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  2. THE IRISH OUTBREAK.

    An offical statement says that troops have arrived in Dublin from Belfast and England. Martial law has been proclaimed throughout the country. The Government ...

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  3. AMERICAN THREAT.

    Sir Cecil Spring Rice, the British Ambassador to the United States, has received an anonymous letter, threatening death to himself and every British official ...

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  4. DISTRICT NEWS.

    The first annual meeting of the Greta branch Red Cross Society was held in the council chambers on Saturday afternoon. An address was given by Mr. A. E. O. ...

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  5. MR. W. M. HUGHES.

    The upper library of Edinburgh University was crowded with an enthusiastic audience, including dons, graduates, and undergraduates, on the occasion of Mr. W. ...

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  6. GERMAN SEA ATTACK.

    An official report states that the bombardment of Lowestoft and Yarmouth began at four o'clock in the morning, and lasted half an hour. ...

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  7. LABOUR CONFERENCE.

    The Labour Conference was continued to-night. Not a Minister was present, and only a handful of members of Parliament were in attendance. Senator D. Watson ...

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  8. THE WAR.

    The latest communique states:—The Germans tried to debouch against our position north of Senones, 27 miles from Luneville, in Lorraine, but was stopped ...

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  9. BILLIES FROM NEWCASTLE.

    Private Harry Samuels, of the Army Medical Corps, writing from Egypt to his father, Mr. H. Samuels, Superintendent of the Sailors' Home, Newcastle, says: "It ...

    Article : 111 words
  10. BROADMEADOW.

    Six sons and four daughters of Mr. Harry Evens, sen., with their wives and husbands, assembled at the residence of Mr. C. Steel, Broadmeadow, on Monday ...

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  11. WARM REPUDIATION.

    At the annual district meeting to-day of the Hibernian Australasian Catholic Benefit Society, the following motion relating to the Irish disturbance was ...

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  12. 36TH BATTALION.

    Owing to the number of counter-attractions, there was only a fair attendance at the concert given in the Central Hall, Newcastle, last nigh, in aid of the 36th ...

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  13. WARATAH.

    The Patriotic Festival will be celebrated at St. Philip's Church on Monday evening. The preacher will be the Rev. W. R. Campbell, rector of Cessnock. ...

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  14. YOUNG WALLSEND.

    A large number of the residents met at Smith's Hall on Saturday night to entertain Private W. Stephens, who was home on final leave. The ladles' ...

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  15. 35TH BATTALION FUNDS.

    A very creditable performance of the fairy play, "The Sleeping Beauty," was given in the parish ball, Newcastle, last night, in aid of the 35th Battalion Fund, ...

    Article : 167 words
  16. ON THE BRITISH FRONT.

    General Sir Douglas Haig, the British Commander-in-Chief, reports: As the result of an aerial fight, we brought down an enemy aeroplane in out lines. The ...

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  17. CONSCRIPTION QUESTION.

    Senator Pearce, the Minister for Defence, speaking at the dinner of St. George's Society, said the conscription question was not one that could be settled ...

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  18. CARRINGTON.

    A beginning was made yesterday to demolish the Darvall-street bridge, consequently all vehicular traffic between Wickham and Carrington is now diverted ...

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  19. GERMAN REPORT.

    A German communique states: Strong English attacks south of La Bassee were repulsed in severe hand to hand lighting. ...

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  20. MELBOURNE DEPUTATION.

    Mr. Bennett, president of the Trades Hall Council in Melbourne, and Mr. Jones, a delegate, attended the weekly meeting of the Labour Council to-night, and ...

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  21. SMEDMORE.

    The fortnightly reunion of the Smedmore Ladies' Social Club was given in the Smedmore Mechanics' Institute on Wednesday night, when about forty ladies ...

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  22. VICTORIA.

    At the annual conference to-day of the Victorian State School Teachers' Union, a motion was unanimously passed, urging that the State Government should make ...

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  23. COMPULSORY SERVICE.

    The House of Commons resumed its secret session yesterday. The official report states that Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, Mr. Bonar Law, ...

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  24. MINMI.

    At the Hand o Friendship Hotel, Miami, on Saturday, the members of Miami Federated Engine-driver and Firemen's Association gave a farewell to Messrs. J. ...

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  25. SEEN OFF DENMARK

    The German raiding squadron was seen on Tuesday morning off Vlieland (an is-land at the north end of the Zuider Zee). steaming eastward, preceded by Zeppelins. ...

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  26. SECRET RECRUITING.

    When the usual inquiry was made from the enrolling office at Victoria Barracks to-day for the recruiting figures, the reply was received, "You cannot get the figures. ...

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  27. GERMAN REPORT.

    A German communique states:-After bombarding with good success the ports of Yarmouth and Lowestoft, our warships shelled the enemy's airmen and ...

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  28. AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES.

    The 166th list of Australian casualties will be issued at nine o'clock on Friday night. ...

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  29. WARATAH.

    The congregation of the Waratah Presbyterian Church bade godspeed on Tuesday night to the members of the church departing with the 35th and 36th ...

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  30. AN EASTERN SKY.

    I wish it were possible for you to look with me upon the arresting beauty of dawn and evening, as the sun rises over and sets behind the desert hills, with ...

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  31. ADAMSTOWN COUNCIL.

    The Adamstown Council met on Wednesday night. There were present : The Mayor, Alderman Robin, and Aldermen Gray, Lydon, O'Hagan, Rutherford. ...

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  32. LENGTHY PERIODS IN CAMP.

    Military headquarters appears to be determined not to have members of the Australian imperial Force remain in camp for very long periods, as has happened in ...

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  33. WEST WALLSEND.

    At a meeting of the West Wallsend band committee on Wednesday evening, it was decided to hold a euchre party and dance in aid of the funds. During the past 12 ...

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  34. THE QUATIA FIGHTING.

    An official message states that in the fighting at Quatla on Sunday the British forces were attacked by greatly superior numbers of the enemy, who included 1000 ...

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  35. KING'S GREETINGS.

    King George has exchanged greetings with King Alfonso of Spain in connection with the celebration of the tercentenaries of Cervantes and Shakespeare. ...

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  36. THE AIR RAID.

    In Essex and Kent the German air raiders encountered numbers of anti-aircraft guns. Many shells burst near one Zeppelin, the crew of which found it ...

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  37. THE GUN-RUNNER.

    The German vessel engaged to try and land rifles was manntd by 20 picked German naval men, under the command of a lieutenant and a Junior officer. The ...

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  38. ADAMSTOWN

    A special meeting of the Adamstown branch of the Political Labour League was held on Wednesday night, in the lodge room, at Woods' Hotel. The president, Mr. ...

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  39. SERGEANT NICKSON.

    Dr. W. J. Nickson, of Newcastle, has received the following letter from Captain J. M'Lean, officer-in-charge of base records, the Department of Defence:—"I ...

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  40. ARMED MERCHANTMEN.

    The State Department of the United States, in defining the American attitude toward armed merchantmen, has issued a statement upholding the right of ...

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  41. LAMBTON

    The hearing of appeals against the assessment made by the valuer for the New Lambton Council, which have excited much interest locally for the past few ...

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  42. LIEUTENANT SHELDON.

    Lieutenant C. R. Sheldon, of the Royal Australian Garrison Artillery, who has been stationed at Fort Scratchley since October last, has been transferred to ...

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  43. AMERICA AND GERMANY.

    Unofficial advices received here from Berlin assert that the Kaiser is endeavouring to arrange a modus vivendl to prevent a breach with the United States ...

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  44. ARRESTS AT TRALEE.

    The "Freeman's Journal" published news from Tralee, a seaport in the County of Kerry, that a collapsible boat containing a large lot of arms and ammunition, ...

    Article : 107 words
  45. LIEUTENANT BARRON.

    Captain Alex. Barron, of the Newcastle Pilot Service, who enlisted in the Expeditionary Force, as a private, has been granted a commission as second-lieutenant ...

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  46. FIRE BRIGADE CONTINENTAL.

    A very fine programme has been drawn up in connection with the continental organised by the fire brigades of the Newcastle district, in aid of the 35th ...

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  47. ANZAC DAY.

    Up to the present Mr. S. Dark, the honorary treasurer, has placed to the credit of the Anzao Day Committee a sum of £247 as a result of last Tuesday's effort. ...

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  48. STOCKTON.

    Mr. James M'Elonhey, a former resident of Stockton, who had to leave his employment as billiard marker at the Stockton Literary Institute on account of his ...

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  49. FACTORY EXPLOSION.

    The official list of casualties which occurred in the disastrous explosion at a powder factory in Kent on April 3rd States that 100 men were killed, while 66 ...

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  50. SINN FEINERS DROWNED.

    A motor ear jumped over a bridge into the river Laune, near Killorghin, 12 miles west of Killarney. Three passengers were drowned. ...

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  51. 35TH BATTALION COMFORTS FUND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 67 words
  52. Advertising

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