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  2. LABOR'S CONFERENCE.

    The annual conference of the Political Labor party of the State met at tho I.O.O.F. Temple Elizabeth Street, on Saturday afternoon. This is the first conference of the party since the ...

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  3. THIS MORNING'S CABLES.

    LONDON, Sunday.--Correspondents at the front describe the Germans' bewilderment and uncertainty regarding Sir Douglas Haig's next offensive, in view of the systematic destruction ...

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  4. APPEAL TO RUSSIANS.

    PETROGRAD, Sunday.--The Russian artillery on the Riga front is displaying a vigorous activity, and is inflicting important damage upon the enemy organisations, including several ...

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  5. FOR EUROPE.

    WASHINGTON, Sunday.--The General Staff is planning to have 125,000 of the National Guard ready for Europe by the winter, to reinforce General Pershing's army. ...

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  6. PASSPORTS REFUSED.

    PARIS, Sunday.--There was an impressive session of the Chamber of Deputies when M. Ribot (Premier) announced the Government's attitude towards the Stockholm Conference. ...

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  7. ENEMY'S THIRD LINE.

    LONDON, Sunday.--War correspondents at headquarters in France state that the British reached the third line of German trenches last night, in a raid near Loos. They stormed and ...

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  8. FOE FEELS PRESSURE.

    Correspondents state that the British reached the third line of German trenches in a raid near Loos. Positions were stormed and occupied west of Cherisy. A French communique reports that since April 16 the ...

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  9. IRISH CONVENTION.

    LONDON, Sunday.--Under the auspices of the League of Empire a service for the Boys' and Girls' Brigades celebration of Empire Day took place at St. Paul's Cathedral last night. The ...

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  10. FOR VALOR.

    LONDON, Sunday.--Widespread interest was taken in Saturday's public investiture in Hyde Park, opposite Knightsbridge Barracks. The King personally bestowed decorations on over ...

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  11. BRITISH CABINET.

    LONDON, Sunday.--There are rumors that Government changes are current. If Lord Cowdray carries out his intention to resign the chairmanship of the Air Board for business ...

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  12. AUSTRIAN LOSSES.

    BERNE, Sunday.--It is estimated that the Italians put 300,000 Austrians out of action-- killed, wounded, and prisoners--in three weeks. LONDON, Sunday--An Italian official message ...

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  13. "BLACK HOLE OF CALCUTTA."

    BRITISH HEADQUARTERS. Sunday.--I have carefully obtained and checked in detail accounts of two West Australians who escaped from German hands last week. Those full ...

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  14. SUBMARINES CLASH.

    AMSTERDAM, Sunday-- The "Rheinsche Westphaelische Zeitung" reports that an English submarine in the Channel on April 19, while steaming under the surface, rammed a ...

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  15. IRISH CONVENTION.

    LONDON, Sunday.--Arrangements for the Irish Convention are now practically completed. It is expected that it will comprise between 80 and 100 delegates. ...

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  16. INVALID SOLDIERS.

    GENEVA, Sunday.--Invalid soldiers, totalling 29,000 are interned in Switzerland. They include 16,500 French, 7500 Germans, and 1809 British. ...

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  17. DESTRUCTIVE AIR RAID.

    LONDON, Sunday.--The Admiralty announces: "An aeroplane attack on an enemy aerodrome at St. Denis, Westrem, wan made yesterday morning. ...

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  18. IN THE BLACK SEA.

    LONDON, Sunday.--A Russian official message states:-- "The Black Sea fleet, while cruising off the Anatolian coast on May 29, destroyed munition ...

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  19. THESSALY.

    SALONIKA, Sunday.--Venizelist troops denounce M. Zaimis's proposal for reconciliation with King Constantine, and insist that the Allies should occupy Thessaly in view of the ...

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  20. A YOUNG BRIGADIER.

    LONDON. Sunday.--Lieutenant-Colonel Freyberg, V.C., of New Zealand (who is in his 29th year), has been appointed a brigade-commander, with the temporary rank of brigadier, from ...

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  21. AFFRAY AT KOGARAH.

    Last night Mr. H. T. W. Maude, living at 21 Percival Street, Kogarah, was fired on by a burglar whom he was attempting to secure. The bullet entered his right breast travelled ...

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  22. SIR RICHARD BURBIDGE DEAD.

    LONDON, Sunday.--The death is announced of Sir Richard Burbidge, Bart. Sir Richard Burbidge was born at South Wraxall in 1847. He had been managing ...

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  23. INDIANS PRAISED.

    BOMBAY, Sunday--The Maharajah of Bikaner has delivered the King's message to India, in which he pays a tribute to India's splendid patriotism and the bravery of her sons, which, ...

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  24. BRITAIN'S FOOD.

    LONDON. Sunday.--The Food Controller (Lord Devonport) states that, though the situation is good, if economy is maintained, the department does not take such an optimistic ...

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  25. CHINESE REBELLION.

    PEKIN. Sunday--General Change-So-Li. Military Governor of Mukden, and General Dieh-Shih-Chun. Governor of Anhui, are lending the rebels, who command large armies opposed to ...

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  26. A WAR LEVY.

    LONDON, Sunday.--The "Nation" proposes a war levy upon British capital in order to abate the resentment against war profiteering by the business and propertied classes. ...

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  27. NURSES THREATEN STRIKE.

    WAGGA, Sunday.--As the result of a nurse at the Wagga Hospital being asked to resign by the committee, practically all the nursing staff and probationers, including the senior sister, ...

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  28. GOLD FOR BULGARIA.

    LONDON, Sunday.--A Commission under the Great Seal was held in the King's Bench Division, to secure the forfeiture to the Crown of £46,061, due from the London Branch of the ...

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  29. WHAT GERMANY SEEKS.

    PARIS, Sunday.--The "North German Gazette" hits published an official note, declaring:--"Germany does not seek territorial aggrandisement nor an increase of economic and ...

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  30. STRYCHNINE IN CHOCOLATES.

    BRISBANE, Sunday--A married woman living at Sandgate received through the post a box containing half a dozen chocolates. Upon the box was written the words "Not to be given ...

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  31. KURDISH ATTACK.

    LONDON, Sunday.--A Russian official message says:--"Near Revansir and north-west of Kirmanshah (in Persia), 1000 Kurdish horsemen ...

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  32. ON THE VARDAR.

    LONDON, Sunday.--A German official wireless message reports:-- "The Bulgarians captured an outpost position near Alcockmah, on the western bank of the ...

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  33. TRAIN BLOCKED AT GRANVILLE

    A large engine attached to a goods train ran off the line at the approach to the Granville station on Saturday afternoon, and partially hurled its wheels in the earth alongside the ...

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  34. ZEPPELINS SCARED OFF.

    COPENHAGEN, Sunday.--Three Zeppelins approached Ystad Harbor on Friday. Swedish torpado boats went out at full speed and fired several shots. It is reported that they hit one ...

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  35. AIRMEN'S TRYING EXPERIENCE.

    LONDON, Sunday.--Two British airmen were picked up by a warship in the North Sea, after clinging to the wreckage of the machine for five days, and subsisting on a piece of ...

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  36. NEW ZEALAND FLOOD.

    DUNEDIN. Sunday--The flood waters at Tulert Plain are subsiding slowly. The land has been so long submerged that the losses and damage are expected to be much heavier than ...

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  37. BRAVE AS A LION.

    LONDON, Sunday.--Captain Earl, who was in charge of the platoon in which Sir Peter M'Bride's son was killed, says of him: "He was the bravest man I have ever met. Peter ...

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