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  2. CALL FOR MEN.

    There was a considerable decline in recruiting in Victoria yesterday. Only 34 city men enlisted at the Town Hall Depot, and although the number of country men ...

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  3. "COUNT FOSCO"

    A sensational case is now being heard before Mr. Justice Harridge in the Divorce Court. The King's Proctor is opposing the divorce of Mrs. Eva Black, an Australian, ...

    Article : 363 words
  4. THE COWARD.

    Considerable criticism has been aroused in the House of Commons on account of the treatment of conscientions objectors to military service who are not brought before a ...

    Article : 648 words
  5. AUSTRALIA'S 300,000.

    The announcement by the Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) to the effect that it is not the intention of the Federal Ministry to observe the Prime ...

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  6. EAST FRONT.

    A wireless message from Rome states that the Austrians have abandoned Czernowitz, the capital of the province of Bukovina, in Eastern Galicia. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. PITH OF THE WAR.

    Russian activity along the entire East Front is chronicled in the latest Petrograd communique, and already reports of successes are ...

    Article : 249 words
  8. VERDUN.

    Advices from Berlin, received in Geneva (Switzerland), are that the Verdun defeat is having a disastrous effect on public opinion in Germany. ...

    Article : 616 words
  9. MR. HUGHES.

    The English newspapers continue to pay great attention to the doings and sayings of the Australian Prime Minister. The "Evening News" (Unionist) ...

    Article : 796 words
  10. MEN HELD BACK. WHY?

    Sir,—Great recruiting efforts have been, and are being, made. The need at the front for every fit man, we are daily told, is urgent. Why is it, then, that some such ...

    Article : 140 words
  11. SOLDIERS' PARCELS.

    Sir,—Seeing a letter in "The Argus" from Chaplain Hudson, R.A.N., Williamstown, offering to supply information concerning the best means of sending Christmas-boxes ...

    Article : 304 words
  12. ENEMY GOODS.

    WARRAGUL, Thursday.—Four proposals were on the notice-paper of the Australian Natives' Association annual conference today dealing with the importation of German ...

    Article : 540 words
  13. CONSCRIPTION.

    On each day of sitting of the conference of the Manchester Unity Independent Order of Oddfellows an attempt has been made to discuss, with a view to a test ...

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  14. THE "GALLANT" ENEMY.

    It is announced at Lloyd's that the Galloper lightship, in the North Sea, off Harwich (England), has been torpedoed and sunk. It was in this vicinity that the ...

    Article : 229 words
  15. CONGESTION AT PORTS.

    The Port and Transit Executive Committee in London has introduced a new form of shipping note, which is intended to relieve the congestion at ports. Some ...

    Article : 83 words
  16. BRITAIN'S AIR SERVICE.

    Great Britain's air service was again a subject of discussion in the House of Commons on Wednesday. Among the speakers was Mr. Billing, ...

    Article : 307 words
  17. EIGHT HOURS PROCESSION.

    There is a movement on foot amongst several unions affiliated with the Eight Hours Anniversary Committee to make "No Conscription" displays a feature of the ...

    Article : 226 words
  18. VICTORIAN IN TURKEY.

    Private Thomas H. Dowell, who is a prisoner of war in Turkey, and was at the time he was taken prisoner connected with the 14th (Victorian) Battalion, D Company, ...

    Article : 157 words
  19. THE LAST MAN AND THE LAST SHILLING.

    Sir,—Thomas Carlyle once wrote of "the majestic, silent men, silently thinking, silently working, whom no morning newspaper makes mention of; they are the salt ...

    Article : 143 words
  20. MASSAGE OF WOUNDED.

    At a special council meeting of the Victorian Massage Association the following resolution was passed unanimously:— "That the members of this council ...

    Article : 89 words
  21. METRIC SYSTEM.

    Sir,—I notice from the cable news in "The Argus" to-day that the Hague correspondent of the "Daily Graphic" has pointed out the disadvantage that English firms doing ...

    Article : 130 words
  22. CYCLE WORKERS' OPPOSITION.

    Sir,—Mr. H. E. Jackson expresses contempt to-day for the Cycle rades Union's opposition to conscription. Surely Mr. Jackson will allow room for a difference of ...

    Article : 105 words
  23. SOLDIERS' LETTERS.

    Sir,—I have just read a paragraph in "The Argus" on the post-office in Egypt, in which an officer of the Australian Army Medical Corps speaks very highly of the ...

    Article : 119 words
  24. Anzac Day.

    A movement is being inaugurated in London to celebrate the anniversary of the Australian and New Zealand landing at Anzac (April 25) simulteously in Great ...

    Article : 58 words
  25. DILUTION OF LABOUR.

    SYDNLY, Thursday.—A conference between representatives of the unions of the men engaged in the iron and steel working industries was held to-day, unde[?] the ...

    Article : 178 words
  26. Italian Commander.

    General Count Cadorna, Commander-in-Chief of the Italian army, who has been on a visit to Paris, has arrived in London. Count Cadorna, who received an ovation ...

    Article : 58 words
  27. AUSTRALASIAN SHIPPING.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 22 words
  28. Parachute Saves Aeronaut.

    A French captive balloon, which had ascended to a height of 11,500ft., recently broke loose, owing to the rope connecting it with the earth parting. ...

    Article : 90 words
  29. STATE CATTLE STATIONS.

    BRISBANE, Thursday.—The Premier (Mr. Ryan) stated at an election meeting tonight that, in the interests of the whole people, the Government had decided to ...

    Article : 100 words
  30. PENSIONS.

    Sir,—As an inducement to recruiting the authorities daily advertise that a scale of pensions is in force for soldiers and their wives in the case of disablement. But is ...

    Article : 105 words
  31. FOOTBALL IN WAR.

    Sir,—Seeing that the Football League has decided to go on with matches, could not the Chief Secretary prevent any charge for admission? I wonder how long they would ...

    Article : 110 words
  32. [?]ROMIC[?]IONS ABROAD.

    Promtion to the rank of captain has been gained by Lieutenant Seymour W. Church, son of the late Mr. C. R. Church of Surrey Hills. Captain [?]tion in Flanders last year, took part in the Loos ...

    Article : 78 words
  33. Australian Falls From Train.

    An Australian soldier named Milnes, while travelling to Weymouth (Eng.), fell from the train at Dorchester. His left leg was so badly crushed that it was ...

    Article : 33 words
  34. Classified Advertising

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    Advertising : 249 words
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