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  2. LUSITANIA CLAIMS.

    NEW YORK, Wednesday. -- As the result of the sinking of the Lusitania claims aggregate one million sterling, but the Company claims liability for only £20,000. ...

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  3. LATEST SPORTING

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  4. DISTRICT NEWS.

    We, in common with other places, received a full share of the rain. It has rained almost continually since Wednesday, the heaviest rain being from Saturday to Monday, when ...

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  5. GERMAN BLOCKADE.

    AMSTERDAM, Wednesday. -- The Austrian Premier has justified the new submarining policy on the ground that their adversaries have an army of merchantmen laying ...

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  6. OPENING OF PARLIAMENT.

    LONDON, Wednesday. -- The King in his speech at the opening of Parliament said : -- For the third time in succession I summon you to your deliberations in the midst of a ...

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  7. APPEALS TO NEUTRALS A FAILURE.

    NEW YORK, Wednesday. -- President, Wilson's appeal to join the diplomatic severance programme is apparently a failure. ...

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  8. THE WAR.

    NEW YORK, Wednesday. -- Senators Vardaman an and Kirby, Democratic Senators, announce that they would not vote to endorse the President's action, but Stone's resolution ...

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  9. KAISER WILL DELAY RUPTURE.

    NEW YORK, Wednesday. -- The opinion is growing at Washington that the Kaiser may delay a rupture with the United States, meanwhile sinking other neutrals without ...

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  10. CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES.

    NEW YORK, Wednesday. -- An order has been made in the Federal District Court that persons failing to file claims prior to December 26th are debarred from participating in ...

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  11. MONTE VIDEO APPROVES.

    LONDON, Wednesday. -- A Monte Video correspondent says President Wilson's action has been approved by press and public. The Government has been urged to ...

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  12. AUSTRALASIA.

    SYDNEY, Thursday. -- The Anzac Band returned to Sydney from Victoria after a humiliating experience in that State. They were told by the Victoria State ...

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  13. SENATE APPROVES OF SEVERANCE.

    VANCOUVER, Wednesday. -- The Senate has approved of President Wilson's severance with Germany. ...

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  14. CAMPAIGN AGAINST WAR.

    WASHINGTON, Wednesday. -- It is learned from a reliable source that a great campaign against militarism has commenced and an insidious nation-wide propaganda against ...

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  15. ADHERE TO RATIONS SCALE.

    LONDON, Thursday. -- The "Times" warns the nation to expect serious shipping losses, and says everybody must, rigidly adhere to the rations scale. ...

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  16. ARRIVAL OF AMBASSADOR.

    LONDON, Wednesday. -- Though a Vancouver message states Ambassador Gerard has reached Switzerland no direct cable to this effect has been received from the ...

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  17. JOINT SCANDINAVIAN NOTE.

    LONDON, Wednesday. -- The Scandinavian Governments have decided to send a joint anti-submarine protest to Germany. It is semi-officially announced that Sweden has ...

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  18. AN ACT OF WAR.

    LONDON, Wednesday. -- Rotterdam states the authorities at Berlin regard the United States' seizure of ships as practically an act of war. The German newspaper, including ...

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  19. CASINO RACES.

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  20. NO CONVOY FOR LINERS.

    NEW YORK, Wednesday. -- A Washington message states the American liner St. Louis will not be given a convoy if she sails through the German submarine zone to ...

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  21. NEUTRALS' ATTITUDE DEVELOPING.

    LONDON, Wednesday: -- Neutrals' attitude is developing slowly. Holland evidently is overawed and also vexed because Great Britain is delaying her food ships on the ...

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  22. COMMONWEALTH PARLIAMENT.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- In the Senate Senator Ferricks gave notice to move that any agreement arrived at by the Imperial Conference should not be binding on the ...

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  23. CABLING THE KAISER.

    WASHINGTON, Wednesday. -- Secretary Lockner, of the Ford Peace Party, says complete plans have been made for a hundred leading Germans to cable to the Kaiser to ...

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  24. HOLLAND CANNOT RESIST GERMANY.

    LONDON, Wednesday. -- Dutch newspapers state the world must remember Holland, does not even possess a hill whereon to withstand the German hordes . The ...

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  25. AUSTRALIANS IN ACTION.

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  26. OVERSEAS WOUNDED HONORED.

    LONDON, Wednesday. -- At the opening of Parliament 400 wounded overseas soldiers were, by the King's special direction, permitted to occupy the Royal gallery at ...

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  27. PRO-GERMAN SENATOR.

    NEW YORK, Wednesday. -- Senator Works, California, in a speech, protested against the President severing diplomatic relations with Germany. He asserted ...

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  28. LINERS' SAILING POSTPONED.

    NEW YORK, Wednesday. -- The sailings of the American liners St. Louis and St. Paul have been indefinitely postponed following an official statement declining to ...

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  29. BRAZIL'S PROTECT.

    LONDON, Wednesday. -- Brazil has protested against the unrestricted submarining and against the German blockade, pointing out that it violates international law, and if ...

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  30. THE LUSITANIA CASE.

    NEW YORK, Wednesday. -- Senator Works branded the Lusitania case as a cruel and unjust wrong to our people and the nation. But, he added, we ourselves contributed to this ...

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  31. SUBMARINES WILL BE COUNTERED.

    LONDON, Wednesday. -- In the Commons Admiral Meux declared there was every reason to hope the same success attending the destruction of Zeppelins in the fair way ...

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  32. DISTRIBUTION OF RELIEF.

    NEW YORK, Wednesday. -- The distribution of relief funds for Armenians and Syrians, in Turkey will not be interrupted. ...

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  33. CARRANZA'S DENIAL.

    VANCOUVER Wednesday. -- President Carranza denies having sent congratulations to the Kaiser on his submarine warfare. ...

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  34. LABOR AFFAIRS.

    SYDNEY, Wednesday. -- The Minister of Works stated to-day he expected a good response in N.S.W. to the British Government's request for one thousand laborers. ...

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  35. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    In the House of Representatives, Mr. Hughes, in reply to Mr. Tudor, said if there was a general feeling against the Daylight Saving Act the Government would not resist ...

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  36. SEIZURE OF VESELS.

    WASHINGTON, Wednesday. -- Sweeping provisions for commandeering vessels in the case of war have been introduced in the Senate. The Administration asks for the ...

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  37. RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN.

    PETROGRAD, Wednesday. -- A Russian communique states two companies of the enemy crossed the frozen Sereth and attacked file trenches, but were driven back by ...

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  38. COLLIERY DIFFERENCES.

    SYDNEY, Wednesday. -- The differences between the colliery proprietors and the Colliery Mechanics Union was the subject of a compulsory conference which opened to-day at the ...

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  39. MOBILISING MAN POWER.

    NEW YORK, Wednesday. -- The National Agricultural Society is urging the mobilisation of man power and the agricultural and food resources of the nation. ...

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  40. SOUTH AMERICAN STATES.

    LONDON, Wednesday. -- Brazil, it is understood, has refused to sever diplomatic relations with Germany, but is sending a strong protest against sea savagery. Similar ...

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  41. MINING CONFERENCE.

    SYDNEY, Wednesday. -- For some months past the Mines Department has been making representations to the Prime Minister with regard to matters affecting the welfare of the ...

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  42. UNEMPLOYED CARPENTERS.

    SYDNEY, Thursday. -- A deputation representing the Amalgamated Carpenters and Joiners' Union told the Minister of Works' about 500 of their members were unemployed ...

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  43. IN FRANCE.

    LONDON, Tuesday. -- A French communique says there has been fairly lively artillery activity in the sectors of Northomme, Louveme[?]t and Leschambrettes. ...

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  44. BLOCKING PANAMA CANAL.

    WASHINGTON, Wednesday. -- The discovery of a plot to block the Panama Canal and also Manilla Harbor leads the Government to fake over all shipping there. Mr. Daniels ...

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  45. ALLEGED UTTERING.

    SYDNEY, Thursday. -- The hearing of the charges preferred against Lieut. David Clayton Howell-Price was continued at the Police Court to-day. The cases upon which further ...

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  46. SIR D. HAIG'S REPORT.

    LONDON, Thursday. -- Sir D. Haig reports that as the result of the continuous pressure on both banks of the Ancre the enemy has been forced to evacuate Grandcourt, which ...

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  47. WAITING FOR THE SPARK.

    WASHINGTON, Wednesday. -- A later Washington message says the State Department is still waiting for the spark which will blow up the powder magazine. This ...

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  48. CORNERING SALTPETRE.

    VALPARAISO, Wednesday. -- A German plot to corner and destroy the world's largest saltpetre supply in Chille has been blocked by a combination of dealers. ...

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  49. MR. BONAR LAW IN REPLY.

    LONDON, Wednesday. -- Mr. Bonar Law said Mr. Asquith's speech was the best testimony of the unity of the country. He said the Imperial Conference would discuss ...

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  50. CHARGES WITHDRAWN.

    SYDNEY, Thursday. -- The accused, who reserved his defences, was committed for trial on all charges. The other charges were formally withdrawn. Mr. Abigail remarked, that ...

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  51. ENEMY BARRED FROM SHIPS.

    NEW YORK, Wednesday. -- All German, Austrian and Turkish subjects have been barred from coastal ships. ...

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  52. FEDERAL SITUATION.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- A Melbourne message says it is stated on the best authority that Mr. Hughes will leave to attend the Empire Conference, in London as soon as the ...

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  53. SUBMARINE STRIFE.

    VANCOUVER, Wednesday. -- The California, an Anchor liner, which sailed on January 29th, has been submarined. There are 160 survivors out of 215 aboard, including 30 ...

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  54. TROUBLE AT SMALL ARMS FACTORY.

    SYDNEY, Thursday. -- Further trouble has occurred at the Small Arms Factory, with the result that a number of men have ceased to work. ...

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  55. EXPLOSION WRECKS FACTORY.

    AMSTERDAM, Wednesday. -- An explosion wrecked the Nobel Dynamite Factory at Selsba[?]ch near Cologne. Two hundred are dead, mostly women. ...

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  56. CANNOT RECEDE NOW.

    NEW YORK, Wednesday. -- Considerable prominence is given to the rumor that Germany will back down, but the general view is both Governments have gone tool far for ...

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  57. MINISTERIAL AND LIBERAL CONFERENCE.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- The Federal Ministerial Party appointed Messrs. Hughes, Pearce and Jensen to confer with Messrs. Cook, Forrest and Glynn. The conference ...

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  58. ALLEGED ATTEMPTED LARCENY.

    SYDNEY, Thursday. -- At the Police Court to-day Thomas Hannan, alias McGrath, 25, was charged with attempting to steal a letter. He was remanded till 14th inst., and on ...

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  59. STRIKE AT GLASS FACTORY.

    SYDNEY, Thursday. -- About 200 laborers employed by the Australian Glass and Bottle Manufacturers Company, Ltd., at Alexandria and Waterloo, ceased work this morning after ...

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  60. SUBMARINES' 'GREATER FEROCITY.

    LONDON, Wednesday. -- Many more vessels are reported sunk, but the increased sinkings are taken, calmly. Captains describe the greater ferocity of the submarines, these ...

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  61. CONSPIRACY TRIAL.

    LONDON, Wednesday. -- The Lloyd George conspiracy trial has been postponed. ...

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  62. AUSTRIA'S SUBMARINE NOTE.

    LONDON, Wednesday. -- The American Ambassador at Vienna is enquiring into the details of Austria's submarine Note. ...

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  63. AERIAL POST.

    SYDNEY, Thursday. -- The Postmaster General states the proposal to convey mails by aeroplane financially is impossible. The project reviewed was from Lismore to other ...

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  64. HUNGER RIOTS.

    AMSTERDAM, Wednesday. -- Troops at Aix a Chapelle charged 12,000 hunger demonstrators. Many were injured. ...

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  65. PROMISED LABOR SUPPORT.

    LONDON, Thursday. -- In the Commons Mr. Wardle, on behalf of the Labor members, supported Mr. Asquith's plea for national unity. He said Labor would do its utmost ...

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  66. TUESDAY'S SINKINGS.

    LONDON, Wednesday. -- Tuesday's total of sinkings was 37,000 tons. ...

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  67. HOW FAR WILL AMERICA GO

    NEW YORK, Wednesday. -- Speculation is at fever height as to what extent America would go into the war. This would greatly depend on the nature of an overt act. If ...

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  68. RIFLE CLUBS.

    SYDNEY, Thursday. -- General Ramaciotti states the rifle clubs are in a moss distressing state, the falling off being due to the fact that no big prize meeting was held last ...

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  69. DETAILS OF SINKINGS.

    LONDON, Wednesday. -- January sinkings totalled 118 ships, 255,648 tons. The first week in February 53 and in the last 24 hours 22 ships, aggregating 54,600 tons. ...

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  70. THE SILVER LINING.

    LONDON, Thursday. -- In the House of Lords, Lord Stanhope, moving the Address in Reply to the speech from the Throne, said the silver lining to our cloud of ...

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  71. SINKING OF THE CALIFORNIA.

    VANCOUVER, Wednesday. -- The California was the crack liner of the Anchor fleet and was armed with a stern gun. She carried a full cargo mostly of munitions. A ...

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  72. AUSTRALIAN FLOUR.

    WELLINGTON, Wednesday. -- The New Zealand Minister of Agriculture informed a deputation of millers that if necessary the Government would increase the duty on ...

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  73. AMERICAN MERCHANTMEN.

    WASHINGTON, Wednesday. -- A Washington message says the question of the convoy of American merchantmen was discussed with the shipping interests but it was learned there ...

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  74. RECREATION FOR CONVALESCENTS.

    LONDON, Wednesday. -- The Australian Red Cross is providing recreation and reading for 15,000 convalescents in Great Britain. ...

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  75. BUNINYONG ARRIVES.

    SYDNEY, Thursday. -- The disabled steamer Buninyong arrived at Sydney last night in tow. She will be docked here for repairs. ...

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  76. OBITUARY.

    SYDNEY, Thursday. -- Sir Arthur Rutledge, a well-known Queensland. District Court Judge, died in Sydney last night, aged 74. ...

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  77. ARTIFICIAL CORDIALS.

    SYDNEY, Wednesday. -- The B.B. Company was fined £20 at the Police Court for selling cordials called raspberry and limejuice, which the Government analyst found to be ...

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  78. INDIAN COUNCIL.

    DELHI, Wednesday: -- Lord Chelmsford presided at the first meeting of the Imperial Legislative Council in the winter session today and made a lengthy and impressive ...

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  79. STORM UNSHIPS RUDDER.

    SYDNEY, Thursday. -- The steamer Buninyong's accident was due to the vessel encountering tempestuous weather on North Coast. When in the height of the storm one ...

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  80. IMPERIAL CONFERENCE.

    LONDON, Thursday. -- Mr. George Swinton, attached to the Colonial Office staff, will be in attendance on the Dominion Premiers at their forthcoming visit. ...

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  81. ESCORT ENTERTAINED.

    LONDON, Wednesday. -- Their Majesties received the overseas escort at Buckingham Palace, shaking hands with them. They were afterwards entertained at lunch in the ...

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  82. CLARENCE RIVER NEWS.

    GRAFTON, Thursday. -- Councillor Ellis has been re-elected President of the Nymboida Shire. At the Methodist Church to-night the ...

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  83. ADMIRALTY APPOINTMENT.

    LONDON, Thursday. -- The Admiralty announce that Lord Lytton has been appointed an additional Parliamentary Secretary, representing the Admiralty in the House of Lords. ...

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  84. AMERICAN PRISONERS RELEASED.

    AMSTERDAM Wednesday. -- Seventy two American prisoners aboard the Yarrowdale were released by Germany on declaring they were not aware when they joined the ...

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  85. SUPPOSED SUICIDE.

    SYDNEY, Thursday. -- A poison bottle, a woman's handkerchief and a note, in which it was suggested a woman had committed suicide, was found on the cliffs near Bondi Baths ...

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  86. STATE POLITICS.

    SYDNEY, Thursday. -- The Minister of Education states those clamoring for an election might get it sooner than they expect it. ...

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  87. TURKISH OPERATIONS.

    LONDON, Wednesday. -- A Turkish report states : -- On the Tigris front two hostile battalions, each of 700 men, entered the trenches and were completely annihilated. On the ...

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  88. A READIED-UP RETURN.

    AMSTERDAM, Wednesday. -- The newspapers publish an officially syndicated anonymous article by a leading Socialist, stating the sight of troops of German ...

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  89. BOLIVIA BACKS UP BRAZIL.

    LONDON, Monday. -- Bolivia unreservedly supports Brazil's policy towards Germany. ...

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  90. Advertising

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  91. SHIP IN TROUBLE.

    SAN FRANCISCO, Wednesday. -- The barquentine Port Adelaide, from Aberdeen to Washington, is off the Washington coast. She is short of provisions and has been trying ...

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  92. WHEAT.

    SYDNEY, Thursday. -- A satisfactory understanding has been come to by the Farmers and Settlers' Association Executive and three State Ministers regarding the Wheat ...

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  93. Advertising

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  94. Advertising

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