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  2. AUSTRALIAN DASH.

    The following official announcement: has been issued:—The Commander-inChief in Egypt reports that on April 13 a column of Australian troops carried ...

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  3. AUSTRALIAN HOSPITALS.

    In continuation of the discussion on hospital arrangements, recently cabled, Australians and New Zealanders in London are anxiously awaiting a decision ...

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  4. ESCAPE FROM MALTA.

    An officer of the cruiser Emden and another German prisoner escaped in a boat from Malta, but were recaptured off Sicily. ...

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  5. "COURIER" PATRIOTIC FUNDS.

    The contributions to the "Courier" Patriotic Funds received on Saturday and last night announted to £38/8/9, which was a very good week-end response. ...

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  6. THE RECRUITING CAMPAIGN.

    The Queensland Recruiting Committee is drafting an urgent appeal to the country shires, particulary the far-out ones, to make some provision out of their ...

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  7. KAISER'S EXHORTATION.

    The Kaiser has issued the following exhortation to his troops:: "The treaty of 1871 was signed in Paris. Go forward, beloved soldiers! This time it is the ...

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  8. NAVAL ACTIVITY.

    Skippers report that a German crusier squardron is patrolling outside the Gulf of Riga. There are many new German ...

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  9. NEW FRENCH HOWITZER.

    The latest triumph for French engineers is a new 16in. howitzer, which is said to be equal to the German gun of similar dimensions. ...

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  10. GERMAN TORPEDO BOAT.

    A severely damaged torpedo boat passed Helsingborg, on the southern coast of Sweden, proceeding southward. The damage is attributed to an attack by a ...

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  11. CONSCRIPTION.

    A most important Cabinet meeting this afternoon considered the Army Council's statement regarding the requirements of the Army in view of Mr. Asquith's ...

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  12. DISGUSTING BUTCHERY.

    Two German deserters have informed a Dutch correspondent that they were glad to escape from the "hell" of the Verdun front. They witnessed the recent fight ...

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  13. SUBMERGED STEEL NET.

    The Germans are laying a huge sub merged steel net, with meshes six yards in diameter, across the international waters south of the Drogden lightship, ...

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  14. GREAT ITALIAN ABVANCE.

    The Rome correspondent of the " Daily Telegraph" wires that the Italian' offensive simultaneous with the German attack on Verdan has resulted in the ...

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  15. GERMAN CLAIMS.

    A Berlin official statement says: Eighty enemy merchantmen were sunk by German submarines and mines during March, of a total tonnage of 207,000. ...

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  16. ENLISTMENT STATISTICS.

    The number of men accepted throughout Queensland on Saturday for service with the Australian Imperial Forces was 64. At the Adelaide street Drill Shed, Brisbane, ...

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  17. ANZAC DAY.

    Princess Louise attended the Aza[?] Day matinee at His Majesty's Theatre. ...

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  18. NEW ZEALANDERS

    Sir T. Mackenzie, High Commissioner for New Zealand, to-day hade farewell to 100 officers and men who were leaving for New Zealand. ...

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  19. THE WITTENBERG HORROR.

    A semi-official statement has been issued in Berlin to the effect that the English report on the condition of the prisoners' camp at Wittenberg during the ...

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  20. THE SUSSEX OUTRAGE.

    The Foreign Office points out that Germany's statement regarding the Sussex outrage, that a submarine attacked some vessel at a certain moment, is ...

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  21. COUNTRY VOLUNTEERS.

    A largely-attended recruiting meeting was held at Grafton and South Grafton last night. Addresses were delivered by Senator Grant, Mr. Burns, M.H.R., ...

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  22. A GOVERNMENT GRANT.

    It is announced that the British Government has decided to make a grant to carry out the recommondations of a Royal Commission to facililate the ...

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  23. A SECOND WITTENBERG.

    A British prisoner at the German concentration camp at Cassel in a letter, describes the conditions there, recalling the revelations concerning the Wittenberg ...

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  24. ON THE TIGRIS.

    It is officially announced: General Sir Perry Lake reports: Our troops on the south bank of the Tigris on April 12 forced back the enemy's lines over a ...

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  25. STEAMER ANGUS.

    It is stated that two submarines attached the British steamet Angus, which was torpedoed in the Mediterranean. The remainder of the crew have now landed. ...

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  26. AN AUSTRIAN COMMUNIQUE.

    An Austrian communique states: Heavy outpost fighting developed at the mouth of the Lower Strypa and south-east of Duezaez. In the most southern part of the ...

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  27. LABOUR SHORTAGE.

    The "Daily Chronicle's" Parliamaitary correspondent states that the construction of hundreds of vessels has been hung up for months because labour has not been ...

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  28. LORD CHELMSFORD IN DANGER

    The "Times" publishes a statement to the effect that a submarine attempted to destroy the steamer on which Lord Chelmsford (the newly-appointed ...

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  29. PRESENTATIONS.

    A series of presentations took place recently at the establishment of Messrs, Simpson, Halligan and Co., Ltd., printers Petrie Bight, when several ...

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  30. AUSTRALIANS AT FOOTBALL.

    A team of Australians played a West Wales team of footballers at Swansea, and were defeated by 27 points to 7. It was a fast game, witnessed by 15,000 ...

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  31. CONSCRIPTION FOR CANADA.

    A strong conseription movement has been started here. Sir R. L. Borden Prime Minister of Canada, answering a deputation which waited upon ...

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  32. FOOD MASTICATION DRILL.

    Food mastication drill is the latest German weapon against England's starvation plan, according to the " Kolonische Volksveltung." That journal started a ...

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  33. THE SHENANDOAH MINED AND SUNK.

    Lloyd's report that the British steamer Shenandoah (3886 tons) struck a mine and sank, and that two of the crew are missing. ...

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  34. TURKISH COMMUNIQUE.

    A Turkish communique states: The enemy on the Irak front is extending his fortifieations. Three thousand British were Killed on April 7. They belonged ...

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  35. THE BRITISH FRONT.

    General Sir Douglas Haig reports: We exploded mines east of Vermelles on Thursday evening, considerably damaging the enemy's position. We successfully ...

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  36. DANISH STEAMER.

    A German submarine in the Cattegat captured the Danish steamer Kasan, bound from Liverpool. ...

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  37. THE EASTERN CAMPAIGN.

    A Russian communique states: The German offensive between Lakes Sventen and Ilzia was twice hurled back, the enemy abandoning a large number of ...

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  38. ROYAL SYMPATHY.

    The King and Queen visited the Victoria League Club for Overseas Soldiers, and noticed Private Killeck, an Australian, who had lost in arm. Their ...

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  39. THE CHANCELLOR'S SPEECH.

    The "Berliner Tageblatt" states that political circles in Vienna attach great importance to the visit to Berlin of Baron Burian, Austro-Hungarian Minister ...

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  40. AMERICA AND GERMANY.

    President Wilson and the State Department have agreed to despatch evidence of the submarine atrocities to Berlin, with what is described as "a ...

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  41. MEAT PACKERS' CLAIMS.

    A satisfactory settlement has been arranged with respect to the claims of leading Chicago meat packers against the British Government regarding wholesale ...

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  42. OVERSEAS CLUB SOUTHERN CROSS TOBACCO FUND.

    The following is a last of the third Queensland collections in connection with the Oversea Club Southern Cross Tobacco Fund:— ...

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  43. EMBARKATION OFFICERS.

    Captains Columbus Price and Hector Clayton, Australians, have been gazetted as attached to headquarters as embarkation staff officers. ...

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  44. RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE.

    A Russian communique states: We took the offensive south of Garbunovka, in the Dvinsk region, cutting four lines of barbed wire, and occupying the hills ...

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  45. BOUND VERDUN.

    An official communique issued to-day states: Matters are relatively calm at Verdun. A small German attack south of Douaumont was completely repulsed. ...

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  46. HERR LIEBKNECHT ATTACKED.

    A woman fired two shots at Herr Liebknecht, the Socialist Leader, to-day in a street in Berlin, but missed him. She was arrested. ...

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  47. OVERDRESSED.

    The police in Munich, the capital of Bavaria, arrested an aristocratic lady, and she was detained for several hours on a charge of being overfashionably dressed. ...

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  48. POST-WAR POLICY.

    The Peace Society is protesting against an anti-German fiscal policy after the war, and annexations of German territory without consulting the populations ...

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  49. MARINE INSURANCES INCREASED

    All marine insurance rates have been largely increased over those ruling for March Australia via the Cape now is 80/. and London to the Mediterranean, ...

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  50. FREIGHTS TO QUEENSLAND RAISED.

    Freights to Queensland ports direct have been railed to £4 per ton weight and £5/10/ per ton measurement. LONDON, Saturday. ...

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  51. HUN PLOTS IN AMERICA.

    The arrest of plotters in America in connection with the manufacture of bombs to blow up [?]tion ships was due to the arrest in London of a man giving the ...

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  52. PORTUGAL THREATENED.

    The German newspapers are publishing an inspired statement on the question ot reprisals against Portugal. It says that owing to geographical and other ...

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  53. "SHOULD THE WORKERS ARMP"

    Gallacher, chairman of the Workers' Committed, and M[?], editor of the "Worker," have been sentenced to a year's imprisonment for publishing an ...

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  54. TURKS DEMORALISED.

    A Russian communique states: The Turks, during six days, attacked our centre to the west of Erzeroum, but all the attacks were repulsed with heavy ...

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  55. BELGIAN FUND ART UNION.

    These persons who have had books of tickets in connection with the Belgian Fund art union for a valuable collection of fancy work are requested to forward ...

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  56. LONDON WOOL SALES.

    A good selection of crossbreds was offered it the wool sales to-day. The tone of the market continuer to improve, and prices to harden, and merinos were ...

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  57. BERLIN WIRELESS.

    An official announcement states: There is nothing to report from Verdun. The enemy attacked Marshal [?]on Hindenburg's army to the north-west, but were ...

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  58. GREEK RAILWAYS.

    The British Minister at Athens, interviewed by a representative of the "New Hellas," stated that if Greece had properly watched her own waters and ...

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  59. IRON AND RAILWAY MATERIAL.

    An Ordor in Council has been issued prohibiting the exportation to all destinations of pig iron, railway material, steel bars, girders, ingots, and tubes. ...

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  60. A GENEROUS OFFER.

    The proprietors of the Olympic Cafe, 350 Queen-street, which will be opened in a few days, have generously decided to donate £1 in every £5 taken on the ...

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  61. ANZAC DAY.

    Canon Garland, hon. secretary Anzac Day Commemoration Committee, states that the demand for badges is very great, telegrams reaching him from all parts of ...

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  62. TURKS AND GERMANS.

    The "Times" Balkan correspondent says that since the fall of Erzeroum the hostility between the Turks and Germans has been [?]sing. The Germans ...

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  63. MR. HUGHES.

    The first address to be delivered by Mr. Hughes to Labour would have been on the occasion of the combined Labour Party's dinner on Wednesday next. In ...

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  64. ROUMANIA AND GERMANY.

    Advices from Bucharest describe the alleged commercial treaty between Roumania and Germany as a German falsehood intended to influence German ...

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  65. PORTUGUESE POLITICAL CRISIS

    The political [?]sis in Portugal has ended, and the members of the Cabinet have withdrawn their resignations. ...

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  66. THE WHEAT MARKET.

    The wheat market is slightly easier, but cargoes are firmly Leld. The quotations in Chicago for May wheat options are 115[?] to 118[?] cents per ...

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  67. GERMANY'S STRENGTH FAILING.

    The following semi-official comment has been published regarding the German explanation that " bad visibility" had caused a slackening of the offensive at ...

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  68. CHINESE REVOLUTION.

    Fighting occurred at Canton on Wednesday evening. The revolutionaries attempted a landing, and the Republican troops resisted. There were a number ...

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  69. ARMENIAN MASSACRES.

    The Cologne correspondent of the "Tyd" states that the Catholic authorities have received advices from the Catholic Mission which confirm the previous statements ...

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  70. HONOUR BOARD UNVEILED.

    The Minister for Railways unveiled a handsome honour board at Townsville Railway Station this morning in the presence of a large crowd of railway ...

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  71. STARVING TURKS.

    The Turkish paper "Tanin" states that people in Constantinople, Broussa, Augora, and Smyrna are dying of hunger. Thousands of unemployed, who are half ...

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  72. SOLDIERS' C. OF E. HELP SOCIETY

    The regular meeting of the Soldiers' Church of England Help Society will be held to-morrow, at 3 p.m., in St. Luke's Church. The executive will meet at 2.30. ...

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