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  2. EUROPEAN WAR.

    The reports from Paris and London show that the British and French troops have compelled the Germans to retire from several points, particulary to the westward of the Yaer Canal. Sir John French declares that the British soldiers continue to fight with great gallantry and determination. A message received from Holland announces that the British and French airmen performed an important feat on Monday night by demolishing many Grman seroplanes on ...

    Article : 381 words
  3. CAPTURE OF TARNOW.

    The correspondent of the "Daily Mail" at Lemberg has advised that the capture of Tarnow by the Germans was largely due to the use of poisonous gases. Opinion ...

    Article : 73 words
  4. THE CASUALTIES.

    In connection with the list of Western Australian soldiers who were reported in the casualty lists published yesterday as having been wounded, the following personal ...

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  5. ZEPPELIN RAID.

    The Admiralty reports that British aeroplanes drove one of the Ramsgate Zeppelins off and pursued her to Westhinder lightship. Eight naval machines from Dunkirk ...

    Article : 198 words
  6. THE GALICIAN CAMPAIGN.

    It is reported at Budapest that there have been 200,000 Austro-German casualties in Galicia since the beginning of their offensive. The losses are said to be due ...

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  7. RED CROSS SOCIETY.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 97 words
  8. ENGLISH AMMUNITION FACTORIES.

    Some time ago it was announced that the British Government desired the services of workmen to assist in the manufacture of munitions of war. Since then the Prime ...

    Article : 166 words
  9. ITALY'S ATTITUDE.

    The "Giornale d'Italia" remarks in a significant article that war has virtually been declared by the unanimity of the King and the Government on the question of the ...

    Article : 55 words
  10. SALVATION ARMY MOTOR AMBULANCE.

    Staff-Captain Burton has succeeded in placing (with the sanction of the management of many of the large business houses) appeal envelopes amongst employees. Boan ...

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  11. THE GERMAN VIEW.

    In official circles in Berlin it is believed that war with Italy is inevitable. ...

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  12. ENEMY TRADING ACT.

    The fine of £500 imposed by Mr. S. J. Goldsmith, P.M., on April 23, on Theodore Zwicker, indentor and importer, of Melbourne, on a charge of having attempted ...

    Article : 67 words
  13. MASSACRE AT TRIESTE.

    Yesterday 1,000 women invaded the Governor's Palace at Trieste. the chief Austrarian port on the Adriatic and shouted "Death to the Emperor!" "Long Live ...

    Article : 44 words
  14. GERMAN AIRSHIP DESTROYED.

    The "Daily News" correspondent at Dunkirk states that a French torpedo boat fired several shots at a Zeppelin which was flying low apparently from the direction of ...

    Article : 56 words
  15. VICTORIA.

    At the City Court to-day Henry James Bentley, a timber merchant, of Ringwood, and Oscar Boys a member of the expedictionary forces, were charged with having ...

    Article : 193 words
  16. ATTACK ON CALAIS.

    After attacking Calais two Zeppelins were driven off and flew in the direction of Boulogne. The battery at Cape Greisnez (between Calais and Boulogne) hit one of the ...

    Article : 82 words
  17. GERMAN TREASON.

    Advices from Berlin state that Senator Possehg, a millionaire resident of Lubeck, and owner of mines in Sweden and Norway, has been arrested on a charge of treason. ...

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  18. LABOURISTS AT THE FRONT.

    In endeavouring to trace those of their members who have joined the fighting forces of the Empire, trade union officials frequently find themselves faced with a ...

    Article : 163 words
  19. BABY-KILLERS.

    A Zeppelin yesterday dropped bombs into Calais, with the result that several children were killed. ...

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  20. BRITISH NEWS.

    There is considerable public anxiety owing to several newspaper statements, apparently inspired by the military authorities, that the army is fatally short of ...

    Article : 115 words
  21. AFRICA.

    His Majesty the King yesterday despatched to General Botha a message congratulating the Union troops upon the capture of Windhock, in German South-West Africa. ...

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  22. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 79 words
  23. AUSTRALIAN LABOUR FEDERATION

    At last night's meeting of the district council of the Australian Labour Federation a long discussion took place on a motion—"That in view of the war, no German ...

    Article : 92 words
  24. FRANCE AND BELGIUM.

    The following official communique was issued in Paris yesterday morning:—"Our advance near Hetsas continues. We captured the German lines east of the canal ...

    Article : 175 words
  25. THE DARDANELLES.

    Mr. Ashmead Barthett, special correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph," telegraphing on the 10th, stated:—"The British are not yet in possession of Achibaba, but, having ...

    Article : 442 words
  26. FURTHER OPERATIONS.

    It is officially announced that the Union forces have taken 140 prisoners east of Windhoek, and have captured 25 waggons loaded with provisions. ...

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  27. IN HONOUR OF THE WOUNDED.

    At the quarterly meeting of the Fremantle branch of the Australian Natives Association it was unanimously decided to interview the Mayor and leading citizens ...

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  28. WAR AND UNEMPLOYMENT DISTRESS RELIEF FUND.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 116 words
  29. THE CLYDE WORKERS.

    His Majesty the King yesterday paid a visit to the Clyde shipbuilding and engineering yards, where the employers and the employees are working at top pressure, to ...

    Article : 86 words
  30. A FRENCH VICTORY.

    It is officially announced that a French column under Colonel Mayer captured Escha, in the German Cameroons, in West Africa, yesterday, after carrying out a ...

    Article : 51 words
  31. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    Second Lieutenant George William Mcore, who acted as chief postmaster at Rabaul during its occupation by the Australian forces, was charged before the military ...

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  32. GERMAN SAVAGERY.

    An officer of the Leicestershires, writing of the struggle at Neuve Chapelle, states that, after the Canadians were forced to abandon the wood, a wounded man ...

    Article : 123 words
  33. GERMAN PIRACY.

    Mr. T. J. McNamam, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty, announced in the House of Commons yesterday that up to last Saturday 460,628 tons ...

    Article : 79 words
  34. INTERNED AT MALTA.

    Mr. Conrad Haumann, a passenger en route to Melbourne by the R.M.S. Egypt, which was at Fremantle yesterday, is in the peculiar position of having, for the time ...

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  35. BELGIAN RELIEF FUND.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 461 words
  36. SIR JOHN FRENCH'S REPORT.

    Sir John French reported yesterday that the first British Army had further sucesses south of Richebourg d' Ayoue. All the German trenches on a front of two ...

    Article : 93 words
  37. RELIEF FOR THE BELGIANS.

    The King of the Belgians in acknowledging the gift of £4,600, the proceeds of a "Rose Day" collection in Melbourne, said that he was profoundly touched by the wave ...

    Article : 60 words
  38. GERMAN WOUNDED.

    Telegrams from Bruges report that as a result of the heavy fighting at Ypres, the stream of German wounded into the city is practically incessant. A great number ...

    Article : 44 words
  39. WORK AND WAGES.

    The Board of Trade has announced that from January to the end of April 982,740 workers secured rises in pay aggregating £133,537 weekly. ...

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  40. A VALUABLE FEAT.

    British and French airmen last night totally destroyed the German aviation ground at Ghistelles (on the Belgian coast 10 miles from Ostend). ...

    Article : 42 words
  41. NEW ZEALAND LIST.

    The latest lists of casualties contain the names of the following officers:—Died of Wounds.—Lieutenant James H. Grey (Wellington); Lieutenant Robert L. ...

    Article : 78 words
  42. ANTI-GERMAN FEELING.

    Anti-German riots are reported to have taken place at Wanganui. On Saturday night a mob wrecked a butcher's shop occupied by a naturalised German and ...

    Article : 225 words
  43. THE GERMAN STORY.

    The following communique has been is issued in Berlin:—"We gave up and advanced position near Steenstraate and Hetsas in order to avoid losses by the enemy's heavy ...

    Article : 50 words
  44. HORSE RACING.

    Mr. Asquith, in reply to a question in the House of Commons yesterday, said that the Government was considering the prohibition of race meetings during the course of the ...

    Article : 51 words
  45. THE FESTUBERT BATTLE.

    A spectator, deacribing the battle of Festubert, states that on Sunday night hell broke loose and before daybreak the British army stormed the ...

    Article : 520 words
  46. RESULT OF GERMAN BARBARITY.

    A corporal of the Black Watch, who was wounded in a recent action, narrates that for bitter hand-to-hand fighting the battle at La Basse has not been equalled. The ...

    Article : 170 words
  47. TURKISH ATROCITIES.

    The Russian Consul at Urumiah reports that 60,000 Armenians have been massacred by the Turks in the district of Van. ...

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  48. RECENT ANTI-ALIEN RAIDS.

    Mr. R. McKenna, Secretary of State for Home Affairs, stated in the House of Commons yesterday that 150 of the public and 107 constables had been injured in the ...

    Article : 55 words
  49. THE EASTERN ZONE.

    An official communique issued on Saturday states: "We have been obliged to fall back from the Carpathians in order to unite our third army on the San with ...

    Article : 141 words
  50. GENERAL BRIDGES WOUNDED.

    The following official message has been received from General Sir Ian Hamilton (Commander-in-Chief of the Allies' land forces now operating in the Dardanelles):— ...

    Article : 262 words
  51. SIR EDGAR SPEYER.

    Sir Edgar Speyer, the well-known London financier, whose parents were Germans officers to resign his Privy Councilorship and his Baronetcy, as he declares it is too hard ...

    Article : 52 words
  52. SIR DOUGLAS MAWSON.

    Sir Douglas Mawson has returned to Sydney from San Francisco. "There is a very strong pro-Allies feelings in America," Sir Douglas Mawson said, ...

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  53. AMERICA'S POSITION.

    President Wilson, reviewing the United States fleet yesterday, said that America wanted no man's territory, and she questioned no other nation's honour. She stood ...

    Article : 63 words
  54. WOUNDED AUSTRALASIANS.

    Wounded Australasians from the Dardanelles are reaching England: four hundred have been located at a military hospital. The High Commissioner (Sir George Reid) ...

    Article : 198 words
  55. OVER-SEAS AIRCRAFT FUND.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 72 words
  56. GERMAN PRESSURE UNCHECKED.

    It is officially explained that although the Russian third army has been unable to check the German pressure on the Gorlice sector, it has prevented the enemy ...

    Article : 58 words
  57. APPEAL FROM MONTENEGRO.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 103 words
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