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  2. AMERICA AND THE WAR.

    President Wilson has issued a statement robuking the attempt to becloud the issue, He says: "It is incomprehensible how any one can have any doubt or ...

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  3. EMPIRE DAY.

    This is Empire Day, and we in whose veins leaps the blood of our race are glad, and rejoice in being privileged to call ...

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  4. ITALIAN CAMPAIGN.

    The 23rd division of Bohemian troops were unable to withstand the Italian artillery, and fled in confusion, but were mown down almost to a man. ...

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  5. GERMANS AT BAY.

    Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports: We carried out successful raids northeastward of Epchy and northward of Armentieres. The German artillery was ...

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  6. POSITION IN RUSSIA.

    Admirel Koltchak, commander of the Black Sea Fleet, after attending the naval and military conferences at Petrograd, prepared a report on his return ...

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  7. "COURIER" PATRIOTIC FUNDS

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 101 words
  8. THE ANZAC CLUB.

    The Anzac Club—a rest home for soldiers—returned soldiers in particular— is the outcome of the efforts of the women of the Church of England Help ...

    Article : 268 words
  9. THE NURSES.

    So our soldier boys speak of the nurses who tend them so well with such wonderful devotion. "I wonder if there were anything in the world like it befofe," ...

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  10. TREATMENT OF PRISONERS.

    In the House of Lords, Lord Newton, replying to a question concerning the treatment of prisoners, said that one or two German prisoners were wounded by ...

    Article : 172 words
  11. THE RED TRIANGLE.

    The excellent work of the Y.M.C.A. is too well known to need detailing. The Queensland branch's fine building in Edward-street has been largely availed of ...

    Article : 63 words
  12. RESIDENTIAL CLUB.

    The Residential Club for Returned Sailors and Soliders is now an accomplished fact, for the building at the corner of Wharf and Ann streets has been ...

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  13. HOME FOR WOUNDED SOLDIERS.

    Women delegates from the different Comforts Funds in Brisbane recently met at the invitation of the Returned Soldiers' and Patriots' National Political ...

    Article : 64 words
  14. SEWING GUILDS.

    Many circles and guilds and individual women in Brisbane are working for or entertaining the Queensland slodiers. Among other centres of patriotic ...

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  15. BOMBS ON POLA.

    A squadron of Italian aeroplanes bombed the arsenal at the Australian naval port of Pola, and caused a great fire, which was burning for two ...

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  16. SECRET PEACE PROPOSALS.

    The Rome correspondent of the "New York Sun" states that peace proposals have been made secretly by the Central Powers through neutral diplomats in ...

    Article : 135 words
  17. ACCIDENT ON THE MONGOLIA.

    It is beleived that the shells on the Mongolia, which caused the death of two American Red Cross nurses, had been tampered with. The ...

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  18. CHANGE IN AUSTRIAN COMMAND.

    The Austrian command on the southwestern front has been transferred from the Atchduke Eugene to Marshal Conrad. ...

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  19. THE MURDER OF COUNT STUERGKH.

    After he was bentenced, Adler, who was condemned at Vienna for the murder of Count Stuergkh, the Austrian Premier, said: "I have always been an opponent ...

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  20. OTHER ORGANISATIONS.

    Other organisations that exist for the purpose of assisting our soldier boys in some form or other include the Brisbane, ...

    Article : 168 words
  21. FRENCH OPERATIONS.

    A French communique issued to-day States: Enemy attacks on the positions we captured yesterday north of Mont Cornillet and the Casque and Tenon were ...

    Article : 162 words
  22. GERMANY'S HOPES DWINDLING.

    Mr. Cyril Brown, correspondent of the "New York World" at Copenhagen, states that Germany's hopes of a separate peace with Russin are dwindling, but the ...

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  23. CONSCRIPTION IN CANADA.

    It is expected that a Conscription Bill will be introduced in the Canadian Parliament on Friday. It is estimated that there are 200,000 unmarried eligible ...

    Article : 67 words
  24. HOME RULE FOR IRELAND.

    The "Irish Independent" declares that the Government has abandoned the partition remedy. Therefore, it is a pure waste of time for the convention to ...

    Article : 157 words
  25. EFFECT OF WESTERN OFFENSIVE.

    The Hague correspondent of the "New York Times" quotes the "Vaterland" as stating that the Western offensive of the Allies had prevented the Germans from ...

    Article : 39 words
  26. WORK FOR RETURNED SOLDIERS.

    The Returned Soldiers' Employment Bureau, a subcommittee of the Queensland War Council, is entrusted with the gigantic undertaking of replacing the ...

    Article : 296 words
  27. SUBMARINE TOLL.

    Since the outbreak of the war Denmark has lost 150 ships, while 200 seamen have been killed in the last three months. ...

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  28. GOVERNMENT OFFICES OPEN.

    To-day will not be observed as a public holiday in the Government service. All the offices will be open as usual. The anniversary of the King's Birthday, ...

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  29. CONSCRIPTION IN NEWFOUNDLAND.

    ST. JOHN'S (Newfoundland), Tuesday. The Newfoundland Government will introduce a Selective Conseription Bill on May 26. ...

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  30. I DREAMT A DREAM!

    I dreamt a dream. I saw a mangled mother and her babe Upon a Belgian city pavement, and a Hun frowned satisfied upon his work. ...

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  31. DINNER TO GENERAL SMUTS.

    A distinguished company, including Lord Milner, Sir William Robertson, and others formerly or at present associated with South Africa, Gubernatorially or ...

    Article : 345 words
  32. BRAZIL AND GERMANY.

    The Brazilian steamer Tijuca was torpedoed on the coast of Brittany, and a portion only of the crew were saved. BUENOS AYRES, Tuesday. ...

    Article : 73 words
  33. AERIAL COMBAT.

    The "Telegraaf" states that an aerial fight was witnessed at Sasvangent on Saturday evening. Twelve aeroplanes from the sea encountered nine German ...

    Article : 47 words
  34. RISING IN PORTUGAL.

    Advices from Badajoz state that there has been a rising in Portugal owing to economic difficulties. Troops intervened, and the casualties were 20 killed and 80 wounded. ...

    Article : 57 words
  35. THE ENGINEERS' STRIKE.

    The local strikes in Sheffield, Liverpool, and elsewlhere, have degenerated into meaningless demonstrations against authonty. In a number of cases when the ...

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  36. THREE SWEDISH STEAMERS CAPTURED.

    A German destroyer has captured three Swedish steamers in the Gulf of Bothnia. They were bound for Finland from Sweden. ...

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  37. A ZEPPELIN RELIC.

    A piece of the Zeppelin brought down by Lieutenant Robinson some time ago near London will be offered at auction at the recruiting meeting at the G.P.O. ...

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  38. THE GERMAN COLONIES.

    Dr. Irmer, a well known colonial authority, writing in "Die Hanse," asks the Governnent's intentions about the German colonies in the South Seas. He ...

    Article : 264 words
  39. ELECTORAL REFORM.

    In the House of Commons to-day Sir George Cave (Home Secretary) moved the second reading of the Representation of the People Bill, and said the Bill ...

    Article : 92 words
  40. THE RED CROSS.

    The women of Queensland are contributing then full share to the Red Cross. In the busy city the quiet home and in the outlying districts, they have ...

    Article : 304 words
  41. SLANT SUBMARINES.

    A company headed by Mr. Simon Lee, an inventor, and possessing a capital of 10,000,000 dollars (about £2,000,000), contemplates building 10,000-ton cargo ...

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  42. SOLDIERS ON FURLOUGH.

    The Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) stated to-day that the military, authorities abroad, after careful consideration, had evolved a system under ...

    Article : 316 words
  43. AUSTRALIAN INTERESTS IN BRITAIN.

    The High Commissioner for Australia (Mr. A. Fisher) has inflated a system of quaiterly luncheons with the Agents-General, at which matters of common ...

    Article : 82 words
  44. EFFECT OF THE SUBMARINES.

    In an interview with a representative of "Le Temps," Lord Milner stated: "Neither in 1917 nor 1918 will the German subamarines be able to prevent England ...

    Article : 165 words
  45. AERIAL COMMUNICATIONS.

    In the House of Commons to-day Major J. L. Baird (Parliamentary Secretary to the Air Board) announced that Lord Northoffice had been appointed chairman of a ...

    Article : 85 words
  46. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS IN LONDON.

    The High Commissioner for Australia (Mr. A. Fisher) has called the attention of the Colonial Office to the trivial fines imposed on women for accosting ...

    Article : 74 words
  47. SHIPBUILDING IN AUSTRALIA.

    In reply to a question this evening the Prime Minister (Mr. W. M. Hughes) stated that the Premiers' Conference which will resume its sitting on Friday, ...

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  48. SOLDIERS' HOME LEAGUE.

    Hon. J. A. Cooke, M.L.C. (president of the South Australian Home League), who is at present in Brisbane as a member of the North Terrace Reserves and Railway ...

    Article : 188 words
  49. WHEAT MARKET.

    The wheat market is unchanged. The quotations in Chicago for July wheat options are for 234 down to 227 cents per bushel; September, 213 to 202 ...

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  50. COMFORTS FUNDS.

    In addition to the Red Cross, there are numerous Comforts Funds, formed, as their name indicates, for the purpose of supplying comforts to the men in the ...

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  51. KILLED IN ACTION.

    Major Valentine Fleming, M.P. for the Henley division of Oxfordshire, has been killed in action. ...

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  52. POLICY OF ANNEXATION.

    The Dantzic section of the Independent Committee for German Peace has forwarded a petition to Marshal von Hindenburg asking for the annexation of Belgium and ...

    Article : 78 words
  53. CLOTHING FOR THE DEAD.

    The Imperial Clothing Office in Berlin denounces the waste of clothing on the dead before interment, and fitutes that the use of shoes and blockings 13 quite uncalled ...

    Article : 58 words
  54. BULGARIAN SOCIALIST DELEGATES.

    The Bulgarian Socialist delegates have agreed upon the principle of peace without annexations, but declare that the acquisition by Bulgaria of the Dobrudja and ...

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  55. THREATENED STRIKE OF COTTON WEAVERS.

    The threatened strike of 200,000 cotton weavers in the North of England, arranged to take place on Saturday, has been averted—at least temporarily. The ...

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  56. A GENEROUS DONATION.

    Mr. Thomas Millear, of Denilinuin, who brought draft rams here for Gilebrist's sale, on May 4. donated £100 to the local Patriotic Fund (our Longreach ...

    Article : 48 words
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