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  2. AUSTRALIA DAY.

    The record of the gallant storming of the Gallipoll heights by the Australian troops on April 25th, 1915, will for ever remain a purple passage in Australian ...

    Article : 1,759 words
  3. ON THE WEST FRONT.

    The latest communiqe states:—At Bandesapt we occupied another group of houses in the south-west of Lunois. The Germans delivered a violent attack ...

    Article : 184 words
  4. APPEAL TO MINERS.

    The National Conference on the mining industry at the Kingsway Opera House, was attended by 3000 delegates. All the leading miners' representatives and many ...

    Article : 995 words
  5. IN THE DARDANELLES.

    The Exchange Telegraph Company's correspondent at the Dardanelles telegraphs: This is an invisible war. Sitting on the highest observation point, we can ...

    Article : 408 words
  6. THE WAR.

    The latest communique states: The enemy at Roxhany unsuccessfully tried to advance between the Narew and the Ozh. ...

    Article : 138 words
  7. AUCTION SALES.

    Among the many features of the day's activities, the auction sales, which were held in various parts of the city, played an important part financially, and in ...

    Article : 512 words
  8. WILDING'S LAST LETTER.

    Anthony Wilding was in charge of a three-pounder gun. His brother officers say that he directed the, firing from early in the morning to the middle of the ...

    Article : 107 words
  9. RUSSIA'S ATTITUDE.

    Reuter's Petrograd correspondent states that at the beginning of the war Russian military opinion was divided as to whether Warsaw and the Vistula ...

    Article : 77 words
  10. DEATH OF AVIATORS.

    M. Benoist, a French airman, while descending at Issy les Moulineaux, fell from a height of a thousand feet, his machine being in flames. ...

    Article : 47 words
  11. BERLIN COMMUNIQUE.

    A Berlin communique states:—The situation north of the Niemen is unchanged. We took prisoner 29,100 Russians north-east of Suwalki, after occupying part of ...

    Article : 95 words
  12. THE COLLECTIONS.

    When the day's effort began, the Australia Day executive had received £152,619. The total in hand to-night when operations ceased was £333,000. This ...

    Article : 72 words
  13. MUNITIONS WORKERS PRAISED.

    General Maudhuy wrote the following letter to the munition workers at the Crensot foundry:—"I hear you are working day night to send us guns and shells. ...

    Article : 90 words
  14. THE CITY AT NIGHT.

    The city at night was a replica of the activity of the-day, with the qualification that there were illuminations and greater activity everywhere. Bands played choirs ...

    Article : 163 words
  15. A WONDERFUL SCENE.

    Reuter's correspondent with the Mediterranean expedition quotes a battalion commander who, crouching in a dug-out watching the shells bursting, said, "For ...

    Article : 219 words
  16. NEWCASTLE'S EFFORT.

    Newcastle meant what it did for "Australia Day" yesterday in all seriousness. Dense crowds thronged the streets from early forenoon. They got a lot of full ...

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  17. AUSTRIAN REPORT.

    An Austrian communique states:—We surprised a strongly fortified position on the frontier between Bukowina and Bessarabia. ...

    Article : 56 words
  18. ARREST OF SPIES

    The Press Bureau states that in addition to the five men who have already been convicted of espionage the authorities recently arrested ten alleged German ...

    Article : 83 words
  19. SPEECH BY THE KAISER.

    A German prisoner states that when the Kaiser visited the eastern front he addressed his troops, saying that if he had a thousand sons he would sent them all ...

    Article : 98 words
  20. A BRAVE OFFICER.

    An officer with the headquarters of an Indian Army Corps describes how Lieutenant Smith, of the Fifteenth Ludhiana Sikhs, won the Victorian Cross on May ...

    Article : 378 words
  21. VICTORIA THEATRE PAGEANT.

    The Victoria Theatre was yesterday afternoon and last night the centre of tableau production in connection with Australia Day. Messrs. Dix and Baker ...

    Article : 493 words
  22. "THE NEW CURIOSITY SHOPPE."

    At Messrs. Paling's, Hunter-street, was a great centre of attraction. Long before 9 o'clock Mrs. Rankin and Miss Lang, with a bevy of young lady assistants were ...

    Article : 307 words
  23. ITALY'S ADVANCE.

    The latest communique states:—We have made marked progress in Gordevale valley. The enemy advanced in force in the ...

    Article : 106 words
  24. TURKISH ARTILLERY FIRE

    The Turks have evidently secured large supplies of heavy ammunition, enabling them to keep up the sustained artillery fire. ...

    Article : 42 words
  25. VICTORY ON THE EUPHRATES

    As the result of the action fought at Nasirizeh, on the Euphrates, on July 24, the Turks retreated 25 miles. Their casualties totalled 2500, of whom 41 were ...

    Article : 57 words
  26. AUSTRIANS MOWED DOWN.

    During the second phase of the supreme Austrian counter offensive against the bridge-head it Sacrado on the 22nd instant the enemy's columns suddenly found ...

    Article : 95 words
  27. BRITISH PRISONERS

    Dr. Karl Ohnesorg, of the United States Navy, visited the prison camps for British officers at Friedburg, Hahnover, and Munden, and the soldiers' prison ...

    Article : 91 words
  28. THE RECRUITING MEETING.

    A recruiting meeting was held in front of the Newcastle Post-office in the afternoon, and several thousands assembled to take part in the function, and to accord ...

    Article : 778 words
  29. GERMAN STEAMER PURCHASE.

    The Government has agreed to register eleven foreign-built steamers bought for Richard Wagner's American Trans-Atlantic Company ...

    Article : 129 words
  30. AUSTRIAN REPORT

    An Austrian communique states:—The Italians unsuccessfully attacked the edge of the Plateau near Sraussina and Vermegliana. The enemy evacuated his ...

    Article : 59 words
  31. QUALIFICATION OF RECRUITS.

    Twelve volunteers were accepted for service at the recruiting depot, the Drill Hall Newcastle, yesterday, and fourteen rejected. ...

    Article : 98 words
  32. ISSUES OF THE CONFICT.

    The Freedom of the City of London was yesterday conferred on Sir Robert Borden, Prime Minister of Canada, in the presence of Mr. Asquith, the Prime ...

    Article : 255 words
  33. FIRING ON WOUNDED

    It is semi-officially stated that while a column of wounded was leaving the battlefield on the Isonzo to reach the motor ambulances, an Austrian aeroplane ...

    Article : 68 words
  34. CAPTAIN J. J. A. WALKER.

    Mrs. Walker, of Sydney-street, Newcastle, has received a telegram from the Secretary for Defence, stating that her husband, Captain J. J. A. Walker, was ...

    Article : 92 words
  35. THE FINANCIAL RETURNS.

    The returns of the collections reported to the central, committee by the various banks were up to a late hour moderate. At 11.30 p.m. the returns from street ...

    Article : 38 words
  36. IN VICTORIA.

    The city streets were thronged in honour of Australia Day. The weather was pleasant, many buildings were gaily decorated with bunting, and there were ...

    Article : 232 words
  37. BOMBING INNSBRUCK.

    Three Italian aeroplanes on July 23rd bombed Innsbruck. Eight bombs were dropped, but did not cause serious damage. The areoplanes returned safely to ...

    Article : 32 words
  38. MUSIC IN THE STREETS.

    The admirable organisation shown by Messrs. Tickell and Coleman was in evidence also in regard to the provision made for respecting the musical portion of the ...

    Article : 364 words
  39. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Sixty bills received the Royal Assent. Parliament has adjourned. The French and Italian newspapers warmly applaud the speech of Mr. ...

    Article : 122 words
  40. FOR THE BELGIANS.

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  41. DANISH STEAMER, SUNK.

    An inquiry into the sinking of the steamer Nogill shows that a submarine, after examination, allowed the vessel to proceed. ...

    Article : 50 words
  42. Advertising

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    Advertising : 123 words
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