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  2. THE WAR.

    The New York "Sun's" Washington correspondent says that the United States is sending 70,000 troops to France monthly. The tonnage available is now double what ...

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  3. ROUMANIA AND PEACE.

    Messages from Haparanda (Sweden) state that negotiations are proceeding between Roumania and the Central Powers for a separate peace on condition that ...

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  4. LONDON AIR RAIDS.

    Many enemy aeroplanes were concerned in the raid, which was the most prolonged yet made. The first attack lasted two and a half hours, and was renewed three or four ...

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  5. STATE PARLIAMENT.

    Yesterday was private members' day in the Legislative Assembly and after the disposal of formal business, the sitting was devoted to the discussion of motions ...

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  6. THE STRIKERS' DEMANDS.

    It is reported from Berlin that the strike leaders have elected a committee of nine to negotiate with the Government. Their demands include peace, equal suffrage, new ...

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  7. NEDLANDS TRAGEDY.

    Flourishing the leg of a table in his right hand, Alfred Richards, a man of strong physique, made his way into a Nedlands home in the early hours of ...

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  8. THE WAR AT SEA.

    The steamer City of Cork (not the steamer Cork, as telegraphed yesterday) had 42 passengers and crew, and carried about 400 cattle and about 1,000 sheep. ...

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  9. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The military authorities notify that the following soldiers have been listed for return to Australia and are actually en route from abroad. The approximate time of ...

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  10. GERMANY'S FINANCES.

    Sir Edward H. Holden (chairman of the London City and Midland Bank Ltd.) says that Germany's total borrowings amount to £5,100,000,000, and Britain's to ...

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  11. AUSTRALIAN CONSUL-GENERAL.

    In forwarding to the Prime Minister an intimation that from January 27 be ceased to be Consul-General for Russia in Australia, Mr. A. N. Dabaza says that in ...

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  12. DR. VON. SEIDLER.

    It is reported that Dr. von Seidler (the Premier of Austria) has withdrawn his resignation. ...

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  13. GERMAN GENERAL STORY.

    The British Admiralty authorities intercepted the following wireless German official message:—"We brought down thirteen aeroplanes on January 28 on the western ...

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  14. TROUBLE IN SIBERIA.

    The Chicago "Daily News" correspondent at Harbin, Manchuria, states that the reliminary session of the Constituent Assembly at Tomsk to discuss Siberia's ...

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  15. FOOD RIOTS IN BOHEMIA.

    Food riots have occurred in Prague (Bohemia). A number of shops have been pillaged. ...

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  16. THE CONVOY SYSTEM.

    Sir Leo Chiezza Money, M.P. (Parliamentary Secretary to the Controller of Shipping) says that the ocean convoy system for ships has proved satisfactory. ...

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  17. CZERNIN'S PEACE SPEECH.

    It is announced that a detailed report of Count Czernin's recent speech has not yet reached the Allies. ...

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  18. IN ENGLISH CHANNEL.

    The British Admiralty authorities report:—"The armed escort vessel Mechanician was torpedoed and stranded subsequently in the English Channel on ...

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  19. STRIKES IN AUSTRIA.

    The Vienna correspondent of the "Berliner Tageblatt" (edited by Theodore Wolff) says that the strikes in Austria continue. Every mining district in the ...

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  20. GENERAL ITEMS.

    President Wilson has made the following statement to the United Press Association (U.S.A.):—"The United States was never the aggresser in connection with the ...

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  21. OFFICIAL DESPATCHES.

    The following official despatches have been issued:— London, Jan. 29 (12.35 p.m.).—"We drove off enemy raiders in the ...

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  22. MISCELLANEOUS.

    On Wednesday afternoon Mrs. J. T. Althorpe entertained about 25 merchantmen cadets who recently arrived at Fremantle, at her residence at West Guildford. The ...

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  23. THE GOEBEN.

    The British Admiralty authorities report:—"A reconnaissance made on Sunday night showed that the Goeben was no longer ashore at Nagara Point." ...

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  24. RUSSIA.

    Addressing the Soviet Congress at Petrograd, M. Trotsky said that he doubted whether the negotiations would have any result as the Central Powers delegates ...

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  25. THE ANDANIA LOST.

    The Cunard liner Andania, which was torpedoed off the Irish coast, sank on Sunday night. ...

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  26. PERSIAN TREATIES.

    The Government of Persia announces that owing to the Russian and Turkish Governments have expressed their willingness to withdraw troops. Persia has ...

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  27. CENTRAL EMPIRES.

    Despite the air raid, General Smuts (the South African statesman and soldier) delivered his promised address last night before the members of the Royal ...

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  28. AMERICAN SHIPPING.

    The New York "Times" says that during 1917 Germany torpedoed 69 American ships, whose tonnage was 171,000. In the same period America seized 107 Austrian ...

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  29. RUSSIAN TERRORISTS.

    The Russian Terrorist Committee, consisting exclusively of women, has sentenced to death M. Lenin (the Bolshevik Premier), M. Trotsky (the Bolshevik Minister for ...

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  30. BRITISH NEWS.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Lloyd George), writing to the German Lost Colonies Committee of the British Workers' National League, thanks it for its recent resolution ...

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  31. THE UKRAINE.

    Dr. Harold Williams, the Petrograd correspondent of the London "Daily Chronicle" says:—"A delegation from the Ukrainian garrison in Kieff visited Petrograd in order ...

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  32. A DENIAL.

    The London correspondent of the New York "World," referring to Mr. Medhill McCormick's evidence before the Senate's committee on Military Affairs, says that ...

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  33. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES.

    Federal and State intervention having failed to effect a settlement of the dispute between the Victorian branch of the British Medical Association and the Friendly ...

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  34. ITALY'S EFFORT.

    The following Italian official bulletin has been issued:—"We stormed on January 28 the heights east of the Asiago basin, and broke through positions at several points, ...

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  35. FIGHTING BEGUN.

    The Bolshevik armies have attained considerable success in the Kieff region, weakening the influence of the Ukraine Rada. It is reported from Keiff that the ...

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  36. VON. TIRPITZ'S BLUSTER.

    Admiral von Tirpitz, who was interviewed yesterday by a representative of the "Niewe Rotterdamsche Courant," said:—"Germany desires the military occupation of ...

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  37. FINLAND.

    The Stockholm correspondent of the London "Daily Chronicle" reports that civil war has broken cut in Finland. The Red Guards organised a revolt to overthrow the ...

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  38. JAPAN'S WAR AIMS.

    The Hague correspondent of the New York "Times" says that the "Frankfurter Zeitung" (the principal journalistic organ of the German financial classes) has ...

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  39. OFFICIAL REPORTS.

    The following official messages have been issued:— Tuesday (5.40 a.m.).—"In last night's air raid 14 men, 17 women and 16 children ...

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  40. TAX ON CAPITAL.

    In the House of Commons last night a debate took place on the Expenditure Committee's report. Mr. Bonar Law (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) said that he ...

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  41. THE RAILROAD BILL.

    The Senate Committee has adopted on amendment to the Railroad Bill providing that Government control shall terminate a year after the war. ...

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  42. A COUP D'ETAT.

    The Red Guards, assisted by sailors from the Russian warships, have effected a coupd'etat in Helsingfors. The Bolshevik Minister for War ...

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  43. COMMONWEALTH.

    Addressing a gathering of rejected volunteers to-night, the Director-General of Recruiting (Mr. Mackinnon) said that he had felt appalled when he had heard ...

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  44. NEW SOUTH WALES PARLIAMENT

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day a motion of Mr. Arthur's, "That in the opinion of this House the Federal Government should, in view of the desperate need of ...

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  45. STRIKES IN BERLIN.

    Those who are on strike in Berlin number about 100,000, and they include many women. The German Electric Company's mammoth works have been closed down ...

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  46. THE WARSPITE FIRE.

    The three Warspite boys Adams. Blogg, and Gurr have been committed for trial. The defence suggested that the boys had revolted against the practie of flogging. ...

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  47. GERMANY'S BROKEN PLEDGE.

    The United States General Staff announces that Germany is breaking the Russian armistice pledge by transporting troops from the east to the west. ...

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  48. HARBOURING A DESERTER.

    Mrs. Rose, of King-street, Adelaide, at the Adelaide Police Court, pleaded guilty to having, on January 12, knowing Private Donald McCarthy to be a deserter from the ...

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  49. RUPTURE WITH ROUMANIA.

    Dr. Harold Williams, the Petrograd correspondent of the London "Daily Chronicle" says:—"Roumanians complained recently in a bitter manner that the disorganised ...

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  50. DEMAND FOR REPRISALS.

    Mr. J. Hodge, Minister for Pensions, speaking at Battersea, regretted that we had been slow to give the Germans some of their own medicine. It was 18 months ...

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  51. GERMANY BETRAYED.

    The Zurich correspondent of the Paris "Matin" reports that the German Government considers that the strikes in Germany are based on the alarm of the working ...

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  52. THE MILITARY POSITION.

    Speaking yesterday in the Aldwych Club, London, Lord Derby (the Secretary of State for War) referred to the small break which occurred in the British line at ...

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  53. GOODS FOR THE TROOPS.

    By the last mail lists were received showing goods distributed by Australian Red Cross representatives in France. Warm clothing and foods were in large demand. ...

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  54. NEW ZEALAND.

    It is understood in political circles that a proposal is to be made to extend the life of Parliament for a further period, probably until the middle of next year. ...

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  55. A PATHETIC INCIDENT.

    One touching incident of the raid was the death of a clergyman well-known in a crowded parish, whose custom during the air raids was to tour the shelters and ...

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  56. TROOPS CONFINED TO BARRACKS.

    Count von Hertling conferred yesterday with the military commandant in Berlin, and in view of the strikes, it was decided to confine the troops to the barracks: but ...

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