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  2. IN FRANCE.

    PARIS, Monday. -- The enemy violently attacked the French advanced positions west of Auberive, in the Champagne, but completely failed before the French machine gun fire. ...

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  3. THE BALKANS.

    LONDON, Monday. -- German wireless message states : -- We stormed several Russo-Rumanian hill positions between the Uz and Putna Valleys. We repulsed fierce counter ...

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  4. RED CROSS TREATMENT.

    LONDON, Tuesday. -- The Red Cross Order of St. John has arranged a joint scheme to administer skilled treatment in near homes of numerous cases of paralysis, the result of ...

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  5. FLOODS IN QUEENSLAND.

    BRISBANE, Tuesday. -- In the floods in Central Queensland Clermont has been partly washed away. Houses have been demolished and a hundred lives lost. Fifty-two bodies ...

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  6. LABOR AFFAIRS.

    SYDNEY, Tuesday. -- Though all moulders employed by the Railway Commissioners resumed work to-day, the condition regarding private employers is unchanged, and there is ...

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  7. ALLIED NOTE TO GREECE.

    LONDON, Monday. -- Reuter's Salonika correspondent reports that enemy aeroplanes have been passing ever the town daily. It is supposed that besides, spying they are ...

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  8. PORTUGUESE FORCE.

    LONDON, Monday. -- A Portuguese expeditionary force under General Taragonini has arrived in France. ...

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  9. Y.M.C.A. AT THE FIRING LINE.

    LONDON, Monday. -- The Australian Y.M.C.A., intending to conduct operations at the firing line, has sent seven additional score taries and seven more are following. ...

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  10. A FOOLISH DESIRE.

    SYDNEY, Tuesday. -- The water and sewerage employees are auxious to co-operate with other unions in urging the release of the I.W.W. men recently sentenced by Mr. ...

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  11. GOVERNMENT'S SYMPATHY.

    BRISBANE, Tuesday. -- The Premier to-day despatched a wire to the Mayor of Clermont expressing the Government's sympathy. The Minister for Education, whose electorate ...

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  12. NEW ZEALAND PREMIER'S SON.

    LONDON, Monday. -- During the holidays Mr. Massey's son (F. G. Massey) was mentioned in despatches from the Somme. ...

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  13. AUSTRALIANS ENTERTAINED.

    LONDON, Monday. -- A Victorian squatter entertained 1000 Australians. ...

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  14. SLAUGHTERMEN ON STRIKE

    SYDNEY, Tuesday. -- The mutton slaughtermen at Riverstone meatworks refused to work last night unless they got an increase of five shillinge per hundred on the award ...

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  15. SERBIAN PRISONERS.

    LONDON, Monday. -- The Bulgarians are compelling thousands of Serbian prisoners to wear Bulgarian uniforms and to work in the Bulgarian army. ...

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  16. NATION ACCEPTS BREAD COMPOUND.

    LONDON, Monday. -- The nation has placidly accepted the standardised bread compound of the Government, consisting of a blend of the Manitoba, Indian, and ...

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  17. FOOD TICKETS BEING DISTRIBUTED.

    CLERMONT, Tuesday. -- The weather has cleared. Only 24 points of rain fell during the last 24 hours. v A good supply of meal is available, and ...

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  18. PATROL OPERATIONS.

    LONDON, Tuesday. -- Sir. D. Haig reports : -- Patrols entered the enemy's trenches at several places eastward of Armentieres. An enemy patrol reached our lines southward of ...

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  19. RAILWAY CLERICAL STAFF.

    SYDNEY, Tuesday. -- A deputation from the 'Staff Officers' Association interviewed the Chief Railway Commissioner and asked that the wages of the lowest grades of the ...

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  20. GERMAN OFFENSIVE REPULSED.

    LONDON, Monday. -- A Russian official message says : -- We repulsed a German offensive southward of Pinsa. The enemy strongly attacked the Rumanians on both banks of the ...

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  21. ITALIAN NOTE.

    ATHENS, Monday. -- Italy has presented a Note to the Government endorsing the Note of the Triple Entente. ...

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  22. AUSTRALASIA.

    SYDNEY, Tuesday. -- Since the inauguration of the Australia Day Fund £75,000 has been paid to applicants. ...

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  23. ALLEGIANCE THROWN OFF.

    LONDON, Monday. -- Reuter's correspondent learns that the islands of Peara and Imbros have thrown off their allegiance to King Constantine. ...

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  24. ENEMY ATTACK FAILS.

    LONDON, Tuesday. -- A French communique says : -- On the right of the Meuse a strong, enemy coup de main east of Deshambrettes completely failed. Matters are ...

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  25. BRIGADIER-GENERAL FORSYTH.

    SYDNEY, Tuesday. -- It is likely that some important office in the Defence Department will be found for Brigadier-General Forsyth, who recently returned from the front. ...

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  26. BEEF SLAUGHTERMEN OUT.

    SYDNEY, Tuesday. -- This afternoon the beef slaughtermen of the Riverstone meatworks, numbering 60, came out in sympathy with the mutton slaughtermen. ...

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  27. SUBMARINE STRIPE.

    LONDON, Monday. -- It is reported that the Danish steamers Danmark and Protector have been sunk. ...

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  28. ITALY AND AUSTRIA.

    LONDON, Monday. -- It is officially announced in Rome that between August and December on the Isonze front alone the Italians captured 42,000 prisoners, 60 guns and ...

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  29. CONDUCT OF THE WAR.

    SYDNEY, Tuesday. -- Dr. Long, Bishop of Bathurst, on Sunday commented strongly on the amount of falsehood associated with the conduct of the war. He said that in spite of ...

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  30. AUSTRO-GERMAN FORCES.

    LONDON, Tuesday. -- An Austrian official message says: -- The Austro-Germans are fighting their way forward in the upper valleys of Zabala, Naruha, and Putna. Our ...

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  31. ALLIED LANDING AT PHOCIS.

    LONDON, Monday. -- The French newspapers regard the Allied landing at Phocis as natural, as it ensures protection for men and supplies from submarines. ...

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  32. RAILWAY AMENDMENT ACT.

    SYDNEY, Tuesday. -- The Railway Amendment Act, which came into operation yesterday, has gratified a large number of railway employees, principally by those provisions ...

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  33. (United Service, Limited.)

    LONDON, Tuesday. -- The British steamer Apsley Hall has been sunk. ...

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  34. NOTE TO GREECE.

    LONDON, Monday. -- The Triple Entente's Note to Greece has been presented. It demands a reduction of the Greek forces outside Peloponnesus (southern peninsula of ...

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  35. HARBOR FATALITY.

    ADELAIDE, Tuesday. -- The outer harbor at Adelaide was the scene of a sensational boating fatality yesterday, when through the overturning of a yacht four young men, ...

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  36. THE LIST INCREASES.

    LONDON Tuesday. -- The following sinkings are reported : -- The British vessel Protector, Russian schooner Seedonia, Norwegian ships Eva and Flora and the Greek vessels ...

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  37. PORTUGAL.

    LONDON, Tuesday. -- Portugal has decreed that on one day weekly no meat shall be eaten. ...

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  38. BU[?]GARIA'S WORK.

    AMSTERDAM, Monday. -- Information from Sofia shows that the Premier declared that Bulgaria's work had been successfully concluded. Replying to criticisms against. ...

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  39. FEDERAL POLITICS.

    SYDNEY, Tuesday. -- Mr. Conroy, ex-M.P. for Werriwa, to-day expressed the emphatic opinion that the Federal Parliament would depart from all sound constitutional opinion ...

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  40. RECRUITING.

    SYDNEY, Tuesday. -- The Chairman of the State Recruiting Committee says he is satisfied with the way the campaign is progressing. ...

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  41. PEACE PROPOSALS.

    LONDON, Monday. -- The German National and Liberal organs profess regret at the Entente's rejection of the peace offer. The Junker newspapers demand renewed ...

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  42. "ENGLAND'S SATELLITES."

    LONDON, Monday. -- Germany is greatly interested in the Imperial Conference. The "Lokal Anzelger" bitterly refers to the "summoning of England's satellites," adding ...

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  43. GERMANS NEAR BRAILA.

    LONDON, Monday. -- The Germans are ten miles from Braila. ...

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  44. ENLISTMENTS AT LISMORE.

    The following men have enlisted through Lismore depot recently : -- G. E. Parry, Nimbin ; E. L: Rugendyke, Lismore ; A. J. McDermott. Byron Bay W. Tweedie, ...

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  45. PROHIBITION OF MEETINGS OF RESERVISTS.

    LONDON, Monday. -- The Allies' Note to Greece also demands the transportation to Peloponnesus of all armaments and munitions exceeding those corresponding with the ...

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  46. FIRE AT LUNATIC ASYLUM.

    MONTREAL, Monday. -- Forty-six, women were burned to death in a fire which destroyed a female lunatic asylum at Ferdinand during the night. There was an uncontrollable ...

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  47. AERIAL ACTIVITY.

    PARIS, Monday. -- The "Guerre Aeriennie" publishes a summary of the Allies' aviation activities during 1916. There were approximately 750 bombardments, of which. ...

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  48. THE AIR CLEARED.

    LONDON, Monday. -- The newspapers chorus approval of the reply to the peace Note, which has finally cleared the air and created the best impression among all the Allies, ...

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  49. TWO SISTERS DROWNED.

    SYDNEY, Tuesday. -- A double drowning accident occurred in the Manning River yesterday, Thos. Connolly, his wife, four sons, and two daughters, started off on a boating trip ...

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  50. IMPERIAL CONFERENCE.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- The movements of Mr. Hughes in Melbourne to-day are shrouded in mystery. Mr. Cook conferred with a number of his followers and it is ...

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  51. IMPERIAL GOODS.

    LONDON, Tuesday. -- The Colonial Institute is receiving satisfactory replies to a circular inviting the Dominions' Governments and Chambers of Commerce to endorse the ...

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  52. SMALL BRITISH LOSSES.

    LONDON, Tuesday. -- The December air losses on the West front were 63 Germans, 10 British and 21 French. ...

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  53. A FRACTURED SKULL.

    SYDNEY, Tuesday. -- A young man named Frank McCabe died in hospital owing to a fractured skull. It is understood the victim was engaged in a quarrel with four other men, ...

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  54. SENTIMENTS AND THE WAR.

    ROME, Monday. -- The newspaper "La Tribuna." hopes that Note sending has now ended for the war cannot be influenced by sentiments. ...

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  55. ON THE TIGRIS FRONT.

    LONDON, Tuesday. -- The correspondent Candler reports, from the Tigris front that the flying corps are putting up splendid work, raiding Turkish supply centres and engaging ...

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  56. GERMAN EAST AFRICA.

    LONDON, Tuesday. -- Details have arrived of the entry into Tobora of the Belgian army and 15,000 Ugandas, directed by British transport officers, after months of most ...

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  57. A LOST CHILD.

    SYDNEY, Tuesday. -- A three-year-old boy wandered into the bush on the North Shore line yesterday afternoon. Subsequently 100 Boy Scouts scoured the countryside and ...

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  58. KING CONSTANTINE'S HOPE.

    LONDON, Monday. -- The position in Greece is approaching a most serious crisis. The Allied Ministers are still aboard the warships. King Constantine is endeavoring to evade the ...

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  59. MOVEMENTS OF GERMAN DIPLOMATS.

    LONDON, Monday. -- Prince Von Bulow and numerous secretaries have arrived in Switzerland. (Prince Von Bulow, who is an ex-German ...

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  60. THE TOTE.

    SYDNEY, Tuesday. -- The Minister of Education has asked the racing clubs how soon they can instal the totalisator. It is expected in some cases only six weeks will be ...

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  61. REPORTED MISSING.

    Mrs. Lewis, of Bangalow, received word yesterday from the authorities to say that her son, Private Arthur Lewis, is reported missing since November 14th last. Prior to ...

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  62. DUNOON RED CROSS.

    The usual fortnightly meeting of the Dunoon Red Cross was held in Mr. Jemmett's room on Wednesday, 20th December. Mrs. McKinnon presided and 22 were present. It ...

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  63. SUDDEN DEATH.

    SYDNEY, Tuesday. -- Geo. Saunders, a, railway inspector, died suddenly on the Bathurst railway station when proceeding from Forbes to Sydney, to undergo an operation for an ...

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  64. PEACE IMPOSSIBLE.

    PETROGRAD, Tuesday. -- The British Ambassador (Sir G. W. Buchanan), speaking at a New Year's banquet, said peace with Germany whose hands were red with the blood ...

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  65. INDIAN LOYALTY.

    LONDON, Monday. -- A National Congress at Lucknow adopted a resolution expressing loyalty to the British Crown, and hoping the Allies would be successful in the war. ...

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  66. FOUND SHOT.

    SYDNEY, Tuesday. -- In connection with the case of an elderly man named Alfred Toombs, who was found shot in the abdomen at his residence at Paddington last night, his ...

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  67. GASTRO-ENTERITIS.

    SYDNEY, Tuesday. -- An outbreak of gastro-enteritis in the Campsie district is developing at an alarming rate, and deaths are frequent. Dirty pans, open drains, flies, ...

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  68. NO FURTHER NONSENSE.

    LONDON, Tuesday. -- The "Times" in a leading article says that the continued blockade until the demands are carried out means that the Allies will not stand further nonsense ...

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  69. IRELAND.

    LONDON, Monday. -- The Government has taken over control of the Irish railways. ...

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  70. RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS.

    SYDNEY, Tuesday. -- The new Railway Commissioners have taken up their duty. It is probable the division of the duties will be as follows : -- Mr. Fraser, Chief Commissioner, ...

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  71. "ENTENTE'S ANSWER VERBOSE."

    LONDON, Monday. -- A wireless message addressed to the German Embassy at Washington says that the general impression in Germany is that the Entente's answer is ...

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  72. WAR CHEST MARKET STALL.

    On Saturday, December 30th, the Market Stall was in charge of Mesdames Kelly and Lee, assisted by the Misses Kelly (2) and Miss Marjorie Allen. On the stall was a ...

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  73. OBITUARY.

    LONDON, Monday. -- The death is reported of Edward Strauss, the composer. ...

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  74. COMPULSORY TILAGE.

    LONDON, Tuesday. -- The Dublin correspondent of the "Times" reports that the Irish Government is inaugurating compulsory tillage, compelling farmers to till a large ...

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  75. LONDON CITIZENS' MESSAGE.

    LONDON, Tuesday. -- Replying to the London citizens' New Year's message, King George says he earnestly joins in their prayer for glorious victory and a lasting peace in ...

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  76. DIPLOMATIC AGENT.

    LONDON, Tuesday. -- Official : The Earl of Granville has been appointed the British Government's representative in connection with M. Venizelos' Provisional Government ...

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  77. LIQUOR PROHIBITION.

    LONDON, Monday. -- Absolute prohibition is being enforced in Newfoundland from today. ...

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  78. EXPIRED EXEMPTIONS.

    LONDON, Monday. -- The recruiting offices were crowded with New Year expired exemption applicants. Augmented staffs were dealing all day long with the rush. ...

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  79. NATIONAL CLUB RAID.

    SYDNEY, Tuesday. -- The third hearing of the charges in connection with the recent National Club raid was concluded, when the magistrate convicted all accused, who were ...

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