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  2. AMERICA.

    The "New York Times" correspondent at Washington says that the State Department until the present has been opposing the ultra-severe embargo on ...

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  3. INDUSTRIAL TURMOIL.

    While there is little outward indication of a change in the strike position, the return of many additional strikers to the railway and tramway departments has had ...

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  4. THE WAR.

    Mr. Philip Gibbs telegraphs:—"There was violent fighting on Saturday after our successful advance across the Westhoek Ridge. On the night of our attack in ...

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  5. THE LEGAL ASPECT.

    The Unionist Party's business committee has drawn attention to the law forbidding communication with the enemy and emphasises the fact that it is contrary to all ...

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  6. WATERSIDE WORKERS' AWARD.

    It was decided by Mr. Justice Higgins to-day that he would not deal further at the present time with an application by the Waterside Workers' Federation of ...

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  7. RETURNING SOLDIERS.

    A party of twenty invalids will disembark at Fremantle approximately at noon to-day (Tuesday). The names were not available yesterday. ...

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  8. RUSSIAN DELEGATES' VIEWS.

    Russian delegates in London declare at there is no evidence that M. Kerensky opposes the holding of the conference at Stockholm. They say that the Russian ...

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  9. THE WHEAT CROP.

    Mr. Hoover, the American Food Controller, announces that he is ready to take over the entire wheat ration immediately unless speculation is discontinued. He states that ...

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  10. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The 330th 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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  11. GERMAN SOCIALISTS' ATTITUDE.

    A semi-official message from Berlin states that if the question of responsibility for the war is placed on the agenda paper at Stockholm the German Socialists will ...

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  12. GERMANS IN MEXICO.

    A despatch from Mexico City states that a powerful wireless plant has been discovered at a lighthouse at Lobos Island. It is believed to be possible that a German ...

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  13. MISCELLANEOUS.

    Soldiers' Relations' Association.—Owing to the opening of the Y.M.C.A. hut at Fremantle to-morrow (Wednesday), the social afternoon which was to have been held in ...

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  14. THE WAR CABINET.

    Mr. G. N. Barnes, Minister for Pensions, and Labour member for the Blackfriars division of Glasgow since 1906, has been invited to join the War Cabinet, vice Mr. ...

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  15. MR. HUGHES'S MESSAGE.

    The Press Bureau has issued a message which has been received from Mr. W. M. Hughes, the Prime Minister of Australia, regarding the Stockholm Conference. ...

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  16. QUEENSLAND SEAMEN STRIKE.

    The strike element is growing more pronounced and further developments took place this morning, when the seamen and firemen employed on the A.U.S.N. ...

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  17. AIR RAID ON ENGLAND.

    The Press Bureau states:—"A squadron of 20 enemy aeroplanes was reported off Felixstowe at 4.5 o'clock on Sunday afternoon. The squadron skirted the coast ...

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  18. GENERAL ITEMS.

    The "Lokal Anzieger," commenting on the new book by Mr. James W. Gerard, late American Ambassador at Berlin, considers it highly probable that the ...

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  19. QUEENSLAND LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

    The question of the validity of the Upper House referendum was further argued in the High Court of Australia this morning, before Mr. Justice Barton, Mr. Justice ...

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  20. BRISBANE WHARF LABOURERS.

    So far as the wharf labourers were concerned, work went on as usual in Brisbane to-day. At the A.U.S.N. Co.'s wharf the men finished unloading the s.s. ...

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  21. GERMAN DIPLOMACY.

    Mr Cyril Brown, writing to the New York "World" from Stockholm, says that the Germans are dissatisfied at the failure of Teuton diplomacy to take proper ...

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  22. SEASIDE RESORTS CROWDED.

    Clacton was crowded with visitors, who quietly watched airmen ascending to meet the raiders, some going seaward and others patrolling the coastline. The enemy was ...

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  23. QUEENSLAND RAILWAY STRIKE.

    One of the really bad effects of the strike on the Northern railways is the increasing danger that Western towns on the Northern railways will be unable to get ...

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  24. RAILWAY AND TRAMWAY EMPLOYEES.

    It is officially stated that 50 per cent. of the railway and tramway workers have refused to come out on strike. According to a statement made to-night by the Railway ...

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  25. BRITISH REPORTS.

    Sir Douglas Haig issued the following report yesterday afternoon:—"The weather is wet and stormy. Fighting occurred for the possession of a mine crater to the east of ...

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  26. AN HONOUR WELL WON.

    Commander Locker-Lampson, M.P., who was in command of the British armoured motor car squadron which rendered such fine service in Russia recently in covering ...

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  27. ATTITUDE OF SHIPPING COMPANIES

    The cargoes of many ships which have been laid up on account of the strike are being discharged by clerks and employees of the shipping companies. The shipping ...

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  28. EAST-WEST LINE.

    News was received to-day by the Minister for Works and Railways (Mr. Watt) that a platelaying gang of from 70 to 80 men engaged on the Eastern section of the ...

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  29. AIMS OF THE ALLIES.

    The "New York Times" correspondent at Washington has learned that the Allies will soon begin a series of conferences for the purpose of harmonising plans and ...

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  30. FRENCH COMMUNIQUES.

    The following official French communique was issued yesterday morning:—"In Belgium the artillery duel was somewhat violent, also in the section of Hurtebise, and ...

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  31. THE EXPORTERS' POSITION.

    "I suppose the lumpers have had their orders from Melbourne," Mr. T. Ockerby, of Messrs. Ockerby and Co., Ltd., remarked to a "West Australian" reporter yesterday, ...

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  32. THE CENTRAL POWERS.

    An official cable which has been received from Europe states that according to reports received from neutral countries adjacent to Germany, the economic conditions ...

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  33. STRIKE LEADERS CASTIGATED.

    Replying to attacks made upon the Government by various strike leaders, the Acting Premier (Mr. Fuller) said to-night:— "In no case has a union been given a chance ...

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  34. FEDERAL CABINET.

    Members of the Federal Ministry met to-day to consider the latest developments in the industrial trouble, which already extends to two States and threatens to ...

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  35. THE EASTERN FRONT.

    A wireless Russian official message states:—"Following upon stubborn attacks the Roumanians retired to Okna, along the Nilemoshoredi-road, and westward of ...

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  36. DEMOCRACY STIFLED.

    The Stockholm correspondent of the "New York World" says that the feeble progress of Germany towards parliamentary reform has suffered a crushing initial ...

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  37. MINISTER FOR MINES.

    The Minister for Mines (Mr. Hudson) and Mr. Mullany, M.L.A., left Kalgoorlie for Davyhurst on Sunday morning. After a brief stay at Goongarrie they continued ...

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  38. A GERMAN REPORT.

    A German wireless message, intercepted yesterday by the British Admiralty, stated that two French attacks at Cerny broke down. ...

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  39. ROUMANIANS IN RETREAT.

    General Mackensen is driving the Roumanians back at Marasesti, and threatens to cut off the retreat of the Roumanians, who are fighting at Mona. This would ...

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  40. AN OVERDUE VESSEL.

    The Navy Office announces that there is cause for grave anxiety as to the fate of the steamer Matunga, owned by Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co., which left Sydney ...

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  41. NEW GERMAN CABINET.

    A despatch from Zurich states that Herr Philip Scheidemann, the German Socialist leader, in the course of speeches delivered before the Socialist conference at ...

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  42. LABOUR AND THE WAR.

    Mr. G. H. Roberts, Labour member for Norwich and Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade, speaking at York on Saturday, said that the Labour Party were ...

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  43. A GERMAN REPORT.

    The following German wireless official message was intercepted by the British Admiralty yesterday:—"To the south of the Trotus Valley we captured a dominating ...

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  44. MELBOURNE WHARF LABOURERS.

    There were serious developments in Melbourne to-day in connection with the wave of industrial unrest that is passing over the Commonwealth. The Wharf Labourers' ...

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  45. COMMONWEALTH.

    To Miss Rachel Pratt, of Mumbannar, Victoria, belongs the distinction of having been the first and only Australian nurse to be wounded in the present war. It was ...

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  46. TRENCH COMFORTS.

    Miss Ethel Parker, the honorary secretary of the trench comforts funds (Victoria League) for Western Australia, has received from Mr. Walker, honorary secretary of the ...

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  47. WORKMEN AND SOLDIERS' COUNCIL

    The "Daily Chronicle's" correspondent at Petrograd says that a significant change has taken place in the attitude of the Workmen's and Soldiers' Council. Formerly the ...

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  48. PEARL FISHING.

    After several years, without obtaining stones of much value, Mr. W. Banger's boats have within the past few weeks secured two fine pearls. On top of one of ...

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  49. FREMANTLE LUMPERS.

    Yesterday morning several gangs of lumpers who were engaged to place about 1,100 tons of flour aboard the s.s. Minderoo for shipment to Batavia and Singapore, ...

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  50. IMPORTATION OF LUXURIES.

    The Minister for Customs (Mr. Jensen) to-day quoted figures to show that the importation of luxuries had been checked naturally by the war prior to any ...

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