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  2. THE WEST FRONT.

    General Sir Douglas Haig, British Commander-in-Chief in France, reports: The night was quiet except for heavy German shelling south-east of Trones ...

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  3. RUSSIAN PROGRESS.

    A Russian official message states: We occupied the right bank of the Koropetz and reached the railway at Monasterisk, Nizniow, and the mouth of the Zlota Lipa. ...

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  4. BRITISH CREDIT.

    In the House of Commons the Treasury Estimates were discussed. Several members adversely criticised the large issues of Treasury bills, and said the Chancellor ...

    Article : 301 words
  5. "COURIER" PATRIOTIC FUNDS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 655 words
  6. SNUB FOR THE KAISER.

    Austrian resentment has resulted in Marshal von Hindenburg giving up the supreme comand on the East Front after four days. ...

    Article : 185 words
  7. WITH OUR BOYS.

    In the course of a letter to his parents and brother, Driver Tom Spode writes from "Somerwhere in France": "There is some talk of us all being out of khaki ...

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  8. GERMAN COMMUNIQUE.

    A German communique states: Repeated Russian attacks on the Strumien and the Stokhod were sanguinarily repulsed. A surprise in the Stokhod salient, east of ...

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  9. SALE OF DANISH WEST INDIES

    The agitation against the sale of the Danish West Indies to the United States is increasing, especially among the Conservative and Left ...

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  10. FALL OF GORIZIA.

    An Italian official message states: Cavalry and cyclists are pressing on the enemy eastward of Gorizia at several points under heavy fire. Hostile forces are ...

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  11. AUSTRIAN COMMUNIQUE.

    The following official Austrian statement has been issued:—The Russians made futile attacks northward of Nijniow, and there have been fresh fights ...

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  12. HOSTEL FOR AUSTRALIANS.

    Three hundred Australians slept last night at the new hostel at Horseferry-road, which was opened yesterday morning. Mrs. Samuels, a New Zealander, to whose ...

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  13. STATE STEAMERS

    The shipping paper "Fairplay" makes reference to the action of the New Zealand Government in creating a State line of steamers, and ...

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  14. TURKISH TROOPS AT LEMBER[?].

    The correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph" at Rotterdam states that 150,000 Turkish troops are concentrated at Lemberg, the capital of ...

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  15. FIERCE FIGHTING IN ARMENIA.

    A Russian official announcement states that fierce fighting has taken place north of Mush and Bitlis, in Armenia. ...

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  16. CARGO-CARRYING ZEPPELINS

    Germany, being hopeful of impressing neutral nations, announces that two giant cargo-carrying Zeppelins will begin trading with neutrals in September. ...

    Article : 73 words
  17. THE GUILLEMONT STRUGGLE.

    The correspondent of the "Morning Post" at Headquarters states that the Gullemont struggle was most obstinate, but hitherto has been indecisive. The ...

    Article : 141 words
  18. PERSONAL NOTES.

    Mr. T. S. H. Ford, of Arcadia, Rosslyn-street, East Brisbane, received official advice on Thursday that his son, Lieut. S. K. Ford, a member of one of the ...

    Article : 680 words
  19. FUTURE OF POLAND.

    German newspapers announce that the negotiations between Austria and Germany regarding the future of Poland have been broken off. They have been without ...

    Article : 57 words
  20. THE SUBMARINE BREMEN

    The Eastern Forwarding Company, agents for the German undersea boats, has leased a pier, and is hurriedly erecting a warehouse. It is believed that the ...

    Article : 67 words
  21. KUROPATKIN GOVERNOR OF TURKESTA[?]N

    General Kuropatkin has been appointed Governor-General of Russian Turkestan. ...

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  22. KING'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS ON A TROOPSHIP.

    Private Vivian Brahms, well known an Brisbane in connection with his work as a member of the Brisbane Amateur Operatic Society, sends an account of an ...

    Article : 343 words
  23. THE FRENCH FRONT.

    An official communique issued to-day states: We progressed northward of Hem Wood. Rain and fog tampers operations. Our fire broke down a flame ...

    Article : 149 words
  24. THE DEUTSCHLAND SIGHTED.

    The captain of the Norwegian ship Meteor reports that when off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland he saw the German submarine Deutschland, which ...

    Article : 48 words
  25. IN MACEDONIA.

    The French have begun the bombardment of Doiran, 38 miles north-north--west of Salonica. ...

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  26. THE EGYPTIAN BATTLE.

    The Cairo correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph Company states that the troops are in excellent spirits, and all traces of desert fatigue have disappeared. ...

    Article : 59 words
  27. MAMMOTH SUPER-DREADNOUGHT.

    Commander Adger Moffatt, the United States naval construction expert, advocates the building of a mammoth super-Dreadnought, with a displacement of ...

    Article : 84 words
  28. BEDS FOR DISABLED OFFICERS.

    Mrs. Fink has given £5000 to endow the Harold Fink memorial beds for disabled officers in the Douglas Shields Hospital. ...

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  29. NEW ZEALANDER KILLED.

    Captain Thomas Kinder, of the Suffolk Regiment, formerly of Auckland, has been killed. ...

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  30. MEXICAN MINISTER'S DEATH

    The death is announced of Senor Amador (Mexican Secretary for Foreign Relational, who bad been ill for 19 days with gangrene. ...

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  31. BULGARIA AND ROUMANIA.

    Bulgaria is seeking to create a neutral zone on the Roumanian frontier in order to prevent a recurrence of clashes between Bulgarian and Roumanian patrols. ...

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  32. GERMAN COMMUNIQUE.

    A German official message states: Intense artiller fighting is taking place from the Ancre to the Somme. The British unwounded prisoners in our hands ...

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  33. ENGLISH COLLECTIONS ON FRANCE'S DAY.

    The English collections on France's Day amounted to £50,000. ...

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  34. ENLISTMENT STATISTICS.

    Only 11 recruits were secured for the A.I.F. yesterday, Brisbane contributing 3, Rockhampton 1, Lismore 2, Cairns 3, and Warwick 2. The grand total of the ...

    Article : 36 words
  35. GERMANISATION OF TURKEY.

    Germany has appointed three trade commissioners in Asia Minor. The real purpose of this action is to accelerate the "Germanisation" of Turkey and to ...

    Article : 32 words
  36. 26th BATTALION COMFORTS FUND.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 60 words
  37. ALLIED AIR RAID.

    The arsenal at Ghent was half destroyed in the recent raid by Allied aviators. The raid caused a panic among the workmen, and there were 80 German casualties. ...

    Article : 47 words
  38. THE DARDANELLES COMMISSION.

    Mr. Bonar Law, Secretary of State for the Colonies, speaking in the House of Commons to-day, explained that the Imperial Government thought it desirable ...

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  39. INDIGNATION IN AUSTRIA.

    The Amsterdam correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph Company states that the fall of Gorizia has caused Indignation in Austria, and it is probable that the ...

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  40. COUNTRY VOLUNTEERS.

    Mr. F. Wynne, of this district, has been accepted for service, and will go into camp in about three weeks' time. ...

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  41. QUEEN OF MONTENEGRO.

    The Queen of Montenegro and the princesses have arrived in Paris, and will reside here. ...

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  42. "LOOK FORWARD TO FRESH FIELDS."

    Staff Sergeant E. Clark was a wellknown Ambulance bearer at the Brisbane headquarters prior to enlisting and is now somewhere in the desert." In an ...

    Article : 262 words
  43. TELESCOPE AND PERISCOPES AT THE EXHIBITION.

    To provide comforts for our soldiers at home and abroad is one of the main avenues of patriotic activity pursued by the Brisbane Girls' Club, and the coming ...

    Article : 239 words
  44. ENORMOUS INCREASE IN MUNITIONS.

    A wireless message states that the French output of machine-guns is now 135 times greater than in 1914, of rifles, 300 times greater, of 75 millimetre guns, 27 ...

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  45. ENLISTMENTS IN OTHER STATES.

    Following were to-day's recruiting figures:—Offered, 71; accepted, 34. Yesterday: Offered, 74; accepted, 48. MELBOURNE, August 11. ...

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  46. ROUMANIA'S POSITION.

    The nespaper "La Roumanie" says: "Salonica represents the means whereby the Entente can pulverise Germanism in the Balkans. Not only is a victory ...

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  47. RAILWAYMEN AND FOOD PRICES.

    In consequence of Mr. Asquith declining to receive a deputation from the National Union of Railaymen regarding food control, the executive of the union has ...

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  48. AUSTRIAN COMMUNIQUE.

    An Austrian official announcement states:—Owing to the situation arising out of the evacuation of the bridgehead at Gorizia, the town has been given up. ...

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  49. ACTION IN NEW ZEALAND.

    The Government intends to bring into immediate operation that section of the Military Service Act which compels the bringing before the Military Service Board ...

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  50. FOOD SUPPLIES FOR BELGIUM.

    Lord Robert Cecil (Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs) stated in the House of Commons that the Government was satisfied that the food imported into ...

    Article : 95 words
  51. AIR RAID ON ENGLAND.

    A German wireless states: Several naval airship squadions last night bombed with the largest explosive and incendiary bombs the English naval ...

    Article : 138 words
  52. BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 108 words
  53. BOMBS ON VENICE.

    An Austrian communique states:—In retaliation for the Italian battleplane attack on Flume, 21 Austrian aeroplanes bombed the arsenal, railway station, and ...

    Article : 52 words
  54. WOUNDED OR SICK.

    The military authorities advise that approximately 32 returned invalid soldiers are expected to arrive by special train from Sydney to-morrow, at 8.35 p.m. at ...

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  55. SUPPORT FOR MR. HUGHES.

    The Queensland Universal League has written to the Prime Minister expressing, its admiration and approval of the stand he has taken an England on Imperial and ...

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  56. WARNING TO TURKEY.

    In the House of Commons Mr. H. W. Forster, Financial Secretary to the War Office, stated that the number of Turkish prisoners in British hands was 425 ...

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  57. INTERNATIONAL LABOUR SOLIDARITY

    The "Hamburger Nach[?]chten" states that Australia's leading part in the economic struggle against German labour is the sharpest possible proof of the ...

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  58. UNVEILING MEMORIALS.

    His Excellency the Governor-General will unvail the church honour board to-morrow morning at the service in St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, ...

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  59. "A WALKING CURIOSITY SHOP."

    Private A. M'Donald writes as follows to his mother, Mrs. M. E. M'Donald, Stoneleigh-street, Lutwyche, from "Somewhere in Franee": "You must excuse me ...

    Article : 757 words
  60. THE WHEAT MARKET.

    Wheat is very firm, and sparingly offered. A parcel of 1000 quarters of Australian wheat afloat has been sold at 69/ per 480lb. ...

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  61. DEFENCE OF GERMAN CROPS.

    The German commanders have issued confidential instructions to the farmers for the defence of their crops from fire bombs chopped by Anglo-French aviators. ...

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  62. LABOUR ADVISORY DEPARTMENT.

    The Government is establishing a Labour Advisory Department under the control of Mr. Arthur Henderson. ...

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  63. COMMONWEALTH WAR LOAN.

    In the list recently published of large subscriptions to the War Loan the name of E. Rich and Company, Limited, general merchants, Brisbane, was inadvertently ...

    Article : 75 words
  64. THE EXPLOSION IN NEW YORK.

    The embargo on the shipments of munitions, consequent on the recent disastrous explosion, has Been lifted by the court, as a result of the suit brought by the ...

    Article : 63 words
  65. LORD LANSDOWNE RESIGNING.

    The "Daily Chronicle" says it is understood that the Marquis of Lansdowne (who is a member of the Cabinet without portfolio) will shortly resign on account ...

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  66. SAFE DEPOSIT.

    The rent of safes and deed boxes at Trustees' Safe Deposit, 395 Queen-street, ranges from 10/6 per annum; a mere insurance premium. Inspection invited.* ...

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  67. BRITISH PIANOS, BRITISH PIANOS.

    Chappell, also Sames, Chappell, also Sames. The choice of experts. Sole agents, Paling & Co., 80-88 Queen-street, Brisbane.* ...

    Article : 22 words
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