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  2. ITALIAN SHIPPING.

    Despite the unre[?]tricted submarining by the enemy, Italian shi[?]ing continues as her[?]ofore. Mariners regard the me[?]sures of protection as ...

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  3. SOUTH WALES MINERS.

    A conference of South Wales miners, which was held at Cardiff to-day, rejected the combing out scheme by 813,000 votes to 54,600, and then adjourned ...

    Article : 60 words
  4. BY-ELECTION.

    The by-election for the Rosendale division of North-East L[?]ncaster, caused by the elevation of Mr. Lewis Har[?]curt to the peenage, took place ...

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  5. THE WAR

    Field-Marshal Haig has made [?] remarkable statement to French journalists. He said that though the Germans were strongly entrenched the Allies intended to attack them at several points until they had accomplished in a military sense the destruction of the German army[?] This is fair notice, ...

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  6. DISCUSSION IN HOUSE OF LORDS.

    In the House of Lord this afternoon Admiral Lord Charles Beresford said he regretted that the Government had not taken the country more into ...

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  7. ARMING OF AMERICAN LINERS.

    Much interest has been aroused as to the result of a lengthy Cabinet meeting to-day, following President Wilson working alone late last night, ...

    Article : 88 words
  8. GREAT FIRE AT ATHENS.

    A great fire broke[?] out to-day at a munition factory on the Piræus, the harbour of Athens, and is still burning, and continues to spread. Already 10 ...

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  9. THE COMMONWEALTH WAR LOAN.

    The financial and general newspapers in London comment warmly on the success of the Commonwealth War Loan. The "Westminster Gazette" states ...

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  10. ALIENS IN GREAT BRITAIN.

    In the House of Commons this afternoon, Mr. J. Hope, Treasurer of the Household, said the Government was endeavouring to employ all able-bodied ...

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  11. LABOUR AND THE WAR.

    Threatened labour troubles on the Rand have been averted owing to [?] miners agreeing to refer their dispute to the Conciliation Board, the men ...

    Article : 81 words
  12. GERMANY STARVING.

    The former correspondent in Berlin of the "New York Sun," who has just returned to New York. says Germany is in the grip of starvation. Most of the ...

    Article : 183 words
  13. EXPLOSION AT MUNITION FACTORY.

    The Press Bureau states that an explosion, preceded by a fire, occurred to-day at a munitions factory in Yorkshire. It is believed that all the ...

    Article : 66 words
  14. GOVERNMENT INSURANCE PREMIUMS.

    The British Government's insurance rates against enemy aircraft and bombardment risks have been reduced by one-half. ...

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  15. THE POPE AND PEACE.

    The National Tidende, on the authority of a high official at the Vatican, states that the Pope is preparing a Note to neutral States, with the ...

    Article : 51 words
  16. MR. GERARD.

    Mr. Gerard will remain in Switzerland for five days. He will stay some time in Paris before going to Spain, where he embarks at either Vigo or Barcelon[?] ...

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  17. AUSTRALIA.

    Mr. A. D. Steel-Maitland, the UnderSecretary of State for the Colonies, presided to-day at a meeting of the Royal Colonial Institute, where Mr. Andrew ...

    Article : 274 words
  18. THE COAL MINES.

    The Government scheme [?]o[?] taking over the control of the Br[?]tish coal mines has matured, and will be announced this week. The scheme is ...

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  19. COUNT VON BERNSTORFF.

    Count Von Bernstorff, the former German Ambassador to America, who sails to-day from New York—by the Danish liner Frederick VIII., 11,850 ...

    Article : 142 words
  20. EDUCATION IN GREAT BRITAIN.

    Mr. W. H. Fisher, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board, stated in the House of Commons this afternoon that he was considering ...

    Article : 62 words
  21. MORE VICTIMS.

    The well-known Australian trader Afric, 11,999 tons, belonging to the White Star line, has been torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine. Seventeen ...

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  22. MESOPOTAMIA

    An official report from Mesopotamia states:- On Saturday our guns made direct hits on the enemy's bridge at Shuran, ...

    Article : 100 words
  23. FEDERAL WAR MINISTRY

    It seems practically certain that the final details in connection with the form[?]tion of the proposed War Ministry will be fix[?]d up to-morrow ...

    Article : 193 words
  24. AFTER-THE-WAR TRADE.

    Lord Balfour's committee on an after-the-war trade policy has submitted an interim report to the Government. It is understood that the members of the ...

    Article : 57 words
  25. THE ENEMY'S REPORT.

    The Admiralty has intercepted by wireless the following German official message:—Numerous reconnoitring advances by the British between Ypres and ...

    Article : 29 words
  26. PREPARATIONS FOR WAR.

    The American Army and Navy Departments have appointed seven comm[?]tees to develop a programme for the mobilisation of reserves in the time ...

    Article : 110 words
  27. THE FRENCH LINE

    The French communique issued last night said:- Between the Oise and the Aisne, in the Quennevillers region yesterday, ...

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  28. THE WAR CABINET.

    Mr. Bonar Law, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, defended in the House of Commons yesterday afternoon the extra vote for salaries and expenses of the ...

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  29. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS.

    The King inspected a large number of Australian troops on Salisbury Plain to-day, and conferred several decorations. ...

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  30. TURKS IN THE LAST DITCH.

    Though the Commander of the British troops in Mesopo[?]a, General Maude, does not mention a direct attack on Kut, it is evident that the ...

    Article : 180 words
  31. PEACE OR WAR.

    President Wilson's view now is that it is for Germany to decide whether there is to be peace or war with America. The President worked in his ...

    Article : 87 words
  32. SOLDIERS' PERILS.

    General Sir Francis Lloyd, the General Officer commanding the London District, in a speech to-day on the perils of soldiers in London, said the ...

    Article : 182 words
  33. THE SINKING OF THE SAXONIA.

    Thirty-six survivors of the steamer Saxonia. which was sunk by a German submarine, landed to-day. They state that the ship was shelled and sunk ...

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  34. BRITISH TANKS AT WORK.

    A Russian official message received by wireless [?]ays:- English armoured cars yesterday advanced twice against the enemy in ...

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  35. AUSTRALIAN ARMY RESERVE[?]

    Prop[?]s for the formation of the Australian Army Reserve were laid on the table of the Federal Parliament to-day. The idea underlying the scheme ...

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  36. ELEPHANTS FROM GERMAN ZOOS.

    The "Berliner Tageblatt" publishes a[?] photograph showing elephants from the Berlin and Hamburg Zoos drawing truckloads of paper for the newspaper ...

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  37. AMERICAN PRISONERS IN GERMANY.

    The State Department at Washington has instituted inquiries as to the intentions of Germany regarding the American prisoners who were placed on ...

    Article : 129 words
  38. MEETING THE MENACE.

    Sir Edward Carson, the First Lord of the Admiralty, stated to-day, in an interview with a representative of the "Po[?]t Parisien," that the British ...

    Article : 179 words
  39. BELGIAN RELIEF.

    There is much indignation in America at Germany's action in shutting out the Belgian Relief Commission. Mr. Hoover, the superintendent of the ...

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  40. THE RUSSIAN ARMIES.

    Notices are posted calling up the youths of 10 and 20 years in two classes, in order to give Russia a million more effectives within a few ...

    Article : 38 words
  41. IMPERIAL CONFERENCE.

    Mr. W. F. Masscy, the Prime Ministei of New Zealand, speaking to-day at University College, London, said the possibilites of the Imperial Conference ...

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  42. THE BRITISH LINE.

    Field-Marshal Haig reporting to-day says:- We drove off a strong raiding party that advanced against our line to the ...

    Article : 166 words
  43. CHINA.

    The Tien-tsin correspondent of the "Morning Post" states that the Chinese Cabinet, after first favouring inaction regarding the German submarine policy, ...

    Article : 132 words
  44. THE AUSTRALIAN FALLEN

    A number of Australian ladies in London ha[?]e asked Mr. Andrew Fisher, the High Commissioner, to suggest to the Australian Government to give the ...

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  45. THE KAISER.

    The Kaiser has arrived at Viln[?], on the Russian front. ...

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  46. THE AMERICAN CHALLENGE.

    R[?]ferring to the report that the American steamers Rochester and Orleans have sailed from New York for Europe, despite the German blockade, ...

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  47. SUBMARINE BOMBARDS COAST.

    The French communique issued to-day says:- At [?] o'clock on Monday afternoon an enemy submarine fixed six [?]hots ...

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  48. SALONIKA FRONT.

    The Admi[?]alty [?]as intercepted the following German official message issued by wireless:—We have stormed a hill position in the Cerna salient north of ...

    Article : 34 words
  49. RUSSIAN POLITICS.

    The arrest of members of the Munitions Committee is attributed to M. Protopopoff, who has already announced his belief that all public bodies in ...

    Article : 156 words
  50. WORK OF THE BRITISH FLEET.

    There are increasing comments in the New York papers, pointing out that if America does not declare war against Germany it will be due primarily to ...

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  51. BRITISH INTERESTS IN GERMANY.

    Holland has taken over from America the supervision of all British interests in Germany. ...

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  52. GENERAL HAIG ON THE OFFENSIVE.

    Field-Marshal Haig, in an interview with Paris, journalists, says:—We have reached our maximum supply of munitions, and can supply more to our ...

    Article : 101 words
  53. MEXICO.

    Following the statement made that General Carranza, the President of Mexico, has issued a communication which is designed to shorten the war ...

    Article : 66 words
  54. BASE IN SOUTH AMERICA.

    The captain of an American vessel which has reached New York from Pernambuco, in Brazil, asserts that the G[?]rmans are using an island in the ...

    Article : 69 words
  55. EXEMPTION OF AMERICAN SHIPS.

    Regarding the statement that Ger many desired, through Switzerland, to [?]otify America as to her willingness to exempt American ships from the ...

    Article : 78 words
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