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  2. THE BATTLE ON THE LEFT WING.

    The battle from the Belgian coast to the La Bessee continues, with hard fighting, especially between Nieuport and Ostend, where the Germans are being steadily driven back by the aid of the naval guns, which enfilade their flank. The enemy has made ground at ...

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  3. IMPORTATION OF SUGAR PROHIBITED.

    In order to prevent the indirect importation of German or Austrian suga[?] or sugar from neutral countries freed by the importation of German sugar. ...

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  4. AUSTRIAN PRINCE AT POLICE COURT.

    An Austrian prince, Jean Sapicha, has been committed for trial at Marl[?] Street Police Court for failing to declare his revolver, ...

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  5. A DISAPPOINTED BANDMASTER.

    The “Daily Chronicle” correspondent states that the British soldiers [?] Ypres captured a bandmaster who was sitting on a tree stump gloomily tying ...

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  6. SHORTAGE OF FLOUR.

    A message from Berlin states that, owing to the shortage of dour, bakets have been authorised to use 20 per cent of potato dour. ...

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  7. THE NEAR EAST.

    According to Realer’s, an official telegram from Athens states that the situation with regard to Turkey’s expulsion of Greeks is becoming ...

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  8. IMPERLAL CON[?]GENTS.

    The Newfoundland contingent has arrived. ...

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  9. SIR GEO. REID’S MESSAGE.

    The following cablegram has been received from Sir George held, dated October 23. 1.40 a.m. Official.—Commodore Keyes, in ...

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  10. AUSTRIA.

    Private advices from Austria state that the calling up of me Landsturm has created a profound depression. The men of the Landsturm are ...

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  11. KILLED AT THE FRONT.

    Lord John Cavendish, captain in the 1st Life Guards, and brother of the Duke of Devonshire, has been killed in France. ...

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  12. SOUTH AFRICA.

    Mr. Schalkburger, in a a letter to the Volkstem.” denounces Generals De Wet and Beyers for betraying their oath of loyalty. ...

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  13. GERMAN OFFICERS RANSACK CHATEAU.

    A Reuter message states that German officers lodged at a chateau at Montmort ransacked the jewel cases, removed the silver and linen, and ...

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  14. AUSTRALIAN HOSPITAL THANKE[?]

    Over five hundred motor ambulances have been presented to the Red Cross, of which thirty are attached to the Australian voluntary hospital, includ ...

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  15. RIVER MONITOR SUNK.

    It is officially announced In Vienne that the Austrian monitor Twes struck a mine in the River Save, and sank with thirty-three of her crew . ...

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  16. PROTECTING THE SEA ROUTES.

    Official.—The Admiralty announces that eight or nine German cruisers are believed to be at large in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. ...

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  17. NIGHT ATTACK ANTICIPATED.

    A Paris message states that 500 Ger mans were killed near Verdun. Anticipating a night attack, the French laid tins near the trenches, and creeping ...

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  18. AUSTRO-SERB STRUGGLE.

    It is officially announced that during the last few days superior Austrian forces violently attacked the Serbe-Montenegrian army in the direction of ...

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  19. STORY OF MARITZ’S TREACHERY.

    Accounts have new been published of the plans of the boor rebels under Colonel Maritz which partly miscarried. Maritiz at the outset disarmed ...

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  20. ARISTOCRATIC CLUB CLOSED.

    The committee of the German Athenaeum Club, the rendezvous of wealthy aliens, has decided to close the club premises in Fail Mail. ...

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  21. SURPRISED IN THE WATER.

    A detachment of British cavalry was playing water polo at Vise, when some Uhlans appeared. The British charged naked, and repulsed the ...

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  22. TELEGRAPH RESTRICTIONS REDUCED.

    The Postmaster-General has an uounced that cable code addressed will be permitted to be used after October 28. ...

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  23. THE ALLIES' CAMPAIGN.

    An official communique issued by the French Government says: — On the left very strong Ger man forces continue to deliver ...

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  24. SOOTS GREYS TO THE RESCUE.

    French cavalry and infantry advancing near Lille became almost bogged in marshy ground under fire of the German artillery. French 75 ...

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  25. ITALY.

    The Czar has offered Italy to release all prisoners of Italian nationality in Russia. The Czar. In offering to liberate ...

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  26. CRICKETER WOUNDED.

    Mr. R. H. Spooner, the well known L[?]shire cricketer, has been wounded in France. ...

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  27. “KANONEN FUTTER.”

    Four fields in the neigh[?]hood of Furnes and Dixmude are covered with German dead. A German shell struck a house in Dixmude where twenty. ...

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  28. ROYAL PRISONER OF WAR.

    A nephew of Prince Alexander of Teck, a [?] in the Austrian Lancers, has arrived in London as a prisoner of war. ...

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  29. WITH THE BRITISH.

    Official.—The following descriptive account of the fighting is communicated by eye-witnesses with the General Headquarters. ...

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  30. UNITED STATES.

    The United Sates Senate has ratified the peace treaty with Sweden. ...

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  31. THE FIGHTING ON THE COAST.

    The fighting at Nieuport was of extraordinary violence. A German column advancing on Dunkirk close to seashore, using the sand dunes for ...

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  32. VAUDEVILLE ARTISTS AND WAITERS.

    Mr. Hugh D. M[?]ntosh, the theatrical manager, who is returning by the Steamer Medina, after a world tour. says that the the[?]leal business in ...

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  33. GERMANS LOSE 5000.

    The allies on Wednesday she led the German trenches, and bayonet charges followed. The Germans were driven back six miles. The fight was one of ...

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  34. AGITATION FOR WAR.

    The police have been making strenuous efforts to stop demonstrations at Milan. Venice, and Breccia in favor of war against Austria Several arrests ...

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  35. WAR IN THE AIR.

    Senator Raymond, a member of the Aviator Corps, while reconnoitring the enemy’s lines was struck by a bullet. His machine fell half-way ...

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  36. HOLLAND.

    There are four thousand British prisoners at Gooberitz. of when forty-four are being medically treated. ...

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  37. ARSENAL IN FRENCH ORCHARD.

    A farmer residing in a district re cently occupied by Germany tells how [?] German Officer, whom he recognised as formerly employed in the district, ...

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  38. THREE GERMAN BATTERIES DESTROYED.

    Another communique states that the action on the left wing continues with great violence, particularly at Arras, La Bassee, and Armentieres. The allies ...

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  39. WHOLESALE SLAUGHTER.

    The fighting between Ostend and Nieuport was of a most sanguinary character. A captured German states that after one fight fifteen hundred [?] ...

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  40. ON THE SEA.

    At Teneriffe the crews have been landed of the following steamers sunk by the Karishrue, mostly in the Atlantic:— ­ Strathroy. Maplebranch. ...

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  41. AIRMAN AND HORSEMAN.

    During the recent cavalry fighting near La Bassee French aeroplanes pursued and cut up a German division. Details show that the airme. ...

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  42. STRUGGLE IN A TRENCH.

    According to the newspaper “Telegraf,” four thousand wounded Germans reached Bruges on Thursday. The allies, from a strongly entrenched ...

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  43. FLUCTUATING FORTUNES.

    Another communique states that there has been inexplicable fluctuations on the left wing, but the line is being generally held. The enemy has ...

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  44. WAR MISCELLANY.

    A Madrid message states that the Government has proh[?] the export of horses or m ules which had started on a large scale. The French ...

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  45. DUPING THE CHINESE.

    “The German in China are carrying a widespread campaign of scurrilous lies in that country, said Miss Hepburn, a Geelong resident, who ...

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  46. ALLIES 15 MILES FROM ERUGES.

    Refugees state that the Germans murdered forty inhabitants of Roulers The battle is now raging fifteen miles south of the Bruges-Ghent line, and ...

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  47. AUSTRIAN SUBMARINE DESTROYED.

    The Rome “Tribune’s ” correspondent states that a Trieste ship Nile destroyed the Austrian submarine Pola. ...

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  48. WITH THE RUSSIANS.

    It is officially stated that the Ger man retreat goes on unceasingly from, the Vistula. The Russians have captured a large quantity of munitions at ...

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  49. FEEDING THE BELGIANS.

    The food situation in Belgium is grave. The relief committee is feeding three hundred thousand in Brussels and over two hundred thousand in ...

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  50. PROGRESS IN EAST AND WEST.

    Officials.—The Germans still hold the Vistula south of Pilica, except at Live, Ivangorod, and Kosenice, which they have abandoned. The Russians, ...

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  51. OIL STEAMER SUNK BY MINE.

    The steamer Sberaz, flying the Persinan­ flag, and loaded with petroleum for Constantinople, has been sunk by a mine. ...

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  52. LIFE OR DEATH FOR GERMANY.

    Colonel Morath, a military writer in he “Berliner Tageblatt,” says that the greatest battle of the war is raging between Lille and Dunkirk. It is for ...

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  53. GERMANS LEAVE ANTWERP.

    Reports from Breda, in Holland, state that only a few hundred Landsturmer troops have left Antwerp for the front the remainder of the troops ...

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  54. GROUNDED GUNBOAT REFLOATED

    The British torpedo gunboat Dryad, which recently went ashore on the north coast of Scotland, has been refloated undamaged. ...

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  55. GERMANY.

    The “Daily News” correspondent states that the Kaiser is staying at the Czenstock Club, which is enclosed with [?]aroed wire entanglements, and rooted ...

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  56. A. F. WILDING PROMOTED.

    A sporting newspaper states that A. F. Wilding, the New Zealand lawn ten nis player, has been promoted to lieutenant for gallantry. ...

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  57. SEA ROUTES SAFE.

    It is officially announced that all sea routes are now reasonably safe. ...

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  58. NO GERMANS AT OSTEND.

    The “Daily News” correspondent at Rotterdam states that there are very few-Germans at Ostend, or at any of the places recently captured. The ...

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  59. BELGIAN GIRLS FOR ’AUSTRALIA

    The “Daily Chronicle’s” Flushing correspondent believes that many Belgian girl refugees used to farm work are willing to go to Australia if an op ...

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  60. GERMAN TREACHERY FAILS.

    An incredible instance of German treachery is related here. Two officers in British uniform s and a motor car near Armentieres approached an ...

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  61. HELL LET LOOSE.

    A wounded soldier relates his experiences of the desperate fighting in the region of ivangorod. The Ger mans held a strongly entrenched ...

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  62. SWEDISH STEAMER MINED.

    The Swedish steamer Alice has struck a mine and foundered in the North Sea. The bulk of the crew were saved. ...

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  63. KAISER AT WESTERN HEADQUARTERS.

    It is reported that the Kaiser visited the western headquarters, probably at Mezires, on tbe Meuse, on Tuesday. ...

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  64. GIFT OF WIRELESS.

    The Marconi Company has presented the Government with two complete wireless equipments and operators. ...

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  65. IN THE FAR EAST.

    Renter’s correspondent at Tokio says that Great Britain’s appreciation of Japan’s assistance has created a profound impression, and has silenced ...

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  66. THE KAISER'S ENTOURAGE.

    A semi-official statement describes the kaiser's headquarters in France as [?] [?]embling a thickly populated cen[?] his personnel numbers 1500, bes[?] ...

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  67. THE SPY MENACE.

    George Dullet, a German, has been sentenced to six months imprisonment at Liverpool for representing himself as a Frenchman. He was possessed ...

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  68. BELGIANS ASSUME THE OFFENSIVE.

    The Belgians, taking the offensive on Monday, fought [?]erce engagements at Schoore, Keyem, Viaaloo, while a force, under cover of the [?]eet's guns. ...

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  69. BELGIAN SAPPERS AVERT DISASTER.

    During the attack on Antwerp the Germans despatched two driverless locomotives loaded with dynamite against the south station. Two ...

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  70. URGING HIS TROOPS TO VICTORY.

    A message from Basle says that the Katser on October 18 inspected the Germans in Alsace and incited them to make a last victorious effort in the ...

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  71. WHEAT FOR THE EMPIRE.

    The Saskatchewan Grain Growers’ Association has made an appeal to members to earmark one acre of next year’s crop the patriotic fand. It ...

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  72. ENGLAND.

    A German who had charge of the telephone switchboard at Rosyth dockyard has been arrested for espionage. ...

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  73. ALLEGATIONS AGAINST ALLIES REPUDIATED.

    The “Vorwaerts” (German Socialist newspaper) repudiates the German newspapers' allegations as to the allies' atrocities, including the gouging ...

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  74. JAPANESE GR[?]SER TORPEDOED.

    It is officially stated that it is now believed that a German destroyer torpedoed the craiser Takachino, exploding her magazine. It was formerly ...

    Article : 75 words
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