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  2. BALKAN CAMPAIGN

    The general activity in the Balkans continues. Allied troops have occupied several positions, and have engaged the enemy at various points. A Paris official message says that the Bulgarians ...

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  3. PROGRESS OF THE WAR

    The fighting along the Servian border has increased in intensity, and on the information available. which is not anything like as full as one would ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  4. EIGHT-HOUR DAY.

    NEW YORK, Monday.--The "New York Times" Bays that a General Eight-hour Day is impracticable and would mean the loss of 13,720,000,000 working hours in the United States ...

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  5. MR. HUGHES.

    Mr. W. M. Hughes, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth, whose utterances aroused interest in England, and whose words have thrilled with satisfaction and pride those in ...

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  6. NAVAL LOSS.

    LONDON, Monday.--The Secretary of the Admiralty announces that the German fleet was out in the North Sea on Saturday, and its submarines succeeded in torpedoing the light ...

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  7. ITALY'S FRONT.

    ROME, Monday.--A communique says:--"We repulsed attacks at Asiago Plateau against positions on the right bank of the River Assa and on the slopes of Mount Zebro. ...

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  8. N.Z. £8,000,000 LOAN.

    WELLINGTON, Monday.--The New Zealand eight million war loan receipts total nine and a quarter millions. The final closing date has been extended. The small investors are ...

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  9. THE COST OF CANBERRA.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--Mr. W. H. Kelly. Acting Minister for Home Affairs in the Cook Administration, in continuation of his evidence before the Home Affairs Commission to-day, ...

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  10. FLEURY.

    PARIS. Monday.--A communique states:--"Our fire repulsed all the violent counterattacks at Fleury which followed the prolonged and intense bombardment. The enemy suffered ...

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  11. THE BALKANS.

    LONDON, Monday.--It is reported from Athens that the Servians are advancing on Florina (about 80 miles north-west of Salonika), and that the Bulgarians are evacuating ...

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  12. THE LOST CRUISERS.

    The loss of the Nottingham and Falmouth is unfortunate, but such things are bound to happen occasionally The two light cruisers ...

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  13. CANTERBURY'S PREDICAMENT.

    Recently a referendum was taken at Canterbury as to approval being granted to the local Municipal Council to borrow £60,000 for main road improvements. The voting gave a ...

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  14. STILL GAINING.

    LONDON, Monday.--General Sir Douglas Haig reports:--"There were bombing encounters last night at some points between the Somme and the ...

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  15. TURKS AT SINAI.

    LONDON, Monday.--The remnants of the Turks defeated at Sinal are now dispersed. Thus the whole force has been annihilated. CAIRO, Monday.--The Exchange Press Agency ...

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  16. SCOUTS FOR THE FLEET.

    Cruisers and destroyers may always be needed to patrol the sen, for no imaginable devolpment of the present ...

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  17. EXPORTS TO SWEDEN.

    COPENHAGEN, Monday.--The excitement in Sweden over the British prohibition of exports has calmed, in consequence of the Swedish Foreign Office pointing out that the restrictions ...

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  18. TRAINING FACTORY GIRLS.

    When the scheme of technical education was reorganised in 1914 on a trade school basis one of the features was the institution of advisory committees. These advisory committees ...

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  19. JAMAICA HURRICANE.

    LONDON, Monday.--A report by the Colonial Office on the Hurricane at Jamaica says the gale ranched 72 miles an hour, and did serious damage to the banana and nut crops. ...

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  20. THE RUSSIANS.

    PETROGRAD, Monday.--A Russian communique reports:--"We repulsed German attacks west of Lake Nobel with heavy losses. We captured ...

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  21. GERMAN DYE TRUST.

    NEW YORK, Monday.--The dye-makers' periodical publishes particulars of a new organisation, which has been formed in Berlin. It is a vast trust, capitalised at 100,000,000 ...

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  22. BRITISH "ZEPPELINS."

    There may be something in the story about the "new British Zeppelins," with their fine design and ...

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  23. THE BELGIANS.

    LONDON, Monday.--A Belgian communique reports:--"There have been daily bombardments and (desperate bombing encounters at Dixmude and ...

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  24. MESOPOTAMIA INQUIRY.

    LONDON, Monday.--The Mesopotamia Commission hits requested General Sir Beauchamp Duff, Commander-in-Chief in India, to return and give evidence before the commission. ...

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  25. UNITY AND TOLERANCE.

    LONDON, Monday.--Mr. Lloyd George, Secretary for War, opening a Nonconformist but for Welsh soldiers, near Aborgele, pleaded for unity and tolerance of all religions. People ...

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  26. TURKEY.

    ATHENS, Monday.--The condition of the Greeks on the Black Sea is deplorable. The Turks, owing to the Russian advance, are clearing the inhabitants out of villages and ...

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  27. "PRAYERS ESSENTIAL FOR VICTORY."

    BATHURST, Monday.--Rev. E. A. Talbot, Dean of Sydney, preaching at All Saints' Cathedral last night, said that it was heartbreaking to him to see so many empty pews. ...

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  28. U.S.A. CATHOLIC CONVENTION.

    NEW YORK, Monday.--The large Catholic convention in the history of the United States opened yesterday, when the Pope's blessing was read. ...

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  29. TWELVE YEARS' EXPERIMENTS.

    It took Count Zeppelin twelve years, and failures how numerous we all know, before he got his ...

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  30. PLOTS IN AMERICA.

    LONDON, Monday.--The "New York Times" publishes the text of four jumbled letters a prominent German agent sent to Berlin. Placed together, they showed a request for a fund of ...

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  31. SMALL-ARMS FACTORY.

    LITHGOW, Monday.--In connection with the dispute in the profiling section at the Small Arms Factory, the men were still out this morning, but other departments were working ...

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  32. KING GREETS PRESIDENT.

    LONDON, Monday.--The King telegraphed to President Poincare birthday greetings. His Majesty said:--"I had great pleasure last week in meeting you and ascertaining that our views ...

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  33. GERMAN FOOD SUPPLY.

    LONDON, Monday.--Herr von Batocki, German Director of Foodstuffs, is visiting Hungary and Bulgaria, with a view to arranging a supply of foodstuffs for Germany. ...

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  34. SKULL FOUND.

    NOWRA, Monday.--A human skull was discovered yesterday afternoon in Bomaderry Creek. The skull had apparently lain in the water for some years, and shows what is ...

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  35. DEUTSCHLAND NOT HOME YET.

    LONDON, Monday.--The German Admiralty denies the reported arrival of the Deutschland. It is stated that seven submarines of the Deutschland type are being built in Germany. ...

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