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  2. ESPIONAGE IN BRITAIN.

    The newspapers reveal the fact that 12 spies have been shot at the Tower of London during the war, and another committed suicide in his cell, while others have ...

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  3. PNEUMONIC INFLUENZA.

    Of the 303 patients landed from the transport Boonah at Woodman's Point on Thursday evening nine were classified as dangerously ill, 26 seriously ill, 172 ill, and ...

    Article : 313 words
  4. WHEAT MARKETING BILL.

    In the Legislative Assembly yesterday, the second reading debate on the Wheat Marketing Act Amendment Bill was concluded. ...

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  5. BOLSHEVISM.

    The Bolsheviks have attained full power in the Duchy of Brunswick, where the President of the republic is a hunchback dwarf, normerly a tailor. His salary is ...

    Article : 87 words
  6. PATRIOTIC FUNDS.

    In order that no hardship should be incurred by the dependants of soldiers at present on active service through the depletion of the patriotic funds which have ...

    Article : 139 words
  7. COUNTRY LIQUOR LICENCES.

    The application of Edward Bertram Johnston, M.L.A., for a provisional certificate for a publican's general licence for three allotments of land at Wyalcatchem ...

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  8. GREEK TRAITORS.

    M. Gounaris, the ex-Premier of Greece, and Colonel Melexas, who have been interned at Ajaccio since June, 1917, have escaped. It was intended to take them ...

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  9. IN SYDNEY.

    The arival of the Makura to-day with 233 passengers and a crew of about 200 was the chief event connected with the influenza outbreak. About 60 persons were ...

    Article : 209 words
  10. SOUTH AFRICA.

    The Capetown Press supports the Government's attitude with regard to the repatriation of enemy subjects, but urges the appointment of a Commission to ...

    Article : 39 words
  11. THE DARDANELLES.

    The "Merchant Service Review" recalls Mr. Winston Churchill's statement, "We were within an ace of the greatest victory at the Dardanelles the world has ever ...

    Article : 123 words
  12. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The executive of the Comforts Fund desires to make public the following announcement, received by cable from the chief commissioner of the Australian ...

    Article : 189 words
  13. BRITISH WAR BONDS.

    The Treasury announces that the present issue of War Bonds will be withdrawn early in January. The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Bonar Law) states that ...

    Article : 48 words
  14. "UNCONQUERED" TROOPS.

    Berlin messages state that the bands at the entry of the troops played "Deutschland uber Alles" and other patriotic tunes. Not a single revolutionary tune ...

    Article : 101 words
  15. MEDAL FOR SAILORS.

    The King has approved of the granting of a silver medal to the mercantile marine for war services. ...

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  16. FIJI.

    The influenza outbreak is diminishing in Suva but is still virulent in the country districts. The European deaths number forty. ...

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  17. NEWSPAPER HOLIDAYS.

    The English newspapers will publish neither on Christmas Day nor on Boxing Day. ...

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  18. PEACE CONFERENCE.

    A great welcome to President Wilson is being arranged at Brest. Among those present will be MM. Pichon. Leygues, Tardieu, Albert Thomas, and Marcel ...

    Article : 138 words
  19. AUSTRALIAN TRAINING SCHOOLS.

    The Australian military authorities have arranged that cadets and officers in training schools passing out in November, December, and January be permitted to ...

    Article : 65 words
  20. THE WOMEN'S LEADER.

    The Berlin correspondent of the "Daily Express" interviewed Minna Caver, the acknowledged leader of the German women She declared: "We are all pacifists now. ...

    Article : 96 words
  21. LIST OF SUFFERERS.

    The following are the names of members of W3 reinforcements at the quarantine station:— Dangerous.—Private A. S. C. Wilson. ...

    Article : 178 words
  22. MISCELLANEOUS.

    Mr. and Mrs. T. Buckenara 16 Centralavenue Maylands, have received word that their son, Corporal C. L. Buckenara, has been awarded the Military Medal. He ...

    Article : 358 words
  23. EXPORT TRADE.

    The Minister of Reconstruction (Dr. Addison), in a speech at the Connaught Rooms, said it would be impossible to abandon export permits so long as the ...

    Article : 91 words
  24. ELECTION AT DRESDEN.

    At an election held at Dresden in connection with the Soldiers and Workmen's Councils the Majority Socialists polled 177-566 votes and the Minority Socialists ...

    Article : 57 words
  25. LUSITANIA TRAGEDY.

    The liner George Washington conveying President Wilson to France passed over the scene of the Lusitania tragedy, off the south coast of Ireland. ...

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  26. ALLIES' WAR MEDAL.

    All the Allied officers and men are receiving a uniform war metal, with a bar for each year's service. ...

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  27. THE REVOLUTION.

    According to a Berlin message, the Government has appointed January 1 for the holding of elaborate alfresco celebrations in honour of the revolution. ...

    Article : 34 words
  28. QUARANTINE MATTERS.

    Mr. J. H. Fowler, M.H.R., has been making inquiries in Melbourne regarding the possibility of removing the quarantine station away from Woodman's Point while ...

    Article : 364 words
  29. OUR TROOPS IN FRANCE.

    Mr. W. M. Hughes has despatched a Christmas message to the troops in France, wishing them a speedy return to their native country. "May Christmas, 1918, usher ...

    Article : 77 words
  30. ABOLITION OF CONSCRIPTION.

    The "Evening Standard" has been authorised to state that Mr. Lloyd George will press forward the abolition of conscription in Great Britain, even if he is unsuccessful ...

    Article : 53 words
  31. ARMED PROLETARIAT.

    The Spartacus group announce that there will be a general strike throughout Germany within 14 days, Dr. Carl Liebknecht declares that the New Year will ...

    Article : 43 words
  32. ALLIES' WAR DEBT.

    The Washington correspondent of the United Press Association states that it is understood that Germany will not be asked to pay the full Allied war debt as Mr. ...

    Article : 49 words
  33. RUSSIA.

    A Swedish engineer who was long resident in Russia declares that it is not Socialism which is active in Russia, but class hatred. The populace seems to aim ...

    Article : 72 words
  34. RETRIBUTION.

    A message from Coblenz states that the German general, Von Tesny, exmilitary governor of Belgian Luxembourg, has arrived and has been imprisoned at Metz. ...

    Article : 55 words
  35. INDEMNITY QUESTION.

    The German Press is anxiously watching the growing Allied insistence upon indemnities. The "Frankfurter Zeitung" warns the Alies to be sober enough to ...

    Article : 92 words
  36. THE FIGHTING IN PALESTINE AND SYRIA.

    Trooper Alex. O'Neill, of the 10th Light Horse (who has been wounded on three occasions), writing to his mother, Mrs. E. O'Neill, of Mt. Barker, says:— ...

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  37. THE EX-KAISER.

    According to the Amsterdam "Telegraaf," the Prime Minister in the course of a speech in the Second Chamber on Wednesday declared that Holland was ...

    Article : 97 words
  38. TREPOFF SCHEMING.

    The "Dagens Nyheter" says that M. Trepoff, the ex-Russian Premier, who is now in Stockholm, is negotiating with other Russian moderates with the view of ...

    Article : 102 words
  39. RAILWAY OFFICERS.

    The remarks by the President of the Arbitration Court (Mr. Justice Northmore) regarding the cause of the dissatisfaction of the officers employed in the railway and ...

    Article : 162 words
  40. AFRICAN COLONIES.

    In Johannesburg yesterday, there was a spectecular commemoration of the signing of the armistice. The Governor-General, in an address to the troops, paid a tribute ...

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  41. THE EX-KAISERIN.

    The ex-Kaiserin is seriously ill with beart trouble, and a specialisty is coming from Berlin. ...

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  42. GRAND DUKE NICHOLAS.

    A German wireless message reports that the Grand Duke Nicholas commands the Cossacks on the Southern Russian front, his headquarters being at Kautemirovka. ...

    Article : 34 words
  43. ATTITUDE OF NATIVES.

    A White Paper has been issued which contains correspondence from the chiefs of the captured German colonies, who state that they are unanimous in their desire to ...

    Article : 59 words
  44. WAR PATRIOTIC FUND.

    Saturday next will be the last day upon which the War Patriotic Fund may appeal to the public to assist towards raising the amount of £30,000. It cannot be stressed ...

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  45. INOCULATION.

    The desire to be inoculated as a precautionary measure against pneumonic influenza was more pronounced among the residents of the metropolitan area ...

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  46. RIOTS IN BOHEMIA.

    A telegram from Prague states that large mobs have plundered and wrecked the shops at Aussig, in Bohemia. The rioting continues despite all the efforts ...

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  47. NORWAY SEVERS RELATIONS.

    The Christiania "Aftenposten" states that the Norwegian Legation has left Petrograd for Norway, and probably the Bolshevik representatives will be ordered to leave ...

    Article : 53 words
  48. FREMANTLE HOSPITAL APPEAL.

    In connection with the appeal being launched at Fremantle to provide funds for the continuation of the work of the Fremantle Public Hospital, the special appeal ...

    Article : 195 words
  49. FREMANTLE TRAMWAYS.

    The trouble between the management of the Fremantle Tramways and the Tramway Union which threatened to become serious owing to the dismissal of a ...

    Article : 210 words
  50. A NEGRO DELEGATION.

    The Brest correspondent of the New York "World" states that the Orizaba arrived on Monday with newspaper men. The vessel had on board a delegation of ...

    Article : 54 words
  51. REVENUES FOR EX-PRINCES.

    A message from Berlin states that the Royal revenues for December were paid to all the ex-princes remaining in Germany. ...

    Article : 27 words
  52. GENERAL STRIKE AT LIBAU.

    The British cruisers Centaur and Coventry have arrived at Danzig from Libau. A general strike has broken out in Libau. [Libau is a seaport in Courland, with a ...

    Article : 47 words
  53. AUSTRALIAN QUESTIONS.

    Mr. W. M. Hughes, interviewed, denied a Press report cabled from Melbourne that Senator Pearce is coming to London to replace Sir Joseph Cook. Mr. Hughes says ...

    Article : 94 words
  54. BRITISH NEWS.

    The aggrieved Australians at Devonport are men who enlisted in 1915. They complain that wheress the 1914 men were given numerous privilges, they only had, ...

    Article : 148 words
  55. GENERAL ITEMS.

    Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, in a letter to Mr. George Haven Putnam, the American leader of the English-speaking Union, urges the creation of an Arbitration Court ...

    Article : 145 words
  56. Y.M.C.A. EFFORTS.

    The ladies of the Fremantle Ladies' Auxiliary are making every effort to cheer the men confined to camp and ship. In conjunction with the Perth headquarters, ...

    Article : 184 words
  57. THE JAPANESE DELEGATES.

    The Japanese delegates to the Peace Conference sailed on Tuesday last. ...

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  58. VICTORIAN PARLIAMENT.

    During the debate on the third reading of the Discharged Soldiers' Settlement Bill in the Legislative Assembly to-day, the Minister for Education said that stock ...

    Article : 205 words
  59. A QUEENSLAND TRAGEDY.

    James Jobling (50), residing with his wife and five children on a selection at Parkhurst, seven miles from Rockhampton, murdered his wife last night and then ...

    Article : 129 words
  60. THE WEATHER.

    Temperatures registered at Perth Observatory were:—Mox. 84deg.; min., 55deg. Yesterday's weather chart indicated that the high pressure bank which appeared off ...

    Article : 158 words
  61. COMMONWEALTH.

    Surprise was expressed by the Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) to-day at the announcement made by the Premier of New South Wales (Mr. Holman) that as a result ...

    Article : 185 words
  62. EIGHT-HOURS DAY.

    After conferring with the men at Newcastle yesterday, the iron and steel trades employers' representatives decided to recommend their association to concede the ...

    Article : 37 words
  63. NAVAL POLICIES.

    Viscount Grey, speaking at Dewsbury yesterday, said that an Anglo-American rivalry in naval construction would be fatal to the good relations of the two ...

    Article : 67 words
  64. TRANSPORT WYREEMA.

    The troopship Wyrema arrived to-day with Australian troops homeward bound, the Wyreema left Australia in October with troops for Europe, but after passing ...

    Article : 87 words
  65. SHIPBUILDING.

    Britain on September 30 was building 383 ships with a total capacity of 1,746,933 tons including two over 20,000 tons. On the same date the world was building 2,144 ...

    Article : 54 words
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