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  2. EIGHT HOURS’ DAY

    Though yesterday’s weather was never of the most promising the rain which had threatened all day held off until late afternoon, when a thin ...

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  3. FIGHTING IN THE SNOW,

    The cold weather and snow are hindering the fighting In both theatres of war, but both the allies and Russians appear to be doing well. The Austrian fortress of przemysl is in a had way from cholera, which is raging among its garrison, and its fall, which ...

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  4. AMERICAN’S ACCOUNT OF THE SITUATION.

    The “Daily Telegraph” prints a narratives of an American who was recent­ in Berlin and had ample opportunities to study the situation. He states ...

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  5. AUSTRALIA.

    The concentration of troops at the Broadmeadows Camp has begun. The first arrivals, a contingent of 330 men from Tasmania, came to hand by the ...

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  6. GERMAN CRUISERS GO NORTH.

    The “ Daily Mails” Copenhagen correspondent says that the cruiser Berlin is bound from Wilhelmshaven, the North Sea naval base, for Iceland, and ...

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  7. FOOLHARDY EXPLOIT.

    Some German infantry were obliged to graduate the trenches north of Dix[?]ade owing to severe privations and during the enemy’s absence two ...

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  8. GERMAN COMMERCE DESTROYERS

    The fate of the Britain ship La Cor[?]entina, whose owners were anxious at [?] delay in reaching her destination is now known. The [?] has been [?] ...

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  9. MARK FALLS IN VALUE.

    The exchange value of the German mark has again fallen, and is now 111 centimes compared with 113 at the outset of tho war, The German ...

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  10. CUT OFF BY FLOODS.

    The following is among the recent incidents in [?] with [?] cast of Dixm[?]de. Some 1500 Germans were cut off on the night of ...

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  11. PANIC IN THE EAST.

    Panic and excitement are general In East Prussia, and forty thousand of the population is fleeing dally. The situation is so serious that Germany ...

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  12. SOUTH AFRICA.

    An official announcement yesterday stated that Commandant Hande, commanding 300 men of the Union forces was nearly surrounded by rebels, who ...

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  13. THE ALLIES CAMPAIGN.

    Large reinforcements are being collected for an attack via Dixmude, where st[?]ail German forces are enxencbed. The northern section of the ...

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  14. RUSSIANS REFUSE CONDITIONAL SURRENDER OF PRZESMYSL.

    The Austrian commander of Przemysl offered to surrender the town on the condition that the garrison were left their liberty. The Russians how ­ ...

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  15. WITH THE BRITISH.

    An eye-witness with the British forces writing on November 20 states The Germans intended to assault the British left on the 15th but our ...

    Article : 294 words
  16. THORN IN KAISER'S SIDE.

    Prisoners recently captured state that the Germans are exasperated at the success of the British armored trains, and the Kaiser has offered a ...

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  17. DE WET KEPT ON THE MOVE.

    An official announcement states The Union forces are holly pursuing General De Wet who crossed the Vet River and headed towards Bosho[?] ...

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  18. RUSSIANS GAIN PARTIAL SUCCESSES.

    An official communique states: The fighting between the Vistula and the Warta continues with supreme determination. ­ We have gained ...

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  19. TASMANIA.

    The 85 men of the clearing hospital line of communication now in camp at Claremont will go North by train on Thursday, and take the Loongana for ...

    Article : 97 words
  20. TURKEY.

    Official advices from the Caucasus state that the Turkish cruiser Hamidich and several destroyers have bombarded Tuapse, on the north-east coast ...

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  21. INVESTMENT OF PRZEMYSL

    The defenders of Przemyel have been decimated by cholera, and the victims are being burled in quicklime in huge pits In the outskirts of the ...

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  22. ARTILLERY BOMBARDMENT.

    An official communique states: Between Arras and the Oise there Is only intermittent bombardments. Our artillery on the whole is more active that ...

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  23. FINANCIN THE STATES,

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Fisher) stated to-day that the loan on £18,000,000, which the Federal Government is obtaining from the [?] ...

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  24. MUNITIONS FOR AUSTRIA

    The Austrians are attempting to occupy the Danube between Roumania and Seryia, because they would thus be enabled to send supplies of ...

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  25. MESSAGE FROM THE PRIME MINISTER.

    Senator J. J. Long yesterday received the following telegraphic [?] [?] from the Prime Minister (Hon. Andrew Fis[?]):— ...

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  26. UNITED STATES.

    The Porte has explained the firing by the Smyrna forts on the launch of the cruiser Tennessee, slating that the shot was fl[?]od as a warning against ...

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  27. THE GARRISON OF SMYRNA

    Eighty thousand Turks under Ger a u officers constitute the garrison of Su[?]yrna. The port is guarded by a double tine of mines. ...

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  28. SIR [?]EO. REID’S MESSAGE.

    The following cable [?] has been received from Sir George [?]. London, November 23. —Official,— The Russian forces have achieved a ...

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  29. FIGHTING SOUTH OF YPRES.

    "The Times'" correspondent at Calais says that fierce lighting continues around Messines, south of Ypres. The British by a night attack ...

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  30. ENGLAND.

    The Attorney-General, Sir J. A. Simon, at a recruiting meeting at Ash ton-under-Lyne, said that the war would not end until the allies had ...

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  31. ATHLETIC SPORTS.

    It was fortunate from the print of view of the athletic sports’ promoters that only one item of their programme came in the afternoon while the rain ...

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  32. GOMEL CORPS ENGAGED.

    An engagement between outposts, in when the Bikaner Camel Corps was engaged bas taken place on the Egyptian frontier. Thirteen of ...

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  33. WAR IN THE AIR,

    A British aviator attacked a German aeroplane [?] some French [?] at Soissons. The German attempted to escape, but shrapnel fire brought ...

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  34. MOUNT BISCHOFF EXTENDED

    Speaking at the half-yearly meeting of the [?] Extended to-day, the chairman (Mr. D. W. C. Smith) explained that owing to the suspension ...

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  35. TURKS CLAIM A VICTORY.

    An official statement issued at Constantinople by the Porte claims that Turkish troops have reached the Sue[?] Canal the British suffering heavy ...

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  36. GERMAN FORCE TRAPPED.

    The Germans on the 19th bombarded the Gurkhas’ outpost trenches at Hollebeke for five hours. A thousand German Infantry then advanced ...

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  37. RIOT AT CONCENTRATION CAMP.

    A regrettable affray occurred at the alien camp at Dougias, [?]le of Man. where four thousand German and Austrian ­ civilians are Interned and ­ ...

    Article : 297 words
  38. ATTACK ON FRIEDERI[?]HSHAFEN.

    Further detail of the aerial attack on the Ze[?]pelin station at Friedrichshafen on the Lake of Constance show that a British officer on the ...

    Article : 121 words
  39. THE BELGIAN DISTRESS

    Two members of the House of Commons have gone on an official mission to Holland to arrange for the emigration of many Belgians to England. The ...

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  40. BALKAN STATES.

    The Roumanian Minister for the interior (Mr. Take Jones co) in a telegram to the “Vetchernoy, Vre[?]uya” says that all Roumania’s interests and ...

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  41. GROUND FROZEN HARD

    Northern France and Belgium a re an expanse of Arctic whiteness, ice forming on the canals, and the frozen ground is making entrenchment ...

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  42. MURDER CHARGE.

    At Beechworth, William Braslin, a married man, 52, had an altercation with a Chinese named Ah [?] on Saturday at his (Bru[?]n’s) residence. ...

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  43. BRITISH AIRMAN CAPTURED.

    Swiss observers state that five aeroplanes took part in the raid . One bomb fell on the roof of the airship shed. A British aviator was ...

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  44. LORD ROBERTS’ LA ST MESSAGE.

    Lord Roberts’ last message to the nation, as it happened, took the form of a contribution to his forthcoming volume on behalf of the refugees. He ...

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  45. CLEVER FRENCH RUSE.

    The French in Alsace sent up a balloon with three dummy aeronauts over the German lines. Three Taube aeroplanes immediately attacked and ...

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  46. ON THE SEA.

    A British destroyer has captured a Turkish sailing ship bound to Smyrna with two disguised German officers on board. ...

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  47. GERMANY.

    All subjects of hostile countries have been ordered to leave the State of Hamburg by November 29. They may reside in another large district ...

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  48. £1,000,000 OF FOOD A MONTH.

    The Commission for the relief of the Belgians has completed an organisation in the United States by which £1,000,000 worth of food is to be sent ...

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  49. SUSPICIOUS VOYAGE.

    The steamer Sa[?]ramenio has arrived at Valparaiso and reports being seized by a German warship and taken to Juan Fernandez ( a Chilli an Island ...

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  50. WITH THE RUSSIANS.

    The military governor of Cracow has repelled the population and fifty thousand P[?]les have f[?]ed in all a[?]ions ...

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  51. BATTLE FIELD INCIDENTS.

    Further details have been made known concerning the act of bravery which won the V. C. for Lieutenant Dimmer. Lieutenant Dimmer was in ...

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