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  2. THE OVERWHELMING OF MACKAY. DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT £1,500,000.

    The steamer Bingera arrived here at 8.30 a.m. to-day, but only stayed to pick up passengers and mails for Brisbane. INTERVIEW WITH CAPTAIN ...

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  3. AIR RAID ON LONDON.

    An official report states: In last night's air raid 14 men, 17 women, and 16 children were killed, and 93 men, 59 women, and 17 children were injured. ...

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  4. SHIPBUILDING IN AUSTRALIA.

    In a statement to-night regarding mattets affecting shipbuilding, the Minister for the Navy (Mr. Cook) made a reply to recent criticism. He said. ...

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  5. TORPEDOED VESSELS.

    The Cunard liner Andania, which was torpedoed off the coast of Ireland, was reported to have been towed to a port in the north of Ireland. A later ...

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  6. THE BRITISH FRONT.

    Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports: We drove off raiders in the neighbourhood of Aricux-en-Gohelie. There was great hostile artillery firing in the Moncliy le Preux ...

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  7. EXTENSION OF RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR. SEVERE FIGHTING.

    The situation in Russia is becoming more complex. The Bolsheviks are assisting the proletariat in the fight against the bourgeoisie in Finland, and there has been severe fighting. An order, which is practically a formal declaration of war against ...

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  8. THRILLING FIGHTS WITH ENEMY.

    Many enemy aeroplanes were concerned in the raid on London, which was the most prolonged yet experienced. The first attack took two and a half ...

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  9. AUSTRO-GERMAN STRIKES.

    There is an extensive strike movement in Berlin, particularly in the suburbs, where great electrical works and aeroplane factories are situated, also in ...

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  10. BLOODSHED IN FINLAND.

    The Stockholm correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states, that civil war has broken out in Finland. The Red Guarda have organised a revolution to ...

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  11. RESIDENTS AND MILITARY ON RATIONS.

    Mr. Macallister, Police Magistrate at Mackay, wired to the Justice Department on Tuesday that the town had been visited by a disastrous cyclone, tidal ...

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  12. IN A MINEFIELD.

    The steamer Dromoe struck a mine and was sunk near Marseilles. A trawler was similarly sunk. Forty persons were lost. There were passengers on board ...

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  13. THE OFFICIAL REPORT.

    The official report of the air raid states that two groups of raiders crossed the Essex coast, and one group crossed the Kent coast, and proceeded towards ...

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  14. PEACE PALAVERS.

    A detailed report of the speech of Count Czernin (Austro-Hungarian Minister for Foreign Affairs) has not yet reached the Allies. ...

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  15. THE TRACK OF DESOLATION.

    Mr. T. W. Peele, manager of the North Eton sugar mill, who resides 22 miles from Mackay, was a passenger by the Bingera. In an interview he stated ...

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  16. GUNBOAT AND ARMED VESSEL LOST.

    An armed escort vessel with mechanism aboard was torpedoed, and subsequently stranded in the English Channel on January 20. She became a total wreck, ...

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  17. RECRUITS IN BRISBANE.

    Three men offered their services at the Adelaide-street Drill Shed yesterday. One was declared fit and two were unfit. Those who offered were George Suthers ...

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  18. PROVISIONS SENT FROM TOWNSVILLE.

    Sub-inspector Daley, of Townsville, advised the Commissioner of Police on Tuesday that he had that day interviewed Captain Mackay, of the Bingera, ...

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  19. BOLSHEVIKS' ACTION AGAINST ROUMANIA.

    The Bolsheviks have seized the Roumanian gold reserve and expelled the Roumanian ambassador. They have declared the Russian general, St. ...

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  20. AMERICA'S WAR AIMS.

    President Wilson has made a statement to a representative of the United Press, in which he said: The United States were never the aggressors of the political ...

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  21. COUNTRY VOLUNTEERS.

    Messrs. Martin Patrick Ryan and Charlie Eastwell (Toowoomba) were accepted at the recruiting centre to-day. ...

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  22. GERMANY'S PLEDGE BROKEN.

    The United States General Staff has announced that Germany is breaking the armistice pledge given to Russia by transporting troops from the East Front ...

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  23. LODGES AND DOCTORS.

    Federal and State intervention have failed in bringing about a settlement of the dispute between the Victorian branch of the British Medical Association and ...

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  24. ROUMANIANS IN BESSARABIA.

    The Petrograd correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states that the Roumanians recently bitterly complained that disorganised Russian troops had ...

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  25. THE FRENCH LINES.

    A French communique reports: A German aeroplane was brought down, and three others fell damaged in their own lines. Out air squadrons dropped ...

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  26. GOVERNMENT RELIEE STEAMER.

    The Naval Department received the following wireless message from the master of the Aramac yesterday morning:—"Inform agents Governments steamer unable assist ...

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  27. SEVENTY THOUSAND MEN MONTHLY.

    The Washington correspondent of the "New York Sun" says that the United States is sending 70,000 troops to France monthly. The [?]tonnage available is now ...

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  28. PEACE WITH ROUMANIA.

    Messages from Haparanda (Sweden) state that negotiations are proceeding between Roumania and the Central Powers for a separate peace on the ...

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  29. AN ITALIAN OFFENSIVE.

    An official Italian communique states: We stormed yesterday the heights eastward of the Asiago basin, and broke through the positions at several points, ...

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  30. THE "COURIER" RELIEF FUND.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 264 words
  31. THE STORY OF THE DISASTER.

    Mackay was visited on Sunday and Monday, January 20 and 21, by the greatest catastrophe in its history. Following upon the gale on Sunday evening, ...

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  32. RED CROSS WORK.

    By the last mail lists were received showing the goods distributed by the Australian Red Cross representatives in France. Warm clothing and foods were ...

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  33. JAPAN AND HER CAPTURES.

    The Hague correspondent of the "New York Times" says the "Franklurter Zertung" (Radical) points out that Mr. Lloyd George and President Wilson did ...

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  34. STILL ANOTHER RAID.

    The Press Bureau reports:—Hostile aeroplanes crossed the Essex and Kent coasts at 9.30 last evening, penetrating the London defences. Bombs are ...

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  35. GERMANY'S AFRICAN COLONIES.

    General Smuts, despite the air raid, delivered an address at the Royal Geographical Society's meeting. He described the East Africa campaign, and ...

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  36. POLITICAL ORGANISATION WORK.

    Mr. George White, organiser for the N.P.C., arrived here by to-day's train. He arranged for Messrs. B. H. Corser and W. J. Vowles, Ms.L.A., to address a ...

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  37. BOLSHEVIKS AND UKRAINIANS.

    The Bolshevik armies have had considerable success in the Kieff (in Little Russia) region, and are weakening the influence of the Ukrainian Rada. ...

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  38. ATTACK ON THE HIGH COMMAND.

    Lord Derby (Secretary of State for Ward speaking at the Aldwych Club, reterred to the small break which had occurred in our lines at Cambrat. He said ...

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  39. THE FUTURE OF BELGIUM.

    Admiral von Turpitz, in an interview with a representative of the "N[?] Rotterdam Courant" (ConservativeLiberall, said: Germany requires ...

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  40. STIMULATING RECRUITING.

    Addressing a gathering of rejected volunteers to-night the Director-General of Recruiting (Mr. D. Mackinnon. M.L.A.) said that he had felt appailed ...

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  41. MARYBOROUGH DRAINAGE SCHEME.

    Mr. D. Werr. M.L.A., stated to-day that he had been in touch with the Home Secretary's Department regarding the application by the Maryborough ...

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  42. FLOOD RELIEF FUNDS.

    The City Council to-day passed a vote of £25 towards the Mackay Relief Fund. ...

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  43. GENEROUS GIFT FROM

    The Premier (Mr. T. J. Ryan) is in receipt, through Mr. G. Pollock, M.L.A., of a cheque for over £300 from the Urandangie Wounded Australians' Fund, and ...

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  44. A WOMEN'S COMMITTEE RESOLUTION.

    The Russian Territorist Committee, consisting exclusively of women, has passed a resolution "sentencing to death" M. Lenin, M. Trotsky, and 20 other ...

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  45. AUSTRIAN PREMIER'S RESIGNATION.

    Dr. von Seidler. the Austrian Premier, has withdrawn his resignation. ...

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  46. THE MARYBOROUGH HOSPITAL.

    It is probable that a public inquiry will be held to investigate the recent trouble which arose in connection with the Maryborough General Hospital, when ...

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  47. QUEENSLAND PATRIOTIC FUND.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 77 words
  48. MESSAGES OF SYMPATHY.

    The Premier (Mr. Ryan) yesterday received the following cablegrams from the Agent-General for Queensland in London (Sir Thomas Robinson):—"The ...

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  49. LOSS OF THE WARSPITE.

    Ernest Adams, Frederick Blogg, and Harold Gurr, boys of the training glup Warspite, have been committed for trial on a charge of having set fire to the ship, ...

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  50. AUSTRALIAN WHEAT FOR ENGLAND.

    The "New York Times." in an editorial, states that Great Britain's need is wheat, and arges that Japanese ships should be utilised in conveying Australian ...

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  51. WAR BORROWINGS.

    Sir Edward H. Holden (chairman of the London City and Midland Bank Ltd) states that Germany's total borrowings amount to £5,100,000,000, and those of ...

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  52. RUSSIAN CONSUL-GENERAL.

    In forwarding to the Prime Minister an intimation that from Janyary 27 De ceased to be Consul-General for Russia in Australia. Mr. A. N. D'Abaza states that ...

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  53. FOOD HOARDERS.

    A vigorous anti-food-hoarding campaign has been begun, especially in lodgings. Local Food Committees are receiving much confidential ...

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  54. PERSIA RENOUNCES TREATIES.

    Persia states that owing to the Russian and Turkish Governments announcing their willingness to withdraw their troops, Persia declares void the treaty ...

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  55. METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS.

    A pleasant social evening was held in the tea rooms on the pier on Monday night, when the prizes won by the members of the Sandgate Rifle Club ...

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  56. ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP AN ARSENAL.

    Five revolutionary Socialists were arrested in the act of blowing up the Amsterdam Arsenal. They belong to the so-called Dutch Bolsheviks. The ...

    Article : 44 words
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