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  2. WESTERN FRONT.

    The following despatches have been received from Field-Marshal Hang:— Friday night.—"Our advanced posts at Avion and also east of the ...

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  3. AT SEA.

    A sensation has been caused in the diplomatic world by the discovery that Sweden has regularly, on behalf of Germany, transmitted, under the guise of Swedish ...

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  4. EXPORT OF COIN STOPPED.

    President Wilson has issued a proclamation prohibiting the exportation of coin or bullion to the Central Powers or neutrals except under licence. ...

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  5. HERB BALLIN IN DISFAVOUR.

    The Vienna newspapers note the Kaiser's omission to congratulate Herr Ballin, the shipping magnate, upon his 60th birthday. They state that Herr Ballin is in disfavour ...

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  6. RAISING THE SCHOOL AGE.

    The Trades Union Congress has carried a resolution urging that the school age be raised to 16 years, no child under that age to be allowed to earn wages. ...

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  7. PEACE MEETING STOPPED.

    The police stopped an open-air meeting at Manchester yesterday, owing to women and wounded soldiers threatening to create a disturbance. The organisers of the ...

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  8. THE I.W.W.

    Sensational revelations are expected as a result of the I.W.W. raids. It has been asserted that German influence inspired many of the I.W.W. activities. ...

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  9. THE KAISER AGAIN.

    The Kaiser, replying to a loyal telegram from Bremen merchants, says:—"The malicious schemes of our enemies will be dashed to pieces. German loyalty will crush every ...

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  10. RUSSIA.

    M. Kadomtzeff, when interviewed yesterday in London, where he had arrived from Russia on an important official mission, declared:—"At Petrograd there is neither ...

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  11. GERMANY'S BALTIC FLEET.

    Part of the German High Seas Fleet has reinforced the Baltic Fleet and is sailing northwards. The Russian. fleet is preparing to give battle and the sailors have ...

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  12. DAYLIGHT SAVING ACT.

    It is officially announced that summer time under the Daylight Saving Act will cease on September 17. ...

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  13. AUSTRALIAN PRISONERS.

    The Australian Red Cross Commissioner reports that during August the issue or comforts in England, included a million and a half cigarettes, 1,194lb. of ...

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  14. CHINA TAKES A HAND.

    The Shanghai correspondent of the Chinese World" says that 15,000 Chinese troops have been mobilised to assist the Russian battle front. ...

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  15. ANOTHER WAR LOAN.

    A German 5 per cent. war loan of a milliard marks will be issued on the 19th inst. ...

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  16. LUDENDORFF INJURED.

    A train conveying General von Ludendorff and other officers from Flanders collided with a munitions train south of Brussels. General von Ludendorff was slightly ...

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  17. FINLAND.

    A message from Helsingfors, the capital of Finland, states that Russia is abolishing the Governor-Generalship of Finland and that a Russian committee will in future ...

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  18. MISSING NEXT-OF KIN.

    The military authorities desire to get into communication with the next-of-kin of the following:— Colonel James Lyon Johnstone, 11th ...

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  19. THE AMERICAN ARMY.

    Advices from Paris state that President Poincare and 'General Petain reviewed the American troops on Thursday. President Poincare alluded to the anniversaries of ...

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  20. A TYPHUS EPIDEMIC.

    A terrible epidemic of typhus fever is raging at Warnemunde, a seaport in Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and has spread to Southern Denmark. ...

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  21. ELECTION FIGURES.

    In the municipal elections at Petrograd the Social Revolutionaries polled 180,000 votes, the Extremists 174,000, and the Cadets 110,000. ...

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  22. COMMONWEALTH.

    Brigadier-General Sir Robert Anderson retired from the Australian Imperial Force of Thursday. It is not proposed to u[?] his services further. In making this ...

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  23. BRITISH NEWS.

    In his speech at Birkenhead on Thursday Mr. Lloyd George said that the whole Allied cause and the freedom of the world depended upon our sea supremacy which ...

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  24. PRISONERS IN ASIATIC TURKEY.

    The transmission of parcels (except magnesia) for prisoners in Asiatic Turkey has been suspended. Letters and money orders are still being forwarded. ...

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  25. CABINET RECONSTRUCTION.

    M. Ribot (the Premier) tendered his resignation on Friday, but he deferred further action at President Poincare's request until the return of the President of the ...

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  26. WAR CASUALTIES.

    Mr. and Mrs. Greenham, of 24 Arundel-street, Fremantle, have been notified that their youngest son, Private Leslie Essex, was killed in action on August 28. ...

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  27. SOLDIERS' PAY.

    The War Office says that the newspaper statements regarding the increase of soldiers' pay by 50 per cent. were unauthorised and inaccurate. An official ...

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  28. THE FIGHTING ZONE.

    The following are the latest Russian official communiques:— Friday Evening.—"In the direction of Riga, near Zegevold to-day encounters took ...

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  29. FURTHER DISCLOSURES.

    Sweden will be given an opportunity to explain the transmission of German despatches from Buenos Ayres before the United States takes action, and if she be ...

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  30. THE RED CROSS SOCIETY.

    The Australian Red Cross Society is building workshops at Southall to teach disabled men useful trades. Owing to the expansion of the work in connection with ...

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  31. PEACE TALK.

    The Reichstag Centre Party advocates consideration of President Wilson's reply to the Papal Note, and urges that efforts be made to reach an understanding with ...

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  32. SUPREME COURT.

    The following cases have been set down for the civil sittings of the Supreme Court, commencing on Tuesday, before Mr. Justice Rooth, the nature of the claim in ...

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  33. GERMAN STORIES.

    The following wireless German official messages have been intercepted by the Admiralty:— Friday evening.—"The English attacked ...

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  34. ENEMY REPORTS.

    The German War Office announced on Friday evening:—"Our cavalry is successfully fighting the enemy rearguards 45 miles east of Riga. The enemy set fire to all the ...

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  35. MAILS FOR EUROPE.

    The position with regard to the despatch of mails to Great Britain and the expeditionary forces. has become exceedingly acute. The Postmaster-General (Mr. ...

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  36. ITALY.

    The following Italian official report was issued on Friday evening:—"North-east of Gorizia the enemy, having suffered severely, is desperately resisting. We took 204 ...

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  37. OUTSPOKEN HUNGARIAN PAPERS.

    The Hungarian newspaper "Magyarorssag," published in Budapest, states that President Wilson's courageous reply to the Pope merits the gratitude of all sincere ...

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  38. GERMAN LOSSES.

    The "Matin" states that the German losses defending Lens already amount to 16,000, or one-quarter of the number engaged. Moreover, since August 23, 35 ...

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  39. VIEWS OF "VORWAERTS."

    The Amsterdam correspondent of the United Press Association quotes the "Vorwaerts" as saying that Germany will reply to the Pope stating that the German ...

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  40. A POSSIBLE CHECK FOR GERMANY

    The Petrograd correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states:—"Barring disasters there is a strong possiblity that the Germans will be held up on the line ...

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  41. SUBMARINES V. MERCHANTMEN.

    The "Tribune," describing the recent fight between German submarines and merchant ships, says: "Four of the participating merchantmen have arrived at New ...

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  42. GENERAL ITEMS.

    In the Dominions House of Commons on Thursday the Solicitor-General (Mr. Meighan) introduced the Wartime Election Act providing for the disfranchisement of ...

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  43. ANNIVERSARY OF THE MARNE.

    A representative of the "Journal" had an interview with Viscount French on Friday, on the anniversary of the battle of the Marne. Viscount French said:—"After ...

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  44. THE AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS.

    General Birdwood, writing to Mr. A. Buchanan, Mosman, states:—"I am afraid there is still much in front of us before we have finally defeated these Germans, as ...

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  45. REFUGEES FROM RIGA.

    The Petrograd correspondent of the United Press Association reports:—"The refugees from Riga have arrived here, They include the last trainload that got through ...

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  46. AN AUSTRIAN CLAIM.

    An Austrian official report issued yesterday afternoon claimed:—"We pressed back the Italians from Monte San Gabriele to-day, and inflicted heavy losses. We also ...

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  47. SUBMARINE VICTIMS.

    Mr. Charles Grasty, in a telegram to the New York "Times" from London, says that since June 30 last the losses by submarines have been reduced by 150,000 ...

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  48. THE GERMAN AIM.

    M. Maroel Hutin, writing in the "Echo de Paris," says:—"The Russian retirement is more accentuated east of Riga than towards Friedrichstadt. The Germans are ...

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  49. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The following is a nominal roll of sick and wounded arriving at Fremantle at an early date. The list is as cabled, and is subject to mutilations through cabling and ...

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  50. INDIA.

    In connection with Sir Charles Monro's recent appeal asking for the further co-operation of the women of India in war work, especially in connection with the ...

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  51. TROUBLE IN TRIPOLI.

    The Governor of Tripoli reports that General Cassini routed 5,000 rebels, officered by Turks, near Zoara, last Monday. He captured two guns, 487 rifles, and much ...

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  52. AMERICAN MERCHANTMEN.

    The Washington correspondent of the New York "Times" says:—"The United States is considering a programme for the building of a fleet of 150 merchantmen ...

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  53. ESCAPE OF PRISONERS.

    Two men who had been locked up at the City Watchhouse on the previous evening on charges of assault and robbery, escaped from the exercise yard this ...

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  54. SAFEGUARDING THE REVOLUTION.

    The Government is placing the military district of Petrograd entirely in General Korniloff's hands, and it has appointed a special administrative committee, invested ...

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  55. FOOD SUPPLIES.

    The Food Controller henceforth will be the sole importer of dried fruits, including raisins, currants, figs, prunes, plums, peaches nectarines, apricots, pears, and ...

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  56. GERMANY.

    An officially inspired statement published in the "Cologne Gazette" says that while the Kaiser's and the Czar's telegrams were substantially true as published they merely ...

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  57. THE INHUMAN HUN.

    The American United Press Association's correspondent with the British Headquarters in France reports:—"The Germans bombed American-British hospitals on the French ...

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  58. THE RAILWAY SYSTEM.

    An assurance was received from the Railway Department at last Thursday's meeting of the A.L.F. metropolitan council that the railway bridges and permanent ...

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  59. DEATH SENTENCE COMMUITED.

    The Emperor of Austria has commuted to imprisonment for 18 years the death sentence passed upon Dr. Adler in July last for the murder of Count Stuergkh ...

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  60. THE OPENING OF THE SCHELDT.

    The "Handelsblad," commenting upon a New York message that Germany proposed that Holland should open the Scheldt to German submarines in exchance for ...

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  61. INTERNAL DANGER.

    A semi-official report states that the central committee of the Soviet has passed a resolution, asserting that the removal of internal danger is a vital question in every ...

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  62. PRUSSIANS AND BAVARIANS.

    The "Herald's" correspondent at Jassy, the temporary capital of Roumania, says: "There is bitter animosity between the Prussians and the Bavarians and they ...

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  63. STATEMENT BY LORD RHONDDA.

    The London correspondent of the United Press Association on Thursday interviewed Lord Rhondda, who said that England expected to spend £40,000,000 annually to ...

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  64. DUTCH SHIPS IN AMERICAN PORTS

    A despatch from Washington says that the United States Government is considering the matter of commandeering the Dutch ships held in American ports for ...

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  65. BELGIUM'S INDEPENDENCE.

    "De Tijd" declares that the new German Council, which is discussing the Pope's Note, proposes that Belgium's independence shall be restored on condition that ...

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  66. THE TEACHERS' UNION.

    The Assistant Teachers' Association which comprises some 50 or 60 goldfields school teachers, has decided to withdraw from the W.A. Teachers' Union, in ...

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  67. A SCHEME THAT FAILED.

    The New York "Times" correspondent at the Hague says:—"The 'Rhenish Westphalian Gazette' explains how the Kaiser endeavoured in 1904 and 1905 to establish a ...

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  68. BIG JAPANESE BATTLESHIP.

    The Japanese Embassy has been informed that Japan is building a battleship of 32,000 tons register. ...

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  69. MISCELLANEOUS.

    Soldiers' Welcome Committee.—The Soldiers' Welcome Committee will entertain soldiers off hospital ships at an early date, and would be glad to receive ...

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  70. HUMBER DOCK CASE.

    Another arrest has been effected in connection with the Humber Graving Dockyards and Engineering Co.'s case, Douglas Carson, assistant manager of the company, ...

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  71. MACEDONIA.

    A French eastern communique issued on Friday night stated: "The artillery struggle was somewhat violent to-day in the region of the Vardur, especially on the ...

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  72. COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARY MOVE.

    The "Ekstrabladet" says that private advices from Petrograd state that the counter-revolutionary movement has spread throughout Russia, and that it is ...

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  74. AMERICA.

    The House of Representatives has passed the £2,307,600,000 Loan Bill. It is reported that the next loan will be for £600,000,000, and will bear interest at ...

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  75. GERMAN TYRANNY.

    The Belgian Government has given the Paris correspondent of the New York "Times" an exclusive statement, describing the sufferings of the Belgian people, and ...

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  76. CONQUERED TERRITORIES.

    The Imperial Chancellor, Dr. Michaelis, interviewed by a representative of the Stuttgart "Tageblatt" refused to outline the future of Belgium, Courland, and ...

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  77. CONSPIRACY EXPOSED.

    The object of the conspiracy in connection with which it was recently announced that several Grand Dukes had been arrested, was to arrest the members of the ...

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  78. EAST AFRICAN CAMPAIGN.

    The British War Office issued the following report yesterday respecting the East African campaign:—"We are pursuing the Germans who were dislodged from Upepo ...

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  79. A GILBERTIAN SITUATION.

    The prosecution of Brotherton, Cripsey, and Carson has produced a Gilbertian situation. They have been granted bail on the ground that they are indispensable to ...

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  80. FOOD EMIGRANTS REBUFFED.

    The Hungarian Government's intention to expel all foreigners has angered Germany. Many Berlin families are living in Hungarian cities because the food conditions ...

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  81. TWO MILLION TROOPS BY JUNE.

    The War Department's programme provides for two million men to be on active service or in training by next June. ...

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