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  2. MUNITIONS TRIBUNAL.

    Thirty coppersmiths at the Fairfield ship yard are being prosecuted, before the Munitions of War Tribunal, for striking over a dispute with the plumbers. This is the first ...

    Article : 114 words
  3. NOTES ON THE WAR.

    It would be foolish to question the gravity of the reported decision of the Russians to give up the Vistula and Bug lines. The most influential of the Russian ...

    Article : 1,397 words
  4. AUSTRALIA DAY.

    Since the Australia Day effort on behalf of Australian wounded soldiers is spread throughout the State, some days must elapse before an accurate idea can be ...

    Article : 461 words
  5. ABOUT PEOPLE.

    Lord Dalmeny, Lord Rosebery's eldest son, it is reported by cable, has been wounded in action in the north of France. ...

    Article : 1,291 words
  6. GREATER MELBOURNE BILL.

    In view of the possibility of certain intrigues against the passing of the Greater Melbourne Bill leading to trouble in Parliament, surprise has been expressed among ...

    Article : 552 words
  7. RECRUITING CAMPAIGN.

    The State recruiting campaign inaugurated at the beginning of July has had phenomenal results. Although conducted officially for only a fortnight, the ...

    Article : 337 words
  8. WAR TAXATION.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Fisher) is still very angry at the disclosure of the deta[?] of the Government's income tax proposals which were exclusively published in "The ...

    Article : 156 words
  9. ST. KILDA'S ACHIEVEMENT.

    Of the sum of £1326 collected in St. Kilda, £137 was raised at a card afternoon on 20th July, which was paid in on Australia Day, and the proceeds of some ...

    Article : 93 words
  10. PRAHRAN'S CONTRIBUTION.

    Nearly 1900 is the total amount raised in the city of Prahran including £21 contributed by the Church of England Grammar School and £50 realised by an auction ...

    Article : 63 words
  11. RECRUITS AND AMBULANCE CARS.

    A public meeting called recently by Mr. W. A. Flynn, P.M. to infuse public interest in the patriotic movement has had a far-feaching effect, and the results have ...

    Article : 154 words
  12. £2015 RECEIVED AT BALLARAT.

    The sun realised at the Australia Day fete on Friday greatly exceeded expectations. Including the proceed of the Commercial Travellers club concert the total ...

    Article : 52 words
  13. EXEMPTION OF DEPENDANTS ON SOLDIERS URGED.

    [?] Sunday. Maldon shire council discussed the war taxation proposals on Thursday, and a resolution was carried to the effect that Mr. ...

    Article : 66 words
  14. A PEACE FELLOWSHIP.

    Members of an organisatioin styled the Fellowship of Reconci[?]iation were roughly handley at Hinekley, Leicester, where they were conducting a peace campaign. The ...

    Article : 85 words
  15. £2109 RAISED AT GEELONG.

    In aid of the Australian Wounded Soldiers Fund a Masonic Service was held in the Mechanics Hall this afternoon. There was an immense congregation, and ...

    Article : 52 words
  16. IN TASMANIA.

    During the week 288 recruits have joined the local forces, making 436 for the fortnigt.x ...

    Article : 23 words
  17. THE WAR INCOME TAY

    Sir,—In common with my fellow citizens, I expected the Labor caucus to propose at pretty she war income tax, and I have never been unwilling to bear my fair share ...

    Article : 868 words
  18. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    During the last six days 363 volunteers were examined, and 258 were passed. The total of men accepted since the beginning is 10,229. ...

    Article : 45 words
  19. DISPLAY AT BROKEN. WILL.

    Australia Day was celebrated by one of the most remarkable demonstrations ever seen in Broken Hill. A procession so lengthy that it took 40 minutes to pass ...

    Article : 61 words
  20. ANOTHER AUSTRALIAN DIVISION.

    The Minister, of Defence (Senator Pearce) announced last night that the Commonwealth would provide all the divisional troops for the Second Australian Division ...

    Article : 88 words
  21. BRITISH STEAMER TORPEDOED.

    The British steamer Iberian, 5223 tons, owned by F. Leyland and Co. Ltd., has been torpedoed and sunk. Seven of those on board were killed, and the remainder, ...

    Article : 144 words
  22. AUSTRALIAN DAY GIVEN PROMINENCE IN ENGLAND.

    The English newspapers give prominence to the report of Vice-Admiral Sir John Patey on the naval operations of the battle cruiser Australia, also to the success of ...

    Article : 39 words
  23. IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The following cablegram was despatched early yesterday morning by the Premier to Gallipoli:—As Premier of the State and President ...

    Article : 449 words
  24. AT BALLARAT.

    Yesterday 25 volunteers were medically examined, 17 of whom were passed; and a batch of 18 was sworn in. Another contingent of 81 recruits will proceed to camp ...

    Article : 35 words
  25. SEYMOUR RECRUITING DEPOT.

    Seymour camp has absorbed many thousands to men during the past fortnight, yet to the casual observer visiting the camp there is hardly any perecptible change ...

    Article : 678 words
  26. HOME DEFENCE CORPS.

    The formation of a Daylesford citizens' corps has been energetically taken up, and doctors, lawyers, tradesmen, business men and miners have all combined in the ...

    Article : 50 words
  27. FRIDAY'S COLLECTIONS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 85 words
  28. ORANGE CELEBRATION.

    Six Orange lodges, male and female, operating within the municipalities of South and Port Melbourne combined in holding heir annual choral service at ...

    Article : 295 words
  29. MUNICIPAL EMPLOYES' POSITIONS.

    Woorayl shire council has undertaken to keep open the places of employes volunteering for service, and, all things being equal, to give preference in the future to ...

    Article : 230 words
  30. DEFENCE OF HOLLAND.

    The first Chamber of the Netherlands has adopted the new Landsturm Bill calling to the colors all who were formerly exempt, and immediately incorporating the ...

    Article : 49 words
  31. SUBURBAN COLLECTIONS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 182 words
  32. A PROFESSOR'S LOYALTY.

    In the High Court of Justice Sir Charles Sargant has granted Professor Schuster an injunction against "Pearson's Weekly," which has apologised for a paragraph ...

    Article : 100 words
  33. COUNTRY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 184 words
  34. ROYAL HORSE SHOW.

    The Royal Horse Show, which opened on the Show Grounds yesterday, was seriously affected by a combination of adverse circumstances. All things considered. ...

    Article : 279 words
  35. IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

    At the Rusheutters Bay Stadium last night, prior to the Darcy-M'Goorty boxing match, Mr. Holman, the Premier, and Mr. Wade were to have opened a ...

    Article : 580 words
  36. IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Reports received to-day from country centres in which Australia Day was celebrated have added £33,000 to the wounded soldiers fund, which now stands at ...

    Article : 61 words
  37. Gift to the Admiralty.

    The League of Britons Overseas, of which the King is patron and Lord Selbourne chairman, has 115 branches formed thronghout the world, and in six months it ...

    Article : 63 words
  38. IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    When the counting of the street collections on Australia Day was suspended at midnight on Friday £700 had been reckoned, and 35 boxes had not been ...

    Article : 86 words
  39. COLLECTION ON MAIL STEAMER.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 33 words
  40. ORIENTAL HOTEL AUSTRALIA NIGHT.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 459 words
  41. Dyed Cayalry Horses.

    Veterinary surgeons attached to the French army recommend that cavalry horses should be dyed blue in order to match the new uniforms. It is believed ...

    Article : 34 words
  42. MOTOR CYCLE ACCIDENT.

    Ella Martin, a married woman who was knocked down by a motor cyo'c at the corner of Lambert and Victoria streets. Richmond, on Wednesday night last, diel ...

    Article : 241 words
  43. IN TASMANIA.

    Money continues to come in form all parts towards the Australia Day Fund, and the total now stands at £5500. It is expected that Southern Tasmania will ...

    Article : 40 words
  44. NEW ZEALAND WOUNDED SOLDIERS.

    The first New Zealand hospital for wounded soldiers was opened on Friday by Mr. T. M'Kenzie, High Commissioner for the Dominion, at Walten-on-Thames. ...

    Article : 50 words
  45. RECORD CROWD OF VISITORS.

    There was a record crowd of visitors at Syemour camp yesterday. The railway authorities had to run ten special trains from Melbourne in order to cope with the ...

    Article : 47 words
  46. CLYDESDALE SOCIETY.

    A meeting of horse breeders to farther the organisation of the Australian Clydes dale Horse Society was held on Saturday afternoon at the Royal agricultural show ...

    Article : 252 words
  47. IN THE COUNTRY.

    A[?].—A concert was given by the Victorian Commercial Travellers' Choral Society on Friday evening in the town ball. Great enthusiasm prev[?]ded, and an appeal for donations ...

    Article : 362 words
  48. THE BANTAM BATTALION.

    A lad named Walter Broad, who stowed away on the steamer Rangatira at Wellington, pleaded, when he reached England and was arrested, that he was unable to ...

    Article : 52 words
  49. THE SHOW GROUNDS CAMP.

    Although about 30,000 visitors attended Flemington camp yesterday, the number was much less than the total on the previous Sunday. The camp, however, ...

    Article : 62 words
  50. A NEW YORK TRAGEDY.

    Police Lieutenant Becker has been electrocuted at New York for the murder of Herman Rosenthal outside a gambling den in the city in 1912. Becker protested his ...

    Article : 42 words
  51. GENERAL CABLES.

    The Postmaster-General Mr. Hercert Samuel, has announced conditions under which the Post Office and the cable [?]ear panies will reimburse charges for ...

    Article : 136 words
  52. EMPLOYERS AND ENLISTMENT.

    Sir.—I notice in this morning's issue a letter over the name of A. Fraser. I would like to first state I know of no one in the M.C.P. of that name. During the six years ...

    Article : 69 words
  53. STEAMER SERVICE TO TASMANIA.

    The Union Steamship Co. of New Zealand Ltd. has arranged for the steamer Loongana to withdraw for overhaul, and the Conath will make the trip to Launceston to-day, saiting at 2 p.m. from ...

    Article : 97 words
  54. NEW ZEALANDER KILLED IN ACTION.

    The following statement was issued on Friday form the Base Records Office, Victoria Banracks:—"New Zealand Government advises No. 6/1612, Private James ...

    Article : 53 words
  55. Advertising

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  56. Advertising

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