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  2. THE WAR.

    No marked change is reported in connection with the situation in Poland. The Germans are still attacking in large force on the Narew line, but have been checked in the region of Riga. The French have successfully resisted further German attacks, both in ...

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  3. AUSTRIAN FOOD SHORTAGE.

    Horseflesh in Vienna is now dearer than ordinary meat in peace time. Horses for slaughter are selling at £20. ...

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  4. GERMAN MUTINEERS.

    Mutinies have occurred among the German garrisons of Liege, Ghent, and Bruges. Troops refused to march to replace the exhausted Germans on the Yser front, and ...

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  5. MORE IRON CROSSES.

    The Kaiser has decorated with the Iron Cross Herr Heinekek, of the North German Lloyd Company. The Kaiser's entourage were strongly opposed to the ...

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  6. TREATED LIKE CONVICTS.

    Five thousand French prisoners at the Neukirchenland camp, Germany, were singled out on account of their education and rank, and treated like convicts, as ...

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  7. BRIGADIER-GENERAL M'CAY.

    Mr. Hugh McCay has received a cable message from his brother, Brigadier-General J. W. McCay, who has again been wounded at the Dardanelles stating that ...

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  8. A RENEGADE ENGLISHMAN.

    Professor Molenaar, of Munich, has published a book on anti[?]mberlainism, denouncing Houston Chamberlain (the Pan-German writer), who has appealed to the ...

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  9. ITALY AND AUSTRIA.

    The Italian bombardment of Borgo destroyed about 10 miles of railway line, and two trains were blown up, one of them containing soldiers, all of whom were killed. ...

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  10. ATTEMPTED ENEMY TRADING.

    Carl Stoll appeared at the Central Police Court to-day on a charge of having attempted to trade with the enemy on or about August 28, 1914, by means of a letter ...

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  11. GERMAN BANK FAILURE.

    The failure of the Mendelssohn, Barthody Bank, of Berlin, is announced. The deficiency amounts to about £150,000. ...

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  12. THE POPE'S APPEAL.

    M. Motta, the Swiss President, commenting on the Pope's letter, says that the Pope can do what no one else can do, by appealing to something h[?]her than mere ...

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  13. THE ROLL OF HONOUR.

    The sixty-second list of casualties among the members of the Australian Imperial Forces engaged in the Dardanelles' operations was released by the Censor ...

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  14. REPLY TO BULGARIA.

    The reply of the Allies to the Bulgarian Note of June has been handed to the Prime Minister, M. Radoslavoff. The contents of the reply have not been made ...

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  15. SUCCESSFUL BOMBARDMENT.

    The Italians are bombarding Rovereto station. The damage caused is severe; one shell destroyed the Hall of Justice. ...

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  16. SOCIALIST'S UTTERANCES.

    James Quinton, aged 24, who was arrested in the Domain on Sunday afternoon, appeared before Mr. Barnett, S.M. at the Central Police Court to-day, charged under ...

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  17. SHORT-LIVED LIBERTY.

    Before Wallach left the Court he was asked by Captain Jones, of the Intelligence Corps, to visit his (Wallach's) solicitors. On arriving at the office Captain. ...

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  18. TURKEY.

    Sergeant Dewar, who was the King's Prize winner at Bisley in 1914, is recovering from a sunstroke at Westminster Hospital. He relates that his regiment at ...

    Article : 134 words
  19. SIEGE OF GORIZIA.

    The Austrians are preparing for the fall of Gorizia. The citizens of the beleaguered town are suffering from a scarcity of food. ...

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  20. AN AUSTRIAN REPORT.

    An Austrian communique issued yesterday stated:—"We repulsed the Italian attacks at Polazzo and Vermigliano. The enemy on Friday and Saturday advanced ...

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  21. THE EASTERN CAMPAIGN.

    The following communique was issued last night:—"In the direction of Riga we dislodged the enemy from the region between the Dwina and Eckad. Fighting ...

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  22. PREACHING HOLY WAR.

    "Mattino" states that the Pope is inquiring into a report that the Bishops of Serajevo, Agram, and Zara have preached urging a holy war against Italy. ...

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  23. RUSSIAN MINISTER ATTACKED.

    An ex-clerk of the Foreign Office, who had been dismissed because he was of weak intellect, rushed into the office of M. Neratoff, the Assistant Foreign Minister, ...

    Article : 59 words
  24. "THE DEVIL'S OWN ABODE."

    A traveller from Smyrna reports that wounded Turks regard the Gallipoli Peninsula as the devil's own abode. He states that if they are lucky enough to escape ...

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  25. ATTACK ON WARSAW.

    Correspondents of the Berlin papers, in describing the attack against Warsaw, state that for two days the German guns bombarded the fortifications, and the attack ...

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  26. GENERAL NEWS.

    The Belfast steamer Glenrakel, the Swedish steamer Mahuland, and the trawler Ocean Queen were sunk by submarines yesterday. All the crews were landed. ...

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  27. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    A busy day was experienced yesterday by the recruiting officers [?] the Perth Drill Hall, 65 candidates for the Australian Imperial forces submitting themselves for ...

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  28. FRANCO-BELGIAN FRONT.

    A communique issued yesterday stated:—There have been hand-grenade fights round Souches. After days of fighting in Argonne, the Germans penetrated one of ...

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  29. PROGRESS OF THE WAR.

    Speaking at the Lord Mayor's dinner at the Town Hall to-night, the Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) said that they could feel for the Russians in the ...

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  30. ANGLO-FRENCH CO-OPERATION.

    General Hunter-Weston has been compelled to relinquish his command at the Dardanelles, owing to illness. General Bailloud, the acting French commander ...

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  31. ENEMY REPORTS.

    A German communique issued yesterday stated:—"Our forces on the Narew are approaching the road from Lomza to Ostrow and Wyszkow meeting with stubborn ...

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  32. COAL EXPORT RESTRICTIONS.

    Sir Edward Grey explains that it is unnecessary for apprehension to be caused by the recent coal regulations controlling export trade. The Government merely ...

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  33. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    Recruiting in Queensland continues to show an increase. The number of men who presented themselves at Brisbane and country centres last week totalled 682, ...

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  34. MAORIS AT THE FRONT.

    A New Zealand officer describes the Maori contingent at the Dardanelles welcoming a Pakeha general by dancing the Haka. The Turks in the trenches 100 ...

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  35. A.I.F. APPOINTMENTS.

    The half-battalion, comprising 12 officers and 440 others, which will be Western Australia's contribution to the additional brigade which the Commonwealth ...

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  36. SOUTH AFRICAN CONTINGENT.

    During recruiting week it is expected that the full Imperial contingent will be enlisted. A difficulty in regard to the scale of Imperial allowances for the dependents ...

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  37. BRITISH IN WARSAW.

    The British colony left Warsaw a month ago; but forty Britishers, whose long residence in the city had made them thoroughly Polish in sentiment and six elderly ladies ...

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  38. JACKA, V.C.

    The details of the incident in which Lance-Corporal Albert Jacka obtained the Victoria Cross are as follows:—On May 19, just as the sky was beginning to pale, a ...

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  39. GERMANY AND RUSSIA.

    The "Bourse Gazette" learns from an unimpeachable source that the Kaiser made an offer of peace to Russia last week through the King of Denmark. Russia ...

    Article : 347 words
  40. THE ENEMY VERSION.

    A Berlin communique issued yesterday stated:—"We repulsed a hand-grenade attack at Souchez and also counter-attacks against the trenches we won on Saturday ...

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  41. THE CONGO AND SMALL STATES.

    The "North German Gazette" has published a reply to Count Beyens's allegations in the recent Belgium Grey Book. It explains that Herr Von Jagow especially ...

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  42. "THE ENEMY HELD."

    A telegram from Riga states that much excitement was caused by the arrival of a Russian officer from the front, who galloped through the streets and announced ...

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  43. INTERNED ALIENS.

    Franz Wallach, the Australian manager of the Australian Metal Co., who had been interned at Langwarren on the warrant of the Minister for Defence, was set free ...

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  44. AUSTRALIA'S ADJUTANT-GENERAL.

    The Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) announced to-day that the Defence Department had received a cable message from the British War Office authorities, ...

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  45. GERMAN AEROPLANE DESTROYED.

    The French aviator, M. Nongnessor, brought down a Taube aeroplane at Nancy yesterday. The same aviator has participated in 53 air raids. ...

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  46. AT THE DARDANELLES.

    Lieutenant A. H. Priestley, transport officer attached to the 11th (W.A.) Battalion of the 3rd Infantry Brigade, A.I.F., returned by the s.s. Ballarat recently, ...

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  47. ANGLO-RUSSIAN TIE.

    In an interview, Professor Pares, of the Liverpool University who has just returned from a visit to Russia, stated that all along the Russian front the soldiers ...

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  48. ATTACK ON HYDROPLANES.

    The Germans yesterday tried to destroy two of the Allies' hydroplanes at Nieuport with big calibre shells. Our artillery rapidly silenced the hostile batteries. One ...

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  49. TALL TALK.

    The "Cologne Gazette" states:—"We are so sure of victory that we shrug our shoulders at the enemies' fantastic lies. The Allies will succeed neither in taking the ...

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  50. HEROIC FRENCH SECTION.

    During the fighting at Steinbach (Alsace), Lieutenant Martel, with his section, was ordered to charge the German trenches. The moment they left their ...

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  51. SHIPPING THE HARVEST.

    The Federal Attorney-General (Mr. Hughes) stated to-day that it was his intention to interview Mr. [?] man of the Overseas Shipping [?] ...

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  52. WAR TO THE KNIFE.

    At a meeting of the committee, under M. Gutchkoff's leadership, for organising the industries for war, representatives of all parts of the country attended, and ...

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  53. H.M.A.S. TORRENS.

    It has been arranged that the torpedo-boat destroyer Torrens will be launched at Cockatoo Island on August 26. The ceremony will be performed by her Excellency ...

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  54. DOUBTS IN GERMANY.

    An Italian who has been travelling in Germany says that clandestine newspapers widely published and read in Germany are asking what practical results have been ...

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  55. THE FIEHDISH GERMANS.

    An Austrian prisoner, a lieutenant, describes terrible German brutalities which he witnessed. At Jaroslav he saw some Germans ignite a barn, in which there ...

    Article : 159 words
  56. PRICE OF GOODS.

    The Price of Goods Board to-day decided to reduce the price of oatmeal and split peas by £2 per ton. No reduction was made in regard to butter, but it is ...

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  57. INVASION OF RUSSIA.

    Dr. E. J. Dillon, the special representative of the "Daily Telegraph." states that he has received communications from some prominent Russians declaring that despite ...

    Article : 284 words
  58. THE MACHINE GUN.

    The "Daily Chronicle's" correspondent in Northern France writes:—"It is estimated that the Germans have 40,000 machine guns from the sea to the Swiss frontier. ...

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  59. MEAT SUPPLIES.

    It was announced by the Minister for Customs (Mr. Tudor) to-day that as the result of negotiations with the Queensland Government, he was hopeful that there ...

    Article : 210 words
  60. CAUSE OF THE WAR.

    The Berlin weekly, "Schaubuchung," bitterly attacks the German scaremongering Press, working in the interests of a couple of ammunition firms, for causing the war. ...

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  61. HAZARDS OF THE AIR.

    While a British aeroplane reconnaissance was going on behind German lines in Belgium, some shrapnel almost severed the pilot's leg. The pilot lost consciousness ...

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  62. COPPER FOR GERMANY.

    An organised plot has been discovered for the export of copper and nickel scraps to Germany from Norway. Several firms and commission agents are implicated. ...

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  63. PRISONERS IN GERMANY.

    Countess Benckendorff, wife of the Russian Ambassador in London, is appealing for food for the Russian prisoners in Germany. Medical reports state that the prisoners are ...

    Article : 82 words
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