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  2. EUROPEAN WAR.

    A dense fog prevailed on the Franco-Belgian front on Wednesday, and matters were again quiet. On Monday night the Germans made an attempt to oust the French from newly-gained positions, but were driven back by a galling fire. The enemy's position at Dixmude is said to be seriously jecpardised by a recent Belgian success. According to the "Times" military correspondent, no German offensive in France, on a large scale, is practicable before the end of ...

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  3. AUSTRO-ITALIAN INTERESTS.

    Italy and Austria have asked the United States to watch their interests at Vienna and Rome respectively. ...

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  4. MOTOR AMBULANCES.

    A meeting of the heads of railway departments and other officers and members of the Railway Union was held at the Railway Institute last night to consider ways ...

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  5. COMPULSORY TRAINING.

    The House of Commons has adjourned to June 3. On the motion for the adjournment. Mr. Ellis Griffiths (Liberal), and Mr. Cathcart ...

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  6. THE OLD NEGOTIATIONS.

    A Green Book issued yesterday stated:—"Austria demanded, in exchange for the concessions offered to Italy at the outset of the negotiations, that Italy should ...

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  7. CARE OF OVERSEAS SOLDIERS.

    The Victoria League has established a club for overseas soldiers in London and is appealing for funds to keep it going. ...

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  8. SUSPENSION OF RACING.

    The Government has requested the Jockey Club to suspend all horse racing, except the Newmarket meeting, after this week. ...

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  9. THE EXPEDITIONARY FORCES.

    It will be learnt with interest that in all probalility there will be a march through Perth of about 1,400 troops next week, which will enable the public to see how the ...

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  10. AUSTRALASIA'S AID.

    A meeting convened by the National Patriotic Organisation was held in the Guild hall yesterday. The Prime Minister submitted the ...

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  11. AT SEA.

    It is reported at Washington that Germany is suspending her submarine campaign pending the reply to President Will son's Note. ...

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  12. WAR PRECAUTIONS ACT.

    Matthew H. Read, a postal mechanic, was fined £20, with £4 4s. costs, at the Prahran Court to-day on a charge of having broken the regulations under the War Precautions ...

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  13. ANOTHER VESSEL TORPEDOED.

    The steamer Dumfries was torpedoed off Pembroke yesterday, but she did not sink, and none of the crew were lost. ...

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  14. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 121 words
  15. A TRAWLER SUNK.

    The trawler Lucerne was sunk by a submarine off Rattray Head, on the coast of Aberdeen, yesterday. Eleven of the crew were saved. ...

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  16. THE LUSITANIA CASE.

    A fund has been started at Magdeburg (Germany) with the object of giving a testimonial to the crew of the submarine which sank the Lusitania. ...

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  17. GENERAL STAFF OFFICER.

    Lieutenant E. S. Davis, who has been appointed General Staff Officer for Western Australia, arrived by the s.s. Warilda yesterday. He will take up his duties as from ...

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  18. BRITISH NEWS.

    Mr. Asquith announced in the House of Commons yesterday that the Cabinet was contemplating the reconstruction of the Government on a broader personal and ...

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  19. THE MILITARY AND UNIFORMS.

    Instructions have been received at the local military office from headquarters in Melbourne to the effect that for the future service dress will be worn for all purposes ...

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  20. WAR AND UNEMPLOYMENT DISTRESS RELIEF FUND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 340 words
  21. TRADING WITH THE ENEMY.

    The Perth Chamber of Commerce has received the following communication from the Collector of Customs, which is published for general information:— ...

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  22. SUBMARINE AE2.

    The Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) announced in the Senate to-day that the Admiralty had cabled that it was now presumed that the Australian submarine AE2 ...

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  23. FRANCE AND BELGIUM.

    Last evening's communique announced that a dense fog had made things quiet along the whole Franco-Belgian front. ...

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  24. IMPORTANT POSITION TAKEN.

    The newspapers state that the Allies have occupied Kilid Bahr, in the Dardanelles. It is also stated that the enemy's sharpshooters painted their faces and hands green ...

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  25. THE RUSSIAN ZONE.

    Last night's communique stated:—"The battle on the left bank of the Upper Vistula and along the whole of the Galician front attained in many districts terrific intensity. ...

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  26. THE ROLL OF HONOUR.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,118 words
  27. A THRILLING DUEL.

    Reuter's correspondent sends the following account of an incident in the Dardanelles fighting:—"There was a thrilling duel between an Australian and a Turk, equally ...

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  28. ON THE YSER.

    The Germans carried out their retreat across the Yser on Sunday night swiftly and secretly. The French occupied the vacated positions on Monday. and found ...

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  29. BELGIAN RELIEF FUND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 75 words
  30. ENEMY'S HUGE FORCES.

    It is stated that 33 army corps, of which 10 are German, occupy a 200 miles front from Opkow to Kolumea, and that these have begun a general battle, which will tax ...

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  31. AUSTRALIAN WOUNDED.

    Reuter's Cairo correspondent states that difficulties which existed in regard to the hospitals at Caire and Alexandria, owing to the unexpectedly heavy casualties, have ...

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  32. WOUNDED SOLDIERS.

    In connection with the return of soldiers wounded at the front prominence attaches to the question of accommodation for those who have reached the convalescent stage. ...

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  33. FURTHER HEAVY FIGHTING.

    Considerable numbers of German reserves, besides all the German guns used on the dunes, except the anti-aircraft guns, have been brought up towards the Ysec ...

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  34. APPEAL FROM MONTENEGRO.

    At a recent meeting of the Perth City Council the Mayor (Mr. J. Nicholson) read the following cablegram from London:—"Montenegrin Red Cross and Relief Funds ...

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  35. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    The court-martial which has been trying the cases of soldiers charged with offences in German New Guinca was continued on Wednesday when Captain Lionel ...

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  36. CHEATING THE HANGMAN.

    Kuepferle, the German spy, whose trial commenced at the Old Bailey on Tuesday. committed suicide by hanging himself yesterday at Brixton prison. ...

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  37. FURTHER BOMBARDMENTS.

    The Allies yesterday bombarded Adalia, on the south coast of Asia Minor, Holicarnassus, south of Smyrna, and Phenika, on the Gulf of Adalia. ...

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  38. ANOTHER AUSTRIAN BOAST.

    The Austrians in a communique claim that they captured Siensowa (Galicia), and forced a crossing over the San, capturing 7,000 prisoners and eight guns. ...

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  39. THE CALL TO ARMS.

    In connection with Lord Kitchener's call for 300,000 more men it has been decided that the maximum age should be 40 years and the minimum height 62in. ...

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  40. GERMANS ON THE DEFENSIVE.

    The Germans are retiring along the whole French line, little by little. The Allies' airmen report indications that the Germans are taking measures with a view ...

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  41. WITH THE WEST AUSTRALIANS.

    We received yesterday the following letter from a member of the first Western Australian contingent of the Australian Expaditionary Force:— ...

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  42. DEATH OF GENERAL BRIDGES.

    In the House of Representatives to-night the Prime Minister (Mr. Fisher) said it was with great regret that he had to announce that Major-General Bridges had passed away ...

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  43. GIFTS FOR THE HOSPITAL.

    The District Commandant (Colonel Bruche) desires to thank the under-mentioned apiarists of Western Australia, who have forwarded donations of honey for use in ...

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  44. AUSTRIAN EX-MINISTER ARRESTED

    A message from Budapest states that owing to a quarrel with the Archduke Frederick, General Auffenberg ex-Minister for War in Austria, has been arrested. He was ...

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  45. THE SHIPBUILDING YARDS.

    The King yesterday visited several of the Tyne shipyards and engineering works. Arrangements have been made to close five of the minor shipbuilding yards on the ...

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  46. THE GERMANS IMPOTENT.

    The "Times" military correspondent writes:—"No German offesive in France, on a large scale, is practicable before the end of July, and it will not even then be ...

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  47. PRISONER PIRATES.

    The Foreign Office announces that Cardinal Gaspari has informed the British Envoy at the Vatican that Germany has suspended her consent to the proposed exchange ...

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  48. "MONSTERS OF KULTUR."

    Refugees from Libau, on the Baltic, state that the Germans recently shot the director of a theatre there for having produced a play called "Monsters of Kul[?]ur." Many ...

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  49. THE WHITE FEATHER.

    Details of the fate of the 700 Germs is who were annihilated by a gunfire from both the German and British lines show that the men had taken refuge in a big ...

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  50. THE DARDANELLES.

    The Press Bureau reports:—"General Cox's Brigade repulsed a Turkish attack on May 12. with heavy loss. Next day the Gurkhas advanced half a mile, and new ...

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  51. DENOUNCING THE FATHERLAND.

    In a letter to the London newspapers Sir Ernest Cassel. who was born in Cologne, and holds the Order of the Crown of Prussia, denounces Germany's war methods. ...

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  52. RED CROSS SOCIETY.

    A letter has been received from "R.L.S." by the Perth central local branch of the Red Cross Society inquiring for information as to bandages, etc., for our soldiers. ...

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  53. CENSORSHIP OF CABLES.

    Questioned in the House of Commons yesterday respecting the consoring of Australian Press news that had been published in London, Mr. Rea (on behalf of the ...

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  54. NEW ZEALAND.

    The New Zealand casualties to date total 1,334. ...

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  55. A USELESS ENTERPRISE.

    The Germans during operations on the Aisne ordered a field to be ploughed up and it thus happened that some corn was destroyed which they themselves had sown ...

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  56. ITALY'S NEUTRALITY.

    The Austrians have made a new offer to Italy with a view of keeping the latter from joining the Allies. ...

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  57. NO COTTON FOR GERMANY.

    Mr. Lloyd-George, replying to a question in the House of Commons yesterday, said that the action taken since March 11 had been effective in every respect in ...

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  58. MORE GERMAN CLAIMS.

    In a Berlin communique it is claimed that the fighting north of Ypres has been in the Germans' favour and that English attacks south of Neuve Chapelle were repulsed. The ...

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