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  2. THE OFFICIAL REVIEW.

    The following war cable has been received by the Governor-General from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, and is issued by the Acting Prime Minister:— ...

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  3. THE RED TRIANGLE.

    Encouraging reports continue to be received from country towns, where nearly sixty Red Triangle committees are now in operation. At Geraldton an enthusiastic ...

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  4. THE WAR.

    The Prime Minister (Signor Orlando) is very optimistic regarding the result of the battle. The Italians are everywhere holding up the Australians, and are frequently ...

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  5. THE CENTRAL POWERS.

    The Central News Agency states that neutrals who have had an opportunity of studying the conditions in Germany say that the people are dissatisfied with the ...

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  6. AMERICAN OFFICIAL REPORT.

    The following official American message was issued early this morning:—"We repulsed, with severe enemy losses, an attack in the Woevre, and took some prisoners. ...

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  7. COMMONWEALTH.

    After three weeks' negotiations, the Victorian Railways Department have agreed to allow free travelling on the suburban railway system to Anzacs on furlough. ...

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  8. A TRANSPORT SUNK.

    The American transport Nueces sunk in a collision off the English coast on June 15. There were no casualties. ...

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  9. OVERSEAS STATESMEN.

    Messrs. Hughes and Cook landed after a pleasant voyage. Mr. Fisher and Rear-Admiral Haworth-Booth, Naval Adviser to the Australian High Commissioner, ...

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  10. AMERICA.

    The following American wireless news, via Honolulu, was received by the American Consul to-day:— Washington.—Provost Marshal General ...

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  11. MEDALS FOR ANZACS.

    M[?] Service medals have been conferred upon 337 Australians, and 76 New Zealanders for valuable services in France. ...

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  12. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Cable news has been received that Sister I. M. Denson, of South Perth, has been awarded the Royal Red Cross. Sister Denson was previously specially mentioned in ...

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  13. PEACE PROPOSALS.

    The Munich "Neueste Nachrichten" publishes a semi-official note declaring that Germany will never resume the public discussion of peace proposals owing to the ...

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  14. WESTERN FRONT.

    Mr. Philip Gibbs states that the Suffolk Regiment and Gordon Highlanders made a daring attack near La Bassee Canal, on a front of two miles, taking 200 ...

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  15. GERMANY'S CHARNEL HOUSE.

    Herr Cohu, a Socialist, speaking in the Reichstag, said that the west front had become a charnel house for Germany's best manhood. The war had now become a ...

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  16. WAR CASUALTIES.

    Mr. and Mrs. J. Witney, of 151 Vincent-street, North Perth, have received further information that their son, Cpl. V. C. Witney, of Korrelooking, who was reported wounded, has been ...

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  17. DISCIPLINE OVER SOLDIERS.

    The Socialists in the Reichstag attacked the military authorities, and accused them of keeping regular officers behind the front, while reserve officers were sent into the ...

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  18. EXPLOSION AT MAINZ.

    Reports have been received that a munition factory in Mainz, on the Rhine has been partially destroyed by an explosion. There were many victims, and considerable ...

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  19. OFFICIAL REPORTS.

    The following official reports have been issued:— London, June 16 (11.30 p.m.) (from Field-Marshal Haig).—"There is nothing to ...

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  20. PROPAGANDA BY FILM.

    "Vorwaerts" states that the German Government is supporting a great film trust financed by the Deutsche Bank, Krupp's and other wealthy firms, to carry out ...

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  21. RIOTS IN VIENNA.

    Reports have been received of serious riots in Vienna and elsewhere presumably arising out of the popular demand for peace, and as a protest against the ...

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  22. AUSTRALIAN CLAIMS.

    The following Austrian official report was intercepted by the Admiralty on Saturday evening:—"We broke into the enemy's lines on the Asiago Plateau and in seven ...

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  23. MUTINIES IN AUSTRIA.

    The "Daily Chronicle's" Zurich correspondent says that the Austrian frontier has been again closed. Smuggled newspaper show that the Austrian Slav-prisoners from Russia ...

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  24. THE ALLIED FRONT.

    General March, Chief of the American Staff, says that the extension of the Allied front as the result of the German drives now exceeds 60 miles. ...

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  25. SOUTH AFRICA.

    General Sir Charles Crewe, president of the South African Federal Chamber of Industries, speaking at the annual convention in Johannesburg this morning, said that ...

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  26. AMERICANS IN FRANCE.

    The American troops in France number 800,000, of whom 60 per cent. are fighting men. ...

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  27. MILITARY CONVENTION.

    Irishmen and Australians are exempted under the provisions of the British-American Military Convention now awaiting the Senate's ratification. All Americans in ...

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  28. AMERICAN AIR RAID.

    Particulars of the first exclusively American air raid behind the German lines indicate that the Americans were highly successful. The railway stations at Dommery ...

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  29. SHADOW OF DISASTER.

    Mr. Hughes, in an interview published in the London papers said that the threat of disaster to the Allies brought a splendid response from recruits. "We have suffered ...

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  30. THE WAR AT SEA.

    It is announced that the Peruvian Government has seized German ships interned at Callao totalling 50,000 tons, including several passenger steamers. ...

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  31. FRONT OF 150 MILES.

    The Austrian offensive from Astico to the se[?] covers a front of nearly 150 miles, having regard to the contours of the ground, but the newspapers point out that ...

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  32. THE AUSTRALIANS.

    The Germans, apparently, are not giving up hopes of taking Villers-Bretonneaux, and have pushed up strong posts close to the Australian line, on the eastern side of ...

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  33. ABSCONDER ARRESTED.

    Jeremish O'Leary, who absconded pending his trial for sedition, and who has since been indicted for alleged treason, has been found on a farm on the Pacific coast ...

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  34. GERMANY AND THE PACIFIC.

    Mr. Hughes, Mr. W. F. Massey, Sir Robert Garran, and Sir Robert Borden attended a dinner given by the Benchers of the Middle Temple to Mr. Lloyd George. ...

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  35. THE BRITISH FRONT.

    Mr. Warner Allen, in a message from the Italian front, says that the Austrian offensive has had a less propitions beginning than any in the history of the war. ...

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  36. DUTCH PILOT BOAT SUNK.

    The Foreign Office announces that the British Government has expressed regret that a mine laid outside the proclaimed minefield sunk a Dutch pilot boat and ...

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  37. GENERAL ITEMS.

    A rumour is current at the Vatican that the Nobel peace prize is to be awarded to the Pope. [The Nobel Foundation is based upon the ...

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  38. PRICE OF MEAT.

    Steps are being taken as rapidly as possible, said the Assistant Minister (Mr. W. Massey, Greene) to-day, to drew up the details of the scheme for fixing the price of ...

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  39. IDLE DANISH SHIPS.

    The New York "World's" Washington correspondent learns that America is negotiating with Denmark with the object of securing the Danish mercantile marine, ...

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  40. EULOGY OF MR. HUGHES.

    The morning newspapers give prominence to the arrival of Messrs. Hughes and Cook, and their enthusiastic welcome at Euston, and display interviews on similar lines to ...

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  41. ATTACK FORESTALLED.

    The offensive was no surprise to the Italian command, who knew the enemy's bombardment was timed in the region at 3 o'clock on the morning of June 15, and ...

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  42. IRELAND.

    A proclamation which has been issued prohibits public meetings and processions in Dublin. Two men concealed behind a hedge fired at two constables who were ...

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  43. NORWEGIAN BARQUES SUNK.

    It is announced that the Norwegian barque Samoa, from Buenos Ayres, was sunk by a U-boat by gunfire off the Virginian coast on Friday. Fifteen members of ...

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  44. HEAVY GAS ATTACK.

    The New York "Times" correspondent with the American army states that the Germans fired more than 15,000 gas shells on the American positions ...

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  45. A POLICY OF INTIMIDATION.

    The London "Daily Chronicle" says:— "Thousands of Irishmen are living under intimidation, which is universal Many of the subscriptions to the so-called National ...

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  46. RUSSIA.

    It is stated that the Entente Governments are urging Japanese intervention in Russia, and a council meeting has been held on the subject, Allied representatives ...

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  47. SALVAGE OF SHIPS.

    The Admiralty Salvage Department has salved no fewer than 407 vessels. In one case a benzine ship caught fire and exploded. The vessel was acuttled forty shots ...

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  48. FLOOD OF AMERICANS.

    The "Morning Post" states that the arrivals of American troops during the past few days have eclipsed all records. Shipping movements across the Atlantic exceed ...

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  49. BRITISH NEWS.

    Charles Vernon, a prominent Government official, who was arrested while holidaying at Newquay, was employed by the Ministry of Munitions. He was remanded at the ...

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  50. CO-OPERATION.

    The co-operative organisations of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway have effected a combination with a central purchasing depot at Copenhagen. At first the ...

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  51. TRAINING FOR SOLDIERS.

    A scheme whereby the Australian force abroad during the period after the war ends and before transport for the whole force is available will be transformed into ...

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  52. STEAMER IN DIFFICULTIES.

    A mutilated wireless message which has been received in Sydney suggests that the Burns, Philip steamer Makambo, 1,159 tons, has gone ashore on Lord Howe Island. ...

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  53. FEDERAL ARBITRATION COURT.

    In the Federal Arbitration Court to-day Mr. Justice Higgins heard the application of the Commonwealth Legal Professional Officers' Association for an award, with a ...

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  54. THE TONALE PASS ATTACK.

    The Rome correspondent of the "Corriere della Sera" expresses the opinion that Austria's fruitless attack on the Tonale Pass was the prelude to a great ...

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  55. A ROYAL INSPECTION.

    The King inspected the New Zealanders in camp, and the men were delighted with his Majesty's interest in their life at Aldershot. ...

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  56. A BOLSHEVIK DISASTER.

    According to a Kieff message, General Knoezner states that 10,000 Bolshevists and Red Guards landed on the coast of the sea of Azov, and were almost wiped out. ...

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  57. AMERICAN DESTROYERS.

    The Navy Department announces that America is sending 180 destroyers into European waters during 1918. ...

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  58. PRISONERS OF WAR.

    The Anglo-German conference regarding war prisoners is making good progress and will probably reach an agreement in ten days. The principle of the repatriation of ...

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  59. WOUNDED AUSTRALIANS.

    The Australians who have returned from Switzerland include Sergant Batteram, of the 31st Battalion, Bayswater, Victoria, and Sergeant Donovan, 29th Battalion, ...

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  60. THE AMERICAN NAVY.

    The Navy Department strongly urged upon Congress the need for increasing the enlisted strength of the navy to 151,458. It is new 77,000. It was pointed out that ...

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  61. THE LAW COURTS.

    Nisi Prius (No. 3 Court).—Before Mr. Justice Rooth, at 2—In Divorce: Rose Baker (petitioner), William Weston Baker (respondent)—judgment. ...

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  62. THE AUSTRIAN ARMIES.

    The Austrian armies are divided into two groups. A mountain group under Field-Marshal Conrad comprises armies commanded by Generals Krobatkin, ...

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  63. GERMAN TREACHERY.

    The Press Bureau announces that a Russian wireless message states:—"The Germans are starting an offensive on the front from Stalika to Zhukovka, and have ...

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  64. THE JAPANESE ARMY.

    Japan has decided to increase her army [?] 25 [?] ...

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