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  2. FEDERAL POLITICAL SITUATION.

    While disinclination was generally evidenced to-day among Labour members, who had supported Mr. Hughes in the conscription campaign, to discuss the political ...

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  3. A NERVOUS OBJECTOR.

    A coach body builder named William Hughes told Mr. Justice Street in the Court of Appeals to-day that if he were ordered to the front he would either given himself ...

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  4. THE BALKANS.

    Yesterday's Roumauian communique stated:—"To-day we occupied Mount Rosca, where we took some Prisoners. We repulsed attacks in Prahova Valley and in ...

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  5. GENERAL ITEMS.

    A number of Russian officers have been placed in special prison camps in Germany, where they are subjected to severe treatment, as reprisal for all alleged cases of ...

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  6. VICTORIAN RETURNED SOLDIERS.

    The following motion was agreed to to-night at a meeting of the Victorian branch of the Returned Soldiers' Association:— "That necessary steps be taken to form a ...

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  7. A RUSSIAN FUGITIVE.

    The "National Tidende" says that a Russian prisoner recently escaped across the border into Denmark. German guards pursued him and beat him senseless. Some ...

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  8. WAR CASUALTIES.

    Mrs. A. W. Challenger, 48 York-street, Subiaco, has received word from the military authorities that her husband, Private Arthur Challenger was killed in action ...

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  9. COMMONWEALTH REGISTRATIONS.

    The number of men examined up to October 30 was 167, 662, and of these 86,255 were fit, 47,513 unfit 26,941, doubtful and 6,953 temporarily unfit. of the 79,646 ...

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  10. GERMAN MUNITIONS.

    There are signs of German munition factories being badly in need of men German agents are travelling through Switzerland, trying to induce Swiss mechanics to ...

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  11. REFUSED TO TAKE THE OATH.

    At the Kalgoorlie Police Court to-day Thomas Hoodgetts, who was called up recently for service in the citizen forces, was charged with having refused to take the ...

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  12. POTATO FARMERS STRIKE.

    At a meeting of the Wolverhampton Town Council last night, a member asserted that thousands of tons of potatoes were locked up near the town, because the ...

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  13. THE WESTERN FRONT.

    In last night's report General Haig stated:—"We bombarded the enemy lines in the neighbourhood of Hohenzollern and La Basse Canal to-day. There was a ...

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  14. WAR CHARITIES.

    The sum of £50,000,000 was subscribed to war charity funds during the first two years of the war, including donations from the Dominions and Colonies. The total ...

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  15. A NEW MINISTER.

    The Amsterdam correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states:—"The creation of a German Ministry for Munitions, under Major-General Groener, who has a ...

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  16. IRISH RECRUITS.

    It is officially announced that Irishmen recruited for general service will in future be given the option of enlisting in an Irish regiment. ...

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  17. MISCELLANEOUS.

    The somewhat monotonous order of business at the last meeting of the Gosnells Roads Board was agreeably varied by the presence of a number of ladies, who ...

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  18. THE I.W.W.

    Mr. Fraser, one of the Railway Commissioners, stated to-day that action had been taken against a number of railway and tramway employees who, according to ...

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  19. AT SEA.

    During a discussion in the House of Commons yesterday on the recent naval action in the Channel the First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr. A. J. Balfour) said that six ...

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  20. A GERMAN PEACE FEELER.

    What is interpreted as another German peacefeeler has been cabled to the New York "World" from Berlin by Professor Delbrueck, the noted historian. He says. ...

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  21. A ZEPPLIN DESTROYED.

    A traveller from Geneva reports that Allied aeroplanes - recently bombed a Zeppelin shed near Brussels, and destroyed a Zeppelin. ...

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  22. A GERMAN COMMUNIQUE.

    Yesterday's German communique stated:—"We drove the enemy back north-east and east of Les Boeufs. French attacks at La Maisonette, on our new trenches south of ...

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  23. ENEMY DUKES.

    Mr. Bonar Law announced in the House of Commons yesterday that the Government would introduce without delay a Bill in the House of Lords removing from the ...

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  24. RUSSIA.

    Yesterday's Russian communique stated:—"In the direction of Luck, south of Sweniuchi we captured enemy trenches, and repulsed a counter attack. We repulsed ...

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  25. A GERMAN CONFERENCE.

    The Berlin correspondent of the "New York American" states:—"There is much speculation in Germany with regard to the recent conference between the Kaiser, Von ...

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  26. SOUTH PERTH FERRIES.

    With an intimation that the council was desirous of entering into negotiations with the Government for the purchase of the South Perth ferries a deputation from the ...

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  27. COMMONWEALTH FINANACES.

    The monthly returns in connection with the Commonwealth finances were made available to-day. For the first time for many months the receipts of the Customs ...

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  28. SENATOR LYNCH'S ATTITUDE.

    At a recent meeting of the goldfields branch of the Australian Labour Federation reference was made to a speech delivered at Boulder by Senator Lynch ...

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  29. GERMAN CLAIMS.

    Yesterday's German communique stated:—"On the Narjowka the Turks stormed the Russian positions north-west of Molochow. Further south we captured ...

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  30. COMMONWEALTH.

    At the annual session of the Municipal Association of Victoria which opened to-day, a motion that the Local Government Act should be so amended that no person ...

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  31. SINIKING OF THE MARINA.

    It transpires that the British steamer Marina was torpedoed by a German submarine without warning while a gale was blowing. ...

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  32. AN ENEMY STATEMENT.

    A communique issued in Berlin yesterday stated:—"On the Southern Transylvania frontier there is fighting among mists and snowstorms. The Roumanians failed to ...

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  33. THE CAUCASUS.

    A communique issued yesterday stated:—"In the direction of Hamadan we captured two villages." ...

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  34. THE COAL MINING INDUSTRY.

    The dislocation of the coal mining industry caused by the strike over the question of the eight hours shift continues. That it many develop into very serious ...

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  35. BRITISH NEWS.

    The British Army casualties for October were:— 4.366 officers. 101.340 men. ...

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  36. COMMONWEALTH RECRUITING.

    To-day in Adelaide 14 men volunteered and 11 were accepted. ...

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  37. BRITAIN AND GREECE.

    In the House of Commons yesterday Lord Robert Cecil (Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs) recommended the postponement of the question whether ...

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  38. AMERICAN ACTION.

    Mr. Lansing, acting upon President Wilson's instructions, has cabled to the American Embassies in Berlin and London, to make full inquiries into the sinking of the ...

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  39. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The Marine Underwritrs' Association of W.A. advices that the following war rates were declared in force yesterday:—For all vessels except German Austrian and ...

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  40. THE MAN-POWER PROBLEM.

    In the House of Commons yesterday Mr. R. Haxleton (Nationalist) asked whether there were 3,600,000 exemptions from military service. ...

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  41. ANZAG.

    The Bill prohibiting the use of the word "Anzac" for trade purposes passed the second reading stage in the House of Commons yesterday. Captain Pretyman ...

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  42. WAR CONDITIONS.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day the Minister for Works in reply to questions said that war conditions were affecting the supply of material to his department ...

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  43. FINISHED SOLDIERS.

    Mr. H. F. Cotterell, of the Australian Comforts Fund (of which the Victoria League of Western Australia is the Western Australian Division), speaks thus of ...

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  44. THE "WESTERN MAIL."

    The current issue of the "Western Mail" bears favourable comparison with previous numbers. There are, as usual, several interesting war pictures, and portraits of ...

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  45. BODY SHIELDS.

    In the House of Commons yesterday, Mr. H. Forster stated that the Government was acting in accordance with Sir Douglas Haig's suggestion regarding the provision ...

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  46. MORE VICTIMS.

    Lloyd's Agency reports that yesterday one Greek steamer and two Norwegian steamers were sunk by German submarines, and that 32 men are missing from the Glasgow ...

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  47. WAR PRISONERS.

    There were lively discussions in the House of Commons Yesterday on the questions of man power, food prices, and the Channel fight which resulted in a record ...

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  48. GERMAN RUTHLESSNESS.

    A German submarine officer, before sinking a Norwegian steamer in the North Sea yesterday, decalred that all cargoes bound for England would be treated as ...

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  49. CONTRACT V. DAY LABOUR.

    In the course of his remarks to a conference of local authorities, in the City Counscil Chamber last night, the Minister in charge of the Water Supply, Sewerage, ...

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  50. EMPLOYMENT OF ENEMY SUBJECTS.

    In the Legislative Council yesterday Mr. Cornell gave notice of the following motion for Tuesday next:—"That as the Government has decided that all persons who ...

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  51. THE DEUTSCHLAND.

    The German submarine Deutschland arrived last night at New London (126 miles north-east of New York) after an uneventful voyage of 21 days from Bremen. ...

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  52. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENT.

    In the House of Assembly to-day the Appropriation Bill for £3,778,807 passed all stages. The second reading of the Police Pensions ...

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  53. A PEACE APOSTLE.

    Arnold Tupton, F.G.S. an exmember of the House of Commons is charged under the Defence of the Realm Act with publishing pamphlets prejudicial to ...

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  54. ARMY DISSENSION.

    A regiment favourable to the King attempted to stop another infantry regiment from going to the interior from Salonika to join the national army. The Venizelists ...

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  55. MEANING OF "FAMILY"

    The reserved judgment was given to-day in the Exemption Appeals Courts in the case of Norman Gladstone McKinnon, who appealed on the ground that he was ...

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  56. SAILING UNDER FALSE COLOURS.

    Captain Pretyman (Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade) in moving the Registration of Business Names Bill in the House of Commons yesterday ...

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  57. GERMAN-NORWEGIAN FRICTION.

    The Norwegian Ambassador at Berlin has arrived at Christiania to confer with the Government with regard to the reply to the German Note. It is believed that a ...

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  58. MESOPOTAMIA.

    In the House of Commons yesterday Lord Derby made a statement on the Mespotamia campaign. He said:—"Conditions have improved under the War ...

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  60. BRITAINS' GUNS.

    Mr. Frederic Coudert the well-known lawyer. who visited the Western war front recently. states:—"England will reach the zenith of her military preparations by the ...

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  61. BASE HOSPITAL FREMANTLE.

    The following have been received at the Base Hospital Fremantle :—Miss Teague's work party, old linen, hemorrhage pads, bandages; Charles Moore and Co., sheets, ...

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  62. THE AMERICAN NAVY.

    The London correspondent of the New York "Times" yesterday interviewed Admiral Lord Beresford regarding the Latter's speech in the House of Lords. Lord ...

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  63. FEDERAL PENSIONS LIST.

    The Commonwealth's liability in the matter of war pensions is steadily growing. At ready it has crept up to £699,654 a year and it increases every month. Up to ...

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  64. THE EXEMPTION QUESTION.

    In the House of Assembly to-day, Mr. O'Keefe gave notice to move, "That in the opinion of the House, exemption relating to members of Parliament and ministers of ...

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  65. FOOD PRICES.

    The Associated Chambers of Agriculture have passed a resolution, declaring that there will be a disastrous shortage of wheat and other essential foods if the farms ...

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