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  2. SITUATION UNCHANGED

    Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:—The whole front is comparatively quiet. There was local fighting on Tuesday night and this (Wednesday) morning in the ...

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  3. IN THE PUBLIC EYE.

    It is strange to find among the military appointments the office of Director of Agricultural Production. There is doubtless good reason for the creation of the ...

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  4. VICTORIA.

    Sir William Irvine, M.H.R., has been appointed Chief Justice of Victoria in succession to the late Sir John Madden. Sir William Irvine, who was for ...

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  5. ITALY'S CAMPAIGN.

    An Italian official report states:—We destroyed an outpost in the Lagarina Valley, bringing back prisoners. We carried out successful ...

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  6. BRITISH SHIPBUILDING.

    It is announced that during the year ended on the 31st March, 1917, merchantmen of 692,225 gross tonnage were completed in the United Kingdom shipyards, ...

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  7. CARRINGTON COUNCIL.

    The Carrington Council met last night, there being present the Mayor, Alderman M'Cormack, and Aldermen Wilson, Partridge. Lott, Parker, M'Gregor, and ...

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  8. CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE.

    The fifth annual meeting of the Chambers of Commerce of N.S.W. was held to-day, Mr. C. E. D, Meares, vice-president of the Sydney Chamber, occupying the ...

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  9. DISTRICT NEWS.

    A benefit entertainment was tendered Mrs. Friend and family, in the school of arts, Carrington, on Wednesday night, when the programme was contributed to ...

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  10. SITUATION SUMMED UP.

    A high military authority states: There has been on material change. We have somewhat improved our position, whilst the whole front, from Arras to the Olse, ...

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  11. INDUSTRIAL MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

    Mr. G. C. Addison, the Chief Industrial Magistrate, sat again at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday. The Minister for Labour and Industry, ...

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  12. AMERICA'S WORK.

    Mr. Hurley, the chairman of the United States Shipping Board, has telegraphed as follows to the heads of the various shipyards:— ...

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  13. AN AMERICAN SOLDIER.

    General Leonard Wood, of the United States army, has been injured at the front. He started his career as an army doctor, and won distinction in Cuba and ...

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  14. ENEMIES' FOOD SUPPLIES.

    Count Czernin, the Austrian Foreign Minister, asserts that the Ukraine will deliver at least a million tons of cereals. Thirty trucks have already started. ...

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  15. SHIPPING FROM JAPAN.

    The Washington correspondent of the "New York Times" says that arrangements have been made whereby the United States will receive an additional ...

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  16. WALLSEND AND PLATTSBURG.

    At the meeting of the Wallsend Red Cross Society on Thursday afternoon the president (Mrs. T. R. Scott) and secretary (Mrs. A. Walton) reported they had ...

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  17. A MUCH-DISCUSSED SPEECH.

    Among the makers of speeches in these days Count Czernin is probably the most talked about at the present time. Even Count Hertling, the German Imperial ...

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  18. FRENCH OPERATIONS.

    The latest French communique states:—There was no infantry action on Wednesday. The artillery duel has continued to be somewhat violent in the region ...

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  19. "CZERNIN HAS LIED."

    M. Clemence[?], in the French Prime Minister, interviewed regarding Count Czernin's peace allegations, merely replied, "Czernin has lied." ...

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  20. FROM BRAZIL AND URUGUAY.

    The State Department is also negotiating with Brazil and Uruguay for the utilisation of interned German vessels in those countries for South American ...

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  21. DOUBTS OF RUMANIA.

    Zurich reports that the Bucharest correspondent of the "Munich Zeitung" protests against the proposal of the Central Powers to withdraw troops from Rumania ...

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  22. GERMAN CRUELTY.

    The steamer Conargo, formerly the Altona, was torpedoed off the Irish coast on Sunday. Fifteen men were saved. The torpedoing occurred early on ...

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  23. WICKHAM.

    A meeting of the Wickham branch of the Red Cross Society was held at the council chambers last night Alderman Bond, the Mayor presiding. The ladies ...

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  24. BRITAIN'S GREAT WORK.

    General Smuts, addressing the Cloth-makers' Company, said:—During the last two months we have cleared up the situation. Our doubts and uncertainties are ...

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  25. A MILITARY GENIUS.

    "He possesses a genius for war," was a sentence in Sir Ian Hamilton's Gallipoli dispatch referring to General Sir A. Hunter-Weston, who has made a notable ...

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  26. ITALIAN SHIPPING.

    An official Italian report states that during the week 361 vessels arrived, and 360 sailed. Three steamers above 1500 tons were ...

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  27. ALLEGED MURDER.

    At the Brisbane Police Court to-day Ronald Percival Young, aged 30, was charged with the murder of Charles William Crompton, at Chindera, near Tweed ...

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  28. RUSSIAN VOLUNTEERS.

    The Press Bureau states:—The Russian General Lohvicky who is serving in France, is forming a Russian Legon of Volunteers to fight against the Central ...

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  29. AMERICA'S EARNESTNESS.

    The "United Press" correspondent states:—The brigading of American troops with the British and the decision that they shall take an immediate fighting ...

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  30. FIGHTING IN RUSSIA.

    Pekin states that it is reported from Tokio that the Bolsheviks have seized the telegraphs to Vladivostock, isolating the town. ...

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  31. STEEL WORKS FATALITY.

    Mr. C. Hibble, the district coroner, resumed the inquest at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday into the death of Samuel Johansen, a Norwegian, 24 years ...

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  32. ADAMSTOWN.

    Mr. G. A. Ball, manager of the Commonwealth Bank, addressed a meeting on Wednesday night in connection with the war loan. The Mayor, Alderman Cameron, ...

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  33. GERMAN REPORT.

    A German official report states:—A counter-attack repulsed a nocturnal English thrust against Ayotte. Strong enemy forces attacked on ...

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  34. AUSTRALIAN SHIPBUILDING.

    Mr. Hughes, the Prime Minister, made the following statement to-night regarding shipbuilding:— In June, 1917, an order was placed in ...

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  35. REPATRIATION REGULATIONS.

    A repatriation regulation has been issued providing for the establishment of State committees and district committees to supervise the advances to soldiers and ...

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  36. AMERICA'S WAR WORK.

    The United States has advanced to Britain by way of loan a sum of £40,000,000. President Wilson has decided that ...

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  37. DISTRICT CASUALTIES.

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  38. GALLANT LABOUR MEN.

    Carey's, Corps, under the command of Major-general Sandeman Carey, is composed of labour men, mechanics, and signallers. ...

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  39. TWO BROTHERS HONOURED.

    Among those who attended the King's Investiture to be made Knights-Commanders of the Order of St. Michael and St. George were Major-General the Hon. ...

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  40. GERMAN CASUALTIES.

    Calculations based on captured data respecting fifteen divisions suggest that the total German infantry casualties are probably between 250,000 and 300,000. ...

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  41. AUSTRALIAN SUCCESSES.

    Mr. Bean, the Australian official correspondent, reports:—On Monday evening news came in of a further sharp fight on a part of the front where the ...

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  42. BRITISH SHIPPING.

    The British Admiralty reports that the arrivals of vessels in the week ending on the 30th March numbered 2416, and the sailings 2379. ...

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  43. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The Admiralty reports that a destroyer sank on Monday as a result of a collision, All on board were saved. The Press Bureau reports that punitive ...

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  44. EASTER RAILWAY TRAFFIC.

    A return which has been prepared for Mr. C. E. James, District Superintendent of Railways, Newcastle, showing the bookings at Newcastle for the Easter ...

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  45. IRISH SELF-GOVERNMENT.

    Mr. Stephen L. Gwynn, Nationalist member for Galway in the House of Commons, and a member of the Irish Convention, in a speech at Galway said he had every ...

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  46. ON THE GENERAL STAFF.

    Colonel E. W. Cox, who has been appointed to the General Staff with the rank of Brigadier-General, was gazetted to the Royal Engineers in 1900, and ...

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  47. PARADE OF TROOPS.

    A parade of troops from Liverpool Camp, representing a number of arms of the service, took place in Sydney to-day. The troops arrived in Sydney about ...

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  48. HARRYING THE ENEMY.

    Mr. Percival Phillips states: We succeeded in several miner offensive operations between Arras and Albert. The enemy succeeded in none, and would be ...

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  49. SOUTH AFRICAN LOYALTY.

    It is reported from Capetown that the Provincial Council has adopted a resolution, introduced by the Administrator, identical with the Premier's motion in ...

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  50. BOOLAROO.

    Mrs. W. Jones, of Boolaroo, has received notification from the Defence Department of the safe arrival in England of her husband, Corporal W. Jones, and her son, ...

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  51. FOODSTUFFS BY POST.

    Mr. Webster, Postmaster-General, announces that parcels for members of the Australian Imperial Force and munition workers in the United Kingdom may ...

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  52. SYDNEY LABOUR COUNCIL.

    To-night's meeting of the Labour Council was devoted wholly to the consideration of a new scheme for the reorganisation of trades unionism, submitted by a ...

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  53. SCOTTISH WOMEN'S WAR HOSPITALS.

    The treasurer has received the following further contributions: Miss Duncan 10s, Mrs. T. Blackall 10s 6d, Mrs. Blackall, sen., 5s, The Independent Pipers' ...

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  54. SPEERS' POINT.

    The annual meeting of the Speers' Point Progress Association was held in Watkins' Hall on Tuesday evening. Councillor T. C. Frith occupied the chair. The ...

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  55. AFRICAN RECRUITING.

    A telegram from Capetown states that a great recruiting campaign is being organised, for next week to keep the South African Brigade together as a ...

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  56. CAPTAIN R. W. HOWARD, M.C.

    Mr. and Mrs. F. Howard, of Waratah, have received word, through the Red Cross Information Bureau, that their son, Captain R. W. Howard, M.C., of the 68th ...

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  57. THE WEATHER.

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  58. THE VICTOR OF MESSINES.

    General Plumer has returned to the Western Front. All ranks welcomed the victor of Messines, which is regarded as the most ...

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  59. MEREWETHER.

    A carnival and continental will be held on Merewether beach on Saturday in connection with the opening of the new shelter, which has been erected by the ...

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  60. GENERAL RAWLINSON.

    The "Daily Chronicle" states that General Sir Henry S. Rawlinson takes over the command of the Fifth Army, General Gough (who held the command) is at ...

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  61. SALES BY AUCTION.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 76 words
  62. INTERSTATE BOWLS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 73 words
  63. FRENCH SHIPPING.

    It is reported from Paris that the arrivals of vessels during last week numbered 1170, and the departures 1005. No vessels were sunk. ...

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  64. GERMANS APPLAUD BRAVERY.

    The United Press correspondent states that stories of most gallant stands by various divisions are being narrated. The Germans were thrilled by the ...

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  65. TIGHE'S HILL.

    The Cheer-oh Girls' Easter fair resulted in the sum of £17 10s being raised for the fund of the welcome home cimmittee. The winners of the cooking competition ...

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  66. LONG RANGE GUN BLOWN UP.

    Prisoners report that one of the long-range guns which have been bombarding Paris was blown up, killing five gunners. ...

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  67. BELMONT.

    Copies of the "Newcastle Herald" can only be obtained from Mr. R. Wakeham, agent. ...

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