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  2. THE UNEMPLOYED. (Reuter's Message.) THE POSITION IN GREAT BRITAIN.

    The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Lloyd George), speaking to-day to a deputation from the Workers' National Committee, chiefly composed of ...

    Article : 186 words
  3. SPORTING. TOORAK HANDICAP ACCEPT. ANCES.

    Following are the acceptantes for the Toorak Handicap, to be run at the V.A.T.C. meeting on Saturday:—B[?] Blair, William of Orange, Maltraven, ...

    Article : 44 words
  4. THE WARS. GERMAN CAVALRY CHECKED.

    The Germans are making strenuous efforts to cover their right wing in France. Troops are swarming across the Belgian border into the extreme north-west of France. The Belgians are making a desperate stand at Antwerp, where the ...

    Article : 291 words
  5. METEOROLOGICAL.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 138 words
  6. A DANE'S STORY.

    The "Politken" publishes a story of a Dane who saw Japanese troop trains leaving Dunaburg for Vilna. The railway officials, he states, told him that ...

    Article : 53 words
  7. TRAWLER STRIKES MINES.

    An English trawler has been blown up by a mine in the North Sea. Seven of the crew perished, and of the three survivors, two have been severely ...

    Article : 37 words
  8. CONTRABAND OF WAR.

    The English wireless operator on the steamer Mazatlan, formerly a German vessel, but now belonging to Mexico, states that a vessel left San Francisco ...

    Article : 85 words
  9. TO-MORROW'S S.A. DERBY MEETING.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 170 words
  10. A STEAMER MINED.

    The steamer Ardmount struck three British mines in the North Sea, but only sank after striking the third. ...

    Article : 23 words
  11. Advertising

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    Advertising : 63 words
  12. HIGH COMMISSIONER'S CABLES.

    The High Commissioner (Sir George Reid) cables under date October 7, 6.15 p.m.: "Official: North of the Oise and at ...

    Article : 86 words
  13. JAPANESE IN THE PACIFIC.

    According to a German report, the Japanese have occupied Yap. [Yap is one of the group of the Caroline Islands, north of New ...

    Article : 44 words
  14. Barrier Miner.

    THE A.M.A. has prohibited the playing by the band of the hymn known as the National Anthem, as well as all other music that comes under the ...

    Article : 1,461 words
  15. CONGESTION IN SYDNEY.

    The increasing congestion in the Labor market and the urgent necessity for the Government grappling with the unemployment question by continuing ...

    Article : 743 words
  16. GERMANS IN SERIOUS PLIGHT.

    The Germans at Tsintau are in a serious plight owing to lack of food. Many Chinese have been caught acting as German spies. ...

    Article : 40 words
  17. IN AUSTRALIA.

    Arrangements are in train for the removal of the camps of the First Infantry Brigade from Kensington to Liverpool. The 1st and 2nd battalions ...

    Article : 106 words
  18. TO-MORROW'S CAULFIELD CUP MEETING.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 130 words
  19. ABLE AND WILLING.

    Colonel Hughes, the Canadian Minister for Defence, declared, in an interview, that Canada was able and willing to send half a million fighting men to ...

    Article : 47 words
  20. REINFORCING GERMAN RIGHT WING.

    The "Daily Mail's" correspondent at Ostend reports that two army corps are reinforcing the German right wing. The country between Poperinghe and ...

    Article : 122 words
  21. MEN AT WORK.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 394 words
  22. THE PAPEETE BOMBARDMENT.

    Advices from Papeete, the capital of the Island of Tahiti, state that the German bombardment did considerable damage. Two vessels were sunk, and ...

    Article : 44 words
  23. IN THE SOUTH SEAS.

    News was received yesterday that Nauru, or Pleasant Island, had been captured from the Germans, and the British flag hoisted. It was also ...

    Article : 58 words
  24. REPORTED SINKING OF WARSHIPS.

    A message reports that four Austrian torpedo boats and two Austrian destroyers haye been sunk by Austrian mines. Nearly all of the crews ...

    Article : 46 words
  25. LAURA RACES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 129 words
  26. PASSPORTS TO TRAVELLERS.

    Owing to existing international disturbance, passports to Australian residents desirous of travelling abroad will be issued in future only by the ...

    Article : 34 words
  27. DUEL IN MID AIR.

    The French and German infantry at Jonohery, just north of Rheims, momentarily quitted their trenches to watch an aerial duel between French ...

    Article : 78 words
  28. STOLEN SUBMARINE.

    The Russian ambassador states that the Spezzia submarine, stolen by Captain Belloni, was built for Russia, but that at the outbreak of war Russia ...

    Article : 40 words
  29. WIDOWS AND CHILDREN FOR AUSTRALIA.

    The Sydney Millions Club yesterday decided to ask the State Premier to receive a deputation on the subject of bringing to Australia widows and ...

    Article : 85 words
  30. FIGHTING ROUND ANTWERP.

    The fighting between the Belgians and the enemy, before Antwerp, on Tuesday last was of a most furious nature. The Germans advanced between the outer ...

    Article : 101 words
  31. RAILWAYS CONGESTED.

    A message from Petrograd states that the railways in East Prussia are congested through convoying the retreating Germans, and several derailments ...

    Article : 71 words
  32. SKIRMISHES IN BELGIUM.

    There were many skirmishes on Wednesday in the environs of Ypres and in the southern parts of Western Flanders. (Ypres is just north of Lille, ...

    Article : 36 words
  33. L.V.R.C. RACES.

    A deputation representing the L.V.R.C., Messrs. B. A. Martin (chairman), J. Noonan (ex-chairman), and C. Macdougall (secretary), waited [?] ...

    Article : 75 words
  34. HELD AS PRISONER OF WAR.

    Mr. Mark Foy, a well-known Sydney merchant, who recently left Sydney on a pleasure trip, is reported to have been made a prisoner of war at Yap, ...

    Article : 149 words
  35. A GERMAN FLAG.

    It is officially stated that a German flag was found yesterday under a heap of bodies in a trench where the British fought on September 15. The flag was ...

    Article : 47 words
  36. AT ANTWERP.

    In the fight near Schoonaerde, 220 Belgians held the position for 24 hours, and when they were ordered to retire, only 38 were left, including the ...

    Article : 166 words
  37. ALLEGED BREACH OF NEUTRALITY LAWS.

    The United States Federal Grand Jury this week will consider the evidence against two business houses accused of falsely listing cargoes intended ...

    Article : 47 words
  38. GERMAN TROOPS FOODLESS.

    Germans, with artillery, reached Courtrai on Tuesday, from Metz, via Liege. They were very tired, and had been without food for 48 hours. ...

    Article : 39 words
  39. THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN DROUGH

    The Commissioner for Crown Land replying to Mr. Goode in the Legislative Assembly this afternoon with [?] gard to obtaining hay supplies from N[?] ...

    Article : 184 words
  40. THE EXPORT OF WOOL.

    The Board of Trade announces that it is prepared to grant licenses for the export of wools, especially merinos, provided the shipments can be proved ...

    Article : 36 words
  41. THE A.M.A. AND THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.

    Sir,—I would just like to reply to your correspondent who signs himself "A Member of the A.M.A." in Thursday's issue, the 8th instant. The writer ...

    Article : 386 words
  42. WHAT THE LAND GUARDS SAW.

    A torpedo boat was patrolling the mouth of the Ems, north of the Dutch coast, when the guards on the shore heard an explosion, and saw a high ...

    Article : 101 words
  43. GERMANS IN CANADA SUPPORT BRITAIN.

    The inhabitants of Berlin in Ontario, of whom 12,000 are Germans and of German descent, have collected £15,000 for the National Patriotic Fund, and ...

    Article : 58 words
  44. BELGIANS DEFEND WELL.

    The Germans, under a white flag, at 7.30 yesterday morning, announced their intention of beginning the bombardment of the city of Antwerp at ...

    Article : 167 words
  45. LONDON INSURANCE AGAINST BOMBS.

    Many private houses in London have been insured at a rate of 3/6 per cent. with Lloyd's, against bombs. Human lives can be insured at 1/6 per cent. ...

    Article : 31 words
  46. SUBMARINE SINKS DESTROYER.

    A British submarine sighted two German destroyers at the mouth of the River Ems, under the forts of Borkum, between the Oster Ems and the Wester ...

    Article : 79 words
  47. ADELAIDE SHARE MARKET.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 197 words
  48. FINANCING THE STATES.

    There now appears to be little doubt that the Commonwealth and States will agree to joint action in raising a loan for aiding the carrying out of public ...

    Article : 77 words
  49. PIG-GUESSING COMPETITION.

    Sir,—On the morning of Eight-hou[?] day a unionist was raising funds f[?] the distress committee by selling gue[?] ilg numbers for a pig. I bought t[?] ...

    Article : 183 words
  50. OPERATIONS IN THE EAST. AT KIAO-CHAU.

    A report has been received here that the German cruiser Cormoran (1602 tons) and two gunboats have been sunk at Kiao-Chau. ...

    Article : 41 words
  51. NEW ZEALANDERS ENCAMP.

    The New Zealanders have gone into camp at Salisbury Plain. Mr. T. Makenzie and Lord Plunkett farewelled them in London. There was an ...

    Article : 60 words
  52. AUSTRIAN GENERAL SUPERSEDED.

    A message from Vienna reports that the Archduke Joseph Ferdinand has superseded General Von Auffenberg in command of the Austrian army. There ...

    Article : 143 words
  53. THE WEATHER.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 81 words
  54. BELGIAN MINISTERS LEAVE ANTWERP.

    It is reported that the Belgian Ministers have gone to Ostend. The diplomatists accompanied the Belgian Ministers to Ostand. ...

    Article : 32 words
  55. A GERMAN OPINION.

    Adolf Harnack (Professor of Theology and General Director of the Royal Library, Berlin), replying to a manifesto of the German theologians, ...

    Article : 45 words
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