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  2. THE WARSAW CRISIS.

    PETROGRAD, Thursday.-- An official message says that stubborn fighting continues on the Narew and Pruth, and on the left Lank of the Vistula. The enemy's outposts ...

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  3. THE EMPIRE'S LOSSES.

    SYDNEY, Friday.-- Colonel Wallack, addressing the Chamber of Commerce last night, said: "Do you quite understand the tremendous losses we have had in the ...

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  4. FEDERAL INCOME TAX.

    SYDNEY, Friday.-- The Federal Labour Caucus approved of the terms of the Federal Income Tax, which will be graduated, with one exemption, fixed at £157. There will ...

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  5. TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.

    There has been a tremendous rush of wheat on to the market during the last few weeks. Details of the Wealth Census Act finally settled and cards will be issued shortly. ...

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  6. LATEST CABLES.

    ROME, Friday.-- A communique says: Marked progress has been made in the Gordevole Valley. The enemy advanced in force in the Padola Valley, but were repulsed by ...

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  7. AUSTRALIA DAY CELEBRATIONS

    SYDNEY, Friday.-- Australia Day in Sydney and suburbs was the great climax of many weeks' hard work on the part of the numerous organisations which had striven ...

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  8. AN AUSTRIAN VERSION.

    AMSTERDAM, Friday.-- An Austrian communique says: We surprised a strongly fortified position on the frontier between Bukovina and Bessarabia. The enemy fled after ...

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  9. A COAL CONFERENCE.

    LONDON, Thursday.-- Mr. Lloyd George, addressing, a conference of 200 coal -owners and miners' delegates in London, said the demand for coal was greater than ever, and ...

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  10. HOW THE BLOCKADE IS RUN.

    That food supplies and munitions for the German army are being sent in large quantities from the United States by way of South American ports and thence through ...

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  11. SWEATING IN GERMANY.

    SYDNEY, Friday.-- The State Governor, speaking at the Chamber of Commerce dinner, said that Germany for a generation and a half had not only sweated men, but a ...

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  12. AN UNSUCCESSFUL ADVANCE.

    PETROGRAD, Friday.-- A communique says: The enemy at Rozhany unsuccessfully tried to advance between the Narew and Ozh. The enemy's outposts on the left bank ...

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  13. ALLEGED CONSPIRACY.

    SYDNEY, Friday.-- Barbara Turner Taylor (38) was charged at Central Police Court with conspiring, with other persons, to cheat and defraud Charles Joseph McDonnell, ...

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  14. TROOP EQUIPMENT.

    SYDNEY, Friday.-- The Defence Department is now in a position to equip 80,000 men in excess of the number authorised to leave by the end of the year. ...

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  15. LIVERPOOL CAMP REQUIREMENTS.

    SYDNEY, Friday.-- Mr. Justice Rich made a number of further recommendations regarding Liverpool Camp, including the installation of electric light, properly ...

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  16. AT GALLIPOLI.

    LONDON, Thursday.-- A battalion commander at Gallipoli said to a correspondent: "For goodness sake tell the people at home what a tremendous proposition we are up ...

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  17. THE KAISER'S EXCUSE.

    PETROGRAD, Friday.-- A German prisoner states that when the Kaiser visited the eastern front he addressed the troops, saying that if he had a thousand sons he would ...

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  18. A COOL REQUEST.

    SYDNEY, Friday.-- A meeting of the Melbourne Trades Hall Council requested the Labour Party to urge the Imperial Government to openly declare the terms upon which ...

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  19. LAND APPEAL CASE.

    SYDNEY, Friday.-- The Minister for Lands appealed in Banco Court against decision of the Land Appeal Court in favour of Otho Leslie Everingham, in connection with an ...

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  20. PAPUAN TROUBLES.

    SYDNEY, Friday.-- Recent arrivals from New Guinea state that natives in the newly acquired German territory have been causing trouble. One white man has already ...

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  21. WILDING'S LAST LETTER.

    LONDON, Friday.-- Lieut. Wilding, the champion tennis player, was in charge of a three -pounder, say his brother officers, and he directed the firing from early morning ...

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  22. LOSSES AT DARDANELLES.

    LONDON, Thursday.-- Mr. Asquith has issude an amended return of the casualties at the Dardanelles to be 2091 officers and 44,531 men. ...

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  23. MINERS' STRIKE IMPENDING.

    SYDNEY, Friday.-- It is believed that the miners of the Newcastle district will ask 20 per cent increase of wages. An effort is being made to obtain the support of the ...

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  24. FRENCH OCCUPY FRESH GROUND.

    PARIS, Thursday.-- An official message says: "In the Vosges, we have occupied fresh ground. Thousands of shells were thrown into St. Die and Thann. The ...

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  25. INTEREST ON WAR LOAN.

    SYDNEY, Friday.-- Mr. Fisher states the Government do not propose to raise the rate of interest on the War Loan over 4 12 per cent if the whole of the first ...

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  26. WOUNDED STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

    LONDON, Friday.-- Thirteen British wounded at Hampssted Heath were sheltering from a thunderstorm under a tree, which was struck by lightning. All were severely ...

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  27. FIRING ON AN AMBULANCE.

    LONDON, Thursday.-- An Austrian aeroplane opened a vigorous machine gun fire upon an ambulance containing wounded at Isenzo. Fortunately little damage was ...

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  28. COST OF NURSES' UNIFORMS.

    SYDNEY, Friday.-- Two firms, supplying purses' uniforms under contract with the Government, have published statements denying the truth of the allegations ...

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  29. SIR JOHN FRENCH'S REPORT.

    LONDON, Thursday.-- Sir John French reports that there has been active mining operations on both sides, with a few artillery engagements during the last few days, ...

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  30. ITALIAN AEROPLANES.

    GENEVA, Friday.-- Three Italian aeroplanes on the 23rd bombed Innsbruck. Eight bombs were dropped and caused serious damage. The aeroplanes returned safely ...

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  32. POOR RECRUITING.

    SYDNEY, Friday.-- Yesterday was the worst recruiting day experienced at Victoria Barracks, Sydney, for some weeks. Why it was so does not appear. It was the second ...

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  33. LIVERPOOL CAMP.

    SYDNEY, Friday.-- In his address before Mr. Justice Rich, Mr. Innes, for Mr. Orchard, M.H.R., said that the reform which had already been made was of immense ...

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  34. WAR RESOURCES.

    LONDON, Thursday.-- Swedish Professor Heckscher says that Germany can hold out ! as long as necessary, and so could England if capitalists would realise their enormous ...

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  35. TURKS RE-INVIGORATED.

    MITYLENE, Friday.-- The Turks have evidently secured large supplies of ammunition, enabling them to keep up a sustained artillery fire. Anglo-French aeroplanes again ...

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  37. TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT.

    SYDNEY, Friday.-- Mrs. David, wife of Professor David, addressing a meeting in furtherance of the movement to close liquor bars at 6 p.m., said that £1,500,000 was ...

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  38. GERMANY SUPPLYING AMMUNITION.

    LONDON, Thursday.-- Reports from Mitylene state that the Turks have obtained large supplies of heavy ammunition. Two German submarines, which were ...

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  39. BOMBS AND MINES.

    LONDON, Thursday.-- A Paris communique states that some grenades and petard fighting took place in the Souchez sector. Bombs and air torpedoes were used at Bagatelle ...

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  40. GERMANS IN LISBON.

    LISBON, Friday.-- A secret wireless plant, believed to be German, was found in a Lisbon house. Five arrests have been made and the prisoners confessed to having erected ...

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  41. ECONOMY IN PUBLIC SERVICE.

    SYDNEY, Friday.-- The State Government has decided, in view of the uncertainty of the financial outlook, that rigid economy must be practised and retrenchment adopted ...

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  42. ENCOURAGING MUNITION WORKERS.

    LONDON, Thursday.-- General Mandhuy wrote to the Creusot munition workers: "I hear you are working day and night to send us guns and shells. Bravo! You will save ...

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  43. FRENCH SUBMARINE MISSING.

    PARIS, Thursday.-- The French Minister for Marine reports that there is an absence of news regarding the French submarine Maziotte, which was operating in the Sea of ...

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  44. LONDON, Friday.

    The Swedish brig Fortuna and crew have been sent to Cuxhaven. ...

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  45. COFF'S HARBOUR NEWS.

    COFF'S HARBOUR, Friday.-- The following recruits leave for Liverpool to-morrow: Stanley Chesterton, Thomas Barnes, Oscar Thompson, Ernest O'Toole, Robert Allison, ...

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  46. A NATIONAL MINISTRY.

    SYDNEY, Friday.-- The Governor of New Zealand is anxious that a National Ministry should be formed during the war. He approached the party leaders after the ...

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  47. GENERAL WAR NEWS.

    It is reported that Germany has resolved not to answer the American Note at present. The Germans have imposed a fine of £20,000 on the city of Brussels on account ...

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  48. GOOD TREATMENT OF PRISONERS.

    LONDON, Thursday.-- Dr. Karl Ohnesorg, of the American Navy, visited the prisoners' camps for officers at Friedburg, Hanover, Munden, Lemberg and Glessen. He reports ...

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  49. TOTAL AMOUNT COLLECTED UP TO 10 p.m. £28,470.

    SYDNEY, Friday.-- To-day will be a memorable one in the history of Australia. Stimulated by the spirit of the Australian soldiers, who are laying down their lives for ...

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  50. TURKISH CASUALTIES.

    LONDON, Thursday.-- The Turkish casualties in the fighting in Mesopotamia number 2500. They have retreated northwards, and much of their ammunition was captured. ...

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  51. OF INTEREST TO STOCK -OWNERS.

    We have been requested to draw attention to an advertisement in to-day's issue by C. J. Turner and Sons, the well-known produce merchants of Sydney, who have a ...

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  52. THE WHEAT ACT.

    SYDNEY, Friday.-- The Crown's evidence concerning the additional claims for compensation under the Wheat Acquisition Act was taken before the Necessary ...

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  53. ENEMY OFFENSIVE ANTICIPATED.

    LONDON, Thursday.-- "The Times" says the enemy was recently working with feverish energy from the Swiss frontier to the Vosges. Probably there will soon be a ...

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  54. CONTAMINATION OF WATER.

    LONDON, Thursday.-- The Official Press Bureau has published in facsimile, an intercepted German message to German South- West Africa, ordering the contamination of ...

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  56. ITALIAN FRONTIER CLOSED.

    LONDON, Thursday.-- It is announced from Chiasso that the Italian frontier has been absolutely closed against the Germans. ...

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  57. ALLEGED GERMAN AGENTS.

    LONDON, Tuesday.-- The British authorities recently arrested ten alleged German agents. They were court -maritalled for trying to give information about the fleet to ...

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  58. NEW RAILWAY COMMISSIONER.

    SYDNEY, Friday.-- Mr. E. Milne, District Superintendent at Orange, has been appointed Assistant Commissioner for Tramways, in succession to the late Mr. ...

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