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  2. EUROPEAN WAR.

    Further details of the French reverse at Soissons do not substantiate the German boast of a brilliant and decisive victory; but after some desperate fighting in which ...

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  3. SWIM THROUGH PERTH.

    The premier event of the Western Australian swimming year—the annual race from Applecross to Perth, mis-named the "Swim Through Perth"—took place on ...

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  4. EARTHQUAKE.

    The latest estimates place the number of persons killed by last Wednesday's earthquake at 30,000 in the Abruzzi province alone, including 14,000 in the Avazzano ...

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  5. HARTLEPOOL BOMBARDMENT.

    There have been further deaths in connection with the German bombardment of Hartlepool, raising the death roll to 115. ...

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  6. LORD KITCHENER'S OPINION.

    "This war is going on until Germany has been defeated. There is no other possible contingency." Such was the resolute statement made ...

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  7. GERMAN WEST AFRICA.

    It is officially announced that Union forces have occupied Swakopmund, a port in German West Africa, near Walfish Bay. Two Britishers were killed and one ...

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  8. AUSTRALIAN CARGO AT CAPETOWN

    The Melbourne Chamber of Commerce is in receipt of a message from the Capetown Chamber of Commerce dated January 15 as follows:—"The Court yesterday ...

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  9. THE MARITZ REVOLT.

    The Government has ordered that those members of the South African defence force who were unwilling rebels should he released conditionally on being of good behaviour, ...

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  10. THE SNOW CASE.

    It is probable that in the Adelaide Police Court to-morrow there will be further developments in connection with the Snow case. When Francis H. Snow was first ...

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  11. GENERAL NEWS.

    The Prague correspondent of the "Local Anzeiger" states that Count Berchtold's resignation as the Austro-Hungarian Minister for Foreign Affairs was due to a ...

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  12. LORD ROSEBERY ON RECRUITING.

    Lord Rosebery, speaking at an enthusiastic recruiting meeting held in Glasgow, referred to the expediency of one or more "bantam" battalions being raised. He was, ...

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  13. DANGEROUS RELIEF OPERATIONS.

    Relief operations are being continued under the most dangerous conditions. The disturbance caused great crevasses in the cemetery at Sora, and from these masses ...

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  14. BRITISH OFFICERS IN HOLLAND.

    It is now announced that the Dutch Government removed the 30 British naval officers from the concentration camp at Groningen to the fortress at Bodegrave ...

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  15. VICTORIA.

    Although the country recruiting returns for yesterday were not available at the Defence Department to-night, the metropolitan area returns brought the number ...

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  16. SLOW ASPHYXIATION.

    Two girls protected under a piano, implored help for two days, but they were slowly asphyxiated with dust. Fires broke out at several points, and there is nodoubt ...

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  17. A GERMAN CLAIM.

    A German communique says that the Germans repulsed attacks north-west of Arras, and, counter-attacking, captured two trenches and took the defenders ...

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  18. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The contributions to the war and patriotic funds in Sydney to date amount to £544,-125. This includes:—Lord Mayor's Fund, £179,000; Belgian Relief Fund, £128,000; ...

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  19. AN UNINHABITABLE TOWN.

    All houses at Coppadocia have been rendered uninhabitable and the citizens have been compelled to camp in the snow. Nothing remains of Albfucensis, and it is ...

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  20. GERMAN MINISTER RESIGNS.

    A German communique announces that the Minister in charge of the Imperial Debt Commission (Herr Kuhn) has resigned on account of ill-health. ...

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  21. THE ANTWERP LEVY.

    The levy of £2,000,000 imposed by the Germans upon Antwerp has been paid. In future German requisitions for supplies will be paid in cash. ...

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  22. THE BATTLE OF SOISSONS.

    The gallant struggle continues near Soissons. One French regiment recrossed the [?]iver Aiane and dashed upon the German lines. Fierce fighting for hours resulted, and ...

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  23. SYMPATHY FOR BELGIUM.

    The French Government has offered Belgium the place of honour in the French hall of the Panama Exposition. ...

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  24. THE BENEDICTINE CRADLE.

    Much damage was caused at Subiaco (the cradle of the Benedictine order, about 32 miles east of Rome and close to Avazzano). Among the buildings destroyed ...

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  25. AVIATORS OVER OSTEND.

    The "Daily Chronicle's" Calais correspondent reports that nine aviators dropped bombs on the railway and barracks at Ostend, doing considerable damage. The ...

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  26. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Previously acknowledged .. £27,574 9 1 Belmont Park Road Board .. 1 1 0 Total .. £27,575 10 1 Persons who desire to subscribe to this ...

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  27. CANADIAN'S PECULIAR VIEWS.

    Mr. H. Bourassa, the well-known politician and journalist, writing in "Le Devoir," of which he is editor, blamed the Dreadnought Trust and the British yellow ...

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  28. KILLED AT THE ALTAR.

    One hundred persons were buried in the Church of Castilliri during a funeral service. The rescuers at Sora found the dead ...

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  29. THE TOWN BOMBARDED.

    The Germans violently bombarded Soissons on Thursday, and fires have broken out in all parts of the town. The tower and portico of the Cathedral were completely ...

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  30. THE SOLDIER'S RATIONS.

    In a lecture on the subject of "The Soldier's Rations" delivered in the Institute of Hygiene, Dr. Gastineau Earle (according to the London "Morning Post") said ...

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  31. RUSSIA'S CAMPAIGNS.

    Last night's communique intimated:— "The enemy were expelled from Sierpo, and occupied the fords of the Skrawa, 40 miles east of Thorn. They have been ...

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  32. BELGIAN RELIEF FUND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 207 words
  33. A COUNT'S TENACITY.

    The earthquake demolished the palace occupied by Count Resta, at Avazzano, and buried the Countess and her five sons in the ruins. The Count who escaped from ...

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  34. RECENT SOISSONS FIGHT.

    Details of the fighting near Soissons show that the French made a resolute advance along the Bethune road, and reached a farm where they encountered a German division, ...

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  35. THREATENING AN AMBASSADOR.

    At Seattle on Friday Edwin Scott was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for having threatened the life of Count von Bernstorff, the German Ambassador at ...

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  36. AUSTRIAN FRONTIER TROUBLES.

    News telegraphed from the Austrian frontier shows that the situation is daily growing more dangerous. Food is at famine prices, and discontent is general. ...

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  37. MEXICAN MUDDLE.

    The British Ambassador (Sir Cecil Spring-Rice) yesterday protested to the State Department against Carranza's decree confiscating British oil interest in Mexico ...

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  38. AUSTRALIA.

    Peculiar interest is attached to the arrival on Saturday morning of the steamer Eastern, because she brought back to Sydney 270 Australian officers and men who had ...

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  39. AN AUSTRIAN COMMUNIQUE.

    An Austrian communique states:—"There has been nothing doing in the Carpathians. The increasing frost is impeding our operations." ...

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  40. ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION.

    In an address delivered before the American National Geographical Society yesterday Sir Douglas Mawson, the Australian explorer, praised the performances of ...

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  41. GERMAN VERSION CORRECTED.

    In reply to an official German wireless message declaring that the recent French defeat near Soissons was comparable to the German victory, in the Franco-German ...

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  42. WAR AND UNEMPLOYMENT DISTRESS RELIEF FUND.

    Previously acknowledged .. £5,785 0 7 Belmont Park Roads Board .. 4 0 0 Employees carriage shop loco, Midland Junction, W.A.G.A. ...

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  43. PURSUIT OF THE TURKS.

    The communique issued last night announced that the Russians captured many officers and men in the region of Kasargan, and are pursuing the Turks, who are ...

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  44. PERSONAL.

    Mr. Thos. Maughan, secretary of the Western Australian Employers' Federation has been appointed official representative in Perth of the Chamber of Mines of ...

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  45. LYNCH LAW.

    At Atlanta, in Georgia, yesterday, a mob of white men broke into a gaol and secured two negroes and two negresses who had been arrested on a charge of having clubbed ...

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  46. A BRITISH SUCCESS.

    The recent British success near La Bassee was brilliant, over three-quarters of a mile being gained. The Germans were driven from strong entrenchments at ...

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  47. PROJECTED EGYPTIAN CAMPAIGN.

    The Cairo correspondent of the "Daily News" states:—"The projected Turkish advance in Egypt cannot be deferred beyond the middle of February, as after ...

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  48. RECRUITING AT KALGOORLIE.

    So far 216 men have been enrolled in Kalgoorlie for the third expeditionary force. Thirty have already departed for the training camp, 65 are awaiting orders ...

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  49. THE LATE LORD ROBERTS.

    The late Lord Roberts left estate valued at £77,304, and he bequeathed the whole of it, with the exception of bequests to servants, to his widow and daughters. His ...

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  50. LESSONS FROM THE WAR.

    "Gideon" (Leederville) considers that one of the most striking features of the war is the u[?]tter disregard of constitutional forms shown by the Kaiser. Without the ...

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  51. VICTORY FOR THE ALLIES.

    "Le Matin" states:—"It is reported from a trustworthy source that the Germans have abandoned their positions near La Bassee owing to their having become untenable ...

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  52. AT SEA.

    A flotilla of Swedish torpedo boats is clearing the Baltic Sea of German mines, which have suspended shipping between Stockholm and Scotland for several days. ...

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  53. BOXING.

    "Jimmy" Duffy, of Lockport, Kentucky, outpointed "Johnny" Dundee in a 10 rounds no decision match. Fast fighting was indulged in throughout. ...

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  54. AROUND YPRES.

    Five hundred more yards of country west of Ypres have been inundated. The Belgians have been able to evacuate their positions, enabling many to be sent ...

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  55. FRANCE AND BELGIUM.

    Last evening's communique stated:—"The enemy re-occupied a portion of the trenches at Notre Dame de Lorette, which they lost on January 14. We progressed at Clangy, ...

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  56. A GERMAN PRIZE SHIP.

    The State Department has ordered a collier manned by a German prize crew to leave Porto Rico (an American island in the West Indies) or to intern. As a ...

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  57. FEDERAL RAILWAY.

    Tenders returnable on February 2 are being invited for the following articles for the Kalgoorlie-Port Augusta railway:—(a) 130 b.h.p. horizontal suction gas engines ...

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  58. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    On Saturday afternoon the remainder of the passengers and contacts from the steamer Runic were released from quarantine at Torrens Island. Mr. Leroy, a ...

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  59. A GREAT CANADIAN CHARGE.

    A German force moved in mass against the North Staffordshire Regiment near Ypres the other day, but became bogged in mud, and were an easy mark for the ...

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  60. IN THE BLACK SEA.

    Advices from Sebastopol show that a Russian fleet in the Black Sea sank 80 sailing vessels which were transporting Turkish troops to Anatolia. ...

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