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  2. VENICE BOMBED.

    Venice has undergone an extraordinary air raid. The raid lasted eight hours, and 300 bombs were dropped at intervals throughout the night. ...

    Article : 155 words
  3. JAPAN.

    It is reported in London that Japan has hitherto only sounded the Allies regarding intervention. She has not yet made any proposals. ...

    Article : 1,233 words
  4. PROGRESS OF THE WAR

    A very decided increase of activity along the greater part of the French front is ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,184 words
  5. OVER THE JORDAN.

    Mr. W. T. Massey, official correspondent, telegraphs from Palestine headquarters, under date February 28:--"The army's dashing work in the mountains ...

    Article : 334 words
  6. FOOD PROBLEM.

    The first week's experience of the meat, butter, and margarine coupon system has proved more satisfactory than the queue system, but it discloses the need for amending details, ...

    Article : 332 words
  7. U.S. ACTIVITIES.

    Washington reports show that the American troops are also located in the Chemin-des-Damen sector, where they repulsed a strong German attack. The American machine-gunners ...

    Article : 217 words
  8. ALL LINES HELD

    A French communique reports:--"Two enemy columns attacked last night of Chanvignon, but were thrown back, with heavy losses, after violent hand-to-hand ...

    Article : 520 words
  9. NO PEACE.

    A Russian wireless message states that M. Lenin. Russian Profiler, has received a message from the Brest-Litovsk delegation, requesting to be furnished with a train and ...

    Article : 731 words
  10. ITALIAN AIR RAID.

    An Italian communique states:--"A Squadron of seaplanes flew over Pola on the night of February 27 and dropped two tons of explosives on the arsenal and ...

    Article : 74 words
  11. INDIA'S WEALTH.

    Sir William Meyer, Finance Member of the Indian Council, in presenting the annual financial statement, said that the present year would close with a surplus of £5,750,000, due to ...

    Article : 500 words
  12. ALSACE-LORRAINE.

    The National Alsace-Lorraine celebrations were carried out at the Sorbonne (Paris) with imposing ceremonial. President Poincare, Ministers, Senators, ...

    Article : 220 words
  13. A RACE FOR FOOD.

    The "Daily Express" correspondent at Amsterdam says the Vienna Government announces that it has sanctioned the sanctioned the Austro-Hungarian Army's military intervention in ...

    Article : 153 words
  14. POLAND.

    A Zurich wireless message reports that, according to the Cracow newspaper, "Czas," the Germans killed and wounded many inhabitants of Warsaw during the demonstrations against ...

    Article : 149 words
  15. WAS IT A FIGHT?

    It is reported from Amsterdam that violent gunfire was heard off Vlieland during the night. Rafts with Germans on thorn from a naval ...

    Article : 101 words
  16. MORE SHIPS FOR ALLIES.

    The Stockholm correspondent of the "Morning Post" reports that a tonnage agreement between Sweden end the Allies has been settled. By it 72,000 tons of Swedish shipping is ...

    Article : 57 words
  17. MARTIAL LAW.

    Official advices have been received stating that martial law has been declared in Poland. ...

    Article : 18 words
  18. GERMAN COLONIES.

    The "Daily Mail," discussing Dr. Solf's speech, says that there are at least three reasons why the Germans should never resume their colonial career. The first is that the ...

    Article : 150 words
  19. SOLDIERS' MAILS.

    Australians will be glad to know that really great reforms have been effected in the Australian postal arrangements within the last two months. An Australian business man, who has ...

    Article : 298 words
  20. VICTIMS OF THE WOLF.

    Lloyd's reports that 12 of the Hitachi Maru's passengers, including four Asiatics, have landed at Skagen. The Wolf shelled and captured the Hitachi ...

    Article : 250 words
  21. BRITISH FRONT.

    Field-Marshal Sir douglas Haig reports:--"We successfully raided northward of the Ypres-Staden railway. "There has been reelprocal artillery fire in ...

    Article : 543 words
  22. IRELAND'S WOES.

    Lawlessness continues in the West and South of Ireland. There have been numerous raids for arms, cattle driving, and the seizure of land, but the military is now in control of ...

    Article : 110 words
  23. TOWED BOAT ATTACKED.

    A message from Amsterdam reports that a Dutch torpedo boat has rescued five of the crow of the Swedish barque Maorilands. The British tug-boat, Lady Carmichael, was ...

    Article : 121 words
  24. TRANSPORT WORKERS.

    The Transport Workers' Federation and the Vehicle Workers' Union threaten to call a strike on March 9 unless they are granted a bonus of £1 a week above the pre-war rates. ...

    Article : 48 words
  25. REPRISALS.

    A Saarbrucken (Rhenish Prussia) newspaper throws significant light upon the German official reports minimising the effect of the Allies' raids. It says that 74 bombs were dropped on ...

    Article : 109 words
  26. ROUMANIA RESISTS.

    Austro-German newspapers report that the peace negotiations with Roumania have been ruptured. Roumania resists the extortionate demands. ...

    Article : 134 words
  27. BRITISH MINISTRY.

    The "British Weekly" states that a movement, which has as its object the assumption of the Premiership by Lord Lansdowne, associated with Mr. Asquith and Mr. Arthur ...

    Article : 90 words
  28. ESPIONAGE.

    The Paris espionage case has revealed a veritable hornets' nest of financial schemes in Switzerland, working in Germany's interests. The chief operator, an Austrian banker named ...

    Article : 258 words
  29. HONGKONG TRAGEDY.

    A message from Hongkong announces that the racecourse disaster, when a bamboo stand collapsed and took fire, has resulted in over 700 deaths. Three hundred people were also ...

    Article : 47 words
  30. WAR TROPHIES.

    It has new been definitely ascertained that neither the Australian Government nor its representatives in London ever promised that the first selection of trophies captured by ...

    Article : 298 words
  31. MUST ENDURE.

    General Sir William Robertson, in a speech at Lincoln, said the people at Home were making great sacrifices, but might be asked to submit o further sacrifices before the war was so ...

    Article : 83 words
  32. SOLDIERS AT PLAY.

    In Rugby matches yesterday Australian quarters and the Welsh Guards played a six-points draw, the New Zealand Field Artillery beat the Royal Aircraft Factory by 8 to nil, ...

    Article : 66 words
  33. 14,000,000.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 48 words
  34. FINNISH PETITION.

    The Finnish Government has written to the Kaiser, asking him, "as the mightiest protector of Germanic culture and evangelic faith," if he will obtain security for the Finnish people, ...

    Article : 83 words
  35. GENERAL CABLES.

    A message from Calcutta says that Lord Willington, Governor of Bombay, who was injured by a fall from a horse, has regained consciousness, and is progressing favorably. ...

    Article : 145 words
  36. EAST AFRICAN CAMPAIGN.

    It is officially announced from East Africa that a column from Lake Nyassa dispersed the enemy rearguard south-enstward of Mitarika. The column from Port Amilla occupied Moza. ...

    Article : 34 words
  37. ARGENTINE STRIKES.

    There have been most serious armed conflicts between the railway strikers and troops. Two strikers were killed and many wounded. ...

    Article : 29 words
  38. LITVINOFF'S EJECTMENT.

    The solicitor for the landlord of Litvinoff, the Bolshevik Ambassador, says that the most serious feature of Litvinoff's tenancy was the constant procession of visitors. ...

    Article : 68 words
  39. BOMBS ON NANCY.

    During a raid on Bethune a Gotha 'plane was forced to descend and the crow of four was captured. Seventeen German aeroplanes dropped 180 ...

    Article : 52 words
  40. BELGIUM'S FATE.

    M. Hyman, Belgian Minister without portfolio, interviewed regarding Count von Hertling's indications of pence overtures with Belgium, declared that the Socialists' attitude was ...

    Article : 55 words
  41. KINGS IN CONFERENCE.

    A Washington message states that official advices show that the Kaiser convoked an important council of all the reigning families of Germany. No details are available of the ...

    Article : 43 words
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