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  2. MESOPOTAMIA

    There is a remarkable paucity of news from the European fronts. Field-Marshal Haig reports a single trench raid only, though the struggle for the capture of Miraumont must be in progress. The Germans also do not report, which fact may have significance. The French report artillery activity ...

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  3. PESSIMISM IN GERMANY.

    The German newspaper "Frankfurter Zeitung" urges that it is an error to suppose the submarine campaign will end the war rapidly, and urges the ...

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  4. NATIONAL SERVICE.

    Mr. J. H. Thomas, the Labour member for Derby, criticised in the House of Commons yesterday the action of the Government in allowing the ...

    Article : 296 words
  5. THE 40th BATTALION.

    Writing to friends in Hobart, a member of the 40th Battalion says:— This expedition of ours has certainly taken us into some very strange places, ...

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  6. DURATION OF THE WAR.

    A Munich newspaper states that General Von Hindenburg declares that theoretically the war could continue indefinitely, because the German losses ...

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  7. TASMANIAN CASUALTIES.

    Advice has been received of the death of Sergeant F. G. Tuck, who was for 14 years in the employ of the Hobart City Couneil, and was chief ...

    Article : 341 words
  8. RESTRICTION OF IMPORTS.

    Answering Mr. Asquith in the House of Commons yesterday, Mr. Bonar Law, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, said the Government had decided to take ...

    Article : 189 words
  9. GERMANY AND AMERICA.

    The German Socialist newspaper "Vorwarts" states that Mr. Samuel Gompers, the President of the American Federation of Labour, cabled to ...

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  10. EXPLOSION AT GERMAN FACTORY.

    The Hamburg newspapers give an idea of the death roll caused by the explosion at the German munitions factory near the town recently. They ...

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  11. MESOPOTAMIA

    The Commander-in-Chief in Mesopotamia reports as follows:- Yesterday we occupied two of the enemy's front lines of trenches at ...

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  12. THE BRITISH LINE.

    Field-Marshal Haig reported last night as follows:- We carried out a successful raid to the south of Souchez (north of ...

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  13. SOUTH WALES MINERS.

    A conference of representatives of South Wales miners held at Cardiff last week rejected the combing-out scheme by 813,000 votes to 54,000, and then ...

    Article : 56 words
  14. GERMAN SHIPPING.

    The "Frankfurter Zeitung" states that since the outbreak of the war 13 steamers, with an aggregate of over 70,000 tons, have been built for the ...

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  15. PRISONERS OF WAR.

    The secretary Red Cross Information Bureau has asked us to publish the following with reference to the prisoners of war department in London: ...

    Article : 364 words
  16. SIR DOUGLAS HAIG'S INTERVIEW.

    In the House of Commons this afternoon the answer to the question tabled by Mr. P. Snowden, the Labour member for Blackburn, regarding the ...

    Article : 56 words
  17. AUSTRIAN BARBARITIES IN SERBIA.

    The Paris "Temps" says that reliable narratives from Serbia state that 40,000 people have been torn from their homes and sent to Hungary. Troops ...

    Article : 115 words
  18. DARDANELLES CAMPAIGN.

    The report of the Commission appointed to inquire into the Dardanelles campaign will be issued in a few days. The report includes a statement made by a ...

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  19. THE FRENCH LINE

    The French c[?]mmunique issued last night says:- There was lively artillery fighting to-day, on the Avocourt (west of the ...

    Article : 81 words
  20. IMPERIAL CONFERENCE

    In connection with the departure for England of Sir Edward P. Morris, the Prime Minister of Newfoundland, to attend the Imperial Conference, and ...

    Article : 133 words
  21. THE EASTERN FRONT.

    The Petrograd correspondent of the "Petit Parisien," who has had an interview with Lord Milner, a member of Mr. Lloyd George's War Cabinet, ...

    Article : 111 words
  22. FRENCH SHIPPING.

    It is officially slated that last week 108 vessels daily entered French ports. ...

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  23. SMALLPOX IN GERMANY.

    The German newspapers announce that an epidemic of smallpox has broken out at Essen, Magdeburg, Hamburg, and Berlin. The infection is ...

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  24. HELFFERICH CERTAIN.

    Herr Helfferich, the German Minister of the Interior, addressing the deputation of farmers yesterday, said:— England sees herself in a position ...

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  25. THE GREAT OFFENSIVE.

    Mr. A. Henderson, the Labour member of the War Cabinet, speaking at Manchester last week, spoke very optimistically as to the outlook for the ...

    Article : 167 words
  26. MUNITIONS FOR RUSSIA.

    The terms for financing in America a huge munition contract for Russia have been settled. The Bethlehem Steel Corporation is placing 50,000,000 dollars ...

    Article : 237 words
  27. MEETING THE MENACE.

    Information received in Switzerland shows that to February 15 Germany had lost 115 submarines and Austria 13. The losses were the heaviest ...

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  28. SOCIAL DISEASES.

    Sir George Cave, the Secretary of State for the Home Department, moved the second reading in the House of Commons yesterday of the Criminal ...

    Article : 91 words
  29. SICK AND WOUNDED SOLDIERS.

    The following is a list of sick and wounded soldiers returning shortly to Tasmania:- 4002 Private McGarry, W. T., 1st ...

    Article : 163 words
  30. SALONIKA FRONT

    There was great artillery and aerial activity on the part of the British on the Salonika front on Saturday. The Allies in the Monastir district ...

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  31. THE LATEST VICTIMS.

    Lloyd's reports that the following vessels were torpedoed and sunk by German submarines yesterday:- Dalemoor, s.s., 4,124 tons (British). ...

    Article : 61 words
  32. SAVING SUBMARINE CREWS.

    The German newspaper "Taglische Rundschau" describes a wonderful apparatus which has been invented for the saving of the crews of submarines. The ...

    Article : 68 words
  33. ENEMY CRIME AGENTS.

    Albert Sander and Charles Wunnenberg have been arrested in New York and charged with conspiracy to employ agents to obtain military information, ...

    Article : 106 words
  34. GREECE AND THE WAR.

    The Entente [?]egations at Athens explain that the continuation of the blockade of Greece is due to the incomplete fulfilment of the terms of the ...

    Article : 240 words
  35. OTHER NEUTRAL COUNTRIES

    The captain of the Danish steamer Thor II., 269 tons, which was sunk by a German submarine, narrates that after his vessel was torpedoed he and ...

    Article : 147 words
  36. THE AMERICAN CHALLENGE.

    A number of ships sailed to-day from New York for Europe. The vessels included one American steamer, the crew of which received a 50 per cent. bonus. ...

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  37. RECRUITING.

    The following 18 men have entered the Claremont Camp:- Cullen, R. A., clerk, Hobart. Johnson, K., clerk, Launceston. ...

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  38. FRUIT FOR TROOPS.

    A cable message was received from the Agent-General of Victoria in London (Sir peter McBride) by the Director of Agriculture (Dr. Cameron) ...

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  39. THE LONDON EXPLOSION.

    Dr. Addison, the Minister of Munitions, stated in the House of Commons this afternoon that th[?], Government did not admit liability for the recent ...

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  40. THE NEW BATTLE

    Yesterday morning we were looking across a bare, shallow valley at the opposite knuckle of hillside, mound the foot of which the valley doubled back ...

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  41. PASSPORTS FOR EUROPE.

    The Acting Collector of Customs (Mr. J. L. Harbroe) last night received an important communication from the secretary of the Department of Home ...

    Article : 145 words
  42. ON A TORPEDOED. TRANSPORT.

    Speaking at the Governor's farewell dinner last night, Archbishop Riley recounted in a most interesting manner his experiences at the various war ...

    Article : 206 words
  43. WAR WORRIES.

    Dr. Oswald, the Superintendent of the Glasgow Asylum, reports that war worries have not increased insanity, as was feared. This has been largely due to ...

    Article : 74 words
  44. AMERICAN PRISONERS IN GERMANY.

    The State Department announces that a Note was sent by America on Saturday to Germany demanding the release of the American [?]risoners taken ...

    Article : 73 words
  45. THE VICTORY LOAN.

    In the House of Commons this afternoon, Mr. Bonar Law, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, stated that the number of applications received for the new ...

    Article : 226 words
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