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  2. THE WAR.

    The report from the eastern theatre of war are the most reassuring that have come to hand for a considerable time. The official communiques issued at Petrograd, announce that several German attacks have been repulsed, while correspondents for British newspapers declare that the ...

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  3. WAR IN AFRICA.

    The Allies in the Cameroons have occupied an important post at Tingerai, near Ngaundere. The enemy were reinforced and attacked, but were repulsed. The ...

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  4. ENCOUNTER AT SEA.

    The German submarine U3 on Thursday morning attacked an Italian auxiliary cruiser patrolling the Adriatic. A quick manoeuvre enabled the cruiser to escape ...

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  5. INDIA.

    For some time past the subject of the treatment of Germans and Australians in India has been occupying the attention of the Press, the public and the ...

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  6. CONSTRUCTION WORK.

    A special correspondent of the "Telegraaf" who visited the German submarine yards at Hoboken (a suburb of Antwerp), states that since March 15 nine submarines have ...

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  7. AUSTRIAN MINE FIELD.

    The French submarine Papin, operating in the Adriatic, encountered a minefield. She destroyed several mines which were floating on the surface and then dived and ...

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  8. SOUTH-WEST AFRICA.

    An officer, who served in the South-west African campaign, describes an incident in which General Botha had a narrow escape. "There were," he says, "ten mines across a ...

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  9. NATIONAL PAWNSHOP.

    A neutral traveller, who was recently in Germany, describes the way the was loans, are raised through an organisation called the Darleihenskasse fur Krieghanleihen, which ...

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  10. AUSTRIAN NAVAL BOMBARDMENT.

    The Austrian official version of the bombardment of the Italian coast by Austrian destroyers states:—"We heavily bombarded four manufactories, igniting one, and ...

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  11. SLANDERS ON BRITAIN.

    The British Embassy denies the allegations of cruelty to German prisoners in Togoland and the Cameroons. It states that all were transferred to Europe, the ...

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  12. ITALY'S WOOL SHORTAGE.

    There is a great lack of wool in Italy for the manufacture of soldiers' garments. The "Corriere della Sira" urges the Government to Press Britain to permit the ...

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  13. BRITISH NEWS.

    Two Zeppelins made a raid on the East Coast on Thursday night. Six persons were killed and 23 injured. The Press Bureau reports that the ...

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  14. KRUPP'S WORKSHOPS.

    The "Koelnische Zeitung" of Cologne states that over 5,000 wounded soldiers and 5,000 women have recently been added to the number of Krupp's employees. ...

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  15. THE BALKANS.

    The following communique was issued yesterday:—"Our infantry and artillery on Monday defeated the enemy's attempt to strengthen themselves at certain points on ...

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  16. HYMN OF HATE.

    Lissauer, the author of the Hymn of Hate, writing to the "Tageblatt," agrees that the song was not intended for children. He states, that he had often urged its exclusion ...

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  17. TERRITORIAL AGGRANDISEMENT.

    A telegram from Berlin states that Herr Liebknecht, the Socialist leader, writing from the eastern front, has given notice that he will ask in the Reichstag whether ...

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  18. TURKEY.

    A Dardanelles communique issued yesterday evening stated:—"Since the 6th inst. the British have successfully landed in the region of Suvla Bay and have made further ...

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  19. A COSTLY TREAT.

    A labourer at Middleborough on Friday was fined £2 for treating another man to a pint of beer. The prosecution was undertaken under the liquor control order. ...

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  20. GERMAN SPLEEN.

    The Berlin "Hamburger Nachtrichten," in an article entitled "England's Shamelessness," states:—"The Germans long for further and more frequent air raids upon ...

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  21. SUCCESSFUL SERBIAN SHOOTING.

    A communique issued last night stated:—"The enemy on Thursday began to bombard Belgrade with large calibre howitzers. They damaged some private houses, but struck no ...

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  22. GERMAN ESCAPEES.

    The two German officers of high standing who escaped from the prisoners' camp at Oldcastle on Thursday have been recaptured. ...

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  23. THE EASTERN FRONT.

    Last night's communique stated:—"The enemy to-day attempted to stop our offensive near Jacobstadt, Dvinsk, and Wilkomierti. The fighting continues. We ...

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  24. MILITARY EXPENDITURE.

    The Treasury's control over Army and Navy expenditure has been relaxed. Official minutes show that the Board of Admiralty and the Army Council in the ...

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  25. FRANCE SHORT OF SHELLS.

    Senator Beranger reports:—"Our front will not give way, because we have enough good soldiers, but we can only reach the froniter' if our workshops provide surplus ...

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  26. SICKNESS IN SERBIA.

    Dr. T. Ahearne states that although the typhus epidomic has disappeared from Serbia there are many woeful instances of gangrene in limbs and heart-muscle ...

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  27. GERMAN SUBMARINE SUNK.

    Advices from Salonika state that a German submarine has been mined and sunk in the Sea of Marmora. ...

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  28. AERIAL FLASHNESS.

    A newly-licensed German aerial pilot, wishing to show his prowess to the in habitants of his native city, Schlotheim, gave an exhibition flight there yesterday. ...

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  29. THE GERMAN OBJECTIVE.

    The "Spectator" states:—"The German left flank is only 300 miles from Petrograd. It now appears possible that the German operations in the north do not ...

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  30. TURKISH CLAIMS.

    A Turkish communique states:—"We captured eight machine guns at Ari Burnu. Our artillery hit a hostile ironclad off AriBurnu. We took 100 yards of trenches ...

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  31. WOUNDED NEW ZEALANDERS.

    The King and Queen and the Prince of Wales, who visited the New Zealand wounded soldiers on Friday, went through all the wards and spoke to every wounded, ...

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  32. ENTENTE CORDIALE.

    The Chamber of Deputies has passed a Bill to secure ground to be used as cemeteries for the Allies of France. M. Millerand, Minister for War, introducing the ...

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  33. AUSTRO-GERMAN SCHEME.

    The London newspapers interpret the Austrian attempt to cross the Danube at Golubatz either as a demonstration to intimidate Roumania or as the beginning of ...

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  34. POPE'S GIFT TO PRUSSIANS.

    The Pope has sent 10,000 marks (about £500) for the destitute people in East Prussia. ...

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  35. SCHEME AGAINST SUEZ CANAL.

    A communiquo issued by the Minister for Marine states:—"On Friday last, after giving the Turkish Government adequate notice to enable the neighbourhood to be ...

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  36. DANISH SHIPPING PROFITS.

    The Government is placing an extra war tax of 20 per cent. on surplus shipping profits. The "Politikin" estimates that the Danish shipping companies earned last ...

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  37. ROUMANIAN DETERMINATION.

    Official advices from Bucharest state that the German commercial attache requested the Roumanian Finance Minister to allow munitions from Germany to pass into ...

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  38. FRENCH COAL SUPPLIES.

    A semi-official note, allaying anxiety over the British prohibition of the export of coal, explains that a French official has been appointed to the British Exports ...

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  39. MUCH IMPROVED SITUATION.

    The "Morning Post" correspondent at Petrograd declares:—"The Germans are definitely held in check, and the Russians are in full command of the situation. The ...

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  40. BOMB RAIDS.

    Taube aeroplanes and Zeppelin airships are daily dropping bombs into Malkin. Many civilians have been killed by the bombs. ...

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  41. THE CAUCASUS.

    A communique issued on Friday stated:—"In the Caucasus the Turks twice assumed the offensive along the whole front in the Passin Valley. We allowed them to ...

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  42. VIENNA'S TAXI-CABS STOPPED.

    Austria's supplies of gasolene are exhausted and in consequence the taxi-cabs in Vienna have ceased running. ...

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  43. CAPTAIN SMART'S HEROISM.

    Lieut. Barter, describing the gallant incident in which Captain Smart (serving as a private with the West Surrey Regiment under the assumed name of Hardy) was ...

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  44. RUSSIAN NAVAL VICTORY.

    A Reuter message states that it is unofficially reported in Petrograd that in the naval battle near Oesel Island, at the entrance to the Gulf of Riga, on Thursday ...

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  45. PREPARATION FOR EVENTUALITIES

    The Minister for War has instructed the owners of factories working for the military authorities to prepare a list of mobilisable workers, with a view of expediting ...

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  46. THE IRISH TROOPS.

    The Adjutant-General has assured Mr. John Redmond that there is every intention of sending the 16th Irish Division to the front as a unit. ...

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  47. UNITED STATES' DEFENCES.

    Cabient has been advised that the minimum requirements for defence are 500,000 trained citizen soldiers in addition to a small standing army, provided the navy and ...

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  48. ATTITUDE OF GREECE.

    The Athens correspondent of the Berlin "Tageblatt" states that the King of Greece, after accepting the resignation of the Cabinet will certainly ask M. Venizelos ...

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  49. FRANCO-BRITISH LANDING.

    A Berlin wireless message belittles the recent landing of the French and British troops on the Gallipoli Peninsula. The message mentions that 1,500 troops landed at ...

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  50. THE NOBEL DYNAMITE COMPANY.

    It was announced a few days ago that the Nobel Dynamite Trust Company, with the British Government's sanction, had arranged to sell its German assets to the ...

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  51. THE GERMAN STORY.

    A telegram from Berlin states:—There was merely outpost fighting between destroyers, at the mouth of the Gulf of Riga. The Russians were being successfully ...

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  52. HIGH GERMAN OFFICER KILLED.

    During the recent fighting in Flanders a German officer, believed to be a prince, was killed, and his body, followed by officers of high rank, was conveyed in a motor ...

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  53. POLITICAL PRISONERS.

    It is reported that the Germans have liberated all political prisoners in Warsaw at the request of a committee of citizens. ...

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  54. AMERICA'S MONEY MARKET.

    The British and French Governments are arranging for credits of £100,000,000 in the United States in order to finance war purchases and to counteract the depreciation ...

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  55. TURKISH LOSSES.

    There are now in Constantinople 120,000 Turkish wounded from the Dardanelles. ...

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  56. GREEK RESERVES CALLED.

    Telegrams from Athens announce that a decree calling the reserves of the 1915 class to the colours has been issued. M. Venizelos has had a lengthy audience with the ...

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  57. SEASONABLE ADVICE.

    The German authorities are advising all German civilians in Belgium to return to Germany in order to escape the sufferings of the coming winter. ...

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  58. TURKISH DISSENSION.

    Prince von Hohenlohe, upon arriving at Constantinople yesterday, expressed dissatisfaction over the disorders existing in Turkey and announced his intention to ask ...

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  59. PEACE OVERTURES TO RUSSIA.

    An Italian Green Book discloses that the Italian Ambassadors at Nish, Sofia, Berlin, and Petrograd have reported the recent Austro-German peace overtures at ...

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  60. GENERAL ITEMS.

    Dr. E. J. Dillon, special correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph," telegraphing from Varese, says that the negotiations of the Allies to prevent Switzerland's imports ...

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  61. SUBMARINE WARFARE.

    The Government has protested to Germany against the attack on the British auxiliary cruiser India, on the grounds that Vestifjord Bay, in which the vessel was ...

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  62. AMERICAN WHEAT MARKET.

    The cancellation of a large wheat shipment to Europe is reported. The wheat pit is lowering prices considerably. Dealers are unable to understand the reason, but ...

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  63. ITALY AND AUSTRIA.

    Yesterday's communique stated: "The struggle behind the Cadore frontier has grown more intense. The enemy in the Monte Piana zone, supported by many guns, ...

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  64. MAGNIFICENT RUSSIAN RALLY.

    The Petrograd correspondent of the "Daily Mail" reports:—"It transpires that von Mackensen's effort to break the Russian lie on the Bug was nearly successful. After ...

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  65. EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS.

    The exchange of Russian and German prisoners has commenced. One hundred out of 500 prisoners had each lost a leg. ...

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  66. THE ROLL OF HONOUR.

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

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  67. APOSTLES OF PEACE.

    The Netherlands anti-war council has asked the Foreign Minister to collaborate in the formation of a conference of neutral powers to sit throughout the war and work ...

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  68. SUPPRESSION OF SPEECHES.

    The President of the Duma has complained to the Grand Duke Nicholas that the military authorities at Kieff have prohibited the publication of speeches by ...

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  69. THE LITHUANIANS.

    The Letts, who hate the Germans bitterly, are organising national legions to defend their country. Prince Joachim is riding about Lithuania popularising himself by ...

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  70. FRANCO-BELGIAN AREA.

    Yesterday afternoon's communique stated: "The enemy attacked us along the whole front in the Marie Therese sector to-day, but were everywhere repulsed, with ...

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  71. BREAD FOR PRISONERS.

    The Red Cross Society has arranged to send bread from Switzerland to British prisoners in Germany, as consignments from England become uneatable before they ...

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  72. MORE HELPLESS VICTIMS.

    The Grimsby trawler Thrush was sunk recently by a German submarine. The crew were in the boats from Monday to Thursday, and were terribly exhausted ...

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  73. ENEMY COMMUNIQUES.

    A communique issued in Berlin on Friday afternoon stated:—"General von Hindenburg has made further progress in attacking Kovno. We progressed between the Narew ...

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  74. DEATH OF BANKER'S SON.

    Victor von Bleichroeder, the son of the famous German banker was killed in action at Warsaw. Bleichroeder was once secretly engaged to the Princess of ...

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  75. AN AUSTRIAN REPORT.

    A recent Austrian communique declares: "We successfully bombarded the Italian camp near Cormons (to the west of Gorizia). Our armoured train drove out the enemy guards ...

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  76. AMERICA AND AUSTRIA.

    A reply to the Austrian Note has been despatched. The Government argues that to place an embargo on the export of munitions at this time would not be in accord ...

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