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  2. SINKING OF THE LAGONIA.

    The "Daily Chronicle" states the latest news regarding the torpedoing of the Cunard liner Laconia is that 13 of those on board are missing. The ...

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  3. "ALL ALONG THE LINE."

    Mr. Philip Gibbs, war correspondent at the British Front, in a telegraphic message on February 27, states: "Our troops are still advancing all along the ...

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  4. GERMANY'S HYPOCRISY.

    The Admiralty has received the following wireless Press message: Dr. von Hethmann-Hollweg (German Imperial Chancellor), speaking in the Reichstag, ...

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  5. WHAT WILL AMERICA DO?

    The opinion here is that the sinking of the Laconia was a clear cut violation of America's rights. Authoritative opinion to this effect was given after the ...

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  6. RELATIONS WITH AUSTRIA.

    Arrangements have been made for the withdrawal of diplomatic officers in Austria if necessary. There is a belief that a break is inevitable, and Spain will be ...

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  7. AN APPALLING STORY.

    The "Novoe Vremya" publishes an appalling story of German poison gas exterminating the entire population of a Galician village. The Russian troops ...

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  8. "COURIER" PATRIOTIC FUNDS.

    An amount of £4/7/6 came to the "Courier" Patriotic Funds yesterday, the Belgians, Serbians, Poles, and Wounded Soldiers all benefiting thereby. The ...

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  9. THE WAR MINISTRY.

    In the Senate to-day, Senator Ferricks (O.) resumed the debate on the question that the Ministerial statement of policy be printed. He declared his belief that the ...

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  10. DEPARTING GERMAN AMBASSADOR.

    The Danish steamer Frederick VIII., with Count Bernstorfi, late German Ambassador to America, and his suite on board, has sailed for Copenbagen. ...

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  11. HOLLAND AND GERMANY.

    The Dutch Foreign Minister has sent a note to Berlin holding Germany responsible for the torpedoing of seven Dutch steamers. It is understood that ...

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  12. THE PREFERENCE PROPOSALS.

    A meeting of the Parliamentary Free-trade Committee which was attended hy Mr. Reginald M'Kenna, Mr. Ranciman, Lord Beauchamp, Lord Bryce, and Sir ...

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  13. THE MESOPOTAMIAN VICTORY.

    In the House of Lords, replying to the Marquis of Crewe, Lord Curzon (Lord President of the Council) said that a furhter telegram received stated that the ...

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  14. ATTACK ON LORD FISHER.

    Speaking in the House of Commons on the Navy Estimate, Mr. Winston Churchill warmly defended Lord Fisher against the attack made by Admiral Sir ...

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  15. GREEK STEAMER BOMBED.

    The newspaper "Paron" states that German aeroplanes bombed the Greek steamer Mykali, which was transporting Greek infantry to the Peloponnesus, and ...

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  16. A NEW ZEALANDER KILLED.

    Second Lieutenant F. G. Russell, of the Flying Corps, formerly of the New Zealand Mounted Rifles, has been killed while flying. His brother, Lieut. ...

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  17. THE A.I.F.

    The Assistant Minister for Defence stated in the House of Representatives to-day that the number of men who had been despatched for active service abroad ...

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  18. LATEST SUBMARINES.

    The British steamer Headley, 4953 tons, has been sunk. ...

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  19. ROUMANIAN CAMPAIGN.

    A Roumanian communique states:—We repulsed, with enemy losses, strong enemy reconnaissances on the north-western frontier of Moldavia. We bombarded the ...

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  20. CHARGE AGAINST AN OFFICER.

    Lieutenant Malcolm P. Astley, a New Zealand officer, pleaded guilty before a court martial to the charge of drunkenness and resisting the military police on ...

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  21. THE FIRST DIVISION.

    A deputation waited on the Minister for Defence to-day with a petition from the relatives of those who left Australia with the First Division, urging that the ...

    Article : 148 words
  22. "WILL SHUDDER WITH HORROR."

    The Bordeaux correspondent of the "New York Times" has interviewed an American Consul, who returned with Mr. Gerard. The Consul made a most ...

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  23. RUSSIAN FRONT.

    The Admiralty has received a wireless Press message containing the following Russian communique: In the region of Smorgen the enemy discharged eight gas ...

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  24. NATIONAL SERVICE BILL.

    A debate on the National Service Bill took place in the House of Commons. Many members urged the necessity for an amendment clearly preventing the ...

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  25. THE MILITARY GROSS.

    Third Australian Divisional Headquarters' orders state that under the King's authority Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig has awarded the Military Cross to ...

    Article : 302 words
  26. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    In the House of Representatives, The debate on the Governments motion to ask the Imperial Parliament to extend the life of the Commonwealth Parliament ...

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  27. GERMAN COMMUNIQUE.

    A wireless Press message received by the Admiralty contains the following German communique: Activity on the East Front has increased with the decreasing ...

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  28. RECRUITS IN BRISBANE.

    Twenty-one men offered then services in the A.I.F. yesterday (all single men but two), and 15 were accepted. "Such figures as these," said the State ...

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  29. RESTRICTION OF IMPORTS.

    Mr. Hughes, replying to-day to a deputation of Tasmanian hop growers, relative to the importation of American hops, said that the Government would ...

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  30. GERMANISING BOHEMIA.

    The reorganisation of the Constitution of Austria-Hungary has been commenced at Germany's instigation. It aims at paralysing the national Czech ...

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  31. THE AUSTRALIAN MAILS.

    The Secretary to the Postal Department is cabling to the Imperial authorities to ascertain what Australian mails were on the Luconia when torpedoed. If the ...

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  32. A HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE.

    Mr. Fardingham, an Australian passenger on the Laconia, states: "I was playing cards in the smokeroom, when the vessel was torpedoed. I went on deck, ...

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  33. NEW GAS SHELLS.

    "Le Journal" states that the Germans have fallen back to avoid sanguinary disaster. The British victory was due especially to the terrifying effectiveness of ...

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  34. DISTURBANCE IN THE CITY.

    At about 10.30 last night some eight or ten soldiers in uniform assembled at the corner of Queen and Wharf streets, and called on passing ...

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  35. AUSTRIAN ATROCITIES.

    The Austrians executed 150 Bosmians and Herzegovinians who declared themselves to be Serbians. The victims included clergymen, members of ...

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  36. DEMAND FOR VENGEANCE.

    Mr. Austin Hoy has cabled President Wilson demanding that the deaths of his mother and sister should be avenged, and requesting the privilege of being the first ...

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  37. SIR DOUGLAS HAIG'S REPORT.

    Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, in a report issued last night, states:—We made futher progress, and captured Le Barque, occupied Ligny, and established ourselves ...

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  38. RED CROSS TRAIN DISASTER.

    A Swedish Red Cross train, conveying exchanged prisoners from Russia, left the rails at Norrland. Four carriages were wrecked, and 65 Germans were buried in ...

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  39. ENLISTMENTS IN OTHER STATES.

    The enlistment figures to-day were 19 volunteered, 17 fit. ...

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  40. THE YARROWDALE PRISONERS.

    The officials here are sceptical as to the German report that the American prisoners on the Yarrowdale are detained owing to an outbreak of infectious ...

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  41. COUNTRY VOLUNTEERS.

    Messrs. Robert Gardner, John Stanton, and Neville Thomas Wright, all of Goondiwindi, were accepted at Toowoomba to-day. ...

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  42. WAR PRISONERS.

    In the House of Commons to-day Mr. J. F. Hope (Junior Lord of the Treasury) said that an exchange of prisoners of war was impracticable, as Germany would get ...

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  43. LABOUR FOR AGRICULTURE.

    Speaking at the Middlesex Guldhall, Lord Selborne said it was preposterous that the efforts of Mr. R. E. Prothero (President of the Board of Agriculture) ...

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  44. SIX DEATHS IN ONE BOAT.

    The New York "Times" correspondent has interviewed Mr. J. F. Fotheringham, a Sydney survivor from the Laconia, who says: "The boat we were saved in was ...

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  45. MERCHANT CAPTAINS AS HOSTAGES.

    The "Daily Chronicle" states that the German commanders apparently have now been oldered to capture merchant captains, whether or not the steamers ...

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  46. PERSONAL NOTES.

    Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Berry, Cooroora, Sherwood, have received official notification that their son, Lieutenant Roy Morley Berry, was killed in action in ...

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  47. WOMEN AS SOLICITORS.

    In the House of Lords to-day, Lord Buckmaster (late Lord Chancellor), in moving the second reading of the Bill providing for the admission of women as ...

    Article : 116 words
  48. GERMAN COMMUNIQUE.

    The Admiralty has received a wireless Press message containing the following German communique:—Numerous British advances were made between ...

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  49. A REALISTIC DESCRIPTION.

    Mr. Floyd Gibbons, of the "Chicago Tribune" staff, was on board the Laconia, and gives a realistic description of the event. He says: "We were ...

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  50. SPY INVESTIGATIONS.

    Many prominent men of foreign birth are under suspicion in connection with the spy investigation, and wholesale arrests are expected in the event of war. ...

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  51. THE BADGE "AUSTRALIA."

    The following notification appeared in the military notifications which were issued yesterday:—"It has been noticed that there is an increasing number ...

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  52. PRESIDENT POINCARE'S CONGRATULATIONS.

    President Poincare has telegraphed to King George his heartiest congratulations for the splendid achievement of the British on the Western front and at ...

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  53. MR. GERARD LEAVES SPAIN.

    Mr. Gerard, with a party of forty, in addition to newspaper correspondents and American refugees from Germany, has embarked from Spain. Mr. Gerard states ...

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  54. MOTOR DRIVERS AS NIGHT PLOUGHMEN.

    Sir Arthur Lee, Director of Food Production, has appealed to gentlemen motor drivers to act as night ploughmen between now and April 15. He states that ...

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  55. ENLISTING IN ANOTHER COUNTRY.

    In the House of commons to-day Mr. Bonar Law said that, owing to the unfairness of calling up British subjects in localities where there are large alien ...

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  56. MEMORIAL SERVICES.

    At the Upper North Pine Presbyterian Church on Sunday a memorial service was conducted by Rev. T. Leyden for Messrs. H. Easlea and W. Nugent, who died last ...

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  57. FRENCH FRONT.

    A French communique issued to-day states: We raided the German lines south-east of Valmy, and brought back prisoners. Patrol encounters took place ...

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  58. FINAL HOME LEAVE AND BOUNDS.

    A routine order recently issued by Major C. J. Weavers (Camps Commandant) reads:—" Final home leave: The attention of all ranks is again directed ...

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  59. SEATS FOR HIGH COMMISSIONERS

    The Government ahs allotted to the High Commissioners for the Dominions permanent seats in the House of Commons behind the Ambassadors' benches. ...

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  60. THE STOCK EXCHANGE.

    The Stock Exchange is inactive, and brokers anticipate a period of quietade, owing to the amount of money locked up in the War Loan. ...

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  61. RESCUE OF AMERICAN REFUGEES.

    Germany refuses to guarantee the safety of the American naval vessels Desmoines and Cacsar, if they are sent to Beirat with relief for the destitute ...

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  62. LONDON WOOL SALES.

    The wool sale to-day was confined entirely to Government-owned wool. There was animated competition, and merinos had a hardening tendency all round. No ...

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  63. SHERWOOD SHIRE BELGIAN RELIEF FUND.

    The committee acknowledges receipt of clothing from Mesdames S. Dunlop, Brindle, J. J. King, and W. Hedges. Parcels of clothing may be sent to ...

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  64. BOMBARDMENT OF ZEEBRUGGE.

    Allied aeroplanes heavily bombarded the harbour and depots of Zeebrugge. Heavy explosions were heard, and the glare of the fires was seen in Holland. ...

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  65. THE WHEAT MARKET.

    The American visible supply of wheat is estimated at 52,585,000 bushels, as compared with 54,345,000 bushels last week. ...

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  66. PRICE OF PAPER.

    The "Morning Post" is increasing its price to 2d. ...

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