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  2. RECRUITING.

    Mr. Donald Mackinnon (Director-General of Recruiting) will arrive from Melbourne this morning, and after conferring with the members of the State committee he will attend a ...

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  3. FINANCIAL.

    The records of the Railway Commissioners for the second half of 1916 are not a little disappointing. There was, of course, the coal strike for some five weeks to hamper ...

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  4. LABOR.

    Consideration was given yesterday at the Australian Workers' Union Convention to the report of a committee appointed to go into the matter of the proposed amalgamation of the ...

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  5. THIS MORNING'S CABLES.

    PETROGRAD, Monday.--Reports from many parts of the country emphasise the breakdown of transport arrangements and the dislocation of the railways. This has resulted in ...

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  6. PROGRESS OF THE WAR

    This morning's report that large German forces are being concentrated in Alsace raises an interesting ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. NATIONAL SERVICE.

    LONDON, Monday.--Sir Neville Chamberlain's decision not to make a simultaneous appeal for men and women has caused chagrin. Many women's societies propose that a committee of ...

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  8. SWITZERLAND.

    What is regarded as the threatened invasion of Switzerland is still causing considerable anxiety. Rothschilds have withdrawn £8,000,000 which the Swiss banks were holding. A general withdrawal of the French money lying in ...

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  9. WAR PROBLEMS.

    LONDON, Monday.--Lord Derby, continuing his speech at the annual meeting of the Liverpool Working Men's Association, explained that although the tribunals, up to last autumn, had ...

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  10. THE LAST DITCH.

    NEW YORK, Monday.--The New York "World" says that although the Kaiser, who is wedded to the rapacious war gods, is unable to perceive the danger, the signals at home and ...

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  11. THE DEUTSCHLAND.

    NEW YORK, Monday.--The agents of the Deutschland are very anxious, as the vessel is long overdue. ...

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  12. FOOD SHORTAGE.

    AMSTERDAM, Monday.--An official statement issued by the Imperial German Fond Office declares that, despite a favorable corn crop, Germany's position is worse than in 1916, owing ...

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  13. SWITZERLAND.

    LONDON, Monday,--The Central News Agency is in receipt, of a message from Zurich stating that the Rothschilds, of Paris, have withdrawn £8,000,000 from Swiss banks, in view of the ...

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  14. EMPIRE'S RESOURCES.

    LONDON, Monday.--The Empire Resources Development Committee has issued a statement advocating the conservation of natural resources which are under the ownership and ...

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  15. WESTERN FRONT.

    PARIS, Monday.--A French communique states:-- "We were completely successful in a coupde-main between Les Eparges and ...

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  16. MESOPOTAMIA.

    LONDON, Monday.--An official message from Mesopotamia states:-- "On the night of January 25-26 the enemy made renewed attempts, but failed, to ...

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  17. FRENCH EXPLOSION.

    PARIS, Monday.--A violent explosion of melinite occurred in a factory at Massy-Palalseau. It was heard throughout Paris. There were many casualties. ...

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  18. ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL.

    The annual meeting of the Royal North Shore Hospital was held in the North Sydney Town Hall last night. Mr. J. Randal Carey, president, occupied the chair. ...

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  19. RIGA FRONT.

    LONDON. Monday.--A wireless Russian official message reports:-- "We repulsed two attacks west of Riga. The ...

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  20. UNDESIRABLES.

    LONDON, Monday.--The "Daily Mail" says that Sir George Cave, the Solicitor-General, has decided to submit to the House of Commons a bill to de-naturalise all undesirable aliens who ...

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  21. LAURENTIC SUNK.

    LONDON, Monday.--The White Star liner Laurentic, 11,892 tons, has been sunk. The steamer was employed in Government service. ...

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  22. COMING SEA STRUGGLE.

    NEW YORK, Monday.--The New York "Times" correspondent learns from a well-informed source in London that there is intense, If unadvertised, activity in the Admiralty. This ...

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  23. ROUMANIA.

    PETREGRAD, Monday.--The very rough weather on the Roumanian front hinders operations. All Austro-German efforts have been checked in the past fortnight with great loss ...

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  24. THE ALLIES' DESIRE.

    NEW YORK, Monday.--The New York "World's" Petrograd correspondent has interviewed Prince Nicholas Golitzin, the new Russian Prime Minister. He said the Entento ...

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  25. THE NORTH SEA.

    WASHINGTON, Monday.--The United States Embassy in London cables that British has enlarged the North Sea area which is dangerous to shipping. ...

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  26. THE PEACE OFFERS.

    ZURICH, Monday.--Prince Alexander of Hohenlohe, who has been residing in Switzerland since the war, in an article in the "Nouvelle Gazette," says:--"The Germans are cherishing ...

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  27. FARMER'S BAG.

    PARIS, Monday.--Two German aviators landed in Normandy. A farmer, whose eldest son had been killed at the war, wan working in a field. With a gun he came up threateningly to ...

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  28. IRISH CANADIANS.

    LONDON, Monday.--The Irish-Canadian Rifles met with a rousing reception in Armagh. Roman Catholics and Protestants attended their respective Cathedrals. ...

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  29. STOCK EXCHANGES.

    Investments were quiet on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday, with little variation in prices Tooth and Co. preference brought 6d more, but Colonial Sugar (Fiji) 2s 6d less, and ...

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  30. TORPEDO SHIELD.

    COPENHAGEN, Monday.--Jansen, a Danish engineer, has invented a torgedo shock absorber. It consists of an armored belt placed around warships and merchantmen, containing thin ...

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  31. ALLEGED FRAUD.

    At the Central Police Court yesterday. Frank Coligney de Lisle (56) was charged with having on May 19 fraudulently converted to his own use the sum of £42 16s, the property of Fanny ...

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  32. "PEACE WITHOUT VICTORY."

    WASHINGTON, Monday.--The War Department announces that the American troops are withdrawing from Mexico. ...

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  33. NEW WIRELESS STATION.

    NEW YORK, Monday.--The San Diego (California) new wireless station will be able to exchange messages with Melbourne and New York ...

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  34. ICEBOUND.

    COPENHAGEN, Monday. -- A number of Banish mid Swedish harbors in the Cattegat and Baltic are icebound. It is feared that all traffic will be stopped if the cold continues. ...

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  35. SUBMARINES.

    NEW YORK. Monday.--Germany intends to establish an actual submarine blockade of the British Isles. Advices from Germany state that there is a ...

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  36. NEW ZEALAND.

    WELLINGTON, Monday.--A heat wave overspreads the Dominion, and there are bush fires in many districts. The Agricultural Pastoral Workers' Union ...

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  37. PAPER PRICES.

    CAPETOWN, Monday. -- The Johannesburg newspapers are raining their prices to twopence. Other South African newspapers will shortly follow, owing to the increased cost of ...

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  38. SEVERE WINTER.

    LONDON, Monday.--It is intensely cold throughout Great Britain. There are deep snowdrifts in Ireland, and the Serpentine in Hyde Park is frozen. People are skating in ...

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  39. WOMAN CHARGED WITH MURDER.

    MELBOURNE. Monday.--Caroline Styles (21) was arrested at Hamilton on Saturday night on a charge of the wilful murder of her child. ...

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  40. MAINTAINING PEACE.

    LONDON, Monday.--Sir Joseph Ward, speaking at a Brotherhood meeting in the Browning Hall, said the only way in which the peace of the world could he perpetuated after the war ...

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  41. BELGIAN SUFFERERS.

    WASHINGTON, Monday.--The Belgian Minister, in a statement just issued, says Germany seized tools, machines, and raw materials worth many million pounds. They thus created ...

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  42. W.A. TOBACCO LAWS.

    PERTH. Saturday.--In the Assembly the Sale of Liquor and Tobacco Bill was amended, prohibiting the sale of tobacco to youths under 16 instead of 18. ...

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