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  2. SOMME BATTLEFIELD.

    In an official report issued at midnight on Saturday, Field-marshal Sir Douglas Haig says:— The Australians, with great dash and ...

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  3. DISTRICT NEWS.

    A poster frolic was held in the mechanics' institute on Saturday evening, Prizes were awarded to Misses Ashton, Maggie Saxeby, L. Sessions, and Lynch, Mrs. C. ...

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  4. LABOUR AND THE WAR.

    At a luncheon tendered to Mr. Samuel Gompers, of the American Federation of Labour, Mr. Lloyd George paid a glowing tribute to Mr. Gompers' energies since ...

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  5. ENEMY RETREATING

    Mr. Philip Gibbs telegraphs:—From the hills north of the Scarpe to south of the Somme the enemy is retreating, trying to get away behind his rearguards before he ...

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  6. RUSSIAN PROBLEM.

    The United Press correspondent at Vladivostock states that Red Guards and other enemy forces attacked along the Ussuri front. The Allies repulsed the ...

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  7. INDUSTRIAL MATTERS.

    A meeting of the combined Hamilton, Port Waratah, and Tramway branches of the Locomotive Engine-drivers, Firemen, and Cleaners' Association was held in the ...

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  8. LONDON POLICE STRIKE.

    Mr. Lloyd George, Mr. Churchill, and other Ministers, conferred with the Police Union's executive, of 10 Dawning-street, where there was demonstration of ...

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  9. UNION DEFENCE COMMITTEE.

    A deputation representing the various organisations that constituted the Union Defence Committee, waited upon Mr. Paddy King, of King's Theatre, on ...

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  10. ENEMY'S CUNNING TRAPS.

    Mr. Gilmour, the Australian Press Association correspondent at headquarters in France, in a message despatched on Saturday morning says:— ...

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  11. LAMBTON.

    During the discussion which took place at the last municipal meeting, following the notice of motion tabled by Alderman Richards, upon the lighting of the ...

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  12. SPEECH BY MR. HENDERSON.

    Mr. Henderson, formerly Labour representative in the Cabinet, addressing the Labour Conference in Birmingham, admitted going too far in a speech at ...

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  13. SOUTH COAST CONDITIONS.

    Mr. A. Waugh, industrial inspector, has been appointed investigator for the Board of Trade inquiry into housing accommodation for miners, etc. His duties are to ...

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  14. IN MESOPOTAMIA.

    General Marshall's first despatch covers the operations in Mesopotamia from October 1, 1917, to March, 31, 1918, details of the successful expedition on the Euphrates ...

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  15. FIGHTING AT BULLECOURT.

    A report received from Sir Douglas Haig at midnight on Friday stated: Operations are proceeding satisfactorily eastward and northward of Bapaume, despite increased ...

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  16. WHAT THE ADVANCE MEANS.

    The Washington correspondent of the New York Times" states that M. Taudief, the eminent French writer, has cabled from Paris the following ...

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  17. AMERICA'S DETERMINATION.

    Speaking in New York, President Wilson announced the solemn purpose for a decisive victory of arms, and his deliberate purpose to devote a larger part of ...

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  18. FAMOUS SCOTTISH.

    A feature of Friday's developments on the West Front was the sudden reappearance of the famous 51st Scottish Division, which recaptures Greenland Hill, and ...

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  19. PORT PIRIE TROUBLE.

    Broken Hill mines, with a few exceptions, especially the British, are dead, as the result of the Port. Pirie trouble. Close on 6000 men are out of work here through ...

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  20. ITALIAN SUCCESS.

    An Italian official report says: We penetrated deeply into the enemy's positions at Monte Male, inflicting heavy casualties, and talking twenty-five prisoners. ...

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  21. THE AMERICAN ARMY.

    General Grasty cables from Paris: "With three months battle experience to guide the American troops, the French and British recognise that the best results will ...

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  22. ENEMIES' LABOUR TROUBLES.

    A message received at Washington through neutral channels states that 200,000 workers in Westphalfa, Germany, have gone on strike. ...

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  23. MR. LLOYD GEORGE CONFIDENT

    The Press Bureau reports that in replying to the congratulations of Signor Orlando, the Italian Premier, in regard to the British successes on the Western ...

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  24. NORTH OF BAPAUME.

    Field-marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports on Saturday night:— Operations are proceeding satisfactorily eastward, and northward of Bapaume, ...

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  25. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The King has degraded Sir Joseph Jonas from the degree of Knight Bachelor. Jonas was recently fined £2000 for collecting and forwarding to Germany ...

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  26. EAST OF ARRAS.

    The Australian Press Association learns:— The British on Friday morning advanced 2000 yards on a front of seven ...

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  27. COMPANY REPORTS.

    The directors of Howard Smith, Limited, have decided, subject to audit, to pay an interim dividend for the half-year ended 30th June, of 3 per cent on the cumulative ...

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  28. TERRITORIAL CAPTURES.

    Mr. Gilmour, writing from Australian Headquarters in France, says:— The wholesale seizure of territory during the past two days brought the ...

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  29. THE ADVANCE ON PERONNE.

    In a message despatched on Saturday night the Australian Official Correspondent says:— At dawn this morning Now South ...

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  30. WITH THE CANADIANS.

    The Canadians have advanced 12,000 yards since Monday, capturing advanced German positions on the Drocourt line, and taking 2500 prisoners additional to 914 ...

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  31. DISTRICT CASUALTIES.

    DRIVER C. K. CLAYTON.—Mr. John Clayton, of Swan-street, Hamilton has been advised that his son. Driver Charles Clayton, was killed in action on August ...

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  32. MEREWETHER.

    The Loyal Junction Lodge, No. 20, M.U.I.O. Oddfellows, celebrated the 60th anniversary of the lodge by a social held in the Merewether School of Arts on ...

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  33. CROSSING THE SOMME.

    Sir Douglas Haig, in his noon despatch on Friday says: We have captured Clery sur Somme, Combles, Bullecourt, and Hundescourt les ...

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  34. FRENCH MISSION.

    The members of the French Mission will probably make an inspection of the Newcastle districts during their visit to New South Wales. ...

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  35. ALLIES AIR WORK.

    A statement from the Press Bureau giving details of the week's air activity shows that over 200 tons of bombs were dropped on enemy organisations in the battle area ...

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  36. AUSTRALIA'S GREAT NEED.

    To Australian Agents-General dined with the members of the Australian Press Mission at the Automobile Club. Sir Charles Wade (Now South Wales), ...

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  37. ST. JOHN'S CHURCH.

    The Market Day Fair, in connection with St. John's Church, Newcastle was opened in the schoolroom on Saturday afternoon in the presence of a large ...

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  38. STATE RECRUITING.

    Recruiting during the last week showed a slight improvement, but the quota set down for the State was not reached, Only 248 men were enlisted, whereas the ...

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  39. FRENCH ADVANCE.

    The Paris "Matin" says the French traversed Noyon at the double. No soldiers were now there, as it was impossible to stay for the present. Dense ...

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  40. POST-WAR TRADE.

    Mr. Beaumont Alexander, vice-president of the Allied Industries' Board, will leave America for England to submit a plans to Viscount ...

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  41. HINDENBURG LINE.

    A New York message says:— The British armies have smashed the Hindenburg line and are beginning to roll up the German armies on the Plcardy ...

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  42. LATE MAURICE DIX.

    The late Maurice Dix, news of whose death in France has reached Newcastle was a son of the late Mr. Thomas Dix, miners' general secretary, and adopted ...

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  43. AMERICAN "PEP."

    The Canadian editors have arrived after visiting England and the Western front. They were specially impressed by their visit to the King, who was personally ...

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  44. IN MEMORY OF THE FALLEN.

    However we may decide as a community to perpetuate the memory of our fallen soldiers, there is one direction, writes Mr. Neville Mayman, which should ...

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  45. HAMILTON.

    The Methodist Church conversation was continued on Saturday evening in the school hall, which was crowded. Mr. H. S. Thompson presided, Dr. J. MacMillan, ...

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  46. FORTIFYING THE RHINE.

    The German authorities are employing thousands of seventeen year boys from Westphlia, in the Rhine provinces, and also Belgians, constructing defensive ...

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  47. GERMAN REPORTS.

    A German official statement issued on Friday evening, says: After bitter fighting we captured Reincourt, and the eastern part of Bullecourt. ...

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  48. EMPIRE PRESS UNION.

    Lord Burnham presided at the Empire Press Union Conference with the Australian, New Zealand, and South African missions. ...

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  49. LIEUTENANT V. CALLEN, M.M.

    Mr. and Mrs. M. Callen, of Stockton, received information on Saturday that their son, Lieutenant Vincent Callen, M.M., had been killed in action in France on ...

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  50. RAIDS ON GERMAN TOWNS.

    A Geneva eye-witness of the raid on Mannheim on August 26 describes the scene as an interne. The roar of the exploding bombs, and the noise of the engines close ...

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  51. ATTACKED BY U-BOATS.

    New from an Atlantic port says that an unarmed Brazilian liner carrying 350 passengers was shelled by a U-boat for two hours when 160 miles off Virginia ...

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  52. SOUTH AFRICAN WOOL CLIP.

    General Eustin in a statement regarding the wool question to a meeting of prominent breeders at Bloemfontein said the consumption by the Japanese trade was ...

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  53. THE DAWNING TRUTH.

    A message from Zurich says that uneasiness is spreading in Germany, and even in Government circ[?]s. The "Post Zeitung" says that the ...

    Article : 180 words
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