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  2. ZEPPELINS.

    The Press Bureau announces that hostile aircraft dropped bombs on the east coast of England on Sunday night. There were no casualties, and the only damage caused ...

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  3. THE WAR.

    The Russians admit having to withdraw from positions in the vilna region, but they claim to have repelled German attacks in the Tarnopol district and to have compelled the enemy to retire. On the Western front a German attack north of Souchez was repulsed ...

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  4. GERMAN LIQUOR TRAFFIC.

    A wireless message received here states that there is an agitation in Germany over a recent order prohibiting the sale of alcohol. The firms interested have passed resolutions ...

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  5. BRITISH NEWS.

    The Press Bureau states:—"Lord Kitchener and Mr. Lloyd George rece[?] arranged for eight parties, representing the workmen employed in the munition areas, ...

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  6. PATRICTIC CIVIC FATHERS.

    About 250 delegate attended the annual conference of the Local Government Association, which was opened to-day, by the State Governor (Sir Gerald Strickland), ...

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  7. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    Following is a summary of the figures of the casualties included in the seventy-fifth and seventy-sixth official lists of the Australian Imperial Forces, of which the ...

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  8. SIGHTED IN HOLLAND.

    Five Zeppelins, flying westward, passed over Vrieland yesterday evening. ...

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  9. PROMINENT ALIENS INTERNED.

    Since the German aircraft raid last Wednesday Theodore Kroel (manager of the Ritz Hotel) and Jacques Kraemer (manager of the Carlton) have been interned on the ...

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  10. A DISLOYAL POSTER.

    Tom Barker, editor of a weekly publication issued under the auspices of the Independent Workers of the World organisation, was charged to-day at the Central Police ...

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  11. DEFENDER OF LONDON.

    It is officially announced that Admiral Sir Percy Scott has been entrusted with the gunnery defences of London against aircraft attacks. ...

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  12. THE LONDON RAID.

    The "Deutsche Tages Zietung" publishes an article by Count von Reventlow, in which he states:—The Germans learn with satisfaction that the reported activity of ...

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  13. COMPULSORY MILITARY TRAINING.

    Addressing the Victorian fruitgrowers' annual conference to-day, Sir William Irvine M.H.R., said that the time was coming when the people of Australia must ...

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  14. WESTERN AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES.

    Private Frank Garth, formerly an apprentice in the office of the "West Australian," who was wounded recently in the fighting on the Gallipoli Peninsula has written to ...

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  15. THE DOMINIORS.

    The "Times" declares that the speech delivered by the Commonwealth Prime Minister (Mr. Fisher) on July 22 shows that there is need for a radical change in the relations ...

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  16. RED CROSS GOODS.

    A cable message in regard to the alleged sales of Red Cross goods in Egypt was received by the executive of the Australian Red Cross Society to-day from Messrs. ...

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  17. RAILWAYMEN'S WAGES.

    The executive of the Railway Men's Union yesterday discussed the demand for an increase in wages, based upon the contention that the war bonus was inadequate to meet ...

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  18. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Military District Headquarters have received information to the effect that a transport with returning sick and wounded soldiers is expected to reach Fremantle ...

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  19. CONSCRIPTION.

    Mr. Lloyd George's preface to the publication containing his war speeches is the political sensation of the day, and members of Parliament are eagerly discussing ...

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  20. THE BELGIAN ARMY.

    A Belgian officer states that the army of Belgium is now numerically stronger and better armed than at the beginning of the war. Despite the German occupation, the ...

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  21. THE EASTERN FRONT.

    A communique issued last night stated: "The enemy made a vigorous offensive to-day to the westward and south-westward of Dvinsk and cut the railway in the ...

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  22. AN AUSTRIAN STATEMENT.

    An Austrian communique issued yesterday stated:—"We repulsed Italian attacks at Rombon, Jaworeek, Golobar, and Planina. The Italians with their artillery ...

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  23. RAID ON A NEWSPAPER OFFICE.

    Arising out of the police raid made upon the offices of the "Labour Leader" last month cases were opened in the Mansion House yesterday against Francis Johnson ...

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  24. TORPEDO BOAT DAMAGED.

    It is officially announced that a French submarine on Thursday last torpedoed a group of Austrian torpedo boats in the mid Adriatic, and badly damaged one. ...

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  25. RECRUITING IN PERTH.

    There were 33 applications for enlistment yesterday at the recruiting office, but 22 only could satisfy the medical officer. The balance of the applicants were rejected. ...

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  26. FRENCH INDO-CHINA TROOPS.

    Five hundred and seventy-four troops from Annam, in the Indo-China Peninsula, reached Marseilles yesterday. ...

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  27. TROUBLES OF F. H. SNOW.

    The case in which F. H. Snow, the wellknown Adelaide merchant, denied having attempted to trade with the enemy, was again mentioned to-day in the Criminal ...

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  28. EXPORTATION OF GOLD.

    The banks have set aside 2,390,000 sovereigns for export to the United States, and 50,000 for export to Switzerland. ...

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  29. AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE.

    District Headquarters have received information from Melbourne Headquarters of the following appointments as second lieutenants to the Australian Imperial Force:— ...

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  30. TURKEY.

    Reuter's correspondent at Athens states:— "Focha, on the Asiatic side of the Dardanelles, is in flames. It is believed that ...

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  31. MISCELLANEOUS.

    Yesterday the general secretary of the Perth Y.M.C.A. received the following letter from the military secretary to the Governor-General, concerning the request of ...

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  32. SUBMARINE WARFARE.

    Germany explains that her submarine commander who violated his instructions to abstain from attacking liners torpedoed the Orduna because the weather was too thick ...

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  33. AMERICA.

    Reuter's correspondent at New York telegraphed yesterday:—"Count von Bernstorff has arrived unexpectedly at Washington for a conference with Mr. Lansing. The United ...

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  34. ENEMY COMMUNIQUES.

    An Austrian communique issued yesterday evening stated: "The Russian attacks on the East Galician front continue. Strong hostile forces in the Sereth district were ...

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  35. MILITARY CAMP AT BELMONT.

    Yesterday the No. 2 Depot battalion of troops from the Blackboy Hill camp was transferred to the W.A. Turf Club racecourse, which has considerately been placed ...

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  36. TURKEY'S TRIBULATION.

    The correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" at Athens learns from a Turkish official source that one of the higher German commanders has notified Berlin that ...

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  37. GERMAN FRIENDSHIP FOR NORWAY

    Germany intimates that she does not admit responsibility for the sinking of the Norwegian steamer Sveinjarl in July because the Sveinjarl was not provided with ...

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  38. PERSONAL.

    Senator Lynch, vice-chairman, and Mr. H. Gregory, M.H.R., a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works, will not be able to avail themselves ...

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  39. MANUFACTURE OF MUNITIONS.

    The Subiaco Municipal Council had before it at its meeting last night, a communication from the secretary of the State Munitions Committee, requesting the ...

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  40. A TURKISH TALE.

    A Constantinople communique issued yesterday evening stated:—"Our Anafarta artillery on the right wing destroyed some enemy caissons to-day. Our left wing is ...

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  41. GERMAN PLOT FAILS.

    The Government is also likely to ask for the recall of Captain von Papen, the military attache at the German Embassy, in consequence of his name being mentioned ...

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  42. COMMONWEALTH ARSENAL.

    The Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) has announced that a delegation of experts will shortly proceed to India in response to an invitation from the ...

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  43. TWO STEAMERS SUNK.

    The Dutch steamer Pomana reported at Amsterdam yesterday that she had seen a British steamer flying the Belgian Relief Committee's flag in a sinking condition. ...

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  44. TURKISH BATTERIES BOMBARDED.

    The British and French warships yesterday effectively bombarded the Turkish batteries on the Asiatic coast. It is anticipated that the Allies' encampments in ...

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  45. EFFECT UPON BATTLESHIPS.

    Rear-Admiral G. Goodrich, of the United States Navy, in the "North American Review," discussing the future of battleships and submarines, argues that as modern ...

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  46. RIGA, AN EMPTY SHELL.

    The Petrograd correspondent of the "Times" states: "If the Germans enter Riga they will find it an even emptier shell than Warsaw. The city has been completely ...

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  47. A GERMAN PRESS SNEER.

    The "Hamburger Fremdenblatt" sneers at what it describes as the failures of the British oversea contingents at the Dardanelles, and remarks:—"Since the Turkish ...

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  48. GENERAL ITEMS.

    Details of the fighting at Shabkadir, on the north-western frontier, show that 10,000 Mohmands were raiding the border, burning villages and seizing women and ...

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  49. FRANCO-BELGIAN FRONT.

    A communique issued on Sunday evening stated:—"A German attack north of Souches was easily repulsed. The mining duel south of the Somme, before Fay, continues ...

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  50. THE METAL PROBLEM.

    A further conference concerning the steps being taken by the Commonwealth Government to control the metal industry, was held to-day between the ...

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  51. ITALY AND AUSTRIA.

    A communique issued yesterday stated.—"We attacked a strong position remaining in the enemy's possession on the eastern slope of the Plezzc basin, and achieved ...

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  52. SUBMARINE HUNTING.

    A French journalist, describing in the "Figaro" a visit to the British fleet, declares that England never had finer crews nor a better armed and faster fleet. ...

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  53. SINPOWNER IN TROUBLE.

    Damava, a well-known Havre sinpowner, has been arrested. He will be court-martialled for having attempted to persuade an English shipping firm to increase by ...

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  54. RETURNED SOLDIERS.

    There were again public demonstrations of enthusiastic welcome to-day when the fourth batch of returned wounded soldiers reached Sydney. The contingent numbered ...

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