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  2. ENEMY STILL QUIET.

    The enemy continues quiescent, making only small raids on Wednesday and Thursday, which were repulsed. The French made a number of raids, and slightly advanced their line at one point. ...

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  3. SAVING AMIENS.

    The plan of the Australian counterattack at Villers-Bretonneux had to be worked out with the utmost expedition. Mixed Australian units from all parts ...

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  4. STATE RECRUITING.

    The number of volunteers accepted in the State yesterday makes the best record for many months. When the 24 hours ended, at 11 o'clock this morning, ...

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  5. FEDERAL PARLIAMENT.

    Senator GIVENS, the President of the Senate, took the chair at eleven o'clock this morning. Senator PRATTEN (N.S.W.) asked the ...

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  6. GERMANY'S LATE COLONIES.

    The Lower House of Convocation has adopted a resolution by Bishop Frodsham, Canon Residentiary of Gloucestor, and formerly Bishop of North Quenesland ...

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  7. DISTRICT CASUALTIES.

    GUNNER EARP.—Yesterday Mr. C. A Earp, a member of the firm of Messrs. Earp Brothers and Company, Limited, Newcastle, received cable messages from his ...

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  8. AMERICAN STEAMER SUNK.

    It is reported from New York that a French warship rammed and sank the American steamer City of Athens in a dense fog off the Delaware coast. ...

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  9. IN PALESTINE.

    An official report from Palestine states: —We resumed operations eastward of the Jordan on May 1st. Whilst the infantry attacked the enemy in the foothills ...

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  10. HAIG'S REPORTS.

    Field-marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports: We repulsed a raid in the neighbourhood of Hebuterne, otherwise there has been only reciprocal artillery fire. ...

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  11. FRAUD IN GERMANY.

    German agents collected fats worth £1,500,000 in the occupied territories and neutral countries and sent them to a soap syndicate for manufacture into standard ...

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  12. INDUSTRIAL HARMONY.

    An important conference was held this afternoon at the office of the Industrial Commissioner in connection with the efforts which are being made by the ...

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  13. PRUSSIAN FRANCHISE.

    The Amsterdam correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states that the Prussian Diet, by 235 votes to 180, rejected the bill to give equal franchise in Prussia. ...

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  14. GALLANT BRITISH TROOPS.

    Sir Douglas Haig, congratulating the commander of the Second Army, mentions the 29th division, which, by gallant action, northward of the River Lys in the early ...

    Article : 93 words
  15. BRITISH IN ITALY.

    British official report from Italy states:—Since our arrival in Italy we have destroyed 109 aeroplanes and lost 13. ...

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  16. HUNGARY CONDEMNED.

    Copenhagen reports that Austrian Liberal newspapers are violently attacking Hungary for not sending food to Austria, despite her plentiful supplies of grain ...

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  17. SOCIALISM IN GERMANY.

    As anyone with even the crudest knowledge of German conditions must have foreseen, the strikes in Germany are [?]zzling to an inglorious finish. Socialist ...

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  18. A BRAVE SERGEANT.

    The Victoria Cross has been awarded to Sergeant S. R. M'Dougall of the Australian Infantry. When the first enemy wave entered our line, M'Dougall, who ...

    Article : 135 words
  19. FRENCH SUCCESSES.

    The latest French communique states: There is rather great reciprocal artillery activity north and south of the Avre. We appreciably progressed in Hangard ...

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  20. TUNGSTEN AND WOLFRAM.

    The interim report of the committee appointed under Lord Balfour of Burleigh, dated March, 1917, has just been issued. The committee considers it essential ...

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  21. PRISONERS SENT TO HOLLAND.

    It is reported from Amsterdam that over a hundred severely wounded British prisoners have arrived in Holland from Germany in ordinary trains, unsuitable for ...

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  22. GERMAN LOSSES.

    The Washington correspondent of the "New York Times" states that high military officers are of the opinion that the German losses in the Picardy and ...

    Article : 38 words
  23. ITALIAN SHIPPING.

    A message from Rome states that the arrivals of ships at Italian ports during the week numbered 334, and the departures 363. Only one small sailing vessel was ...

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  24. WAR COMFORTS RESTORED.

    Colonel Woodburn, of the Australian War Comforts Staff, has returned from France, where he inspected the arrangements to meet the new situation arising ...

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  25. IRISH AFFAIRS.

    The Parliamentary correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph" states that Mr. Lloyd George, the Prime Minister, has invited Lord Wimborne to retain the ...

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  26. OUR LONDON LETTER.

    We are in the midst of the most sustained series of air raids London has yet known. We expected them, for it was obvious that Germany would strike hard ...

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  27. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The French and German Governments have agreed to intern in Switzerland prisoners of war who have been eighteen months in captivity. ...

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  28. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    Mr. JOHNSON, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, took the chair at 11 o'clock this morning. Mr. GREENE, honorary Minister, ...

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  29. ESCAPE OF AUSTRALIANS.

    Private R. Ruschpler, of Sydney, and Corporal C. Lane, a West Australian, who were captured at Dernancourt, escaped, in exciting circumstances, after ...

    Article : 536 words
  30. GERMANS IN AUSTRIA.

    It is reported from Zurich that the German newspapers in Austria are becoming increasingly truculent. They have practically given an ...

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  31. THE BOLSHEVIKS.

    It is announced from Brest-Litovsk that the Bolsheviks have declared the war with Germany ended, and are giving orders for the demobilisation of the ...

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  32. ESTIMATE OF ELIGIBLES.

    The number of men between the ages of 19 and 44 at present in Australia, and the number each Federal electorate and subdivision is expected to supply ...

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  33. SCOTTISH KILTED BRIGADE.

    A meeting will be held at the Newcastle Council Chambers at eight o'clock this evening, to further the movement initiated by the Highland Society of New ...

    Article : 147 words
  34. AMERICA'S EFFORTS.

    The subscriptions to the Liberty Loan have now reached £500,000,000. The Washington correspondent of the "New York Tribune" says that Mr. ...

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  35. AFRICAN RECRUITING.

    The South African Assembly passed unopposed the third reading of a bill substantially increasing the war pensions of soldiers and their dependents. ...

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  36. THE FLINDERS ELECTION.

    Mr. Watt, the Acting Prime Minister, speaking at Dandenong in support of Captain Bruce, the selected National candidate for Flinders, alluded to the serious ...

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  37. RED CROSS DAY.

    The funds of the Australian Red Cross Day were considerably augmented yesterday by several substantial donations. Messrs. Scott's, Ltd., employees' effort ...

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  38. U-BOATS' CREWS MAD.

    Amsterdam reports that the majority of the crews of two U-boats at Ostend have become insane. The crew of another U-boat mutinied, ...

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  39. MARCH IN BRISBANE.

    Several hundred reinforcements from this State were to-day reviewed in Market-square, Brisbane, prior to their departure for the front. ...

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  40. INTERNMENT OF GERMANS.

    Mr. Joynson Hicks, M.P., in a speech, said that there were still 6550 unnaturallsed Germans not interned in Britain, who were holding the fort for German ...

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  41. AN OFFICER'S UNDERTAKING.

    At a public meeting at Murray Bridge, for the purpose of assisting recruiting, Lieutenant-colonel Butler stated that he had been informed that no officers were ...

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  42. ZEEBRUGGE STILL CLOSED.

    Zeebrugge still remains closed, but the Germans are trying hard to remove the obstructions. ...

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  43. THE UKRAINE.

    A German communique affords an interesting sidelight on affairs in the Ukraine. It alleges that there is a strong ...

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  44. GERMANS IN FINLAND.

    It is reported from Copenhagen that the All Finnish Parliamentary and Civil parties favour the establishment of a monarchy; only the Young Fans demand a ...

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  45. NEWCASTLE RECRUITING.

    During the last two days ten recruits were enrolled at Newcastle, and seven men who offered their services were rejected, on the ground of physical unfitness. ...

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  46. PATRIOTIC EFFORTS.

    RED CROSS SOCIETY.—The hon. secretaries report having sent to headquarters, Sydney, during the week two large baskets of goods and one case of books to the book ...

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  47. THE MILITARY SITUATION.

    Three million Germans are said to be assembled on the Western Front, and the battle which should mark the climax of the war may begin at any moment. This is ...

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  48. ENTRY OF SEBASTOPOL.

    A German official report states:—We broke the resistance of the enemy before Sebastopol, and entered the town. ...

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  49. ZIONISTS IN JERUSALEM.

    The Zionist Commission, under Dr. Weizmann, arrived in Jerusalem on April 10th. Immense crowds attended the reception on the Mount of Olives. ...

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  50. THE COUNTER REVOLT.

    Though reports from Vienna assert that important changes have occurred in Petrograd, it was officially stated in the House of Commons that the Government ...

    Article : 38 words
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