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  2. CRISIS IN RUSSIA.

    M. Kerensky, the Prime Minister, has issued a proclamation declaring martial law in Petrograd. He revealed a plot by General ...

    Article : 380 words
  3. THE WEST FRONT.

    Field-marshal Sir Douglas Haig, the British Commandant on the West Front, reports: We advanced in the neighbourhood of Lagnicourt, and also ...

    Article : 112 words
  4. SWEDISH TREACHERY.

    The Conservative journals are silent in regard to the revelations, except the "Dagblad," which does not attempt to extonuate the breach of neutrality. ...

    Article : 198 words
  5. THE STRIKE.

    The members of the Council of the Coal and Shale Employees' Federation, as well as Alderman W. O'Connor, the secretary to the Coal Lumpers' Union, waited on Mr. ...

    Article : 756 words
  6. STATE PARLIAMENT.

    Mr. COHEN, the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, took the chair at half-past four o'clock this afternoon. As to-day's sitting was a continuation ...

    Article : 653 words
  7. POSITION IN NEWCASTLE.

    Numbers of railway men returned at the various depots yesterday, in accordance with the directions of the strike executive in Sydney. Few, however, were taken on. ...

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  8. INCIDENTS AT THE FRONT.

    Field-marshal Haig, in a despatch on recent incidents, indicating the general nature of the work at the front, includes the following: ...

    Article : 133 words
  9. EXPLANATION AWAITED.

    Intense interest has been created by the disclosure by Mr. Lansing, Secretary of State, of Sweden's transmission of Germen messages through Buenos Ayres. ...

    Article : 226 words
  10. FRENCH SUCCESSES.

    The latest French communique states : —On the right bank of the Meuse there have been violent artillery duels in the region of Hill 344 and the Bois des Fosses. ...

    Article : 145 words
  11. MORE MEN IDLE.

    A stop-work meeting of the day shift men employed at the North Shore Gas Company's works was held this morning, to decide whether they would continue ...

    Article : 237 words
  12. ITALY'S CAMPAIGN.

    An Italian official report states:— The attack on our positions at Monte Granuda and Cueltarond, on the Carnia front, failed. ...

    Article : 51 words
  13. GERMAN REPORT.

    A German official report states :—The British pressed us back at Hargicourt and Villeret We Regained the former position and ...

    Article : 66 words
  14. APPEAL TO THE ARMY.

    The executives of the Soldiers and Peasants Council have sent a message to the army and naval committees that General Korniloff is heading a military ...

    Article : 240 words
  15. HOLDING BACK ATTACKS.

    A Russian official report states:—In the direction of Riga and in the region of Pskov our rearguards are holding back attacks on the Burtnek ...

    Article : 91 words
  16. A BRAVE DANE.

    The Danish residents in Hull entertained Private Jensen, who has been awarded the Victoria Cross. The speeches revealed that when ...

    Article : 198 words
  17. UNION DEFENCE COMMITTEE.

    At the conclusion of the meeting of the Defence Committee to-night, it was stated that reports from the various depets and workshops had been received. After ...

    Article : 192 words
  18. IN THE BALKANS.

    A French Eastern communique states :—The enemy violently bombarded the Russian positions, between Lakes Prespa and Malick, near Monastir, and west thereof. ...

    Article : 55 words
  19. PETROGRAD EVACUATION.

    Though the evacuation of the capital is not contemplated, the Government is removing the educational establishments and facilitating the removal of private ...

    Article : 108 words
  20. DISTRICT CASUALTIES.

    PRIVATE HICKS.—Mrs. W. Hughes, of Boundary-street, Wallsend, has been informed that her brother, Private F. Hiceks, who is in hospital, is making, favourable ...

    Article : 29 words
  21. GERMAN ADMISSION.

    A German official report states:-Our advanced guards retreated before the French north-westward of Lake Malik. ...

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  22. BOMBARDIER MACKIE.

    Mr. J. Mackie, of Messrs. Mackie and Company, Newcastle, has received a cable message from his son, Bombardior J. Mackie, stating that he has been awarded ...

    Article : 54 words
  23. NEWCASTLE TROLLEY AND DRAYMEN.

    Mr. Justice Heydon gave his reserved judgment in the Industrial Arbitratton Court to-day in the application of Earp, Woodcock, Beveridge, and Co. and other ...

    Article : 319 words
  24. FRENCH POLITICS.

    The Socialists have declined to enter the Cabinet without imposing stringent conditions which M. Ribot refused to agree to. ...

    Article : 180 words
  25. KORNILOFF DEFENDED.

    General Korntioff's attitude towards the revolution is entirely above sunpicion. He personally arrested the Czaritsa, and moreover, the events in Galicia, ...

    Article : 267 words
  26. JUSTICE EDMUNDS ON THE STRIKE.

    Mr. Justice Edmunds, in opening the proceedings of the Coal Board in Brisbane to-day, referred to the coal strike in the south, declaring that when eight hours ...

    Article : 174 words
  27. THE PRO-CZAR PLOT.

    M. Bedenajeff, the ex-Czar's secretary, General Gourko, Mademoisclle Vorobova, ex-lady-in-waiting, and several others implicated in the pro-Czar plot, are now ...

    Article : 32 words
  28. HINDENBURG FACETIOUS.

    Replying to Bonn-Rheinische firemen, who telegraphed that they wasted a German peace, Marshal von Hindenburg replied: "I am glad you are helping to ...

    Article : 39 words
  29. NEWCASTLE RECRUITING.

    On Monday five recruits were accepted at the Newcastle recruiting office, and three deferred. The figures yesterday were : One accepted, three deferred. ...

    Article : 208 words
  30. GRAND DUKE DISAPPEARS.

    There was persistent rumours that the Grand Duke Nicholas Jevitch has disappeared from his Caucasus Estate. ...

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  31. RELIEF TO CHINA.

    The Shanghai correspondent of the "Morning Post" states That the Entente Ministers have agreed to China's request that her Customs dirty should be made ...

    Article : 93 words
  32. AUSTRALIA AND AMERICA.

    The value of Australian goods imported into the United States in 1917 shows a decrease of 4,500,000dol. (about £900,000), as compared with the total value of the ...

    Article : 38 words
  33. CHIEF COMMISSIONER'S EXPLANATION.

    Mr. Fraser, Chief Railway Commissioner, was questioned to-day regarding the complaints of men who presented themselves for work this morning that they ...

    Article : 262 words
  34. GREEKS ENTER JANINA,

    M. Venizelos, the Prime Minister of Greece, will shortly visit Paris and London. Greek troops have penetrated Janina, ...

    Article : 41 words
  35. MATTERS IN VICTORIA.

    Mr. Hughes, the Prime Minister, to-day explained that in urging, with regard to the strike, that they should all let bygones be bygones, he did not mean that ...

    Article : 443 words
  36. GERMAN PEACE TERMS.

    A report is being circulated among diplomats purporting to be the German peace terms, and is attracting considerable interest. ...

    Article : 91 words
  37. TRADES-UNION CONFERENCE.

    The inter-allied Trade Union Conference has opened in London. The management committee's statement said that the formula of no ...

    Article : 83 words
  38. WARATAH.

    Mrs. Thomas Crockett, of Dora-street, Mayfield, has received word from her son, Private V. H. P. Crockett, stating that he has been promoted to the rank of ...

    Article : 99 words
  39. JAPANESE SHIPBUILDING.

    Twenty-six merchantmen, aggregating 110,000 tons, have been launched in Japan in August. A further 180,000 tons will be com. ...

    Article : 26 words
  40. ASSISTANCE OF THE ALLIES.

    The Chancellories of the Entente state, whilst they are faithful to the principle of not, interfering in the internal affairs of an allied nation, they are making ...

    Article : 106 words
  41. NEW LAMBTON.

    A varied Programme has been draws up by the committee organising the sports to be held in the New Lambton Park on Saturday in aid of the funds of ...

    Article : 45 words
  42. U BOAT INTERNED.

    A German submarine of 800 tons, with a crow of thirty, is interned at Cadiz. The captain says he put into Cadia wanting oil, but the Spanish authorities ...

    Article : 42 words
  43. A SOCIALIST VIEW.

    The United Press publishes particulars of an interview in Berlin with Herr Schoidemann, the leader of the Socialist Majority party. ...

    Article : 85 words
  44. LIEUT. MALCOLM'S CASE.

    Lieutenant Malcolm, the officer who shot Anton Baumberg, a Russian adventurer, for seducing his wife while he was absent at the front pleaded not ...

    Article : 196 words
  45. TIGHE'S HILL.

    "The Price she Paid," the principal part in which is sustained by Miss Clara Kimball Young will be the chief item at the Empire Pictures, Tighe's Hill, this ...

    Article : 120 words
  46. THE GREEK KING.

    The King cordially received the reply of the members of the Chambers to the speech from the Throne. He described himself as the faithful ...

    Article : 55 words
  47. CHARGE OF BROKEN FAITH.

    " The Government has broken faith with us." said Mr. Pagden, president of the Amalgamanted Society of Engineers, this afternoon. "A form was presented ...

    Article : 349 words
  48. ARMY'S DEMORALISATION.

    Mr. Harold Williams, telegraphing from Petrograd, states that the most urgent task before the rulers is to effect a compromise between the conflicting elements ...

    Article : 421 words
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