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  2. FEDERAL ARBITRATION ACT.

    In the House of Representatives to-day, The Attorney-General (Mr. Hughes), in moving the second reading of the Arbitration Act Amendment Bill, explained that ...

    Article : 528 words
  3. THE WAR.

    The "Times" correspondent of Petrograd states that the main German effort is to gain possession of the railway system between Riga and Lemberg and the problem is hourly becoming more acute. The German superiority in artillery is the strongest factor in their ...

    Article : 232 words
  4. THE BRITISH FLEET.

    Mr. Frederick Palmer the American war correspondent, continuing his account of his visit to the North Sea Fleet, stated:—The officers on the Lion, which received ...

    Article : 466 words
  5. AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN THREAT.

    The Austrian Ambassador (Dr. Dumba) called yesterday on Mr. Lansing, and explained that the despatches captured by the British from an American war ...

    Article : 103 words
  6. GERMAN METAL STOCKS.

    An official report states that Germany's central organisation of metals announces that wholesale dealers' stocks are exhausted, and commands everyone possessing articles ...

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  7. BRITAIN'S ACHIEVEMENTS.

    Private information from several sources indicates a gradual change of opinion in Germany regarding Britain's share in the war. The navy's work and the troops' ...

    Article : 48 words
  8. INDIAN LIBERALITY.

    The Gaekwar of Baroda has given five lakhs of rupees (about £33,000) towards the provision of more aeroplanes for the front. ...

    Article : 28 words
  9. CHINESE AS GERMAN AGENTS.

    Chinese agents in German pay have again attemped to demolish the Sungari Bridge, on the Trans-Siberian railway. They placed bombs under the bridge, but ...

    Article : 42 words
  10. EGYPT.

    An employee in the Ministry for Finance has been arrested for having thrice wounded Fathy Pasha (Minister for the Pious Foundations) with a Knife. The wounded ...

    Article : 38 words
  11. THE LATE TRIPLE ALLIANCE.

    Cavaliere Emilio Eles, Consul for Italy in Australasia, writes from Melbourne, under date August 31:— Although the circumstances attending ...

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  12. BRITISH NEWS.

    Two hundred colliers at Tylonstown (Glamorganshire) have struck work as a protest against the employment of non-unionists. ...

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  13. FRANCO-BELGIAN ARENA.

    A communique issued last night stated: "A British feet yesterday co-operated in bombarding the German batteries at West end. A violent vannade took place to ...

    Article : 143 words
  14. THE RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN.

    A communique issued yesterday evening stated:—"Many enemy attacks at Lautzerwer, south of Friedrichstadt, were all repulsed. The enemy's offensive easterly and ...

    Article : 109 words
  15. SHELLS.

    It is impossible for us at the other side of the world—It is probably impossible for most people even in Great Britain—to know who has been to blame for the shortage ...

    Article : 998 words
  16. TURKISH TERRORISM.

    According to a report from the correspondent of the "Echo de Paris" at Salonika Greek refugees from Asia Minor state that terror reigns in Smyrna, from where the ...

    Article : 94 words
  17. GERMAN AERIAL OUTRAGES.

    It is officially announced that German aerial craft dropped bombs into several parts of the eastern countries of England last night, and caused some fires, but [?] ...

    Article : 38 words
  18. BRITISH RAILWAYMEN.

    Since the success of the South Wales miners, the extreme element in the National Union of Railwaymen is agitating for the termination of the truce with the ...

    Article : 64 words
  19. AN ENEMY CONTRACT.

    In the King's Bench Division yesterday deferred judgment was delivered in the case in which the Zinc Corporation asked that a contract made in April, 1964, for the ...

    Article : 318 words
  20. A FALSE ALLY.

    Details of Prince Hobenlohe's first audience with the Sultan of Turkey show that the German Pleniotentiary had to listen to strong reproaches from the Sultan, who ...

    Article : 129 words
  21. THE GERMAN REPORT.

    The following German communique was issued yesterday:—"General von Hindenburg's cavalry south-eastward of Friedrich stadt took 750 prisoners. The enemy are ...

    Article : 91 words
  22. THE ORIGIN OF THE WAR.

    The annual meeting of the British Association was opened at Manchester yesterday. Professor Arthur Schuster, in the presidential address, discoursed upon the ...

    Article : 96 words
  23. THE BELGIAN COAST.

    Forty British warships bombarded the German positions on the Belgian coast from the Dutch frontier to Ostend yesterday. ...

    Article : 27 words
  24. ITALY.

    A telegram from Verona (an Italian town 72 miles west of Venice) states: "The Austrians on Monday gave the Italian residents of the Ragher and Renaigno districts the ...

    Article : 99 words
  25. AUSTRIAN ACCOUNTS.

    A communique issued at Vienna yesterday stated:—"Our troops to-day attacked the Russians on a strongly fortified front extending over 27 miles and captured the ...

    Article : 113 words
  26. TURKISH ARTILLERY.

    Since the extension of the allied front following upon the landing at Suvla Bay the intensity of the enemy's gunfire at Achio Baha has appreciably diminished. This ...

    Article : 58 words
  27. BRITISH CASUALTY LIST.

    The casualty list published yesterday totalled 1,895, including 1,273 Australian troops. ...

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  28. BRITISH COUNCIL RATES.

    The Council of the Borough of Camberwell has issued 10,000 summonses for the non-payment of rates. The failure to pay is attributed to the great increase of the ...

    Article : 47 words
  29. A TURKISH REPORT.

    A Turkish official announcement states:—"The enemy has been unsuccessfully bombarding our positions at Anafarta and Sedd-el-Bahr. Our artillery caused a fire ...

    Article : 35 words
  30. ATTACK ON VENICE.

    It was semi-officially reported yesterday that two Austrian hydroplanes dropped bombs into the Venetian lagoon without damage. Italian anti-aircraft guns hit one ...

    Article : 46 words
  31. NEW ZEALAND WOUNDED.

    The High Commissioner for New Zealand (Mr. Thos. Mackenzie) visited 150 New Zealand wounded soldiers yesterday at King George Hospital. With two exceptions all ...

    Article : 74 words
  32. GERMANY'S DIFFICULTIES.

    The "Times" correspondent at Petrograd states:—"The main German endeavour is to grain possession of the railway system between Rign and Lemberg, in order to ...

    Article : 179 words
  33. SUBMARINE WARFARE.

    The Allan Line Steaship Company in an official statement issued yesterday declared that the Hesperian carried a gun for purely defensive purpose. No ...

    Article : 48 words
  34. FRANCO-ITALIAN ENTENTE.

    General Joffre visited the Italian front where he inspected important positions and had interviews with the King of Italy and General Cadorna, the Italian ...

    Article : 131 words
  35. MORE BRITISH AID.

    It is officially announced that British Guiana (a Crown colony in the north of South America) is sending a big detachment of picked men with the West Indies ...

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  36. NEWSPAPER COMMENT.

    The "Financial News" states that Australia will welcome the judgment in the Zinc Corporation case, which unquestionably raises the hope that the Imperial ...

    Article : 78 words
  37. OFFICERS DECLARATION.

    A joint affidavit from the officers of the liner Hesperian has reached the State Department. In this the officers declare that Fragments of steel which fell on the ...

    Article : 80 words
  38. THE VOLUNTARY SYSTEM.

    At yesterday's sitting of the Trade Union Congress the president moved, in accordance with the recommendation of the Parliamentary committee, that the congress ...

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  39. GENERAL ITEMS.

    Thirteen millians sterling of British gold has arrived at New York from England, to rectify the British exchange. Bankers do not welcome its arrival, as the United ...

    Article : 89 words
  40. FLOODS IN THE EAST.

    "Die Politiken's" Berlin correspondent telegraphed yesterday that floods have started on the eastern front, checking the German advance. The rivers are ...

    Article : 33 words
  41. TURKEY.

    A British destroyer on Sunday bombarded the Turkish batteries at Dikeli (near Smyrna), and destroyed a building used by German officers. Simultaneously a French ...

    Article : 73 words
  42. THE PRESIDENT'S ATTITUDE.

    President Wilson prefers to take Germany's assurances of an amended submarine policy at their face value, and not to protest against the torpedoing of the ...

    Article : 60 words
  43. THE ALLIES.

    The Czar has published an army order stating: "King George watches with the greatest interest the operations and the resistance of the Russian armies against ...

    Article : 117 words
  44. BRITISH STEAMER SUNK.

    The Harrison liner Dictator (4,118 tons) was torpedoed yesterday and sunk. The crew of 42 were landed. ...

    Article : 23 words
  45. BULGARIAN MILITARY MEASURES.

    The correspondent of the "Echo de Paris" at Salonika, telegraphs that the Bulgarians are fortifying Varna (on the Black Sea), in order to repel sea attacks, and have laid ...

    Article : 50 words
  46. MISSING GERMAN SUBMARINE.

    An official Berlin telegram reports that the German submarine U27, which, about August 10, sank a small British crusier of an old type westward of the Hebrides, has ...

    Article : 57 words
  47. TURKEY'S DESPERATE PLIGHT.

    The Rome correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" learns that there has been a new Allied landing in Gallipoli and fresh progress made at Anafarta. The Turks ...

    Article : 87 words
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