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  2. THE WAR.

    The following official despatches have been made available:— London, June 7 (11 a.m.) from FieldMarshal Haig).—"We raided a post last ...

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  3. MORE HUN BRUTALITY.

    A German submarine shelled the Glasgow steamer Ellaston (3.796 tons) in the Atlantic. The Ellaston fought until her ammunition was exhausted, and the crew ...

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  4. SPEECH BY LLOYD GEORGE.

    Mr. Lloyd George, responding to the toast, "Success to the Allied Arms," at the annual dinner of the Printers' Pension Association, said that he had just ...

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  5. ARMENIANS MASSACRED.

    Reports received from Tiflis (in Georgia, Russian Transcaucasia) say that the Turks have masacred over ten thousand Armenians during the last fortnight. ...

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  6. EX-KING OF GREECE ILL.

    The condition of ex-King Constrantine of Greece is again reported to be serious. ...

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  7. "LAMENTABLE FAILURES."

    Mr. Percival Phillips, the special correspondent of the "Daily Express," says that enemy raids constitute the sole activity on the British front, and all are ...

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  8. SUBMARINE MENACE.

    The Marine Department announces that the shipping tonnage destroyed by enemy action during the first five months of 1918 was only one-half of that for the ...

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  9. BELGIANS STARVED TO DEATH.

    The "Echo Belge" reports that a Belgian who escaped recently from Mechlin (Malines) asserts that 10 Belgians were starved slowly to death because they refused to ...

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  10. REPATRIATION.

    Addressing a meeting of the Northam Agricultural Society this afternoon, the Colonial Secretary (Mr. H. P. Colebatch) said that he desired to say a few words in ...

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  11. ITALIAN CAMPAIGN.

    The following official message was issued on Friday:—"Our troops entered trenches fronting Monte di Valbella, and took 50 prisoners and six machine-guns. A French ...

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  12. P. AND O. COMPANY.

    The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company has purchased the whole of the dry docks and workshops at Falrmouth, and is extending them to form an ...

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  13. AMERICA.

    The following American wireless message has been received from Honolulu by the American Consul here:—San Francisco.—Great rivalry has ...

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  14. FAREWELL TO TROOPS.

    On the evening of 6th inst. an excellent dinner, followed by a concert, was tendered to second reinforcement "W" and special quota A.M.C., by the Mayor of Subiaco ...

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  15. BRITISH NEWS.

    In the House of Commons on Friday Mr. J. R. Clynes, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food, made a statement regarding the food situation. He said that ...

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  16. GERMAN RAIDERS.

    Early yesterday morning the Germans attempted a large raid on the Australian lines on the top of Morlancourt Ridge. About 2.45 they crept along the small gullies ...

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  17. ORGANISED LABOUR.

    Mr. Gosling in his presidential address to the National Transport Workers' Federation in Newcastle, said that the present tendency of organised labour was to create ...

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  18. WAR IN THE AIR.

    According to a London message five British aeroplanes fought seven German machines over the North Sea. The Germans retired, losing one machine, which fell into ...

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  19. SUCCESS OF BRITISH AIRCRAFT.

    It is announced on good authority that in May British aircraft brought down 398 German aeroplanes and drove down about 100. British anti-aircraft guns brought ...

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  20. LABOUR JUBLIEE CONGRESS.

    Owing to the affitiation of the Amalgamated Engineers' Society with the General Workers and Ironfounders' Union, the jubilee congress in September will represent ...

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  21. MISCELLANEOUS.

    Mr. Frank Sparrow, of Beaufort and Brisbane streets, received a communication from the military authorities on May 29 that his son, Private V. C. Sparrow, of the ...

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  22. COMMONWEALTH.

    Replying to the toast of "The Chief Justice and Lieutenant-Government of Victoria: at the "Smoke night" concert held in the Commerical Travellers' Club on Saturday ...

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  23. CENTRAL EMPIRES.

    The "Echo de Paris" says that Baron von Hertling (the German Imperial Chamcellor) is expected to contribute to the new "peace offensive" by making a startling ...

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  24. SPEECH BY MR. LANSING.

    The Secretary of State, Mr. Robert Lansing, in the course of a speech on Friday said:—"Prussia wickedly sought war, and shall have war, and yet more war, until ...

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  25. THE BILLING CASE.

    Colonel Cripps, who commanded the Bucks Hussars in Palestine, has written a letter to Lord Burnham, honorary colonel of the regiment, contradicting the ...

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  26. AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY.

    Probably few Australian fighting units have received so many general inspections in such a short time as were recently paid in compliment to a certain Australian ...

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  27. MILION YOUTHS REGISTERED.

    One million youths who have attained the age of 21 years have become automatically registered. These are in addition to the men who have been called up. ...

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  28. TROUBLE IN AUSTRALIA.

    The Central News Agency (London) reports that people arriving in Switzerland from Vienna assert that the impression prevails in that city that Austria is likely ...

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  29. RUSSIAN.

    News froms Russia shows that the position continues to be one of the utmost uncertainty and disorder. The Petrograd correspondents are silent and nothing is known ...

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  30. LABOUR AND POLITICS.

    The Labour conference which is to be held on June 26 will consider the executive's recommendation to terminate the political truce forthwith. ...

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  31. THE WAR AT SEA.

    Altogether 14 vessels, of a tonnage of 20,000, have been sunk. A new feature is the sinking of neutral vessels. The Norwegian steamer Eidsvold (not the Gibbs) ...

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  32. THE LEAD OUTPUT.

    At the annual meeting of the Zinc Corporation, Ltd., Mr. F. A. Govett (the chairman) said that the output of lead in the near future was likely to decrease, and ...

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  33. CAUCASIANS MOBILISING.

    Caucasian committees are mobilising all men between 19 and 42 years of age, and detachments are already concentrating in the Tiflis area. The German occupation of ...

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  34. A HERO'S DEATH.

    The Albert Medal (gold) has been awarded to Lieutenant Thorner. He was examining hand grenades in a dugout in France when one began to fizz. Realising ...

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  35. BOLSHEVIK PRISONERS.

    The Finnish Government is proposing to send some 70,000 Red Guard (Bolshevik soldiers) prisoners to Germany to work in the war industries. ...

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  36. THE WAR SITUATION.

    At a special meeting of members of the Queensland branch of the Printing Industry Union of Australia. held in the Trades Hall, Brisbane, on Saturday night, a ...

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  37. A ROUMANIAN PORT.

    Germany has informed the Russian naval authorities that Constanza (on the Black Sea) is now open and offers coal and agricultural implements in exchange for cereals, ...

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  38. WAR MANIA.

    Mr. Henry Murray, the author, has been fined £100 for criminally libelling Sir William Francis Marwood, Joint Secretary of the Board of Trade. Mr. Justice Darling ...

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  39. AMERICANS IN ACTION.

    The following American wireless message has been received from Honolulu by the American Consul here:— American marines in their first big land ...

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  40. OFFICERS STRAVING.

    M. Van Vrendenburg, the Dutch Minister in Stockholm, says that in Petrogred hundreds of Russian military officers have been reduced to starvation, and that some are ...

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  41. AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES.

    The number of casualties in the A.I.F. to date is as follows:—Deceased, 47,830; missing, 421; prisoners of war, 3,191; wounded, 131,471; sick, 71,316; casualties ...

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  42. HOSPITAL SHIP MINED.

    The Dutch hospital vessel Koningin Regentes was mined and sunk about fifteen miles from the Leman Bank in the North Sea. Sir George Cave (the British Home ...

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  43. BRITISH EMPIRE ORDER.

    The "London Gazette" contains 1,500 appointments and promotions in connection with the various grades on the Order of the British Empire for war services. There ...

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  44. FOOD SITUATION DESPERATE.

    The Berlin "Voerwaerts" (the leading Socialist newspaper in Germany) publishes the Russian Government's proclamation admitting that the food situation in Russia is ...

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  45. SICK PAY TO RETURNED MEN.

    The Federal Ministry has under consideration the question of allowing sick pay in certain instances to returned soldiers who are in temporary employment in the ...

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  46. PRINCE RUPPRECHT'S RESERVES

    A representative of the Australian and New Zealand Press Association learns that the enemy's progress has been checked for the time being, and that all immediate ...

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  47. INDEPENDENCE DAY.

    There is much satisfaction in American circles at the King's promise to take part in the celebrations in London on July 4. His Majesty will attend a baseball match ...

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  48. GENERAL ITEMS.

    The chief reason why Japan asked China to expel the Germans is that the German Consuls and others have been indulging in propagande against the Allies, and the ...

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  50. AMERICANS AT THE MARNE.

    War experts are insisting on the far-reaching significance of the appearance of American forces in the new battle of the Marne. The Supreme Allied War Council, ...

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  51. THE PACIFISTS.

    A number of pacifists are preparing a memorial urging Lord Lansdowne to respeat his efforts for peace, declaring that a large section of the people believe that the time ...

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  52. DESERTERS PUNISHED.

    The Defence Department notifies that on February 23 No. 2899, Private J. J. Foran, of the 49th Battalion, was courtmartialled for desertion and ...

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  53. "HOLDING ON."

    Marjor-General F. B. Maurice, the military correspondet of the London "Daily Chronicle," commenting on the recent declaration of the Supreme War Council and ...

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  54. IMPERIAL CONFERENCE.

    According to the British Official Press Burean, it is anticipated that the meetings of the Imperial War Cabinet and the Imperial Conference will begin within the ...

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  55. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The 407th casualty list was released by the Censor on Saturday, and is published hereunder. It contains the names of Western Australian soldiers, together with ...

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  56. MADSEN MACHINE GUN.

    In the House of Lords, Lord Beresford drew attention to the capabilities of the Madsen machine gun, and he contended that it would be worth while to ...

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  57. HUN SUBMARINES.

    Senator Claude A. Swanson (Democrat, Virginia), the acting chairman of the Naval Committee of the Senate, says that the Allies have destroyed 60 per cent. of all ...

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  58. JAPAN AND GERMANY.

    The Tokio correspondent of the United Press Association (U.S.A.) constradicts the report that Japan is seeking a "post bellum" pact with Germany. A number of ...

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