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  2. CONTROL OF COMMODITIES

    Legislation for continuing the control of the prices of foodstuffs has been announced. When the Prices of Goods Bill was before Parliament, last December, an amendment ...

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  3. UNIVERSITY AND THE WAR.

    A largely attended meeting of the teaching staffs of the University and affiliated colleges was held yesterday afternoon, in the biology theatre. The meeting was ...

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  4. ITALY PREPARING

    Messages from Rome received by the Paris newspaper "Echo de Paris" indicate that Italy is straining every effort to be ready for an outbreak of hostilities with ...

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  5. BATTLE OF ZILLEBEKE

    It was only after a fierce struggle, during which many lives were lost, that the British took Hill "60," an eminence in the Years region, which commands a considerable area of country. ...

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  6. "POUNDING THE ENEMY"

    Within the past few days the Premier of France (M. Viviani), the British commander-in-chief at the front (Sir John French), and another British general in the ...

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  7. ALLIES IN GERMANY.

    News has been received in Zurich (Switzerland) that four French aeroplanes successfully dropped bombs on the railway stations at Habsheim, in Upper Alsace, and ...

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  8. VICE-REGAL.

    His Excellency the Governor presided at a meeting of the Executive Council yesterday. His Excellency the Governor of South ...

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  9. BENDIGO BAKERS.

    The Attorney-General (Mr. Mackinnon) stated yesterday that he is investigating the report that Bendigo bakers will not sell bread at 9d. a 4lb. loaf, but insist on being ...

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  10. Germans Brought to Earth.

    "An improvement in the weather," states Field-Marshal Sir John French, in his latest bulletin from the front, "has resulted in an increased aerial activity, which has ...

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  11. PERSONAL.

    The Premier (Sir Alexander Peacock), accompanied by the Attorney-General (Mr. Mackiunon) and Mr. Gray (honorary Minister) will leave by the 5.16 p.m. train this ...

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  12. Greece and the War.

    According to the Athens correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle," the Greek Government has informed the Allies that Greece will join in the war if the Entente can ...

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  13. COUNTRY BAKERS' CHARGES.

    Sir,—A few weeks ago the Prices of Goods Board fixed the price of bread at 9d. per large loaf cash. Since March 1 the residents of Emerald and Gembrook district ...

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  14. Serbia and Bulgaria.

    It is reported from Nish, the temporary cipital of Serbia, that a second body of raiders, 200 in number, has entered Serbia from Bulgaria. ...

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  15. OUTRAGES ON HOSTAGES.

    Shocking outrages upon non-combatants have been officially reported by a committee consisting of Messrs. Payille, the President of the Cour des Comptes; Mollard, ...

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  16. INDIAN FRONTIER AFFRAY.

    It is announced officially from India that 4,000 Mohmand tribesmen raided the famous Khyber Pass, in the North-West Frontier province of India. ...

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  17. Zeppelin Off England.

    A trawler sighted a Zeppelin airship off Flamborough Head (Yorkshire), 18 miles south-east of Scarborough, at daybreak on Tuesday. ...

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  18. HILL "60"

    Field-Marshal Sir John French's report of the battle of Zillebeke, in Western Belgium, which was the first success of the British in their attempt to turn the right ...

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  19. FRIEND OF EUROPE

    President Woodrow Wilson, speaking at a banquet in New York on Tuesday night, defined the position of the United States in relation to the great war at this ...

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  20. CAPTAIN WATT HONOURED.

    An account of the brilliant service for which Captain Oswald Watt, formerly of Sydney, but now of the French laying Corps, who was enrolled in the Legion of ...

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  21. Persian Gulf Fighting.

    The Secretary of State for India (Lord Crewe), speaking in the House of Lords on Tuesday, said that the Turkish forces at the head of the Persian Gulf were well trained. ...

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  22. PRE-WAR CONTRACTS.

    Further endeavours have been made by members of the House of Commons to secure a definite statement of the Imperial Government's attitude in regard to the ...

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  23. German South-West Africa.

    The progress of the British force in German South-West Africa, which is operating in a northerly direction so as to junction with the force occupying Swakopmund, the ...

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  24. "EXPAND OR DIE."

    A Washington message states that the Secretary of State (Mr. W. J. Bryan) has asked Rear-Admiral Peary (retired), the discoverer of the North Pole, to explain a ...

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  25. FRENCH RESIDENTS.

    French residents of Victoria, born in 1897 of a French father in France, of any other country, and those born in previous years, who have not registered, are requested to ...

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  26. Pursuit of the Dresden.

    The closing phases of the long chase after the German raiding erniser are told in the following story. It also reveals the duplicity of the Germans, who, having ...

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  27. ARMY MEDICAL CORPS.

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—At the rooms of the Royal Art Society to-day, Sir James Fairfax, on behalf of the Australian artists of Sydney, handed over to the chairman of ...

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  28. Asphyxiating Gases.

    The Germans in an official statement from Berlin at the end of last week complained that the British artillery were employing shells which on explosion released ...

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  29. IN THE CARPATHIANS.

    An official announcement from Fetrograd states that the Germans attacking in the direction of Strya, north of the Carpathians, where the enemy are attempting a flank ...

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  30. GALLANT BLUEJACKETS.

    A gallant exploit in the Dardanelles is announced by the British Admiralty. As the Turks were making great efforts to secure the British submarine E15, which ran ...

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  31. INTERNED AUSTRALIANS.

    A cable message from the High Commissioner (Sir George Reid) to the Department of External Affairs, states that three Australians are amongst those interned in ...

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  32. Views of the Dominions.

    In the House of Commons on Tuesday, Mr. W. A. S. Hewins (Unionist) asked what steps the Government were taking to consult the overseas Ministers to ensure the ...

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  33. DEATH IN EGYPT.

    The Defence department have been advised that Quartermaster-Sergeant Frank Cartwright (Queensland), B squadron, 2nd Light Horse, died at Heliopolis of ...

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  34. THE DARDANELLES.

    The Salonika correspondent of the "Echo de Paris" telegraphs that the Russians sowed the cutrance to the Bosphorus with mines. Two Turkish torpedo-boat ...

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  35. Women's Peace Congress.

    Owing to the absence of steamships, the Englishwomen who had intended to attend the International Women's Peace Congress, to be held at The Hague on April 28, found ...

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  36. SUMMARY OF EARLIER NEWS.

    The following cable messages appeared in the later editions of "The Argus" on Wednesday:— BELGIAN COAST BOMBARDED. ...

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  37. German Fleet in Baltic.

    Copenhagen reports that a large German fleet is guarding the sea to the northeastward of Kopparstenarnne lighthouse, on the coast of Gotland. ...

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  38. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Fight additional towns and villages in the State of Illinois have adopted prohibition. [A message from Chicago, published a fortnight ago, stated that prohibitionists ...

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  39. Home for Belgian Wounded.

    Her Majestry Queen Mary has promised to supply hospital requisites to the convalescent home for Belgian soldiers, which has been founded by an organisation in which ...

    Article : 104 words
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  41. Death of V.C. Hero.

    Private Barber, of the First Grenadier Guards, one of the heroes of the Neuve Chapelle battle; died a few days after having been decorated with the Victoria Cross. ...

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  42. British Finance.

    Since it was announced on April 14 that the Imperial Government had decided to issue Treasury bills in denominations of £1,000, £5,000, and £10,000 with a ...

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  43. No Need for Conscription.

    The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Lloyd George), in reply to a question in the House of Commons on Tuesday, said that the Government did not believe that the ...

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  44. BAY EXCURSIONS.

    He bay steamer Edina will make a special excursion to Portarlington on Sunday, leaving No. [?] Queen's Wharf at 2.30 p.m., and to Por[?]arlington and Geelong on Monday (Eight Hours Day), leaving ...

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  45. AUSTRALASIAN SHIPPING.

    Arrivals.—At Avonmouth—El Cordobes, s.s., from Wellington. Passed the Lizard. —[?]domencus, s.s., from Melbourne Jan. 25. Departures.—For Sydney— Hamm. ...

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