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  2. SPECIAL CABLE SERVICES.

    Four divisions of 90,000 Canadian troops now at the front have been moved from the Ypres salient to take their places alongside the Anzaes on the Somme. For more than ...

    Article : 119 words
  3. SPORTING.

    The "Referee's" tips, for Saturday are:-- Hurdle: Corrie or Inverara. Maiden: Thrace or Ukuwela. Auburn: Nombi or Wallace Isinglass. Highweight: Sydian or Galen. ...

    Article : 110 words
  4. AMERICA.

    The American naval programme, which involves the expenditure of 315,000,000 dollars, was passed by a vote of six to one. It provides for the construction of 157 warships ...

    Article : 78 words
  5. NEWS OF THE WORLD.

    Official reports of recent aerial doings show the wonderful co-operation with our artillery. Thrilling fights take place almost daily against German Fokkers. Many airships have ...

    Article : 87 words
  6. LISMORE.

    At St. Andrew's Anglican Church to-night, Dr. Le Fanu, Coadjutor-Bishop of Brisbane, confirmed about 50 candidates from Lismore, Nimbin and Alstonville. ...

    Article : 29 words
  7. TELEGRAMS.

    During the progress of the day baking dispute at Melbourne nearly two hundred members of the Bread Carters' Union refused to go on strike. These were hauled before the ...

    Article : 62 words
  8. CARGO CONDEMNED.

    The Chief Justice condemned part of a cargo, of the mail steamer Moldavia, which arrived here in May of last year, on the ground that the goods had been received ...

    Article : 43 words
  9. ESCAPED TURKISH PRISONERS.

    Two Turks who fought against the British at Salonika were arrested on board a steamer at Newcastle, on which they had signed as members of the crew. ...

    Article : 38 words
  10. AMERICAN MONEY.

    Reuter's representative at New York, states that since the war started foreign Governments have raised £270,000,000 in the United States, of which £200,000,000 were for ...

    Article : 69 words
  11. AT MAROUBBA.

    At an early hour this morning; detectives visited a house at Maroubra and arrested two men one on a charge of forgery and the other with forging and uttering. ...

    Article : 43 words
  12. OFF FLUSHING.

    "The Times" correspondent at Amsterdam says: Flushing reports an engagement this morning at 3.30, between British and German warships near Zeebrugge. The action was ...

    Article : 33 words
  13. N.Z. G.N. HURDLER.

    The New Zealand Grand National Hurdles was won by Art, with Master Regal second, and Sir Solo third. ...

    Article : 37 words
  14. STATE OWNERSHIP.

    The Minister for the Navy says that six vessels were re-offered to his department, but the offer was rejected on account of the amount asked for them. ...

    Article : 34 words
  15. KING AND KAISER.

    The King and the Kaiser visited the Somme front simultaneously. Hysterical accounts are published in Germany of the Kaiser conducting parades, at which he iron-crossed and ...

    Article : 63 words
  16. SUGAR.

    Western Australia is threatened with a serious shortage of sugar through the waterside workers refusing to load. ...

    Article : 31 words
  17. LISMORE TURF CLUB.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 355 words
  18. EMPLOYMENT- OF ENEMY SUBJECTS.

    There is a strong inclination amongst the miners at Kalgoorlie and Boulder to take drastic action in restricting the employment of enemy subjects. The employers claim that ...

    Article : 58 words
  19. OUR LOAN.

    The New South Wales loan is much less satisfactory than the Commonwealth loan, as 80 per cent, has gone to the underwriters. However, in view of the frequency of the New ...

    Article : 82 words
  20. GERMANS REINFORCING.

    Forty troop trains arc reported to have passed Cologne, going Somme-wards. ...

    Article : 25 words
  21. OUR RAILWAYS.

    In response to a number of questions in Parliament by the Leader of the Opposition. Mr. Wade, the Minister for Works laid on the table of the Legislative Assembly a ...

    Article : 128 words
  22. THE KAISER.

    In the House of Commons Mr. Will Thorne, special Democrat, asked: Will the Kaiser be charged with wilful murder? (Cheers.) Mr. .squith did not reply. ...

    Article : 43 words
  23. APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL ENVOY.

    The "Petit Parisien" points out the importance of the British advance west of Pozieres; and says that Moquet farm is the last vantage point overlooking the British lines. ...

    Article : 51 words
  24. CHARITABLE HOME INMATE.

    An inmate of a charitable home at Masterton, New Zealand, has established his claim to £62,000 lying in Chancery. ...

    Article : 31 words
  25. CONCENTRATES.

    The city editor of "The Times" says the British Government has agreed to purchase 100,000 tons of concentrates annually during the war and for ten years after. The total ...

    Article : 84 words
  26. SITUATION UNCHANGED.

    General Haig, in a communique, states: Between the Ancre and the Somme the situation is unchanged. Minor infantry engagements have taken place in the vicinity of ...

    Article : 35 words
  27. THE ANZACS.

    Mr. Hughes has cabled General Bird wood congratulating the Anzacs on their success at Pozieres and in Egypt. ...

    Article : 27 words
  28. THE KAISER.

    The Kaiser and a number of high officers visited Cologne Cathedral amidst dense cheering by masses of people in the streets. The Kaiser, standing on the platform of his ...

    Article : 65 words
  29. AUSTRIA AND ITALY.

    An Italian communique says: We captured trenches on Mount Pecinka, in the Carso region, and east of Gorizia, taking 350 prisoners. Enemy attacks on the remainder of the ...

    Article : 127 words
  30. ARTILLERY ACTIVITY.

    A Paris communique states: A lively bombardment is proceeding at Thiaumont, Fleury, Yaux arid Chapitre. Enemy aeroplanes bombed Belfort, but there were no victims. ...

    Article : 29 words
  31. NOTE FORGERIES.

    As a result of investigations in connection with the recent circulation of counterfeit Commonwealth five-pound notes, the police arrested two young men named Henry ...

    Article : 343 words
  32. PATRIOTIC FUNDS.

    In the Victorian Legislative Council Mr. McWhae in moving for an investigation into Australian patriotic funds, made a serious allegation concerning the treatment of ...

    Article : 39 words
  33. ON THE SOMME.

    A Paris communique says the French resumed the offensive on the Somme this afternoon, after an intense cannonade, making important gains. They captured, north of the ...

    Article : 167 words
  34. THE CENTRAL EMPIRES.

    Paris newspapers regard the appointment of Count Andrassy as Austro-Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs as being a pointer towards the unification of the control of the ...

    Article : 68 words
  35. PEACE.

    Seventeen thousand signatures opposed on the first day the Breslau Socialist petition for a speedy peace, with no conquests. ...

    Article : 26 words
  36. THE PRICE OF MEAT.

    The prices of meat last month in Sydney were 70.6 per cent, higher than in July, 1914; other food and groceries 20.7 per cent, higher; and prices for the two combined; 33.6 per ...

    Article : 74 words
  37. JAMAICA CYCLONE.

    A cyclone swept over Southern Jamaica. It is believed the northern portion escaped. The capital, Kingstown, was cut off from communication. There were a number of deaths. ...

    Article : 32 words
  38. MURWILLUMBAH RACES.

    It was impossible to raise Murwillumbah at a late hour last night to get the results of the races, and no message had got through to Lismore with results at that hour. ...

    Article : 44 words
  39. EAST AND WEST.

    Colonel Repington, the "Times" military correspondent and critic, says there is no doubt that three Austrian armies are shattered. General Bothmer, while escaping disaster, ...

    Article : 270 words
  40. AERIAL WARFARE.

    A British airman, patrolling on the Somme front at a height of 4000ft., sighted eight Germans at 9000ft. He climbed to this height, five British battleplanes joining him. One ...

    Article : 60 words
  41. THE "MIRROR" LIBEL ACTION.

    Some weeks ago ten members or the New South Wales Ministry issued writs against the Australian Pictorial Newspaper Co. Ltd., publishers of the "Mirror," for alleged libel, ...

    Article : 59 words
  42. GERMANY'S STRENGTH.

    "The Times" correspondent says: There is an increasing number of prisoners of the 1917 class, and also proofs that the 1918 class is partially incorporated. ...

    Article : 37 words
  43. TURF NOTES.

    We have been informed that Nojah has been sold to Mr. S. Gay, and may go to Brisgane to race. Maharajah is reported to have gone amiss. ...

    Article : 667 words
  44. THE COST OF POZIERES.

    "The Times" correspondent at headquarters says the enemy losses during the desperate efforts to regain ground round Pozieres were extremely heavy. On the nights of the ...

    Article : 300 words
  45. GERMAN BRUTALITIES.

    In the House of Commons Mr. Asquith declared that some of the Allies had suffered grosser and more extended brutalities than ourselves at the hands of the Germans. We ...

    Article : 74 words
  46. THE MUCH-WANTED BABY.

    Mr. MeAlpin, the "Daily Mail" correspondent on the West front, says that the French War Office has decreed three days' leave to every soldier whose wife presents ...

    Article : 43 words
  47. A TRAITOR.

    The New Zealand Government announces that information has been received that one of New Zealand's soldiers deserted to the enemy. The man's name, which has been ...

    Article : 65 words
  48. THE VATICAN.

    Count De Salis has been appointed Special Envoy to the Vatican, in succession to Sir Henry Howard. ...

    Article : 23 words
  49. REPARATION DEMANDED.

    In the House of Commons Mr. Asquith said that the Government had determined not to tolerate diplomatic intercourse with. Germany after the war, until reparation had ...

    Article : 49 words
  50. HOSPITAL SUBSIDY.

    An exhaustive report on the financial position of the Grafton Hospital, made by a departmental examiner of accounts, was read to the Grafton Hospital committee at their ...

    Article : 484 words
  51. INTRODUCTION OF FIVE BILLS.

    The Cabinet decided on the immediate introduction of five additional bills, including the Libel Bill, Franchise Bill, Costs of Resumptions Bill, Water Supply Bill, and ...

    Article : 67 words
  52. THE BELGIAN QUEEN.

    The King has presented the Queen of the Belgians with the First-class Order of the Red Cross. ...

    Article : 31 words
  53. MORE KULTUR.

    A plot has been unearthed to poison horses consigned to Britain, from Iowa, and a wide- . spread attempt by German agents to kill livestock to the Entente Allies from the United ...

    Article : 52 words
  54. GENERAL ELECTIONS.

    During the debate in the House of Commons on the second reading of the Special Register Bill, Sir Edward Carson urged that arrangements should be made for soldiers polling in ...

    Article : 65 words
  55. INQUEST ON DRAFTSMAN'S DEATH.

    At the inquest concerning the death of Ernest Vautin, the evidence given showed that deceased, who was Chief Draftsman in the Lands Department, suffered from nerves ...

    Article : 79 words
  56. EASTERN FRONT.

    "The Times"' correspondent officially states: Brusiloff's generals. between the 4th and the 12th of August captured 7757 officers, 350,845 men, 405 cannon, 1326 machine ...

    Article : 48 words
  57. GERMAN TALK.

    Herr Lohmann, director of the new line of German submarines, has informed Budapest that seven craft are being constructed which wil take six months to build. ...

    Article : 35 words
  58. AT THE FRONT.

    The "Times" correspondent says on the King's visit West he went everywhere and saw the every-day lire o- the troops. The Ring, President Poincare, and Generals Joffre ...

    Article : 154 words
  59. CASUALTY LIST.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 247 words
  60. CAPTURE OF A SPY.

    The French have captured Lieutenant Von Hissing, son of the tyrant of Belgium, who is believed to be identical with the Melbourne Savage Club spy. ...

    Article : 36 words
  61. THIRD WAR LOAN.

    The total applications to date in connection with the third war loan number 81,728, amounting to £22,276,000. ...

    Article : 28 words
  62. FURTHER PROGRESS.

    A Petrograd official message says: South of Braezany we occupied the west bank of the River Zlota Lipa, but a counter-attack checked us. We are advancing, despite desperate ...

    Article : 62 words
  63. IN MESOPOTAMIA.

    A Reuter official message, says that in Mesopotamia the situation is quite unchanged. ...

    Article : 21 words
  64. PREFERENCE TO UNIONISTS.

    The Government's insistence upon including in the Arbitration Amendment Bill provisions giving civilian unionists preference over ex-soldier non-unionists, and the ...

    Article : 181 words
  65. AUSTRIA AND POLAND.

    It is reported from Vienna that Austria has decided to confer self-government on Poland, and to release a large number of interned Poles. ...

    Article : 44 words
  66. COURSING .

    A coursing meeting will be held in Grafton on Saturday, August 26th A sufficiency of well trained hares have been secured for the occasion. ...

    Article : 32 words
  67. THE NORTHERN ARMIES.

    General Russky is appointed Commander in-Chief of the northern armies, in succession to General Kuropatkin. ...

    Article : 25 words
  68. CANADIAN WHEAT.

    Indignation is shown in Winnipeg regarding American reports of the damaged Manitoba wheat crop, which is confined to the south. The yield of the province will be ...

    Article : 66 words
  69. THE WEST FRONT NOT THE ONLY DANGER.

    Mr. Warner Allen. British press representative on the West front, and now with the French on the Somme, says that two-thirds of the Germans who held the theory that ...

    Article : 72 words
  70. THE DOMAIN MEETING

    Charles Beeby and Charles Reeve were fined £2 each, or in default one month's imprisonment, for behaving riotously in the Domain on Sunday. ...

    Article : 63 words
  71. Advertising

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    Advertising : 48 words
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