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  2. GERMANS DEFEAT POLES.

    By the use of asphyxiating gas and an intense bombardment, superior forces of Germans at Posen overwhelmed the Poles and occupied Kargova and Badmost. On ...

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  3. PEACE CONFERENCE.

    The draft covenant was laid before the third plenary session of the Conference, but the proceedings were not attended by any special surroundings, and there ...

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  4. BRITAIN.

    The following honours have been awarded:— Distinguished Service Order. Australians.—Majors A. K. Mackenzie, L. ...

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  5. GENERAL CABLES.

    The Tokio correspondent of the "Sunday Express" announces the death of Field-Marshal Prince Aritomo Yamagata, the famous Japanese statesman and soldier, at ...

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  6. BOLSHEVISM.

    An astounding Bolshevik marriage proclamation has been posted in East Russia and will be carried out at Ekaterinburg. It states that in compliance with the decision ...

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  7. FEDERAL ARBITRATION COURT.

    Application was made to Mr. Justice Higgins in the Arbitration Court to-day by Mr. S. Lewis that the Australian Ship and Wharf Workers' Association should be ...

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  8. GERMANY.

    Owing to Dr. David, who was elected President of the National Assembly, having joined the Government. Dr. von Fehrenbach, the Centre Party's candidate, has ...

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  9. TRANSPORT TROUBLES.

    Three hundred and sixty-two New South Wales troops arrived at Port Melbourne on Saturday aboard the transport Karmala, also 174 for Queensland and 39 for ...

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  10. FRENCH PRESS OPINION.

    In the course of his speech President Wilson remarked that a living thing had been born in a document. "We must see that the clothes we put on do not hamper ...

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  11. SPARTACUS OUTBREAKS.

    Renewals of Spartacist outbreaks have occurred at several German towns. Belgian troops quelled Spartacus riots at Duisburg, in Rhenish Prussia. ...

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  12. BRITISH SUBMARINE CHASERS.

    Five British submarine chasers have arrived at Cologne, after seven weeks' journey by sea, river, and canal, via Havre, Paris, Zabern, and Strassbourg. ...

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  13. NURSE CAVELL'S BETRAYAL.

    The newspapers state that a man named Krein, who informed Germany regarding Nurse Edith Cavell, is being tried by a French court-martial on the charge of ...

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  14. RETURNED SOLDIERS' UNION.

    The Commonwealth Industrial Registrar (Mr. A. Stewart) has pointed out to the secretary of the Returned Soldiers' Industrial Union that for the union to be ...

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  15. COUNTRY.

    BEVERLEY.—At a meeting called recently in reference to the proposed amalgamation of adjoining vermin boards to make a concerted effort to cope with the ...

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  16. DISCUSSING THE DRAFT.

    When President Wilson finished reading the draft of the League of Nations' covenant and delegates had spoken thereupon, M. Clemenceau announced that the ...

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  17. BRITISH PRISONERS.

    The Secretary of State for War (Mr. Winston Churchili) announces that 64,800 British prisoners are still unaccounted for in Germany, where the authorities are ...

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  18. ROUMANIA.

    The Roumanian Press Bureau denies a report which has come from many sources concerning outbreaks at Bucharest. It states that there is no revolutionary ...

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  19. SEAMEN'S UNION.

    The procedure for the deregistration of the Federated Seamen's Union, owing to its failing to supply a crew to the Loongana recently, whereby the Tasmanian mail ...

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  20. A CABINET APPOINTMENT.

    It is expected that Mr. G. N. Barnes (Minister without Portfolio) will succeed Sir R. S. Horne as Minister for Labour, and that he will be raised to Cabinet rank. ...

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  21. SPOTTED FEVER.

    Spotted fever has broken out in several places. Two hundred cases have occurred at Rotterdam, many proving fatal. ...

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  22. MR. HUGHES'S INTERVENTION.

    The Paris correspondent of the "Morning Post," describing Mr. Hughes's intervention in the plenary session, says that his question as to when time would be given ...

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  23. OVERSEAS BANK.

    The "Sunday Times" states that a group of banks in the City are subscribing the bulk of the capital for a projected overseas bank, which will specialise in foreign ...

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  24. PORTUGUESE REVOLT.

    The Republicans have regained the mastery at Oporto, and have arrested General Couceiro, who was recently chosen as Premier in the new Royalist Cabinet at ...

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  25. WAR LOAN COMMISSIONS.

    Shortly after the flotation of the Seventh War Loan suspicions were aroused in official circles that commission on subscriptions had been obtained by practices never ...

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  26. PORT DARWIN.

    Favourably impressed in many ways with Port Darwin, Mr. F. T. Daniel, formerly an estate agent in Subiaco, came to the conclusion, upon visiting the place last ...

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  27. FOOD SUPPLIES.

    The Food Controller (Mr. G. H. Roberts) denies that the Ministry of Food is holding up supplies. He says that nothing worse could happen than the release of ...

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  28. POINTS OF THE DEBATE.

    Mr. J. A. Fraser, special correspondent in Paris of the Australian and New Zealand Press Association, states that President Wilson in his speech said that the ...

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  29. LIQUOR TRADES' DISPUTE.

    Mr. Gill, president of the Federal Liquor Trades Employees' Association, reported to Mr. Justice Higgins in the Arbitration Court to-day that by consent the ...

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  30. GUNNER YATES, M.H.R.

    Serious charges have been preferred by the military authorities against Gunner Edwin Yates, M.H.R., of the 13th Field Artillery Brigade, in connection with the ...

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  31. GERMAN SOLDIERS.

    German wireless official reports state that when the Soviet troops entered Windau, a seaport in Courland, they took prisoners 80 German soldiers, whom they ...

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  32. INDUSTRIAL UNREST.

    The Minister for Labour (Sir R. S. Horne) has informed the Miners' Federation that the proposed ballot paper ought in fairness to present not only the men's ...

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  33. ANTI-BOLSHEVIK PLOT.

    The Russian Government claims to have discovered an anti-Bolshevik conspiracy. Many persons have been arrested, including Marie Spiridonova. ...

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  34. PERSONAL.

    During an interval at the trotting meeting held on the Cricket Association Grounds on Saturday night, Mr. James Brennan, the president of the Trotting Association was ...

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  35. RETURNED SOLDIERS' ASSOCIATION.

    At to-night's meeting of the R.S.A. the president (Mr. W. Openshaw) drew attention to the fact that at the R.S.A. conference in Perth recently he was adversely ...

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  36. WESTERN AUSTRALIA AND FEDERATION.

    Sir,—Where could Mr. Wheatley have been when the Western Australian State Rights League tried to get a little fair play from the Eastern States? And, again, ...

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  37. ENTERTAINMENTS.

    The unprecedented success of Wirths' Circus was continued last night, when the fifth performance of the season was given and drew an attendance that appeared to ...

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  38. LONDON PRESS FRIENDLY.

    The League of Nations scheme has been accorded a most friendly reception from the London Press, and it is regarded almost without exception as marking the ...

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  39. RIVETING COMPETITIONS.

    A message from Sydney was published in the "West Australian" of Thursday last, under the caption of "Go Slow Policy," stating that as the result of the persistent ...

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  40. COCKATOO ISLAND DISPUTE.

    The Acting Minister for the Navy (Mr. Poynton) received a telegram yesterday from Mr. Sinclair from the Trades Hall, Sydney, stating that the boilermakers ...

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  41. RUSSIAN REPRESENTATION.

    The Washington correspondent of the New York "Times" says that official information has been received that all factions in Russia will attend that conference at ...

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  42. THE WEATHER.

    The weather bulletin for yesterday morning showed cloudy to overcast conditions along the south coast, and cloudy in the North Kimberley and West Gascoyne ...

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  43. CLASSIFICATION OF RAILWAY STATIONS.

    Sir,—A few days ago I read that at the railway officers' conference the classification of stations in December last was regarded as very unsatisfactory, and the ...

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  44. GERMANY'S ATTITUDE.

    Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau, a member of the provisional German Government, stated in the National Assembly at Weimar, that Germany was determined to ...

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  45. FIRES IN VICTORIA.

    Three lives were lost in a fire which swept through the Ottway Forest yesterday. Mr. Clarkson, one of the oldest settlers in the forest, a man named R. Richard, and a ...

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  46. THREAT BY EBERT.

    The Rotterdam correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states that Herr. Ebert. the German President, in an interview, said that in the event of the Entente enforcing ...

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  47. LORD JELLICOE'S VISIT.

    Sir,—In connection with the visit of Admiral Jellicoe, to take place in May, I hope that the authorities will endeavour to allow it to occupy sufficient time for ...

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  48. PRICE OF PETROL.

    Sir,—The letter of Mr. C. F. Reeve in your issue of the 13th inss., and those of other correspondents, but mildly state the injustice suffered by consumers through the ...

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  49. THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.

    Sir,—The National Anthem is not being played at the conclusion of the programme in the evening at the picture shows in Perth now. Why? Does this little mark ...

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  50. DISARMAMENT OF WARSHIPS.

    The British cruiser Comus, conveying an Entente naval commission, has arrived at Kiel. The commissioners state that the disarmament of submarines has not proceeded ...

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