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  2. WESTERN FRONT.

    The following official reports have been issued:— London, Jan. 20 (12.15 p.m.)—"There is nothing special to report." ...

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  3. THE WAR.

    The British Admiralty has issued the following report:—"The battle cruiser Goeben, the cruiser Breslau, and several destroyers were engaged in action with ...

    Article : 416 words
  4. CENTRAL POWERS.

    The strike is general throughout Austria, and 100,000 people are idle in Vienna. A workers' delegation from Neustadt, 13 miles south of Vienna, informed General ...

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  5. IMPROVED GAS MASK.

    It is announced that United States chemists have perfected a gas mask superior to that possessed by the Allies, and it may be widely used by the European forces. ...

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  6. THE RABBIT INVASION.

    Mr. P F. McNamara, of Ezywalkin's, who is practically the pioneer settler in the vicinity of Gnarming Siding, where the advances of the rabbit have spelt ruin to ...

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  7. THE METROPOLITAN CHARITIES.

    For some weeks past a busy band of representative citizens, to the number of about one hundred, has been organising a public appeal for the metropolitan charities. ...

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  8. DEFENCE DEPARTMENT.

    An exceedingly strong indictment against the Defence Department is contained in the annual report of the Auditor-General. Mr. Israel says that he has had great ...

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  9. WAR COUNCIL BILL.

    The War Council Bill, which has been introduced, contains sweeping powers. It makes the Council superior to the Secretaries for War and the Navy, but the ...

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  10. COMMONWEALTH.

    The Assistant Minister for Defence (Mr. Groom) announced to-day that within a few weeks machinery and equipment will be installed in Sydney for the manufacture ...

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  11. GERMANY'S PLANS.

    Mr. Frank Simonds writing in the "Tribune," says that the Germans have changed their plans and have decided to start an offensive in the west against the French. ...

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  12. BRITISH NEWS.

    Three hundred and thirty-nine prisoners from Germany, including Australians, have arrived at Boston, in Lincolnshire, were they were accorded an ...

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  13. SERIOUS DISORDERS.

    Swiss telegrams from Austria show that most serious disorders have occurred. A marked feature of the demonstrations is bostility to Germany. The demonstrators ...

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  14. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The 380th casualty list was released by the Censor yesterday and is published below. It contains the names of Western Australian soldiers, together with those ...

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  15. CYCLON'C DISTURBANCE.

    A special weather advice issued this morning stated that a dangerous cyclonic disturbance was operating along the Queensland coast, its centre being probably ...

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  16. FARMERS AND SETTLERS' ASSOCIATION.

    Officials of the Farmers and Settlers' Association are not slow in recognising the danger of the rabbit invasion. In the course of conversation yesterday it was ...

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  17. AUSTRIA'S AIMS.

    The Vienna "Fremdenblatt" semi-officially states that Austria aims at peace without annexations. She does not intend to incorporate the occupied districts, but will ...

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  18. WORKERS AT WOOLWICH.

    A meeting of 2,000 Woolwich workers yesterday carried a resolution demanding that the Government enter into peace negotiations with the other belligerents, on ...

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  19. USE OF HOSPITAL SHIPS.

    The Marquis de Alhucinas has issued a note denying the allegations of the German newspapers that Spanish officers found healthy troops on board the British ...

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  20. MINISTER FOR MINES.

    The Minister for Mines (Mr. C. A. Hudson), accompanied by the member for Greenough (Mr. H. K. Maley), the State Mining Engineer (Mr. A. Montgomery), and ...

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  21. AUSTRIAN PRESS OP[?]S.

    The Vienna correspondent of the Munich "Nachrichten" states that the strikers demand (1) That the Brest Litovsk negotiations shall lead to an immediate and ...

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  22. SUPPLY OF POISON CARTS.

    The Industries Assistance Board has been inundated with complaints from settlers in the rabbit infested area. Every day fresh letters are arriving giving details ...

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  23. COST OF WAR BONUS.

    Mr. Winston Churchill, Minister for Munitions, estimates that the cost of extending the 12½ per cent. war bonus to workers will be £14,000,000 per annum, and not ...

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  24. RUSSIA.

    The 'Daily Chronicle's" Petrograd correspondent says that the Constituent Assembly was opened on Thursday afternoon, and the Bolsheviks withdrew at midnight. The ...

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  25. GENERAL ITEMS.

    An Italian official message which has been received states that the British batteries caused a big fire to the south of Sernaglia. ...

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  26. A TRAGEDY OF THE BUSH.

    Details have now come to hand of the horrible and long-drawn-out end of Frank Deeble, a lad, who at the close of last month, was sent out from Mileura Station, ...

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  27. AN OPTIMISTIC VIEW.

    General Lozzi, the head of the Italian War Mission to the United States, says that the expulsion of the Australian from the Lower Piave removes the possibility ...

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  28. ALARMING SITUATION.

    The New York "Sun's" correspondent at Rome says that the Vatican has learned that the situation in Austria is alarming Sensational developments tending to hasten ...

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  29. SWEDEN AND THE ALLIES.

    The "Aftonbladet" states that Sweden and the Allies have agreed that Sweden shall receive 100,000 tons of goods from America on condition that the ships return ...

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  30. GERMANY'S FATE.

    Mr. Chas, [?], the London correspondent of the New York "Times," has cabled to that paper from Paris that reliable information received from the ...

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  31. COUNT LUXBURG.

    It is officially announced that Germany protests against Count Luxburg's detention. The Government of Argentina maintains that the detention was necessary, because ...

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  32. MINISTER'S MOTOR HIRE.

    The hire of motor cars in Tasmania by the Minister for Customs (Mr. Jensen) is the subject of comment by the Auditor-General (Mr. Israel) in his annual report. ...

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  33. THE KAISER'S RIGHTS.

    Swiss advices state that the Prussian Upper House has passed a resolution expressing the hope that when peace is concluded the Government will see that the ...

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  34. THE CAILLAUX CASE.

    The "Osservatore Romano" savagely attacks M. Caillaux's peace scheme, comparing him with Judas Iscariot. The paper urges the world to return to Christian ...

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  35. WAR CASUALTIES.

    Mr. and Mrs. George Wise, of 122 East-street, East Fremantle, have received official information that their son, William Norman, of the 28th Battalion, was killed in action on ...

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  36. A PAN-GERMAN VICTORY.

    The retirement of Von Valentine, the chief of the Kaiser's civil Cabinet, is regarded as a victory for the Pan-Germans. The "Tagliche Bundschan" declares than ...

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  37. AMBITIOUS PLANS.

    M. Caillaux's plan for the revision of the French Constitution deprived the Chamber of Deputies of legislative power transferring the power to make laws to a ...

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  38. AN UNUSUAL CHARGE.

    A case of an unusual character was mentioned in the Kalgoorlie Police Court this morning, when George Daly Murray, of Boulder, metallurgist, and Alexander ...

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  39. THE VALUE OF WOOL.

    M. Ianimura, Japanese Live Stock Commissioner, speaking at a convention of the Woolgrowers' Association at Salt Lake City. said that the em[?]arc[?] on the exportation ...

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  40. MISCELLANEOUS.

    Mrs. Murphy, of Toodyay, has received a cable message announcing that Corporal Douglas Murphy, who rejoined his unit on November 23 has gained the Military ...

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  41. THE COAL DISPUTE.

    The conference of New South Wales and Victorian Ministers on the question of the coal supply was resumed to-day Subsequently Ministers of both States intimated ...

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  42. UNITED STATES.

    Professor Garfield, Coal Administrator, announces that, as the result of his coal restriction order half a million tons have been already sent to the Atlantic ports. ...

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  43. TROTSKY'S MOVEMENTS.

    The Department of Justice reports that M. Trotsky's movements while in America show that he contributed articles to the German Socialist newspapers, but there is ...

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  44. ALLEGED TREACHERY.

    M. Malvy has been cited to appear before the High Court to answer M. Leon Daudet's charges of supplying the enemy with French military and diplomatic plans, particularly ...

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  45. CHILD MURDER.

    A shocking case of apparent wilful murder of a newly-born male child has been inquired into by the Coroner at Ross. The body was found in a pillow-case weighted ...

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  46. RECRUITING.

    The following particulars were made available to-day by Mr. Donald Mackinnon (Director-General of Recruiting) of the recruiting in four States last week, as ...

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  47. TRANSPORT FACILITIES.

    Mr. Newton D. Baker, Secretary for War, has announced that the army will draw reserve supplies from Britain and France, and thus the United States will be ...

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  48. A KALGOORLIE ARREST.

    Detective-Sergeant O'Brien and Detective McConnell this morning arrested John Hyland, a middle-aged butcher, on a charge of having on Sunday morning been on the ...

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  49. VLADIVOSTOK.

    Reports have been received in Petrograd from Vladivostok that British and Japanese cruisers have arrived and are lying off the town. ...

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  50. RAILS FOR SOUTH AFRICA.

    Four thousand tons of steel rails have just been shipped by the Broken Hill Proprietary Company Steel Works for South Africa. This is the first shipment. of rails ...

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  51. SUSPECT INTERNED.

    Hugo Schmidt, Bolo Pasha's paymaster and American agent of the Berlin [?] Bank, has been interned. ...

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