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  2. WESTERN FRONT

    In Friday morning's despatch Sir Douglas Haig reported:—"We drove off last night two raids north-east of Armentieres." A later despatch stated: "Hostile ...

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  3. RUSSIA.

    The Petrograd correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" telegraphed on Friday night:—"It is probable that the Socialists in addition to the portfolios will take a ...

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  4. AT SEA.

    The Admiralty reports:—"Early on Tuesday Austrian light cruisers and destroyers raided the allied drifter line, in the Adriatic, and sank 14 British drifters, ...

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  5. SHIPBUILDING.

    The Senate yesterday passed army and navy appropriations for £668,400,000, without a division. The amount includes £150,000,000 for the taking over of ...

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  6. ARGENTINE'S WHEAT.

    The German Minister here is attempting to buy 100,000 tons of Argentine wheat in order to decrease the exports to the Allies. ...

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  7. PEACE TALK.

    Mr. Arthur Henderson (Labour member of the War Cabinet), speaking at Richmond yesterday said that there was no immediate prospect of a cessation of hostilities ...

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  8. COMMONWEALTH.

    In the course of a speech in Wesley Church this afternoon, Sir William Irvine said that the one thing necessary for every citizen of Australia to do at the ...

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  9. DURATION OF THE WAR.

    Lord Derby (British Secretary of State for War), in an interview with a representative of the United Press Association, says:—"The war will not end until the ...

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  10. MR. FISHER'S VIEWS.

    The Commonwealth and High Commissioner (Mr. Andrew Fisher) writing to the League to Abolish War, said:—"The determination exists that the war shall be prosecuted to ...

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  11. SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN.

    Mr. Kennedy Jones, M.P., speaking at Edinburgh, said that, thanks to the Admiralty's ingenuity and our sailors' courage and skill, the war on submarines ...

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  12. RELATIONS WITH THE ALLIES.

    It is understood that the British and French missions have suggested the establishment of an allied committee here, to co-operate in the conduct of the war. ...

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  13. EARLIER DEVELOPMENTS.

    The following reports concerning the engineers' strike were issued yesterday:— Seven members of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers have been arrested. ...

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  14. GERMANY'S ATTITUDE.

    According to a German newspaper Count Reventlow declares that before Easter Dr. von Bethman-Hollweg (German Imperial Chancellor) and Count Czernin ...

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  15. THE VALUE OF FURLOUGH.

    A despatch has been received from the British authorities by the Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) announcing that as most of the Australian soldiers serving ...

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  16. THE FIRST CONTINGENT.

    The first United States contingent—a medical unit—has arrived in Great Britain. The commander of the United States contingent states that Americans are crazy ...

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  17. FIERCE FIGHTING.

    The "Petit Parisien's correspondent on the Italian front reported yesterday: "The battle continues fiercely. The enemy brought up considerable reinforcements by ...

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  18. ANOTHER OPINION.

    Sir Albert Stanley (President of the Board of Trade), in the course of a speech in the Aldwych Club yesterday, said that enemy submarines were an ...

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  19. A FOOD ADMINISTRATOR.

    President Wilson will ask Congress to appoint Mr. H. C. Hoover to the position of Food Administrator, with the widest control over exports and imports and the ...

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  20. TROOPSHIP TORPEDOED.

    The Press Bureau announced on Friday that the British troopship Cameronia was torpedoed in the Eastern Mediterranean on Tuesday last. One military officer and ...

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  21. ENLISTMENT OF HALF-CASTES.

    A military order issued on Saturday provides that half-castes may be enlisted in the Australian Imperial Forces if the examining medical officers are satisfied that ...

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  22. BRITISH HELP.

    The War Office reports that British heavy artillery is co-operating in the Italian offensive on the Julian front, and affording material assistance. The British ...

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  23. AN AMERICAN REPORT.

    The Petrograd correspondent of the "Sun" reports:—"The crisis is past, and there is now no question of Russia's loyalty to the Allies." ...

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  24. GERMAN ANXIETY.

    German commercial newspapers are disturbed over America's coming into the war because of the risk of America's supporting the British anti-German Customs union. ...

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  25. I.W.W. PAPER BANNED.

    An order is published in a special Commonwealth "Gazette" which was issued on Saturday directing that the publication known as "Direct Action," the organ of ...

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  26. REMODELLING THE FRONTIERS.

    M. Branting, writing in the "Social Demokraten" says:—"The formula of peace without annexations implies the remodelling of frontiers according to the principle of ...

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  27. TRANSFER OF THE CAPITAL.

    It has been learned that the Russian Government is considering the question of the transfer of the capital to Moscow for sentimental and political reasons, and ...

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  28. AN AUSTRIAN ADMISSION.

    An Austrian official communique issued yesterday, after declaring that the Italian mass attacks on the Vodice heights on Friday were repulsed, admits that the Italians ...

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  29. INFLUENCE UPON JAPAN.

    The United Press Association asserts that America's participation in the war has incited Japan to greater efforts. ...

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  30. MORE ENEMIES FOR GERMANY.

    The Central American republics of Honduras and Nicaragua have severed diplomatic relations with Germany. ...

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  31. GERMAN U BOATS

    A message from Paris states that, between May 1 and 5 a dozen German submarines were sunk, mainly owing to the British Admiralty's appliances. ...

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  32. THE FIGHT FOR ROEUX.

    When attempting to retake Roeux on Tuesday the German batteries showered shells at the rate of 60 a minute for sixteen hours. A British officer, describing ...

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  33. CZAR'S PRO-GERMANISM.

    "Le Matin" quotes from the "Russkoye Slowo" a revelation made by Count Witte (a former distinguished Foreign Minister) to a journalist at the beginning of the ...

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  34. ALARM IN TRIESTE.

    The "Corriere d'Italia" states:—"The Austraians have ordered civilians to evacuate exposed points on the Italian front. All the Trieste banks are closed, and the ...

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  35. THE LUXURIES BOARD.

    War Precautions Act regulations to cover the appointment of a board to control the importation of luxuries were gazetted on Saturday. These regulations ...

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  36. GENERAL ITEMS.

    Sir Robert Borden (Prime Minister), speaking in the House of Commons, said that he brought back from the Canadians at the front the message, that they must ...

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  37. THE KING'S MESSAGE.

    The King sent the following message to the workers at Vickers, Ltd., at Barrow, at the conclusion of the Royal visit:—I am confident that British workmen will ...

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  38. BRITISH NEWS.

    Mr. Lloyd George before going for a hard-earned week-end rest added one more to the long list of triumphs he has achieved in the settlement of Labour ...

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  39. STANDARDISED STEAMERS.

    The Earl of Lytton (Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty) stated in the House of Lords yesterday that some of the new standardised merchants steamers ...

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  40. AUSTRIAN LOSSES.

    It is reported that the Austrian losses in the present campaign up to last Tuesday were 12,000 in killed, wounded, and missing. ...

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  41. FRENCH SHIPPING.

    The French shipping report for the past week gives the following figures:—Arrivals, 952; departures, 991; sunk by enemy submarines, three vessels of over ...

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  42. ASTOR CONTRACTS CASE.

    The case against Major Waldorf Astor (Unionist member for Plymouth) for having accepted Government contracts, was dismissed, with costs for the defendant. ...

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  43. MAY DAY AT LODZ.

    A Polish newspaper, describing the May Day incidents are Lodz, states:—"The German infantry fired upon a crowd of Polish workmen who were holding a meeting. A ...

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  44. SOCIALIST MANIFESTO.

    The Socialist Party has issued a manifesto which demands the abolition of the Senate, the right of Parliament to meet when it chooses, universal suffrage, ...

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  45. GERMANY.

    There was a noisy debate on the Budget in the Reichstag on Wednesday The Socialists attacked the Government for forcing the soldiers' co-operative societies ...

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  46. GERMAN EMOTION.

    Advices from Sweden states that the Anglo-French offensive has provoked deep emotion in Germany owing to the heavy losses, and that a sharp disagreement over ...

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  47. THE FIGHTING ZONE.

    A wireless Russian official report received on Friday stated:—"We repulsed a dense attack in the direction of Vladimir Volvnsk, in the region of Shelvov." ...

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  48. COAL SHORTAGE.

    The "Frankfurter Zeitung" states that coal cards have been introduced in Munich. Each household is restricted to a dwt. of of coal per week, but single people get ...

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  49. AUSTRIAN EMPEROR'S VISIT.

    Correspondents at the Austrian headquarters state that the Emperor Karl arrived on the Isonzo front when the Italians were bombarding Monte Gabriele and Monte ...

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  50. VON HINDENBURG ATTACKED.

    Herr Cohn in the Reichstag recently hotly denounced the German cruelties in Belgium, Poland and Lithuania. The municipality of Neuhausen passed a resolution ...

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  51. GAMBLING DENS RAIDED.

    The police and the military raided several East End gambling dens yesterday, secking for military shirkers and absentees. Exciting scenes, with several free fights, ...

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  52. LIGHTKEEPER ARRESTED.

    By Executive Council order, notified in the "Commonwealth Gazette" of Saturday, was set out that Francis Thomas Langer, of Jarman Island, Western Australia, ...

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  53. THE SOCIALISTS.

    M. Branting, presiding at a great international Socialist meeting here on Friday, after paying a tribute to the leaders of the Russian revolution, declared: "It is the ...

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  54. MISCELLANEOUS.

    Sir,—Reference was made in your columns some time ago to the fact that Sergeant L. W. Marshall, of the 28th Battalion, who was a prisoners of war in Aachen, was not ...

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  55. THE CAUCASUS.

    A Russian wireless message on Friday reported:—"We repulsed a Turkish attack in the direction of Ognot, on the rear of our troops, in the direction of Khanikin. ...

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  56. ALLIED CONFERENCE.

    The Allied commercial conference passed a resolution that the peace treaty should require Germany to replace ships illegally sunk. Resolutions were also carried in ...

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  57. REHABILITATING FRANCE.

    The French people greatly appreciate the British help in restoring the agriculture of the liberated territory. Already 100,000 acres in the Somme department are under ...

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  58. FAILURE OF EXPORT POLICY.

    Many German newspapers are on the verge of stoppage owing to the scarcity of paper. As most of her exports have been forbidden, Germany cannot import ...

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  59. THE FOOD PROBLEM.

    Mr. Kennedy Jones stated yesterday that compulsory rationing was not yet necessary, and that the supplies of wheat and wheat substitutes (with the possible ...

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  60. A SOLDIER MAIMS HIMSELF.

    For having wilfully maimed himself, with intent to render himself unfit for service, Private John Dunn, of the 7th reinforcements, 37th Battalion, has been sentenced ...

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  61. AMERICA.

    The President has fixed June 5 as the date for registration under the Selective Draft Act, which has been passed by Congress. Brigadier-General Pershing, will ...

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  62. SERBIAN GENERAL'S DEATH.

    The death is announced of General Putnik, ex-Commander-in-chief of the Serbian army. ...

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  63. ANZACS REPULSE ATTACK.

    The latest German attack on the Australian position in the Hindenburg line turns out to have been most carefully prepared. Ten days beforehand a Lehr ...

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  64. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    At the Railway Institute on Saturday the Perth Station Traffic Employees' Social Club met in honour of Privates A. Pratt, A. Yews, and R. Wolfe, former members of ...

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  65. THE PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM.

    Herr Erzberger, the Leader of the German Centre, speaking at Dusseldorf yesterday, said that his party would never agree to the introduction of the ...

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  66. JEWS IN PALESTINE.

    Advices received in Berlin from a Palestine representative of the German Jews Relief Society admits that Jaffa was evacuated for military reasons, the inhabitants ...

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  67. FURTHER RESTRICTIONS.

    The Food Controller (Lord Devonport) has reduced manufacturers' allowance of sugar from 40 to 25 per cent of the amount used in 1915. This does not apply to the ...

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  68. DESTRUCTION OF A ZEPPELIN.

    The destruction of the Zeppelin L22 off Esbjerg was clearly seen from the Danish coast. The Zeppelin came from the south early in the morning on its usual patrol ...

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  69. EXTRAVAGANCE PUNISHED.

    Coloned Sunderland, formerly Chairman of the Bedford Sessions, was fined £100 yesterday for having fed his poultry and pigeons on wheat. ...

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  70. ITALY.

    The battle against the fortifications east of Gorizia has been extended, and is proceeding favourably. The Austrian losses amounted to several divisions. Monte ...

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  71. GERMAN REPRESENTATIVES.

    "Vorwaerts" states that representatives of both the minority and majority Socialist Parties have been granted passports to go to the Stockholm Congress. ...

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  72. DISAGREEABLE FACTS.

    The "Westfaclische Anzeiger" states:—"We will have shortly to face most disagreeable facts. We can only gradually repair our position in the world's market, ...

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  73. EXCESS PROFITS TAX.

    The Finance Bill provides, with regard to the duty on colonial excess profits that where duties are chargeable in the colonies and in England only the higher duty shall ...

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  74. MACEDONIA.

    The British official report from Salonika yesterday stated:—"We drove back the enemy's heavy counter-attack on our new positions on the Struma. Our naval air ...

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  75. AUSTRIAN MURDER TRIAL.

    At Vienna yesterday the trial of Dr. Friedrich Adler (son of the Reichsrath Deputy, Dr. Victor Adler) on a charge of having murdered Count Strength (the ...

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  76. NAVAL PROMOTIONS.

    Vice-Admiral Sir F. Doveton Sturdee (the hero of the Falkland naval engagement) has been promoted to the rank of Admiral, and Rear-Admiral Sir John de Robeck ...

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  77. WAR CASUALTIES.

    Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Geddes, Hillcrest, Yarloop, have been notified that their eldest son, Sergeant A. D. Geddes has been killed in action. He was previously ...

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  78. SOCIALIST BUDGET VOTE.

    The Socialist Party in the Reichstag has explained that its members recently voted against the Budget because two-thirds of the burden fell upon the lower classes, ...

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  79. A GERMAN REPORT.

    An official German wireless message, intercepted on Friday, stated:—"After six days' fighting enemy artillery attacks on both sides of Makovo failed." ...

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  80. HORSE-RACING.

    It is expected that horse-racing will be practically suspended. ...

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