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  2. THE BALKANS.

    In the House of Commons last night Sir Edwin Cornwall (Liberal) sought to extract from the Government a statement of the position of the Allies in the Adriatic. ...

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  3. EGYPT.

    The newspapers publish Mr. Ross's account of the Christmas Day fighting at Mersniatrup (on the west Egyptian frontier), where the Sikhs and New Zealanders ...

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  4. THE WESTERN FRONT.

    General Haig in his report from Flanders yesterday stated:—"Our aviators made 14 aerial flights on Wednesday, and sent two of the enemy aeroplanes down within the ...

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  5. GALE IN THE NORTH.

    A "willy willy" commenced in Roebourne about noon on Monday afternoon, and continued till late on Tuesday night. At Onslow things were considerably worse. At ...

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  6. AUSTRALIAN TERRITORIAL ARMY.

    Under the recruiting scheme for the new Australian territorial army, of which Western Australia's complement will consist of three battalions, the question of ...

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  7. BROKEN HILL STRIKE.

    Before leaving Australia the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) arranged for the despatch of the following telegram to the Amalgamated Miners' Association, ...

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  8. AN UNPATRIOTIC RESOLUTION.

    The secretary of the Trades Hall Council has informed the Acting Prime Minister (Senator Pearce) that at its meeting last night action was taken to expunge from ...

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  9. REGIMENTAL ALLOTMENTS.

    The military authorities yesterday received the following statement, which will be instructive to those who have relatives at the front:— ...

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  10. NURSE CAVELL'S BETRAYER.

    Recently the Belgian who gave information to the Germans in Brussels that Nurse Cavill had succoured French and Belgiam soldiers, and thus caused her arrest and ...

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  11. THE SUEZ CANAL.

    General Maxwell has issued a proclamation declaring that railway tickets for the Suez Canal zene will he granted only to holders of special permits. ...

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  12. TURKISH DESIGNS.

    Twenty-thousand Germans have replaced the Turks in Gallipoli. The Turks are joining an army destined for the invasion of Egypt. ...

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  13. EARLY CLOSING OF PREMISES.

    In connection with the early closing of hotels at 9 o'clock and the arrangement, which, as stated in yesterday's issue, has been made for the majority of the ...

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  14. BRITISH NEWS.

    The Early of Derby's first call in the new recruiting campaign yesterday produced lively scenes at Whitehall and other recruiting centres. The men summoned ...

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  15. BUTTER SUPPLIES.

    No further permits for the export of butter have been granted by the Minister for Customs (Mr. Tuder), and it is intended to review the whole situation before ...

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  16. MESOPOTAMIA.

    In the House of Commons yesterday Mr. Austen Chamberlain, Secretary of State for India, announced that he had received despatches from the Mescpotamia front. ...

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  17. ANZAC EVACUATION.

    One of the most vivid accounts so far given of the evacuation of Anzac is that contained in the diary of a New Zealand medical officer, published by the ...

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  18. EARTHQUAKE AT RABAUL.

    In a report just to hand from the Administrator of Rabaul, dated January 2, 1916, in amplification of his wireless message of the same date in regard to the ...

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  19. REWARDS FOR HEROISM.

    The Victoria Cross has been awarded to Lieutenant-Commander Cookson, lately of the gunboat Comet. On September 28 during the advance on Kut-el-Amara he was ...

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  20. COMMANDEERING OF SHIPS.

    Regulations have been gazetted providing that the Minister for Defence may requisition for use as a transport any British ship in any port in New Zealand whether ...

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  21. MUNITION WORKS.

    Throughout yesterday operations proceeded as usual at the munition works The men returned to their lathes, in compliance with the notification from the ...

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  22. SHIPPING FREIGHTS.

    "Fairplay," a leading shipping and commercial journal, states: "The general assumption is that the British shipowner, by running freights up, is increasing the cost of ...

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  23. FATAL GAMBLING.

    The State Commandant (Colonel Ramaciotti) stated to-day that the gambling dispute which occurred among the soldiers confined on Milson Island, in the ...

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  24. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    Another attempt was made at the weekly meeting of the Sydney Labour Council by Mr. E. J. Price, representing the Tramsway Employees' Union, to get the council ...

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  25. MISCELLANEOUS.

    The 6th Field Artillery Brigade held a successful meeting on Thursday evening last at the residence of Mrs. Jose, Ballaridge, Monger-street, West Leederville. Mrs. ...

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  26. ALIEN ORIGIN.

    The secretary of the Attorney-General's Department, Mr. Garvin, who was with Mr. Hughes, returned to Melbourne to-day and spent the afternoon in conference with the ...

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  27. POSTAL GRIEVANCES.

    Referring to-day to the number of grievances recently put before him at Sydney by the employees of the Post and Telegraph Department, the ...

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  28. CONSCRIPTION V. VOLUNTARY RECRUITING.

    At the last meeting of the Kellerberrin Roard Board the question which over shadowed all others was the question of whether the present method of voluntary ...

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  29. RUSSIAN CAMPAIGNS.

    A Russian communique issued yesterday evening reports:—"North-west of Czernowitz to-day we captured a sector of the enemy's position, and repulsed five desperate ...

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  30. THE INTERNMENT CAMPS.

    The King's Bench Division of the High Court yesterday refused an application of Habeas Corpus on behalf of an interned naturalised Britisher. ...

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  31. FEDERAL WAR COMMITTEE.

    A report of the proceedings of the Federal Parliamentary Committee, which met on Wednesday, was to-day made available by the Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce). ...

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  32. THROUGH EXHAUSTION TO VICTORY

    Lord Rosebery, speaking at Edinburgh yesterday, said: "We will be exhausted but victorious, although almost bleeding to death from such a debt of taxation as ...

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  33. AN AUSTRIAN STATEMENT.

    The following Austrian communique was asued yesterday:—"The battle of Besnrabia is becoming increasingly violent. We repulsed a stubborn attack between ...

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  34. PERSONAL.

    The Premier (Mr. J. Scaddan) is expected back from Augusta to-day. It is thought that he will take up his official duties on Monday next, but there is a ...

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  35. OUR AERIAL SERVICE.

    Attention was called in the House of Commons yesterday to some newspapers making a feature of the exploits of the new German Fokker aeroplanes, and ...

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  36. SYDNEY DOUBLE TRAGEDY.

    The double tragedy that occurred at a house in Burlington-street, Ultimo, on January 13, when Edward James Hayes (43) beat his wife's head in with an axe and ...

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  37. AT SEA.

    The German Government, which published a series of inhumanty charges against the crew of the British auxiliary cruiser Baralong in respect to the destruction of ...

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  38. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The Censor yesterday released the 135th casualty list of Western Australian members of the expeditionary forces, which is published below. Where not otherwise ...

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  39. SUVLA BAY BUNGLE.

    In the House of Commons last night Mr. John Redmond asked Mr. Asquith whether, in view of the imputations on corps and divisional commanders at Suvla Bay ...

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  40. A SWEDISH REPRISAL.

    Danish newspapers states that Sweden's action in prohibiting the export of wood pulp (for paper manufacture) is regarded in Sweden as a reprisal against Britain, ...

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  41. A WATERLESS CITY.

    A greater part of the city of Wellington has been waterless for two days. Though a volume of water estimated at seven million gallons daily is entering the mains from ...

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  42. COMMONWEALTH RECRUITING.

    To-day 110 men volunteered at Adelaide for active service, and 90 were accepted. ...

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  43. ALIEN TRADERS.

    The Marquis of Lansdowne, replying in the House of Lords yesterday to a question on the Alien Traders' Bill, said that in a business not incorporated as a ...

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  44. BRITISH SUBMARINE WRECKED

    It is officially announced that a British submarine has grounded on the coast of Holland. A British destroyer rescued a portion of the submarine's officers and ...

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  45. RAILWAY COLLISION.

    A collision between a railway motor tricycle and a train resulted in the death of a timekeeper named J. P. Hennessy on the trans-Australian railway, near Kalgoorlie, ...

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  46. CASE OF PRIVATE O'DONNELL.

    The Mayor (Mr. Frank Rea) was yesterday presented with a petition, signed by about 30 ratepayers, requesting him to call a public meeting to discuss the case ...

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  47. THE CLAN MACFARLANE.

    The captain of the Clan Macfarlane states that his vessel was torpedoed on the port side in the Mediterranean, and a second shot was fired at her when the crew ...

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  48. PATRIOTIC CRICKETERS.

    Great enthusiasm marked the auction sale of cricket relics at Scott's Hotel to-day, and the 40 lots sold realised £517. The total of the cricketers' tribute will reach ...

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  49. POLICE BURGLARS.

    A sensation has been created in Manchester by the discovery that members of the police force have been engaged in wholesale robberies from shops and ...

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  50. THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC

    In a speech at Parramatta to-night the Premier (Mr. Holman) defended the Government's policy with regard to the liquor traffic, and announced that the ...

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  51. SOUTH AFRICA.

    The provincial congress of the South African Party yesterday discussed the truculent attitude of the released rebels. The sympathisers with the Prime Minister ...

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  52. THE COMMONWEALTH ARSENAL.

    The announcement made to-day that the Arsenal Commission had recommended the site on the Murrumbidgee River about ten miles from the Federal capital city, and ...

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  53. SHIPPING BLOCKADE.

    Mr. Asquith announced in the House of Commons last night that on Wednesday he would give an opportunity for the discusson of the question of more rigidly ...

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  54. THE FINANCIAL POSITION.

    The "Times," in its financial and commercial review for 1915, states:—"With strict economy we need not have any doubt of our financial resources standing ...

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  55. LOCAL SPINNING.

    At the Drill Hall in Francis-street yesterday 58 men came forward for inclusion in the ranks of the expeditionary forces. Twenty-seven failed to satisfy the medical ...

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