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  2. THE EASTERN ZONE.

    A communique issued last night stated:—"Four German attacks to the westward of Vileyka to-day were repulsed. We captured 1,000 unwounded Germans, and 13 ...

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  3. WESTERN OFFENSIVE

    Yesterday's communique stated:—"We have maintained our positions at Artois, and maintained our advance east of Souchez. Fighting proceeds with bombs ...

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  4. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    During to-day two conferences were held between the Attorney-General (Mr. Hughes and representatives of the copper and zinc interests respectively. Mr. Hughes ...

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  5. ZEPPELINS.

    A member of a Zeppelin crew, writing to the newspaper "Der Bund," states:—"London is beyond our range, although it is possible if there is a steady east wind by ...

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  6. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    At a largely attended public meeting held last evening in the Princess Hall, Claremont a local committee was formed to cooperate with the executive of the State ...

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  7. WESTERN AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES.

    Mr. and Mrs. D. Winning have received the following letter from 940 Sergeant E. Rogerson, D Company, 11th Battalion, dated from Gallipoli, August 13, in which ...

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  8. MAILS TO THE NAVY.

    Advice has been received in Australia [?] lost when the Arabic was sunk. ...

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  9. ANOTHER WAR LOAN

    The Melbourne "Age" of September 17 says:—Although the first Australian war loan of £20,000,000 has hardly been floated, much less subscribed it is announced ...

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  10. DELUGE OF HIGH EXPLOSIVES.

    The British and French, before advancing on Saturday, poured an incessant deluge of high explosives into the German trenches. It is estimated that 1,000,000 ...

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  11. BRITISH NEWS.

    The reorganisation of the system of dealing with Australian wounded is being completed and the wounded are being drafted to central hospitals. There are 503 patients at ...

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  12. THE BRITISH FRONT.

    Sir John French advised yesterday that the British had repulsed a number of counter attacks, inflicting heavy enemy losses. 'Our offensive is progressing eastward of ...

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  13. RECRUITING IN PERTH.

    On Monday 56 men presented themselves in Perth for medical examination, 41 passing, the remaining 15 being declared unfit. Yesterday the applicants for enlistment ...

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  14. GERMANS COMPELLED TO RETREAT

    It is reported that General von Mackensen has been ordered to withdraw his troops from their present position owing to a fear of their being surrounded by the ...

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  15. WEATHER CONDITIONS.

    The "Petit Parisien" reports that the battles in the Champagne and Artois regions were fought in abominable weather conditions for an attack, there being a ...

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  16. A GERMAN REPORT.

    A German communique issued yesterday stated:—"The warships continue to fire isolated shots into the environs of Middlekerke. Attacks have not been renewed ...

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  17. EMPLOYMENT OF RETURNED SOLDIERS.

    In the Legislative Assembly yesterday the Acting Premier (Mr. Collier), in reply to Mr. Smith, said that it was the intention of the Government to instruct the various ...

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  18. AN AUSTRIAN STORY.

    An Austrian communique declares:—"The Russians' counter offensive has been broken in the Volhynia region. They have evacuated positions northwest of ...

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  19. REMARKABLE FRENCH DASH.

    The attack on the Germans in the Champagne region occurred in a raging rainstorm, which makes the dash of the French infantry that carried them up to ...

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  20. AUSTRALIA'S SACRIFICE.

    The Censor has made available detailed figures of the classified casualties included in the 80th, 81st, and 82nd official casualty lists of members of the Australian Imperial ...

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  21. IMPORTANCE OF DVINSK.

    A French official wireless message states that a recent order addressed to the Germans operating near Dvinsk read:—"Ten thousand of your comrades who ...

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  22. A GOVERNMENT CONTRACT.

    The Acting Premier (Mr. Collier), in replying to a question by Mr. Smith, in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, said that a Government contract for railway steel ...

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  23. SPIRITED CHARGES.

    A British officer, wounded in Flanders in the recent fighting, stated to an interviewer yesterday:—"The struggle began in real earnest on Friday, and we had the ...

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  24. REJOICING IN FRANCE.

    The news of the Allies' gains has aroused the most intense interest in France. Official communiques were shown on the cinematograph sheets in all the large towns ...

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  25. RUSSIAN NAVAL ACTIVITY.

    A naval communique issued last night stated:—"We bombarded and silenced the enemy's land batteries on the Gulf of Riga to-day. A stray German projectile ...

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  26. MISCELLANEOUS.

    At the conclusion of the ordinary business the Collie Municipal Council on Monday evening, the Mayor, Mr. Mahoney, asked the councillors and ratepayers who ...

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  27. LONDON'S ALIENS.

    London has practically been cleared of aliens of military age. Over 4,000 of them were assembled at the Alexandra Palace yesterday, and motor busses were used to ...

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  28. POSTPONEMENT OF DEBTS.

    In the Legislative Assembly yesterday the Minister for Lands moved the second reading of the Postponement of Debts Act Continuance Bill. In doing so he said ...

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  29. SHOW CASE REVIVED.

    The charge against Alfred J. Coulls of having aided and abetted Francis High Show in an attempt to trade with the enemy, which had been adjourned time ...

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  30. THE GERMAN VERSION.

    A Berlin communique issued yesterday declared:—"German airmen attacked some Russian war vessels and the ship Ine in Riga Bay. Hits were observed upon the ...

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  31. THE KAISER ANGRY.

    The Kaiser has addressed the German generals in the West, urging the necessity for increased activity. He declares that the successful issue of the war is dependent ...

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  32. A NEW ZEALAND ENTHUSIAST.

    Mr. J. A. Jickell, a New Zealander, attending a recruiting meeting in London yesterday said he was too old to join the army, but he came to England to offer ...

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  33. GALLIPOLI.

    The War Office reported yesterday:—Recent operations in Gallipoli have been mainly confined on both sides to aircraft attacks and artillery bombardments, ...

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  34. IMPERIAL CONFERENCE.

    Canadian newspapers are unanimously favourable to India's representation at future Imperial Conferences. The "Free Press' declares that India has earned the ...

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  35. ANOTHER GREAT EFFORT.

    The correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" at Rotterdam advises that the general staff in Berlin has determined upon one more great effort in the western ...

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  36. GENERAL ITEMS.

    The Indian merchants are seeking direct Government aid for the development of Indian trade and enterprise in order to replace the Austro-German trade and to ...

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  37. AMERICAN VIEWS.

    The "New York Times" states that the drive was well timed, and tend to postpone a movement against the Allies in the Gallipoli Peninsula. ...

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  38. THE LATE SARGEANT STRAHAN.

    His Excellency the Governor has for warded for publication the following copy of a letter received from Lord Stamfordham, Private Secretary to his Majesty the ...

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  39. ITALY.

    A communique issued yesterday evening stated:—"A surprise advance by our troops in the Carso district to-day enabled us to make marked progress in the ...

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  40. THE GERMAN STRENGTH.

    Stray facts regarding the fight are coming in. It is estimated that there are 1,800,000 Germans in the West, and 2,600,000 in Russia. The unwounded German ...

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  41. AIR RAID ON BRUGES.

    British and French airmen made a raid upon Bruges on Sunday. The village of Sluis is now in darkness, and it is believed that the Bruges gasworks, from which ...

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  42. PERSONAL.

    Archbishop Clune arrived at Kalgoorlie yesterday morning on a brief visit to the goldfields. He will leave for Perth on Thursday. ...

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  43. SMALL ARMS FACTORY.

    Referring to a meeting regarding the Small Arms Factory at Lightgow, at which a third shift was advocated, the Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) stated ...

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  44. SOUTH AFRICA.

    The Prime Minister (General Louis Botha), addressing a lively election meeting at Kronstad yesterday, emphatically declared that if anybody in the next Union ...

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  45. GERMAN SAVAGERY.

    The French Minister for Foreign Affairs has published in English a valume, giving details of the crimes committed by the German troops. The book contains about ...

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  46. THE BALKANS.

    The Crown Prince Boris has been appointed Commander-in-Chief og the army, and Lieutenant-General Koutintcheff War Minister. The "Narodni Prawa," the ...

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  47. LETTER FROM MAJOR ROBERTS.

    An interesting letter, headed "The Trenches," Anzac, was read at last night's meeting of the Subiaco Council. It came from Major S. R. Roberts, ...

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  48. AUSTRIAN AMBASSADOR.

    Austria has agreed unconditionally to withdraw Dr. Dumba, her Ambassador at Washington. ...

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  49. FAILURE TO NOTIFY.

    At the Central Police Court to-day, a naturalised German, Hugh Frederick Schenk, was charged with having failed to inform a competent navy or military ...

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  50. ARMENIAN ATROCITIES.

    Count von Bernstorff the German Ambassador declares that all the reports of Armenian astrocities are pure invention, and that no astrocities have been ...

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  51. FRENCH WAR EXPENDITURE.

    A memorandum issued by the Senate states that the total credits received and pending amount to £1,200,000,000. The expenditure for the past three months, ...

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  52. BULGARIANS RECALLED FROM AMERICA.

    All Bulgarian reservists in America have been called to the colours. ...

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  53. THE SANT ANNA FIRE.

    The commander of the steamer Sant Anna, which caught fire in the mid-Atlantic in mysterious circumstances recently, states:—"The explosions that occurred on ...

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  54. BRITISH ENTHUSIASM.

    The British advance which took place on the eve of Sir John French's birthday, aroused great enthusiasm in Britain, although nothing approaching mafficking ...

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  55. GREECE AND SERBIA.

    The Athens correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" telegraphed yesterday that the Allies had informed Greece that in the event of an attack upon Serbia or Greece ...

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  56. THE QUEEN OF THE BELGIANS.

    While the Queen of the Belgians was visiting the French trenches on Saturday, a lively cannonade opened, and she sheltered in a dug-out, while several shells ...

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  57. THE CALL TO ARMS.

    The recruiting figures showed an improvement to-day, when 127 men were accepted at the three depots in Sydney. ...

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  58. CONFERENCE OF SPORTSMEN.

    To-night at 8 o'clock, at the University, representative sportsmen will again meet to discuss how sportsmen may best help the Empire during the war. A ...

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