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  2. Advertising

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    Advertising : 29 words
  3. WAR IN THE AIR

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 41 words
  4. SUBMARINE WARFARE

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 84 words
  5. SEVERE -GALE.

    A severe wind storm swept the city area between five and six o’clock yesterday afternoon, seriously interfering with the electric main, and causing minor ...

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  6. AMERICA AND THE WAR

    Mr. Josephus Daniels (Secretary for the navy), during a speech to-day, said that America would have ships enough to carry millious to France and enough ...

    Article : 109 words
  7. AMERICAN WIRELESS.

    The following American wireless has been received per the American Consul in Melbourne: — WASHINGTON, Thursday. ...

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  8. FOR VALOR

    Seven brilliant Victoria Crosses have been gazetted, all Britishers, and mostly leaders of forlorn hopes who fought to the last, despite overwhelming odds, in ...

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  9. ATTEMPTED RAID ON PARIS.

    The French official communique states at enemy aeroplanes were reported as approaching Paris on Tuesday evening. We kept up a violent barrage, and our ...

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  10. WAR SAVINGS STAMPS.

    The sales of war savings stamps for April was 58,735,198 dollars, which is the largest in any one mouth. The total sales now amount to 208,085,737 ...

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  11. LOSSES DECREASE 25 PER CENT.

    The Navy Department has announced that the losses of British and Allied shipping during April from submarines was 25 per cent less than for the month ...

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  12. DAYLIGHT RAID ON COLOGNE.

    The “Daily Express” correspondent at Geneva states that the British daylight air raid on Cologne on Saturday caused enormous damage, and in addition to the ...

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  13. ADDITIONAL MEN FOR THE ARMY.

    It is estimated that 750,000 will be automatically added to the army on June 19 by youths attaining their majority. ...

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  14. LIEUT. PRYCE

    Lieut Pryce of the Grenadier Guards, commanded a party covering flank of the Guards. When his company was reduced to 40, he found ...

    Article : 138 words
  15. INSURANCE PREMIUMS.

    The war risk insurance bureau has recommended redwing the insurance rate on the lives of officers and crews merchant ships in the war zone to ...

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  16. WESTERN FRONT

    Sir Douglas Haig reports that the troops carried out a number of success for raids on Tuesday night and entered the German trenches at two points ...

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  17. PRISONERS OF WAR

    The newspapers continue to print many articles detailing the bad treatment of British prisoners of war in Germany, and urging the immediate ...

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  18. ITALIAN FRONT

    The Italian official message states:— We have captured an outpost north-east of Monte Dival Bella, and advanced to the village of Stoccareddo, inflicting ...

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  19. A PROVED SUPERIORITY.

    Mr. F. G. Kellaway, In a speech at Whitechapel to-day, said that it was now dear that we bad reached a material and personal superiority in the ...

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  20. THE NAVY.

    Secretary for the Navy Daniels, speaking at Rutgers College, said “Before another summer the United States will have enough ships to carry not only ...

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  21. THE ELECTRIC LIGHTING BREAK­ DOWN.

    The greatest inconvenience was, however, occasioned by the interruption to electric lighting system, The general manager of the Hydro-Electric ...

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  22. LIEUT. HORSFALL.

    Lieut. Horsfall, of the E ast Lancashire, though severely wounded, and when three of his forward sections had been driven back, collected the ...

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  23. OFFICIAL REPORTS OF GERMAN ILL-TREATMENT.

    Four official reports of German recent lll-treatment of prisoners will shortly be issued. It is understood that they show that the abuses prevalent during the ...

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  24. NEW ZEALAND RED CROSS

    Difficulty still exists with regard to the control of the Now Zealand Red Cross. The Red Cross committee is agreeable to Captain Rhodes, the Red ...

    Article : 220 words
  25. PATROL ACTIVITY.

    The French communique reports Somewhat violent artillerying a t night time in the region of Iiailles, Arecat Wood, Revray, and Plemrat. ...

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  26. LIEUT. BUOHAN.

    Lieut. Buchan, of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, who was wounded early in the battle, suddenly found the enemy had surrounded his ...

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  27. SHIPBUILDING.

    The Shipping Board representative after a tour said that he would recommend the unlimited continuance of wooden shipbuilding on the Pacific Coast ...

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  28. NUMEROUS ESCAPES.

    A message from Amsterdam states that owing to the fine weather there have been numerous escapes of prisoners recently.­ Most of these are French, and ...

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  29. FRENOH PRESS PRAISE FOR THE AUSTRALIANS.

    The newspapers warmly praise the Australians for their splendid work in capturing Ville Sous Corbie. The “Petit Parisien” says that the ...

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  30. CORPORAL DAVIES.

    Corporal Davies, of the South Lancashires, enabled his company to cross a river by mounting the parapet and firing a Lewis gun until the enemy ...

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  31. CASUALTIES AT COLOGNE.

    It is reported that 35 were killed and 87 injured in the Cologne air raid. ...

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  32. EXTENSIVE BOMBING RAIDS.

    Sir Douglas Haig reports that British aviators dropped 1200 bombs on various targets, including aerodromes neat Ghent and Tournai, and billets in the ...

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  33. PRIVATE COUNTER.

    Private Counter, of the King’s Liverpool Regiment, volunteered to deliver a most important message, though he had just seen fire runners killed one after ...

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  34. RECRUITING.

    Army recruiting officers here are swamped with applications, 70 being examined in one day. About 20 from the Chinese quarter join the army on May ...

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  35. MUNITION WORKERS VISIT THE FRONT.

    Parties of Australian munition workers engaged In British factories will shortly visit the war zone in Prance. ...

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  36. ADVISABILITY OF EXCHANGE.

    The “Dally Express” states that despite the Franco-German agreement for the exchange of 350,000 prisoners the British authorities doubt the advisability ...

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  37. RIGHTS OF THE CROWN.

    An important appeal was beard by the Full High Court yesterday, involving the following circumstances:— On account of the Government of New ...

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  38. CASUALTIES INFLICTED NEAR HEBUTERNE.

    Sir Douglas Haig reports:—We repulsed a second attempt to raid our positions south-eastward of Mesnil, and successfully raided in the neighborhood of ...

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  39. RED CROSS COLLECTORS.

    A Chinese boys’ band and 50 volunteers, Chinese, canvassed the Chinese section for Red Cross subscriptions in recognition of the Red Cross relief work ...

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  40. IRELAND

    The Irish situation is still obs[?]e, pending the production of the Government’s evidence of the pro-German plot. Satisfactory evidence is likely to ...

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  41. DUTCH SHIPPING

    The Government has refused Holland’s request to release three of the requisitioned Dutch ships for the purpose of carrying grain to Holland. America ...

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  42. EMPIRE DAY.

    Major Rolph proclaimed Friday as the British annual Empire Day and also as Italy Day, marking Italy’s ending its third year in the war. Celebrations ...

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  43. RECIPROCAL ARTILLERY.

    The French communique reports reciprocal artillerying at different points [?] the Somme to the Oise. ...

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  44. RUSSIAN SITUATION

    A Russian wireless message complains that Germany is not only attacking Russian waships in the Black Sea, but that German submarines are ...

    Article : 69 words
  45. A.I.F. DECORATIONS.

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  46. PHILIPPINE GUARDS.

    Despatches from Washington declare that the War Department has decided that It is practical to send some of the Philippine national guard to France. ...

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  47. FRENCH HOSPITALS BOMBED.

    The United Press correspondent in France states that the German airmen bombed a large number of hospitals in their latest raid on France, killing and ...

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  48. FURTHER ARRESTS.

    Further arrests which have been made in Ireland iuclude Mr. P. F. Burke, a well-known Sian Feiuer, and Mrs. Thomas Clark, widow of the man Arbel, ...

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  49. AMERICANS IN LORRAINE.

    General Pershing's communique said that the American patrols had captured Germans in the Lorraine sector. ...

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  50. THE PACIFIC

    Sir Thomas Mackenzie, in ah address to the Edinburgh and Leith Chambers of Commerce and the Edinburgh Merchants Company on “The Pacific as an ...

    Article : 176 words
  51. FINANCIAL

    The White Star Line shows a profit for the past year, after paying the excess profits duty, of £1,534,000, and a dividend of 20 per cent, has bean ...

    Article : 36 words
  52. MADAME MELBA

    Madame Melba, who up to the present date h as raised £75,400 sterling for patriotic purposes, has had a series of experiences and misfortunes. During her ...

    Article : 196 words
  53. PROBLEM OF THE WAR

    Speaking at a Mansion House luncheon held in celebration o f Italy’s entry Into the war, Lord Robert Cecil said that a complete change had come over the ...

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  54. VAN DIEMENS LAND COMPANY.

    The Van Diemen’s Land Company made a profit for the past year of £7486. dividend of 8d. per shore has been declared on “A” shares, and £153 has ...

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  55. REISE-GOTHAS.

    The Germans are using a new giant bombing plane called the Reise-Gotha, and it Is believed they were used in the raids on London and Paris. They are ...

    Article : 137 words
  56. AUSTRALIAN EDITORS

    The Ministry for Information has invited a delegation of Australian and Zealand editors to visit England and the West front. ...

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