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  2. SOLDIERS AND DRINK.

    The evidence given at the recent sittings of the Select Committee of the Senate to inquire into the sale of intoxicants to soldiers was made available to-day. The ...

    Article : 868 words
  3. THE METROPOLITAN CHARITIES.

    The Charities Appeal Fund jumped yesterday from £2,951 to £3,206. Saturday's motor carnival will, it is expected, yield about £170, an amount of £100 having ...

    Article : 1,343 words
  4. MEN FOR SHIPBUILDING.

    The Army authorities are releasing 20,000 skilled men for shipbuilding. ...

    Article : 16 words
  5. RUSSIA.

    Travellers from Helsingfors, the capital of Finland, state that hundreds of people are being killed daily in the streets. Russian sailors, armed with swords and ...

    Article : 244 words
  6. THE KANGAROO.

    A member of the crew of the motor ship Kangaroo, writing to a friend in Fremantle, describes the experiences of the vessel when her engines broke down on ...

    Article : 876 words
  7. THE WAR.

    The following official reports have been issued:—London, Feb. 10 (12.30 p.m.).—"The enemy under cover of a trench mortar ...

    Article : 236 words
  8. COLLIE COALFIELD.

    During the week-end the Minister for Mines (Mr. C. A. Hudson) and a large Parliamentary party, comprising members of both branches of the Legislature paid ...

    Article : 415 words
  9. AMERICAN SCHEME.

    Mr. Saunders, chairman of the Naval Consulting Board, announced in the course of a speech that the United States had converted the Austrian liner Lucia, 6,744 ...

    Article : 76 words
  10. COMMONWEALTH.

    All Italian subjects resident in Australia are being called upon to report themselves to the Italian Consul for Australasia with a view of ascertaining whether or not they ...

    Article : 177 words
  11. THE UKRAINE PEACE.

    The "Figaro" says that the German peace with the Ukraine is artificial and pitched up, nevertheless it may temporarily satisfy Germany, affording the illusion of ...

    Article : 113 words
  12. NEW ZEALAND.

    The balance of the £28,000,000 war loan— between £9,000,000 and £10,000,000—will be placed upon the market next month. If the war expenditure continued beyond July ...

    Article : 40 words
  13. GENERAL ROBERTSON.

    The French Premier (M. Clemenceau), in closing the recent Allied Conference at Versailles, described General Sir William Robertson, Chief of the British General ...

    Article : 45 words
  14. WAR-TIME PROFITS TAX.

    The Federal Commissioner of Taxation states that he has been informed of an opinion, which is gaining currency among business men, that the War-time Profits ...

    Article : 233 words
  15. FEAR OF REPRISALS.

    German towns, especially those on the French Frontier, are increasingly fearful of aerial reprisals, and the whole south-west of Germany is in a state of alarm. The ...

    Article : 63 words
  16. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The 382nd casualty list was released by the Censor last night, and is published below. It contains the names of Western Australian soldiers, together with those ...

    Article : 414 words
  17. ROUMANIA'S POSITION.

    Germany has despatched an ultimatum to Roumania, demanding that country's entrance into peace negotiations and threatening a vigorous resumption of the war. ...

    Article : 60 words
  18. ITALIAN CAMPAIGN.

    Mr. Warner Allen, in a despatch describing the Alpine battle front 12,000ft. above the sea, states that the Austrians hold the record, as they dragged up a ...

    Article : 242 words
  19. ASTOUNDING ADVENTURE.

    A wireless message from Stockholm states that the members of the Roumanian Legution at Potrograd have arrived after a perilous journey through Finland. A ...

    Article : 101 words
  20. REPATRIATION.

    Interviewed to-night, the Primate of Australia (Archbishop Wright) strongly emphasised the urgency for something practical being done in the matter of ...

    Article : 225 words
  21. ULT MATUM EXPIRES.

    Germany's ultimatum to Roumania covered four days and expired on Saturday. ...

    Article : 12 words
  22. WAR CASUALTIES.

    Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Woodland of Jarrahdale have received word that their son, Private Cyril Woodland, was admitted to the first London General Hospital. Camberwell, England, on ...

    Article : 138 words
  23. WHEAT LUMPERS' STRIKE.

    Inquiries made yesterday tended to show that, so far as the Government was aware, no important developments in connection with the wheat lumpers strike had taken ...

    Article : 548 words
  24. A BOLSHEVIK CLAIM.

    A Russian wireless official message from Brest Litovsk states that prior to February 8 the whole of Kieff was in the hands of the Soviets with the exception of ...

    Article : 88 words
  25. RECRUITING.

    Good-bye, Russia. We can cease to look upon Russia as an ally. We must make up our minds to finish the war without her. So this means that the British Empire is ...

    Article : 291 words
  26. ITALY AND THE JUGO-SLAVS.

    The newspapers are discussing the possibility of an Italian agreement with the Jugo-Slavs. The idea is rapidly gaining in popularity, though the "Giornale di Italia" ...

    Article : 92 words
  27. BOLO PASHA'S TRIAL.

    A curious episode occurred in connection with the trial of Bolo Pasha. A statement from the King of Spain was read in Court, and referred to an audience which the King ...

    Article : 147 words
  28. BRITISH NEWS.

    Two Australian soldiers. Lance Corporal Pitts and Private Choat, have escaped from Germany, and arrived in London. ...

    Article : 28 words
  29. QUEENSLAND FLOODS.

    Further heavy rains fell in the northern part of Queensland during the 48 hours ended 9 a.m. to-day. Among the falls were Homestead 755 points; Charters Towers 616; ...

    Article : 267 words
  30. CENTRAL EMPIRES.

    Mr. William Sims, the United Press Association's correspondent in Paris, in a final article on the position of the Central Empires points out Germany's desperate ...

    Article : 209 words
  31. A DUAL APPOINTMENT.

    The Press Burean announces that Sir Edward Carson's resignation has necessitated the appointment of a Minister for Propaganda. Sir Frederick Cawley, believing ...

    Article : 109 words
  32. N.S.W. NATIONAL PARTY.

    A meeting of the grand council of the National Party of New South Wales was held to-night to consider the following motion, the consideration of which had ...

    Article : 99 words
  33. NATIONAL LABOUR PARTY.

    At a meeting of the National Labour Party in Perth last night the following motion was submitted by the president (Mr. J. Slocombe):—"That this meeting ...

    Article : 105 words
  34. COCKBURN SOUND NAVAL BASE.

    Following upon the recent visit of the Federal Public Works Committee to Western Australia to report upon the construction of the Naval Base at Cockburn Sound, ...

    Article : 91 words
  35. BRITISH DETERMINATION.

    Lord Reading, the newly-appointed British Ambassador to the United States, in the course of a statement made upon his arrival, said that Britain was more ...

    Article : 83 words
  36. YOUNG GIRL DROWNED.

    A drowning accident occurred at Little Gin Creek at Longreach yesterday afternoon. Five young girls were in bathing, and all jumped into the water from an ...

    Article : 85 words
  37. MISCELLANEOUS.

    Mrs. R. Kane, of East Perth, has been notified from the Base Records that her husband, Sergeant Richard C. Kane, 4th Pioneers Battalion, will return at an early ...

    Article : 1,123 words
  38. MERREDIN POLICE COURT CASE.

    In the Merredin Police Court on Friday and Saturday last before Messrs. Eddy and Duggan, J.'sP., two men named Moylan and Hamilton (alias Ginger) were charged ...

    Article : 96 words
  39. A PECULIAR CASE.

    At the Port Melbourne Court to-day, Maggie Keyhoe, spinster, proceeded against William H. Anderson, complaining that he was detaining without just cause, and ...

    Article : 131 words
  40. THE WAR AT SEA.

    A hundred members of the Aragon's crew have reached Southampton, and they unite in paying a tribute to the courage of 160 nurses who were on board the vessel. They ...

    Article : 174 words
  41. THE STRIKE AFTERMATH.

    A court-martial has been sitting daily in Berlin since the proclamation of an extreme form of martial law and has tried 118 prisoners. All were found guilty, the ...

    Article : 46 words
  42. LODGE SURGEONS.

    The position between the lodge surgeons and the friendly societies was quiet to-day. The State Cabinet to-day discussed the situation, and subsequently the Premier ...

    Article : 64 words
  43. CHARGE AGAINST A MILITARY OFFICIAL.

    Charged with the theft of a barrow, a rake, a quantity of galvanised iron, and other articles, valued at about £30, David John Hepburn, a warrant officer, 36 years ...

    Article : 85 words
  44. GERMAN ELATION.

    The German newspapers are elated over the sinking of the Tuscania, and the arranging of peace with Ukraine. They describe the destruction of the Tuscania as ...

    Article : 178 words
  45. AUSTRALIAN COMFORTS' FUND.

    The chief desire of the Australian Comforts' Fund (of which the Victoria League of Western Australia is the Western Australian division) is to serve comforts, ...

    Article : 196 words
  46. SYDNEY SLY-GROG CASE.

    An unusual course of action was taken by the police in a case heard in the Central Police Court this morning. Isabella King (16) was charged with sly-grog selling and ...

    Article : 132 words
  47. COAL AND SHALE WORKERS' WAGES.

    The Australian Coal and Shale Employees Federation has decided to approach the Federal Arbitration Court with the [?]bject of filing a claim for the establishment ...

    Article : 43 words
  48. COMMONWEALTH POLICE.

    The following circular memorandum bearing the signature of the Commissioner of Police has been issued to police pensioners under date of January 22:—"You ...

    Article : 109 words
  49. HEAT IN ADELAIDE.

    The heat in Adelaide to-day was the worst experienced for several years. The shade temperature was 109.2deg. ...

    Article : 23 words
  50. NEW ZEALAND MINE TROUBLE.

    The Government mine inspectors have reported that the Taupiri Huntly mine, where several hundred men struck work, is safe. The miners however, refuse to resume work ...

    Article : 54 words
  51. MERCHANT SEAMEN'S PLEDGE.

    The officials of the Seamen's Union state that the British merchant services, from officers to cabin boys, are pledged not to salute the German flag after the war. ...

    Article : 35 words
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