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  2. THE AERIAL MENACE.

    Two Zeppelins dropped six eight bombs in two areas of a town in Yorkshire on Tuesday night. One fell in the middle of a road, the buildings on either ...

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  3. SINN FEIN REVOLT.

    In the House of Commons yesterday the Prime Minister (Mr. Asquith) announced that P. S. Pearse, T. K. Clarke and Thomas McDonagh signatories to the Sinn Fein ...

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  4. GERMANY.

    May Day was celebrated in Berlin by a mob of women clamouring for peace in Potsdam Place, Berlin. Fifty women were arrested. Similar demonstrations took ...

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  5. SEQUEL TO BARRIER STRIKE.

    In the Commonwealth Arbitration Court to-day, before proceeding with the business on the list, Mr. Justice Higgins (President of the Court) made the following ...

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  6. TRANS-AUSTRALIAN LINE,

    The Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the Gilchrist charges against the officers in charge of the construction of the western section of the trans-Australian ...

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  7. SOLDIERS AND DRINK.

    The Federal Executive Council has approved of a regulation under the War Precautions Act which gives to the naval and military authorities a most comprehensive ...

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  8. COMMONWEALTH RECRUITING.

    In Queensland to-day 82 men were accepted for active service. ...

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  9. A GERMAN'S DEATH.

    The circumstances surrounding the death of Hans Portmann, a German, who was killed by an infuriated mob in the German camp on April 19, and who, in common with ...

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  10. DEAL BOMBED.

    It is officially announced that an enemy aeroplane launched six bombs at the Deal railway station yesterday afternoon. Several houses were damaged. ...

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  11. A GERMAN LOSS.

    A German Zeppelin, the L20, was destroyed yesterday in a storm near Stavanger (on the south-west coast of Norway, in the same latitude as the Orkneys). ...

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  12. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    A deputation waited on the Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) to-day to lay before him the views of the Victorian municipalities in regard to conscription. ...

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  13. KALGOORLIE MOTORING ACCIDENT.

    Last evening Mr. P. J. Fitzgerald, manager of the Oroya Links Mine, and Mr. Charles. Waite, the underground manager, met with a serious accident. They were ...

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  14. DETAILS OF THE DISASTER.

    The Zeppelin L20 was destroyed near Stavanger yesterday. As it neared the coast six members of the crew jumped into the sea. Boats went out and ...

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  15. FEDERAL PARLIAMENT.

    A meeting of the Federal Cabinet has been summoned for Saturday morning, when further consideration will be given to a programme of the business to be ...

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  16. THE SYDNEY STRIKE.

    The storemen and packers in the wholesale grocery trade who went on strike last Monday for higher pay were still idle to-day. The effects of the strike are being ...

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  17. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    At the Perth Town Hall yesterday afternoon the Mayor and Mrs. Rea entertained at afternoon tea a large number of ladies connected with the Soldiers' Welcome ...

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  18. WESTERN WAR FRONT.

    There is great activity on the German railway lines in Belgium, and troop trains are continually passing to and fro. The reserves are camped at the chief railway ...

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  19. IMPORTATION OF SPIRIT ESSENCES

    The Minister for Customs (Mr. Tudor) by a proclamation in the "Commonwealth Gazette," which was issued to-day, prohibits the importation into the ...

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  20. PERSONAL.

    Mr. R. S. Sampson has been reelected chairman of the Darling Range Roads Board. At the meeting of the Greenmount ...

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  21. FIGHTING NEAR MORTHOMME.

    Last night's communique stated:—"There was a violent bombardment at the Avocourt end this afternoon. Our troops by a brilliant assault, carried German positions ...

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  22. COMMONWEALTH PUBLIC SERVICE.

    An interesting position has arisen in connection with the office of the Commonwealth Public Service Commissioner. The term of the appointment of Mr. D. C. ...

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  23. SUBMARINE WARFARE.

    In the Reichstag at Berlin yesterday the Minister for Foreign Affairs (Herr von Jagow) announced that a reply to the latest American note on the submarine question ...

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  24. MR. JOHN MURRAY DEAD.

    Mr. John Murray. M.L.A., and a former Premier, died suddenly at Warrnambool to-day. He was driving in his buggy when his horse bolted and collided with a ...

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  25. GOVERNMENT SERVICE CENSUS.

    The Government has had in hand for some time the compilation of a return showing the number of persons—together with particulars of them—of enemy origin ...

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  26. AMERICA DECLINES TO ARBITRATE

    The Washington correspondent of the General News Agency reports that President Wilson has declined the Kaiser's proposal to arbitrate with regard to the ...

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  27. PATRIOTIC FUNDS.

    Speaking at last night's meeting of the Australian Labour Federation, Mr. D. Cameron said that there was a move on foot in connection with the Patriotic Fund ...

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  28. PRISONERS OF WAR.

    The Defence Department has received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies a copy of a communication, dated January 31 from the American ...

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  29. AMERICAN SCEPTICISM.

    Advance indications of the German reply to America's final Note show that Germany proposes to meet the American representations as far as possible. The ...

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  30. BRITISH NEWS.

    The War Saving Committee points out that it is equally necessary to economise in home-made goods and products as [?] imports. ...

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  31. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS.

    Sir Henry Briggs held a very succesful meeting of the electors at North Fremantle last night. Messrs. R. J. Lynn, M.L.C., and R. Laurie also addressed the meeting. ...

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  32. THE FOOD OF THE PEOPLE.

    The position of the meat market of the metropolitan and suburban areas is at present very critical, but it is reassuring to know that the Government, who were ...

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  33. BRITISH CONSTRUCTION.

    In the House of Lords yesterday Lord Beresford initiated a debate upon what he characterised as the serious depletion of Britain's mercantile tonnage. He said ...

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  34. NEW SOUTH WALES LABOUR CLEAVAGE.

    It has been learned that Mr. Griffith, the Minister for Public Instruction, was the principal agent yesterday in the negotiations between the Ministry and the aggressive ...

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  35. MELBOURNE GROCERY DISPUTE.

    An additional 90 employees in the manufacturing grocery trade were dismissed to-day for refusing to fill Parsons Bros.' bags with oatmeal. The total number of men ...

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  36. WAR FUNDS.

    At last night's meeting of the metropolitan council of the Australian Labour Federation a circular addressed to all Labour Councils by the State executive of the ...

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  37. BARRING THE ENEMY.

    The London Chamber of Commerce has passed resolutions requesting Austraian and German members, including those who had been naturalised to resign their ...

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  39. CONSCRIPTION.

    Mr. Asquith, in introducing the Military Service Bill in the House of Commons yesterday, said it applied to all married and unmarried men between the ages of 18 and ...

    Article : 172 words
  40. PRESENTATION AEROPLANES.

    The Overseas Club will mark Empire Day by presenting the Royal Flying Corps with six aeroplanes. Since last Empire Day 68 aeroplanes have been presented to the ...

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  41. MR. BIRRELL.

    To-day (wrote "Everyman" in its issue of August 17, 1914) we who would take stock of the Right Honourable Augustine Birrellk must read much else beside ...

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  42. DAY BAKING.

    A deputation from the industrial disputes committee of the Trades Hall council waited upon the Premier (Sir Alex. Peacock) to-day, and urged that legislation ...

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  43. SOLDIERS' GRAVES IN EGYPT.

    The Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) stated to-day that he has received a cablegram from the Australian military authorities in Egypt informing him that ...

    Article : 142 words
  44. AUSTRALIAN AVIATORS.

    With a view to the completion of its training an Australian aviation unit is coming to England. Probably a Canadian and other units will come later on. ...

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  45. MISCELLANEOUS.

    Bugler Fred Ashton. 11th Battalion, 3rd Brigade, who was with the covering party which landed at Gallipoli on April 25, 1915. writing to his mother in Geraldton from ...

    Article : 450 words
  46. TIMBER-CUTTERS FOR ENGLAND.

    Fifteen hundred Canadian lumber men have been brought over to cut sleepers and pit-props, to make Britain less dependent upon foreign supplies. ...

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