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  2. AUSTRALASIANS.

    The Prime Minister has received a cablegram from Sir Edmund Barton, who is now in England, in which he states:—"Lord Kitchener authorises me to say that the ...

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  3. RECRUITING.

    One hundred and sixty-eight men celebrated the King's Birthday by wending their way up to the enrolling office at the Barracks, and offering their services, and 116 men paraded ...

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  4. NATIONAL EFFICIENCY.

    Of a series of articles in the April number of the "Atlantic Monthly" bearing on various aspects of the great war, first place is given to one by Dr. Charles W. Eliot, president of ...

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  5. MEN OF THE DARDANELLES.

    Lance-corporal H. N. May, killed in action, was a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. May, of Casino, Deceased was a corporal in the training forces before his departure. He was only 21 ...

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  6. FAMILY MURDERED.

    A dreadful tragedy was enacted at Mile End, a thickly-populated centre near Adelaide, some time after midnight of Sunday, and six bodies are now in the morgue as the result. ...

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  7. STATE TRAWLERS.

    While the steam trawlers Brolga and Koraaga were fishing off Wollongong and Bungaree Norah, respectively, on Saturday last, the firemen on board each vessel refused ...

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  8. "SAVE THE FLAG!"

    "You imagine that you know the Marseillaise," writes a French artilleryman in a letter recently published in "Le Temps," "because you have heard it played at distributions of ...

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  9. THE WORKERS.

    The conference, under the auspices of the Workers' Educational Association, the Economic Research Society, and the Labour Council of New South Wales, was concluded at the ...

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  10. FIELD HOSPITAL.

    One very important factor in the camp at Liverpool deserves special mention, and that is the field hospital. This institution, like the camp itself, has been the subject of ...

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  11. INTERSTATE CHESS.

    The annual telegraphic chess match between New South Wales and Victoria took place yesterday. The local team played at the Sydney School of Arts. ...

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  12. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 94 words
  13. WOUNDED VICTORIAN OFFICERS.

    Colonel McCay, B[?]gadier in command of the 2nd Infantry Brigade, expects to return to the front this week. This information is contained in a cable message received by ...

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  14. "TRAM TO NOWHERE."

    Several highly-placed (officers of the Australian Army Medical Corps were discussing the "tram to nowhere," which runs from "the Domain to somewhere by the City Bowling ...

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  15. RECRUITING IN MELBOURNE.

    There was a great improvement in recruiting in Melbourne to-day, when 259 applicants were dealt with and 126 were passed as physically fit. ...

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  16. UNDER FIRE.

    "One of the most remarkable things is the calm, indifferent, unconcerned way in which the civilian population in the war zone go about their daily avocations after the first ...

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  17. JOURNALISTIC ENTENTE.

    Petrograd newspapers publish a reply from Russian writers to the message sent to the Allied nations recently by the National Union of Journalists. ...

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  18. DOUBLE POISONING.

    The Inquiry into the deaths of Herbert Horsfall Stanhope, a bank clerk, and Constance Julia Brent, wife of the manager of the New Southland Sawmilling Company of ...

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  19. PATRIOTIC FUNDS.

    To-day was a carnival day for Newcastle in aid of the Belgian Fund. The commercial travellers arranged and organised a procession and sports. It attracted thousands of people ...

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  20. BUSH TRAGEDY.

    A tragedy occurred three miles from Jindabyne on Saturday night. Samuel William Dainer, 45, farmer, living three miles beyond [?]indabyne, in the direction ...

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  21. A CAMBRIDGE POET.

    Cambridge University is paying a heavy toll, and every week the University magazine has a list of those who have fallen at the front. It makes sad reading, this account of men ...

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  22. PRISON LABOUR.

    The State Attorney-General on Saturday inspected the prisoners' camp at the Ema Plains, where, on the banks of the Nepean River, vegetables are being grown for the ...

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  23. FOR THE WIDOWS.

    The following letter, forwarded by Dr. J. Campbell Nicholsen, Presbyterian missionary at Tanna, in the New Hebrides, to the hon. secretary of the John G. Paton Mission Fund, ...

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  24. VICTORIAN WAGES BOARDS.

    The Victorian Cabinet has decided that it cannot see its way completely to remove the embargo on wages boards sitting for the purpose of increasing wages during the war, but ...

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  25. RIFLE SHOOTING.

    A large number of riflemen attended Randwick Range yesterday, about ten clubs being represented. Most of the clubs held practice shoots, while the others engaged in ...

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  26. AUSTRALIAN GIFTS.

    The Clanricarde Refugee Committee, London, has for the last six months given hospitality to 25 Belgian women and children. The committee desires to thank the people of Australia for gifts of meat, rabbits, biscuits, ...

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  27. THE WAR.

    Sir,—Mr. Lloyd George's latest utterances, as reported in your Saturday's issue, make but sorry reading for a patriot. I refer to this astounding paragraph—"We were the ...

    Article : 329 words
  28. HIGH COURT CASE.

    The High Court refused an application for special leave to appeal in the action in which William Meredith Holliday had obtained £150 damages against Mary Ann Hewitt, of The ...

    Article : 64 words
  29. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 167 words
  30. ALLIES TILL ETERNITY.

    On Saturday Admiral Chisaka, of the Japanese squadron, entertained at luncheon on his warship the Governor (Sir Harry Barron), the Lieutenant-Governor (Sir Edward ...

    Article : 179 words
  31. GERMANY'S MISTAKES.

    The German newspaper, "Der Tag," which during the first month of the war shouted; "Herr Gott, sind diese Tage schon" (O Lord, how delightful these days are), has arrived ...

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  32. INTERSTATE RUGBY.

    At the Sydney Cricket Ground yesterday the Queensland Rugby League team were beaten by the New South Wales team by 39 points to 6. There was a great falling off in the attendance, and the returns ...

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  33. MEAT FOR THE ARMY.

    In view of the existing shortage of sheep the Cabinet to-day resolved to advise the Imperial authorities that the Government was unable to continue the exportation of frozen ...

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  34. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 174 words
  35. MADAME MELBA'S THANKS.

    Sir,—I shall be very grateful if you will allow me through your columns to express my thanks and warm appreciation to the good people of New South Wales for their ...

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  36. COOMA CLUB.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 72 words
  37. AMUSEMENTS.

    The official birthday of his Majesty was celebrated at the Town Hall by a special organ recital, and as there was a numerous assemblage, and the flags of the allied nations remained on place, the chamber bore an ...

    Article : 186 words
  38. MAN DROWNED.

    While fishing 400 or 500 yards off Rose Bay late yesterday afternoon, Robert Robertson, a married man, 51, living at Beach-street, Double Bay, fell overboard, and was drowned. ...

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  39. TRIALS BY COURT-MARTIAL.

    At the closing sitting of the Commonwealth Labour Conference at the Trades Hall to-day a motion by the Political Labour Council of Victoria was discussed, to the effect that ...

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  40. RED CROSS WORK AT LIVERPOOL.

    Sir,—I would like to state a few facts in answer to a letter asking why the Red Cross Society, which has been sending so much to England and France, has overlooked the ...

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  41. THE COMET.

    The comet Mellish is now visible to the naked eye in the south-south-east during the evening. It has a blunt-shaped head, a sharply-defined nucleus, and a tall ...

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  42. FRENCH LAD'S HEROISM.

    Jacques Goujon, a young lad of 17, who volunteered for service at the beginning of the war, has just been awarded the Medaille Militaire (says the Paris correspondent of the ...

    Article : 234 words
  43. TO-DAY.

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  44. LATE SHIPPING.

    Taiyuan, s, passed South Head, proceeding north, yesterday at 8.30 p.m. Invertay, s, from New York, via ports, arrived off the Heads last night, and waited until daylight to ...

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  45. MOTION STUDY.

    The Attorney-General (Mr. D. R. Hall) is enthusiastic on the question of motion study, which he considers will be a big factor in reducing friction between the employer and ...

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  46. TROOPS ENTERTAINED.

    The Naval and Military Club entertained the men and officers of the 28th Battalion. Ten officers from the Japanese warships were also present. The toasts of the King and ...

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  47. BUTTER MARKET.

    It has been reported that the southern butter demand has been largely transferred to the New Zealand market, in consequence of the falling away in the interstate inquiry. The ...

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  48. TELEGRAPHIC.

    NEWCASTLE (62m).—Arr: June 7, Antiope, bq, from Eureka; Wear, s, Cape Transport, s, Kadina, s, from Melbourne; Ennerdale, s, from Brisbane; Kaipol, s, from Auckland; Andry D., s, from Sydney; Boambee, ...

    Article : 158 words
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