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  2. SUBMARINE STRIFE.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The Admiralty denies the German claim that the cruiser Shannon was mined and sunk off the South Coast in November. ...

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  3. SPANISH PRIDE REVOLTS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Reuter's Madrid correspondent says the fact that the Cabinet is remaining in office after receiving assurances of the King's confidence ...

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  4. FEDERAL SITUATION.

    SYDNEY, Thursday.--The State Ministers generally are not enamored with the new Federal National Party. Mr. Hall feels dubious as to the prospects of its success. If ...

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  5. GRAFTON AUSTRALIA DAY FUND.

    GRAFTON, Thursday.--At a meeting of subscribers to the Australia Day Fund to-night to consider the threat of legal proceedings by the Crown Solicitor to compel the local ...

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  6. THE ALLIES' REPLY.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The National Liberal member, Herr Stressman, in a speech in the Reichstag, declared that Germany's war debt would necessitate about 350 mil ...

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  7. THE BALKANS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--A telegram says that complete agreement was reached at the conference on the question of Mac[?]onia. The Salonika front has lost none of its ...

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  8. ENEMY'S ARRANGEMENTS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.-- The " Daily Mail's" naval correspondent says that the member of the remnants of crews landed in Spain and Portugal shows that Germany's ...

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  9. RUMANIAN OIL WELLS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.-- Reuter's Petrograd correspondent says that Germany is vigorously repairing the Rumanian oil wells. Germany has requested the United States ...

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  10. THE GREEK CONSULS.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The Under-Secretary to the Prime Minister's Department stated to-day that most of the Greek Consuls in Australia had already resigned. In ...

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  11. PREMIER'S DECLARATION.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Mr. Lloyd George gave an audience at Madrid to Senor Romanones, the Spanish Premier, who declared he would never resign under foreign pressure. ...

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  12. NO FURTHER COMMUNICATION.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Mr. Hughes, when interviewed in respect of Sir William Irvine's advocacy of the necessity of Australia being represented at the Imperial War ...

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  13. MESOPOTAMIA.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--A Mesopotamian message says that an Indian division dashingly captured a thousand yards of trenches in the Tigris bend on the right bank ...

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  14. VICTORY TURNED TO DEFEAT.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--It is understood that during the four trying months of the war the King of Rumania never complained. Recently he said that if he had to go over ...

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  15. WAR PRECAUTIONS ACT.

    SYDNEY, Thursday.--The Labor Council to-night carried a resolution requesting all Labor Councils, unionists and Federal and State Labor members throughout Australia ...

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  16. PEACE PROPOSALS.

    LONDON Wednesday--Djavid Dey and two other prominent Young Turks are expected at Geneva from Berlin, probably in connection with the activities of Prince Von Bulow ...

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  17. VESSELS SUNK.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The sinkings of the British vessels Baynesk and Lynfield and the Swedish steamer Fernebo are reported. ...

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  18. PREFERENCE TO RETURNED SOLDIERS.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The Minister for Defence has issued a challenge to public or private employers on the question of preference to returned soldiers. He said:-- "I ...

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  19. IMPERIAL CONFERENCE.

    LONDON Wednesday.--The probability of Mr. Fisher representing Australia at the Imperial War Conference is well received in British political circles, in which he has ...

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  20. HINDENBERG BECOMES ANGRY.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The "Daily Mail's" Hague correspondent says that Field Marshal Hindenberg visited the hospital at Cambrai and became angry when he heard ...

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  21. GERMAN OFFICIAL MESSAGE.

    LONDON, Wednesday:--A German official message states :--The Russo-Rumanians failed to recapture positions in the Susita Valley. We pressed back the enemy north ...

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  22. A NEW GERMAN PROGRAMME.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--An Amsterdam message says that the National Committee which Prince Wiedel established last year at the Kaiser's request to bring about a ...

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  23. IN GREECE.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Reuter's correspondent at Pira[?]ns anticipates that King Constantine will yield, but will first merely undertake to liberate the imprisoned ...

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  24. TO PREVENT ESPIONAGE.

    HAGUE, Thursday.-- The War Minister has announced that severer regulations as regards foreigners will come into force, especially to prevent esp[?]age. ...

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  25. "YOU DIRTY BRITISH DOGS."

    SYDNEY, Thursday.-- Oscar Neilsen was charged at the Police Court with failing to report himself at intervals of not more than seven days. ...

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  26. LABOR AFFAIRS.

    SYDNEY, Thursday.--Members of the Sydney Wharf Laborers' Union decided to seek an increase of wages from the Federal Arbitration Court. ...

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  27. BANKING FIGURES.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The year was profitable for the banks. Seven declared the ordinary dividends. The London City and Midland Bank's deposits increased during ...

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  28. THE ITALIAN ARMY.

    LONDON, Wednesday.-- Italy has called up the 1875 class. Italian traders have been warned that the military may requisition all necessities. ...

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  29. EXPIRY OF ULTIMATUM.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The ultimatum to Greece expired at midnight on Wednesday. ...

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  30. THE ALLIED REPLY.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--There is reason to believe that the Allied reply to President Wilson will indicate generally the terms upon which the Allies are prepared to discuss peace. ...

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  31. EIGHT ATTACKS FAIL.

    LONDON, Wednesday.-- A Russian official message says:-- Eight attacks in the heights north of Kesing failed. The enemy pressed back the Rumanians south of ...

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  32. INVASION OF SWITZERLAND.

    LONDON, Wednesday.---A "Daily News " correspondent says that despite German denials the Swiss are preoccupied with the possibility of a German invasion in a ...

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  33. DAYLIGHT SAVING IN MINES.

    SYDNEY, Thursday.-- The daylight saving arrangement is to be ignored in the working of mines on the northern coal fields. ...

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  34. RUSSIAN MINISTERIAL CHANGES.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The Ministerial changes in Russia were wholly unexpected, and are not yet explainable. ...

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  35. GERMAN PEOPLE DISAPPOINTED.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Commenting on the German failure to surround the garrison at Foeshani, Swiss newspapers say the capture of a few more towns in Rumania will not ...

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  36. EAST AFRICA.

    LONDON, Wednesday.-- The British have achieved further successes in East Africa. During the enemy's retreat bloody hand to hand fighting occurred. Askiris thrice ...

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  37. THE TRAWLING DISPUTE.

    SYDNEY, Thursday.--Unless the dispute in the trawling industry is settled before Tuesday next it is almost certain that the trouble will extend. ...

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  38. ONE EGG WEEKLY.

    AMSTERDAM, Thursday:--The Municipality of Berlin announces the possibility of one egg weekly for every Berliner till the 31st January. It is impossible to forecast the ...

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  39. ENERGETIC ENEMY ACTION.

    LONDON, Wednesday.-- Reuter's Salonika correspondent says that everything indicates energetic enemy action at Monastir, where it is reported that a Bulgarian ...

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  40. PARCEL FROM GUNDURIMBA.

    Mr. G. H. West, hon. secretary of the Gundurimba Soldiers' Comfort Fund Committee; has received a letter from Hubert V. Ellis, dated Egypt, November 27, in which the ...

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  41. WHARF LABORERS' CLAIMS.

    SYDNEY, Thursday.--The Sydney wharf laborers are claiming 2s 6d per hour during eight hours for ordinary time and 3s 9d for overtime, with pro rata increase in special ...

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  42. AUSTRALASIA.

    SYDNEY, Thursday.--In the course of his address at Liverpool Camp, Archbishop Kelly said:-- The fight is not only not over, but the intensity of the war appears to be on ...

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  43. THE ALLIES' REPLY.

    LONDON, Wednesday.-- The Entente's reply to President Wilson's Note has been handed to Ambassador Sharp at Paris. No information as to its nature was given. The ...

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  44. CAPTURES BY THE BRITISH.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--General Lyall's Nigerians captured a howitzer. A German who attempted to destroy the gun blew himself up. The Askiris broke and ...

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  45. AIR MACHINES DESTROYED

    LONDON, Wednesday.-- A neutral eyewitness declares that three incendiary fires have occurred in Zeppelin sheds at Kiel during the last five weeks, the latest destroying ...

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  46. SUGAR DISPUTE.

    ADELAIDE, Thursday.--The dispute with the Colonial Sugar Refining Co. in South Australia is still seriously indefinite. The worst fears are entertained. ...

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  47. REIGN OF TERROR.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Swiss reports show that a reign of terror exists in the captured Rumanian towns. Germany is deporting the inhabitants wholesale. ...

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  48. Y.M.C.A. FUND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 42 words
  49. TROUBLE AMONG TRAMWAY MEN.

    ADELAIDE, Thursday.--Grave developments are feared among the tramway men in Adelaide as the result of the presentation by the Trust of a new Sunday roster. The men ...

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  50. HANDED OVER BY FRENCH PREMIER.

    PARIS, Thursday.--M. Briand this afternoon handed the American Ambassador the Allies' reply to President Wilson's Note. ...

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  51. THE DRINK TRADE.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--There is commotion among licensed holders in England as the result of the announcement of measures contemplating the purchase of the whole ...

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  52. ALL DAY FIGHT.

    JOHANNESBURG, Thursday. --Twenty-five men of General Northey's column dispersed 250 Germans and Askiris. The battle lasted the whole day. Ultimately the Askiris ...

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  53. LETTER OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

    Miss Lofts, of Chilcott's Grass, who sent a tin of tobacco through the Red Gross, has received a letter of acknowledgment from Sergt. A. C. Young, in England. ...

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  54. ADDRESSED TO AMERICAN PEOPLE.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The Allies' reply to President Wilson is really addressed to the American people in a spirit of frankness and cordiality. It constitutes a ...

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  55. THE FOOD SUPPLIES.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--It is reported that Von Batocki, the German food dictator, in an interview admitted local difficulties, but declared that Austria's share in the ...

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  56. COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL SCHEME.

    SYDNEY, Thursday.--Mr. Fitzpatrick (Assistant Treasurer), when asked if N.S. Wales. ...

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  57. AUSTRALIANS IN ACTION.

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  58. IRELAND.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The military authorities in Ireland suppressed a film entitled, "Ireland a Nation," which was nightly cheered by crowds in Dublin. ...

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  59. RUSSIAN FRONT.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The French correspondent Marcel Hutin says that General Russky's offensive in the Riga area has been arrested at least temporarily. ...

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  60. THE FEDERAL ARMY.

    LONDON, Wednesday. --Brown, the "Times" correspondent at Jassy, says that the Sereth line has been very strongly fortified during recent weeks. The first ...

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  61. PEACE WILL NOT MEAN MORE FOOD.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Herr Michaelis, one of the German State Under-Secretaries, warns those who desire peace because they want food, that peace would not mean more ...

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  62. RICH QUARTZ.

    SYDNEY, Thursday.--A sensation was caused at Sunny Corner to-day by the arrival of a prospector with a rich bunch of quartz, which was more than half gold. The ...

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  63. FOOD PRODUCTION.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The regulations for food production in Ireland indicate the quantity of arable land in the possession of any occupier which must be cultivated for food ...

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  64. GERMAN NERVOUSNESS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The "Strassburger Post" says there is great nervousness on the whole of the German Eastern front owing to constant movement of troops. A ...

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  65. WHOLE BELLIGERENT WORLD BEING ORGANISED.

    SYDNEY, Thursday. -- Mr. MacKinnon, Director-General of Recruiting, says he is quite certain that as far as Victoria is concerned the people are thoroughly in earnest ...

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  66. PEACE BY VICTORY.

    LONDON, Wednesday.-- An inspired statement in the "Times" says:-- The Rome Conference was unanimous in the determination to secure peace by victory. The ...

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  67. LABOR CONFERENCE.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The agenda paper of the Labor Conference to be held at Manchester on 23rd January includes resolutions favoring the retention of the Government control ...

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  68. THE BATTLE CONTINUES.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--A Russian official message says :--The battle west of Riga continues. We captured a position between Pirul Marsh and the River Aa. Since 5th ...

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  69. BELGIANS' DASH FOR LIBERTY.

    AMSTERDAM, Thursday.--The Governor-General of Belgium in a decree states that 100 Belgians, some of whom were armed, attempted to cross the frontier by force ...

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  70. QUEENSLAND SUGAR INDUSTRY.

    SYDNEY, Thursday.--When the appeal by the Australian Sugar Producers' Association against the Arbitration Award in the Queensland sugar industry came before the High ...

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  71. WHEAT INSURANCE.

    SYDNEY, Thursday.--The insurance companies operating in policies against damage to wheat crops by hail have been particularly hard hit, during the season the estimated ...

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  72. ARCHBISHOP KELLY'S APPEAL.

    SYDNEY, Thursday.--At the opening of the new church for soldiers at Liverpool Camp. Archbishop Kelly made a strong appeal for recruits. ...

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  73. FOREGO PRIVATE QUARRELS.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The '' Times'' in a leading article says :--The obvious course was an agreement between Mr. Hughes and the Liberals. Britain has appealed to Australia ...

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  74. CONSIDERED SERIOUS.

    AMSTERDAM, Wednesday.--It is reported from Berlin that the Russian offensive in the Riga area is considered serious. The artillery fire is unparalleled in previous ...

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  75. THE WOUNDED.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Germany claims that 70 per cent. of the wounded return to the front, six per cent. being unfit for service, and 24 per cent. being relegated to ...

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  76. MEETING AT LISMORE TO-NIGHT.

    The Richmond River district holds a foremost place in the number of men who have volunteered for the front, and the Drill Hall at Lismore has periodically been the scene ...

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  77. WINTER FODDER.

    SYDNEY, Thursday.--The Department of Agriculture has arranged for a lecture on winter fodder and silage by Mr. G. C. Sparks (Inspector of Agriculture) at Comboyne on ...

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  78. IN FRANCE.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The British seized and consolidated a section of trench eastward of Beaumont Hamel, 140 prisoners being taken. They also entered the trenches ...

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  79. FIT OF GRIEF.

    SYDNEY, Thursday.--At the inquest on the body of Ernest Murray, aged 16, the evidence showed that deceased hanged himself in a fit of grief over the death of a girl a year ...

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  80. SPAIN.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--It is reported that the German Ambassador at Madrid will shortly be replaced. ...

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  81. MEASURES AGAINST SMUGGLING.

    HAGUE, Thursday.--A Bill has been introduced into the Chamber for preventive arrest and other drastic measures against smuggling. ...

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  82. ESTATE VALUED.

    SYDNEY, Thursday.--The estate of the late William John Lane, grazier, of Kameruka, has been valued for probate at £22,300. ...

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  83. GREEK CONSUL RESIGNS.

    SYDNEY, Thursday.--Mr. Cohen, Acting Consul-General for Greece, has resigned, owing to the situation in the latter country. ...

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  84. Advertising

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