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  2. COAL STRIKE.

    Following upon the strike of coal-miners, the Commonwealth Ministry has taken action to commandeer all the available coal supplies in Australia. This step, which ...

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  3. NORTH SEA INCIDENT.

    German torpedo-boats on Wednesday captured the small Dutch steamer Oldambt (470 tons), in the North Sea, and put a prize crew on board, with the intention of taking ...

    Article : 231 words
  4. PRUSSIANISM.

    It is announced by the Rotterdam correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" that the Reichstag has unanimously appointed a committee, under the chairmanship of Herr ...

    Article : 251 words
  5. ROUMANIA.

    "Roumania is the pivot of the European campaign," telegraphs Dr. E. J. Dillon, the well known foreign correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph," who is now in Rome. ...

    Article : 392 words
  6. ITALIAN BLOW.

    The advent of better weather on the Italian front has enabled the offensive to be resumed at Gorizia and on the Carso. The entire Austrian second line east of ...

    Article : 771 words
  7. THE REFERENDUM

    During the past 24 hours 77,[?]41 effective votes were counted in connection with the referendum. Of these, 39,712 were cast in favour of "Yes" and 38,129 for the ...

    Article : 464 words
  8. FORT VAUX.

    It is admitted at Berlin that the Germans have evacuated Fort Vaux, on the Verdun front. A Berlin communique, issued early on ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 343 words
  9. PITH OF THE WAR.

    Fort Vaux, the scene of one of the greatest struggles in the history of warfare, has been evacuated by the Germans. There is no evidence of the ...

    Article : 277 words
  10. MINE-OWNERS' CASE.

    Tho colliery proprietors of New South Wales issued the following official statement yesterday:— In July, 1915, the employees mode a ...

    Article : 2,653 words
  11. FOOD IN BRITAIN.

    The British Government is drafting a Food Prices Bill. The measure will not seek to fix prices arbitrarily, but by the purchase of ...

    Article : 176 words
  12. BRITAIN'S YOUNG MEN.

    Mr. Lloyd George (Secretary of State for War) has weeded out of the subsidiary departments of the War Office civilians under 26 years of age who are fit for general ...

    Article : 99 words
  13. King's Bodyguard.

    King George on Thursday bade "God[?] speed" to a battalion of Household Cavalry which is going to the front as infantry. [The special regiments which are engaged ...

    Article : 67 words
  14. BRITISH SUCCESS.

    Describing the Operations of the British army on the Struma front (right wing of the Macedonian line), Mr. G. Ward Price, the official press representative, says:— ...

    Article : 229 words
  15. THE MARINA AFFAIR.

    There is, according to latest cable advices from America, a general belief in Washington that Germany cannot excuse the sinking of the steamer Marina, on the ground ...

    Article : 115 words
  16. ON THE SOMME.

    In a Paris communiqu[?] on Thursday afternoon it was stated: "Despite persistent bad weather, we followed up an advantage gained during the night between Les [?] ...

    Article : 807 words
  17. FUTURE OF POLAND.

    The Milan correspondent of the London "Daily Chronicle" says that the German and Austrian Governments are agreed upon the question of the future of Poland. ...

    Article : 83 words
  18. UNITY OF ALLIES.

    "La Sera" of Milan is responsible for the statement that in order to avoid complications the Allies have resolved against the assembling of a peace congress at the ...

    Article : 163 words
  19. A RECORD CROWD.

    "The most tremendous crowd on record," is the description cabled from New York of the meeting in Madison Square Gardens by President Wilson, in connection with ...

    Article : 96 words
  20. EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS

    A White Book just issued in connection with the exchange of British and German civilians over 45 years of age shows that the agreement made to this end applies to ...

    Article : 97 words
  21. GREEK CRISIS.

    The Athens newspaper "Patris" makes sensational disclosures concerning documents found in the portmantea[?] of a German officer which was seized by secret police ...

    Article : 301 words
  22. MEXICAN MARAUDERS.

    Latest advices regarding affairs in Mexico include a message from Mexico City to the effect that the followers of Villa have captured the town of Parral. They robbed a ...

    Article : 58 words
  23. Britain's Air Service.

    The Parliamentary Air Committee is not satisfied with the attitude shown by the First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr. Balfour) towards the proposal to extend the powers ...

    Article : 83 words
  24. PRISON HORRORS.

    The Paris "Matin" asserts that Germany has deliberntely planned to propagate tuberculosis among prisoners. A medical eye-witness, the journal says, ...

    Article : 485 words
  25. THE GREATEST BATTLE.

    A "Wireless Press" message from Petrograd says that a fierce struggle is proceeding over the whole of that portion of the Russo-Roumanian front extending from ...

    Article : 120 words
  26. Wheat Steamers

    It is stated in London that some British steamers have been ordered to Australia in ballast, to load wheat. In connection with this, the assertion is made that there has ...

    Article : 53 words
  27. Menace Within Our Gates.

    The London Court of Common Council has agreed to a motion in favour of the realisation of enemy holdings in business partnerships, the closing of enemy banks, ...

    Article : 213 words
  28. RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS.

    During the sitting of the Parliamentary Committee of Examination in connection with the Rhodes Estate Bill, it was explained by the trustees under the ...

    Article : 125 words
  29. SUMMARY OF EARLIER NEWS.

    The following cable messages appeared in the later editions of "The Argus" on Friday:— AMERICA AND MARINA AFFAIR. ...

    Article : 184 words
  30. Strength of German Army.

    Mr. Hilaire Belloc, writing in "Land and Water," estimates that the German troops number 5,000,000, apart from the reserves amounting to 1,310,000, which include men ...

    Article : 114 words
  31. Blackmail Charge.

    Thomas Jackson, commission agent, is being prosecuted at Bow Street Police Court on Thursday for having attempted to blackmail Mr. Godfrey Isaacs, chairman of the ...

    Article : 151 words
  32. British Civil Service Pay.

    The British Prime Minister (Mr. Asquith) announced in the House of Commons on Thursday that the Government was about to establish an arbitration ...

    Article : 41 words
  33. Dismissed from Service.

    Second-Lieutenant Lemon, of the 3rd Battalion, has been dismissed from the service. ...

    Article : 18 words
  34. Wounded Soldiers in London

    At the suggestion of the Royal Colonial Institute, the city livery companies of London have made arrangements to supply winter entertainments for wounded overseas ...

    Article : 77 words
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