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  2. GERMAN REPORT.

    A German official message states:— We have repulsed Russian attacks to the southward of Brzezany (in Galicia), and in the southern part of the wooded ...

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  3. THE BRITISH ADVANCE

    The British are pushing on towards Bapaume o[?], rather, upon the town's first defence line—Bucquoy, Achiet-le-Petit, and Loupart Wood. Bucquoy is being attacked from the west, on the Gommecourt line, and from the south, and Achiet also from west and south, and all the time the British guns are ...

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  4. WAR CABINET.

    The Canadian and New Zealand delegates now in England attended a two hours' sitting of the War Cabinet today, the Premier (Mr. Lloyd George); ...

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  5. POPE AND THE BLOCKADE.

    The Milan correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" says the Pope has summoned a special Consistory Court to meet before Easter. It is believed it will ...

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  6. FEDERAL POLITICAL CRISIS

    The recent storms in the Federal political sph[?]re were succeeded to-day by a comparative calm. A meeting of the Labour section of the Ministerial ...

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  7. POST-WAR PROBLEMS.

    The Premier (Mr. Lloyd George), in receiving a Labour Party deputation, which presented the resolutions passed at the Manchester Labour Conference ...

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  8. CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.

    Lord Rhondda's bill to restrict the treatment of contagious diseases to qualified medical practitioners was read a first time in the House of Lords ...

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  9. THE TURKISH WAR

    The British Admiralty has intercepted the following Russian wireless official message:- We are pursuing the Turkish forces ...

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  10. THE RAIDER APPAM.

    The Supreme Court has unanimously sustained the suit of the British owners of the steamer Appam to regain possession of that vessel, which was ...

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  11. THE PRICE OF CHEESE.

    In the House of Commons to-day Mr. Will Thorne (the Labour member for West Ham) asked whether the Government was paying 9½d. per lb. for New ...

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  12. LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL.

    The Progressives were allowed to nominate the next chairman of the London County Council, and have chosen the Earl of Crewe, who has accepted ...

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  13. GERMANY AND FLANDERS.

    Prominent Flemish political leaders in Holland repudiate as [?]raitorous the members of the recent deputation to Dr. Von Bethmann Hollwegg (the ...

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  14. SWEDISH CABINET, RESIGNS.

    Following a series of vigorous attacks on the Premier (K. H. L. Hammaskjold) since January, the Cabinet has resigned. The last incident was the ...

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  15. PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE

    The following letter has been addressed by Mr. D. E. Dicker, M.H.A., to the Minister of Lands:- "Hon. J. B. Hayes, ...

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  16. GREECE AND THE ALLIES.

    The transport of arms to Peloponnesus is proceeding, and 20,000 rifles have arrived at Patras (on the northern coast of the Pelopennesus), while ...

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  17. CONSPIRACY CHARGES.

    At the Old Bailey to-day, before Mr. Justice Low, the trial opened of Alice Wheeldon, William Wheeldon (her son), Harriet Wheeldon (her daughter), ...

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  18. AMERICAN SITUATION

    The Austria-Hungarian Note in reply to President Wilson alleges that the British violations of international law were the starting point of the ...

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  19. OFFICERS IN ENGLAND.

    The Duke of Connaught to-day opened the Royal Overseas Officers' Club. The premises have been taken over from the Royal Automobile Club. Sir George ...

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  20. FOOD CONTROL.

    The Press Bureau announces that Mr. John W. Dennis has been appointed a director, without salary, of the potato, vegetable, and fruit section of the ...

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  21. THE BRITISH ADVANCE

    Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports to-day as follows:- We have made further progress to the north-westward of Irles (in the ...

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  22. DARDANELLES COMMISSION.

    The report of the Commission on the Dardanelles campaign will be issued on Thursday. In the House of Commons to-day, Sir ...

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  23. DICKER APPEALS

    Before His Honor the Chief Justice (Sir Horbert Nicholls), in the Practice Court yesterday, Mr. W. M. Hodgman (Messrs. Page, Hodgman and S[?]ager) ...

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  24. AMERICAN OPINION.

    After the first reading of the Austro-Hungarian Note members of the Government were inclined to interpret it as an effort to placate Washington and ...

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  25. BREWING IN ENGLAND.

    The "Daily Chronicle" says the brewers have suggested that the Government should take over the industry on the same terms as the railways, thus ...

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  26. BRITISH AIR RAID.

    A report issued by the British Admiralty states:— Our naval aeroplanes dropped many bombs on Sunday on German ...

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  27. INDIAN COTTON DUTIES.

    Lancashire cotton trade unions, representing 100,000 men, have decided to protest against the Indian cotton duty and send a deputation to Mr. Austen ...

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  28. MOTOR INDUSTRY.

    The War Council has permitted the Ford Motor Company to erect a factory at Cork for the rapid production of motor tractors. ...

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  29. HOME RULE.

    The executive of the Labour party has passed a resolution to the effect that a further united effort ought to be made to effect a settlement of the Irish ...

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  30. NATIONAL SERVICE.

    The national service organisers are arranging a special rally before voluntarism [?]l[?]ses at the end of March. There will be special exhortations from ...

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  31. ALLEGED SINKING OF TRANSPORTS.

    The Minister of the Navy (Hon. J. Cook) stated to-night that the rumour that two Australian troopships had been sunk had no foundation in fact. The ...

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  32. THE GERMAN PLOT.

    In the Reichstag to-day the Socialist[?] severely criticised the German Note regarding the proposal to Mexico. Herr Zimmermann (Foreign ...

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  33. THE EVACUATED GROUND.

    "Eyewitness," at British headquarters, describing the ground evacuated by the Germans in the Bapaume region, says:—It is impossible to doubt ...

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  34. VERDUN.

    To-day's French communique says:- Our heavy fire and vigorous counter-attacks have smashed up all German attempts to drive us out of the ...

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  35. WOOL SHIPMENTS.

    Mr. H. W. Forster, Financial Secretary to the War Office, states that the Shipping Controller (Sir Joseph P. Maclay) prop[?]ses to facilitate wool ...

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  36. FRENCH PREMIER AND AUSTRALIA.

    The newspapers to-day give prominence to Mr. Hughes's reply to the letter sent to him by the Premier of France (M. Briand) regarding ...

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  37. ARMED NEUTRALITY BILL.

    Owing to the intensity [?]f public anger at the "filibustering" in the Senate, which resulted in the sh[?]lving of the bill giving the President military ...

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  38. TALLOW A NECESSARY COMMODITY.

    By notice in the Commonwealth Government "Gazette" to-day, under the War Precautions Act, the Minister of Defence (Senator Pearce) declared ...

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  39. THE AISNE.

    A French communique states:- By a destructive artillery fire we have wrecked enemy positions to the north-west of Moulins-sous-Touvent ...

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  40. WILL THE RETREAT CONTINUE?

    Mr. Philip Gibbs, the war correspondent, in a despatch yesterday, says:— The prevalent bad weather on the Somme has been, on the whole, to the ...

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  41. MARKETS AND MONEY.

    The Treasury returns for eleven months of the current financial year indicate that the revenue estimate for the year of £502,000,000 has already ...

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  42. NEW PENSIONS RATE.

    Replying to Mr. Asquith in the House of Commons to-day, Mr. Bonar Law (Leader of the Government) announced that owing to the establishment of the ...

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  43. THE ITALIAN FRONT

    An Italian official messages says:- We have repulsed repeated attacks at Costabella (in the Avisio district), capturing one Austrian gun. ...

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  44. DUAL AMUSEMENT TAXES.

    The State amusement tax is being paid with a bad grace by some patrons of picture theatres, and others have resolutely refused to pay it, and have ...

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  45. BREAD SHORTAGE IN HOLLAND.

    Owing to a shortage, Holland has prohibited the export of bread to Belgium. ...

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  46. DOUBLE INCOME TAX.

    In the House of Lords to-day, Lord Strathspey drew attention to the hardship and injustice which the Dominions had suffered because of thw double ...

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  47. NAVAL PROGRAMME.

    Mr. Daniels, Secretary of the Navy, has ordered the naval building programme to be completed in half the time originally allotted. ...

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  48. IS A RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE IMPENDING?

    The Berlin newspaper "Berliner Tageblatt" insists that colossal military preparations are being made, and that immense quantities of guns and munitions ...

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  49. GERMAN PLOT.

    In New York to-day, Dr. Chanader Chakiaberty, a Hindu physician, and Dr. Ernst Skunner, a German, were arrested, and charged with having set ...

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  50. SUPPLYING INFORMATION TO GERMANY.

    A private in the Minnesota National Guard has been sentenced to five years' imprisonment for furnishing military information to Germany. ...

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  51. THE AUSTRALIANS' ACHIEVEMENTS.

    The most recent messages of Mr. C. E. W. Bean, the press corrrespondent with the Australian forces in England, are being given prominence in the ...

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  52. ENEMY PRINCES

    In the House of Lords to-day Lord Finlay introduced a bill to deprive enemy princes of their British titles. ...

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