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  2. EUROPEAN WAR.

    Further satisfactory news comes from France and Belgium. The Belgians are still successfully prosecuting the offensive, while the French have gained possession of an important position north of Mensil. A German force was practically wiped out in an effort to regain this ground. During the past four days German prisoners have been arriving at Southampton at the rate of over 1,000 ...

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  3. BELGIAN RELIEF FUND.

    £ s. d. Previously acknowledged 8,386 3 3 Staff of F. H. Faulding and Co. (19th weekly instalment) 3 2 6 ...

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  4. WITH THE RED CROSS BEHIND YPRES.

    On board the R.M.S. Orontes, which arrived at Fremantle yesterday from London, was Mr. K. Cookson, of Roebourne, who was on a visit to England when the war ...

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  5. CENSORSHIP OF WAR NEWS.

    The Western Australian appeal in reference to the military censorship of war news appearing in newspapers was again mentioned in the High Court to-day, when ...

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  6. BELGIUM'S PLIGHT.

    The following cable message was received to-day by the Governor-General from the Secretary of State for the Colonies:—"The Commission for relief in Belgium is ...

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  7. AT SEA.

    It is officially announced that the steamer Atlanta was torpedoed off Inishturk Island, on the west coast of Ireland. The crew were saved. The steamer Fingall was ...

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  8. NEW GUINEA PRISONER.

    An inquest was held to-day concerning the death of Martin Katzer, a German lieutenant, who escaped from the concentration camp at Liverpool, and was on ...

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  9. A CHAPLAIN'S RETURN.

    Among the passengers who have returned to Australia by the R.M.S. Orontes, which called at Fremantle on Wednesday, is Archdeacon Samwell, of Adelaide, who left ...

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  10. EXPEDITIONARY FORCE APPOINTMENTS.

    The State Commandant (Colonel Bruche) has received advice of the appointment of Lieut. McMasters to command the fourth reinforcement for the 10th Light Horse ...

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  11. LINER ELUDES SUBMARINES.

    The liner Cameronia eluded a German submarine off the Mull of Galloway (Hebrides Islands), for a quarter of an hour. Later two submarines appeared, one on ...

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  12. ANOTHER SUBMARINE ACTIVE.

    The German submarine U 28 yesterday stopped the British steamer Llowarden off the Maas lightship and placed bombs on board. The bombs failed to sink the ...

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  13. AT OSBORNE RANGE.

    Some 200 men, comprising one half of the reinforcements at present in training at Rockingham, were brought up by the s.s. Zephyr yesterday, and went into camp ...

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  14. RUSSIA'S CAMPAIGNS.

    Last night's communique stated:—"The Russian offensive on both banks of the Orjeic continues to develop, despite a stubborn resistance. The number of German ...

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  15. FRANCE AND BELGIUM

    The communique issued last evening stated:—"The Belgians made further progress and repulsed a counter-attack. The British front was subjected to a violent artillery ...

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  16. BRITISH NAVAL SUPREMACY.

    "Perseus," writing in the "Berliner Tageblatt," condemns the absurd reports of the British Navy having suffered enormous losses. He states: "It is a misconception ...

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  17. THE GOSPEL OF HATE.

    The following remarkable letter, a copy of which reached Mr. Watson, of Messrs. Watson Bros., Fremantle, from a friend in England, by Wednesday's mail, was ...

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  18. TURKEY'S INTRUSION.

    The Admiralty announces that the casualties sustained by the crew of the cruiser Amethyst, which entered the mine-area in the Dardanelles and was struck by three ...

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  19. THE KARLSRUHE.

    It is reported that the German cruiser Karlsruhe was sunk by an explosion at the end of last year off the American coast, and that a supply ship saved nearly 200 ...

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  20. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    £ s d. Previously acknowledged 30,377 8 10 Room No. 18, Chief Engineer's Office, Existing Lines, per ...

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  21. THE DRESDEN'S END.

    Wounded Germans from the cruiser Dresden, which was recently sunk off the Chilian coast, assert that the explosion of the magazine on the vessel was the result ...

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  22. MORE BATTERIES SILENCED.

    On Tuesday night searchlights assisted the Turkish land batteries in shelling the minesweepers in the Dardanelles. Motor cars continually moved the Turkish guns to different ...

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  23. NEUVE CHAPELLE.

    A British officer states that 350 guns, in the fight at Neuve Chapelle, were firing as fast as possible. The German trenches seemed to be on fire, under an unbroken ...

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  24. GERMAN AERIAL ATTACK.

    A German aeroplane appeared three miles off the coast of Northumberland yesterday and dropped three bombs which narrowly missed the collier Blonde. ...

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  25. FURTHER MINE SWEEPING.

    The "Daily Mail's" correspondent at Tenedos, in the Aegean Sea, states that the Allies' operations in the Dardanelles have been restricted to mine-sweeping in the ...

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  26. RED CROSS SOCIETY.

    £ s. d. Previously acknowledged 1,741 18 11 Staffs of various Insurance Companies, February ...

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  27. GENERAL ITEMS.

    "Le Matin" states that Germany, when preparing for war, ordered 8,000 motor waggons from an American company, for the purpose of transporting troops from ...

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  28. WAR AND UNEMPLOYMENT DISTRESS RELIEF FUND.

    £ s. d. Previously acknowledged 7,978 12 0 W.A.G.R. Perth Goods, salaried Stadd 4 0 0 ...

    Article : 498 words
  29. A GERMAN REPORT.

    The "Frankfurter Zeitung" asserts that the Allies fleets are using Lemnos, an island, 40 miles south-west of the Dardanelles as a base, and that they have ...

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  30. MISCELLANEOUS.

    The Perth Chamber of Commerce has received a cablegram advising that the s.s. Birkenfels left Capetown for Australia on the 7th inst. ...

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  31. MINERS' WAGES.

    At a conference of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain yesterday it was resolved to demand and increase in wages of 20 per cent., owing to the increased price ...

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  32. GERMANS BOMBARD NIEUPORT.

    The Germans are seriously bombarding Nieuport with 16in. howitzers. ...

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  33. BRITISH WORKERS.

    A national conference of Labour representatives of the engineering, shipbuilding, coalmining and transport industries, summoned by the Government, met yesterday, ...

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  34. GERMAN WAR CHEST UNLOCKED.

    Germany has opened the Spandau war chest. British sovereigns, which had been locked up since they were issued from the mint in 1873, are coming into circulation ...

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  35. SIR JOHN FRENCH'S PLANS.

    "Truth" expresses the opinion that Field-Marshal Sir John French intends fighting his way to Lille. The paper adds:—"General Pulteney's Army Corps is at Le ...

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  36. ENGINEERS' DEMANDS.

    The Clyde engineers, by 5,616 votes to 1,522, decided to submit the wages question to a Government Arbitration Court ...

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  37. GERMAN CONTRACT SWINDLES.

    A newspaper published at Leipzig, in Saxony, has accused three German firms of having swindled the German War Office. The Kaiser's Government refrains ...

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  38. PHASES AND INCIDENTS.

    The Vienna "Fremdenblatt" argues in favour of the destruction of London by airship bombs. "London," it says, "is indeed no fortress, but for the conduct of war by ...

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  39. FILLING THE INDUSTRIAL RANKS.

    The Board of Trade is inviting women to register themselves at the various Labour Exchanges, as being ready to do industrial, agricultural, or clerical work, and thus ...

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  40. W.A. WOMEN'S MOTOR AMBULANCE FUND.

    The motor ambulance has worked almost a revolution in Red Cross work during the course of the present war. The speed of the new "arm" of the non-combatant ...

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  41. GERMAN PRISONERS.

    Five thousand German prisoners have arrived at Southampton during the past four days ...

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  42. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    A suggestion made by the Rev. J. Hay, that a permanent recreation hall should be provided for soldiers at the Broadmeadows camp, was considered at a meeting of the ...

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  43. RIFLES USED UP.

    Professor Pollard, the historian, states that since October the British troops in France have been using up rifles at the rate of one per man monthly. ...

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  44. THE VOYAGE OF THE AUSTRALIA.

    Ten stokers from the crew of H.M.A.S. Australia are en route for Melbourne. Speaking to a representative of the "West Australian" on Wednesday, at Fremantle, ...

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  45. STEVEDORES ON STRIKE.

    Fifteen hundred stevedores struck work yesterday because several shipowners refused to pay a war bonus, as agreed between the Master Stevedores' Association ...

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  46. AN AUSTRALIAN'S DEATH.

    Captain W. M. Campbell, a son of a former member of the New South Wales Legislative Council, has been killed in action. ...

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  47. THE MARITIME BLOCKADE

    The text of America's identical note to Great Britain and Germany has been published. It confirms the report of the suggestions as mentioned on February 28, and ...

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  48. A FRENCH RESERVIST ON TOUR.

    Before leaving Europe Monsieur Joncquel, a French reservist, fit for the firing line, was told that for the present his services would not be required, and that he had ...

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  49. NEW ZEALAND NURSE HONOURED.

    King Albert yesterday decorated Nurse Maunder, of Rangatira, New Zealand, with the Order of Leopold, in recognition of her services to the Belgian Army. ...

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