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  2. RUSSIANS HARD PRESSED.

    An official communique issued to-day states; We occupied a portion of the enemy's trenches at Bagatelle, altering the front to our advantage. Our infantry and ...

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  3. NAVAL OPERATIONS.

    Advices from Constantinople state that the [?]ser Breslau was torpedoed in the Black Sea, and returned to the Bosphorus with a hole 6 meteres by 3 ([?] by 6½ft.) ...

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  4. ANTI-SLAVERY.

    The Anti-Slavery Society, in a letter to Mr. Bonar Law (Secretary of State for the Colonies), urged the liberation of any forced labour found in German ...

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  5. A TOUCHING ADDRESS.

    Reuter's correspondent at Malta has sent to London the full text of a letter from Miss Jeanic Dobson, a teacher in the Ballarat (Victoria) High School, ...

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  6. SOUTH AFRICAN REBELS.

    Commandant Kemp, who was eonvieted of treason, has been sentenced at Pretoria to seven years' imprisonment, and fined £1000. ...

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  7. GERMAN ADMIRATION OF THE HEROIC RUSSIANS.

    The Germans express admiration of the bravery of the Russians. They say the German artillery attack was responsible for their retreat, and that probably no ...

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  8. CAVALRY CAMPS BOMBARDED.

    An official communique states:— Our destroyers in the region of the Bosphorus bombarded a Tarkish cavalry camp, inflicting heavy losses. ...

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  9. INTERNMENT OF GERMANS.

    The "Daily Express" publishes a statement that Baron von Bissing has been interned. His internment has been demaded in vain for the past six months. ...

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  10. COLONEL CAMERON.

    Colonel Cameron, C.B., formerly Senator for Tasmanis, who rejoined the Imperial forces on the outbreak of the war, has sailed for Tasnania on sick leave. He ...

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  11. MURDER OF 5000 PRISONERS.

    The news of the shooting in cold blood of 5000 Russian prisoners has aroused burning indignation, and the Russian Army is determined to make the Germans ...

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  12. BRITISH SUBMARINE.

    A British submarine on the 17th instant bombarded Gherson Railway Station, near Tuzla, wreeking a train laden with wheat. The amm[?]ition works at Zeitunburna ...

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  13. WARSAW WELL DEFENDED.

    The Blonic-Nadarjin line, defending Warsaw on the west and south-west, is sp[?]endidly entrenched and manned by veterans from the B[?]ura and the Rawka. ...

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  14. AN AUSTRALIAN OFFICER'S DEATH.

    Captain Mauger, of the Fifth Australian Battalion, died in the Wandsworth Hospital, and was buried at Wandsworth with full military honours. ...

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  15. ON THE ISONZO FRONT.

    An official communique states: The battle, continues along the whole Isonzo front, and our success is becoming constantly more apparent. The Austrians, ...

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  16. THE WAR LOAN.

    A correspondent in the "Dconomist," explains that injustice has been inflicted on investors in the New South Wales loan by the issue of the war loan, and ...

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  17. FIGHTING NEAR ADEN.

    The Press Bureau has issued the following:— Sheikh Othman, near Aden, was reoccupied on July 21. The Turks, who were easily expelled, were pursued for ...

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  18. BLACK SEA BATTLE.

    Berlin denies that the German submarine U51 has been sunk off Varna (a [?]nlgarian port on the Black Sea). It is also stated that no battle has occurred ...

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  19. WITH BACK TO THE WALL.

    The New York "World" publishes a telegram, dated July 22, from M. Polivanoff, Russian War Minister, in which he states that the Germans made ten ...

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  20. MAX HORTON DECORATED.

    The Tsar has decorated with the order of St. George Commander Max Horton, of the British submarine which sank the German battleship Pommera in the ...

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  21. ON THE EUPHRATES.

    A communique states: On 19th we defeated the Turks, who had crossed to the left bank of the Euphrates, near Obintchare. They retreated hurriedly in the ...

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  22. SCHOOLS OF EMPIRE.

    In the Schools of the Empire shooting competition Wellingborough won the senior competition with a total of 490. Auckland Grammar School was sixth with ...

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  23. TAUBE FORCED TO DESCEND.

    While a Taube aeroplane was flying over Sainte Menahoud and Neuville an Point directing artillery fire, two French aeroplanes compelled it to descend into ...

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  24. LIQUOR RESTRICTION.

    Drastic liquor regulations have been issued at Barrow-in-Furness, the great engineering and shipbuilding centre on the coast of Cumberland. They restrict the ...

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  25. GREEKS IN TURKEY.

    Greece has sent eight destroyers to make a demonstration at Smyrna as a protest against the ill-treatment of Greeks in Turkey. Relations between Gree[?] and ...

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  26. SUBMARINE PIRATES.

    An Aberdeen trawler was sunk by a submarine in the North Sea. The crew landed at Stromness. ...

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  27. GORIZIA IN DANGER.

    The Austrians are hurrying reinforcements, including many Bavarians, to Gorizia, and are flinging them into the firing line. The Italians, however, are ...

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  28. ALLEGED BELGIAN PLOT.

    "Le Matin" states that the Germans have arrested Canon. Vrancken, secretary to Cardinal Mercier (Archbishop of Malines), alleging that he is the leader ...

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  29. WELSH CHURCH DISESTABLISHMENT.

    The "Daily Telegraph" states that the Government is abandoning the Bill postponing the operation of the Act disestablishing the Church in Wales, the ...

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  30. GERMAN STEAMER BLOWN UP.

    Fishermen at Madoeland (a small Prussian island in the North Sea) found the wreekage of a German steamer, whose ammunition boxes apparently blew up a ...

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  31. BRITISH CASUALTIES.

    The British casnalties announced to-day included 77 officers and 574 men. ...

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  32. HAY CROP GOMMANDEERED.

    The Government is commandeering the Scottish hay crop for the army at prices ranging from £3/15/ to £6/10/ per ton according to date of delivery. ...

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  33. ARRESTS IN GHENT.

    Three hundred persons were arrested in Ghent on Belgian National Day during collisions with the German military. ...

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  34. THE VICTORIA CROSS.

    The Victoria Cross has been awarded to Lance-corporal Albert Jacka, of the Fourteenth Australian Battalion, for conspicuous bravery on the night of May ...

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  35. A GRENADE EXPLODES.

    A hand grenade which a soldier brought from the trenches exploded at Trowbridge, seriously inguring the soldier's two children, and partly ...

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  36. THE KAISER'S SOLDIERS.

    All the German soldiers on leave have been ordered to rejoin their regiments immediately. ...

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  37. THE LUSITANIA QUESTION.

    Co[?]nt Bernstorff, the German Ambassador, has received a copy of the notes which have passed between the United States and German ...

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  38. SECRET BELGIAN WIRELESS.

    The German authorities in Brussels are offering £500 for information respecting a private wireless station for which they have searched in vain for the past nine ...

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  39. PATRIOTIC MEETINGS ARRANGED.

    The National Patriotic Organisation has arranged meetings to be held in the chief centres on August 4, at which the citizens will be asked to record their inflexible ...

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  40. LONDON WOOL SALES.

    At the wool sales to-day there was a better sale all round. Medium and good wools were firmer, but shabby sorts were unchanged. Following were the prices ...

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  41. REPORT BY "EYE-WITNESS."

    "Eye-witness" with the British bendquarters states: The week ending 18th inst. was uneventful. Some Germans waved flags at one section of the line, ...

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  42. GERMAN SOCIALISTS.

    The German Socialists are arranging for a meeting in Berlin to formulate the parly's poliey. The newspapers indicate the creation of a new party of which ...

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  43. THE NATION'S BURDEN.

    A White paper announces that the national debt at the end of March amounted to £1,161,951,000. ...

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  44. THE SITUATION IMPROVED.

    The "Daily Tolegraph" corrospondent at Petrograd says there are indications that the situation around Warsaw has improved in the last 24 hours. The chief ...

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  45. AVOIDING BRITISH CENSORSHIP

    A Swedish committee has been formed to erect n wireless station at Karlsborg, for direct communication with America, thus avoiding British censorship. ...

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  46. OCTROIS SUGGESTED.

    The "Spectator" suggests if it is nccessary to have indirect txation that national octrois should be established instead of a tariff, and adds: "Five per cent. Port ...

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  47. BRITISH PRISONERS IN GERMANY.

    In a White Paper which has been published it is stated that Sir Edward Grey forwarded to Dr. W. H. Page (the United States Ambassador) complaints from ...

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  48. OCCUPATION OF TOFANA.

    An official communique states: We completed the occupation of Tofana. The enemy made several futile night attacks on the Isonzo. The Austrians yesterday ...

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  49. THE ORDUNA INSULT.

    The report on the Orduna incident has been drawn up. It is stated unofficially that it supports the allegation of a submarine attack on the steamer. It is ...

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  50. ENEMY ATTACKS REPULSED.

    An official communique states: The enemy continues to advance on the J[?]hai-Shavli-Rossieni front. On the Narew front on the left side of the ...

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  51. GERMAN COMMUNIQUES.

    A German communique states: We ejected the French from advanced positions at Linge and Barrenkopf, but according to our plans we evacuated these ...

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  52. NO COMPROMISE.

    The United States note to Germany on the subject of submarine warfare has been presented at Berlin. It announces the intention of the Government to ...

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  53. THE COAL PRICES BILL.

    The Coal Prices Limitation Bill har passed the committee stage in the House of Commons. A clause was inserted exempting Ireland from the operation of ...

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  54. BOMBS ON THE SANT ELOI RAILWAY.

    An Italian dirigible balloon on Thursday night bombed the Sant Eloi-Nabresina Railway, and returned safely. An Austrian fast eruiser and four ...

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  55. GERMAN PLOTS.

    The serious spread of strikes in the Eastern States is the gravest factor in the suspicion that German propagandists are planning an industrial upheaval, ...

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  56. A SERIOUS CHECK.

    Reports received here state that the Germans lost 8000 men on the Warsaw Front [?] July 22. The Germans have had a serious cheek against ...

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  57. AUSTRIAN COMUNIQUES.

    An Austrian communique states: The Italians made many attacks on the Do[?]erdo Plateau, and Sorauffina, but were repulsed. Our troops maintain their ...

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  58. ATTACK ON VERDUN.

    Despite the efforts of the German Crown Prince, Verdun is as little besieged now as during the winter. The Crowa Frince is attacking 35 miles from ...

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  59. COAL FOR FRANCE.

    Mr. Walter Runciman (President of the Board of Trade) in the House of Commons to-day announced that the Government had already given the French ...

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  60. SITUATION AT RIGA.

    The factories and depots at Riga are moving their plant and goods into the interior. ...

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  61. AMERICAN EXPLOSIVES TRADE.

    The exports of explosives for the 11 months ended in May last were only 24,000,000 (£4,800,000) dollars in excess of those for the corresponding period in 1914 ...

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  62. BRITAIN'S NEW ARMY.

    The Kow[?]sche Volkszeitung" Publishes an article on Britain's New Army, in which it pays a high tribute to Lord Kitchener's organisation and talent, and ...

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  63. WHEAT MARKET.

    The wheat market is firm, and prices unchanged. The quantity of wheat and flour af[?]at for the United Kingdom is 2,135,008 ...

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  64. SPEECH BY THE KING.

    His Majesty the King to-day continued his tour of the munition works in the Dirminghnm area. His Majesty was entertained at luncheon by the Munitions ...

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  65. COAL FROM THE TRANSVAAL.

    The Transvaal coal owners have offered the Imperial Government 109,000 tons of coal. ...

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  66. GERMAN COMMUNIQUES.

    A German communique states: We continue the p[?]suit of the Russiaus in Courland. Our troops advanced closer in the Narew bridgehead ...

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  67. AUSTRIAN AEROPLANE BROUGHT DOWN.

    The Italians brought down an Austrian aeroplane which was trying to bomb Udine. The captain and lieutenant were wounded, and taken prisoners. ...

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  68. FLAMBOYANT ARMY ORDER.

    The German Crown Prince has issued a flamboyant army order to the troops in the Argonne, in which he states: "In 10 months of heavy and sanguinary fighting ...

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  69. CLYDE ENGINEERS.

    The majority of the Clyde shipyard employees and engineers continue to ignore the request of the Admiralty for a curtailment of their heliday. Forty ...

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  70. MYSTERIOUS AEROPLANES.

    Alarm has been caused here by repeated reconnaissances, apparently by foreign aeroplanes, in districts where aviation is prohibited. The military have ...

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  71. SOUTH AFRICA'S IMPERIALISM.

    Brigadier-General Henry Timson Lukin, D.S.O., will command the frist South African brigade for Europe. Instead of military pay, the Government will allow ...

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  72. THE EASTERN CAMPAIGN.

    Considerable importance is attached to the Russian offensive at the Sokal radhead, where the enemy has been expelled. Details show that the Russians advanced ...

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  73. TURKEY AND ITALIAN PROPERTY

    Baron Sonnino, Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs, has informed the Cabinet that he has taken vigorons steps to in duce Turkey to abandon her hostility ...

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  74. COTTON OPERATIVES.

    The cotton operatives have been granted an advance in wages during the war of 5 per cent, as the result of the reference of the dispute to the Government for ...

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  75. INDIAN LOYALTY.

    The Press throughout India continues to insist on a more rigorous internment of all Germans as a proper precautionary measure. ...

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  76. A NEW STIMULANT.

    Soldiers from North Schleswig who have returned from the Argonne deelare that the value placed on human life in the Crown Prince's army since the war was ...

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  77. IN GALLIPOLI.

    The Press Burean has issued the following statement:—General Sir lan Hamilton reports: The Turks in the southern section, at 3 ...

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  78. THE RETURNING COLONIALS.

    Prior to the departure of the Australian and New Zealand soldiers on their return to the Fro[?], Lork Kitchener telegraphed to Sir Newton ...

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  79. THE COTTON QUESTION.

    Several London newspapers advocate the revocation of the Orders in Council regarding cotton. The Washington correspondent of the London "Times" [?]ges ...

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  80. AUSTRIAN COMMUNIQUES.

    An Austrian communique states; The enemy has been strongly remforced in the direction of Sokal, where they have established a bridgehead on the ...

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  81. GENERAL BOTHA.

    The University of Capetown has conferred the degree of Doctor of Laws on General Botha, General Smuts, and Mr. J. X. Merriman. The students gave an ...

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  82. TURKS PREPARING.

    Advices from Constantinople indicate that the Tarks are preparing for a general attack in the Gallipoli Peninsula. The Turks realise that they have lost the ...

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  83. A SUCCESSFUL AIR RAID.

    During a recent air raid in the neighbourhood of Brussels a bomb completely destroyed the German meteorological post, ...

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  84. SALE OF MOTOR CARS.

    In a case before the Court of King's Benth over disputed commissions for the selling of motor cars to the War Office the evidence ...

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  85. AUSTRALIAN WOUNDED.

    Several letters in the "Morning, Post" point out that many people are already making the Australian wounded men feel at home, and that others are willing to ...

    Article : 78 words
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