Trial Stakes, won by Dick Edwards' Golden Isle, was extra large, and would have been larger had ...

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  61. The Leader AND STOCK AND STATION NEWS. MONDAY, AUGUST 21st, 1916.

    Up to the time of our going to press last night the desperadoes responsible for the Blayney sensation had not been apprehended. ...

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  62. DEUTSCHLAND REPORTED AT BREMEN.

    Geneva has reported that a Berlia message says the Deutschland b[?] arrived at Bremen. ...

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  63. STEAMER COMMONWEALTH FOUNDERS.

    While bound to Sydney from the north coast, the steamer Commonwealth foundered off Terrigal Head at 3.30 yesterday. She carried no ...

    Article : 40 words
  64. STEAMER SUNK.

    The "Aften Posen" states a steamer was observed to sink another by gunfire forty miles south of Stavanger. The nationality of both ships is ...

    Article : 31 words
  65. BAD LANGUAGE OF TROOPS.

    The "Church Time" deplores the use of terribly depraved language among troops in camps, and apeals to high officers to abate the evil. ...

    Article : 29 words
  66. Advertising

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  67. Masked Men Again.

    Mrs. Matilda Willis, wife of Jockey Willis, of Kensington, reports that at about six o'clock last night two masked and armed men knocked at ...

    Article : 129 words
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  69. AMMUNITION DUMPS IGNITED.

    An official report states that our f[?]aval aeroplanes dropped 48 bombs from a height of 3000 feet, on some ammunition dumps at Lighterflelde. Large ...

    Article : 39 words
  70. OFFICERS DISMISSED.

    The Military Gazette announces that Second Lieutenant F. R. Koch, of the 47th Australian Battalion, has been dismissed the service. Captain J. M. ...

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  71. FORBES RACES POSTPONED.

    It rained heavily at Forbes on Saturday morning, but cleared off in the afternoon. The course, however, was a sheet of water, and it was deemed ...

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  72. WITH THE RUSSIANS.

    A Russian communique says:—The enemy on the Zlotalipa front, westward of Podhaice, has resumed the offensive with considerable forces, ...

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  73. NEW ZEALANDER WOUNDED.

    Captain Cecil Humphreys, of the Highland Light Infantry, Christchurch has been wounded in France. ...

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  74. MUNITION CONTRACTS.

    The Pittsburg munition contracts for steel since the beginning of August amounts to 300,000 tons. The heavy demand continues, and the output of ...

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  75. A TRIBUTE TO MR. J. HIGGINS.

    At Forbes on Friday the committee of the Jockey Club on bearing that Mr J. Higgins had been selected for the position of Stipendiary Steward to the ...

    Article : 120 words
  76. CARPENTIER'S BRAVERY.

    Georges Carpentier, who has been twlve mentioned in the orders of the day, has been recommended for the military medal. ...

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  77. SIGNALLER TOM SKEYHILL'S VISIT.

    There is bound to be a big attendance at Signaller Tom Skeyhill's lecture to-morrow night in the Australian Hall, for the fame of the blind ...

    Article : 78 words
  78. CHINA AND JAPAN.

    China has protested to Japan against the sending of 2000 troops to check the recent disturbance at Cheng Chiatung in Mongolia. China asserts ...

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  79. FRENCH INTERNMENT CONDITIONS.

    A German lawyer, who has been released after internment for 18 months in six different camps in France, says the conditions were excellent. He ...

    Article : 48 words
  80. Weather Forecast.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 34 words
  81. ENEMY AERODROME BOMBED.

    A petrograd communique says:—There is no change in the various [?]ronts. A squadron of our Baltic hydroplanes bombed an aerodrome ...

    Article : 36 words
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