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  2. RUSSIA'S RALLY.

    A Petrograd message states that the Russian booty taken on the Riga front included 50 machine guns 30 field guns, £16,000 in cash, and 300 horses, two armoured cars, ...

    Article : 232 words
  3. BETTING AND GAMBLING.

    Preaching on the subject of "Why the bookmaker should go," on Sunday night, at the West Perth Presbyterian Church, the Rev. Daniel Ross said that the Colonial ...

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  4. THE KAISER.

    The "North German Gazette" declares that the Kaiser's letter to Von Bethmann Hollweg on October 31 proves an honest desire for peace. In this the Kaiser ...

    Article : 140 words
  5. PERSONAL.

    Major L. C. Timperley, of the 10th Light Horse, who was wounded on December 23, is suffering from bunet wounds in chest and s[?], but is now progressing ...

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  6. A HEAT WAVE.

    Summer conditions have, with the exception or one or two b[?]er spels of heat—so b[?]er as almost to be [?]—been so extrordinary and this season, that it is ...

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  7. THE TIMBER INDUSTRY.

    Mr. R. T. Robinson, Minister controlling Woods and Forests, returned to Perth on Sunday night from a ten days' inspection of the timber best. The party ...

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  8. MR. WALKER AND THE A.W.U.

    When spoken to yesterday regarding his expulsion by the A.W.U., Mr. T. Walker, M.L.A., said that he did not think any good purpose could be served by saying ...

    Article : 344 words
  9. SUBMARINES.

    The following steamers were yesterday reported as having been sunk by German submarines:—Tuborg (2,056 tons, Danish) and Vestfold (1,883 tons, Norwegian). ...

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  10. RECRUITING.

    Yesterday morning over 100 volunteers for service in the Railway Corps marched throught Perth prior to entering Blackboy Hill Camp. Recruiting for this corps has ...

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  11. GREECE.

    Telegrams from Press correspondents in the country indicate that the Government's implied acceptance of the Allies' ultimatum has delighted the populace. It is expected ...

    Article : 129 words
  12. INCIDENTS AT SEA.

    The Copenhagen "Skanka Aftonbladen" states that a German destroyer captured the Danish steamer Thyra in Swedish waters. A German submarine stopped ...

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  13. Y.M.C.A. MILITARY WORK.

    "How great a work is being done by the Y.M.C.A. will perhaps never be fully known, and no one recognises that work and proclaims its value more than those ...

    Article : 263 words
  14. ITALIAN PRIZES.

    Two Austrian submarines were recently captured by the Italians. One of these, has already been incorporated in the Italian Navy. ...

    Article : 27 words
  15. SCARBOROUGH BEACH RELIEF FUND.

    The committee of the Scarborough Relief Fund has every reason to feel gratified at the generous response made to their appeal on behalf of those who lost their ...

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  16. COMMONWEALTH.

    Approval has been given by the Federal Cabinet to the recommendation of the repatriation trustees that a Commonwealth authority should be appointed to control all ...

    Article : 170 words
  17. BRITISH NEWS.

    The Yorkshire Engineers' Association has passed a resolution protesting against the number of untrained men who have been admitted to the munition works and have ...

    Article : 87 words
  18. A GERMAN REPORT.

    A wireless German official message intercapted last night stated: "German grenadiers entered a Russian position several points north of Goldenbystritza to-day and ...

    Article : 33 words
  19. CARING FOR THE WOUNDED.

    In a letter to a member of the Fremantle staff of the "West Australian," Sergant-Compounder Lionel Sargent, of the Australian Army Medical Corps, sends an ...

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  20. ROUMANIA.

    A Russian wireless despatch from Roumania received by the Admiralty yesterday stated: "The enemy attacked at Kotumi Khaji, on the Sereth, as far as Vedens, ...

    Article : 41 words
  21. LABOUR AND CONSCRIPTION.

    From the head of the trans-Australian railway the Federal Minister for Works (Senator Lynch) writes under date January 13, requesting that the following ...

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  22. A CABINET CLEARING HOUSE.

    Mr. Lloyd George is rapidly improving the clearing house for Cabinet business which has absorbed the former War Committee and the Committee of Imperial ...

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  23. RETURNED SOLDIERS.

    Frequent reports have been published of hardship which it is alleged returned soldiers are suffering through the neglect of the organisations appointed to look after ...

    Article : 176 words
  24. ENEMY CLAIMS.

    A German official wireless despatch intercepted yesterday evening stated: "We captured Vadeni, on the Braila-Galatz railway, to-day. We stormed and captured the ...

    Article : 66 words
  25. WESTERN WAR FRONT.

    Field-Marshal Haig reported last night:—"We drove of a raid north-west of Gueudecourt to-day. We carried out successful patrol enterprises at Neuve ...

    Article : 146 words
  26. THE WAR CONFERENCE.

    Sir Joseph Ward addressed a large meeting at Bournemouth on the resources of New Zealand and the part she has played in the war. The decision that the War ...

    Article : 73 words
  27. RECRUITING.

    In Melbourne to-day 52 recruits were entolled. There were 91 volunteers. ...

    Article : 47 words
  28. A REMISSION OF CUSTOMS DUTIES.

    At the instance of the New Zealand Premier, the Government had remitted the duties on jam, sugar, and rations for the New Zealand troops in England also the ...

    Article : 53 words
  29. PERTH CITY COUNCIL.

    At the fortnightly meeting of the City Council yesterday afternoon the Acting Mayor (Cr. Simpson) presided over Crs. Franklin, Allen, Macfarlane, Butt, Ledger, ...

    Article : 448 words
  30. GENERAL ITEMS.

    Herr Kiliani, who was German Consul General in Sydney at the outbreak of the war, stated in the course of a lecture at Munich last week that ever since the ...

    Article : 170 words
  31. OUTPUT OF WOOLLEN MILLS.

    Owing partly to the falling off in the numbers of recruits offering for the Australian Imperial Force, the military warehouses are full to overflowing of materials ...

    Article : 155 words
  32. THE CRUSHING OF BELGIUM.

    The Press Bureau has issued Belgium's reply to President Wilson's peace note. The reply states:—"The President seems to believe that the statesmen of the two opposed ...

    Article : 257 words
  33. A WOMAN'S DEATH.

    Mrs. Hannah Jane Gliddon, a married woman, aged 43 years, lost her life while bathing in the shallow water at Applecross yesterday morning. The ...

    Article : 360 words
  34. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The 264th casualty list was released by the Censor yesterday, and is published below. It contains the names of Western Australian soldiers, together with those ...

    Article : 460 words
  35. GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN THE AIR.

    The Governor-General made a flight in an aeroplane at Point Cook to-day. Captain Harrison, who is an expert pilot, took the responsibility of guiding his Excellency ...

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  36. AERIAL RAIDS.

    An Italian naval despatch states:—"Italian and French seaplanes raided Tola on December 12. They bombed the Austrian fleet, drove off some enemy ...

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  37. A MINER'S DEATH.

    On Monday morning the body of Ernest Melbourne Edols was found in a paddock at the rear of Messrs. McLean, Bros., and Rigg's premises, on the Boulder-road. ...

    Article : 79 words
  38. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The Minister for Labour and Industry (Mr. Beeby) said to-day that his department had decided to take legal action in connection with the blacklisting of certain ...

    Article : 105 words
  39. ESCAPE FROM TYRANTS.

    An extraordinary exploit of 103 inhabitants of Liege has been reported. They escaped into Holland by getting possession of an old tug and drifting at night down ...

    Article : 85 words
  40. AUSTRO-GERMAN BANKING CONCERN.

    The "Neue Pester," of Budapest states:—"Capitalists in Germany and Austria, Hungary are negotiating a gigantic banking concern for the Central Powers. Over ...

    Article : 55 words
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  42. THE ALBANIAN SCHOOLS.

    Italian schoolmasters, who are unfit for military service, are being sent to teach in the Albanian schools which are reopening everywhere. ...

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  43. MANUFACTURE OF MUNITIONS.

    M. Violette member of the Chamber of Deputies, in reporting to the Government on the necessity for Parliamentary control of factories, cites the position in February, ...

    Article : 96 words
  44. NEW ZEALAND.

    The population, excluding Maoris in the Samban, Cook and other Islands and the troops abroad, totals 1,099,295, of which 552,085 are males and 547.210 are females. ...

    Article : 35 words
  45. GERMAN THEATRICAL OUTBURST.

    The "Cologne Volk Zeitung" declares:—"The [?] peace terms amount to a fresh declaration of war. We are again summon[?] to fight for freedom. Let us ...

    Article : 42 words
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