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  2. FALL OF LASSIGNY

    The following official reports have been issued:—London, Aug. 22 (12.30 a.m.) (from Field-Marshal Haig).—"Our attack launched ...

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  3. THE WAR AT SEA.

    The Dutch steamer Gascoyndier, laden with grain and flour for the committee of the Belgian Relief Fund, was subjected to a submarine atrocity in territorial waters ...

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  4. THE GENERAL ELECTION.

    Sir Edward Carson, in a letter to the London "Morning Post," agrees with many of Sir George Reid's objections, but he regards a general election as inevitable. He ...

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  5. WHEAT MARKETING.

    At the sitting of the Wheat Marketing Commission yesterday, the Solicitor-General (Mr. W. F. Sayer) again attende, to answer the Questions put to him on the ...

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  6. I.W.W. CONVICTIONS.

    The inquiry by Mr. Justice Street in connection with the conviction of the I.W.W. prisoners was continued to-day when Scully was again examined. ...

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  7. IN THE MALLEE.

    At the last Cabinet meeting the Government gave consideration to the position of the land holders in the Esperance mallee belt, and decided to extend a number of ...

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  8. MISCELLANEOUS.

    Mrs. E. W. King, Secretary of the Artillery Workers Comfort Fund, South Perth, has received the following letter from Captain J. W. Kerr, Assistant ...

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  9. LOSSES DURING JULY

    The British Official Press Bureau has issued the following report:—The July mercantile losses, all gross tons, were:—British, 176,476 tons; Allied and neutral, 136,532 ...

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  10. FOR SERVICES IN ACTION.

    The War Office authorities have decided that as from August 1 the Distinguished Service Order, the Military Cross, and the Distinguished Conduct Medal shall be ...

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  11. AMERICA.

    The following wireless news has been received from Honolulu by the American Consul here:—Washington.—The Navy Department ...

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  12. INDUSTRIES ASSISTANCE BOARD.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 282 words
  13. HUN STORY FOR PRISONERS.

    Mr. Edwin L. James the special correspondent of the New York "Times" on the American front, reports that the German soldiers are told by their officers that ...

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  14. GENERAL ITEMS.

    Spain has decided, while observing neutrality, to use German ships for her own commerce. ...

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  15. BRITISH SHIPS FOR AMERICANS.

    General March, the American Chief of Staff, says that the United States is still dependent upon British ships for the larger portion of its oversea transport. ...

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  16. ITEMS FROM AMERICA.

    The London correspondent of the United Press Association telegraphs that the British offensive was undertaken by the 3rd Army, commanded by General Byng. ...

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  17. SWEDISH NEWSPAPER.

    The American Minister at Stockholm drew the attention of the Swedish Government to articles which appeared in the "Aftonbladet" reflecting personally upon ...

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  18. SHORTENING THE FRONT.

    The following wireless message from Honolulu has been received by the American Consul here:— General P. C. March (Chief of the ...

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  19. A GERMAN WAIL.

    An order which was found on a captured German soldier instructs the battalion commanders to employ in the front line the smartest men with the greatest mobility ...

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  20. PRICE FIXING.

    The Prices Commissioner has granted Australian manufacturers increases in the prices of strawboards and paperboards. The maximum prices which may be charged ...

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  21. COMMONWEALTH.

    Women and girls are prohibited under an amendment of the War Precautions Act issued to-day from wearing as an ornament the Imperial silver war badge, an ...

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  22. BRITISH NEWS.

    At the conference between the executives of the Transport Workers' Federation and the Vehicle Workers' Union, the latter agreed to the question being referred to ...

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  23. WOMEN WAR WORKERS IN PARIS.

    The Press Bureau announces that Mr. Lloyd George sent a message to a mass meeting of Allied women war workers in Paris paying a tribute to the women's ...

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  24. AVIATION REPORTS.

    The following aviation reports have been issued:—London, Aug. 21 (4.40 p.m.) (from the British Admiralty).—"Between August 15 ...

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  25. CENTRAL EMPIRES.

    A message from Vienna states that Baron von Burian, the Austrian Foreign Minister, answering an interviewer, said that the recent conference's discussion on the Polish ...

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  26. INVENTIVE ANZACS.

    The Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) has received from London a despatch which shows that inventiveness exists in a highly developed from among ...

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  27. "EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK."

    The joint national conference of trambus, and other vehicle workers, and the dockers and general workers resolved to demand immediate recognition throughout ...

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  28. ADELAIDE FULL COURT.

    In the Full Court to-day judgment was given in the Snow case, which had been referred back to it by the High Court for the addition of copies of letters and ...

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  29. GREAT WORK BY TANKS.

    Wherever one goes amongst the Australian infantry who attacked on August 8, and the following days, one finds feelings of warm, generous enthusiasm towards the British ...

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  30. ALIEN RESTRICTION ORDER.

    An amandment of the alien restriction order under the War Precautions Act empowers a competent military authority to prohibit an alien from addressing of ...

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  31. GERMAN CLAIMS.

    On Wednesday evening the British Admiralty intercepted the following German wireless official message:—"Between the Ancre and the Avre since August 8, our ...

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  32. SPEECH BY DR. SOLF.

    According to a message from Berlin, Dr. Solf, Minister for the Colonies, declared in a speech that the "Jingoes," though numerous, possessed no real influence in ...

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  33. WAR CASUALTIES.

    The friends of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Jackson, of St. Clair, Marian-street Leederville, will regret to hear that their brother, Lieutenant Will G. Poole, was killed in action on August ...

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  34. INDUSTRIAL TROUBLE.

    The Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Watt), referring to-day to the labour troubles at Port Pirie, said that he had had an interview during the afternoon with Mr. Porris ...

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  35. THE MEAT INDUSTRY.

    The Minister for Price Fixing (Mr. Massy Greene) was informed by the stock and station agents to-day that the sales of cattle would be resumed in Victoria on ...

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  36. KALGOORLIE ITEMS.

    A party of returned soldiers passed through Kalgoorlie to-day en route to Perth. The men were met at the railway station by the Mayor and some of the ...

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  37. PRESS DELEGATES.

    The Australian, New Zealand, and South African Press delegations visited the Clyde to-day, and inspected the Fairfield shipbuilding yards. ...

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  38. MERTON LIBEL ACTION.

    The Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Watt) confirmed to-day the cable message to the effect that the Commonwealth Government had decided to pay Mr. Hughes's costs in ...

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  39. A SURPRISE ATTACK.

    The Australian Press Association learns that General Byng attacked from Moyenneville and Beaucourt-sur-Ancre without artillery preparation. The enemy was ...

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  40. A NEW ZEALANDER'S GIFT.

    Sir Joseph Ward (the Minister for Finance in New Zealand) handed to the Belgian Minister in London yesterday a casket made from New Zealand timbers the gift ...

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  41. ROYAL AIR FORCE.

    Decorations and medals awarded for galantry on the part of members of the Royal Air Force have been arranged. The scale on which they will be awarded was ...

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  42. PREMIER OF QUEENSLAND.

    It is now taken for granted that the Premier (Mr. Ryan) will be leaving shortly for England. He said to-day that he would be in a position to make a definite ...

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  43. BULGARIANS HEAR THE TRUTH.

    The new Bulgarian Ministry has permitted the publication of the Entente's communiques relating to the recent successes on the Western front, which the late ...

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  44. COAL TRAFFIC AT PORT PIRIE.

    The expenditure of £76,500 for the erection of mechanical appliances to facilitate the discharge of coal at Port Pirie has been approved of by the Governor-General. ...

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  45. WAR-TIME, PROHIBITION.

    The secretary reports that various resolutions, asking the Federal Cabinet immediately to introduce war-time prohibition under the War Precautions Act have ...

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  46. RUSSIA.

    The War Office publishes a message from the Czech leader, to the effect that some thirty thousand Austrians and Germans, 70 guns, and a large number of machine guns, ...

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  47. INDUSTRIAL STRIFE.

    At the annual general meeting of the Western Australian Chamber of Manufactures last night, the president (Cr. J. T. Franklin) said that the frequent action of ...

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  48. A CAMOUFLAGE MIST.

    The United Press Association states that General Byng's offensive opened through a camouflage mist, which lay thickly over the ragged worn battlefield, adhering to the ...

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  49. JURY "SQUARING."

    Speaking to-day on the disclosures which had been made regarding jury "squaring" in Melbourne, the Solicitor-General (Mr. Robinson) said that it was patent that ...

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  50. ENEMY ALIENS.

    Mr. W M. Hughes has written to the newspapers approving of next Saturday's demonstration in Hyde Park London, demanding the internment of all enemy ...

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  51. ALBERT-ARRAS RAILWAY.

    Mr. H. W. Nevinson, representative of the "Daily Chronicle" in France, telegraphing on Wednesday evening, said:—"General von Below's 17th Army, with probably 50 ...

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  52. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The first detachment of invalided soldiers, of List R, will arrive by the second division of the Great Western express at 11 a.m. to-day. ...

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  53. A MELBOURNE TRAGEDY.

    A post-mortem examination of the body of Mrs. Roma Smith, who was found yesterday with her throat cut in a room of her house in Carlton, revealed that she had ...

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  54. A JUDGE QUSTED.

    The Full Court decided unanimously to-day that Mr. Justice McCawley, the President of the Arbitration Court, was not entitled in law to he appointment as a Judge ...

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  55. ECONOMISING COAL.

    With the view of economising the use of coal, further drastic reductions in the running of passenger trains will be made after October, reaching 50 per cent. in the ...

    Article : 38 words
  56. Advertising

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    Advertising : 33 words
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