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  2. SOMME SUCCESSES

    North of Maurepas the French have, in conjunction with the British, carried the entire line of German trenches on a front of 1500 yards. Substantial progress was made on the Maurepas-Guillemot road, and all the enemy positions east of the Maurepas-Clery road were occupied. ...

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  3. ADVANCING.

    PARIS, Thursday.--A communique reports:--"North of Maurepas, in conjunction with the British, we carried the entire line of German trenches on a front of 1300 metres (1500 yards). ...

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  4. ANOTHER INQUIRY.

    Mr. Wade moved the adjournment of the Legislative Assembly yesterday in order to discuss "the necessity for a searching investigation into the method of tendering for ...

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  5. PROGRESS OF THE WAR

    Another Allied advance on the Somme, two advances, in fact. The big map shows the direction ...

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    The arrows on the map indicate the direction of the two latest advances, one by the French, south of Belloy, and one by French and British, combined, north and south of Maurepas. The strong dotted line shows the line of contact of the opposing forces before the Allied offensive began six weeks ago, and the shaded area is what we have gained ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. ZLOTA LIPA.

    PETROGRAD, Thursday.--A Russian communique announces:--"We occupied some places on the west bank of the Ziota Lipa, enemy counter-attacks ...

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  8. AROUND GORIZIA.

    MILAN, Thursday.--Prisoners are still coming in at Gorizia, trembling, dazed, and suffering from the terrible effects of the battle. Gorizia is still under the trajectory of the ...

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  9. ATROCITIES.

    LONDON, Thursday.--In the House of Commons, Mr. Asquith announced that the Government would not tolerate the resumption of diplomatic relations with Germany until ...

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  10. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

    LONDON, Thursday.--In the House of Commons, during the debate on the second reading of the Electoral Register Bill. Sir E. Carson pointed out that if the elections were held in ...

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  11. CHINESE REBELS.

    LONDON, Thursday.--A message from Canton says that rebels plundered Shamchun, on the border of British territory. Hordes of refugees are fleeing to Hongkong ...

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  12. AUSTRIA.

    GENEVA, Thursday.--A wireless message states that Baron Stephen Burian, Austro-Hungarian Minister for Foreign Affairs, is resigning. Count Andrassy replaces him. ...

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  13. THE CAUCASUS.

    PETROGRAD, Thursday.--The latest communique announces:--"An offensive on the part of several enemy detachments in the Kalapasova region, ...

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  14. BOMBAY HOME RULER.

    BOMBAY, Thursday.--Tilak, leader of the extremist Home Rulers, has been bound over for one year in a surety of 10,000 rupees for making seditious speeches. ...

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  15. MESOPOTAMIA.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The War Office announces that the situation on the Tigris and Euphrates lines is quiet and unchanged. There was an aerial combat on Sunday, a ...

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  16. NAVAL ENCOUNTERS.

    LONDON, Thursday.--A Flushing report states that there were two encounters between British and German warships off Zeebrugge at 3.30 o'clock yesterday morning. ...

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  17. DISTRESS IN IRELAND.

    LISMORE, Thursday.--A meeting, presided over by Dr. Carroll, Catholic Bishop of Lismore, decided to give financial support to the appeal of the Irish National Aid ...

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  18. TAHURE TO BELFORT.

    PARIS, Thursday.--A communique reports:--"The night was calm on the greater part of the front. We dispersed German patrols at Tahuro and in the Argonne. ...

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  19. £50,000,000 LOAN.

    NEW YORK, Thursday.--J. P. Morgan and Co., financiers, announce the issue of a new British loan of £50,000,000, with a currency of two years, at 5 per cent. It is understood that ...

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  20. KING'S VISIT TO FRONT.

    LONDON, Thursday.--In a despatch to the "Daily Chronicle," Mr. Philip Gibbs states:--The King witnessed a considerable bombardment in the Ypres salient. There was a great ...

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  21. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    PERTH, Thursday.--A conference of representatives of the south-western district was held in Bunbury, two members of the War Council attending, to consider the land settlement for ...

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  22. BOY-ED AND VON PAPEN.

    WASHINGTON, Thursday.--A White Book has been published giving a definite official statement of the real reasons for the recall of Captain Boy-Ed, German Naval Attache in America ...

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  23. GRAIN FRAUDS.

    ROTTERDAM, Thursday.--The "Berliner Tageblatt" states that nearly a hundred arrests have taken place in Berlin and West Prussia for extensive grain frauds. Large quantities ...

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  24. KAISER AND PEACE.

    AMSTERDAM, Thursday.--The "Cologne Gazette" states that the Kaiser visited Cologne, and, acknowledging the crowds' salutations from a train window, said: "Go to church, ...

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  25. TOURING POLITICIANS.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The visiting overseas members of Parliament attended a Mayoral luncheon at Belfast to-day. They denied that their visit was intended to dictate in Irish ...

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  26. "GRUMBLE WIVES."

    AMSTERDAM, Thursday.--The Kaiser's chief chaplain (Dr. Dryander) returned from a visit to the west front, and preached an indignant sermon in Berlin Cathedral, denouncing the ...

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  27. UNMASKING THE HUN.

    "Truly, when the Teuton threw off the mask he revealed himself as so terrible a sight that men shrank in horror from the spectacle. Nations had trusted him. Crowned heads had ...

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  28. MR. RYAN'S TRIP.

    BRISBANE, Thursday.--Touching on his trip to Britain, Mr. Ryan, who returned here to-day, said that several important matters had been dealt with, but upon which it was impossible ...

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  29. FELL ON BATTLEFIELD.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Lieut. John M'Gown, of the Devonshires, a former resident of Dunedin, New Zealand, has been killed in action, and Lieut. S. M'Laren (Engineers), a Melbournian, ...

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  30. MRS. BESANT.

    LONDON, Thursday.--In the House of Commons, Mr. Austen Chamberlain (Secretary for India) said that Mrs. Annie Besant, theosophist, had been required, under the India ...

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  31. MERCHANT SUBMARINES.

    AMSTERDAM. Thursday.--Two German Commercial submarines have undergone trials at Heligoland. They will shortly depart for the United states. ...

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  32. EMPLOYMENT OF CZECHS.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Mr. Herbert Samuel (Minister tor Home Affairs) replying to Mr. R. Hunt (U., Ludlow), said the employees at the Commonwealth building were Czechs. The ...

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  33. APPEAL FOR ECONOMY.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The National War Savings Committee points out that the nation is spending £182,000,000 in drink every year, and appeals for a reduction, in view of the urgent ...

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  34. HELPING THE DISTRESSED.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Sir Thomas Mackenzie, High Commissioner for New Zealand, toured the Highlands, investigating distress. He learned that help from the New Zealand ...

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  35. TASMANIAN GOLD FIND.

    ZEEHAN, Tasmania, Thursday.--Regarding the gold discovery at Long Plains, 14 samples of quartz were forwarded to the Government of Tasmania for analysis. These yielded an ...

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  36. NEWSPAPER DUTY.

    WASHINGTON, Thursday.--Senator Martin has given notice that he will move for the removal of the duty on newspaper. ...

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