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  2. THE ALLIED ADVANCE

    The French continue to progress at certain points, and a violent artillery struggle is proceeding in the Champagne district. The enemy obtained an entrance to some of the front line trenches but sustained heavy losses. German torpedo-boats have fired a number of shells into Dunkirk. The ...

    Article : 299 words
  3. MINISTRY OF FINE ARTS FORMED.

    The Russian Government has created a Ministry of Fine Arts. Maxim Gorky, the famous novelist, is the first Minister to be appointed. He will have a ...

    Article : 50 words
  4. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.

    Statistics published in the current number of the "Bankers' Magazine" show that London Stock Exchange securities valued at £2,669,000,000 have ...

    Article : 48 words
  5. 283rd CASUALTY LIST.

    The following (the 283rd) casualty list has been released for publication. The names, unless it is otherwise stated, are those of privates. The ...

    Article : 43 words
  6. THE MYSTERY TRUNK.

    The mystery trunk belonging to Count Von Bernstorff, the former Ambassador to the United States, which was seized by the British on board a ...

    Article : 74 words
  7. HUNGARIAN BRUTALITY

    A wireless message from Zurich states that the Hungarian authorities have sentenced to death and executed 236 Roumanians living in Transylvania, ...

    Article : 83 words
  8. THE BRITISH WORKERS' NATIONAL LEAGUE.

    Mr. J. Hodge, the Minister of Labour, presided to-day at the first annual conference of the British Workers' National League, which was ...

    Article : 141 words
  9. RUSSIA AND HER ALLIES.

    Interviewed by a Danish correspondent yesterday, M. Miliukoff, the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, emphasised that Russia's agreements ...

    Article : 100 words
  10. KILLED IN ACTION.

    Captain H. L. Palmer, Petersham, 11/3/17; Lieut. T. Tennant, Ireland, 21/11/16; Lance-Corporal S. Danuer, Parramatta, 27/2/17; Lance-Gorporul J. C. ...

    Article : 302 words
  11. ARGENTINE WHEAT.

    It is officially announced that the Argentino Government has placed an embargo on the exportation of wheat, and that it will become effective ...

    Article : 37 words
  12. ENEMY CRIME AGENTS.

    At the proceedings to-day of an inquiry being held in New York, a German named Wilhelm Parados admitted that bombs had been, made on the ...

    Article : 67 words
  13. SHORTAGE OF PETROL.

    Speaking in the House of Lords today, Lord Hylton, one of the Lords in Waiting, said that supplies of petrol were short, and that no more would be ...

    Article : 53 words
  14. TIGHTENING THE GRIP ON GERMANY.

    In the House of Commons this afternoon, Mr. W. A. S. H[?]wins, the Unionist member for Hereford, stated that there was dissatisfaction in the ...

    Article : 522 words
  15. ELECTORAL REFORM.

    Mr. Asquith, in moving in the House of Commons this afternoon that legislation be introduced on lines of the Electoral Reform Conference, said an ...

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  16. COMPLETE AUTONOMY FOR FINLAND.

    M. Miliukoff, the Russian Minister of Foreign. Affairs, unnounces that the new regime in Russia gives Finland complete autonomy and a legal ...

    Article : 77 words
  17. BEET SHORTAGE IN GERMANY.

    A wireless message from Zurich states that 26 sugar factories m Bohemia have had to close down owing to a shortage of beetroot. ...

    Article : 36 words
  18. CHEAP MEALS FOR THE POOR

    The Food Ministry proposes to utilise the kitchens and appliances of the Hotel Cecil to supply cheap meals for the poor of South London. Probably ...

    Article : 59 words
  19. FILLING THE RANKS.

    The new Army Service Bill empowers the authorities to re-examine all men who have been rejected or discharged, and also men exempted from foreign ...

    Article : 35 words
  20. THE BRITISH LINE.

    Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports to-day as follows:- Our cavalry have captured the villages of Villers-Fa[?]con and ...

    Article : 173 words
  21. IN CHAMPAGNE.

    A French communique states:- A very violent artillery struggle is proceeding in the region between Butte du Mesnil and Maisons de ...

    Article : 136 words
  22. AUSTRALIA.

    Two further cases against the "Daily Standard" under the War Precautions regulations came on in the Summons Court to-day, when Alex. Robertson ...

    Article : 74 words
  23. THE WAR CABINET.

    The War Cabinet and the Imperial Conference will adjourn on Wednesday next for the Easter recess. Mr. Bonur Law, the leader of the ...

    Article : 196 words
  24. TORPEDOING OF BRITISH HOSPITAL SHIP.

    Details of the sinking of the British hospital ship Asturias, 12,002 tons, by a German submarine, show that two torpedoes struck the vessel at ...

    Article : 528 words
  25. Family Notices

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    Family Notices : 418 words
  26. SOME PERSONAL NOTES.

    In reference to the notification in "The Mercury" of Tuesday last that a bar had been added to the Military Cross awarded to Lieut. Lovett, it is ...

    Article : 414 words
  27. VERDUN.

    A French communique says:- On the left bank of the Meuse we have effectively bambarded enemy positions on the Hill 304 and Mort ...

    Article : 44 words
  28. PORTUGAL AND JAPAN.

    The secretary of the Japanese Embassy in London states that he has heard nothing of the sale by Portugal to Japan of the island of Macao, at ...

    Article : 53 words
  29. GERMAN BARBARITY.

    Mr. Wythe Williams, the Paris correspondent of the New York Times," who was the first civilian to survey the whole 300 square miles of ...

    Article : 248 words
  30. THE RIGA REGION.

    The Petrograd correspondent of the "New York World"[?] says that Von Hindenburg's plans in the East have been thwarted by a sudden thaw, which ...

    Article : 55 words
  31. THE BLOCKADE OF GREECE.

    The Minister for Blockade (Lord Robert Cecil), replying to a question in the House of Commons to-day, said he — had heard unofficially that there ...

    Article : 158 words
  32. GERMAN NAVAL RAID.

    A French communique says:- German torpedo-boats fired 60 shells at Dunkirk, (on the Straits of Dover) at 2 a.m. on Monday. ...

    Article : 38 words
  33. GERMAN ATTACKS REPULSED[?]

    A Russian official wireless message intercepted by the British Admiralty says:- German attacks east of Illukst ...

    Article : 63 words
  34. SALONIKA FRONT.

    To-day's French communique says: After violent artillery preparation the enemy to-day attacked the trenches we captured on Monday at ...

    Article : 55 words
  35. DANGER OF DISORDER PAST

    The Petrograd correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states that reports from the front indicate that the first danger of disorder is past, and that ...

    Article : 257 words
  36. PEACE TALK.

    There are strong rumours in Berlin that Germany has offered a separate peace to Russia, the terms including the complete autonomy of Poland, the ...

    Article : 82 words
  37. GENERAL CABLES.

    Messrs. Charles Feeard and Co., of Tooloy-street, London, are suing Mr. Louis Sinclair, at one time a member of the literary staff of the "Argus," ...

    Article : 93 words
  38. RELATIONS WITH AMERICA.

    President Wilson conferred with the members of his Cabinet to-day, when the message he is to deliver to Congress on Monday next was considered. ...

    Article : 78 words
  39. FIGHTING SOUTH OF THE OISE.

    To-day's French comm[?]que states: There have been no important operations between the Somme and the Oise. ...

    Article : 167 words
  40. MISSING.

    W. E. Baxter, Jackson Siding. NEW SOUTH WALES. Corporal G. Richardson, Glenrowe; H. M. Murray, Orange; A. Millard, Surry ...

    Article : 114 words
  41. GERMANY'S FOOD.

    Herr Batocki, the German Food Controller, yesterday told the Reichstag Committee that the food supplies in Germany had been over[?]estimated. ...

    Article : 82 words
  42. FIGHTING IN CARPATHIANS.

    A Russian official wireless message states:- The enemy to-day attacked to the south westward of M[?]inesti (north of ...

    Article : 138 words
  43. A WEEK'S TOLL.

    The Admiralty announce[?] that during the past week 2,314 vessels arrived at ports in the United Kingdom, and 2,533 sailed. Of the total 18 vessels ...

    Article : 134 words
  44. MAGNIFICENT BRITISH HEROISM.

    The Official Prees Bureau states that the transport Tyndarous, with a battalion of the Middlesex Regiment on board, [?]truck a mine on February 9 ...

    Article : 202 words
  45. ESCAPE FROM GAOL.

    Froderick George O'Neill, escaped from the Fremantle gaol yesterday afternoon[?] O'Neill was arrested in Potth in December last on a warrant ...

    Article : 103 words
  46. NEW EXPLOSIVE.

    Owing to the disclosures made at the War Council inquiry in connection with the [?]aid made on the private room of Mr. Theodore Cook, the editor ...

    Article : 98 words
  47. WOUNDED.

    Se[?]geant M. Russell, [?]erth, se[?]ond occasion. Corporal W. C. Lord, England. Corporal A. G. Williams, Newnham, ...

    Article : 121 words
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