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  2. COALITION GOVERNMENT

    Now that the new Federal Government has been actually brought into being interest is almost entirely centred in the programme it proposes to submit to Parliament ...

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  3. SUBMARINE WAR.

    In the Spanish Congress on Saturday the Prime Minister, Count Romanones, stated that the German blockade was so serious that the Government was negotiating with ...

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  4. BRITISH SUCCESS.

    Mr. Philip Gibbs, special correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle," stales:—"The successes on Friday and Saturday north-east of Grandcourt give the British important ...

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  5. ABOUT PEOPLE.

    The Governor-General, attended by Mr. F. Harman, private secretary, and Captain Firth, A.D.C., inspected the citizen forces in training at Broadmeadows camp ...

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  6. ALLIES' GROWING STRENGTH.

    A high British military authority, with the approval of the War Office, has prepared a statement for the New York "Times" regarding the military position on ...

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  7. "WIN-THE-WAR DAY."

    Throughout yesterday numerous appeals were made to the State Recruiting Committee by letter and over the telephone that steps be taken to induce the V.A.T.C. ...

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  8. THE JEWS IN RUSSIA.

    Petrograd newspapers state that M. Protopopoff, the Russian Minister of the Interior, proposes by decree to remove the restrictions preventing Jews from ...

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  9. "WIN-THE-WAR" WEEK APPEAL.

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  10. CAMPAIGN IN VICTORIA.

    The total number of offers received last week was 353. This is a reduction of six on the previous week's total, which constituted a record for the State under the new ...

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  11. FIGHTING ON RUSSIAN FRONT.

    A Russian official report says:—"Germans, clad in white overalls, assumed the offensive south-westward of Dvinsk, and penetrated our front line, but we ...

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  12. NATIONAL FEDERATION.

    The platform drawn, up by the executive of the National Federation is as follows:— The winning of the war and the ...

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  13. TOWN HALL ENLISTMENTS.

    Fifty-four volunteers offered themselves for enlistment at the Town Hall recruiting depot yesterday, including 15 from country districts. The medical examiners ...

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  14. Persecution of the Poles.

    M. Trantezinski, Polish deputy, to the Prussian Parliament, has complained that the German authorities are still persecuting the Poles with respect to question of ...

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  15. Procession Arrangements Completed.

    Arrangements in connection with the great procession and demonstration to be held at Melbourne next Saturday have been practically completed. The tram ...

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  16. HOME SERVICE "INDISPENSABLES."

    Numbers of employes at the head quarters of the Defence department who until recently were classed as "indispensables" are now being released for active service ...

    Article : 130 words
  17. Cardinal Bourne Optimistic.

    Cardinal Bourne, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster, in his Lenten pastoral letter, says there is a spirit of hopefulness and certainty of success abroad such as ...

    Article : 142 words
  18. IMPERIAL CONFERENCE.

    It is announced from St. John's, Newfoundland, that the Premier, Sir Edward Morris, has left for England to attend the Imperial Conference. ...

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  19. THE PEOPLE'S PARTY.

    A meeting of the executive of the People's party will be held at 10.30 a.m. on Friday. Among the important business to he discussed will be the question of ...

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  20. BRITISH FOOD PRODUCTION.

    It is believed that, despite the efforts made to increase food production throughout the United Kingdom, the wheat grown in 1917 will be less than in 1916. This is ...

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  21. MR. KING O'MALLEY'S SEAT.

    ZEEHAN.—Lyell branch of the F.M.E.A. held a meeting at Goimmiston on Sunday, and after a long debate decided that Mr. King O'Mafley be supported at the next ...

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  22. RECRUITING THERMOMETERS.

    Much public alteration was attracted in Swanston-street yesterday to six large recruiting the thermometers—one to represent each State in the Commonwealth—which ...

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  23. "VICTORY" WAR LOAN.

    It is generally anticipated that the "Victory" war loan will result in a total of £600,000,000 of new money being received. It is understood that this will be regarded ...

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  24. EX-MINISTER ON "LABOR BLIGHTERS."

    Mr. Archibald, who has just relinquished office as Minister of Customs, said in an interview on Monday that Mr. Hughes had finished a very difficult task remarkably ...

    Article : 168 words
  25. TRAINING OF RECRUITS.

    In view of a recent announcement that the Queensland recruiting committee had promised to enlist men in special drafts according to their nationality, and to keep ...

    Article : 256 words
  26. German Casualties in January.

    The Press Bureau states that the German casualties officially reported in January, but not necessarily incurred in that month, were 77,632, of whom 14,192 were ...

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  27. GENERAL CABLES.

    A mass meeting of railwaymen at Birmingham on Sunday protested against the refusal of the companies to adopt a eliding scale to meet the cost of living. A ...

    Article : 97 words
  28. FARMERS' INTERESTS.

    EUROA.—At a meeting of the district council of the Victorian Farmers' Union, held at Euroa on Thursday, delegates from six brandies attended. The president, Mr. ...

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  29. ARCHBISHOP CARR'S MESSAGE.

    Archbishop Carr yesterday forwarded the following message to the State Recruiting Committee for inclusion in the official souvenir programme, which is to be sold ...

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  30. LABOR COMMITTEE ON THE IMPERIAL CONFERENCE.

    WANGARATTA.—A meeting of the Indi campaign committee of the P.L.C. was hold here on Saturday. Mr. Moloney, M.P., was present. It was decided to call for ...

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  31. AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING.

    ADELAIDE.—The State Cabinet on Monday considered the question of providing additional shipping facilities at Port Pirie. Mr. Blundell stated subsequently ...

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  32. SIR W. IRVINE'S MISSION.

    The statement was published in our morning contemporary yesterday that the "vital nnd urgent" mission which Sir William Irvine has consented to undertake ...

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  33. LABOR MEMBERS AT BENDIGO.

    BENDIGO.—The recruiting meeting held in the Bendigo town hall on Monday night was addressed by Messrs. F. Tudor, A. J. Hampson and king O'Malley, M's.P. The ...

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  34. "WIN-THE-WAR" BUTTON DAY.

    A cafe chantant is being arranged to take place all day on Friday, Win-the-War button day, at the Town Hall. It will be modelled along the lines of the highly ...

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  35. WILLS AND ESTATES.

    George Coad, late of Hawkinston, near Kerang, farmer, who died on 25th November last, left by will dates 3rd August, 1997, realty valued at £10,706 and personalty £61 to his widow and ...

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  36. THE CONSCRIPTION ISSUE.

    Sir,—"That the decision of the people of Australia in regard to conscription be respected" is a phrase apparently designed to cover a degrading surrender of ...

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  37. GERMAN APPREHENSIONS.

    One of the reasons the Germans have given for their heavy concentration along the Swiag frontier from Schaffhausen to Lake Constunz is that they fear an ...

    Article : 191 words
  38. STATE POLITICS.

    BALLARAT.—Mr. C. Walker, a candidate for the Wellington province seat in the Legislative Council, rendered vacant by the retirement of Mr. J. V. M'Donald, ...

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  39. A FARMERS' GRIEVANCE.

    BOORT.—At a meeting held on Friday night to form a recruiting committee, one speaker declared that the Government was going the wrong way about obtaining ...

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  40. A GEELONG EMBEZZLER.

    The schedule of the estate of Ivo Scott, accountant, who on Friday was sentenced to six years' imprisonment for having embezzled moneys belonging to the Geelong ...

    Article : 158 words
  41. EXPORT OF FLOUR.

    The announcement of the Prime Minister that portion of the contract for the sale of 3,000,000 tons of wheat to the Imperial Government had been converted into a ...

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  42. Cafe Chantant at Melbourne Town Hall

    A cafe chantant is to be held in the vestibule of the Melbourne Town Hall on Friday, on which date Button day will be held. Lady Helen Ferguson has accepted ...

    Article : 66 words
  43. British Red Cross Society.

    The income of the British Red Cross Society for the second year of the war was £3,664,232, and the total since the outbreak of hostilities is over £6,000,000. The ...

    Article : 90 words
  44. ENEMY DESCENDANTS.

    It was stated by the Director-General of Recruiting yesterday that his attention, had again been directed to the fact that some young men of British descent were ...

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  45. NEED FOR ECONOMY.

    Sir,—With reference to the announcement that Sir William Irvine is to accompany Mr. Hughes to England to attend the Imperial Conference, I wish to point ...

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  46. MALVERN.

    Strong committees have been formed at Malvern to make the event worthy of the district. The mayor (Cr. Rupert Wilks) has charge of the organisation for ...

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  47. THE NEW MINISTERS.

    The majority of the new Ministers of the Commonwealth War Government took over their departments yesterday. There was no ceremony about the proceeding, and the ...

    Article : 435 words
  48. DARDANELLES COMMISSION.

    The "Daily Express" states:—"The interim report of the Dardanelles Commission will cover the entire history of the expedition, and will contain surprisingly ...

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  49. Military Medals for Australians,

    The "London Gazette" notifies that 10 Australians and 9 New Zealanders have been awarded the Military Medal. Corporal J. O'Brien,, of the Australian Engineers, ...

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  50. ELECTRIC TRAMWAYS.

    At last night's meeting of Prahran city council criticism was passed on the administration of the Prahran and Malvern tramways. Cr. Ginn complained that ...

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  51. IN THE COUNTRY.

    CLUNES.—A recruiting meeting, at which there was a large attendance, was held in the town, hall on Friday evening. The mayor (Cr. F. Rowe) occupied the chair, and vigorous addresses ...

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  52. American Refugees in Syria.

    Mr. Elkus, American Ambassador at Constantinople, reports that Turkey has assured him that she will not prevent the departure of 1000 American refugees from ...

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  53. NEW SOUTH WALES POLITICS.

    SYDNEY.—The political position in connection with the forthcoming State election, as far as the official Labor party is concerned, has been unexpectedly ...

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  54. Kiosks at Richmond.

    Richmond adies intend working enthusiastically on Friday next to make the day a success. The ladies have decided not to restrict their efforts to the sale of buttons, ...

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  55. COLLINGWOOD SEAT.

    Mr. Martin Hannah, M.L.A., who for the many years has represented Collingwood in the Legislative Assembly in the Labor interest, has this year to meet rival ...

    Article : 112 words
  56. Airship Bombs Boulogne.

    "On the night of 16th February," a German official report says, "one of our airships bombed the town and harbor of Boulogne." ...

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  57. MEETINGS ARRANGED.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 145 words
  58. BOARD OF WORKS LORRY.

    The Board of Works employes have decided to participate in the "Win-the-War" day procewsion. The board's unit will comprise a motor lorry, draped with the flags ...

    Article : 75 words
  59. Advertising

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    Advertising : 130 words
  60. Allies and Economic Warfare.

    A Berlin message quotes the statement of a Russian newspaper that representativce of the Entente will hold a conference in Rome on 12th April next, to discuss ...

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  61. DR. MANNIX.

    Sir,—Will not some loyal Catholic who has the leisure time call a meeting and arrange to have a petition signed and presented to the Pope to remove ...

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  62. Advertising

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    Advertising : 27 words
  63. Advertising

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    Advertising : 17 words
  64. Advertising

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    Advertising : 22 words
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