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  2. TRADES UNION MATTERS

    In their efforts to cope with the present serious situation the Government has taken several steps whereby the laboring class has been affected greatly. Some of these steps have ...

    Article : 327 words
  3. NAVAL NOTES

    It is announced that the British and Russian Governments have agreed on a mutually advantageous exchange of combatant and technical forces. We have to remember in ...

    Article : 222 words
  4. IRRIGATION ON THE NEPEAN

    The State Government, among its multitudi[?]us activities of the present moment, is not forgetting the question of irrigation. Mr. Holman, who has been spending a short ...

    Article : 603 words
  5. WAR NOTES

    We do not know as yet whether this means that the Germans were forced out of Lille by the Allies, who, we heard, had penetrated into the suburbs of Lille some days ago. It is ...

    Article : 234 words
  6. SUPPORT FOR A NOTE ISSUE

    Mr. Claude Thompson, the General Secretary of the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association, who is also the honorary secretary of the Industrial Unions' Committee ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 928 words
  7. THE MINE PERIL.

    All kinds of suggestions have been put before the British Admiralty for dealing with the danger of floating mines. When all has been said and done, however, it must be quite certain ...

    Article : 447 words
  8. RUSSIAN RETIREMENT DELIBERATE.

    It will be seen that the Russians fell back considerably before accepting this great battle, for earlier in the war we heard that troops had been down the Vistula nearly to Thorn ...

    Article : 243 words
  9. WHY EASTERN SUCCESSES ARE GREATER.

    Many have wondered why great battles in the Eastern theatre have generally resulted, not only in Russian success, but in very serious defeats of the Austrians and Germans, forcing ...

    Article : 342 words
  10. PARTIAL CLOSING OF THE THAMES.

    While the partial closing of the Thames is a sealed boots to us, it does not necessarily mean that the action of the authorities in closing certain channels spells immediate danger ...

    Article : 244 words
  11. POSITION ON THE YSER.

    This view is corroborated by the news that the Germans are retreating across the Yser to the north, and the Allies are continuing their advance further into Belgium from Ypres, and ...

    Article : 100 words
  12. PAINTERS GET INCREASE.

    A number of painters employed by the Chief Commissioner of Railways at the Clyde Repair Siding were being paid only 8/6 per day. The general secretary of the Amalgamated Railway ...

    Article : 71 words
  13. EXCHANGE OF FORCES.

    It is not very clear what is the meaning of the news from Petrograd that the British and Russian Governments, have agreed on an exchange of combatant and technical forces. ...

    Article : 127 words
  14. MUSIC ON OUR STREETS.

    On Tuesday next a motion is to be placed before the Sydney Municipal Council affecting the playing on the streets by the .Provisional Musicians' orchestra. It reads : "That this ...

    Article : 137 words
  15. CALAIS AS A GERMAN BASE.

    The desperate efforts of the Germans to obtain possession 01 Calais is significant, in that it emphasises the importance both Germans and Allies attach to it as a base. In the hands of ...

    Article : 234 words
  16. TURKEY AT WAR.

    Turkey has initiated hostile action against Russia by bombardment from the sea. There has been no declaration of war, and seeing the somewhat irresponsible nature of the Turk, it ...

    Article : 134 words
  17. REASON FOR AUSTRIAN REVERSES.

    The Russian successes against the Austrians were thought probable by all who had considered the history of Austria in previous wars, which has been marked by constant failure. ...

    Article : 289 words
  18. WORK IN NORTHERN TERRITORY.

    "It has been brought to my notice by several members of this union," said Mr. Dan O'Sullivan, secretary of the Railway Workers and General Laborers' Association, "that there is ...

    Article : 158 words
  19. PERSONAL

    Sir Gerald and Miss Strickland left for Melbourne on Friday evening. They will be the guests of his Excellency the Governor-General during their stay, and will return to Sydney ...

    Article : 615 words
  20. WHAT OF BULGARIA.

    If Turkey means to fight it can only be with the hope of recovering, some of the territory lost in the late war, and as she is entirely h[?]ed in by Bulgaria, she can only extend ...

    Article : 175 words
  21. WITH THE BATTLE FLEET.

    Many people seem to think that every man in our Navy is being kept constantly strained during this period of waiting ; probably this is the case with our cruisers and small craft. But ...

    Article : 273 words
  22. TRAMWAY PROMOTIONS.

    A number of the tramway members of the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway service Association were dissatisfied with the methods of promotion. Certain drivers had been ...

    Article : 82 words
  23. WOULD ITALY BE FORCED IN ?

    Turkey at war would probably prove a danger to the recent acquisitions of Italy in the Aegean Islands, and this might possibly precipitate Italy into the conflict. In this ...

    Article : 114 words
  24. Automatic Telephones

    Approval has been given to the expenditure of £3053 in the purchase from Automatic Telephones, Ltd., King-street, 450 first selectors and the associated power plant required in ...

    Article : 68 words
  25. RESULT OF THE ALLIED PRESSURE IN BELGIUM.

    Should the Germans be driven away from Ostend fay the combined action of fire from the sea and the pressure of the Allies' land forces, who are getting round them in the ...

    Article : 192 words
  26. WHAT THE PEOPLE PAY

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 214 words
  27. THE SITUATION.

    As regards the Allied left, where the British force seems to be mainly engaged, the situation has gradually improved during the weeK. The Allies had driven a wedge in between ...

    Article : 257 words
  28. Advertising

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    Advertising : 290 words
  29. THE DARING DESTROYER.

    Prior to the outbreak of war, German torpedo craft were credited with great daring—a reputation they have failed utterly to uphold. On the other hand, it has fallen to our officers ...

    Article : 184 words
  30. BRITISH NAVAL ACTION AGAINST GERMANS ON LAND.

    The most interesting feature of operations in Belgium has been the effective intervention of the British Navy in land operations. Such action is very rare in history. In the Chilian War ...

    Article : 441 words
  31. SUBMARINE TRANSPORT.

    The report that the Germans are busy at Elbing and Hamburg building huge submarines for transport service should be accepted with caution, as the facilities afforded by all known ...

    Article : 172 words
  32. OBJECT OF THE ALLIES.

    It would seem that the object of the Allies is to allow the Germans to make violent at, tacks, which are repelled with very heavy loss. The Allies apparently do not desire to fight a ...

    Article : 209 words
  33. VICTORIAN RETURNS

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 156 words
  34. RAMMING METHODS.

    How the German submarine managed to escape sinking after being rammed by the Badger, it is difficult to understand. According to report, the submarine was struck by the ...

    Article : 217 words
  35. THE POSITION IN POLAND.

    In Poland, it appears that the Germans have suffered defeat in the greatest battle of the war, which lasted five days. This battle, extended from a little to the west of Warsaw, along the ...

    Article : 232 words
  36. Federal Vacancies

    The following vacancies exist in the Commonwealth service :—Postmasters—At Wentworth, £210 to £235; Deniliquin, £420 ,to £440; and North Carlton, £156 to £200. Sorter, travelling ...

    Article : 56 words
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