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  2. NEWS AND NOTES.

    The Mails.—For Sharks Bay and Dirk Hartog a mail will be made up at the G.P.O. this afternoon at 2.30 o'clock, to be forwarded by the s.s. Una. To-morrow, ...

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  3. ANZAC.

    In the House of Commons yesterday evening the Prime Minister announced that the troops at Anzac and Suvla Bay, on the Gallipoli Peninsula, had been withdrawn ...

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  4. RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION

    Owing to the high cost of railway material, and the point that, even at its present abnormal figure, it is almost impossible to obtain the material, the ...

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  5. IN THE BALKANS.

    The Bucharest correspondent of the "Frankfurther Zeitung" fully confirms the report that the Russians are moving large bodies of troops from Reni, in Bessarabia. ...

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  6. BRITISH NEWS.

    In the House of Lords yesterday Viscount Milner said the reasons for not publishing the Danish agreement were not convincing and they revived the doubts as to whether ...

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  7. PATRIOTIC APPEALS.

    A meeting of the "Queen Carnival" committee was held yesterday, mainly for the purpose of receiving practical advice on the organising of such functions, from ...

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  8. CONTEMPT FOR AMERICA.

    Not a shot has been fired by either side since the Allies entered Greek territory. The Bulgarians at Monastir yesterday weised a quantity of flour belonging to the ...

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  9. THE SHELL FACTORY.

    The first statutory general meeting of the shareholders in the War Munitions Supply Company was held at the Town Hall last evening. The attendance was ...

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  10. RECRUITING.

    In the House of Commons yesterday Mr. Asquith stated that owing to the difficulty of classifying the recruiting results the Cabinet was without Lord Derby's figures. ...

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  11. BRITISH CASUALTIES.

    The British casualties up to the 11th nst. in the Balkans totalled 32 officers and 1,246 men. The total included 85 men killed. ...

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  12. LIFE OF PARLIAMENT.

    In the House of Commons yesterday, during the debate on the Bill for extending the life of the present Parliament by a year, the Prime Minister said that in ...

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  13. GREEK POLITICS.

    The Parliamentary elections appear to be a walkover for the Government, as the followers of the ex-Premier (M. Venizelos) are abstaining from voting. ...

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  14. MUNITION MAKING.

    Last night Mr. Lloyd George moved the adjournment of the House of Commons in order to make a statement on munitions. He said it was six months since Mr. ...

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  15. AFTER THE WAR.

    At a meeting of the Australasian Chamber of Commerce yesterday, Sir George Reid, who presided said:—"When peace comes, our treatment of German commerce ...

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  16. MR. FISHER ENTERTAINED.

    The High Commissioner Designate (Mr. Fisher) was entertained at dinner at the Federal Parliament House to-night by the Commonwealth Ministry. There was a large ...

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  17. W.A. SPINNING ASSOCIATION.

    At a meeting of the general committee of the Western Australian Spinning Association, held on Monday, an executive was appointed consisting of Lady Barron, ...

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  18. FIRST AUSTRALIAN HOSPITAL.

    It is understood that a summary of the report of the committee of inquiry into the 1st Australian General Hospital has been cabled to Australia. The full text of ...

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  19. TRANS-AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY.

    The Deputy President of the Federal Arbitration Court (Mr. Justice Powers) held a compulsory conference to-day with respect to the dispute in connection with the ...

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  20. THE 'LUSITANIA MURDERERS.

    Mr. Macnamara, Financial Secretary to the Admiralty, referred in the House of Commons last night to widespread rumours that the German submarine which sank the ...

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  21. THE SUVLA BAY FAILURE.

    Mr. Harold Temlant, Parliamentary Under-Secretary for War, said in the House of Commons yesterday that General Sir Jan Hamilton's report on the Suvla Bay ...

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  22. TRANSPORT TORPEDOER.

    The following letter was written by the Rev. Herbert Burridge, a New Zealand military chaplain, and formerly of the Presbyterian Church in West Perth, to his ...

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  23. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The military authorities have received advice that a hospital ship which left Suez for Australia on December 4 with wounded soldiers on board would probably reach ...

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  24. NEWS IN AUSTRALIA.

    During a luncheon held to-day, in connection with the official opening, of the Commonwealth Woollen Mills, at North Geolong, the Minister for Defence ...

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  25. FATAL SHOOTING ACCIDENT.

    A fatal shooting accident occurred at Boorabbin, 63 miles east of Southern Cross, on Sunday afternoon last. Mr. Fred. Beard, assistant stationmaster at ...

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  26. BUNBURY RAILWAY MISHAP.

    The railway line at Picton was cleared for traffic speedily to-day and the Perth train went through on time. A 25-ton crane came through from Midland Junction ...

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  27. THE PEACE LUNATIC.

    Henry Ford, with his shipload of peace missioners, has ingratisted himself with the pro-Germans by making a most bitter attack on American munition factories, ...

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  28. THE WESTERN FRONT.

    General Sir Douglas Haig's despatch from the Flanders front yesterday reported:—"Heavy artillery work took place on both sides of Ypres and Saint Jean to-day. We ...

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  29. THE AMERICAN PLOTTERS.

    Frederick Mstsler a pro-German suspect, arrested for plots against the Allies, has confessed that Koenig, a director of the Hamburg-American Shipping Company, ...

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  30. ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVAL COLLEGE.

    The names of the successful Western Australian candidates for entry into the Royal Australian Naval College are Jack Donovan, South Fremantle, and Ernest H. ...

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  31. MARKETING THE WHEAT.

    The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. W. D. Johnson) yesterday received advice from the Australian Wheat Board, stating that the wheat mar[?] was firm, and that prices ...

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  32. RECRUITING IN PERTH.

    Yesterday recruiting work was brisker at the Drill Hall, Francis-street. Forty-eight volunteers came forward. Of these 38 passed the doctors and were accepted. ...

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  33. HOME OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD

    Sir,—The Sisters of the Good Shepherd, Ruby-street, Leederville, feed, clothe, and shelter about 150 woman and girls. The Rev. Mother will accept and acknowledge ...

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  34. THE RUSSIAN NORTHERN FRONT.

    General Russky has been relieved of the command of the chief northern front, owing to ill-health. He will, however, retain his membership of the Council of the ...

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  35. VISCOUNT FRENCH IN FRANCE.

    Viscount French arrived here yesterday, and was specially received at the Elysee by President Poincare, who thanked him for his services to the Allies. General ...

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  36. THE WAR COUNCIL.

    The War Council of Western Australia met yesterday morning. There were present the Premier (Mr. Scaddan) in the Chair, Mr. Frank Wilson (Leader of the ...

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  37. ABOVE THE PERSIAN GOLF.

    Major-General Townshend estimates that in the rearguard action to the north-west of the Persian Gulf on December 1, and in the abortive attack upon Kut-el-Amara ...

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  38. GENERAL ITEMS.

    At Berlin a droll communique has been issued, detailing alleged fruitless efforts by the German navy to find the British fleet in the North Sea. The German Admiralty ...

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  40. LACK OF MACHINE GUNS.

    The Parliamentary correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph," referring to the neglect to supply machine guns, asks: "Why was not realised at the War Office until ...

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  41. SOUTH AFRICA.

    De Wet and 118 others convicted of high treason in connection with the South African rebullion have been released from prison, on condition that they do not leave ...

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