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  2. THE VERDUN STRUGGLE

    Friday might's communique stated:—"The German attack, which was preparing to debonch in the Morthomme region, collapsed under our curtain of fire. A counter attack ...

    Article : 276 words
  3. ITALY AND AUSTRIA.

    An official communique from the front states:—"The enemy, persisting in impetuous attacks between the Adige and Vallarsa, was bloodily defeated. The chief ...

    Article : 126 words
  4. ENTERTAINMENTS.

    Perth theatre-goers are revelling in the Royal Comic Opera season, and nightly the capacious auditorium of His Majesty's Theatre is crowded with delighted patrons. ...

    Article : 2,889 words
  5. STATE POLITICS.

    Nominations for the Labour selection ballots in the goldfields constituencies in connection with the State Parliamentary elections close to-morrow. Some doubt ...

    Article : 103 words
  6. LIQUOR LAWS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 187 words
  7. MEAT SUPPLIES.

    The Minister for Lands and Agriculture (Mr. W. D. Johnson) stated last night that the s.s. Moirs, which, after some months' negotiations with the Federal Government, ...

    Article : 401 words
  8. BRITISH AIR SERVICES.

    At a sitting of the committee of inquiry into the air services, Lord Montagu detailed the difficulties, which he himself and others had met in endeavouring to ...

    Article : 120 words
  9. OPPOSITION TO CONSCRIPTION.

    The miners at Point Elizabeth and at the State collieries have passed a resolution to oppose to the utmost any attempt to enforce conscription on the workers, and ...

    Article : 56 words
  10. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The members of the No. 6 Tunnelling Company and the N.C.O. school at Claremont will parade the principal streets of the city to-morrow morning. They will leave ...

    Article : 75 words
  11. A TARIFF PROPOSAL.

    The council of the London Chamber of Commerce has adopted the committee's recommendation of an additional tariff list, ranging from 2½ per cent. on raw ...

    Article : 76 words
  12. WAR ECHOES.

    The interesting question of the future of Belgium is a theme dealt with by "En Vedette" in the "Fortnightly Review." The author argues that the "perpetual ...

    Article : 1,496 words
  13. ENEMY CLAIMS.

    An Austrian report on the Italian frontier fighting says:—"We captured Civaron, south-eastward of Borgo, and the entire height between Corno Dicamfevirde and ...

    Article : 105 words
  14. FALLEN SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL.

    The executive of the Empire Sailors and Soldiers' Association made arrangements for a demonstration to be held at the Fallen Soldiers' Memorial in King's Park ...

    Article : 697 words
  15. PEACE PROPOSALS.

    President Wilson announces that he hopes to effect mediation with a view to ending the war. He feels it incumbent upon himself, as head of a neutral power, to ...

    Article : 584 words
  16. EMPIRE DAY SERVICE.

    A sensational incident occurred at St. Paul's during the Empire Day service. While 65 naval cadets, bearing the flags of the Empire, were kneeling at the altar, ...

    Article : 272 words
  17. 44TH BATTALION.

    Some days ago the Mayor of Fremantle (Mr. W. E. Wray) got into touch with the State Commandant, with a view to arranging a route march of the 44th ...

    Article : 138 words
  18. AUSTRIAN AIR RAID.

    Austrian aeroplanes have bombed Bari, killing 18 civilians, mostly women and children. ...

    Article : 18 words
  19. THE IRISH TROUBLE.

    Before Lord Hardinge's commission of inquiry into the Sinn Fein rising yesterday. General Friend, commanding the troops ...

    Article : 399 words
  20. TRINITY CHURCH.

    Trinity Church, Perth, yesterday celebrated its 70th anniversary. The event—a notable one in the history of so young a State—was marked by special services ...

    Article : 1,196 words
  21. MUNITION WORKERS.

    On Saturday the Secretary for Defence telegraphed to the secretary of the Perth Chamber of Commerce as follows:—"The Minister for Defence approves of passports ...

    Article : 115 words
  22. RED CROSS MEAT SALES.

    The Meat Trades Red Cross Fund now totals £44,000. A special effort at Smithfield market will be made on Thursday and Friday by auctioning meat and produce ...

    Article : 58 words
  23. THE GERMAN REPORT.

    A German communique respeeting-the Verdun fighting states:—"We repulsed a Zouave attack westward of Hill 304. We extended our position west of the quarry on the cast ...

    Article : 100 words
  24. CONSCRIPTION.

    At the Perth Town Hall on Saturday a petition, requesting that a public meeting should be held to consider the question of conscription, was presented by Cr. Mills. ...

    Article : 61 words
  25. NEW ZEALAND HOSTEL.

    The New Zealand War Contingent Association has appointed a committee with a view to the establishment of an hostel for New Zealanders on furlough from France. There ...

    Article : 49 words
  26. MISCELLANEOUS.

    The Mayoress of Victoria Park (Mrs. J. Rushton) and a band of ladies from that suburb conducted the Y.M.C.A. loncly soldiers' tea on Sunday afternoon at the ...

    Article : 313 words
  27. GENERAL ITEMS.

    The women of Frankfort-on-Main marched in a procession of protest on Wednesday, because meat was not obtainable. they carried "famine" flags, raided the butchers' ...

    Article : 205 words
  28. [?]ITARY [?]S.

    The "Daily Telegraph's" Rotterdam correspondent declares that the Germans have reconsidered their general war plans, and are now staking everything on Verdun. ...

    Article : 134 words
  29. DAY BAKING.

    The vexed question of day labour in the baking industry was the subject of discussion at a special meeting of the Operative Bakers' Union and Pastrycooks' Union ...

    Article : 526 words
  30. GERMAN HINTS.

    The Hagne-correspondent of the "Daily Mail" reports that the German Censor is allowing many messages to pass, emphasising Germany's willingness for peace, ...

    Article : 81 words
  31. MARTIAL LAW.

    A proclamation signed by Mr. Justice Wylie and Lord Chief Justice Cherry states that, whereas disaffection and unrest still prevail in certain parts of Ireland and are ...

    Article : 60 words
  32. THE WAR POSITION.

    The "London Spectator," in a review of the week's war events, says that the news from Italy and Verdun. though superficially disappointing, is fundamentally good. The. ...

    Article : 98 words
  33. EFFORTS FOR SETTLEMENT.

    Promment Belfast Unionists maintan that in the event of an agreed-upon settlement Ulster should continue under the Imperial Parliament. They leave that ...

    Article : 55 words
  34. GERMAN BISHOP'S PRAYER.

    Bishop Kaftan, of Kiel, has published an extraordinary article in the Schleswig "Sunday Journal," exhorting Germans to thank God for His Merciful support, in allowing ...

    Article : 74 words
  35. AFTER GALLIPOLI.

    "The Man Who Dined With the Kaiser" has written a book in which he sets out his experiences "on secret service" in Vienna, Sofra, Constantinople, Nish, ...

    Article : 530 words
  36. SEARCHING MAILS.

    President Wilson's Note, protesting against the Anglo-French treatment of neutral mails, has been published. It denounces the illegal and arbitrary ...

    Article : 117 words
  37. MUNITIONS.

    Mr. Lloyd George conferred yesterday with representatives of the engineering and shipbuilding employees of the Clyde and Tyne. He strongly appealed to them to ...

    Article : 183 words
  38. SHOOTING SWITZERS.

    The Government of Switzerland has demanded from Berlin an explanation of the alleged shooting of five Swiss, and the imprisonment of 21 others, on the charge of ...

    Article : 31 words
  39. CROWN PRINCE'S NERVES.

    It is announced in Germany that, owing to the serious nerve strain on the Crown Prince, he, although remaining at headquarters, will no longer take an active part ...

    Article : 48 words
  40. THE OBSCENE HUN.

    In the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland at Edinburgh, yesterday, the Rev. Donald Iverach representing the Presbyterian Church of South Africa, said ...

    Article : 80 words
  41. EGYPT.

    The War Office reports fighting in the Western Soudan. The attitude of Ali Dinar, Sultan of Darfur, towards the Government had been for some time ...

    Article : 203 words
  42. PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE.

    The "Echoe de Belge" states that Germany is greatly strengthening her defences on the Liege and Meuse lines, where several thousands of sappers have recently ...

    Article : 34 words
  43. AERIAL FIGHTING.

    Lieut. Shaw, of the American flying squadron serving in France, fought and downed a Fokker on Friday. The Amarican squadron consists of 30 University men ...

    Article : 38 words
  44. FOUR VESSELS SUNK.

    The British steamer El Argentino, 7,000 tons, the Italian ship Australia, and the Italian steamers Washington and Cornigliano, have been torpedoed and sunk. ...

    Article : 30 words
  45. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    The Minister for Trade and Customs (Mr. Tudor) stated on Saturday, and desires it to be distinctly understood, that no wool purchased at the Brisbane wool sales, to be ...

    Article : 57 words
  46. BRITISH NEWS.

    Speaking on the war and the Irish question yesterday. Mr. L. V. Harcourt (First Commissioner of Works) said:—"Ministers bitterly resent the outrageous and ...

    Article : 153 words
  47. GERMAN EAST AFRICA.

    A Portuguese communique reports that a naval force has captured the German post at the mouth of the Rovuma River, which is the southern boundary between ...

    Article : 46 words
  48. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 151 words
  49. GENERAL SMUTS PROGRESSES.

    An official despatch from Cape Town reports that in German East Africa, General Smuts's advanced troops have occupied without opposition Ruwu Laager, 26 miles ...

    Article : 60 words
  50. COMMONWEALTH RECRUITING.

    Thirty-three recruits were accepted in Queensland on Saturday. ...

    Article : 80 words
  51. TURKISH AIR ATTACK.

    A Turkish communique reports that two aeroplanes dropped 16 bombs on the civilian quarter of Smyrna on Wednesday, killing three men. and injuring three ...

    Article : 35 words
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