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  2. BRITISH NAVY.

    In the House of Commons last evening Sir Eric C. Geddes, the First Lord of the Admiralty, in introducing the Naval Estimates, said that generally the ...

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  3. LLOYD GEORGE AND HIS CRITICS.

    Mr. Lloyd George yesterday addressed the Unionist War Committee, and replied to criticisms regarding the appointment of newspaper proprietors to responsible ...

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  4. COMMONWEALTH.

    The investigation into the number of reinforcements required to keep the Australian forces at full strength, which is to be part of the Ministers' recruiting scheme, is ...

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  5. THE WAR.

    Mr. Philip Gibbs, describing the Australian raid at Warneton says that this is just the kind of warfare wherein the volunteer is better than the pressed men. An ...

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  6. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Mr. A. McCallum (general secretary of the A.L.F.) has submitted to the State executive his report of the Federal Repatriation Conference proceedings. ...

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  7. THE LANDS DEPARTMENT

    The administration of the Lands Department was under review by members of the Legislative Assembly yesterday, when further consideration was given in Committee ...

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  8. THE METROPOLITAN CHARITIES.

    In order to raise the funds necessary to enable the metropolitan charities participating in the present appeal to carry on their good work during the year, the ...

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  9. BRITISH WAR LOAN.

    The London tank subscriptions amount to £11,000,000, including £1,000,000 from Messrs. Furness, Withy, and Co., the well-known ship owners. There were three ...

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  10. MISCELLANEOUS.

    The Y.M.C.A. Soldiers' Club at Cremorne was availed of last week to a greater extent than in any previous week since its inception. The ladies assisting in ...

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  11. EFFECT OF REORGANISATION.

    Speaking in the Legislative Assembly on the Lands Department Estimates for the current financial year, the Honorary Minister for Lands (Mr. F. E. S. Willmott) ...

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  12. JAPAN AND SIBERIA.

    The Washington correspondents of the New York newspapers say that the news of Japan's military action in Siberia is awaited hourly, but it is believed ...

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  13. A NEW ZEALAND HERO.

    Lord Jellicoe (the es-First Sea Lord), in a speech at Liverpool, said that the late Lieutenant-Commander Saunders. V.C., was one of the greatest heroes of the war. ...

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  14. AUSTRALIAN PRISONERS.

    The Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) has received, in reply to telegraphic inquiries made as to the number of Australian prisoners-of-war released from ...

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  15. THE WAR AT SEA.

    The Minister for the Navy (Mr. Cook) has received news to the effect that 58 members of the crew of the German raider See Adler had reached Chili on the ...

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  16. ELIGIBLES IN DEFENCE DEPARTMENT.

    Referring to-day to the circular issued by the Secretary to the Defence Department regarding 2,500 eligibics in his department the Minister for Defence ...

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  17. RUSSIA.

    Dr. Harold Williams the Petrograd correspondent of the London "Daily Chronicle," telegraphs that the Bolshevik newspaper, the "Pravda," gives the Bolsheviks' ...

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  18. MUSICIANS' UNION.

    Fines amounting to £50 were imposed upon the secretary of the Musicians Union (Alfred O'Brien) in the Industrial Court to-day. Judge Rolin said: O'Brien is ...

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  19. ANGLO-JAPANESE AGREEMENT.

    Senator James H. Lewis (Illinois) the Democratic whip, discussing the question of Japan's intervention in Siberin, said:—"The United States will not allow any ...

    Article : 99 words
  20. OFFICIAL REPORTS.

    The following official despatches have been issued:— London, March 5 (12.40 p.m.).—"Australian soldiers made a successful raid on ...

    Article : 283 words
  21. FEELING IN FRANCE.

    The "Martin" states that M. Pichon, the French Foreign Minister, in a speech delivered before the Foreign Affairs Committee, declared that Bolshevik ...

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  22. LORD LANSDOWNE'S LETTER.

    The letter from Lord Landsdowne regarding the possibility of peace negotiations, which was published in a cable message to-day, was commented upon by the ...

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  23. SMALL INVESTORS.

    Little short of sensational has been the saving among the workers of Australia during the period of the war. It brings home in a striking way the immunity this ...

    Article : 393 words
  24. ROUMANIA.

    The Department of State has received information which tends to show that Count von Czernin (the Austrian Minister for Foreign Affairs) warned Roumania that it ...

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  25. THE NEWS IN GERMANY.

    The German newspapers, commenting on the question of Japan's intervention profess to believe that she is playing her own game against the Entente, and they even ...

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  26. QUEENSLAND ELECTIONS.

    When the Premier (Mr. Ryan) visited Dallarnil be brought a policeman with him in a special train. In answering a farmer's interjection he became much annoyed and ...

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  27. WAR CASUALTIES.

    Mrs. Heaton, of McCourt-street West Leederville has received word that her son Jack has been admitted into hospital in London suffering from trench fever. ...

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  28. METHODIST CONFERENCE.

    The proceedings of the Methodist Conference were continued yesterday in Wesley Church, the president (Rev. H. Faull) presiding. ...

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  29. ANZACS IN READINESS.

    Mr. Gilmour representative of the Australian and New Zealand Press Association, writing from France is Friday last, said: "All France is awaiting coming ...

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  30. PEACE TREATY TO BE SIGNED.

    A peace treaty carving up Roumania will be signed to-day. It cedes Dobrudja to Bulgaria, fixes the Hungarian frontier nd grants the Central Powers economic ...

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  31. LITHGOW SMALL ARMS FACTORY.

    About one thousand men are still idle at the Small Arms Factory in Lithgow. It has been announced officially that no single "eligibles" will be employed unless they ...

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  32. ACCIDENT AT THE LANDS DEPARTMENT.

    Mr. Albert E. Spencer, clerk in charge of the records branch of the Lands Department, lies at present in the Perth Public Hospital in a very serious condition, ...

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  33. CHINESE GUARD FRONTIERS.

    Picked troops are guarding the frontiers against the menace of Siberian disorders. It is reported here that Russian troops are being massed on the western Chinese ...

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  34. GENERAL ITEMS.

    The first meeting of the Belgian Parliament since the war began will be held in Paris this month. ...

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  35. WAR LOAN PUBLICITY STAMPS.

    The Federal Treasury has available for issue a series of four stamps to be used in connection with the War Loan publicity campaign. Each of the stamps bears a ...

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  36. BRITISH NEWS.

    The coal porters at the Tilbury Docks threaten to strike to-day unless they are allowed an extra meat ration. ...

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  37. GERMANY'S MAILED FIST.

    Mr. Lewis. the "Daily Express's" correspondent at Petrograd, says that the peace terms caused a storm of indignation amongst the local Soviest, who were not ...

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  38. SOLDIERS AND POULTRY FARMING.

    Certain criticism has recently been made in reference to the quality of the land at Osborne Park acquired by the Government for poultry settlement for returned ...

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  39. GERMAN OWNED PIERS.

    President Wilson has asked Congress for authority to seize German-owned piers in American harbours. ...

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  40. FIRE IN MUNITIONS WORKS.

    The British Press Bureau reports that a fire and a slight explosion took place in a munitions factory in South Wales. Two persons were killed and four sustained ...

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  41. MAIN POWER QUESTION.

    The Archbishop of York (Dr. Cosmo Gordon Lang), who is visiting America, gave an address to American soldiers, in which he said:—"Unless America gives her full ...

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  42. THE KAISER'S BIRTHDAY.

    Strong exception to the way in which enemy aliens interned in Berrima (New South Wales) were allowed to celebrate the Kaiser's birthday was taken recently at the ...

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  43. NEW ZEALAND CAMPS.

    Sir Thomas Mackenzie (the High Commissioner for New Zealand) has been visiting the New Zealand camps, where he found all of the units in a very fit ...

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  44. CONSCRIPTION OF LABOUR.

    A Bill has been introduced empowering the President to conscribe labour, if necessary, from the men who have been drafted, for farms and for shipbuilding. ...

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  45. INDUSTRIAL ARBITRATION.

    The second reading of the Industrial Arbitration Bill was moved by Mr. Fitzgerald in the Legislative Council to-day. Mr. Fitzgerald pointed to the provisions ...

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  46. UNAUTHORISED "WIRELESS."

    Three wireless installations have been discovered here, including one plant in a Broadway "sky-scraper." ...

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  47. "A STIFF LITTLE FIGHT."

    Mr. Percival Philips says that the Australians have every reason to be proud of Sunday's and last night's raids. Both were perfectly planned, and were carried out ...

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  48. PRISONERS OF WAR.

    In the House of Lords last evening Lord Newton (Assistant Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs), in reply to a question asked by Lord Beresford, admitted ...

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  49. ESPIONAGE IN FRANCE.

    Curious revelations have been made regarding the Austrian banker Rosenberg, concerned in the French espionage case His accomplice, Henry Bettelheim, ...

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  50. SEPARATION ALLOWANCES.

    The Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) stated to-day that home service troops who were entitled to separation allowance paid to members of A.I.F. before the Prime ...

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  51. GOLDFIELDS' BAKERS.

    The trouble in the baking trade has not yet been settled. The master bakers are not prepared to entertain the request of the union for an all-round increase ...

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  52. SHIPBUILDING.

    Another conference regarding the appointment of tribunals to deal with disputes arising out of the Commonwealth's shipbuilding scheme and fixation of piece ...

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  53. DEFENCE DEPARTMENT.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) announced to-day that the second report of the Royal Commission on the business methods of the Defence Department had ...

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  54. THE MAN POWER DISPUTE.

    The "Daily Telegraph" understands that the settlement of the engineers' dispute with the Government over the Man Power is within sight. ...

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  55. GERMAN WAR LOAN.

    The eighth German was loan opens on March 18, and closes a month later. It consists of 5 per cent. bonds, 4½ per cent Treasury bills, both issuing at 98. The ...

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  56. ANOTHER WAR CREDIT.

    It is understood that Mr. Bonar Law will to-day demand a vote of credit for £550,000,000, making a total for the war period of £6,890,000,000. ...

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