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NATIONAL GOVERNMENT.
In a speech at Horsham on Saturday, Sir John Forrest said that the Federal political situation was very unhealthy, and could not, [?] thought, last very long without ...
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INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES
The coal tribunal resumed its sitting yesterday, before Mr. Justice Edmunds. The principal matter dealt with was the stoppage at Bulli colliery, where the men have ...
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THE PEACE NOTE.
The German Peace Note has reached the American Embassy in London. A message from Copenhagen says: The "Frankfurter Zeitung" reports that the ...
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VERDUN
Further reports show that the French success north of Verdun was complete and overwhelming. The enemy ...
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I.W.W.
At a meeting of the board of management of the Melbourne Typographical Society, the legislation proposed by the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) to deal with the I.W.W. was ...
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THE TEACHERS.
The annual conference of the New South Wales Public School Teachers' Association was opened at the Town Hall yesterday morning, by the Minister of Education, Mr. A. G. F. ...
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RUSSIAN FRONT.
The Germans, for several days, have made energetic attempts to assume the offensive in the Vladimir Volynski region, on the Volhynia front, and have also ...
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PEPPER HILL FIGHT.
The "Petit Parisien" says that Germans considered their Verdun positions impregnable. Masses of wire entanglements, concreted galleries, shelters and redoubts ...
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NEW PEERS.
Mr. C. B. Stuart-Wortley, M.P. (Unionist) and Sir William Maxwell Aitken, M.P. (Unionist), have been raised to the Peerage. Mr. H. A. L. Fisher (President of the ...
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CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION.
The finance committee recommended that an application by the Workers' Defence and Release Committee for the use of the Town Hall or the basement of the Town Hall, "for ...
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SCHOOL CLINICS.
The Minister of Education (Mr. A.G. James) yesterday opened the clinic for the general treatment of school children that has been established in a building opposite the ...
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WAR NOTES.
As the details of the French advance on the eastern side of the Meuse come to hand one cannot help noticing a similarity in this attack and the offensive of October last, ...
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CITIZENSHIP.
The difficulty of reconciling great individual freedom with national efficiency was emphasised by the Director of Education (Mr. P. Board) in an address delivered to the ...
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RETIREMENT FROM BUZEU.
The news from Roumania this morning does not make the position there much clearer, though it is suggested that the Russo-Roumanian retirement, brought about by the fall ...
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WEST FRONT.
General Sir Douglas Haig in his midnight report on Sunday stated: We successfully raided trenches at Rensart, inflicting casualties and bombing dugouts. We ...
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THE ROUMANIANS.
A German communique on Sunday stated: General von Mackensen's armies, on a wide front, crossed the Buzeu River, and captured a considerable amount of ...
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PROPOSED PEACE CONFERENCE.
Now that Germany's peace note has reached London we may expect to hear before very long the exact nature of its contents. Unofficial, semi-official, and inspired statements ...
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LATE DR. RAMSAY.
Yesterday afternoon the remains of Edward Pearson Ramsay, LL.D., a distinguished Australian man of science, who was for many years Curator of the Sydney Museum, were ...
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BRITAIN'S FOOD.
The first food restrictions which have been imposed in Great Britain came into operation to-day, and are commencing with restricted meals in hotels and restaurants. ...
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STATE FINANCE.
In the course of an interview this morning the Premier (Mr. Ryan), who has just returned from the Premiers' Conference in Melbourne, stated that the Commonwealth ...
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IN MESOPOTAMIA.
Experts do not look for great or immediate results from the British advance in Mesopotamia. It is probable that General Maude could have taken Kut-el-Amara ...
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"VICTORY IS CERTAIN."
The new French commander, General Nivelle, in saying farewell to officers of the staff at Verdun, said: "Victory is certain—I give you my word on that Germany ...
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OPERATIONS IN MESOPOTAMIA.
Apparently we should not expect too much from the recent success gained by the British forces in Mesopotamia. Had it been possible for our troops to have secured their ...
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BOTANY BRICKWORKS.
Owing to the unsatisfactory nature of the balance-sheets connected with the sand lime brickworks run by the State Government at Botany—disclosing a loss on the whole ...
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WEAKENED LINES.
German prisoners captured in Roumania state that they were brought from the Anglo-French front. No troops replaced them, but the Germans hope that their ...
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GERMANY'S FOOD.
The completion of the German harvest reveals a most serious situation. The potato crop is 20,000,000 tons, as compared with 50,000,00 tons in 1915. The shortage of ...
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ARMING OF MERCHANTMEN.
Mr. Runciman, ex-President of the Board of Trade, speaking at Batley, after a vigorous defence of Mr. Asquith's administration, said he hoped that the Liberals would give ...
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GERMANY'S DEBTS.
The "Frankfur Tagespost" says that, in the event of the war ending in April, Germany will be compelled to raise £650,000,000 annually to meet current expenditure and the ...
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GERMAN PRISONER ESCAPES.
George Wilhelm Muller (26), a German, who was interned at the Holdsworthy Concentration Camp, is reported to have escaped on Saturday afternoon. ...
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ROBBERY IN CITY.
Between 2 p.m. on Saturday and 8.30 a.m. yesterday the premises of Messrs. Brown and Co., wine and spirit merchants, at 21 Lang-street, city, were entered by thieves, who stole £24 ...
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MILITARY CROSS.
Captain C. C. Corlis has been awarded the Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry at Pozieres, and personally congratulated by the General for his splendid work. Captain Corlis ...
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ITALIAN MEDICAL REJECTS.
The medical rejects belonging to the classes 1876 to 1881 inclusive, are being re-examined. ...
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EXPORTS PROHIBITED.
His Majesty's Trade Commissioner has received a cable message from the Board of Trade in London to the effect that the exportation of the following goods has been ...
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HEAVY RAINS IN NORTH QUEENSLAND.
Torrential rains fell in the far northern division of Queensland during the 48 hours ended at 9 a.m. to-day. The chief registrations were:—Innisfail 1086 points, Flying Fish ...
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IRISH RAILWAYS.
Mr. John Redmond, M.P. (Leader or the Irish Nationalist Party) says the decision of the Government to take over the Irish railways will give great satisfaction in Ireland, ...
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DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED.
The State Executive Council to-day commuted to imprisonment for seven years the sentence of death passed by Mr. Justice Hodges on Michael Cook on November 21 ...
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