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  2. LATE WAR NEWS.

    Late War Cables will be found on Page 8 LATE WAR NEWS. Berlin has admitted that Fort Vaux has been evac[?]ted. ...

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  3. COAL STRIKE.

    All prospects of a speedy termination of the coal-mining dispute have been dissipated, and what promises to be the greatest strike in recent years has commenced. To-day ...

    Article : 338 words
  4. WAR NOTES.

    Some time has elapsed since the British made their last extensive advance in the Somme area and General Haig's latest summary of the operations is accordingly confined ...

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  5. THE SOMME OFFENSIVE.

    The heavy black line on the above map represents approximately the Western front. The shaded portion of the line is the section of front occupied by the British. On the northern side of the big bend in the line, above Paris, is a stippled or dotted portion, which represents the approximate area of ground captured by the British and French during the Somme offensive, which commenced on July l, and is still in progress. This permits of a comparison of the affected ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. ROUMANAIA SMALL ENEMY GAIN

    Critical fighting is still going on on the Wallachian frontier of Roumania, northwards of Bucharest. ...

    Article : 142 words
  7. THE PASSES BATTLE

    The communiques show that the two principal battles proceeding in Roumania are near the neighbouring passes of Torzburg and Roterturm, northwards of ...

    Article : 252 words
  8. REFERENDUM.

    Yesterday 55,991 votes were counted in the various States, and the majority for No for the Commonwealth was decreased by 1814, bringing it down to 79,060. In New South ...

    Article : 51 words
  9. THE COMMONWEALTH.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 14 words
  10. VON MACKENSEN'S OBJECTIVE.

    In our references to the Dobrudja campaign we have frequently stated in these notes that General von Mackenson's main objective in that region was the capture of the famous ...

    Article : 329 words
  11. THE STATES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 52 words
  12. RUSSIAN BLOWS.

    The continuous hard lighting on General Brussiloff's front, of which there has been little information lately, is beginning to fructify, says the Petrograd correspondent ...

    Article : 323 words
  13. THE FINAL FIGURES.

    The Chief Electoral Officer of the Commonwealth (Mr. Oldham) stated to-day that it was unlikely that the final figures for the referendum would be ready for 10 or 11 days ...

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  14. THE CONFERENCE.

    At the conclusion of the conference a report of the proceedings was issued on behalf of the mine-owners. It stated that Mr. John Brown presided, and explained that the ...

    Article : 582 words
  15. COMMITTEES NOT TO DISBAND.

    At a meeting of the National Referendum Campaign Committee yesterday it was decided that the local organisations should be kept intact until the ...

    Article : 50 words
  16. "ENORMOUS EFFORT."

    Germany is preparing for another enormous effort, says the Amsterdam correspondent of the "Daily Mail," and it is probable that a levy en masse will be ...

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  17. RETURN OF U53.

    An Amsterdam message says: It is reported from Berlin that the German submarine U53, which sank merchantmen off the United States coast, has arrived in a ...

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  18. SINKING OF MARINA

    There is intense public interest in the Marina case, and great anxiety at the German Embassy, Count von Bernstorff has asked his Government to send details. ...

    Article : 338 words
  19. ANTI-CONSCRIPTION LEAGUE.

    At a largely-attended meeting of the Anticonscriptin League of Australasia, held in the Trades Hall on Wednesday night, the following resolutions were carried, and will be ...

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  20. PROGRESS ON SOMME

    Sir Douglas Haig, summarising the recent British operations, says:—Heavy rain has fallen almost daily, the chalk soil on the upland between the Ancre and the ...

    Article : 467 words
  21. GREEK SHIPS SUNK.

    The Athens correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states that a German submarine has torpedoed another Greek vessel, the Kiki issalas (2003 tons), without ...

    Article : 168 words
  22. GREAT ENGINEERING WORK.

    It is a noticeable fact that since the Cernavoda bridge was first seriously threatened we have had no mention of it in the Roumanian communiques, nor have we been officially ...

    Article : 282 words
  23. QUEENSLAND TAXES

    The Budget was delivered in the Assembly yesterday afternoon, and disclosed the following additional taxation:—(a) Slight adjustment of incidence of income tax by ...

    Article : 342 words
  24. SHORTAGE OF FOOD.

    Persons in close touch with Germany assert that Germany's food shortage is becoming more aggravated. Many commodities are dearer, and sugar has ...

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  25. SALONICA BRITISH.

    The latest communiques indicate that the British have made an important advance on their Salonica front, west of the Struma. A War Office announcement ...

    Article : 120 words
  26. BRITISH WHEAT.

    The "Daily Mail" says that the Wheat Commission, which has taken over the control of the supply and distribution of wheat, has made large purchases in the United States and ...

    Article : 124 words
  27. GERMAN DEMOCRACY.

    Despatches received in New York from Berlin state that the agitation for democratising the Reichstag is rapidly growing. There are indications that the German Emperor's recent ...

    Article : 168 words
  28. "A CONSPICUOUS MONUMENT."

    "All the way across this marsh," continues the writer, "It is carried now upon firm embankment, now upon arcades, till the second bridge is reached. There is a mile or so of ...

    Article : 342 words
  29. FEDERATION OFFICIAL'S STATEMENT.

    A statement of the proceedings of the conference was also made by the miners' representatives covering much of the ground reviewed in the employers' report. They ...

    Article : 415 words
  30. NORWAY'S LOSSES.

    Germnn submarines, operating off the Portuguese coast, sank a Norwegian steamer. The crew has landed. ...

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  31. THE DEUTSCHLAND.

    The German trade submarine Deutschland, which has arrrived at New London on her second voyage to America from Germany, is lying in dock, enclosed in ...

    Article : 258 words
  32. ENEMY PROPERTY.

    Mr. Asquith stated in the House of Commons to-day that It was not in the public interest that any statement of the Government's intentions should be made regarding ...

    Article : 57 words
  33. WINTER ON ITALIAN FRONT.

    The "Daily Telegraph's" Milan correspondent says: Except on the Curso, winter conditions have set in. The entire Italian troops in the lofty regions are ...

    Article : 51 words
  34. THE TIES OF EMPIRE.

    Lord Rosebery spealting in Edinburgh, said that the war had enabled the Empire to find itself. There was nothing so unifying as bloodshed in a common righteous cause. He ...

    Article : 142 words
  35. ROLL OF HONOUR.

    Second-Lieutenant Alan Miller, of the Yorkshire Regiment, son of the late Chief Postal Inspector in New Zealand, has died of wounds. ...

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  36. AUSTRALIA'S SHARE.

    An Amsterdam message says that the "Frankfurter Zeitung," in a propagandist article, foreseeing a partition of territory in the South Seas, declares: "One of Australia's war ...

    Article : 125 words
  37. PEER KILLED.

    Lord Llangattock has died from wounds in France. He was a highly qualified lawyer, and took a keen interest in public life. He was 46 years old. ...

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  38. GERMAN EAST AFRICA.

    Mr. Bonar Law (Secretary of State for the Colonies) announced in the House of Commons this evening that an experienced official from the Colonial Office would be ...

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  39. STRUGGLE IN THE VALLEYS.

    There is certainly something very peculiar about the unofficial Bucharest message published this morning regarding the fighting on the Transylvanian front, ...

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  40. COALMINERS' WAGES.

    South Wales coalowners are demanding a reduction of 10 per cent, in wages. The minors have already demanded an increase of 15 per cent. ...

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  41. VERDUN SUCCESS.

    The French communique issued at midnight last night says: On the Verdun front the artillery duel was most voilent in the D[?]mont sector. ...

    Article : 52 words
  42. IRELAND AND CONSCRIPTION.

    Mr. Asquith stated in the House of Commons to-day that he was not able yet to announce the Government's intentions regarding the extension of the Conscription Act, to ...

    Article : 39 words
  43. CONTROL OF WHEAT SALES.

    The Wheat Commission has appointed a number of firms an Government agents to sell Indian, Argentine, Pacific, American, and Canadian wheat. For the present they will ...

    Article : 78 words
  44. RUSSIAN FOOD CRISIS.

    A formidable food crisis has developed. The Budget Committee gravely discussed the situation. Some speakers asserted that the workers' ha[?]ships are growing intolerable. ...

    Article : 81 words
  45. MERCHANT SHIPPING.

    The steamer Kurow (from Sydney) has arrived at Vancouver. The five-masted schooner Inca (from Melbourne) has arrived at Genoa Day. The four-masted schooner S. ...

    Article : 69 words
  46. FRANCHISE IN BRITAIN.

    During the committee stage in the House of Commons of the Special Register Bill all amendments extending the franchise, to include soldiers and sailors, were ordered out, ...

    Article : 67 words
  47. SOUTH COAST.

    This morning a feeling existed throughout the South Coast district that the existing trouble in the coal trade would be of short duration. However, when the news came ...

    Article : 726 words
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