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  2. THE O'DONNELL CASE.

    A public meeting, convened by the Mayor of Perth M(r. F. Rea) in response to a petition, was held at the Town Hall last evening to consider the case of Private ...

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  3. BRITAIN AND THE WAR.

    Parliament was yesterday prorogued till February 15. The King in his prorogation speech said:—For 18 months my Army and Navy ...

    Article : 534 words
  4. STATE POLITICS.

    On being interviewed yesterday by a representative of the "West Australian," the Premier (Mr. Scaddan) has some comments to make upon the statements by Mr. F. ...

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  5. A RUSSIAN HEROINE.

    A Lettish girl, 17 years of age, has been awarded the Saint George's Cross. Recently 20 Germans marched up to her father's farm in Courland and a lieutenant ...

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  6. ON THE TIGRIS.

    The "Morning Post" sums up the situation in Mesopotamia as follows:—"After the fighting on the 8th inst. the Turks retreated eight miles to a position midway ...

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  7. MISCELLANEOUS.

    With reference to paragraph 66 of Orders for Australian Imperial Force, information has been received by the military authorities at headquarters that all ...

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  8. THE BALKANS.

    M. Magrini, a prominent war correspondent, states:—"The defences of Salonika are extraordinarily strong. The Bulgarian army is prevaded with malcontents, who ...

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  9. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    At to-day's sitting of the annual convention of the Australian Workers' Union the standing orders were suspended to permit of the subject of conscription being ...

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  10. DARDANELLES CAMPAIGN.

    Sir, Ian Hamilton's despatches in connection with the Dardanelles campaign mention the following Australians:— General Birdwood, Major-General ...

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  11. BULGAR-GERMAN FRICTION.

    Serious trouble has arisen between the Germans and the Bulgarians. General von Mackensen interviewed King Ferdinand at Sofia yesterday and requested his urgent ...

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  12. COMMONWEALTH RECRUITING.

    To-day 88 men volunteered at Adelaide for active service and 65 were accepted. ...

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  13. AN AUSTRIAN ASSERTION.

    An Austrian communique claims that a plenipotentiary of Montenegro signed a capitulation treaty on Tuesday. ...

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  14. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Arrangements have been made by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia with all the trading banks and savings banks throughout the Commonwealth, that ...

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  15. THE WHEAT SCHEME.

    The stacks of wheat which are accumulating on the ramps at the North Wharf, Fremantle, were exposed to the rain yesterday morning, but it is not anticipated ...

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  16. BULGAR DIPLOMACY.

    The Sofia correspondent of the Vienna. "Neue Freie Presse" reports that at the Nish banquet to the Kaiser, King Ferdinand of Bulgaria boasted of the diplomacy ...

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  17. THE GOEBEN'S LOSSES.

    In the recent naval fight in the Black Sea the Turko-German battle-cruiser Goeben had 33 men killed and 80 men wounded. ...

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  18. THE QUEEN CARNIVAL.

    At the Town Hall, Midland Junction, on Thursday evening a delegation from the central committee attended a fairly large meeting presided over by the Mayor (Mr. ...

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  19. THE GERMAN SOCIALISTS.

    The "Outlook" has secured an interview with Herr Liebknecht, the well-known Socialist member of the German Reichstag. Liebknecht was very despondent. He ...

    Article : 166 words
  20. POSITION OF NEWSPAPERS.

    In the House of Commons last night Sir Richard Essex referred to the prohibition of paper pulp importation. He hoped it would not operate adversely on newspapers ...

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  21. RECRUITING FIGURES.

    Fifty-seven volunteers were examined at the Drill Hall in Francis-street yesterday for inclusion in the Expeditionary Forces. Of this number 35 were accepted and the ...

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  22. CONSCRIPTION.

    Yesterday the Labour, Conference at Bristol, by 1,796,000 votes to 219,000 votes, adopted the resolution of the Leicester Labour Party (represented by Mr. Ramsay ...

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  23. SOLDIERS' WELCOME COMMITTEE.

    On Thursday afternoon at Blackboy camp about 150 soldiers, who will be leaving shortly for the front, were entertained at dinner by the Comforts (Departing ...

    Article : 374 words
  24. GENERAL ITEMS.

    News has been received from Vienna that the Austro-Hungarian Emperor, Franz Joseph, who is in his 85th year, has had two paralytic strokes and is in a critical ...

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  25. IN ARAB HANDS.

    In November last the British ship Tara was sunk by a submarine in the Mediterranean, and her crew, taking to the boats, reached the Libyan coast, where they fell ...

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  26. TRANS-AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY.

    Mr. Teesdale Smith, whose name is identified with large railway and general contracts, is at present visiting the State in which some years ago he was resident. ...

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  27. SWISS FEELING.

    At the German Consulate, at Lausanne, on the Kaiser's birthday, a crowd pulled the flag down, despite the intervention of the police, and also damaged the Imperial ...

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  28. IMPERIAL AFFAIRS.

    The Secretary of State for the Colonies. Mr. Bonar Law, in reply to a question in the House of Commons last night said he did not think that an Imperial Conference ...

    Article : 239 words
  29. CARTERS AND DRIVERS' UNION.

    The Carters and Drivers' Federation assert that as the conference with the employers, only four of whom representing Melbourne firms attended, proved to be ...

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  30. GERMANS IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE

    At a meeting of the Perth Roads Board held last evening, consideration was given to the recruiting scheme propounded by the Federal Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes). ...

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  31. NURSE CAVELL'S BETRAYER.

    Recently the military governor of Brussels fined the municipality 500,000 francs (£20,000), because Cels, the Belgian, who was succoured by Nurse Cavell, and who ...

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  32. MINING EMPLOYEES

    The Federated Miners' Association is seeking to induce the Amalgamated Surface Workers' Union to amalgamate with the Federated Mining Employees' Association of ...

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  33. THE BLASPHEMOUS KAISER.

    M. Barthou, speaking here yesterday, said: "The Kaiser invokes God, of whom he proclaims himself the apostle. Atilla called himself the Scourge of God. History ...

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  34. BRISBANE COAL LUMPERS.

    The coal workers of Brisbane are still out. The compulsory conference to-day was abortive, and was adjourned until to-morrow. In the meantime the sailings ...

    Article : 60 words
  35. A GERMAN REPORT.

    A German communique, issued yesterday, respecting operations in Franco and Flanders, stated:—"The enemy is bombarding our positions. Their monitors are ...

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  36. THE ROUMANIAN WHEAT DEAL.

    In reply to a question in the House of Commons yesterday as to whether it was true that the Government had purchased £2,000,000 worth of Roumanian wheat, ...

    Article : 66 words
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