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  2. EUROPEAN WAR.

    Later accounts of the Russian success in the vicinity of Lodz and Lowicz water down considerably the previous reports. Official advices from Petrograd, which do ...

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  3. LOSS OF THE BULWARK.

    The dead bodies of 30 of the men who perished in the disastrous explosion on the battleship Bulwark off Sheerness have been recovered. Most of them are ...

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  4. GERMANS ON RAFTS.

    In the flooded country west of Dixmude, near Furnes, the Germans constructed rafts behind their lines and launched them on the canal last Monday night. The rafts, ...

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  5. WAR AND UNEMPLOYMENT [?]TRESS RELIEF FUND.

    Previously acknowledged £3,602 0 1 Train Electric Light Staff, 7th instalment 0 16 0 "K." 10 0 0 ...

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  6. THE EMDEN'S END.

    Advices from Berlin report that Captain von Muller, commander of the German cruiser Emden, and now a prisoner, has cabled to Germany his official account of ...

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  7. BATTLE OF LODZ.

    The Secretary for the Colonies cables under date London November 27. 7.20 p.m.—"The Press Bureau announces that the Russian General Staff reports advantage ...

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  8. GERMAN MINE-LAYING.

    The Nestor, a Norwegian steam trawler, has been brought to Fleetwood under naval escort. She is alleged to have engaged with other vessels, flying neutral flags, in ...

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  9. ZEEBRUGGE BOMBARDMENT.

    The Germans at Zeebrugge, on the Belgian coast, near the Dutch frontier, are apprehensive that the British fleet which recently destroyed the German submarine ...

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  10. BELGIAN RELIEF FUND.

    We have received the following contributions towards the Belgian Relief Fund:— Previously acknowledged £1,693 7 2 Greenmount State School Chil ...

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  11. GERMANY'S ROVING CRUISERS.

    The Norwegian ship Helicon, which has arrived at Talcahuano (in Chili), reports that she was seized by German cruisers on October 23 and towed to Juan Fernandez, ...

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  12. IN BRITAIN.

    In the House of Commons yesterday evening the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Lloyd George, in a speech on the Moratorium Act, explained the British ...

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  13. FRENCH OFFICIAL REPORT.

    Last night's official communique states:— "The enemy's artillery fire is slackening everywhere. We easily repulsed two infantry attacks at the bridgeheads which we ...

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  14. AERIAL ATTACKS ON CITIES.

    The German bombardments of cities and dropping aerial shells on towns, which are not within the sphere of active belligerent operations, has elicited from President ...

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  15. A COLLIER SUNK.

    The British collier Khartoum was yesterday sunk by a mine in the North Sea off the Lincolnshire coast. The crew were all saved and have been landed at Grimsby. ...

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  16. RIGHTS OF NEUTRAL SHIPS.

    The Peruvian Minister yesterday laid before Mr. W. J. Bryan (Secretary of State) a scheme for establishing in South American waters neutral zones in which merchant ...

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  17. THE TURKS.

    Djemal Pasha has telegraphed from Smyrna to the United States Ambassador here a threatening message to France and England. He declares that if the British ...

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  18. AN IMPROBABLE STORY.

    The crews of some steamers that reached here yesterday asserted that German cruisers had been sighted off the Alention Islands and the Alaskan coast. The story-is, ...

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  19. GERMAN LOOT.

    The Germans are endeavouring to cash French bank notes, obtained by pillage or by indenities levied on the inhabitants of towns their troops occupied, through the ...

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  20. AN AMERICAN PLAINT.

    It is reported at Panama that a British cruiser has fired on the American steamer St. Helena. The State department at Washington has received no information on ...

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  21. ACTION AT JERUSALEM.

    Fugitives who have arrived here from Jerusalem state that the Turks have seized all the monasteries and convents in Palestine which belong to the French or ...

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  22. SOUTH AFRICAN RISING.

    At Kestel, near Naauwpoort, yesterday General Botha attacked a body of rebels operating under Hendrik Bruwer. Six rebels were killed and 30 more were captured. ...

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  23. BOHEMIAN INDEPENDENCE.

    Natives of the kingdom of Bohemia residing in the United States have initiated a movement for freeing Bohemia from the domination of Austria. They propose to ...

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  24. GERMAN AEROPLANE CAPTURED.

    An interesting aerial encounter took place yesterday at Clairmaais, near St. Omer, midway between Boulogne and Armentieres, on the Franco-Belgian frontier. A German ...

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  25. SULTAN SEIZES BANKS.

    Advices from Constantinople report that the Porte assumes the control of the Ottoman Bank and other banks in Turkey. The income of these institutions will ...

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  26. THE LOCAL FORCES.

    In the latest District, Orders issued by the Commandant (Colonel J. H. Bruche) notification is made of approval of the following appointments or promotions in ...

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  27. THE GERMAN VERSION.

    A telegram from Thorn, in East Prussia, states that General von Hindenberg, in an army order issued yesterday, announced that he had brought the Russian offensive ...

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  28. REBEL REVERSES.

    There has been fighting in the Mushroom Valley. A burly man, in a uniform, rode up to Commander Brand the other day, ...

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  29. TRIPOLI ARABS UNCONCERNED.

    The Senussi Arabs of Tripoli have informed the Egyptian Government that Turkey's action in declaring war on the Allies is no concern of theirs, and that they will ...

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  30. GERMAN TREACHERY.

    The "Svet" publishes a statement which throws a new light on German capacities for treachery. Just before the fall of Tsing-tao the Kaiser offered the Mikado "peace at ...

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  31. GERMAN REINFORCEMENTS.

    The "Telegrapp's" special correspondent in Belgium reports that the Germans are making extensive preparations for attack on the Allies in Flanders. They have reduced ...

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  32. THE WAR LOAN FLOTATION.

    The War Loan of £300,000,000, at 3¼ per cent., which the Chancellor of the Exchequer recently placed on the London market, at £95 to finance the war operations for ...

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  33. THE GERMAN ROUT.

    The general nervousness in Berlin is increasing. The official reports only deal with news several days old, and it is now rumoured that the German armies in ...

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  34. MUSCOVITE V. TEUTON.

    Reports from the front in Poland state that the battle at Kolusski is in its last stage. The Germans are desperately struggling to fight their way through to ...

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  35. THE FRENCH COMMANDER.

    The President of the French Republic has paid a visit to the headquarters of the commander-in-chief of the allied armies in France, and has decorated General Joffre ...

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  36. REBEL OFFICERS CAPTURED.

    Commandants Roes, Greling, and Fraufort report having captured, after a severe encounter, in the Vechte district, General Get Botha, several officers and 31 other ...

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  37. FOOD SUPPLIES.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Massey) has in the southern districts acknowledged that the Dominion is faced with a shortage of wheat and flour, and will have to depend ...

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  38. THE DOUGLAS EMEUTE.

    An inquest was held yesterday at Douglas, in Lanarkshire, on the German and Austrian prisoners shot during the riot raised for escape from the internment ...

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  39. TURKISH CAMPAIGN.

    It is officially announced that the Turks in the Caucasus suffered severe losses. Regiments belonging to two divisions lost half their strength, and two battalions were ...

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  40. GERMANY'S FORCES.

    Whereas German reports aileged that great reinforcements had been sent to Flanders it has now been ascertained that all the Belgian railways have for many nights ...

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  41. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    Following is a copy of a cable message, dated London, November 27. received by the Governor-General from the Secretary of State for ...

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  42. TRIPLE ATTACK ON WARSAW.

    The German army under General Frenchis attacked Lowicz, between Lodz and Warsaw. The army under General Mackensen marched on Lodz. Mackensen duly broke ...

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  43. TURKISH ARMY'S MOVE.

    A telegram from Berlin states that Isset Pasha, with 7,600 Turks, including 1,000 Bedouins, is marching on Suez. ...

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  44. GERMAN SPY PASSPORTS.

    It is alleged that over 200 passports issued to United States citizens for travel on the Continent and sent to the Foreign Affairs Office at Berlin to be inspected and ...

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  45. AT SEA.

    An Admiralty inquiry was opened to-day into the total destruction of the battleship Bulwark while at anchor in Sheerness harbour. Naval officials have stated that the ...

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  46. AUSTRIANS ABANDON CZERNOWITZ.

    The Austrians have abandoned Cxernowitz (Poland), which the Russians occupied after a fierce bombardment. ...

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  47. GENERAL ITEMS.

    The general celebration of the centenary of British-American peace, the treaty regarding which was ratified on February 17, 1815, has been postponed until after the war ...

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  48. FRANCE AND BELGIUM.

    It is stated that 700,000 Germans, in the vicinity of Arras, are preparing a determined effort to break through the Allies' lines. ...

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  49. ENEMY'S DETAINED SHIPS.

    To-day a meeting of fruit, merchants, convened by F. W. Moore and Co., Australian merchants, passed a resolution affirming that the ships of the enemy which are ...

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  50. IN THE BALTIC.

    The Petrograd correspondent of the "Morning Post" explains the mysterious disaster to German destroyers at Kiel reported early in September. The German ...

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  51. GERMANS IN BELGIUM.

    General Von Bissing has succeeded General Von der Goltz as the German Governor-General of Belgium. Von der Goltz is now attached to the Sultan and the ...

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  52. BRITISH RAILWAYMEN.

    Many branches of the National Union of Railwaymen have decided to demand an increase in wages to the extent of 5s. a week all round, owing to the increased cost ...

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  53. MELBOURNE WHARF LABOURERS.

    The antipathy-displayed by the Port Phillip Stevedores' Association to German wharf labourers has extended to the Wharf Labourers' Union, and numbers of the union ...

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  54. RUSSIA'S CAMPAIGN.

    It is officially announced that there have been many exaggerated statements of the dimensions of the Russian victory on the Vistula, based upon private letters, and ...

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  55. AN AUSTRALIAN OFFICER.

    Brigadier-General Joseph Marie Gordon, C.B., Chief of the Commonwealth section of the Imperial General Staff, formerly military commandant in Victoria and in ...

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  56. GERMAN DISASTERS.

    The Russian official communique states:—"Our troops advancing from Bzura have reached Goobin. We captured Breziny and other villages in the Morga Valley by ...

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  57. ALONG THE YSER.

    Fresh German troops have traversed Bruges, moving in the direction of the Yser. ...

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  58. PRESS BUREAU REPORT.

    The following message has been received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies:— "London, November 28.—The Press Bureau ...

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  59. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Colonel Ryrie, M.H.R., commander of the Second Light Horse Brigade of the Australian Imperial Expeditionary Force, was the guest of residents of North Sydney ...

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  60. IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL.

    A German submarine has sunk two small British vessels in the English Channel. One of these, the steamer Malachite, 718 tons, was sunk near Hayre, at the mouth of the ...

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  61. PARIS BOURSE REOPENING.

    It has been arranged that the Paris Bourse, which has been closed since the commencement of the war, shall reopen on December 7, for cash transactions only. ...

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  62. DESTRUCTION OF AEROPLANES.

    Details of the destruction of German aeroplanes and motor cars between Soissons and Compeigne on September 9 have just been officially published. It appears that ...

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  63. THE KAISER'S FRIENDSHIP.

    A French captain in hospital at M[?] writing to "La Patrie," narrates that the Kaiser visited the French wounded and said: "I give Imperial homage to your ...

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  64. TWO STEAMERS SUNK.

    Three German submarines appeared off Havre on Tuesday. They held up the steamer Malachite and gave her crew 10 minutes to take to their boats before she ...

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  65. RUSSIAN REINFORCEMENTS.

    Private advices from Berlin report that the German military authorities are very uneasy on account of the heavy Russian reinforcements. They state that new forces ...

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  66. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

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  67. YESTERDAY'S SPECIAL EDITION.

    The Earl of Cavan, in command of the 4th Guards Brigade, has issued an army order in which a high tribute of praise is paid to the Coldstream Guards for their ...

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  68. THE MONROE DOCTRINE.

    Mr. Taft, ex-President of the United States, addressed a public meeting at Mount Clair, in the State of New Jersey, last night on the Monroe doctrine and his ...

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  69. IN THE MEDITERRANEAN.

    An official report from the French Ministry of Marine states that French and British squadrons continue to blockade the Dardanelles and to patrol the Egyptian ...

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  70. GERMAN SPY-HUNTING.

    Many Dutch travellers in Germany have been arrested on suspicion of being British spies. The Germans declare that a British spy office has been established at ...

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  71. FURTHER RUSSIAN SUCCESSES.

    An official communique issued to-day states:—"We gained decisive successes on the Proszowics, Brzesko, Bochnia, and Wisnicz front. On Thursday we routed the ...

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  72. ON THE CHILIAN COAST.

    From South American reports it appears that the Gneisenau-Scharnhorst German squadron has not, despite the warning of the Chilian Government, yet left Chilian ...

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  73. AT SEA.

    "Le Matin" publishes an unconfirmed report to the effect that a German cruiser believed to be the Hertha, has been sunk near Libau, in the Baltic, and that the ...

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  74. NAPOLEONIC MOVE.

    The "Daily News" special correspondent thus describes the position of the three German army corps, under General Mackenson, which "broke the Russian centre" at ...

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  75. ENGLAND'S NAVAL STRENGTH.

    The First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr Winston Churchill, stated yesterday that the economic pressure on Germany continued to develop in a ...

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