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  2. BRITAIN AND PEACE

    There again is very little news of active operations on any of the fronts. As a change, the Germans, after heavy bombardment and using flame-throwers, have captured an advanced post of the British south of Le Transloy. Nothing is said of tab operations at Miraumont, but it may be taken for ...

    Article : 151 words
  3. SUBMARINE OFF AMERICAN COAST.

    The "New York Herald" says that a German submarine was sighted yesterday off Newport News, Virginia, and an American warship was ordered to ...

    Article : 61 words
  4. BOLIVIA.

    The Bolivian Government, in a Note to the United States, proposes that America and all neutral countries should make a joint declaration that ...

    Article : 37 words
  5. FEARLESS BELGIAN.

    The Germans recently sentenced Dr. Gossenaerts, professor of the Ghent Royal Athen[?]m, to a year's imprisonment for Germanoph[?] propaganda. ...

    Article : 50 words
  6. DEFENCE OF AMERICAN COAST.

    Tho War Department at Washington officially announces that a net more than a mile long and 60ft, deep now closes the entrance to Hampton Roads, ...

    Article : 57 words
  7. SWEDEN.

    The Swedish newspapers are indignant at the sinking by the Germans of the Swedish ship Hugo Hamilton, which was laden with a cargo of saltp[?]tr[?] ...

    Article : 37 words
  8. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.

    There has been cousiderable activity on the London Stock Exchange since subscriptions to the war loan closed. Imperial consols were quoted to-day at ...

    Article : 206 words
  9. THE REICHSTAG.

    The Rotterdam correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" says that the Reichstag, when it meets on Thursday, will be faced with the necessity of v[?]ting a ...

    Article : 202 words
  10. ARMING OF MERCHANT SHIPS.

    Mr. Arthur Pollen, the well-known naval writer, in an article in the "Daily C[?]onicle" on December 26, contended that all ships should be a[?]ed. ...

    Article : 582 words
  11. THE LATEST VICTIMS.

    Advices received in New York state that the Germans claim that among recent victims to their submarining attacks is an 8,200 ton st[?]amer, which had ...

    Article : 165 words
  12. THE BRITISH LINE.

    Field-Marshal Haig reports to-day as follows:- Under cover of a heavy bombardment, which destroyed our trenches, ...

    Article : 118 words
  13. THE EGYPTIAN CAMPAIGN.

    The Government of Egypt has issued the following official report:- We have captured the Turkish posts at Nakhl (80 miles due east of Suez, ...

    Article : 64 words
  14. EMPIRE TRADE.

    The committee on the commercial and industrial policy of the United Kingdom, of which Lord Balfour of Burleigh is chairman, recommends that ...

    Article : 1,072 words
  15. TASMANIA.

    Licutenant-Colo[?]l Cohey, commanding the 17th Battery, has written as follows to Mr. F. E. Turner, of Battery Point, "regarding the death of his ...

    Article : 468 words
  16. TURKISH STEAMERS SUNK.

    The Admiralty has received by wireless a Russian official message, stating that a Russian submarine had entered the Bosphorus and sunk a Turkish ...

    Article : 39 words
  17. GERMAN SHIPPING.

    The German newspaper "Taglische Runds[?]hau" states that the loan by the Government of 300,000,000 marks (£15,000,000) to German shipbuilders is ...

    Article : 44 words
  18. FOR VALOUR.

    Second-Lieutenant Ernest Pearse, son of Mr. A. W. Pearse, the managing director and editor of the "Pastoralists' Review" and of the "Meat Trades ...

    Article : 49 words
  19. MR. GERARD.

    The Paris correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" states that Mr. J. W. Gerard, the former American Ambassador in Berlin, instead of going to ...

    Article : 60 words
  20. THE ITALIAN FRONT

    The following official report was issued to-day:- The enemy on Monday night entered one of our tren[?]hes near ...

    Article : 81 words
  21. THE VICTORY LOAN.

    Scottish bankers announce that only 20 per cent, of the deposits in British banks were affected by the Victory war loan, and that if another loan is ...

    Article : 90 words
  22. BRITAIN AND NORWAY.

    The Norwegian newspapers welcome the British and Norwegian agreement for the removal of the coal embargo as restoring the good relations of the two ...

    Article : 45 words
  23. ITALIAN SHIPPING.

    The Rome newspaper "Message[?]" says 14 Italian trans-Atlantic vessels, with cargoes including coal and cereals, arrived at Naples and Genoa on the ...

    Article : 56 words
  24. SIR DOUGLAS HAIG'S INTERVIEW.

    Mr. Bonar Law, the Chancellor of the Exche[?]er, replying in the House of Commons this afternoon to the question tabled bv Mr. P. Snowden, the ...

    Article : 197 words
  25. PLYMOUTH HARBOUR.

    Only British and Allied vessels will be allowed, until further notice, to enter Plymouth Harbour. ...

    Article : 24 words
  26. ANOTHER GERMAN WARNING

    The "New York World" states that an authoritative statement issued in Merlin runs as follows:—"We must repeat again and again that whoever ...

    Article : 88 words
  27. BRITISH REVENUE.

    Though it was estimated that the yield of the excess profits tax in Great Britain for the financial year ending March 31 would yield £86.000,000, ...

    Article : 51 words
  28. WAR IN THE AIR.

    The newspaper "Aeroplane" states that a new and gigantic British machine, which was tested recently, attained a height of 7,000ft, with twenty ...

    Article : 42 words
  29. SCANT RATIONS IN GERMANY

    The Berlin correspondent of the "New York World" says that Dr. Helfferich, the German Treasurer, states that the Government is to take ...

    Article : 121 words
  30. AMERICAN MEAT TRUSTS.

    In the House of Commons this afternoon Mr. C. B. Stanton, the Labour member for Merthyr Tydvil, asked Mr. W. Long, the Secretary of State for ...

    Article : 170 words
  31. THE CONDUCT OF THE WAR

    In the House of Commons this afternoon, on the motion for the third reading of the Consolidated Fund Bill, Mr. A. A. W. H. Pon[?]onby, the Liberal ...

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  32. DESTRUCTION OF GERMAN SUBMARINES.

    The London correspondent of the "New York Times" states that Sir Edward Carson, the First Lord of the British Admiralty, will make his first ...

    Article : 118 words
  33. THE FRENCH LINE

    The French communique issued to-day says:- There has been lively artillery fighting between the rivers Oise and the ...

    Article : 103 words
  34. RELATIONS WITH AMERICA.

    Mr. R. Lansing, the Secretary of State, and Mr. T. W. Gregory, attended a meeting of the Judiciary Committee of the Senate to-day, and urged the ...

    Article : 325 words
  35. ENEMY CRIME AGENTS.

    In connection with the arrest in New York of Albert Sander and Charles Wunnenberg, who are charged with conspiracy to employ agents to obtain ...

    Article : 89 words
  36. FOOD PRICES IN AMERICA.

    NEW YORK, February 20. After riotously destroying to-day the stock of vegetables of, pushcart pedlars in New York, hundreds of women, with ...

    Article : 86 words
  37. SINKING OF AMERICAN LINER.

    Captain Ensor, the master of the American liner Housatanic, 3,143 tons, who arrived in New York to-day, says the German submarine U53 sank his ...

    Article : 35 words
  38. THE FOOD SUPPLIES.

    The Press Bureau states that the manufacture of malt suitable for the br[?]wing of beer from barley and other cereals has been prohibited, except ...

    Article : 78 words
  39. DEFENCE DEPARTMENT.

    The Minister of Defence (Sanator Pearce) stated to-day that Mr. L. E. Groom, M.H.R., would fill the position of Assistant Minister of Defence until ...

    Article : 39 words
  40. GERMANY'S RUTHLESS CAMPAIGN.

    The British Embassy at Washington states that Germany's rut[?]less submarining has resulted in the less o[?] only one in every 100 ships arriving or ...

    Article : 40 words
  41. VERDUN DAY.

    The French newspapers to-day make a great display of accounts of the anniversary of the opening of tho German offensive at Verdun, and the ...

    Article : 54 words
  42. RECRUITING.

    The committee ot the Returned Soldiers' Association, who have taken up with vigour the matter of arranging a great public demonstration in Hobart on ...

    Article : 202 words
  43. PREFERENCE TO SOLDIERS.

    Recently it was decided by the Commonwealth military authorities that men who had served in this war should receive preference in the appointment ...

    Article : 103 words
  44. SHIPPING COMPANY'S PROFITS.

    The vessels of the Pacific Mail Steamship Co., of San Francisco, earned 83 per cent, on its capital during the year 1916. ...

    Article : 27 words
  45. AMERICANS IN TURKEY.

    The State Department at Washington has asked Turkey for assurances for the safety of an American vessel which is proceeding to Beyro[?]t, in Syria, for the ...

    Article : 63 words
  46. PRICE OF PAPER.

    Tho Canadian Government has issued regulations authorising the fixing of prices for paper for newspaper printing purposes. ...

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  47. GERMAN ATTACK REPULSED.

    The Admiralty has received by wireless the following Russian report:- We have repelled an attack by the ...

    Article : 30 words
  48. ORGANISING MAN POWER.

    Mr. Nevil[?]e Chamberlain, the Director of National Service, addressing a [?]ceting of members of the London Stock Exchange to-day, said the ...

    Article : 142 words
  49. AUSTRALIAN TRANSPORT TORPEDOED.

    The Minister of the Navy (Mr. Cook) has received information by cable that the Australian transport Berrima was torpedoed in European waters on ...

    Article : 75 words
  50. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS IN ENGLAND.

    An interesting report has been received by the Commonwealth military authorities from the police in England regarding the conduct of Australian soldie[?] in ...

    Article : 547 words
  51. AUSTRIA SUPPORTS GERMANY

    There is a general impression in Government circles in Washington that Austria will, support the submarine policy of Germany, and therefore a ...

    Article : 51 words
  52. THE SALONIKA FRONT.

    An Italian force has occupied Koritza (to the south-west of Monastir). ...

    Article : 20 words
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