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  2. THIS MORNING'S CABLES.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--A German semi-official statement has been issued to the effect that if the American ships Rochester, Orleans, and St. Louis encounter the prohibited zone ...

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  3. A SURRY HILLS TRAGEDY.

    A cinematograph, film, which was being shown at a free picture show at the Boys' Brigade Rooms, Surry Hills, last night, caught alight, and caused a panic amongst the onlookers, who ...

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  4. THE AFRIC.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--In the House of Representatives to-day the Minister for the Navy, Mr. Jensen, said that the Australian transport Afric was torpedoed by an enemy ...

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  5. THE SUBMARINES.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Speaking in the House of Lords, Lord Charles Beresford said he regretted that the Government had not taken the country more into its confidence. He ...

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  6. SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN

    Germany's campaign of submarine frightfulness was discussed at length in the House of Lords Lord Lytton, Civil Lord of the Admiralty, stated that the Navy had the problem well in hand. He added that the arming of ...

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  7. PROGRESS OF THE WAR

    It is a good thing that British as well as French and Russian generals have begun to take the Allied ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  8. BRITISH BY-ELECTION.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--For the by-election in the electorate of Rochdale Sir J. Maden, Coalitionist, was returned with 6019 votes. His opponent, Mr. Taylor, polled 1804 votes. ...

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  9. COMMERCIAL SUBMARINES.

    AMSTERDAM, Wednesday.--A telegram from Berlin states that a notice has been issued that all goods and correspondence handed in for transmission by commercial submarines to ...

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  10. POST-WAR PROBLEMS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--In a discussion on Mr. Andrew Fisher's paper on Australia, Mr. Steel-Maitland (Under-Secretary for the Colonies) said there would be great movements ...

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  11. EXIT BERNSTORFF.

    WASHINGTON, Wednesday.--Count von Bernstorff, German Ambassador, who sails on the ship Frederick for Berlin to-day, left the capital in a special train for New York, with a ...

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  12. AMERICA PREPARING.

    VANCOUVER, Wednesday.--A Washington message states that the Army and Naval Departments have appointed seven committees to develop a programme of mobilisation of ...

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  13. ABSOLUTE VICTORY.

    NEW YORK, Wednesday.--A Paris message states that General Sir Douglas Haig, in an interview with Paris Journalists, said: "We have reached the maximum in the output of ...

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  14. MINIMUM TERMS.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Efforts to clinch a fusion of the Federal Ministerial and Liberal parties have been continued throughout to-day, and up till a late hour to-night had not been ...

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  15. COMBING-OUT SCHEME.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--A conference of South Wales miners at Cardiff rejected the combingout scheme by 81,300 votes against 54,600, and adjourned to consult the workmen. ...

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  16. ON THE TIGRIS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--An official message from Mesopotamia states:-- "We directly hit an enemy bridge at Shumran and sank some shipping. ...

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  17. PRIVY COUNCIL APPEALS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--In the case, Dixson's Trust v. Beard, Watson, and Co., Sydney, the appeal was dismissed, without calling upon the respondents. ...

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  18. CHINA AND GERMANY.

    LONDON, [?]Wednesday.--The "Morning Post" reports that China will hand the German Minister at Pekin his passports next Saturday. The paper's Tientsin correspondent telegraphs ...

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  19. ENEMY FOOD SUPPLY.

    NEW YORK, Wednesday.--The correspondent of the New York "Sun," who has just returned from Berlin, says that Germany is in the grip of starvation. Most people are underfed, and ...

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  20. BRITISH FRONT.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:-- "We drove off a strong raiding party south of Pys. The enemy sustained heavy losses. ...

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  21. VICE IN LONDON.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--In the House of Commons Sir H. Craik (U., Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities) drew attention to the evils caused to the army by the increased incentives to vice ...

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  22. WAR CABINET.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--In the House of Commons, Mr. Bonar Law, in defending the extra vote for salaries and expenses of the War Cabinet, said that those doing the nation's ...

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  23. GENERAL CABLES.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--A number of Australian ladies asked Mr. Fisher, High Commissioner, to suggest to the Australian Government that it should give the next of kin of fallen soldiers ...

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  24. RUSSIAN LINES.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--A wireless Russian official message announces:-- "English armored cars twice advanced to the region at the mouth of the Sereth, and ...

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  25. THE REFERENDUM.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Several hours' discussion resulted from a motion by Senator Gardiner in the Senate to-day that the war precautions regulations providing that the votes ...

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  26. EXPLOSIONS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The Press Bureau reports that an explosion, preceded by fire, occurred in a munitions factory in Yorkshire this morning. It is believed that all the employees ...

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  27. AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The Prime Minister announced to-night that it had been decided to create a board to control all Australian shipping and cargoes for overseas. The ...

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  28. THE PACIFIC MART.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Mr. A. H. D. Ramsey Steel-Maitland, late Under-Secretary for the Colonies, presided at the Colonial Institute meeting, when Mr. Andrew Fisher, High ...

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  29. COMMONWEALTH LOAN.

    LONDON, Wednesday.-Financial and general newspapers comment warmly upon the success of the Commonwealth loan. The "Westminster Gazette" remarks that the ...

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  30. MR. GERARD.

    BERNE, Wednesday.--Mr. Gerard, American Ambassador, remains in Switzerland for five days, and stays some time in Paris before going to Spain. ...

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  31. POLITICIANS' SALARIES.

    TEMORA, Wednesday.--The following motions were carried at last night's meeting of the Political Labor League:-- "That in view of the fact that New Zealand ...

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  32. HAPLESS BELGIANS.

    WASHINGTON, Wednesday.--Mr. Hoover, chairman of the Belgian Relief Commission, expresses the hope that other neutrals will now take up the task of saving 1,200,000 children and ...

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  33. RIOTING IN CUBA.

    NEW YORK, Wednesday.--A serious election revolt has broken out in Cuba amongst many classes of troops. President Meno[?]al has accepted an offer of rifles and ammunition from ...

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  34. KAISER'S MOVEMENTS.

    AMSTERDAM, Wednesday.--The Kaiser has arrived in Vienna. ...

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