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  2. ZEPPELINS.

    The following official report was issued early on Saturday morning:—"Six or seven airships attacked the eastern and northeastern counties last evening. They ...

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  3. WESTERN FRONT.

    Sir Douglas Haig has issued the following official reports:— Friday Morning.—"We repulsed raiders last night eastward of Vermelles and ...

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  4. GERMAN NAVAL RAID

    The British Admiralty yesterday issued the following report:—"In the North Sea on Wednesday two British destroyers, the Mary Rose and the Strongbow, fought two ...

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  5. AUSTRO-GERMAN FRICTION.

    The Amsterdam correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" telegraphed yesterday:—"News received from a reliable source states that serious Austro-German friction exists. ...

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  6. AUSTRIAN ARMY DESERTS.

    It is reported that an entire Austrian army, composed of Mohammedans and Serbs from Bosnia, has surrendered to the Roumanians and that it will join the ...

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  7. GREECE.

    An ecclesiastical tribunal on Friday passed sentence on five prelates, including the Metropolitan of Athens, in connection with the anathema uttered against the Premier, ...

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  8. VICTORIA CROSS HEROES.

    At Buckingham Palace yesterday the King decorated nine recipients of the Victoria Cross, including Captain Robert Grieve, an Australian. ...

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  9. MISCELLANEOUS.

    Returned Soldiers' Hospitality Committee (Fremantle).—The ladies of this committee had a busy time last week in welcoming returned soldiers. On Monday ...

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  10. AMERICAN VISITORS.

    A luncheon was given at the Savoy Hotel on Friday in honour of Admiral Sims, the American naval commander, and Mr. Winston Churchill, the American novelist. The ...

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  11. GERMANY'S GRAIN SUPPLIES.

    A message from Berlin states that the Reichstag Committee has been informed that a further limitation of the bread ration will not be necessay as the grain ...

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  12. GERMANY'S WAR LOAN.

    A Berlin message states that the provisional total of the recent war loan is £625,000,000. ...

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  13. SOCIAL NOTES.

    The annual meeting of the Rose Club was held at Lady Hackett's house on Friday afternoon. The president (Lady Hackett) was in the chair, and there was ...

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  14. BRITISH SUBMARINE TROPHY.

    The German submarine minelayer UC5, which the British captured, arrived at New York on Thursday aboard a steamer, and was taken to Central Park where it is ...

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  15. SOUTH WALES MINERS.

    The executive of the South Wales Miners Association condemn the proposed strike over the recruiting question. The council criticises the extremists for urging the men ...

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  16. AMERICAN LIBERTY LOAN.

    The subscriptions to the Liberty Loan now amount to £350,000,000. ...

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  17. GERMAN REPORTS.

    The British Admiralty on Friday intercepted the following wireless German official message:—"There is most intense artillery fire at Houtholst Wood and ...

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  18. AMERICAN SHIPPING.

    The Government is considering the matter of the divetring of 100,000 tons of shipping from the Pacific to the Atlantic, in order to hasten the delivery of supplies to ...

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  19. COMMONWEALTH.

    As there are a number of A.I.F. officers who cannot get to the front owing to the shortage of reinforcements it has been decided that three officers in each military ...

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  20. COMMONWEALTH BANK.

    Lord Derby, Secretary of State for War; Lord Denman, a former Governor-General of Australia; and Colonel Griffiths inspected the Commonwealth Bank's military ...

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  21. SURVIVORS REACH NORWAY.

    The Admiral commanding at Christiania reports that survivors of the convoy have reached Bergen. They state that the convoy consisting of twelve ...

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  22. SINKING OF THE [?]

    On behalf of the people of Western Australia, Sir Harry Barron (ex-Governor) accompanied by Sir Newton Moore (Agent-General), visited the Commonwealth cruiser ...

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  23. WITH THE ANZACS.

    Mr. Gilmour, of the Australian Press Association, telegraphing from the West front on Friday, states:—"The Germans continue to exhibit signs of nervous apprehension. ...

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  24. LIFE OF PARLIAMENT.

    In the House of Commons on Friday the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Bonar Law, announced his intention to introduce a Bill to further prolong the life of ...

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  25. AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES.

    The number of Australian casualties to date is 107,018, the particulars being as follow:— Officers: Deceased, 1,448; wounded 1,231; ...

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  26. REPORTS FROM FRANCE.

    A French official communique issued late on Saturday night stated:—"A certain number of Zeppelins flew over France without doing any damage. One was ...

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  27. RUSSIA.

    A Russian official report issued on Friday afternoon stated:—"During Wednesday's battle our battleships secured hits upon enemy Dreadnoughts. No fewer than ...

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  28. WORKMEN'S DWELLINGS.

    The Government is building 100,000 workmen's dwellings of a standard design to meet urgent war needs. It will build 200,000 later on in anticipation of ...

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  29. INTERNMENT OF ALIENS.

    Two public meetings held at Manly on Saturday night, and attended by seven thousand persons, protested against enemy aliens being allowed their liberty, and ...

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  30. THE SHORTAGE OF PETROL.

    Owing to the shortage of tonnage for petrol the Government has propounded a scheme to economise home transport. A Road Transport Board has been formed ...

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  31. TEN BRITISHERS SAVED.

    Two officers and eight men, survivors from the Mary Rose have landed at Bergen. They will not be interned, as they were rescued by a Norwegian lifeboat after ...

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  32. A SENSATIONAL STORY.

    A sensational story, which is not credited by the police, originated in Wollongong last week. It was to the effect that a mysterious steamer approached the coast, ...

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  33. LONDON TAXI FARES.

    Owing to the defection of the cab-owning drivers the other London taxi-owners have accepted the terms offered by Sir George Cave for taxi fares in London. ...

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  34. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    In response to the appeal for the observance of Sunday as a day of intercession and prayer for the success and guidance of the Empire and her Allies in the war, an ...

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  35. A LATER ACCOUNT.

    Four disabled Zeppelins are now wandering over France—two in the south-west, one over the Mediterranean, and one near the Swiss frontier. All are closely hemmed in ...

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  36. EXULTATION IN GERMANY.

    The German Press is giving vent to a chorus of exulting praise, seeing in this and the Oesel Island operations proof of the bold, offensive spirit of the German fleet. ...

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  37. RED CROSS SOCIETY.

    Exclusive of street collections the Red Cross Society has received £706,000, including £509,000 from the dominions. ...

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  38. A GERMAN REPORT.

    The Admiralty intercepted the following German wireless official message on Friday:—"We completely overcame the Russians at Moon Island, and took 5,000 ...

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  39. I.W.W. QUARTERS RAIDED.

    Members of the Criminal Investigation branch on Thursday carried out simultaneously in various parts of the State a series of raids upon premises used by persons ...

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  40. THE WILHELMSHAVEN MUTINY.

    It is reported that the Kaiser, upon learning of the naval mutiny at Wilhelmshaven, was so enraged that he became ill. The Crown Prince advocated frenzied ...

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  41. TRAFALGAR DAY.

    The Government of the Commonwealth, the Australian States, and New Zealand placed wreaths on the Nelson Column in honour of Trafalgar Day. Mr. Andrew ...

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  42. ENGLISH PRESS COMMENTS.

    The "Sunday Times" says: "Londoners and Englishmen generally are chagrined to think that a fleet of Zeppelins was able to visit this country and its capital and ...

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  43. GERMAN TORPEDOERS SUNK.

    Friday night's Russian official report stated that two German torpedoers were sunk in a minefield in Moon Sound on Thursday. ...

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  44. NEXT FLANDERS BATTLE.

    The "Petit Parisien" states:—"The next battle in Flanders will be a hard one, as the Germans are determined to defend their end of Passchendaele Ridge, and beyond ...

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  45. A SCRATCH BOAT RACE.

    Australia beat England in an eight-oared scratch race from Putney to Hammersmith yesterday. ...

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  46. RUSSIAN FLEET BOTTLED UP.

    The bottling up of the Russian fleet in Moon Sound, and Germany's complete mastery of the Gulf of Riga, has perturbed the Government. The Russian newspapers ...

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  47. ITALIAN ZONE.

    Despatches from Rome state that the Austrians and Germans have been compelled to withdraw 40 divisions from the eastern front to reinforce the Austrian ...

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  48. GENERAL ITEMS.

    The newspapers commend America's trade embargo. A note issued from the United States Embassy yesterday stated: "Repeated requests made to Holland and ...

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  49. CRUSHING THE BELGIANS.

    Large numbers of Belgians, who refuse to work for the German army, are confined to barracks built at Zevencote, near the Yser front, and are daily marched into the ...

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  50. THE GERMAN METHODS.

    Confidential reports state that big German submarines are travelling in pairs off the usual Atlantic track, and are robbing foodships and storing the cargoes, from ...

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  51. FEDERAL ARBITRATION COURT.

    Messrs. Justices Isaacs, Duffy, and Rich, of the High Court of Australia, left for Adelaide yesterday afternoon. In company with Mr. Justice Powers, who left on ...

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  52. BRITISH NEWS.

    The King and Queen paid a surprise visit of 90 minutes to the Australian War Chest Club yesterday. The Commonwealth High Commissioner (Mr. Andrew Fisher) ...

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  53. GERMANS BOMBARD DUNKIRK.

    The German Admiralty reported yesterday:—"Our torpedoers fired a couple of hundred explosive shells into Dunkirk on Thursday night." ...

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  54. THE KORNILOFF REVOLT.

    A conference, representing all the Cossack troops, has demanded a public investigation of the recent Korniloff revolt. They believe that the industrials or their ...

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  55. AMERICAN SHIPS TORPEDOED.

    The American inward bound transport W. A. S. Ward, and the American liner Antilles (6,878 tons) were torpedoed by a German submarine on Wednesday. Seventy ...

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  56. DILUTION OF SPIRITS.

    Instructions have been issued for the dilution of spirits to 33 1-3 per cent. ...

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  57. GERMAN SOCIALISTS.

    Herr Scheidemann, the German Socialist leader, in closing the Wurzburg conference, said that social democracy had gained direct power in the State, and a Parliamentary ...

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  58. INTERNAL ENEMIES.

    During a debate in Parliament on Friday the Socialist deputies called Signor Bussolati, the War Minister, a renegade. They accused him of interfering with General ...

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  59. BRAVERY AT SEA.

    The following accounts of stirring incidents, taken from Admiralty records, give a further glimpse into the methods and daring employed in tackling submarines. ...

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  60. SOUTH AFRICA.

    At a representative meeting of natives at Bloemfontein the capital of the Orange Free State, it was decided to publish a denial of the reports in circulation to the ...

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  62. A NAVAL INCIDENT.

    It is officially reported that mutinies took place recently in the Austrian navy because of the bad food supplied and ill-treatment by the officers. Clashes took ...

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  63. RECRUITING SCANDAL.

    In the Central Criminal Court on Friday George Henry Bishop, medical practitioner, was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment for having been concerned in making and ...

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  64. HERR SCHEIDEMANN.

    In an article on Herr Scheidemann, the German Socialist leader, the "Boston Transcript" early in July last stated:— The suspicious ones do not suggest that ...

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  65. COAL FAMINE IN ITALY.

    The Washington correspondent of the "Sun" says that advices from Rome declare that a coal famine is impending and that there will be no coal for household use this ...

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