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  2. A SUPER-SUBMARINE.

    A telegram from Bertin states that a super-submarine has concluded its trials at Heligoland and has proved well suited for chasing merehantmen on the high seas ...

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  3. TURKS TIRED OF WAR.

    Telegrams from Constantinople state that the movement in favour of a speedy consummation of peace is gaining ground in Turkey. The movement is headed by ...

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  4. EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.

    There were over 2000 recruits enrolled for the first fortnight of this year, as compared with an average of 1000 per fortnight during December, while for the ...

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  5. WITH THE QUEENSLANGERS

    When the ship which carried the Second (Queensland) Light Horse Regiment of the Australian Expeditionary Force to Egypt left Pinkenba we had no brass ...

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  6. IN THE AIR.

    The Press Bureau announces that Squadron Commander Davies made a flight with Lieutenant Pierse on Friday, and dropped 27 bombs on Zeebrugge. It is ...

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  7. "COURIER" PATRIOTIC FUNDS.

    Contributions, both monetary and in kind, continue to come to hand for the "Courier" Patriotic funds, with the result that up to last night a total of ...

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  8. SURGERY IN MODERN WARFARE.

    The great European war has witnessed the applicition of new methods in military surgery. It is said that among the French troops there have been very few ...

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  9. MINES AT SEA.

    The Swedish steamer Drott was sunk by a mine in the Gulf of Bothnia. Five of the crew perished. ...

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  10. SOUTH AFRICAN FIGHTING.

    The Press Burean reports that the Union mounted forces temporarily retired from Van Rois Vici, with eight killed and 20 wounded, while some of the Union ...

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  11. GERMANY'S PERFIDY.

    A correspondent, writing from Venice, states that the newspapers in Vienna for the first time frankly acknowledge that the present war was planned last spring ...

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  12. THE LEAVEN OF "WASTERS."

    Discussing the report made by Captain Bean upon the conduct ot Australian troops in Egypt Senator Pearce said that he deeply regretted to hear that a ...

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  13. SAFEGUARDING OFFICERS.

    An Army Order provides that the equipment of infantry officers on service shall be similar to that of soldiers. ...

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  14. PEAGE PROPAGANDA.

    A Reuter massage from Paris states that a French non-commissioned officer who was taken prisoner at St. Mihi[?] was furnished with a forged Belgian passport, ...

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  15. EXPIATORY FUNCTION.

    In connection with the war, the Papal Consistory has definitely fixed an expiatory function for February 7 in Europe, and for March 21 elsewhere. ...

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  16. THE ENGINEERS.

    Driver A. Eadie, No. 3 Company Engineers, First Australian Division, in a letter to his mother (Mrs. T. Eadie, Perry-street), gives some details of the ...

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  17. INCREASED FREIGHTS.

    The "Manchester Guardian" states that a Board [?] Trade inquiry into the increased freights tends to show that the main cause is the congestion at the docks ...

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  18. OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUES.

    A communique slates: The enemy bombarded Nieuport with considerable violence. We made slight progress eastward of the Lombaertzyde causeway. Our ...

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  19. CHURCH PARADE AT ENOGGERA

    A church parade was held at the Enoggora Camp at 11 a.m. yesterday, Chaplain Maxwell officiating. Major Pendl[?]ury, A.A.G., and the Camp ...

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  20. BRITAIN AND THE WAR.

    In an interview published in the Berlin papers. Field-Marshal Count von Moltke says that he never for a moment doubted that Britain would ...

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  21. "ALL WELL."

    A private cable message was received in brisbane yesterday from Lieutenant A. M. Ryan, of the Second Expeditionary Force, announcing that all are well. ...

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  22. THE FINANCIAL EMBARGO.

    The "Economist" adversely criticises the embargo which the British Treasury has put upon the issues of capital, and says it may cause needless annoyance to the ...

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  23. THREE DEATHS ANNOUNCED.

    It was announced by the Assistant Minister for Defence (Mr. Jensen) on Saturday that the following members of the Expeditionary Force had died:— ...

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  24. PRICE OF SUGAR.

    As a result of recommendations on the part of the Necessary Commodities Commission the wholesale price of sugar will remain as at present, £21 a ton, in the ...

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  25. RUSSIANS IN HUNGARY.

    The Russians are now within four miles of Dorna Watra (also called Watra Dorna, 70 miles S.S.W. of Czernowitz, in Bukovina). The ...

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  26. FRENCH ATTACK ON BRUGES.

    French airmen dropped several bombs on Bruges, a Belgian city in German occupation, on Friday afternoon. ...

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  27. LONDON WOOL SALES.

    The wool sales have been postponed owing to a fog. LONDON, Saturday. At the present series of colonial wool ...

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  28. AEROPLANES ATTACK DUNKIRK.

    German aeroplanes flew over Dunkirk, and eighty bombs were dropped. Seven people were killed and twelve wounded. French aireraft pursued the invaders. ...

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  29. ADDRESSES FOR LETTERS.

    The Deputy Postmaster-General has received advice to the effect that mail matter for the Australian and New Zealand Expeditionary Forces now on active ...

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  30. ACROSS THE SNOW.

    The Germans on January 19 attempted, by taking advantage of a snowstorm, to rush the French lines at Albert, to the north-east of Amiens. The ...

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  31. THE AEROPLANE FUND.

    The Aeroplane Fund is slowly ascending. Last night's mail brought the following letter from Mr. Thomas Macleod, of Lutwyche Chambers:—"I enclose one ...

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  32. BAYONET FIGHTING.

    Approval has been given by the Federal Executive Council to the payment of a sum not exceeding £250 to Captain L. M'Lagen for instruction to the troops of ...

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  33. A TERRIBLE STORY.

    Terrible distress is reported amongst the people in the Carpathians. Thousands of the inhabitants are fleeing, and are starving. They are hiding in pits ...

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  34. THE WHEAT MARKET.

    Wheat is firm, but the demand is slow. LONDON, Saturday. The wheat market is firm, but ...

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  35. A FALSE AIARM.

    Zeppelin airships, the number of winch is unknown, passed Cromer, on the coast of Norfolk, at 10.30 p.m., proceeding inland. ...

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  36. WHEAT.

    The Hon. J. Earle (Premier of Tasmania) returned from Sydney yesterday, where he arranged with the Government of that State for the supply to Tasmania ...

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  37. FOOT BANDAGES FOR MARCHING.

    An Indian army officer writes to the "Field":—I have worn foot bandages for the past two years for marching and shooting, and I can testify to their ...

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  38. UNIQUE ENTERTAINMENT.

    The Mayoress of Brisbane has convened a meeting of ladies to be held in the Council Chambers. Town Hall, Brisbane to-morrow afternoon. ...

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  39. THE BRITISH LINE.

    The "Matin" stales that the allied line was sensibly advanced on Wednesday between La Bassee and Festubert. Reuter's correspondent at St. Omer ...

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  40. IS IT RETREAT?

    It is estimated that recent German losses at Bsoura amounted to an army corps. Large bodies of German troops are ...

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  41. THE BUTTER MARKET.

    Danish butter is quoted at 150/ to 151/ per ewt. ...

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  42. ZEPPELIN FOUNDERS.

    A fisherma who has arrived at Noorddijk (Holland) reports that he saw a Zeppelin founder at sea. He was unable to render assistance. The weather was ...

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  43. PRICE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA

    The first sittings of the Gram and Fodder Board were held on Saturday. The board fixed the price of wheat at 7/4 per bushel. The board has notified ...

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  44. THE DACIA.

    The "New York World" states that if the British pronounce the Dacia to be a lawful prize they will merely have asserted a right which every sea Power has ...

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  45. FIGHT FOR A PLATEAU.

    When the line of trenches leaves the Argonno it passes Ville-sur-Tourbe which is in possession of the Germans; thence the trenches run through Massiges, and along ...

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  46. RIFLE CLUBS.

    A meeting of the employees of Farmer and Co., Ltd., Sydney, was held in the luncheon hall on 20th instant to form a rifle club on the lines recently ...

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  47. THE TURKISH CAMPAIGN.

    A communique states that stubborn fighting is going on beyond Chorekah, where the Turks are occupying strongly defended positions. ...

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  48. THE NORFOLK RAID.

    The Milan daily paper, "Secolo." says: "Germany's action in the peaceful fields of Norfolk is not war, but murder, and will make Germany's position more ...

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  49. PRICE OF MEAT.

    The fall in the price of cattle at the Enoggera saleyards has been followed by a drop in the prices fixed by the Control of Prices Board in the Southern division ...

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  50. THE BLANKET FUND.

    Seven blankets were received last evening. Captain and Mrs. J. B. Hinton, of the City Fire Brigade Station, contributed 4. "Anonymous," ex Bryce, 1, X.Y.Z. 2. ...

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  51. MEETING A DEFICIT.

    Speaking at Horsham yesterday the Premier (Sir Alexander Peacock) announced that he had arranged for sale of £1,000,000 worth of Treasury bonds to the ...

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  52. RETURNED TO LONDON.

    The Hon. T. Mackenzie (High Commissioner for New Zealand) has returned to England from Egypt. He says that the excellent arrangements for the ...

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  53. A LOUVAIN HORROR.

    The "Tyd" states that although the Germans denied that civilians were buried near the Van Deweyer monument in Louvalin, the municipal authorities ...

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  54. BATTLE CRUISER AUSTRALIA.

    Offcial information has been received by the Navy Office from Vice-Admiral Patey, by cable, that on January 6 the bettle crus[?] Australia captured a ...

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  55. PRICE OF BREAD.

    A full meeting of the Master Bakers' Association was held on Saturday evening to consider an increase in the present price of br[?] It was resolved ...

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  56. THE PRINCE'S GOOD-BYE.

    The following account of the departure of the King from France is sent by a special correspondent of the London "Evening News":—For a few moments ...

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  57. AN AFFRONT TO ITALY.

    The "Vossische Zeitung" states that the Italian Vice-consul at Liege has been s[?] tenced to two months' imprisonment for assisting communications between Belgian ...

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  58. EMPLOYMENT IN GREAT BRITAIN.

    Howard Motor and Cycle Co., Ltd., recently received a letter, dated November 30, from England in which a firm, touching on the war writes: "Whilst on this ...

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  59. THE SUBMARINE SAPHIR.

    Ten of the crew were saved from the French submarine Saphir, which was recently blown up by a mine in the Dardanelles. ...

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  60. INCREASE IN MELBOURNE.

    The Victorian Master Bakers' Association last evening decided upon the following increases in the prices of bread, to become operative from Thursday next: ...

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  61. RED CROSS SOCIETY.

    The South Brisbane branth will meet on Monday, February 1, at 3 p.m. Ladies will be at the Town Hall to-morrow and on Wednesday to distribute work. As ...

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  62. THE EX-KHEDIVE.

    The ex-Khedive of Egypt has arrived at Geneva, where several Egyptian Nationalists reported that the Young Turks had refused to allow the ex-Khedive to ...

    Article : 70 words
  63. PRIZES FOR REACHING ENGLAND.

    The "R[?]chs Anzeiger" states that prizes ranging from £25 to £125 have been offered to the first German soldier landing in Britain as a combatant, to ...

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  64. MAILS FROM THE AUSTRALIA.

    An announcement was made to-night by the Secretary of the Naval Board (Mr. M'Andie) that mails from H.M.A.S. Australia are expected to arrive in Sydney ...

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  65. COUNTRY MOVEMENTS.

    Rielly's Landsborough Hotel list for the "Courier" Belgian Fund totals £20. ...

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