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  2. THE RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE

    The news from the Somme front refers only, to the repulse of German counter-attacks at Ginehy and elsewhere. In one attack, the Germans got close up, and there was hand-to-hand fighting. General. Haig speaks of a trench, mortar attack from Les Boeuts, a little to the north-east of Ginohy; on a spur of the main ridge. This position doubtless will have to bo attacked in the next advance. The French also have had to resist counter-attacks. The ...

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  3. AUSTRALIA.

    At a meeting of the General Council of the Employers' Federation of Australia yesterday, the following motions were agreed to:— ...

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  4. THE LOSS OF TUTRAKAN.

    M. Take Jone[?] a former Premer of Ronumania, commenting on the battles in the Dobrudja, stated:—The loss of Tntrakan will remain a painful ...

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  5. THE ITALIAN FRONT.

    The Italian communique issued in Rome to-day states:— On the Trentino front, between the Val Area and the head of the Posina ...

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  6. MARKETS AND MONEY.

    There have been enormous increases in the shipments of meat from the United States to Europe. The figures for the fiscal vear of 1916 were 1,839, ...

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  7. FALL OF SILISTRIA.

    A telegram from Bucharest states that the enemy attacked Silistria with numerous 12-inch and 16[?]-inch guns, and in a few hours destroyed tho forts. ...

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  8. ON THE DANUBE.

    To-day's Roumanian communique says:— The enemy are bombarding Giurgave, on the Danube, and our ...

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  9. PRODUCTION OF MUNITIONS

    The Minister of Defence (Senator Pearce) announced to-day that 39 young men of suitable technical qualifications had departed for England in ...

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  10. GENERAL WAR NEWS.

    Germany has seized £30,000,000 from the coffers of the Belgian National Bank. She offere to pay 5 per cent, interest, and to repay the money two ...

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  11. BULGARIAN CONCENTRATION.

    The "Daily Chronicle" says:—The Bulgarians with great secrecy effected a concentration of troops (the importance of which must not be overrated) ...

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  12. THE TURKISH WAR.

    To-day's Russian communique is as follows:— regain battles continue in the region of Oghnat, and we have made ...

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  13. TASMANIA

    At the September meeting of the Bothwell Municipal Council, the Warden (Mr. N. J. Wise) mentioned the desirability of starting a fund for a ...

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  14. IN TRANYSLVANIA.

    To-day's Roumanian communique Startes:— Vigorous fighting continues on our north-western and northern fronts. ...

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  15. THE WAR COUNCIL.

    The State War Council yesterday dea[?] with a request from the Returned Soldiers' Association to be permitted to appeal for subscriptions on behalf of the ...

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  16. ITALIAN NAVAL DISASTER

    The Rome correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" states that the Italian Dreadnought Leonardo Da Vinci (22,000 tons, and a main anmament of ...

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  17. THE EASTERN FRONT

    Petrograd military experts point out that recent Russian communaques are remarkable for what they leave unsaid, but the most important news may be ...

    Article : 337 words
  18. THE BRITISH BLACK LIST.

    A demonstration took place yesterday in the Plaza Congress, Buenos Ayres, against the British black list. Political and patriotic organisations participated ...

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  19. BATTLE OF THE SOMME

    In his report this morning, General Sir Douglas Haig states:— We have repulsed two more enemy counter-attacks on Ginohy, and have ...

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  20. THE FRENCH FRONT.

    To-day's French communique says:— Last night the Germans made several attacks at various points on our new front in the Somme region, and ...

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  21. LABOUR AND THE WAR.

    Owing to the increased cost of living occasioned by the war, the Scottish miners recently claimed an advance of 1s. per day in their wages. The matter ...

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  22. THE BALKANS.

    A British advance on the Salonika front is announced in the following official report issued by the Press Bureau to-day:— ...

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  23. SOLDIERS' LETTERS.

    Mrs. S. J. Lange, of 81 Goulburn street, has received a letter from her son Thomas, written from "somewhere in France" under date July 21. He ...

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  24. TASMANIAN CASUALTIES.

    Sir John McCall the Agent-General for Tasmania has sent a private letter to the Premier (Hon W.H.Lee), in which he reports with regret the ...

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  25. THE ANZACS.

    The Anzac Buffet was reopened to-day at Victoria-street Westminster. Five hundred wounded Australian soldiers were entertained. ...

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  26. GERMAN REPORT.

    To-day's German communique states: —We yesterday repulsed vigerous English attacks on the Pozieres-Le Sors high load and at Ginchy. We lost our ...

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  27. THE FIGHTING IRISH.

    The capture of Ginchy by an Irish brigade on Saturday is the subject of Mr. Philip Gibbs's latest despatch from the Western front. He says:— The ...

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  28. RAIDS BY THE MILITARY.

    In pursuance of the policy of capturing slackers, the military authorities yesterday raided the Marylebone railway station, in London. Men ...

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  29. VISIT OF MR. LLOYD GEQRGE.

    Mr. Lloyd George, the Secretary of State for War, was, the guest at an historic dinner last night at the invitation of General Dubois and the officers ...

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  30. FRENCH REPORT.

    To-day's French official communique on the Salonika campaign states:— The English troops on the Struma front have crossed the river under ...

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  31. ENEMY REPORTS.

    To-day's German communique says: —General Von Bottmer yesterday cleverly frustrated a Russian attempt to take Halicz, and inflicted heavy ...

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  32. GREECE AND THE WAR.

    The Athens correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states that the Allies are averse to the discussion of conditions or termas in order to secure the ...

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  33. OTHER WESTERN LINES

    In his report this morning, General Haig states:— We have entered the German tranches at several places between ...

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  34. ROUMANIAN CAMPAIGN.

    A wireless message received in Rome to-day states that the Bulgarian offensive in the Dobrudia region has been arrested. A formidable bombardment ...

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  35. IN THE AIR.

    This morning's French communique states:— Ten of our aeroplanes have dropped 60 bomba successfully on important ...

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  36. POLITICAL CRISIS.

    M. Zaimis, the Premier of Greece, has tendered his resignation to King Constantine, but the latter has not yet announced his decision. ...

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  37. BIG BATTLE AT HALICZ.

    The latest reports from Russian sources indicate that a terrific battle is in progress in the region of Halicz at the junction of the Gnila Lipa with the Dniester. The Russians are grad uslly closing in on the place, and the enemy are fighting with the greatest desperation, because they realiso that the fall of Halicz will mean a big retreat in Galicia, and place Lemberg in serious jeopardy. When Halicz falls, Mikolajow, it is stated, will be the only ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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