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  2. CONTROL OF COMMODITIES

    After the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Hutchinson) and the AttorneY-General (Mr. Mackinnon) had conferred with representatives of the Mill-owners' Association ...

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  3. WHEAT SEIZURE.

    The Full Bench of the High Court yesterday unanimously held that the Wheat Acquisition Act passed by the New South Wales Parliament last year is a valid act of ...

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  4. BOMBS FROM THE AIR

    French aviators have replied to the Zeppelip raid on Paris on Sunday by dropping bombs on the acrodrome at Gits, in West Belgium, on the railway stations at ...

    Article : 369 words
  5. FALL OF PRZEMYSL

    One of the most important gains in the war has been made by the Russian capture of Przemysl, in Central Galicia. Enormous sacrifices were made by the Austrians in a vain effort to hold the position, which will prove of extreme value ...

    Article : 175 words
  6. BLAME FOR THE WAR

    "This is the fourth time within living memory that Prussia has made war, and we are determined that it shall be the last," declared the Secretary of State for Foreign ...

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  7. 100,000 MEN.

    The number of applicants for enrolment at the Victoria Barracks yesterday was not as large as usual, the total falling below the hundred mark. The actual number was ...

    Article : 85 words
  8. WHAT WILL ITALY DO?

    The Central News Agency announces that Italy stopped all railway transport of merchandise to Germany via Switzerland on Monday. ...

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  9. INDIAN WHEAT

    In the Imperial Legislative Council today Pundit Malaviya moved that the Government prohibit the export of wheat until the price fell to the equivalent of 171b. for ...

    Article : 217 words
  10. DOCTORS FOR THE FRONT.

    At it meeting of the Melbourne Hospital Committee yesterday a, request was received from the Medical Students' Society that my members of the society ...

    Article : 148 words
  11. BROADMEADOWS CONCERTS.

    The Victorian Softgoods Association Orchestra, under the conductor ship of Mr. Cyril Brinkley, will give a performance to the troops at Broadmeadows Camp on ...

    Article : 93 words
  12. Australian Killed in Action.

    Lieutenant Noel Barrington, of Sydney, was killed in the battle of Neuve Chapelle while fighting with the First Irish Rifles. [Lieutenant Noel Barrington was the only ...

    Article : 76 words
  13. OILSKIN COATS FOR SENTRIES.

    Major Archibald Lloyd, camp commandant of the Prisoners of War department, acknowledges a gift of 12 oilskin coats for the use of sentries, from Mr. Herbert ...

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  14. Iron Crosses Still in Supply.

    In commemoration of the birthday of his grandfather, William I. (born on March 22, 1707, and died on March 9, 1888), the Kaiser decorated several Ministers and ...

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  15. JACKETS FOR SAILORS.

    The Lady Mayoress (Lady Hennessy) yesterday received from Vice-Admiral Patey a letter, thanking her and the members of the Patriotic League for the cardigan ...

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  16. FIXED BUTTER PRICE.

    When the Victorian Prices Board fixed the maximum wholesale rate for butter at 1/2, it was explained that one of the chief reasons for the decision was that the State ...

    Article : 220 words
  17. DEATH AT RABAUL.

    The Defence department has been advised that— No. 444, Private WALTER PRICE, Tropical Force, died at Rabaul, of [?], on March 21. ...

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  18. PRZEMYSL AND AFTER

    The fall of Przemysl is the most cheering news that has come from the eastern front for several months past. The effects of the Russian success will be widespread, but the ...

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  19. RUSSIAN TRIUMPH.

    It is officially announced from Petrograd that the great Austrian fortress of Przemysl, in Central Galicia, has surrendered to the Russinas, after a siege of nearly ...

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  20. FIGHTING IN FRANCE

    Success continues to follow the Allies' attacks against the German lines in the west, and in endeavouring to make good their loss the Germans have once again suffered, as is ...

    Article : 313 words
  21. GIFT MOTOR AMBULANCE.

    The Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) acknowledges receipt of a motorambulance from Mrs. Jessie T. Grimwade, and sons and daughters, Harleston, ...

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  22. SLACK WORKERS.

    Continued, efforts are being made by the British Government to increase the output of war-material, and to secure the smooth working of the industrial organisation in ...

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  23. RECREATION HALL AT CAMP.

    The hon, secretary of the Victorian League (Mrs. Henry Cave), Clendon, Wallace avenue, Toorak, acknewledges with thanks the following additional contribution:—Mrs. Edward Hiller, £50; Mrs. ...

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  24. AUSTRALIAN VOLUNTEERING.

    Sir,—When will Australians recognise that every available man should volunteer immediately? Had we obeyed the call as readily as our English kinsmen a force of ...

    Article : 235 words
  25. PASSING IT ON.

    The attention of the Minister for Customs (Mr. Tudor) was directed yesterday to the complaints mentioned in "The Argus" that in the case of at least two well-known ...

    Article : 177 words
  26. NAVAL BLOCKADE.

    The Norwegian steamer Bryssel (1,320 lons), which was seized by a German cruiser in the Baltic, while on a voyage from America to Stockholm with a corgo of oil, ...

    Article : 305 words
  27. SENSATION IN FRANCE.

    Paris reports that a court-maertial has been opened upon several persons, including M. Desclaux, the chief army paymaster, and formerly secretary to M. Caillaux, when he ...

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  28. CRICKET-RECORD MAKER.

    Sir,—In your reference to J. C. Sharp's wonderful performence against Geelong College you mention A. E. J. Collins's, record store of 628 not out, in a Clifton College ...

    Article : 79 words
  29. Japanese Activity.

    One thousand Japanese troops have arrived at Tsinan-fu, the terminus of the Germanowned railway line from Tsingtau (Kiaochau). ...

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  30. FUNDS FOR THE WAR.

    The hon, treasurer, Government House, and 352 Flinders lane, Melbourne, acknowledges the following donations:—Previously acknowledged, £95,008 15/; Victorian Branch, £750; C. W. Chamman, £100; ...

    Article : 149 words
  31. German Socialist Leader.

    Dr. Liebknecht" (a prominent member of the German Socialist party, and member of the Reichstag for Potsdam), who has on several occasions since the war began ...

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  32. RIFLE MOVEMENT.

    The mayor of Kew has convened a public meeting in the Recreation Hall, Kew, for Thursday evening, March 25. The object is to forward the movement for rifle ...

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  33. Russians in East Prussia.

    A Berlin oflicial message published in Amsterdam claimst that the Germons have expelled the Russians from Memel, on the Baltic coast of East Prussia, after obstinate ...

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  34. ELWOOD BANGE.

    Owing to the congestion on the Port Melbourne rifle range, it has become necessary to look for accommodation for some of the clubs elsewhere. The southern suburbs have ...

    Article : 138 words
  35. Who Will Reap the Harvest?

    German troops at Sedan, the French frontier town, 64 miles north-east of Rheims, aided by the civilian population, have planted 75,000 acres with wheat and ...

    Article : 55 words
  36. Leniency for De Wet Urged.

    It is reported from the Hague that 12,000 Dutch and Flemish women have appealed to the South African Prime Minister (General Botha) for lenient treatment of ...

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  37. FEDERAL COUNCIL MEETS.

    A meeting of the Federal Council of the Red Cross Society was held at Government House yesterday afternoon, Her Excellency Lady Helen Munro Ferguson being in the chair. A letter ...

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  38. AUSTRALASIAN, SHIPPING.

    The following arrival has been reported at the Poit of London:— Whakatane, New Zealand ports to London. ...

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  39. RUSSIAN SUCCESS IN GALICIA

    Przemysl (pronounced P'shemmish'l) first saw the Cossacks towards the end of September. The Australians made a desperate effort to retain the town, because of its strategical value ini connection with the Russian attempt to take Cracow from which important city is it only a little more thant 100 miles distant. It was strongly fortified, and has a population of 55,000, about one-third one whom are Jews. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  40. THE HAMM'S CARGO.

    The Melbourne Chamber of Commerce is in receipt of the following cable, message, addressed by the High Commissioner to the Minister for Trade and Customs:— ...

    Article : 148 words
  41. EXTENSION OF AVIATION.

    Australian engineering finns have taken up with enthusiasm the proposal emanating from the Defence department, that aviation engines should be constructed here. As the ...

    Article : 153 words
  42. THE HOTELS' MOTOR AMBULANCE CAR.

    We have received from Mrs. C. Anderson, of Elsternwick, £150 towards the above fund. Mrs. Anderson writes that, "this sum is given in memory of her late husband, ...

    Article : 182 words
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