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  2. VICTORY IN FLANDERS

    The British have made a further advance in Belgian Flanders. Attacking upon a nine-mile front north from the Menin road[?] east of Ypres, to the junction with the French, they have advanced about fifteen hundred yards, captured Langemarck, and advanced half a mile beyond. The heaviest ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. BRITISH FINANCE.

    The following are the Bank of England returns for the week ending to-day:- Coin, £51,087,000. ...

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  4. THE TURKISH WAR.

    To-day's Russian official report received at the British Admiralty Office states:- The Turks, together with several ...

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  5. THE WAR REVIEWED.

    Mr. Lloyd George, the Prime Minister, made an important speech in the House of Commons this afternoon on several aspects of the war situation. ...

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  6. FOR VALOUR.

    The "London Gazette" to-day states that the Military Cross has been awarded to the following officers of the Australian Expeditionary Force:—Captains ...

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  7. A FRENCH SUCCESS.

    This afternoon's French communique states:- Early this morning we launched a vigorous attack to the south of Ailles ...

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  8. GERMAN FEARS.

    The Berlin semi-official correspondent of the "Koelnische Volkszeitung" declares that the time of the worst hardships for Germany is approaching. ...

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  9. THE AIR STRUGGLE.

    A British air squadron on Tuesday did enormous damage at Courtrai (about 17 miles east of Ypres). They dropped bombs on the barracks, ...

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  10. LOSSES BY SUBMARINES.

    The French Admiralty return of losses of merchant vessels by enemy action for the week ending Sunday last is as follows: ...

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  11. BRITISH MAKE FURTHER PROGRESS.

    Referring to the battle of Lens, Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig states in his report issued this afternoon:- The Germans branched three more ...

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  12. EMPIRE TRADE.

    The "Daily Telegraph" states that the British Government has completed plans for a publishing and commercial intelligence service to watch and foster ...

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  13. ATTACK ON NEUTRAL VESSELS.

    The Norwegian steamer Beatus, 2,852 tons, has been torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine. The crew were rescued. ...

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  14. GERMAN BARBARISM.

    To- night's French communique states:- The Germans have set fire to St. Quentin Cathedral, and it has been ...

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  15. BRITISH PRISONERS.

    Lord Derby, the Secretary of State for War, informed a deputation of members of Parliament to-day that Turkey is prepared to participate in a ...

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  16. RUSSIAN TORPEDO-BOAT DESTROYED.

    The British Admiralty has received the following wireless message from Petrograd:—Yesterday one of our torpedo-boats was destroyed by an enemy ...

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  17. BRITISH AND FRENCH ADVANCE.

    This afternoon's report issued by Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig states:- The Allies this morning again ...

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  18. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

    Mr. Bonar Law, the leader of the Government, announced in the House of Commons this afternoon that the members of the conference on the ...

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  19. GREECE AND THE WAR.

    Interpellations are to be made in the Greek Chamber of Deputies respecting German propaganda, and it is then expected that M. Venizelos, the Premier, ...

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  20. RUMANIAN RETIREMENT.

    To-day's Russian official wireless report, received at the British Admiralty, states:- For strategical reasons, the ...

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  21. PRO-GERMAN TRAITORS.

    An enormous sensation has been created in America by a speech delivered yesterday by Senator Elihu R[?]ot, who has just returned from a mission ...

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  22. TASMANIA

    Mrs. Douglas, of 165 Harrington-street, has been notified from the Base Records that her husband, Private Robert Douglas, has been wounded. He ...

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  23. CRUSHED LIKE FLIES.

    The United Press Association correspondent on the British front writes:- The enemy are desperately holding out at Lens, where there was heavy ...

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  24. HOSPITAL SHIPS.

    Lord Robert Cecil, the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, replying to a question in the House of Commons this afternoon, said that in ...

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  25. RECRUITING CAMPAIGN.

    A message from Melbourne to-night stated that, owing to its advocacy of conscription, the Queensland Recruiting Committee had been dissolved by the ...

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  26. SWISS MISSION.

    Dr. Hans Sulzer, the head of a Swiss mission to America, accompanied by other delegates, arrived at New York to-day. ...

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  27. IMPETUOUS BRITISH.

    The Paris "Matin" says:—The impetuous assault by the British troops at Lens was the most violent witnessed for ten months past. The merciless ...

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  28. THE CHANNEL TUNNEL.

    In the House of Commons this afternoon, Mr. Bonar Law, the leader of the Government, stated that after consultation with its military advisors the ...

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  29. THE ROYAL FAMILY'S EXILE.

    In connection with the exile of the ex-Tsar and his family, it is stated that M. Keronsky, the Premier, superintended their departure. Fifty servants ...

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  30. FILLING THE RANKS.

    The first Chinaman to enter the American army was drafted to-day. He was born in California. He did not claim exemption. ...

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  31. FALL OF LANGEMARCK.

    In the House of Commons this afternoon. Mr. Lloyd George announced that Sir Douglas Haig had reported the capture of Langemarck, 1,200 prisoners, ...

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  32. WORLD'S FOOD SUPPLIES.

    President Wilson's proclamation licensing the dealings in wheat and rye comes into operation on September 1. A corporation, with a capital of ...

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  33. THE AMERICANS IN ACTION.

    The American Government has received no confirmation of a report received from London that wounded American soldiers have arrived in ...

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  34. PEACE TALK.

    Mr. R. Lansing, the Secretary of State in President Wilson's Government, referring to-day to the Pope's peace Note, stated that judgment ...

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  35. GERMAN REPORT.

    The German wireless report intercepted at the British Admiralty Office to-day states:—The English attacked between Hullu[?]h and Lens yesterday ...

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  36. MARKETING OF ORES.

    A deputation of Tasmanian representatives in the Federal Parliament waited upon the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) at Federal Parliament House ...

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  37. THOUSANDS OF FIGHTING WOMEN.

    At the Women's All-Russian War Congress, which opened successfully at Petrograd yesterday, it was reported that thousands of fighting women were ...

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  38. TROOPS DISPLAY FINE SPIRIT.

    This afternoon's French communique states:- Along the Belgian front, after a violent and thorough artillery ...

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  39. LABOUR AND THE WAR.

    The Official Press Bureau states that the Ministry of Labour says that the Mersey boilermakers' dispute arises out of the men's claim for rehearing of ...

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  40. EXTENT OF THE ADVANCE.

    The correspondent of the United Press Association at the British headquarters writes:—The new British blow in the Ypres region extends from ...

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  41. THE CRISIS IN SPAIN.

    There is evidence that German intrigue stimulated the internal uprising in Spain. The first victim leading the demonstration of miners at Miranda, in ...

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  42. THE GERMAN SIDE.

    The following reference to the new British offensive in Flanders was contained in the German official report intercepted by wireless at the British ...

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  43. BRITISH GUNFIRE DEMORALISES ENEMY.

    Describing the latest Allied offensives, Mr. Philip Gibbs, the war correspondent, writes:—Our latest gain averages 1,500 yards along a wide front. It ...

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  44. MR. HOLMAN.

    The "Westminster Gazette," referring this evening to the speech delivered yesterday by Mr. W. A. Holman, the Premier of New South Wales, and his ...

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