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    Admiral Sir Frederick Doveton Stardee, R.N., C.M.G., C.V.O., Chief of the Naval War Staff at Whitehall, formerly Fear-Admiral Commanding 1st Division ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  4. BRITISH VICTORIES. LAND AND SEA. “CONTEMPTIBLE LITTLE ARMY” SCORES AGAIN! ITALY PREPARES TO FIGHT WITH TURKEY. MORE ENEMY CRUISER LOSSES EVERYWHERE. THE KAISER REPORTED WORSE. TURKS REBEL. RUSSIANS PRESSING THE FOE. FRENCH SUCCESS. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS

    CAIRO, Friday 3.15 p.m.)—The camp of the Australian contingent occupys a beautiful site behind the Great. Pyramid of Cheops. ...

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  5. TURKEY'S TURN.

    A message from Constantinople states a Turkish gunboat was sunk by a mine at the entrance to the Dardanelles. ...

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  6. VON DER GOLTZ.

    The German General, Von der Goltz, who is staying for a few days in Bulgaria, states that he will occupy apartments at the Sultan’s Palace, and will ...

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  7. THE RIGHT WAY.

    A passenger steamer sighted a mine in the English Channel. Soldiers aboard exploded it with rifles. ...

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  8. FIRING AT SEA.

    It is reported that the Scharnhorst kept up firing until her guns were submerged. Heavy firing hus been heard off the ...

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  9. GERMAN SPIES.

    It is stated that the German mission studying “railways and agriculture" in South Angello, were realty spies. One was captured; the others fled. ...

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  10. RUSSIA NOT BROKEN.

    A Berlin wireless message states that much remains to be done before the Russian resistance is broken at Lodz, therefore, there is added significance at ...

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  11. THE TRAITOR!

    The Austrians and Germans employed in mixed tribunals have been deported to Cyprus. The Khedive of Egypt is at ...

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  12. THE DRESDEN.

    It is reported that the German cruiser Dresden (3600 tons, armed with 12 4in. guns, and having a speed of 24 knots) has been interned at the port of Santa ...

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  13. SOUNDS “SEVERE"!

    An offical Berlin report claims that a French attack eastward of Langerwarek was repulsed. 340 were taken prisonerd and 200 killed. ...

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  14. FOODSTUFFS FUND.

    Amount previously acknowledged, £1363 19.: Mr. Jno. Warren (November instalment), £1: Jondaryan half-crown fund through Mr. Thos. Taylor), £1; ...

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  15. BRITISH FREEDOM

    Mr. A. J. Balfour, speaking at Bristol, said that the war was due to a crime against civilisation. The Kaiser was not merely resolved to be great, ...

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  16. EXCITING CHASE.

    A Berlin semi-official message suggests that Admiral Von Spee steamed southwards, to seek the British warships Canopus and Glasgow. Meanwhile ...

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  17. THE KARLSRUHE.

    The British steel-crew steamer Scottish Prince (2987 tons) has arrived here. The captain reports that the German cruiser Karlsrulie (4900 tons, armed ...

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  18. TOOWOOMBA RIFLEMEN.

    It is said that for the first time since the new rifle range has been opened in Toowoomba, the military on Saturday went through a course of musketry. ...

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  19. BRITISH CRUISERS

    Messdages from Berlin state that the British cruisers on Thursday violently bombarded the coast of Belgium, for the purpose of stopping the advance in ...

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  20. VERY LATEST.

    A Dutchman named Van Horsen, who volunteered for the Belgian army, escaped from Wessel camp and reports that his battalion was surrounded at the ...

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  21. THE KAISER'S ILLNESS.

    The "Echo de Paris" states that the German Crown Prince was hurriedly summoned to the bedside of the Kaiser. COPENHAGEN, Friday. ...

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  22. SERVIAN SUCCESS.

    Sir Edward Grey, in thanking Servia for that country's congratulations on the Falkland Islands victory, paid a warm tribute to the Servians' brilliant ...

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  23. GIBRALTER.

    The “Daily Chronicle's" Madrid correspondent states that the British Admiralty frustrated a mature German plan to sow mines in the Straits of ...

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  24. OTTO IN A BOX!

    The Customs officials at Gravesend seized a huge box on a liner bound for Rotterdam. When the box was opened a German ...

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  25. SWEEPING THE SEAS.

    Replying to Japan’s cordial congratulations, Mr. Churchill cabled that though the British squadron struck the final blow destroying the squadron base ...

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  26. KAISER V. MOLTKE.

    The "Handelsblad" states that General von Moltke smno time back wished to make an attack concentrated on Verdun, combined with an advance ...

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  27. GERMANS FIGHT.

    The correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" at Amsterdam, states that violent riots have occurred between the Prussians and the Bavarians and ...

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  28. RUSSIAN MIGHT.

    The German offensive has hitherto failed in every direction. They simultaneously made an attack at several points on the Russian centre ...

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  29. BRITISH VICTORY.

    There are rumors of a British victory in which was recovered a considerable stretch of country, the Germans losing heavily. ...

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  30. CONTRACTS WITH ENEMIES.

    A very interesting point arising out of the war crisis has come before the Local Authorities’' Association of Queensland. The Toowoomba City Council entered ...

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  31. HOLLAND V. GERMANY.

    The "Telegraff" states the authorities seized at Hamsweerin 15 boats containing grain and various goods, apparently booty which the Germans were trying to ...

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  32. THE SUBMARINE RAID.

    On Wednesday night a steamer was stopped by a shot opposite to Dover. It is supposed that it was working in conjunction with the enemy's ...

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  33. THE AUSTRIANS.

    It is officially reported from Vienna that the Austrians are continuously and victoriously advancing on the Carpathians. ...

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  34. TRUCE!

    A Berlin wireless message states that Germany immediately assented to the pope's suggestion of a Christmas truce. The decision of the other bolligerents, ...

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  35. GENERAL MESSAGES.

    Mr. Ramsay Macdonald the wellknown Labor leader) is serving with the field ambulance in Belgium. WASHINGTON, Saturday. ...

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  36. UNSUCCESSFUL SEARCH.

    The, British destroyers which left Dover in search of the German submarines which attacked the harbor before daylight on Thursday, have ...

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  37. SHOCKING CRUELTY.

    A non-commissioned officer who escaped from the Germans at Lodz states that he, with two officers and 30 men were prisoners in an unlocked stable for ...

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  38. STURDEE'S VICTORY.

    The Grand Duke Nicholas (Commander-in-Chief of the Russian army), on behalf of the Russian army and navy, has sent a message to the Admiralty, ...

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  39. TRENCHES STORMED!

    The "Daily Chronicle" states that the recapture by the British troops of the village of Passchendable, seven miles north-west of Ypres, was the result of ...

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  40. DESPERATE FIGHTING.

    A communique states that the Germans were in energetic offensive at Mlawa on Thursday. The Russians drove back some of the columns in ...

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  41. BRITONS AGAIN.

    Reports state that the British have made further important advances in coastal Belgium, and that German forces have retreated accordingly. Their ...

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  42. SYDNEY SCORES.

    The patriotic fund now totals £481,754. ...

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  43. NEW STOCK EXCHANGE.

    The Stock Exchange reopened to-day, after four and a half months cessation of business. One hundred and ninetytwo approved stocks were traded and ...

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  44. WHO NEEDS SYMPATHY?

    Chief Justice Sir William Cullen, who is Chancellor of the Sydney University has declared that those who were urging suppression of heart feelings against the ...

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  45. FEDERAL PARLIAMENT.

    When the House of Representatives met to-day the Speaker. Hon Chas, M‘Donald, who had been absent owing to ill-health, was able to take the chair ...

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  46. PANAMA ALARMED!

    Some excitement was caused here by Colonel Goethols’s (the Panama Governor) request for destroyers to be (despatched imitiediately to the Panama ...

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  47. TURKS REBELL.

    A message from Athens states that a several weeks' revolt amongst the Turkish officers and men in Constantinople against the German officers’ ...

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  48. AUSTRO-GERMANS ROUTED

    The "Army Messenger" states that the Russians have routed the AustroGermans to the south of Cracow (KraKo), capturing five batteries and a ...

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  49. WHEAT AND LETTERS.

    In the House of Representatives today—The Postmaster-General, Mr. Spence, informed the House that his department ...

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  50. MEXICO DEFIES AMERICA.

    General Carranza has notified the United States that if force be employed to stop Mexicans from firing across the frontier, Mexico will consider the act ...

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  51. MADE FOR BERLIN!

    It is officially stated in Berlin that the German losses in Lodz and Lawicz districts, and between Pabianice and the Vistula are much below those of the ...

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  52. GERMANY DISDAINS AMERICA.

    The "Kveluischo Zeitung," referring to President Wilson's desire for America to play an important role in the conclusion of peace, declares that ...

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  53. VIOLENT ATTACK.

    A communique states that a very violent German attack in the region of Ypres (Eelpr) was repulsed. It adds: “We retook a trench in the same region, ...

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  54. THE ATLANTIC BATTLE

    It is stated officially that the total British casualties in the naval engagement off the Falkland Islands were:— Seven killed. ...

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  55. BURNT IN A STRIPPER.

    A shocking fatality occurred at M' Coy's Bridge, about 9 miles from here, last night. John Joseph Thompson, aged 59 years, who had been doing ...

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  56. SIR JAMES W. MURRAY.

    Lieutenant-Generalal Sir James Wolfe Murray, K.C.B., has been appointed Chief of the Imperial General Staff. ...

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  57. GOONDIWINDI.

    A number of townsman met at the Hotel Central this afternoon on the invitation of the Mayor (Alderman Baker) to drink the health of Mr. ...

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  58. MORE GUNS.

    The Servian troops have capturod 20 more guns. ...

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  59. ITALY V. TURKEY.

    Turkish soldiers endeavored to arrest the British Consul at Hodeida, a seaport of Arabia, on the Red Sea. However, the Consul escaped to an Italian ...

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  60. CRUISER MINED!

    The Minister for Marine has been informed that the German armored cruiser Prinz Frederick Karl (9050 tons) struck a mine in the Baltic Sea, at the end of ...

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  61. REINFORCED.

    The “Frankfurter Zeitung” says that five regiments from Archangel arrived at Antivari on November 29, and reinforced the Servians. ...

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  62. WORLD'S WHEAT CROP.

    Bathgate's mid-season estimate of the world's wheat crop reveals a total of 439,250,000 quarters. ...

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  65. FRENCH ADVANCES.

    An evening communique states the enemy have completely evacuated the west bank of the Yser Canal, north of the Ferryman's house. ...

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  66. ITALY PREPARING

    Italy is purchasing horses and wheat supplies on a huge scale. Signor Guialio Botrgueso, Italian Consul at Chicago, explains that Italy ...

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  68. ANOTHER BRITISH MILLION.

    There are 1250 soliciters and articled clerks serving in the British Army, while over a million above the age of 38 years, who have been otherwise ...

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  69. TOOWOOMBA AND DISTRICT PATRIOTIC FUND.

    Amount previously acknowledged acknowledged; £1358 19s.; Mr. Jno. Warren (November instalment), £1: Jondaryan half-crown fund (through ...

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