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  2. ARTILLERY DUELS.

    Sir Douglas Haig reported to-night that the British repulsed three raids to the south of Lens. Hostile artillery was active to the south west of Cambrai and ...

    Article : 205 words
  3. WAR AIMS OF THE ALLIES.

    M. Pichon (Minister for Foreign Affairs), speaking in the Chamber of Deputies, said the Government was in complete accord with the Allies regarding ...

    Article : 297 words
  4. AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES TOTAL OF 227,269 TO DATE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 50 words
  5. VICTORIA CROSS HEROES,

    The Victoria Cross has been conferred on 18 men, including Private Henry James Nicholas, of New Zealand, for conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty ...

    Article : 379 words
  6. FEDERAL FINANCES.

    The Federal Treasurer (Sir John Forrest), in his review in the House of Representatives of the Federal finances, said that in the ordinary course of events ...

    Article : 1,546 words
  7. CAN THEY KEEP THEIR POWDER DRY? BOLSHEVIKS EXPECT RENEWED GERMAN OFFENSIVE.

    The Central Powers have accepted M. Trotsky's proposal to prolong the armistice for another month. By order of Ensign Krylenko (Commander-in-Chief of ...

    Article : 1,211 words
  8. AUSTRALIAN NAVY.

    For some months past the Minister for the Navy has been dealing with the question of the pay of members of the Australian Navy. About six months ago a ...

    Article : 376 words
  9. THE NEW NAVAL BOARD.

    Rear Admiral Fremantle is the only mernber of the new Board of the Admiralty who has not been serving under Admiral Jellicoe. Admiral Fremantle ...

    Article : 325 words
  10. TROTSKY BECOMES BELLICOSE.

    M. Trotsky's speech at the BrestLitovsk peace conference, declaring that he did not come as a representative of a defeated nation, nor suing for mercy, ...

    Article : 138 words
  11. REMARKS BY MR. BALFOUR.

    Mr. Bulfour, speaking in Edinburgh, eulogised President Wilson's speech. He said there had been no essential modification in the Allies' war aims. He ...

    Article : 342 words
  12. ON THE FRENCH FRONT.

    A French communique states:—In the region of St. Quentin the artillery duel is intense. ...

    Article : 24 words
  13. THE CLYDE ENGINEERS.

    The Clyde engineers had a conference with their employers, who made a more liberal offer. But this offer has been suspended by the Government's bonus of ...

    Article : 70 words
  14. ON THE ITALIAN FRONT.

    An Italian official message says: Westward of Cavazucoherina our trench mortars forced the enemy to evacuate some trenches. We fired with machine ...

    Article : 85 words
  15. HOLD ON TO RUSSIA,

    Professor Pares, of Liverpool, who has been engaged in national work in Russia since early in the war, recently arrived in London. A "Daily Graphic" ...

    Article : 883 words
  16. NEW RECRUITING EFFORT IN VICTORIA.

    Another organised effort is to be made in Victoria to secure recruits by the voluntary system Captain G. J. C. Dyett, organising secretary of the State ...

    Article : 129 words
  17. AUSTRALIAN LOANS.

    The Commonwealth Bank has taken over from the London County and Westminster Bank the management of the inscription of all Tasmanian loans, ...

    Article : 65 words
  18. EAST AFRICAN CAMPAIGN.

    An East African official message says: A small exhausted German force, short of food and ammunition, moved up the Lujeuda Valley into Portuguese territory, ...

    Article : 69 words
  19. THE FOOD SHORTAGE.

    It is expected that the proposed meatless day a week in Britain will not apply to private homes, where it would be impossible to insure enforcement of ...

    Article : 394 words
  20. AUSTRALIAN WOOL.

    A distrubution was held in London of Australian wool at prices fixed under the new schedule for civilian uses, when 8944 bales were catalogued. Of these ...

    Article : 80 words
  21. QUEENSLAND PATRIOTIC FUND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 25 words
  22. MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL'S VIEWS.

    Mr. Winston Churchill, speaking at a luncheon at the American Club, said the German reception of President Wilson's and Mr. Lloyd George's speeches showed ...

    Article : 895 words
  23. AMERICA IN EARNEST.

    Congress is planning to legislate to empower the Government to take control of ali now issues of stocks, privately owned, thus forming a gigantic Government ...

    Article : 85 words
  24. NAVAL CHRISTMAS CHEER.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 58 words
  25. ROMANCE OF THE AIR.

    Flying at an altitude of 1200ft. over the Channel, Lieutenant Fedden's engines stopped, and he fell into the sea. Flight Commander Hodges, who was piloting ...

    Article : 60 words
  26. PATRIOTIC WAR WORK.

    A meeting of the committee of the Red Cross Kitchen will be held in the kitchen, Petrie's Bight, on Thursday, at 2.30 p.m. ...

    Article : 26 words
  27. RETURNED SOLDIERS' LEAGUE.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 123 words
  28. A WORLD COURT.

    The United States Bar Association held a meeting and outlined the plans of a World Court after the war, based on the contracting parties agreeing to ...

    Article : 146 words
  29. MUNITIONS INVENTION DEPARTMENT.

    It is officially announced that ViceAdmiral Bacon has been appointed Controller of the Munitions Inventions Department in succession to Colonel ...

    Article : 32 words
  30. LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

    Nominations for the Livingstone Shire Council elections were declard yesterday as follows:— No. 1, A. E. Draper and Thompson Whiteley; No. 2, T. H. Atherton; No. 3, T. Smith, Messrs. ...

    Article : 59 words
  31. SUBMARINES IN THE ATLANTIC.

    The Spanish steamer Joaquin Mumbru, 2704 tons, was torpedoed 70 miles from the Madeiras, in the Atlantic, about 600 miles south-west of Spain. The captain and 22, ...

    Article : 45 words
  32. THE EMDEN'S CAPTAIN.

    Captain Muller, the captain of the Emden, has been sent to an internment camp in Holland, and has not been reputriated as at first reported. ...

    Article : 32 words
  33. LAIDLEY SHIRE COUNCIL.

    The final meeting of the Laidley Shire Council (as at present constituted) was held on Wednesday, when, in submitting his financial report, Councillor J. Cook complimented the chairman ...

    Article : 75 words
  34. "KNIGHTS OF THE AIR."

    Lord Curzon, speaking in the House of Lords, before the Christmas adjournment, of the air service, is reported by the "Times" to have said:—He preferred to ...

    Article : 234 words
  35. IMPERIAL CONFERENCE.

    The question of the representation of the Dominion at the next Imperial Conference was considered by the Cabinet, which decided that representatives should ...

    Article : 101 words
  36. AN EMPEROR'S FAVOURITE.

    Fraulein Schratt, who was the favourite of the the Emperor Francis Joseph, has died in comparative poverty. She was much beloved by the public. ...

    Article : 127 words
  37. DOCUMENTARY IMPORTS.

    Mr. J. A. Jensen (Minister for Customs) has received a despatch from the Secretary of State for the Colonies intimating that a proclamation has been issued by the Imperial ...

    Article : 100 words
  38. "Hooverised."

    Mr. C. M. Terry, a Sydney merchant, who returned from America a few days ago, said when passing through New Zealand there are no words to describe ...

    Article : 226 words
  39. WOMAN FRANCHISE.

    Miss Christabel Pankhurst is overjoyed that women's hopes of the franchise are to be realised after patient waiting and peaceful warfare. "We are determined to ...

    Article : 61 words
  40. GERMAN ANILINE DYES.

    Mr. Rowe, expert at the Manchester School of Technology, who tested the German aniline dyes in Switzerland, said in an interview, that the recipes number ...

    Article : 75 words
  41. STARVATION IN GERMANY.

    Mr. London, a member of Congress, in the course of a speech, said that 40,000,000 of people in Germany were actually starving. He believed that the Kaiser would ...

    Article : 52 words
  42. RECRUITING CAMPAIGN.

    Taking advantage of the large influx of people during the Christmas and New year holidays, Captain O'Brien and his recruiting staff worked particularly hard ...

    Article : 47 words
  43. THE DUTCH TRADE.

    The "Telegraaf" states that a Dutch delegate who has returned, after taking part in the economical negotiations in Paris and London, says the Entente is ...

    Article : 66 words
  44. BRITISH DESTROYER LOST.

    The Admiralty reports that the destroyer Racoon was wrecked and foundered on January 9, during a snowstorm on the north coast of Ireland. There are ...

    Article : 51 words
  45. DRIFTING MINE EXPLODES.

    Eight boys were killed while watching a drifting mine which exploded against the pier at Rosehearty in Aberdeenshire in Scotland. ...

    Article : 29 words
  46. COUNTRY VOLUNTEERS.

    Messrs. Gordon Thompson M'Millan (Allora), Arthur Leslie Vowles (Brisbane), and Glen Combarngo (Goondiwindi) were accepted at the Toowoomba recruiting ...

    Article : 30 words
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