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  2. WESTERN FRONT

    Field Marshal Haig reported early yesterday:—"East of Monchy le Preus to-day we recaptured the posts from which the enemy drove us on Monday. The enemy last ...

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  3. INDIAN WAR LOAN.

    The Indian war loan totalled £36,000,000—more than double the estimated amount. ...

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  4. WORLD'S WAR WEARINESS.

    Mr. G. N. Barnes (pensions Minister), replying to the toast of "Victory for the Allies" at a dinner given by the Printers Pensions Corporation yesterday, said that ...

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  5. GREECE.

    In the House of Commons yesterday Mr. A. J. Balfour said that Sir Francis Elliot, the British Minister to Greece, had vacated his post at Athens, as it was ...

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  6. STATE POLITICS.

    Yesterday's meeting of the Parliamentary National Party was productive of a further development in the political situation, and the Minister for Lands (Mr. H. B. Lefroy) ...

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  7. WAR CASUALTIES.

    Mrs. Hector McLarty, 3 Mount-street, has received word from the military authorities that her son, Sergeant Roy McLarty, has been wounded in France and is at ...

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  8. AMERICA.

    President Wilson decided on Tuesday evening to enforce an embargo upon all exports within 48 hours, in order to stop the drain from America. His action will ...

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  9. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The 313th casualty list was released by the Censor yesterday, and is published below. It contains the names of Western Australian soldiers, together with those ...

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  10. M. JONNART ACTIVE.

    The Athens correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states that M. Jonnart has drawn up two lists. The first, including Gounaris, Streit, Dousmanis, and Metaxis, ...

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  11. HOFFMAN EPISODE.

    Fifteen thousand people took part in a demonstration yesterday and demanded further investigation of the Hoffman episode. Disturbances took place outside the ...

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  12. FRENCH MILITARY MOVEMENTS.

    The landing of a French detachment at Prevesa (on the Gulf of Arta, on the western side of Greece) causes feelings of relief to the Greeks, who view it as a guarantee ...

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  13. THE FOOD PROBLEM.

    The London representative of the United Press Association on Tuesday interviewed Lord Rhondda (the new Food Controller in Great Britain), and the latter said:— ...

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  14. CONSTITUTIONAL RECONSTRUCTION

    The Government has agreed to the appointment as a Commission representing the Athens and Salonika Governments to consider political unification and amnesties. ...

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  15. SOUTH AFRICA.

    The "Daily Telegraph" correspondent at Capetown states that the Assembly was crowded when Mr. Merrimen introduced his motion, that the efforts which are being ...

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  16. VON BULOW'S INTRIGUES.

    M. Marcel Hutin writing in the "Echo de Paris," states that Prince Von Bulow dictated the terms of the telegram sent by M. Hoffman to M. Grimm, to the effe[?] ...

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  17. THE AGENT-GENERAL.

    The Premier (Mr. Frank Wilson) was invited yesterday by a "West Australian" reporter to reply to the comments of the Speaker (Mr. James Gardiner) regarding ...

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  18. CONSTANTINE IN SWITZERLAND.

    Ex-King Constantine of Greece had a hot reception in Switzerland. Crowds surrounded the frontier station of Chiasse and hooted and shouted abuse. After his arrival ...

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  19. SWITZERLAND'S ATTITUDE.

    The Swiss Federal Council regretfully accepted M. Hoffman's resignation, commending the purity of his sentiments. It is understood that the Government will ignore ...

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  20. THE BRITISH MISSION.

    Mr. A. J. Balfour (Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs) was the guest of the Empire Parliamentary Association at luncheon yesterday. ...

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  21. A GERMAN STORY.

    A wireless German official report, intercepted by the Admiralty yesterday afternoon, stated: "Artillery operations were very violent between the Yser Canal and ...

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  22. BRITISH NEWS.

    The inquest on the Zeppelin raiders was held yesterday in the open air, on an East Anglian lawn, contiguous to where the bodies were found. The medical evidence ...

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  23. MISCELLANEOUS.

    Writing from the firing line, somewhere in France, Sergeant Mayne, formerly night officer at Queen's Park railway station, mentions that during his stay in the ...

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  24. A DUTCH REPORT.

    Reports received from Maestricht state that many Belgians are quitting Flanders, and have arrived at Limburg. They assert that the Germans are evacuating Flanders, ...

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  25. GENERAL ITEMS.

    The following French communique was issued last night:—"The British air service successfully bombarded enemy encampments in the Struma Valley, north of ...

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  26. RED CROSS CAMPAIGN.

    The Red Cross campaign, which aims at raising £20,000,000, has brought in £5,200,000 in two days. Included in this amount is a single anonymous gift of ...

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  27. FOLKESTONE DEMANDS AN INQUIRY

    The town of Folkestone, in Kent, which was recently the scene of a German aeroplane raid, many lives being lost, has forwarded a petition to the Government ...

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  28. AERIAL SUPREMACY.

    The "Morning Post's" correspondent at the British headquarters in France states:—"German airmen are desperately attempting to recover the prestige they lost at ...

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  29. CHAOS IN AUSTRIA.

    The "Daily Telegraph's" Rotterdam correspondent states that the Austrian political position has become entangled, and seems to have reached an impasse. The ...

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  30. THE HUNS' INFANT VICTIMS.

    Pathetic scenes were witnessed at a memorial service, held in connection with the infant school victims of the East London air raids. Sixteen coffins, laden with ...

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  31. LORD NORTHCLIFFE'S VISIT.

    The "Daily Chronicle" says:—"Mystery still surrounds Lord Northcliffe's mission to the United States. Few of the American newspapers have shown interest in ...

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  32. THE UNSPEAKABLE TURK.

    Mr. Candler, the British Press correspondent with the troops in Mesopotamia, telegraphed from Baghdad yesterday:—"The British Government is caring for the ...

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  33. GERMAN'S WANING MORALE.

    Visitors arriving in London from France confirm the newspaper correspondents' reports respecting the warring morale of the German troops. It is very noticeable along ...

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  34. ENLISTMENT OF FRIENDLY ALIENS

    The Minister for Defence has now approved of the enlistment of friendly aliens (for instance, Danes) in the Australian Imperial Force, without requiring them to ...

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  35. EAST AFRICA.

    An official British message from East Africa states:—"Beginning on June 10 we operated at Lindi with the object of clearing out the enemy from the shores and ...

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  36. RIOT AT WASHINGTON.

    A great number of suffragettes, carrying denunciatory banners, reached the gates of the White House at Washington yesterday just as the Russian mission was ...

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  37. ANZACS AT MESSINES.

    General Godley, addressing the Australian Division which took part in the great battle at Messines, said that parts of it were subjected to what was probably the ...

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  38. SUGGESTED REPRISALS.

    In the House of Commons yesterday, Mr. Bonar Law said that the Government would not appoint a committee to consider the question of air reprisals, nor would it ...

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  39. POLES AND SLAVS SPEAK OUT.

    A wireless message states that the Premier's resignation was primarily due to the coalition of the Polish Nationalists and the Slav opposition creating a Slav ...

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  40. NEW TYPE OF SUBMARINE.

    Norwegian fishermen report that a large number of a new type of German submarines, smaller than the old, and coloured to resemble water, are cruising in the ...

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  41. CHILD WELFARE.

    The London Country Council is organising a "National Baby Week." in the interests of child welfare It has abandoned the London processions of mothers and infants, ...

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  42. NEXT-OF-KIN.

    The military authorities desire to get into communication with the next-of-kin of the following:—No. 3476, Private C. Hide, 16th Battalion; No. 4702, Corporal T. W. ...

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  43. THREATENED COAL FAMINE.

    The Federal Trade Commission has urged the Government to control the coal and coke supplies for the protection of transportation. It is pointed out that facing ...

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  44. AUSTRALIA'S AID.

    General Petain, through Mr. Andrew Fisher, has sent the following message to Australia:—"I was in the vicinity of Messines at the moment of the recent victory. ...

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  45. PEACE CONDITIONS.

    During a provisional conference between the Dutch and Scandinavian committee and representatives of the British majority socialists, the latter favoured the ...

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  46. ZEPPELIN OVER HOLLAND.

    A Zeppelin flew over Holland last Sunday, and was fired at by the local gunners. The Dutch Government has lodged a strong protest, pointing out to the German ...

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  47. Y.M.C.A. MILITARY WORK.

    Arrangements have been made by the Y.M.C.A. officials for Professor Ross to give his illustrated lecture on "Big Guns" at the Blackboy Hill Y.M.C.A. auditorium ...

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  48. DISORDER IN BOHEMIA.

    The "Matin" says that great revolutionary demonstrations took place at Prague for some days. The Workmen's Committee, representing every factory in the ...

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  49. SHIPPING IN THE PACIFIC.

    The "New York Times" correspondent at Washington states that extraordinary precautions are being taken to protect American, Japanese, and British ships in the ...

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  50. CANADA.

    It seems certain that enough Liberals will support the Conscription Bill to ensure its passage. During the debate on the measure in ...

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  51. NO REST FOR THE HUN.

    The "Petit Parisien" says that the British army's remoreseless harrying effaces the word "rest" from the German soldier's vocabulary. Airmen are spreading on every ...

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  52. THE WEEK'S SHIPPING.

    The British Admiralty's weekly record of shipping for the week ended Sunday last states that 2,887 vessels arrived and 2,993 sailed. Five vessels under 1,600 tons and ...

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  53. COMMAND IN IRISH WATERS.

    Much gratification has been expressed at the appointment of Rear-Admiral Sims to the command of the Irish waters. He will not be bampered by instructions from ...

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  54. THE BOOMERANG.

    The motto of the Tenth Light Horse is "Quick to Strike," and above it is the coat-of-arms of the regiment, an Australian in the act of throwing a boomerang at the ...

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  55. AN IMPERIAL REQUEST.

    The Emperor Karl has asked Count Clam-Martinitz to reconstruct his Cabinet. ...

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  56. RUSSIA.

    The Press Bureau announces that General Sir William Robertson, Chief of the General Staff, telegraphed to General Brusitoff congratulating him upon his appointment to ...

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  57. RAILWAYMEN'S CONGRESS.

    The railwaymen's congress carried a resolution yesterday "regretting that the Seamen and Firemen's Union had been made tools of in refusing to convey Messrs. ...

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  58. ITALY.

    An Italian official report issued yesterday stated. "We carried out a violent offensive on the Asiago Plateau, and damages the enemy defences at many points. ...

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  59. SHIPBUILDING IN AUSTRALIA.

    As a preliminary step towards the establishment of the shipbuilding industry in Australia the Federal authorities have by proclamation called for a return setting ...

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  60. COMMONWEALTH.

    The principal medical officer (Colonel Cuscaden) stated to-day that doctors who were over the military age were required for service in overseas hospitals, to take ...

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  61. A TREACHEROUS GERMAN.

    Britain is making investigations at Copenhagen concerning a naval inquiry into the sinking of the Norwegian steamer Bevrion, bound from Buenos Aires. A seaman was ...

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  62. MONEY FOR ENEMY COUNTRIES.

    It was officially announced to-day that provision has been made under the Trading with the Enemy Proclamation for the sending of money by persons resident in ...

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  63. DUTCH STEAMER SUNK.

    The Dutch steamer Emdijh, which left Boston for Europe recently, is reported to have been sunk by a German submarine. ...

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  64. THE FOOD PROFITEERS.

    The miners' conference carried a resolution yesterday demanding that the Food Controller take drastic action with the profiteers. ...

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  65. DUMA'S MESSAGE TO BRITAIN.

    In the House of Commons yesterday the Speaker read the Duma's message thanking the Mother of Parliaments for its greeting and adding: "We believe, despite the ...

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  66. THE LUXURIES BOARD.

    An interim report has been received by the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) from the board which was appointed with a view to regulating the importation of luxuries. ...

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  67. NO NEWS FROM SPAIN.

    There has been a significant absence of news from Spain since the issue of the communique, declaring that the trouble with the infantry had been cleared up. ...

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  68. THE COTTON MARKET.

    The Liverpool Cotton Futures Market has been closed has a sequel to the recent sensational movements of the market. ...

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