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  2. THE SOMME

    There is little news to-day from any quarter. The most important operatious have taken place south of the Somme, in the Ablaincourt district. Here the French have again captured positions. It is evident that the Germans are making the most desperate efforts in the defence of Bapaume, and that the British have to fight hard for all their gains Several times now General Haig has referred to the heavy bombardment of the British lines, which ...

    Article : 275 words
  3. THE EASTERN FRONT

    To-day's Russian communique says: Enemy attacks on the Stokhed River have been repulsed. ...

    Article : 24 words
  4. BRITAIN'S OBJECT IN THE WAR.

    In the House of Commons yesterday afternoon, Mr. Leslie Scott, the Unionist member for the Exchange division of Liverpool, moved in favour of ...

    Article : 819 words
  5. NEW ZEALAND MINISTERS.

    The executive members of the Imperial Air Fleet gave a banquet last night at the Bath Club to Sir Joseph Ward, the Treasurer of New Zealand. ...

    Article : 399 words
  6. THE ITALIAN FRONT.

    An Italian official statement published to-day states:— We have found among the booty abandoned by the Austrians on the ...

    Article : 193 words
  7. TASMANIAN MAILS ON BOARD

    Included in the mails despatched from Australia by the Arabia was a quantity from Tasmania, and this included letters and parcels for the troops on active ...

    Article : 168 words
  8. RETURNING SOLDIERS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 420 words
  9. SWEDISH LOSSES.

    It is officially announced that between August 19 to September 30 61 Swedish ships, of an aggregate of 73,000 tons, were lost by mines or torpedoed by ...

    Article : 91 words
  10. FRANCO-ITALIAN AIR RAIDS.

    The following communique, dealing with Italian naval operations, was issued to-day:— Italian and French air squadrons ...

    Article : 74 words
  11. BATTLE OF THE SOMME

    General Sir Douglas Haig reports today:— The German artillery is active on the whole front south of the Anere. ...

    Article : 77 words
  12. MARKETS AND MONEY.

    Replying to questions in the House of Commons this afternoon, Mr. E. G. Pretyman, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade, stated ...

    Article : 243 words
  13. FRANCE'S DAY.

    The collections taken up in London on France's Day reached a total of £100,381, which was handed yesterday to M. Paul Cambon, the French ...

    Article : 35 words
  14. IN DOBRUDJA.

    To-day's communique states:— We have advanced to the southward in Dobrudja. Enemy seaplanes have attacked ...

    Article : 47 words
  15. IN THE TRENTINO.

    An Italian official statement issued to-day says:— We have evacuated the observatory position destroyed by enemy artillery ...

    Article : 45 words
  16. LIBERAL MEMBER'S VISIT TO AMERICA.

    At question time in the House of Commons yesterday several members called attention to speeches made in America by Whitehouse, the ...

    Article : 98 words
  17. SALONIKA FRONT.

    A French official message from Salonika says:— Bulgarian attacks on the Serbians in the loop of the Cerna have been ...

    Article : 54 words
  18. SUBMARINE WARFARE

    The P. and 0. liner Arabin, 7,933 tons, which left Sydney on September 30 for London via ports, has been torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean ...

    Article : 637 words
  19. ENEMY CLAIM.

    An offcial message published in Berlin to-day says:—British night attacks between Le Sars and Gueudecourt have failed. ...

    Article : 31 words
  20. GERMAN STATEMENT.

    An official statement issued in Berlin to-day says:—The French have gained giound at Ablaincourt, and occupied Pressire. ...

    Article : 27 words
  21. THE SHACKLETON EXPEDITION

    Mr. Frank Wild, who was second in command of the Shackleton Imperial trans-Antarctic expedition, and his 10 companions who wero rescued by Sir ...

    Article : 349 words
  22. PAN-GERMAN CONFERENCE.

    A wireless message received in Borne (Switzer land) states that Count Von Reventlow, the militant German writer, at a Pan-German conference in Berlin ...

    Article : 91 words
  23. AUSTRALIANS IN ACTION.

    This, morning an Australian force attacked the German trenches on one of the lower knuckles of the main ridge beyond Flers, down which the battle ...

    Article : 253 words
  24. GREECE AND THE WAR.

    It is reported that the Allies have arrested M. Kalamasiotis, the member of the Greek Chamber of Deputies, for the Piraeus, who is alleged to have been ...

    Article : 217 words
  25. OTHER WESTERN LINES

    A Berlin official message claims that the Germans have achieved a great success by an aerial night attack on Cerisyla-Sille (in Normandy), a centre of ...

    Article : 61 words
  26. DOUBLE INCOME TAX.

    At a meeting of shareholders to-day in the Australian trading firm of Messrs. Henry Bull and Co., Mr. Bull, who presided, said the time had ...

    Article : 125 words
  27. EMPIRE PARLIAMENTARY ASSOCIATION.

    Sir Joseph Ward, the Treasurer of New Zealand, in proposing the health to-day of Mr. McKenna, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, at a luncheon given by ...

    Article : 89 words
  28. TASMANIA.

    Arrangements are being made for the despatch of one hundred men for service at Rabaul, who will be despatched in batches of twenty-five by steamers ...

    Article : 294 words
  29. VERDUN.

    To-day's French communique states: On the right bank of the Meuse there has been a particularly lively artillery engagement in the region ...

    Article : 38 words
  30. ROUMANIAN CAMPAIGN.

    To-day's Roumanian communique says:— A furious bombardment is in progress in the Prahova Valley (east of ...

    Article : 153 words
  31. THE AUSTRIAN EMPEROR.

    The Hungarian military authorities have forhidden cinema theatres to exhibit portraits of the Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria, in consequence of ...

    Article : 41 words
  32. GENERAL WAR NEWS

    A wireless message received in London from Bucharest states that Professor Cantacuzene and the Director of the Bacteriological Institute have examined ...

    Article : 88 words
  33. ENTHUSIASM IN EGYPT.

    There is enthusiasm among the Greek residents of Egypt for M. Vanizeles, and already 8,000 men have volunteered for the army of the National ...

    Article : 72 words
  34. PRINCE HENRY OF BAVARIA.

    Prince Henry of Bavaria has died of wounds. ...

    Article : 18 words
  35. THE FRENCH LINE.

    To-day's French communique states: North of the Somme a concentration of the enemy cast of Saillisel (1,000 yards south of Sailly-Saillisel, ...

    Article : 44 words
  36. THE FRUIT INDUSTRY.

    At the Australasian Fruitgrowers' Conference, held at Melbourne last week, the following business was transacted, in addition to our cabled ...

    Article : 200 words
  37. THE GERMANS AND HOLLAND

    Recently the Germans sent the German steamer A[?]to to the Dutch port of Flushing for internment. Dutch shipping circles suppose that the ...

    Article : 76 words
  38. NEW NOTE FROM THE ALLIES

    The British and French Ministers at Athens have presented, a new Note to the Greek Foreign Minister, who admits the seriousness of the ...

    Article : 53 words
  39. THE SCANDINAVIAN KINGDOMS.

    The Milan newspaper "Corriere della Sera" states that the recent German menace to Norwegian neutrality has contributed to bind together the ...

    Article : 127 words
  40. SOUTH OF THE SOMME.

    To-day's French communique says:— The enemy have heavily bombarded our new positions on the Ablaincourt sugar refinery sector (two miles north ...

    Article : 280 words
  41. NEED FOR ECONOMY AND EFFICIENCY.

    At the meeting of the council of the Hobart Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday evening letters were received from the United Workers, London, ...

    Article : 318 words
  42. GERMANY'S MOST FAITHFUL ALLY.

    Prince George has been on a visit to the Courts of Bavaria, Saxomy, and Wurtemberg, and will shortly visit the Kaiser. Everywhere he has been ...

    Article : 45 words
  43. GERMANY'S FOOD SUPPLIES.

    Systematic robberies are taking place in Germany, and there have been burglaries at the municipal offices, where bread, meat, and milk tickets have been ...

    Article : 60 words
  44. ENEMY ADMISSION.

    To-day's German communique states: —The enemy have gained small advantages on the Tolyges Pass sector (in the Carpathians on the frontier of Northern ...

    Article : 57 words
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