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  2. LATE NEWS.

    Both the Germans and the Austrians are advancing in Russia. The Germans have occupied the important town of Dvinsk, in Western Russia, ...

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  3. BRISBANE LETTER.

    Still the showery weather continues, but with compensations. The fact is that we are slipping through the worst part of the summer quite comfortably. ...

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  4. GERMAN SURPRISE ATTACK FAILS.

    A French communique issued this afternoon states: There was fairly considerable reciprocal artillery firing last night in the region of Chavignon, east ...

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  5. The Great War

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Lloyd George) has unexpectedly returned from the country, where he was intending to spend the week-end owing to a severe ...

    Article : 441 words
  6. DOVER ATTACKED.

    Raiders attacked Dover at 10.45, and were driven off. Bombs were dropped on the open country. Several of our pilots engaged the enemy, one action ...

    Article : 241 words
  7. SHIPBUILDING CONFERENCE.

    Further consideration was given at the Trades Hall on Saturday by the Victorian section of the Interstate Shipbuilding Conference to the proposed agreement with ...

    Article : 194 words
  8. A GERMAN ADVANCE INTO RUSSIA.

    Germany resumed war against Russia at noon on Monday, troops crossed the River Dwina without opposition. An advance is being made towards Dvinsk, ...

    Article : 82 words
  9. THE PALESTINE CAMPAIGN.

    An official message from Palestine states: Our line has been advanced to a depth of two miles on a front of six miles. We are now astride the village ...

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  10. GERMANY AND RUSSIA.

    The members of the Central Powers Commissions left Petrograd on Friday. The "Frankfort Gazette" states that war between Germany and Russia ...

    Article : 81 words
  11. THE SUBMARINE MENACE.

    Dr. Davis, known as the Kaiser's dentist, who has arrived at an American port, declared that the Germans were no longer confident that the U boats ...

    Article : 195 words
  12. INVASION OF RUSSIA.

    The Germans to-day began reattacking Russia. They are advancing from the south, and will occupy Esthonia and Livonia, and then move on to ...

    Article : 203 words
  13. PRICE OF MEAT.

    The report of the Interstate Commission on the price of meat was considered at a meeting of the Federal Cabinet to-day. The report had been referred by the Prime ...

    Article : 123 words
  14. SUBMARINE ATTACK ON DOVER.

    The "hit and run" attacks of a submarine on Dover on Friday morning have not caused the slightest material damage. Apparently the submarine ...

    Article : 84 words
  15. A NAVAL CHALLENGE.

    Admiral Sir John Jellicoe (First Sea Lord), speaking at a workmen's club at Kew, said he was not optimistic about the Grand Fleet getting a chance ...

    Article : 64 words
  16. GERMANY'S COLONIES.

    Lord Leverholme (formerly Sir Wm. Lever), in a speech in London said: "We could not return a single one of Germany's colonies, because it would ...

    Article : 56 words
  17. LONDON TAXICABS.

    Owing to the Home Secretary having refused to fix the legal fare in London at a shilling a mile, the British Motorcab Company has withdrawn its taxis, numbering ...

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  18. GERMANY THREATENS WAR.

    An intercepted wireless official Russian message declares that M. Trotsky has asked the German Government for information concerning a message from ...

    Article : 141 words
  19. ESCAPING MILITARY SERVICE.

    At the Wanganui Supreme Court, Douglas Waldie, a settler, was found guilty of having assisted Michael Killatea to escape military service. Killatea informed the ...

    Article : 110 words
  20. THE GERMAN OFFENSIVE.

    Mr. William Sims, the American correspondent on the West Front, representing the United Press Association, has cabled as follows: Civilisation is on ...

    Article : 148 words
  21. IMPERIAL WAR STAFF.

    In an interview accorded by General Sir William Robertson to the London "Sunday Times" he indicates that he was dismissed, and said, "I have not ...

    Article : 229 words
  22. RIOTS IN PETROGRAD.

    Advices from Petrograd state that nearly 100 persons were killed in the recent rioting in Petrograd, where anarchy still prevails. ...

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  23. SIR HENRY WILSON, K.C.B.

    General Sir Henry Wilson, K.C.M.G. D.S.O., entered the Royal Irish Regiment in 1884, but was shortly afterwards transferred to the Rifle Brigade. ...

    Article : 141 words
  24. ON THE FRENCH FRONT.

    A French communique issued this afternoon reports: Violent artillery firing is taking place in the Verdun region. We repulsed a German attack ...

    Article : 147 words
  25. WAGES OF STOCKMEN.

    A movement is on foot among stockmen to demand £7 per week, and a meeting has been arranged with that object. Fights occur here daily between the extremists ...

    Article : 46 words
  26. GALLANT BELGIANS.

    The Belgian Council of Ministers has congratulated the Flemish and Walloon senators, deputies, and magistrates on the heroic manner in which they have ...

    Article : 76 words
  27. SUCCESSFUL BRITISH RAIDS.

    Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, in a report issued this morning, said: We successfully raided three sectors of the enemy front. The Irish troops entered ...

    Article : 94 words
  28. FORGET IT.

    If you see a good fellow ahead of the crowd, A leader of men, marching fearless and proud, ...

    Article : 224 words
  29. ALLIED WAR COUNCIL.

    Lord Sydenham heartily approves of the Versailles Allied War Council. He says that correspondence is a futile method of co-ordinating the operations ...

    Article : 93 words
  30. CHINA.

    With the exception of the Premier, who has pro-German leanings, the Chinese Cabinet is willing to agree to the request of the diplomatic ...

    Article : 42 words
  31. WORLD'S GREATEST BATTLE.

    The United Press correspondent telegraphs: Civilisation is on the threshold of the most colossal battle of all time. The German offensive is expected ...

    Article : 166 words
  32. THE COMING STRUGGLE.

    The correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" at the French headquarters writes that some soldiers believe the enemy will make a dramatic but ...

    Article : 148 words
  33. THE FRENCH LINES.

    A French communique issued this afternoon states that violent artillery firing took place last night in the region south of the Forest of St. Gobain and ...

    Article : 45 words
  34. AIR RAIDS ON ENGLAND.

    It is officially reported in connection with the air raid that six aeroplanes approached the mouth of the Thames at 9.45 o'clock last night to carry out an ...

    Article : 101 words
  35. THE WARNETON RAID.

    The cleverness of the Australian raid on Warneton is greatly appreciated amongst the military authorities on the West Front. The plan was prepared by ...

    Article : 124 words
  36. CIVIL WAR IN FINLAND.

    Reports from Helsingfors, the capital of Finland, state that 15,000 Red Guards, armed with rifles and machine guns, have arrived in Southern Finland ...

    Article : 72 words
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