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  2. THE WESTERN FRONT

    The attack by the Canadians south of Lens on Sunday morning was not the great offensive following the present prolonged bombardment, but a local affair, though very important. They dashed forward to secure the key to Lens, and captured it, but the Germans put a high price upon it, and bought ...

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  3. THE COSSACKS.

    The Don Cossacks, on behalf of all Cossacks, among whom there are 5,000,000 fighting men, demand that a special section of the front be entrusted ...

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  4. THE FEDERAL ELECTIONS

    The figures given below are final for the Senate and House of Representatives elections in Tasmania. In every instance the Nationalist candidates have ...

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  5. THE RED CROSS.

    The report for May of the Australian branch of the Red Cross Society reports that the hot weather in France has lessened the distribution of ...

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  6. THE ENTRY OF BRAZIL.

    The English newspapers welcome Brazil's entrance into the war, and express the hope that her sister States in South America will follow her example. ...

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  7. THE KRONSTADT RISING.

    The Russian cruiser Alexander II., 9,900 tons. has been made the capital of Kronstadt, Russia's chief naval port, where a rising has taken place, and all ...

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  8. THE RUSSIAN COMMAND.

    General Alexieff, the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian armies on the Eastern front, has resigned his position, and has been succeeded by General ...

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  9. TASMANIAN CASUALTIES.

    Mrs. F. Young, of Southport, has received news that her son. Private W. W. Young, was killed in action on May 3, making it the second loss in four ...

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  10. MARKETS AND MONEY.

    A difficulty has arisen in the supply of tinplates for Australia for the potting of jam and meats. The British manufacturers are anxious to raise the ...

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  11. APPEAL TO RUSSIAN ARMY.

    General Alexieff, speaking to soldiers' delegates at Petrograd yesterday, referred to the great efforts of the Allies. He said if the supineness of ...

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  12. THE KING'S BIRTHDAY.

    Fifty thousand workers in the naval dockyards of Great Britain celebrated the King's birthday to-day. They received a holiday on full pay, and those ...

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  13. RUMANIAN CAMPAIGN.

    A Russian official message says:- We attacked yesterday in the region of Prejvei (in the Carpathians, south of the Gyimes Pass), penetrated the ...

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  14. EMPLOYMENT IN HOME SERVICE.

    A Military District Order issued today provides that in future Citizen Force officers, who have not served in the A.I.F. or on active service in other ...

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  15. THE NAVAL ADVANTAGE.

    Sir Edward Carson, the First Lord of the Admiralty, in an interview to-day with a representative of the Paris "Matin," stated that the entry of ...

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  16. PROTEST FROM SEAMEN.

    The executive of the Seamen's and Firemen's Union has forbidden members of that body to convey pacifist delegates from Great Britain to the ...

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  17. TURKEY AND THE WAR.

    Towns in Switzerland are swarming with Turkish diplomatists, including Rifaat Pasha, the Minister of Finance in the Turkish Government, and Ruaff ...

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  18. THEFT IN LONDON.

    During last night thieves plundered the show cases belonging to Messrs. Mappin and Webb, the cutlery manufacturers, which were in the vestibule ...

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  19. VIOLENT ENEMY ATTACKS.

    A French communique issued this afternoon says:- The artillery duel in the region of Froidmont Farm (south of Laon) ...

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  20. FIGHTING AT MANY POINTS

    A report from Sir Douglas Haig this afternoon says:- We have recaptured the post we lost on Saturday night to the ...

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  21. WAR RISKS.

    It was announced by the Marine Underwriters' Association of Victoria to-day that the war insurance rate on vessels travelling from the United ...

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  22. FILLING THE RANKS.

    General Enoch Crowder, of the United States War Department, in a statement issued to-day, says the first call under the conscription law has ...

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  23. DAMAGED PAINTINGS.

    The owners have su[?]d Lloyds, as underwriters, for £80,000 as compensation for the damage of 15 Old Masters aboard the steamer Mississippi, sustained in ...

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  24. SUBMARINE WARFARE

    The Swiss newspaper "Basler Zeitung" states that since Germany began her unrestricted submarine warfare on February 1, 15 submarines have not ...

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  25. AUSTRALIAN MUNITION WORKERS.

    In connection with the statement made in the press that married munition workers who went to England are being paid as low as 50s. per week, the ...

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  26. REVOLUTION IN MIDDLE EUROPE.

    Herr Hunfi, one of the Hungarian delegates to the Socialist Conference at Stockholm, says there is a possibility of a democratic revolution in Middle ...

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  27. SUGAR AND SHIPS.

    The Federal Treasurer (Sir John Forrest) will have two interesting items to report in his next statement of Federal revenue winch he will submit to ...

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  28. MORE CONFLICTING REPORTS.

    M. Kerensky, the Russian Minister of War, reviewing troops at Odessa today, said he could certify that in spite of outward appearances of weakness ...

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  29. PATRIOTIC SPEECHES.

    Mr. W. G. McAdco, the Secretary of the Treasury in President Wilson's Government, in an address at New York to-day, says he hoped that when ...

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  30. AWARDS TO ANZACS.

    A supplement to the "London Gazette" to-day states that the Royal Red Cross (Second Order) has been awarded to the following: ...

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  31. LAUNCESTON TRAMWAYS.

    The Launceston Council has reiterated its decision that returned soldiers are not to be allowed to ride free upon the trains. The matter was before the ...

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  32. THE CANADIANS' ADVANCE.

    The United Press Association's correspondent at British Headquarters says:—The Canadians were heavily engaged on Saturday and Sunday. Their ...

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  33. FRENCH TERMS OF PEACE.

    At a secret session of the French Chamber of Deputies yesterday a resolution was passed by 453 votes to 55 demanding that in the terms of peace ...

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  34. TASMANIAN SOLDIERS RECEIVE MILITARY MEDAL.

    Bombardier R. Conacher, of 10th Battery, 4th Brigade, whose name appeared in yesterday's cablegrams amongst those receiving decorations at ...

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  35. FILM CENSORSHIP.

    An interesting statement covering the operations of the Federal Film Censor Board was made to-day by the chairman (Sir Harry Wollaston). Since ...

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  36. CRISIS IN CHINA.

    The Chinese Military Provisional Government which has been established at Tientsin, to the south-east of Peking, of which it is the port, has ...

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  37. ARTILLERY ACTIVITY

    An Italian official message states:- The enemy's artillery fire became more intense last night to the eastward ot Gorz, the bombardment ...

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  38. STRIKE OF CLERKS.

    Six thousand clerks in clothing stores in Petrograd recently struck work, and demande ddouble wages, the increased rates to be retrospective since war was ...

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  39. FIGHT TO A FINISH.

    The Washington correspondent of the "New York Times" states that it is evident that the United States will remain in the war to a finish, and will ...

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  40. DESTRUCTION OF WHEAT.

    Destructive fires, which are believed to have been caused by incendiaries, broke out yesterday in the Minsk region, and destroyed 3,000,000 bushels ...

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  41. ALBANIA.

    General Ferrero, the Italian Commander in Albania, has proclaimed the unity and independence of the whole of Albania, under Italian protection. ...

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  42. BRITISH AIR RAID.

    The British Admiralty has issued the following statement:- A f[?]t of seaplanes, under the commod[?]re in command at Dunkirk, ...

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  43. AUSTRALIAN WORKERS' UNION.

    After lasting seven weeks, the hearing of the claims of the Australian Workers' Union against the Pastoralists' Federal Council of Australia was ...

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  44. ASSASSINATION PLOT.

    The Swedish Government has expelled an Austrian agent-provocat[?]ur named Kerlin from Stockholm, on the ground that he attempted to per[?]u[?]de Russian ...

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  45. ORGANISING THE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.

    General Joffre is to co-operate with General Pershing[?] the Commander of the American Expeditionary Force, in organising the American troops ...

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  46. PRICE OF MILK.

    The Milk Suppliers' Co-operative Company Ltd. recently notified the Metropolitan Milk Suppliers Co-operatice Company Ltd. that on Monday ...

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  47. ROLL OF HONOUR.

    At last night's meeting of the Hobart City Council it was decided, on the motion of Alderman Davis, seconded by Alderman Shield, that letters of ...

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  48. INTERNED IN GERMANY.

    Professor Sefton Delmer, an Australian who was interned in Germany, has arrived in London. He left Germany on May 23, after being interned at ...

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  49. A SUCCESSFUL RUSSIAN RAID

    A Russian official wireless message states:- Our scouts yesterday made their way through four rows of barbed-wire ...

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  50. EXPLOSION IN FRANCE.

    An explesion which occurred to-day at Aube[?]villiers, one of the suburbs of Paris, destroyed two factories, injured four People and caused factories damage to the ...

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  51. THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY.

    All the German ships seized in American ports have been given American names. The Mecrantile Marine Co.'s profits for the year amounted to ...

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  52. PRESIDENT WILSON'S MESSAGE.

    The publication of President Wilson's message to Russin on the war aims of America, which, it was thought, had been in[?]ercepted by German agents, has, ...

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