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  2. A HEAVY PRICE.

    Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports to-day: We recaptured a post lost on Saturday night to the south-westward of Cherisy. We repulsed night raids to the ...

    Article : 488 words
  3. REVOLT IN CHINA.

    The Shanghai correspondent of the "Morning Post" states that the Military Provisional Government formed at Tient[?]in has applied for the recognition of ...

    Article : 258 words
  4. POSITION IN RUSSIA.

    General Alexi[?]ff has resigned from the chief command of the army. He will be succeeded by General Brussilo[?]. ...

    Article : 34 words
  5. MILITARY DECORATIONS.

    Further military decorations have been announced. They include the following: ROYAL RED CROSS, SECOND CLASS. Jean Buckham, Mary Loughron, Ida ...

    Article : 78 words
  6. "COURIER" PATRIOTIC FUNDS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 258 words
  7. RED CROSS SOCIETY.

    The meeting of the general committee of the Red Cross Society yesterday, at which Mr. W. T. Robertson presided, waa held in one of the work rooms at ...

    Article : 1,327 words
  8. RECRUITS IN BRISBANE.

    Thirty-three men offered their services at the enlisting office yesterday, the increase in the figurs being no doubt due to the specal effort made by the women on ...

    Article : 325 words
  9. FEDERAL ELECTIONS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 341 words
  10. THE REVOLT AT KRONSTADT.

    A Petrograd message states that the K[?]onstadt Committee of Workmen's and Soldier's Delegates continues to disregard the Provisional Government, and claims to ...

    Article : 312 words
  11. THE COTTON MARKET.

    Owing to the publication in New Yoik of an official report that the condition of the cotton crop was the lowest on record for May, the quotation at ...

    Article : 49 words
  12. MUNITION WORKERS.

    In connection with the statement made in the Press that married munition workers who went to England are being paid as low as 50/ per week, the Minister ...

    Article : 219 words
  13. AMERICA AND THE WAR.

    Sir Edward Carson (First Lord of the British Admiralty), in an interview with "Le Matin," said: "America's entry into the war has been of immense naval ...

    Article : 105 words
  14. THE PEACE CAMPAIGN.

    The Stockholm correspondent of the United Press reports that Hunfi, the Hungarian Socialist delegate, states that there is a possibility of a democratic ...

    Article : 205 words
  15. EQUIPPING THE NURSES.

    The fund for equipping the gallant women who are doing so much for our brave lads at the Front received fresh impetus yesterday, a total of £8/5/ being ...

    Article : 123 words
  16. COUNTRY VOLUNTEERS.

    Messrs. James, Hector Bruce Gollan (Killarney), James Joseph Danaher (Killarney), William Charles Ronald Deazeley (Toowoomba), and Edward Samuel Jones ...

    Article : 84 words
  17. WHY AMERICA IS AT WAR.

    Mr. William G. M'Adoo (Secretary to the Treasury), in an address delivered here, said:—"I hope when America sits at the council table of the nations and ...

    Article : 294 words
  18. FRANCE'S DAY.

    The Mayor of Brisbane (Alderman J. W. Hetherington) presided over a public meeting held in the Town Hall yesterday, when those present formed themselves ...

    Article : 227 words
  19. AMERICA'S MESSAGE.

    President Wilson's message to Russia, dealing with the war aims of the United States, has been presented to the Provisional Government at Petrograd. It is ...

    Article : 182 words
  20. PERSONAL NOTES.

    Mrs. R. D. Leslie, Moray-street, New Farm, has received through the military authorities in Melbourne an extract from the despatch of Field-Marshal Sir Douglas ...

    Article : 461 words
  21. IMPORTATION OF LUXURIES.

    The first meeting of the board appointed by the Federal Ministry to regulate the importation of luxuries was held to-day at the Interstate ...

    Article : 494 words
  22. THE SENATE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 69 words
  23. TURKISH EMISSARIES IN SWITZERLAND.

    Swiss towns are swarming with Turkish diplomatists, including Rifaat Pasha and Rauff Pasha, brother of Enver Pasha, who are seeking to get into touch with the ...

    Article : 44 words
  24. THE WIDE BAY SEAT.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 63 words
  25. REPATRIATION DAY.

    Repatriation Day was quietly observed in this district. There were attractions of local interest, and the concert and dance in aid of the Repatriation Fund was a ...

    Article : 634 words
  26. WILL FIGHT TO THE FINISH.

    The "New York Times" correspondent at Washington asserts that it is evident that the United States will remain in the war to the finish, and that the nation ...

    Article : 82 words
  27. AUSTRIAN AGENT EXPELLED.

    The Swedish Government has expelled an alien Austrian agent provocateur, on the ground that he attempted to persuade Russian workmen to murder the Rt. Hon. ...

    Article : 46 words
  28. THE NATIONAL REGISTRATION.

    Everything is in readiness for the registration of men eligible for war service to-day. It is expected that nearly 10,000,000 will register. From this ...

    Article : 55 words
  29. BOMB ATTACK ON BRUGES.

    It is officially reported by the Admiralty that the commodore at Dunkirk carried [?]ut a bomb attack on Sunday night on the Bruges Dock and Canal, with ...

    Article : 41 words
  30. THE KENNEDY DIVISION.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 106 words
  31. THE STOCKHOLM CONVENTION.

    The delegates to the Convention, including the majority of the German Socialist representatives, have arrived. ...

    Article : 21 words
  32. AMERICAN TROOPS IN FRANCE.

    General Joffre will co-operate with Major-General J. J. Pershing, the commander of the United States Force for France, in organising the American ...

    Article : 35 words
  33. GERMAN SUBMARINES.

    The "Ba[?]le Zeitung" states that 15 submarines have not returned to their bases in Germany since the beginning of the submarine campaign. The naval ...

    Article : 52 words
  34. THE FRENCH FRONT.

    To-day's midday communique states: A violent artillery duel developed last evening north-west of Froidmont Farm, and an enemy attack was made shortly before ...

    Article : 311 words
  35. ARREST OF GERMAN AGENTS AND SPIES.

    One hundred and forty-one German agents, who were encouraging the anti-conscriptionists to defy the law, have been arrested and interned during the ...

    Article : 86 words
  36. NO CLASS EXEMPT.

    Brigadier-General Enoch H. Crowder has made a statement to the effect that of the draft first call of 625,000, 125,000 would be reserves. No class as a whole ...

    Article : 36 words
  37. STRIKE OF CLERKS.

    Six thousands clerks employed in clothing stores have won a strike for increased wages. They will receive double wages retrospectively since war was ...

    Article : 73 words
  38. DECLARATION OF BRISBANE POLL.

    The divisional returning officer will declare the poll for the Division of Brisbane in connection with the recent Federal election at the Adelaide-street ...

    Article : 35 words
  39. BUILDING SHIPS.

    It is officially estimated that 250 wooden cargo ships will be constructed in 18 months. This is additional to the steel ships. ...

    Article : 26 words
  40. HUNGER-STRICKEN GERMANY.

    Professor Sefton Delmer Dondon left Germany on May 23, after having been interned at the Ruhlben Concentration Camp since November 1914. In March, ...

    Article : 126 words
  41. WAR LOANS AND WAR SAVINGS PER CAPITA.

    The splendid results of the various Australian War Loans which have been floated to date, the subscriptions to which have reached upwards of £80,000,000, not ...

    Article : 308 words
  42. GERMAN MERCHANTMEN SEIZED.

    The Government has seized the interned German merchantmen and rechristened them with American names. ...

    Article : 24 words
  43. CABINET MEETING SUMMONED.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. W. M. Hughes), who has been resting at the seaside, is expected to return to Melbourne on Monday. He has summoned a ...

    Article : 44 words
  44. PETROGRAD'S FOOD SUPPLY.

    The food supply of Petrograd is becoming more precarious. People draw mattresses along to the street, and spend the nights outside shops waiting for ...

    Article : 32 words
  45. RECRUITING IN VICTORIA.

    The Director-General of Recruiting (Mr. D. Mackinnon, M.L.A.) said to-day that, as the result of the publication in a section of the Melbourne Press of ...

    Article : 170 words
  46. SHIPPING PROFITS.

    It is stated that the profits of the American mercantile marine shipping companies for the past year amounted to 26,0000,000 dollars (about £5,200,00[?]. ...

    Article : 31 words
  47. "THIS GREAT VICTORY FOR THE EMPIRE."

    At a meeting of the Organising Committee of the Liberal Association, held yesterday afternoon, the following letter from Gunner H. S. Foll to the general ...

    Article : 137 words
  48. A RUSSIAN LEADER'S WARNING.

    M. Alexieff, in an address to the soldiers' delegates, referred to the great efforts of the Allies, and added that if Russia's supineness allowed. Germany ...

    Article : 62 words
  49. BRAZIL'S ENTRANCE.

    The newspapers welcome Brazil's entrance into the war, and express the hope that the other States of South America will follow her example. The opinion ...

    Article : 65 words
  50. SHORTAGE OF TINPLATES.

    Difficulty has arisen in respect to the supply of tinplates for Australia for jam and meat canning. The British manufacturers are anxious to raise the ...

    Article : 123 words
  51. INCENDIARY WHEAT FIRES.

    Fires, which are believed to be of an incendiary nature, have destroyed 3,000,000 bushels of wheat in the Minsk region. The Saratoff grain elevators ...

    Article : 39 words
  52. THE TWO VOICES.

    [It is believed that men feel the re= sponsibility, but somehow there appears to be some outside influences which cause them to refrain from enlisting.—News par.] ...

    Article : 235 words
  53. EMPLOYMENT FOR RETURNED SOLDIERS.

    The Employment Sub-committee of the Queensland War Council furnishes the following summary of transactions for the week ended June 2:—Total ...

    Article : 80 words
  54. ALBANIA UNITED AND FREE.

    General Ferrero, who is in command of the forces in Albania, has proclaimed the unity and independence of the whole of Albania under the protection of Italy. ...

    Article : 54 words
  55. THE TROOPS REVIEWED.

    M. Kerensky (Minister for War), in reviewing the Russian troops at Odessa, said he could certify, in spite of outward appearances of weakness, that the troops ...

    Article : 119 words
  56. AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS.

    The Austiahan Red Cross, in its report for May, states that the hot weather in France lessened the output of clothing, but demand for foodstuffs was heavier, ...

    Article : 143 words
  57. MR. FISHER IN FRANCE.

    The French Government has invited the Right Hon. A. Fisher (High Commissioner for Australia) to visit the French Front. [?] Fisher will also take ...

    Article : 48 words
  58. COUNTRY MOVEMENTS.

    The proceeds of the patriotic garden fete held yesterday in aid of the Repatriation Fund amounted to £25/9/10. All the charges were merely nominal. ...

    Article : 129 words
  59. FIGHTING IN THE CARPATHIANS.

    A wireless Press message picked up by the Admiralty contains a Russian official statement as follows:—Our scouts, surmounting four rows of wire entanglements ...

    Article : 66 words
  60. SOLDIERS' SOCK FUND FETE.

    A concert in connection with the fete to be h[?]ld next Saturday is being organised by Miss Gladys Fitzgerald, and will take place in the University Hall, ...

    Article : 159 words
  61. THE ITALIAN FRONT.

    The enemy artillery fire became more intense eastward of Garizia, and extended from the Ver[?]bizza River to the coast. It was particularly violent at ...

    Article : 69 words
  62. COMFORTS FUNDS.

    A meeting of the committee of the 11th Light Horse Comforts Fund will be held this afternoon, at 3 o'clock, in the rooms, Longreach Buildings. ...

    Article : 51 words
  63. NAVAL DOCK HANDS

    Fifty thousand workers in the Naval dockyards celebrated the King's Birthday by a holiday on full pay. The remainder will receive an extra day's pay ...

    Article : 39 words
  64. SOLDIERS' C. OF E. HELP SOCIETY.

    The second annual meeting of the Soldiers' Church of England Society will be held in the Anzac Club to-morror evening, at 8 o'clock. The ...

    Article : 48 words
  65. CRIMEAN VETERAN'S DEATH.

    A Crimean veteran, James Sweeney, who lived alone in a hut near the railway bridge, was found dead in bed. Sweeney, who was 88 years of age, also took part ...

    Article : 63 words
  66. AN AVIATOR'S DEATH.

    The War Office states that Bail, the aviator, was killed and buried on May 7 at Annoesllin (?). ...

    Article : 23 words
  67. TIN MARKET.

    The total stock of tin at the close of last month was 20,302 tons. There is on spot 3404 tons, and afloat 5702 tons. The deliveries have totalled 1883 tons. ...

    Article : 35 words
  68. "LAVENDER DAY."

    The Laymen's Committee for "Lavender Day" will meet in the Anzac Club to-night, at 8 o'clock. ...

    Article : 20 words
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