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  2. AMERICA'S PEACE TERMS.

    President Wilson yesterday delivered the following message to Congress:—Once more, as repeatedly before, the spokesmen of the Central Empires have ...

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  3. BRITISH OPERATIONS.

    A "Gazette" has been published, containing a despatch by Sir Douglas Haig, of 27,000 words, covering the operations of 1917, except those around Cambrai. ...

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  4. THE WEST FRONT.

    Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, the British Commandant on the Vest Front, reports:—The enemy made a local attack, supported by flammenwerfer, and gained ...

    Article : 98 words
  5. RUSSIA'S RUIN.

    It is reported from Copenhagen that, following upon the arrival at Brest-Litovsk of M. Trotsky, the Russian Foreign Minister, and the Russian peace ...

    Article : 278 words
  6. FEDERAL POLITICS.

    Senator GIVENS, the President of the Senate, took the chair at three o'clock this afternoon. Senator MILLEN, the Vice-President of ...

    Article : 82 words
  7. BACK FROM PURGATORY.

    Repatriated men from Germany are of opinion that the whole of the country is blighted. During a journey of twenty-six hours ...

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  8. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    The SPEAKER took the chair at three o'clock this afternoon. Mr. JOWETT, the new ember for the Grampians, was introduced by Messrs. ...

    Article : 106 words
  9. CONGRESS ENTHUSIASTIC.

    The United Press correspondent in Washington states that there is enthusiastic approval of President Wilson's statement of war aims. It is believed ...

    Article : 64 words
  10. FRENCH SUCCESS.

    The late French communique states: In the region north of Selcheprez we successfully raided the enemy lines, penetrating the front for fifteen hundred ...

    Article : 151 words
  11. NEW GOVERNMENT

    Mr. Hughes, the Prime Minister, after a party meeting, said:—"Last night, his Excellency sent for me, and asked me to accept a commission to form a Government ...

    Article : 138 words
  12. WITH THE BRITISH FORCES.

    Mr. Scott Holland, town clerk of Newcastle, has received a letter from his son, H. Scott Holland, junior, who is with the British Expeditionary Forces. It is ...

    Article : 573 words
  13. CANADIAN VIEWS.

    It is reported from Ottawa that the Canadian Press considers that president Wilson's, endorsement of Mr. Lloyd George's declaration is certain to further ...

    Article : 89 words
  14. THE STOCKHOLM CONFERENCE

    Stockholm reports that the "Dagens Nyheter" learns that Germany is proclaiming the Lithuanians' independence, and is expected to make a declaration at ...

    Article : 156 words
  15. ENEMY OPINIONS.

    A wireless message received in Berne reports that the Hungarian official agency states that Mr. Lloyd George's circles as altogether unacceptable. ...

    Article : 187 words
  16. GERMAN REPORT.

    A German official report states:—We repulsed an English attack eastward of Bullecourt. ...

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  17. SOLDIERS' LETTERS.

    Private T. W. Bedford, of Waratah, writing to his father from a military camp in England on October 20th, 1917, says:—"Since last writing to you I have ...

    Article : 713 words
  18. ENEMY OFFENSIVE.

    Mr. Banker, the United States Secretary for War in a communique, states:—A gigantic German offensive in the Lens and Cambrai sectors is impending. ...

    Article : 55 words
  19. POSITION OF AUSTRIA.

    Amsterdam states that a Turkish official communique reported from Yemen: Our troops near Aden continue their enterprise. Safety prevails in the whole of the ...

    Article : 105 words
  20. PRUSSIA'S VIEWS.

    A report from Zurich states that General von Liebert, speaking before a German Conservative Congress at Hallo, said:—"We hold that might is right. We must ...

    Article : 87 words
  21. ITALIAN CAMPAIGN.

    A British Italian official report states:—Our artillery has had several successes during the past week, and success in the air has been well maintained. ...

    Article : 59 words
  22. RED CROSS WORK.

    The report of the Australian Red Cross Society for December shows that 30,000 Christmas boxes were distributed among the hospitals; while a gift of 2s 6d per ...

    Article : 255 words
  23. BRITISH VICTORY.

    Washington states that official advices report that the British have started a third offensive against the Turks capturing an entire force and armament at ...

    Article : 35 words
  24. GERMANY DISTURBED.

    A Berlin telegram states that although the Brest-Litovsk Conference continues, the position of Baron von Kuhimann, the German Foreign Minister, is considered ...

    Article : 230 words
  25. GENERAL ALLENBY.

    General Sir Edmund Allenby, commander of the British forces in Palestine and Egypt, has arrived in Cairo from Jerusalem. ...

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  26. ENEMY REPORT.

    A German official report states:— There was violent enemy artillery fire day long near Mont Eastlone and northward of Vidor. ...

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  27. BRITAIN AND JAPAN.

    It is officially stated that King George has exchanged new year messages with the Emperor of Japan, expressing the warm friendship of the peoples, and ...

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  28. NAVAL BRAVERY.

    The survivors from the three destroyers lost on the Dutch coast on the night of December 22nd give a thrilling narrative of the courage and enterprise of all ...

    Article : 123 words
  29. TIMBER IN BRITAIN.

    The committee dealing with forestry has issued its final report. It draws attention to the fact that Britain is poorer in timber since the ...

    Article : 106 words
  30. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    A meeting of the Parliamentary Liberal and National parties was held to-day. The question of the positions of Messrs. Blundell and Jackson, who formerly hold ...

    Article : 147 words
  31. IRISH VESSELS SUNK.

    There were pitiful scenes on Tuesday morning at Waterford, where two Irish vessels were sunk by submarines, leaving no trace. ...

    Article : 104 words
  32. THE SOUTH PACIFIC.

    Lord Baron Sydenham, in the course of an article in the "Daily graphic," says:—"Her colonies cannot be returned to Germany Australia and New Zealand feared ...

    Article : 280 words
  33. BOLSHEVIKS IN DESPAIR.

    The Petrograd correspondent of the "Daily Express" states that the Bolsheviks seem to have made up their minds to bludgoon right and left. Having ...

    Article : 156 words
  34. TRIBUTE TO THE NAVY.

    Sir Douglas Haig, in his despatch, reviewing last year's operations, pays tribute to the navy. He says:—"The debt the army owes to the navy grows over ...

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  35. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The Emperor of Austria is about to visit the sultan of Turkey in Constantinople. Sir Thomas Mackenzie, the Agent-General for New Zealand, speaking at the ...

    Article : 225 words
  36. VICTORIA.

    While a boy named Thomas M'Cormick 14 years of age, was being taken to-day from the Neglected Children's Department to a country town he Jumped ...

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  37. IN FLANDERS.

    Corporal E. Hodges, in writing to his father, Mr. John Hodges, of Eddy-street Hamilton, under date 11/14/'17, says: "We are about to go out after nine weeks' ...

    Article : 242 words
  38. BRITAIN'S MAN POWER.

    The Parliamentary correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states that Colonel Auckland Geddes is negotiating with groups of trades, and it is expected that ...

    Article : 88 words
  39. GALLANTRY OF AUSTRALIANS.

    Sir Douglas Haig pays a tribute to the great gallantry of the Australians at Bullecourt on April 11th, executing with the West Ridding Battalions a very ...

    Article : 165 words
  40. THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES.

    The "Berliner Tageblatt" hints that Germany's next move will be to suggest that the governing bodies of the territories occupied by the Germans and ...

    Article : 63 words
  41. A BRAVE WOMAN.

    Mrs. Pomeroy has been awarded the membership of the Order of the British Empire, for aiding her husband in inventing a bullet, which ended the Zeppelin ...

    Article : 54 words
  42. DISTRICT CASUALTIES.

    PRIVATE HADDON.—Mrs. Haddon, of Dudley, has received word from the military authorities that her son. Private A. S. Haddon, as killed in action on April ...

    Article : 92 words
  43. QUEENSLAND TRAMWAYS.

    The directors of the Brisbane Electric Tramways have issued a circular to the shareholders pointing out the seriousness of the two bills introduced in the ...

    Article : 144 words
  44. AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN CONFLICT

    Amsterdam reports that a Vienna telegram states that there is open conflict between the Austrian and Hungarian Governments, owing to Hungary's proposal ...

    Article : 48 words
  45. SALES BY AUCTION.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 71 words
  46. PLAGUE IN MONGOLIA.

    The Tientsin correspondent of the "Morning Post" says pneumonia and plague have broken out in Mougolia, spreading across the Northern S[?] ...

    Article : 62 words
  47. CONDITIONS IN ENGLAND.

    Mr. M. Reidy, of Newcastle, who produced to England last year to engage in war work, forwards some interesting particulars of labour conditions in Great ...

    Article : 427 words
  48. NEWCASTLE RECRUITING.

    At the Newcastle recruiting depot yesterday, two volunteers were accepted, and one was rejected. ...

    Article : 38 words
  49. SAFETY OF MERCHANT SHIPS.

    Admiral Delbono, Minister for Marine, states that all the Entente Powers have now adopted the Italian system of conveying merchant ships, which assures ...

    Article : 34 words
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