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  2. FIGHTING IN THE AIR.

    It is reported that the French cavalry captured an entire German battery after the gunners had been killed by bombs dropped by aviators. ...

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  3. "COURIER" PATRIOTIC FUNDS. ANOTHER SPLENDID RESPONSE

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  4. FRESH TROOPS IN BRUSSELS.

    A considerable movement of fresh German troops has taken place in Brussels. Eighty thousand are due to arrive to-day. The Governor has ordered the ...

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  5. THE NAVAL ENGAGEMENT.

    Additional casualties—three dead and nine wounded—are announced in connection with the recent naval battle in Holigoland Bight. ...

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  6. THE LATEST FIGHT IN FRANCE BRITISH AGAIN BEAR THE BRUNT OF BATTLE.

    The Australian, French, and British cruisers arrived at Apia at half-past 7 o'lock on Sunday morning. The admiral required the Governor to surrender the ...

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  7. INCESSANT FIGHTING SINCE THURSDAY.

    A Boulogne telegram states that there has been incessant fighting since Thursday in the A[?] district, in the north of France. Neither side obtained much ...

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  8. WIRELESS INSTALLATIONS ON GERMAN VESSELS.

    the authorities at Lourenco Marques, in Portuguese East Africa, found the seals of the Krouprinz's wireless room broken. They therefore dismantled the wireless ...

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  9. KING EDWARD'S HORSE.

    The Earl of Lonsdale, inspecting the second squadron of King Edward's Horse, said they were as good a lot of men as he had ever seen on parade. He admired ...

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  10. GERMAN SHIPPING.

    The "Financial Times" states that 225 German vessels are laid up in Great Britain, and, including cargoes, are worth £13,000,000. A considerable portion of ...

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  11. THE RUSSIAN A[?]VANCE.

    The official archives have been removed from Lemberg, the capital of Austrian Galicia, in expectation of the place being occupied by the Russians. ...

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  12. DEATH DUTIES.

    The House of Commons has passed a Bill re[?]ing the death duties in the case of those killed in the war or who die of wounds or disease within a year. ...

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  13. THE FIGHTING IN SOMME.

    Mr. M. Donohoe (war correspondent of the London "Daily Chronicle"), cabling on Monday from a town in the department of Somme, states that the G[?] ...

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  14. NEGLECTING TO REGISTER.

    English magistrates are daily fining careless Germans and Australians for neglecting to register or travelling beyond the five miles limit from their registered ...

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  15. FRENCH AVIATOR SCOUTS.

    The aviator scouts have invented a new sport, which consists of a competition in regard to the number of bullet holes scored in their machines each day. Each ...

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  16. HIGH COMMISSIONER'S BUDGET.

    A message was received from the High Commissioner as follows:—"Official: War Office, Paris, states that on the right, after partial checks, the French have ...

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  17. ATTITUDE OF TURKEY.

    The Turkish Ambassador has announced that the Turkish army was mobilised three weeks ago, but merely as a precautionary measure, and with no intention of ...

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  18. GERMANS IN GREAT MASSES

    Wounded men of the West Kent Regiment state that at Mons the Germans came in great masses. It was like shooting rabbits, only as fast as one was shot ...

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  19. FOOTBALL IN ENGLAND.

    The Football League will carry out its programme, as the War Office offers no objection. ...

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  20. "TAKE COURAGE."

    The Germans made an ineffectual attack on a French aeroplane which twice circled over Brussels, dropping hundreds of handbills headed. "Take courage, you will soon ...

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  21. BOOTS FOR BELGIANS.

    The Hon. P. M'Bride (Victorian Agent-General) is inviting Australians in London to contribute boots for the Balgian refugees. ...

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  22. A FALSE GUIDE.

    During the fighting at Mons an interpreter and guide in French uniform led the British advance party into many nasty situations, and eve[?] into the arms ...

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  23. ALLIES GIVE GROUND.

    It is officially stated that on the Allies' left wing a series of circumstances favoured the Germans and despite counter attacks the Allies had to give ground. ...

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  24. GERMAN MACHINE GUNS.

    A shell exploded a few yards from King [?] of Belgium while he was directing operations at Malines, and the back wheel of his motor car was torn off. ...

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  25. 40 MILES FROM PARIS.

    The following cable has been received by the State Premier from the Agent-General:—"The left wing of the A[?] army now rests on Beauveans, and runs ...

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  26. THE WHEAT MARKET.

    The wheat market is firm, and sellers very reserved. The cargo by the Sylfid had been sold at 46/ per 4[?] and the cargo by the Bossnet at 45/6. ...

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  27. GERMAN MARKSMANSHIP.

    The consensus of opinion among the British wounded who have arrived in England is that the German rifle fire is extremely poor, and even their ...

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  28. A MILLION CANADIANS.

    Colonel Sam. Hughes, Minister of Militia, has announced that the Militia proposed to train one million C[?] to shoot straight at 1000 yards range, ...

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  29. SOUTH AFRICAN PRODUCE.

    Inquires have been received from Great Britain and America regarding wool and wattle bark, if which germany has hitherto been the principal purchaser. ...

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  30. RUMOURED GERMAN DEFEAT,

    A rumour is current that General Pau has brilliantly defeated the Cermans near Peronne. It is impossible, however, to obtain any confirmation of the rumour. ...

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  31. MORE GERMAN WANTONNESS.

    The Germans have blown up the Hotel de Ville, at Namur. ...

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  32. GERMAN CRUISER NURNBERG.

    The German cruiser Nurnberg has arrived here. Under the neutrality laws she can coal sufficiently to take her to the nearest German port after remaining ...

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  33. THE KAISER.

    It is reported that the Kaiser William has gone to the Russian frontier. PARIS, Wednesday. The Kaiser visited the battlefield of ...

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  34. REDUCTION IN FREIGHTS.

    Following upon the reduction in the Government war premiums on bulls, Australia and New Zealand ship owners have reduced freights on fine goods by 2/6 ...

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  35. THE BRITISH TROOPS.

    Field-Marshal Sir John French drove round the English lines congratulating the men on the splendid work they had done. General Joffre, the french ...

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  36. A FRENCHMAN'S FORTITUDE.

    The son of General Castlenau, Chief of the French Staff, whose death was recently reported, was killed whilst leading his company into action General Castlenau ...

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  37. GREAT GERMAN MOVEMENTS.

    There is a great movement by the Germans in Brussels toward Lierre and Termonde. This is interpreted as indicating an early attempt to invest and ...

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  38. "VULTURES OF DROUGHT AND WAR."

    "The Liberal Party will not be beaten by the Labour votes, but it may be beaten by the Liberals who stay at home. The financial prospects are ...

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  39. BOOM IN RECRUITING.

    Over 4000 men were recruited in London yesterday, and satisfactory returns have been received from the provinees. There are many indications of a boom ...

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  40. GERMAN RAILWAY TRANSPORT.

    The railway companies in Berlin announce that goods transport has been suspended for some days owing to the military measures. ...

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  41. J. C. HUTTON PROPRIETARY STAFF.

    A meeting of all the members of the J. C. Hutton Proprietary staff was held at lunch time on Monday (writes our district correspondent), when the ...

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  42. A FIERCE ENCOUNTER.

    Heavily censored messages narrate that the Germans' great wheel to the French left, which was continued on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, resulted in a fierce ...

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  43. "THE LID OF HELL."

    Among the war stories told is one by a wounded soldier of one of the Highland regiments. Referring to the four days' battle in which the British troops were ...

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  44. KAISER'S BATTLE PICTURES.

    The Kaiser has despatched Herr Rochell, the well-known battle painter, to the western frontier to study the positions with a view to painting a series of ...

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  45. GERMANY DEFIED.

    It is stated that General Jakdoski, the German Governor of Brussels, is having difficulties with the American and Spanish Ministers to Belgium, who refuse ...

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  46. NEW ZEALAND TRADE.

    Mr. C. Clefton, the New Zealand Trade Commissioner to the United States, is inquiring into the prospects of extending New Zealand's trade with Canada. It is ...

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  47. BELGIAN CONSUL'S ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

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  48. LEIPZIG PRINTING EXHIBITION.

    Travellers arriving in Italy state that the English, Russian, and French pavilions at the International Printing Exhibition at leipzig, which contained remarkable ...

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  49. CONTROL OF TRADE.

    The Control of Trade Board appointed for the Southern division of Queensland began its sittings yesterday afternoon in the Excutive Building. There were ...

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  50. INTERRUPTED HOLIDAYS.

    A party of prominent New Zealanders, including an ex-Minister, the Hon. George Fowldes Mr. and Mrs. T. M'Govern, of Auckland, and others, are returning to ...

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  51. THE SACKING OF LOUVAIN.

    Richard Harding Davis, the American novelist and war correspondent, who has visited Louvain, states: "President Wilson urges Americans to be neutral, but ...

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  52. COLOSSAL AUSTRIAN LOSSES.

    Messages from Bucharest state that the Austrian defeat in Galicia was colossal. The trains are transporting tens of thousands of wounded. Numerous ...

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  53. TO OLD AGE PENSIONERS.

    A statement is being industriously circulated by Socialist supporters that the Cook Government, if returned, intends to abolish old age pensions. This ...

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  54. LOCHIEL AND LOVAT.

    Colonel Donald Cameron, of Lochiel, and Lord Lovat (who raised and commanded Lovat's Scouts in the South African war) are raising a corps to ...

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  55. ST. PETROGRAD.

    By an Imperial order St. Petersburg has been renamed St. Petrograd. This eliminates the German word "burg " from the name of the Russian capital. ...

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  56. THE FIGHT AT MONS.

    During the fight at Mons a handful of British troops held the canal bridge against overwhelming odds. The Germans, 100 yards away, were preparing to ...

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  57. IN GREAT BRITAIN.

    Her Majesty the Queen at Buckingham Palace gave an audience to Sir George Reid (High Commissioner for Australia), Sir Timothy Coghlan (Agent-Geleral ...

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  58. LORD MAYOR AS VOLUNTEER.

    On the first day of recruiting here 1293 men joined. The Lord Mayor of Birmingham (Colonel Martinean) resigned his office and volunteered. ...

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  59. THE UNITED STATES.

    Hon. W. G. M'Adoo (Secretary to the Treasury), in a statement made before the Merchant Marine Committee of the House of Representatives, which is ...

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  60. PRINCE OF WALES'S FUND.

    The miners of South Wales, representing in all 200[?]000, have decreed a weekly levy of 6d. per man, and 3d. per boy to the Prince of Wales's Fund. ...

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  61. THE NORTHERN BOARD.

    A "Government Gazette" has been issued, se[?]ing out that his Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, ...

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  62. "COME AND TAKE US."

    A private in the Ross-shire Buffs declares that it was simply grand to see the cool way in which the men blazed away at the solid German masses. One company, ...

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  63. DONATION OF £5000.

    The Premier of Queensland (Hon. D. F. Denham) has received a communication from Sir Rupert Clarke and Mr. Robert S. Whiting, Victorians, who are ...

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  64. BRITISH CASUALTIES AT MONS.

    An official announcement has been made of the casualties in one cavalry brigade, and three divisions (minus one brigade). This shows that 36 officers were killed, 57 ...

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  65. THE GERMAN ARMY.

    The London "Daily Telegraph's" Brussels correspondent, reviewing the passage of a quarter of a million troops through the capital, insists on the ...

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  66. SUCCUMBED TO INJURIES.

    The Hon. Archer Windsor Clive, second son of the Earl of Plymouth, has succumbed to injuries which he received at the battle of Mons. ...

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  67. GERMAN REPORTS.

    The German Embassy is continually issuing reports of alleged German victories. The latest appears to be the capture of 30,000 Russians near Allenstein, ...

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  68. ARRESTED BRITISHER.

    Mr. Scotland, manager of the South African Territories, who was imprisoned by the Germans on a charge of endeavouring to instigate the Berseba Hottentots to ...

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  69. GERMAN CASUALTY LISTS.

    The German casualty lists so far received occupy six full pages of the "Reichsanzeifer." The killed and missing greatly [?]number the wounded. The ...

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  70. FEDERAL FOODSTUFFS COMMISSION.

    The Commission which was appointed by the Federal Government on Monday last to inquire into and report on the equirements and the amount of ...

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  71. ENGLISH FREEMASONS VOTE £500.

    At the quarterly meeting of the District Grand Lodge of English Fremasons last night it was decided to contribute £500 to the Queensland patrotic Fund. ...

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  72. AUSTRALIAN NURSING ASSISTANCE.

    Mr. M. Donohoe, the correspondent of the London "Daily Chronicle," says that the nurses with the Australian voluntary auto-car are doing splendid work at the ...

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  73. HEROIC BOY SCOUT.

    Georges Leysen, a boy scout at Liege, secured the arrest and execution of 11 spies. Leysen killed a [?]lan, and though suffering from a fractured arm he ...

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  74. NOISE AND NERVES.

    A wounded lancer, in a letter to friends, writes:—"The Germans attach a lot of importance to massed artillery fire. For hours all their guns seem to play ...

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  75. MURDERING WOUNDED.

    Mr. M. Donohoe, the war correspondent of the London "Daily Chronicle," relates that a sergeant of the Middlesex Regiment, wounded at Mons, lay helpless ...

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  76. LOYAL NATIVE RACES.

    The Zulus, Ba[?] and Swazis have given assurances of loyalty, and the leading chiefs have placed their forces at the disposal of the Government. ...

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  77. WHEAT BAGS.

    Anxiety is felt amongst wheat importers lest tho dislocation of the steamer traffic should cause a shortage in jute bags, and interfere with the Australian ...

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  78. PHYSICAL CULTURE DISPLAY.

    A physical culture display will be given in the Albert Hall on Saturday, September 26, from 3 to 5 p.m., by the pupils of Miss Brockway's classes. A small ...

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  79. THE SPIRIT OF KITCHENER

    Newspaper correspondents state that the spirit of Lord Kitchener pervades the whole Expeditionary Force. The ammunition was supplied without a hitch. Of 1000 ...

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  80. SYDNEY CITY COUNCIL VOTES.

    The Finance Committee of the City Council to-night decided to recommend that the council should give 1000 guineas to the Patriotic Fund, £250 to the ...

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  81. THE GERMAN ATROCITIES.

    The Belgian mission to England in connection with the German atrocities is visiting his Majesty the King and Sir Edward Grey (Secretary of State for ...

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