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  2. BRITISH CABINET TROUBLE.

    In the House of Commons to-day Viscount Duncannon moved the adjournment of the House to call attention to the action of the War Cabinet in permitting ...

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  3. THE FLANDERS FIGHT.

    Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig states: We improved our new line by night operations to the southward of Ypres and Commes Canal. We repulsed ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 400 words
  4. VICTORIA CROSS HEROES.

    The following awards of the Victoria Cross have been made to Australians:- Captain Robert Grieve.—With utter disregard of danger[?] after all the officers ...

    Article : 238 words
  5. RUSSIAN RETIREMENT.

    A wireless Russian communique received by the Admiralty by wireless states: We attacked and carried a position in the region of Grzimaloy, in the direction of ...

    Article : 316 words
  6. SOLDIERS' SETTLEMENT.

    The Government's soldier settlements soheme was the subject of another discussion yesterday in the Legislative Assembly. On July 17 Mr. Corser moved ...

    Article : 1,255 words
  7. AMERICA AND THE WAR.

    The amount provided for in the War Tax Bill has been increased [?]om 1,670,[?]00,000 dollars (£334,000,000) to 20,000,000,000 (£4,000,000,000). The new ...

    Article : 49 words
  8. "FRANK SOLDIER'S VIEW."

    In an interview Genera: Sir Wi[?]am Robertson ([?]ief of the Imperial General Staff) was asked a soldrer's opinion of the progress of the war. He repued that the ...

    Article : 298 words
  9. SHIPBUILDING IN AMERICA.

    Mr. Gapps, in a speech at a meeting of shipbuilders said: "We must' buid both steel and wooden ships quick." The meeting was called as a result of reports ...

    Article : 154 words
  10. ANXIETY IN GERMANY.

    Many meetings are arranged for Saturday next, the 4th instant, to commemorate the commencement of the war. ...

    Article : 291 words
  11. TROUBLE IN POLAND.

    Serious trouble is expected in Poland. In Warsaw and other cities plots against the Austro-German armies were discovered, including one in which it was the ...

    Article : 104 words
  12. INCIDENTS OF THE BATTLE.

    The correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" with the French headquarters in Flanders states: The French Army is fighting in the sector between ...

    Article : 712 words
  13. RAIN-SWEPT BATTLEFIELD.

    Mr. Philip Gibbs, correspondent with the British headquarters in France, states: The rainstorm veils the battlefield in a dense [?]. The wretched ...

    Article : 1,185 words
  14. ATTITUDE OF AUSTRIA.

    It is semi-officially announced in Vienna that Count Czernin (Austro-Hungarian Minister for Foreign Affairs) is pleased with the statement made in ...

    Article : 99 words
  15. THE KING OF BELGIUM.

    Mr. W. A. Holman (Premier of New South Wales), accompanied by Mr. G. C. Wade (Agent-General for New South Wales), has returned from ...

    Article : 133 words
  16. NEW GOVERNMENT IN AUSTRIA.

    Emperor Karl has entrusted von Scidler With the formation of an Austrian Governmeut. It is believed that von Scldier's programme includes a complete Parliamentary ...

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  17. SUCCESSFUL FRENCH AVIATOR.

    M. Guynemer, the celebrated Frenc' aviator, has brought down his fiftieth enemy machine within the French lines He has brought down many others withir ...

    Article : 56 words
  18. FIGHTING IN EAST AFRICA.

    An official message from East Africa states: After sharp figthing, we drove out the enemy from positions on the Fugun River, south-castward of Iringa, and ...

    Article : 66 words
  19. PAY OF SOLDIERS.

    The General Federation of Trade Unions and members of the House of Lords and the House of Commons met at the House of Commons to discuss the ...

    Article : 119 words
  20. SUBMARINE WARFARE.

    The Admiralty reports that the nember of arrivals of vessels at British ports during the past week was 2747, and the number of vessels that sailed 2776. ...

    Article : 197 words
  21. EMPIRE PRODUCERS' DEMANDS.

    The Empire Producers' Association has passed a resolution "that the Government must without delay give effect to the resolutions passed at the Paris ...

    Article : 61 words
  22. EXPLOSION AT MUNITIONS FACTORY.

    The Press Bureau states that an explosion, causing considerable damage, occurred in a munitions factory in South Wales yesterday afternoon. Six pensons ...

    Article : 44 words
  23. GREEKS IN ENEMY LANDS.

    The Greek diplomatists from Sofia and Constantinople have returned, and report that the condition of the Greeks in both countries is lamentable. Those in villages ...

    Article : 64 words
  24. SOCIALISTS' CONVENTION.

    Speaking at a Parliamentary Committee welcome to the Socialist delogates, Mr. A. Henderson said: Great Britsin will never deal with a Government not expressing ...

    Article : 112 words
  25. COST OF THE WAR.

    In the House of Commons Mr. Bonar Lew stated that the German official statements give their expenditure for Febrliary to May at £130,000,000 monthly, ...

    Article : 73 words
  26. MR. FISHER ON AUSTRALIA'S PAST.

    The High Commissioner for Australia (Mr. A. Fisher), when visiting the wounded Australians in the Huskard's Auxiliary Hospital at Ingatestone, referred ...

    Article : 160 words
  27. FRENCH FRONT.

    To-day's French communique states: After the magnificent success in Belgium we consolidated in torrential rain the positions won. ...

    Article : 432 words
  28. THE STOCKHOLM CONFERENCE.

    A cable message form Stockholm states that the English Labourites have changed their minds on the question of attending the Peace conference, and ...

    Article : 52 words
  29. WARNING TO THE I.W.W.

    Frank Sittle, the I.W.W. leader, was found hanging from a railroad trestle with a sign attached to the body which warned other members of the I.W.W. with a ...

    Article : 138 words
  30. THE NINEPENNY LOAF.

    In the House of Commons Mr. J. R. Clynes (Parliamentary Secretary to the Allies' Minister) said that in order to get a 9d. loaf without loss to the Exchequer ...

    Article : 56 words
  31. THE SHEE-BILLING CONTEST.

    Colonel Archer-Shee, M.P., has rejected Mr. Pemberton Billing's conditions for the proposed contest to settle the quarrel which originated in the House of ...

    Article : 90 words
  32. FIRST OFFICIAL REPORT.

    The first official report respecting the settlement of soldiers, signed by Mr. Gordon[?] Graham, the Under Secretary for Lands, was presented yesterday to ...

    Article : 238 words
  33. LOSSES OF HORSES AND MULES.

    Mr. J. T. Macpherson (Parliamentary Under Secretary for War) stated in the House of Commons that 230,000 horses and mules hed died in the various theatres ...

    Article : 85 words
  34. BOOM IN BREWERY SHARES.

    The war prices of beer are causing a boom in brewery shares. The deferred stock of Wetney, Coombe[?] rose to £48. The shares paid the first dividend for ...

    Article : 48 words
  35. ORGANISING A REVOLUTION IN POLAND.

    A whireless German message officially announces that General Pilsudski, the creator and commander of the Polish army, was arrested for secretly organising the ...

    Article : 41 words
  36. A CASE FOR CONSIDERATION.

    A soldier who is going into camp this month informs us that he has given up a good position to enlist, and his liabilities will now exceed his income. He wonders ...

    Article : 76 words
  37. "MILITARY NECESSITIES."

    Owing to military necessities railway material is being brought from the Balkans to Germany. ...

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  38. AUSTRALIA'S EFFORTS PRAISED.

    [?] the Senate Sir J. A. Lougheed, Minister without portfolio, declared that with only half Canada's population Australia could send as many men overseas as ...

    Article : 34 words
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