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  2. STOCKHOLM CONFERENCE.

    The Min[?]rs' Federation has decided by 541 to 184 to participate in the Stockholm Conference. This probably decides the question. ...

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  3. WESTHOEK RIDGE.

    Field-Marshal Haig reports to-day: We attacked and completed the capture of Westhoek. We also secured the remaining positions on the Westhoek Ridge. ...

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  4. RUSSIA CAMPAIGN.

    A Russian communique, dated August 11, received by the Admiralty by wireless Press, states: The enemy's partial offensive in the direction of Brody was a ...

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  5. GALLANT AIRMAN.

    The Victoria Cross has been awarded to Captain William Bishop, a Canadian aviator, who went out alone and visited an enemy aerodrome. Finding no ...

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  6. AMERICA AND THE WAR.

    President Wilson has signed the Food Control Bill. FOOD ADMINISTRATOR. NEW YORK, Saturday. ...

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  7. REPATRIATION SCHEME.

    The Minister for Lands, when speaking on Saturday about the repatriation scheme. Indicated that the problem of voluntary assistance for repatriation purposes was ...

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  8. LARGEST CHEQUE IN HISTORY.

    The largest cheque in New York's history was drawn by Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan to-day, to the order of the Bank of Montreal, for 96,011,111 dollars (about ...

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  9. EMPIRE SETTLEMENT.

    The Empire Settlement Committee recommends the appointment of a Central Board to control the immigration of ex-service men, with a chairman, who, ...

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  10. SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN.

    A despatch to the State Department states that Captain Pers[?]s, in the "Berliner Tageblatt," gives a warning that the [?] beat campaign will not be a ...

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  11. THE FRENCH FRONT.

    The French communique issued at noon to-day states: We continued to progress in Belgium. We occupied at night time several far[?] cast of Bixschoote and west ...

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  12. WAR LOAN BILL.

    Mr. Bonar Law, in the House of Commons to-day, introduced the War Loan Bill. He said it was not intended to issue the loan during the recess unless ...

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  13. GERMAN PATROL SHIP SUNK.

    A German patrol ship collided with a German minefield in the Baltic, and was sunk, 30 lives being lost. ...

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  14. PROSECUTING THE WAR.

    Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, in a message to all the Overseas Dominions, states: "Our armies, drawn from every part of the Empire, bring to the fourth ...

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  15. AUSTRIA AND BULGARIA.

    The Washington correspondent of the "New York Times" states that authentic information received in diplomatic circles, shows that trouble is threatening between ...

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  16. REGENERATION OF THE ARMY.

    Reports from headquarters state that a noticeable regeneration of the army is taking place, and it is believed that discipline will soon be restored to its normal ...

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  17. VATICAN VIEWS.

    A cable from the French Information Bureau states that Monsignor Fredreric[?] Tedeschini, the new Papal Secretary of State, in an interview with the Rome ...

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  18. MESSAGE FROM KING GEORGE.

    The Press Bureau states that the King has telegraphed to M. Kerensky, the Russian Premier, as follows: "At the moment you haye re-established the leadership of ...

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  19. SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL.

    The fine statue of honour, erected as a permanent recognition of the gallant[?] services rendered by the 520 men of the East Brisbane training area (which ...

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  20. WAR CRICKET.

    In a cricket match Public Schools v. Hornchurch New Zealanders, played at Kennington Oval, the Schools scored 234, and the New Zealanders 242 for five ...

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  21. THE ITALIAN FRONT.

    An Italian official message states: We rectified our Front, between Boscomalo and Castagnavizza, by including San Dolino in our lines. Our airmen dropped ...

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  22. THE OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE.

    The correspondence between Mr. Lloyd George and Mr. Henderson regarding the latter's resignation has been published. Mr. Henderson wrote to-day tendering ...

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  23. MR. NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN'S RESIGNATION.

    The Press Bureau announces that Mr. Neville Chamberlain has resigned the position of Director-General of National Service, and his resignation has been ...

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  24. SERIOUS EXPLOSION.

    An explosion ignited the Alax Chemical Works at Barking, near London, last night, and the building was destroyed. Thirteen bodies of females have been ...

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  25. ADVANCE ON TWO-MILE FRONT.

    The correspondent of the United Press at British headquarters wires: The British attacked on a two-mile front at daylight from the Ypres-Zonnebeke road ...

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  26. AUSTRALIAN MUNITIONERS.

    Statements having appeared in the Press that Australian munition makers and other war workers are kicking their heels in London without work[?] Mr. ...

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  27. AERIAL ATTACK ON POLA.

    An Italian communique states: Large flights of our bombing planes attacked the Austrian port of Pola on Wednesday and effectively dropped eight tons of ...

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  28. CONTROLLING COTTON SPINNING.

    The Press Bureau announces that an order issued by the Board of Trade empowers the Cotton Control Board to restrict or vary the number of spindles and ...

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  29. INDUSTRIAL UNREST.

    A White Paper has been issued containing Mr. G. N. Barnes's summary of the reports of the commissions on industrial unrest. Mr. Barnes says the commissions ...

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  30. ITALY BUILDING SHIPS.

    It is officially announced that 125,000 tons of shipping is being built in Italian shipyards. ...

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  31. THE KING'S THANKS.

    In reply to a cable message sent to his Majesty the King on the occasion of the third anniversary of the war, the Prime Minister's Department has received the ...

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  32. KILLED IN ACTION.

    Francis Earl Johnston, Brigadier of the North Staffordshire Regiment, attached to the New Zealanders, and a son of the Hon. Charles Johnston, of Wellington, ...

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  33. IN THE BALKANS.

    An official message from British headquarters at Salonica states: Our cavalry repulsed a Bulgarian raid at Cubuluk. We bombed an aerodrome at Livanovo. ...

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  34. MORE GERMAN TRICKS.

    The Major of Lens has now reached Paris. In the course of an interview he stated that the Germans, on the pretext that communication was being held with ...

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  35. MR. HOLMAN'S TOUR.

    As the result of the visit of Mr. W. A. Holman, it is understood that important changes are to be made in the New South Wales Agency-General, including the ...

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  36. URUGUAY NO LONGER NEUTRAL.

    The State Department has received a decree from Uruguay declaring that the latter does not regard the United States as a belligerent. This means that ...

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  37. THE SCOTTISH WOMEN'S HOSPITALS' APPEAL FUND.

    What are they—who are they? you ask, these Scottish woman and their hospitals? If you would ask the French or Serbians or Roumanians they would tell ...

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  38. GERMANY AND PEACE.

    The "Karlsruhe Volkszeitung" recognises that it is impossible for Germany to compel her enemies to pay indemnities or surrender territory. The continuation ...

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  39. SOCIALIST PARTY IN AMERICA.

    Mr. Russell, a member of the returned American Commission to Russia, and a former Socialist candidate for the Presidency[?] declares that the Socialist ...

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  40. GERBMAN PILLAGERS.

    The Germans have removed all the public and private artistic treasures in Bucharest, the capital of Roumania, and they have also pillaged the Royal Palace ...

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  41. EDUCATION IN BRITAIN.

    In the House of Commons to-day Dr. H. A Fisbor (Minister for Education), in introducing a new Education Bill for England and Wales, said it adhered to ...

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  42. ANZAC COTTAGE OPENED.

    Yesterday afternoon, at Enoggera, the Anzad workers had the keen satisfaction of seeing the first cottage they have built on behalf of soldiers or their dependents handed over by the Governor ...

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  43. ALLIED WARSHIPS BOMBARDING TURKISH PORTS.

    Allied warships have been bombarding Turkish poits in Asia Minor. British monitors silenced one battery, and destroyed at aerodrome. ...

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  44. A BY-ELECTION.

    The contest for the Kilkenny seat in the House of Commons, vacant through the death of Mr. Patrick O'Brien, resulted in the return of the Sinn Fein ...

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  45. THREE INSOLUBLE PROBLEMS.

    Information from most reliable neutral sources shows that Germany has three insoluble problems, necessitating an early peace—shortage of men, failure of ...

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  46. GERMAN LOANS TO GREECE.

    The Greek Minister of Finance has made some sensational revelations in the Chamber of Deputies. He showed that M. Skonlo[?]dis and M. Gounaris contracted a ...

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  47. BOOKS NOT A LUXURY.

    The Authors' Society of Great Britain, on the ground that books are not a luxury, has entered a protest against the Luxury Board's threatened exclusion of ...

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  48. ALLIES' VILLAGE FAIR.

    The children held high holiday at the Village Fair on Saturday afternoon. Albert-square and the streets adjoining it were filled with dense crowds from early evening till a late hour at ...

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  49. NAVAL AIR RAIDS.

    The Press Bureau states that Admiralty naval airmen dropped several tons of bombs on the Ghistelles aerodrome, the Zuidwege railway sidings, and the railway ...

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  50. COMMONWEALTH BANK.

    The Commonwealth Bank's military branch will be moved to Australia House in September. ...

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  51. JAPANESE NAVAL UNITS.

    The Press Bureau states that additional Japanese Naval Units have joined the Allied forces in European waters. ...

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