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  2. WAR NOTES

    The situation to-day is that the Germans, who have for some weeks been compelled to form a line facing west to guard their right flank and to gradually extend that line to the ...

    Article : 280 words
  3. STATE'S GOLDEN GRAIN

    Ministers are congratulating themselves upon getting the agricultural policy of encouraging the growth of wheat in the State into good order. Mr. Ashford (Minister for Agriculture ...

    Article : 381 words
  4. ONE KILLED, TWO WOUNDED

    At a time when he was seated in his tent at Maroubra Bay, Military Encampment, yesterday afternoon, chatting gaily to a number of his fellow-soldiers, death, of the most sudden ...

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  5. BRIEF NEWS

    The Governor-General, on the advice of the Executive Council, has declared that the Union of South Africa is a place infected with quarantinable skin diseases, or plague, or a ...

    Article : 48 words
  6. NAVAL NOTES

    Coupled with a report from Berlin that she has been sunk, and the admission from the Admiralty that she is missing, we must assume that the British submarine E3 has been lost. ...

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  7. LATEST WAR CABLES

    A great battle is now raging fifteen miles south of the Bruges-Ghent line. The Germans are making the utmost use of the hilly district, and though they are losing ...

    Article : 61 words
  8. Federal Leases

    Authority has been granted for the following leases :—From the Government of N.S. Wales, premises, Day-street, for quarantine purposes, £125 per annum ; from Newtown ...

    Article : 104 words
  9. UNDER TURKISH DOMINATION.

    When the Turks conquered that part of Europe, they found some Italian influence had been at work from across the Adriatic, and had converted part of the country to Roman ...

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  10. Progress of the Panama Exhibition

    Since the decision of the management not to postpone the Panama Pacific Exhibition, the progress in the construction of foreign Government pavilions and palaces has been so ...

    Article : 323 words
  11. BELGIAN GIRL FARMERS

    The London "Daily Chronicle" correspondent at Flushing believes that many Belgian girl refugees who are used to farm work are willing to go to Australia if the opportunity is ...

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  12. SIR JOHN FRENCH'S STORY.

    The most interesting event of the week was the receipt of two despatches from Sir John French, the first of which, oddly enough, the morning papers did not think of sufficient ...

    Article : 268 words
  13. EVACUATION OF ANTWERP

    Reports received at Rotterdam from Breda state that only a few hundred members of the German Landstrum forces are left in Antwerp. The remainder of the troops have left, and ...

    Article : 70 words
  14. A SUBMARINE IN 1813.

    Though there is a general belief that they are, submarines are not modern inventions by any means. In fact, it was not long after Trafalgar that the first submarine was tried out. ...

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  15. GERMAN HUMANITY IN WAR.

    General von Bernhardi in his "War of To-day" has an amusing remark on this subject. He talks of "what the sacrifices will be in a modern war, and the oppression a nation will ...

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  16. Beware of Serpents

    The burst of warm weather experienced lately has brought snakes about out of their holes, and residents of the suburbs should be careful how they tread their path in life. Of course, deep ...

    Article : 79 words
  17. THE GOVERNMENT SCHEME

    Speaking at a representative gathering of country pressmen at Vaucluse yesterday, Mr. Ashford said that the Commonwealth had a duty to the Empire, and that was to supply it ...

    Article : 413 words
  18. THE UNSEEN DEATH

    The Swedish steamer Alice struck a mine in the North Sea an dfoundered. The majority of the crew were saved. ...

    Article : 39 words
  19. NIGHT OPERATIONS.

    Owing to the terrific fire of modern artillery and rifles an advance over the open has recently become so costly in life that commanders are driven to try and push forward under cover of ...

    Article : 421 words
  20. PERSONAL

    His Excellency the State Governor, accompanied by Miss Cecilia Strickland, and attended by Captain d'Apice, were present at the Kinder-garden display held in the Town Hall yesterday ...

    Article : 395 words
  21. THE GREAT ILLUSION.

    During the German advance early in September the constant efforts of their right to overlap the retreating Allies and thus turn their flank Was constantly thwarted—first by the timely ...

    Article : 335 words
  22. ALLIED FLEETS IN THE ADRIATIC.

    The Allied fleet in the Adriatic continues to do good work, the value of which must not be under-estimated. The bombardment of Cattaro is only a small part of the duties that are ...

    Article : 145 words
  23. GERMAN MURDERERS

    Refugees who have arrived at Amsterdam report that the Germans have murdered forty, inhabitants at Roulers. ...

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  24. GUNLAYERS' MARKSMANSHIP.

    A gratifying feature of the Heligoland engagement and the one last week between destroyers, is the pronounced superiority of the British gunlayers' shooting. In the destroyer ...

    Article : 119 words
  25. NEWFOUNDLAND ANSWERS THE CALL

    The Newfoundland contingent for service on the Continent has arrived in England. ...

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  26. "ONE OF SYDNEY'S LATEST"

    The handsome new building of Messrs. Murdoch's, Ltd., in Park-st., was opened on Friday. A large gathering, representing leading commercial and other citizens of Sydney, including ...

    Article : 312 words
  27. 500 MOTOR AMBULANCES

    Over 500 motor ambulances have been presented to the Red Cross Society, of which 30 have been attached to the Australian Voluntary Hospital. These include the gifts from New ...

    Article : 71 words
  28. HEAVY ARTILLERY AND WEATHER.

    Should the Germans, during the coming Winter, decide to leave their nest, there is ever probability that the resulting battle will be fought at a comparatively close range, as a ...

    Article : 185 words
  29. ITALY AND ALBANIA.

    An important piece of information is that Italy has landed troops at the port of Vallona, in Albania, which lies just opposite Otranto, at the narrowest part of the Adriatic. The ...

    Article : 204 words
  30. FARMED BY THE AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT

    itself by means of machinery, as far as possible. W [?] not desire to compete with the farmers for the limited supply of horses available. ...

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  31. NAKED BRITISH DEFEAT GERMANS

    A detachment of British cavalry was playing water polo at Vise when a party of Uhlans appeared on the scene. The British charged them in their naked condition, and drove the ...

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  32. INFANTRY ONLY ATTACK BY NIGHT.

    The conditions of a night attack are very different to those of day fighting. Only easy and open ground can be traversed as all can realise from walking at night. Infantry fire is ...

    Article : 288 words
  33. COUNTRY PRESS PICNIC

    An outing full of interest was enjoyed yesterday by members of the Country Press Association and their friends, when Vaucluse and Neilsen parks were visited. The ...

    Article : 427 words
  34. THE INTERNED COMMODORE.

    We hear of a Commodore being interned in Holland, and as Commodore Widfred Henderson is the only officer of that rank previously mentioned with the Naval Brigade, we presume ...

    Article : 136 words
  35. CHALLENGE DISREGARDED

    Arthur Brown, aged 30, a member of the crew of the Werfa, which was lying alongside a warship at Williamstown, was rowing to his boat at midnight on Friday, when he was challenged ...

    Article : 91 words
  36. A WONDERFUL RACE.

    The Albanians are an extremely interesting people. They are the most primitve and lawless of the Balkan peoples, and are devoted to fighting, a pursuit they follow with great ...

    Article : 291 words
  37. WILDING VOLUNTEERS

    A sporting newspaper states that Mr. Anthony Wilding, the famous New Zealand lawn tennis champion, who volunteered for service on the outbreak of the war, has been ...

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  38. YESTERDAY'S WEDDINGS

    The marriage took place yesterday of John Nichollas, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Weyraark, of Mosman, with Jessie, daughter of Mrs. W. McMillan, of Woollahra. The ceremony was ...

    Article : 213 words
  39. THE BOMBARDMENT OF OSTEND.

    How nicely the plans were laid for the co-operation of our navy with the field forces is shown by the bombardment off Ostend. The usefulness of these monitors, which draw only ...

    Article : 126 words
  40. AMERICA'S ATTITUDE

    Senator Pearce referred to-day to the attitude of the United States towards the enemies of the British Empire. "In the course of an interview in another ...

    Article : 164 words
  41. Geological Excursion

    Professor David of Sydney University, conducted a large gathering of members of the Workers' Educational Association on a geological excursion over the rocks and sand dunes ...

    Article : 252 words
  42. On Behalf of English Widows

    Mr. Thomas E. Sedgwick, writing from Poplar, London, makes a strong appeal to the women of Australia, on behalf of the widows whose husbands have been killed in the war. ...

    Article : 237 words
  43. TELEPHONE RATES

    The Postmaster-General (Mr. Spence) said to-day, in coming to the conclusion that the telephones were not paying, he had taken into consideration all improvements and economies ...

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  44. MAWHINNEY—COOK.

    At St. Stephen's Church yesterday the marriage of Mr. Vivian T. J. Pollock Mawhinney, of Queensland, with Miss Agnes Bell-Cook, of Coogee, took place at six o'clock. The Rev. ...

    Article : 102 words
  45. BRITISH INFLUENCE.

    To thwart Slay ambitions in Northern Albania the Consulate of Europe decided, after the Balkan War, to place an International force in Scutari. The officer commanding the ...

    Article : 208 words
  46. A Seasonable Gift

    The Commonwealth Government last session presented a table made of Australian woods to the Palace of Peace at The Hague (wired our Melbourne correspondent yesterday). A ...

    Article : 44 words
  47. SAFETY APPLIANCES

    The Illawarra miners are agitating to have the use of safety appliances in connection with cages in mines made compulsory by law. Numerous complaints have been received re the ...

    Article : 47 words
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