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  2. THE RHODES SCHOLAR.

    The latest Western Australian scholar to be afforded the magnificent opportunities presented under the Rhodes scholarship scheme is Mr. William Caldwell, who is now ...

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  3. LABOUR AND THE WAR.

    About 50 men entered the offices of the Federated Clerks' Union at about noon to-day and after briefly questioning the assistant secretary, Frederick Katz, as to ...

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  4. REVIEW OF THE WAR.

    In the House of Commons last night the Prime Minister (Mr. Asquith) in moving an Army vote for one million men, said that there were 1,250,000 of British ...

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  5. THE BALKANS.

    The Athens correspondent of the Press Exchange telegraphed yesterday morning that a squadron of Russian warships, escorting 16 transports, bombarded Varna, ...

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  6. BRITISH STEAMERS SUNK.

    The British steamers Belford and Huntley (former the German liner Ophelia) were sunk by a German submarine in the North Sea yesterday. ...

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  7. THE LIVERPOOL CAMP.

    There was some "straight talk" in an address given to-day by Major-General McCay. Inspector-General of the Australian Forces, to the soldiers at the Liverpool camp. He ...

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  8. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The hon, secretary of the W.A. Wool Spinning Association writes:—"Owing to the failure of the Railway Department to produce a bale of wool consigned to the ...

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  9. THE GERMAN SPELTER CONTRACT.

    The Appeal Court yesterday decided the appeal in the enemy contract case of Aaron Hirsch and Sohn, of Germany, against the Zinc Corporation, which was heard by Mr. ...

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  10. SOLDIERS' HOSPITAL ARRANGEMENTS.

    The Honorary Minister (Mr. Underwood), who resumed his official duties yesterday, after a few days' absence on the goldfields, said that while away he received ...

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  11. FIGHTING IN GALLIPOLI.

    The German headquarters publish the following report received through Constantinople yesterday from a correspondent with the Turks on the Gallipoli ...

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  12. PERSONAL.

    A cable message from Paris states th[?] Madame Sarah Bernhardt, who had the misfortune to lose one of her legs a few months ago, is in a most critical ...

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  13. DOMINION REPRESENTATION.

    The "Daily Chronicle" has revived the idea of giving the Dominion High Commissioners Cabinet rank in the United Kingdom. It declares that the change will be ...

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  14. MUNITIONS.

    In addition to the list of names of firms mentioned yesterday as having placed lathes and other machines at the use of the Munitions Company, Messrs. Strelitz ...

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  15. LAND FOR RETURNED SOLDIERS.

    It is announced that Mr. H. R. Denison has offered his Eumalla estate of 7,500 acres, near Gulgong, on terms to be arranged, for use in connection with the ...

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  16. THE WESTERN ZONE.

    General Sir Donglas Haig reported yesterday evening as follows:—"The enemy made determined efforts to-day to occupy some craters opposite Armentieres, but after ...

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  17. AUSTRALASIAN VALOUR

    The newspapers continue to extol the war exploits of the Australasian troops in commenting on the Anzac withdrawal. The "Manchester Guardian" asserts: "The first ...

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  18. MISCELLANEOUS.

    Friends of killed or missing soldiers have frequent difficulty in obtaining information. A case in point is Eric C. Whitehead, of C Company, 16th Battalion, 4th ...

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  19. SENATOR PEARCE'S COMMENT.

    When the Minister for Defence (Senator (Pearce) was asked his opinion of the conduct of the soldiers who tarred and feathered Katz, he said that ...

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  20. RED CROSS FUNDS.

    At the meeting of the central council of the Australian branch of the British Red Cross Society yesterday Lady Helen Munro Ferguson presided. An interesting ...

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  21. A FRENCH SUCCESS.

    A communique issued yesterday evening stated:—"We successfully attacked and occupied a considerable portion of the enemy's works at Hartmannsweilerkopfi ...

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  22. NEW ZEALAND RECRUITING MOVEMENT.

    Cabinet has decided that no man of military age who is physically fit shall be allowed to take part in any land ballot while the war continues. Under the new ...

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  23. FRENCH FINANCE.

    The subscriptions for the French war loan exceed fourteen milliards of frances. ...

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  24. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    Major-General McCay, Inspector-General of the Australian forces, in an address before the New South Wales Institute of Journalists, spoke of the military ...

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  25. THE PRICE OF VICTORY.

    In the course of an address delivered in the Wesley Church, Melbourne, on December 12, Sir William Irvine pointed out some of the dangers and weaknesses of ...

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  26. DEFENCE OF SALONIKA.

    Entente troops and munitions are pouring into Salonika, but several months must elapse before the Allies will have the force considered necessary for offensive ...

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  27. STATE POLITICS.

    The Premier proposes to take the public platform as a means of replying to the statements made recently by the member for Williams-Narrogin (Mr. E. B. ...

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  28. THE TASMANIAN SCHOLAR.

    Lieutenant L[?]cester Travers Butler was to-day selected as the Rhodes scholar for 1916. He is an old boy of Hutchins School and has done two years of his science ...

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  29. BULGARS ATTACK GREEKS.

    A sensation was caused here yesterday when it became known that the Bulgarians had attacked Greek troops, at Karitza, on the frontier. It was ...

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  30. REFERENDA COMPROMISE.

    When the Commonwealth Powers Transfer Bill was brought on for discussion in the Legislative Assembly to-day, the Speaker (Sir Frank Madden) ruled that he would ...

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  31. CRAFTY CONSTANTINE.

    The Sofia "Mir" declares that the King of Greece recognises as a military measure that German and Bulgarian troops must pursue the Entente force on to Greek ...

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  32. TRENCHIANA.

    I saw in a Perth paper that Dr. Levi had been killed in action. He was an excellent companion, and white all through. The last time I saw him was in Heliopolis, ...

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  33. AMMUNITION FACTORY DEMOLISHED.

    A traveller from Turkey reports that recently British airmen demolished Krupp's new big ammunition factory at Constantinople. ...

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  34. THE NEWS IN AUSTRALIA.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) has made the following statement:—"I feel that I speak for the people of Australia when I say that the news that the ...

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  35. ENEMY VESSELS DESTROYED.

    A British submarine yesterday sank the German steamer Leros and other enemy craft in the Sea of Marmora. ...

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  36. GREEK ELECTIONS.

    In the Parliamentary elections 200 supporters of the Government have been returned as against 57 representatives of other parties. There are no followers of ...

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  37. MR. FISHER'S DEPARTURE.

    A representative gathering of citizens assembled at the Melbourne Town Hall to-day at the invitation of the Lord Mayor (Sir David Hennessy) to bid au revoir to ...

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  38. COMMONWEALTH RECRUITING.

    The Commonwealth recruiting figures for the week ended December 13 were as follows:—Queensland, 507; New South Wales, 921; Victoria, 278; South Australia, ...

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  39. BRITISH NEWS.

    In the Chascery division of the High Court yesterday, the hearing was concluded of the application of Mrs. Asquith (wife of the Prime Minister) to restrain the ...

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  40. WHEAT SHIPMENTS.

    The strike of wharf labourers engaged in loading wheat at Darling Island in connection with their demand for an extra 3d. per hour was settled yesterday. The ...

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  41. FIRST AUSTRALIAN HOSPITAL.

    In respect to the London cablegram stating that a summary of the report of the [?] inquiry into the management of the 1st Australian Hospital had been cabled to ...

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  42. A SOLDIER'S DEATH.

    According to evidence given at the Coroner's inquest to-day, George Harkness, a member of the Expeditionary Forces, on the evening of December 6, went to a house ...

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  43. WORK ON TRANSPORTS.

    The Minister for the Navy (Mr. Jensen) has decided that, in future, alterations made in Melbourne to ships for transport purposes shall be performed by the ...

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  44. THE EASTERN THEATRE.

    The following communique was issued yesterday evening:—"Our aviators successfully bombed the rear approaches to the enemy's position in the Godutzychke-Konay ...

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  45. GERMAN VOTE OF FIVE HUNDRED MILLION POUNDS.

    The Reichstag yesterday approved of a credit vote of £500,000,000. The socialist minority opposed the vote, for the purpose of showing disapproval of political ...

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  46. ON THE BLACK LIST.

    Referring to-day to the Remington Typewriter Co. having been placed on the enemy list, the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) stated that the action had been ...

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  47. SOUTH AFRICA.

    A telegram from Johannesburg states that the release of De Wet and the other South African rebels followed upon the payment of the fines imposed upon the men ...

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  48. GENERAL ITEMS.

    In the House of Commons yesterday Mr. Harold Tennant (Parliamentary Under-Secretary for War) said that the casualties in the published official lists for Prussia, ...

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  50. THE FUNDAMENTAL FACTS.

    Major-General Sir Archibald Murray, Chief of the General Staff, who is proceeding to an important command, has stated that although there has been an ...

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  51. CANDID GERMAN ADMISSION.

    The "Berliner Tageblatt" remarks:—"We have abandoned all our illusions, and we now know we are engaged in a life or death struggle. We could wish that ...

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  52. PERSIA.

    A Russian force yesterday occupied Kum between Teheran and Ispahan, in Persia, after completely routing the enemy. ...

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  53. BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY.

    The British Red Cross Society's budget expenditure amounts to £1,642,000, including £446,000 for the purchase of motors and £21,000 for the Australian forces in ...

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  54. CASE OF RUDOLPH SCHMIDT.

    The Postal Board yesterday conducted an inquiry at Traralgon into the conduct of Rudolph Schmidt, a postal official, who was alleged to be a disaffected and ...

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  55. SEAMEN WOUNDED.

    The Minister for the Navy (Mr. Jensen) stated to-day that information had been received by cable that Able Seamen Arthur Harry Snape and Hope Masterton Waddell, ...

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  56. WATCHING AMERICAN PORTS.

    The United States Government has protested to Great Britain against the presense of British cruisers off American ports, although it admits that the cruisers are ...

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  57. THE FINANCE BILL.

    The Finance Bill was read a second time in the House of Lords yesterday. ...

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