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  2. BEATEN AGAIN

    Field-Marshal Sir Dough's Haig reported yesterday: -- "We again attacked at 5.20 this morning on a wide front north-eastward and eastward of Ypres, in conjunction with our Allies on our left. "Reports indicate that satisfactory progress has been made at all parts of the ...

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  3. NEW GUNNERY

    The "Daily Chronicle's" Paris correspondent states that General Anthoine's army, co-operating with the British, pushed on, and occupied half the ground between the lines ...

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    The shaded area represents the Franco-British advance since the taking of Wytschaete ridge on June 6 last. This capture prepared the way for the present offensive which began on July 31. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. THE MINERS.

    The difficulty that has arisen on the Maitland coalfield has not yet been adjusted. Government representatives have been sent there to inquire into ...

    Article : 129 words
  6. AUSTRALIANS.

    In response to a request for a message on the subject of the Australian troops' share in the recent fighting, Lieutenant-General Sir William Birdwood permits the following to be ...

    Article : 276 words
  7. STILL IDLE.

    The South Maitland group of coal mines continues to remain idle. Seven mines and 5000 miners are being held up by the claims of eight men. ...

    Article : 479 words
  8. LESS ACTIVE.

    A Christiania message states that, owing to the decreased activity of the submarines, the cargo insurance rates for the North Sea have been lowered to 7 per cent., a decrease of 1 ...

    Article : 72 words
  9. VARIED VERSIONS.

    An Amsterdam message says that the Pan-German Congress has passed a resolution advocating that Germany's frontiers must be vastly extended on the east and west. Congress ...

    Article : 362 words
  10. EVEN FARMERS.

    The Press Bureau announces that Lord Rhondda (Food Controller), replying to an agricultural deputation, dealt with a complaint regarding the fixed prices of meat as ...

    Article : 113 words
  11. AUSTRIA ANXIOUS.

    According to a Rome message the "Idea Nazionale's" [?] that a great Austrian War Council is being held on the Isonzo front, Prince Conrad and the army ...

    Article : 147 words
  12. EFFECTIVE AIR WORK.

    An Amsterdam message says that the Allied air raid curried out on German positions on October 1 destroyed Wondelgem railway station (near Ghent), in which there were 270 ...

    Article : 48 words
  13. GENERAL CABLES.

    A city publican has been sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment for harboring Australian absentees, four of whom had overstayed their leave by from 30 to 48 days. ...

    Article : 134 words
  14. THROUGH CORRESPONDENTS' EYES.

    "The Fourth German Army has been defeated again. "The battle was another unqualified success, the prisoners surrendering in large numbers. ...

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  15. RED CROSS.

    The Australian Red Cross report states that 2800 prisoners are now in Germany, and 124 in Turkey. During September 15,796 food parcels and 615 of clothing were despatched. Mr. ...

    Article : 130 words
  16. MINERS' FEDERATION.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- Mr. Justice Higgins had before him in the Arbitration Court to-day an application on behalf of the Metropolitan Coal Company of Sydney, Ltd., and ...

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  17. "A MISUNDERSTANDING."

    An Amsterdam message says that the Reichstag debate ended peacefully. Dr. Helfferich (Minister for the Interior) and Dr. Michael[?]s (Imperial Chancellor) yielded, declaring that ...

    Article : 241 words
  18. HUNTING THE U BOAT.

    There are various methods of hunting the U-boat, but the principal ones are by means of destroyers, trawlers, and seaplanes. There is plenty of thrill and excitement in the ...

    Article : 232 words
  19. OFFENSIVE IN BALKANS.

    Information from an authoritative semi-official source indicates that the Allies will shortly have a million and a quarter men prepared for the Balkan campaign. This force ...

    Article : 75 words
  20. CANADA.

    An Ottawa report states that the drafted men have been ordered to report on November 19 add to join the colors on December 10. The Government has decided to prohibit the ...

    Article : 169 words
  21. THE RUSSIAN NAVY.

    A wireless Russian official report states: -- "In the Bospor[?]s region our torpedo-boats destroyed seven coal-laden barges. A Russian submarine captured and brought in to ...

    Article : 87 words
  22. WAGES OF WOMEN.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- A deputation from the Women's Labor Conference to-day urged the Victorian Premier to legislate to obtain improved conditions for women employed ...

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  23. SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.

    A joint committee of trade-unions and members of Parliament has urged Mr. Lloyd George to immediately increase the pay to soldiers and sailors 100 per cent. with increases in other ...

    Article : 86 words
  24. STALLION CERTIFICATES.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- A bill is being drafted by the Department of Agriculture making the certification of stallions compulsory. The Victorian Director of Agriculture (Dr. ...

    Article : 77 words
  25. THE TURMEL AFFAIR.

    A message from Paris states that Madame Tunnel has been arrested. She is suspected of having changed the Swiss notes, which her husband brought from Switzerland. ...

    Article : 132 words
  26. AMERICA'S MONEY.

    Washington advised that further loans of 40,000,000 dollars (about £8,000,000) each have been issued to Britain and Franco. Britain's total is now 1,280,000,000 dollars ...

    Article : 69 words
  27. MINERS' COMPLAINTS.

    Three tribunals to deal with the claims of miners who allege that they have been wrongly refused employment were yesterday appointed. In the north Judge Rolin will review the ...

    Article : 269 words
  28. MANAGER FOUND DROWNED.

    PERTH, Wednesday -- The body of Mr. Charles Noble, late manager in West Australia for the I.X.L. Jam Company of Tasmania, who has been missing since October 3, was recovered ...

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  29. THE AISNE AND VERDUN.

    A French communique reports: -- "On the Aisne front there has been marked artillery activity, notably in the region of the Pantheon, on the right bank of the Meuse. ...

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  30. AMERICAN UNITY.

    Members of the National Unity League called on President Wilson, and indicated a desire for a concerted effort to eliminate divergent elements in the United States. The President ...

    Article : 93 words
  31. WHO OWNS THE EARTH?

    Washington officials are interested in the latest phase of Teuton Imperialism as voiced by the "Cologne Gazette." That journal recently pointed out that Germany has a choice of being ...

    Article : 103 words
  32. SUPPORTERS OF SHIPBUILDING.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- The Fremantle Shipwrights' Union has advised the Prime Minister that it agrees with the pulley outlined at the Federal Conference in regard to ...

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  33. SULTAN OF EGYPT DEAD.

    The death is announced of Prince Hussein Kamill, G.C.B., Sultan of Egypt. The late Sultan was born on November 21, 1853, and at the time of his appointment was ...

    Article : 126 words
  34. CAPTAIN CARMICHAEL WOUNDED.

    Captain A. C. Carmichael, of Sydney, is progressing favorably in Wandsworth Hospital (Eng.). He was wounded in the leg and arm in a recent battle in Flanders. ...

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  35. MR. HOLMAN IN 'FRISCO.

    Mr. W. A. Holman has addressed large meetings of organised labor at San Francisco and elsewhere. He said that two-thirds of the Australian war volunteers were trade-unionists. ...

    Article : 44 words
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