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  2. EUROPEAN WAR.

    No light is thrown by to-day's cables on the present position of the contending armies and the immediate fortunes of war in France. The latest reports ...

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  3. GERMAN CLAIMS.

    The indemnities claimed by Germany from occupied towns in Belgium and France aggregate nearly £29,000,000. ...

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  4. A CRUEL HOAX.

    The following story was published in the London evening newspapers yesterday:—"Miss Grace Hume, of Durnfries, Scotland. a Red Cross nurse engaged in work at the ...

    Article : 117 words
  5. BRITAIN AND AUSTRIA.

    A White Paper issued yesterday, contains a copy of the despatch sent by S. M. de Bunsen (recently British Ambassador at Vienna), with reference to the rupture ...

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  6. THE FAR EAST.

    It is officially announced that the Japanese troops landed at Kiau-chau Bay on Sunday last, and captured the Kiau-chau railway station. ...

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  7. THE BELGIAN MISSION.

    President Wilson, in receiving yesterday the Belgian mission sent out to protest against German outrages, promised carefully to consider the protest, and he added: ...

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  8. BRITISH ITEMS.

    The first new army of 500,000 men is nearing completion. London's contribution is upwards of 70,000 men. A total of £47,000,000 has been tendered ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  9. NAVAL ACTION.

    Early on Sunday morning two or three British submarines stalked the German cruiser Hela. One of them, on coming to the surface, found the Hela within range ...

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  10. USE OF DUM DUM BULLETS.

    President Wilson has cabled the Kaiser, in reply to Germany's protest against the alleged use of dum dum bullets by the French, declaring, "The United ...

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  11. WAR PATRIOTIC FUND.

    Amount previously acknowledged £10,724 3 2 "A. W.," Hoffman Mill 0 10 0 Proceeds of dance at ...

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  12. AMERICAN WHEAT.

    There was heavy foreign buying of wheat, flour, and oats yesterday owing to the fall in prices at Chicago on Tuesday, when quotations were as follow:—December wheat, ...

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  13. AFRICA'S AID.

    The Prime Minister (General Botha), speaking in the South African Senate yesterday, stated that the Government had decided to accede to the Imperial ...

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  14. THE SIEGE OF MAUBEUGE.

    The German investment of Maubeuge, on the Belgian frontier, commenced on August 26. The first shell fell on the 27th. The main attack was east and north of ...

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  15. GERMAN DISAPPOINTMENT.

    The "Berliner Tageblatt," commenting upon South Africa's decision to support lasian trade for the German steamship companies hitherto engaged therein, by ...

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  16. CANADIAN CROPS.

    After consulting the representatives of Western Canada, the Minister of Agriculture has urged the farmers to increase the wheat acreage under cultivation, in ...

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  17. RECAPTURE OF SOISSONS.

    During the fighting at Soissons on Sunday the Germans occupied the heights along the narrow valley of the Aisne. The British tried to cross the river near Venisel. ...

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  18. A GOOD SAMARITAN.

    After the fierce fight near the Vosges, a German found a French soldier unconscious. He shouldered him, and was conveying him to the ambulance, when ...

    Article : 93 words
  19. FOOD SUPPLIES.

    Following is a summary of the recommendations of the Commonwealth Royal Commission on food supplies, which has been laid before the Government by the ...

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  20. OFFICIAL CABLE MESSAGES.

    The Premier has received the following cable messages from the High Commissioner for the Commonwealth:—"Governor Nyasaland reports reconnaissance beyond frontier ...

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  21. INDIAN SACRIFICE.

    Both Houses of Parliament have passed a resolution empowering the Indian Government to defrey the cost of despatching troops for the front out of its own revenue, ...

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  22. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS.

    Close upon 4,000 officers and men comprising the first infantry brigade of the New South Wales contingent of the expeditionary force underwent a searching test to-day. ...

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  23. BRITAIN'S UNITED FRONT.

    Mr. F. E. Smith, K.C., M.P. (Unionist), commenting yesterday to an interviewe: upon the Government's decision to pass the Home Rule Bill with a provision for the ...

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  24. LOUVAIN OUTRAGES.

    The Belgians have refused to treat, as a prisoner of war, Commandant Menne, who led the Landsturm troops at Louvain, and who was afterwards captured. Instead, ...

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  25. THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE.

    A semi-official message states that it is difficult to estimate correctly the Austrian losses, which are assuming colossal proportions. It is believed that 250,000 have ...

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  26. JAPANESE VIEW OF THE WAR.

    In the course of a speech at a luncheon of the Million Club to-day the Consul-General for Japan (Mr. K. Shomizu) said:—"The present time to all lovers of peace is one of ...

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  27. GERMAN INCENDIARISM.

    The authorities have captured a machine used at Termonde for spraying kerosene through the broken windows of houses which the Germans intended to burn in ...

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  28. ALLIES' RAILWAY FACILITIES.

    The allies' success was largely due to General Joffre's clever use of the French railways, enabling the Franco-British armies to concentrate huge forces and ...

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  29. PULVERISING PRUSSIAN MILITARISM.

    Mr. Winston Churchill (First Lord of the Admiralty) sent the following message to a big recruiting meeting held at Chatham yesterday:—"The Kaiser has urged his ...

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  30. THE SACK OF AERSCHOTT.

    Miss Louise Mack, Antwerp correspondent of the "Evening News," describes the horrors in Aerschott Cathedral. On the high altar were many empty wine and beer ...

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  31. WOUNDED AT VIENNA.

    Sixty thousand wounded soldiers have reached Vienna. There are not sufficient doctors and medical appliances for their treatment. ...

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  32. GERMANS' DRUNKEN RIOTS.

    Senator Paullitt states that the Germans. occupying Lourches, were continually drunk. A French sergeant, who was lying wounded in a dwelling-house, became maddened at a ...

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  33. TASMANIA.

    The patriotic funds raised in Tasmania now amount to £11,500, and they are being added to daily, while arrangements are being made in many cases to maintain ...

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  34. THE GERMAN RETREAT.

    The scattered fragments of Von Bulow's armies. which were recently in the northwest of France, are now in a line through Noyon, Laon, and the hills north of ...

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  35. AN IRISH BRIGADE.

    Mr. John Redmond (Nationalist Leader), in a manifesto addressed to the Irish people yesterday said he was confident that Ireland would willingly share the burdens and ...

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  36. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. T. Pascoe) left for Melbourne to-day to attend the conference regarding the Panama Exposition. It is his intention to move ...

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  37. AUSTRO-SLAV REVOLT.

    Two Austrian Slav regiments recently deserted to the Servians and helped the latter to capture Semlin a Hungarian town at the Junction of the Save and the ...

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  38. WAR AND UNEMPLOYMENT DISTRESS RELIEF FUND.

    The committee controlling the War and Unemployment Distress Relief Fund acknowledge the following additional contributions:— ...

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  39. AUSTRALIA.

    Important evidence regarding the action of certain holders of wheat in Sydney was given to the Necessary Commodities Royal Commission yesterday. ...

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  40. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    A deputation representing the unemployed waited on the Honorary Minister, Mr. W. C. Angwin, yesterday. Mr. Arthur Brown, in introducing the deputation, ...

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  41. ITALY'S ATTITUDE.

    The Paris correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" reports that Italian reservists in France state that they have been ordered to join the colours before the 28th inst. ...

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  42. IN GERMANY.

    A modified tone is apparent in the latest official statements issued in Berlin. Yesterday's bulletin admits that "in some portions of the wide battlefield the Germans ...

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  43. LAST WEEK'S FIGHTING.

    Last week's battle was fought in the fruit country of France, on even open roads lined with pear and apple trees. Under the cannonade of their own artillery ...

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  44. GERMAN AUSTRALIAN TRADE.

    The Australasian Merchants Association yesterday discussed the efforts which are being made in New York to retain Australasian trade for the German steamship ...

    Article : 108 words
  45. THE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.

    Yesterday the recruits had the parade ground to themselves, and the sergeant-majors put in some good work towards into camp at Blackboy Hill. The ...

    Article : 1,770 words
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