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  2. FRENCH CATASTROPHE.

    Two terrific explosions occurred in a munitions factory at Courneuve, near St. Denis (two miles outside the city wall of Paris), on Friday afternoon. ...

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  3. UNHAPPY AUSTRIANS.

    Zurich reports state that a new strike movement has begun in Austria. The workers on a number of railways struck, and the military authorities vainly ordered ...

    Article : 416 words
  4. AUSTRALIANS.

    The Victorians have scored honours in two neat little raids during the night in front of Messines. The larger was carried out by a party of 60 men armed with ...

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  5. RUSSIA.

    The Exchange Telegraph News Agency states that the Soviet conference at Moscow ralifled the Russo-German peace treaty by 453 votes to 30. ...

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  6. IRISH HOME RULE.

    Mr. John Dillon, the new leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party, replying to congratulations from Inniskilling, said:— "My first step will be to tell England ...

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  7. AIR FIGHTS.

    Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, reporting aerial operations to the War Office on Saturday night, said:— "British aeroplanes on ...

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  8. THE WEST.

    Mr. Philip Gibbs, the special correspondent on the West front of the London "Daily Chronicle," describing the latest position, says:— ...

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  9. DUTCH SHIPS.

    According to a message from Amsterdam the Netherlands Government objects to the use of Dutch ships in dangerous European waters, but is prepared, if they are not to ...

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  10. ORDER OF EMPIRE.

    His Excellency the Governor-General is in receipt of a cable message from the Secretary of State for the Colonies intimating that His Majesty the King has been pleased ...

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  11. Railway-men's Wages.

    The National Union of Railway-men, whith represents 400,000 employees on British railways, is applying for an advance of 12½ per cent[?] in wages. ...

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  12. WAR LOAN RIVALRY.

    Sydney's Lord Mayor (Alderman Joynton Smith) has set his city the task of raising half the new War Loan of £40,000,000, and he believes that the feat will be ...

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  13. PEACE "FEELERS"

    The Washington correspondent of the "New York Tribune" says that advices have been received by an Allied Embassy to the effect that representatives of Austria, ...

    Article : 72 words
  14. Life in German Camps.

    "Happy" Sullivan the New Zealand sculler who has just been released from the civilian prisoners camp at Ruhleben (Germany) where he was interned on the ...

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  15. OUR SHIPPING LOSSES.

    In his reply, which closed the debate in the House of Commons on mercantile shipbuilding, Mr. Bonar Law (Leader of the Government) said that the essence of the ...

    Article : 226 words
  16. Italian Campaign.

    Austrian military critics state that Austria is concentrating troops on the Italian front for an offensive which is imminent and which will be co-ordinated with the ...

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  17. Germany Wants Colonies.

    Dr. Solf, a member of the German Ministry, who still retains the title of Secretary of State for the Colonies, declared in a speech at Cologne that a lasting peace was ...

    Article : 113 words
  18. DAY OF PRAYER.

    Citizens are asked to unite to-day in prayer, for the Empire and the Commonwealth, and for the soldiers at the front. Prayer meetings will be conducted at the ...

    Article : 46 words
  19. Sir George Alexander.

    Sir George Alexander, the well-known actor-manager, died in London on Friday, in his 60th year. [?]Sir George Alexander was born at Reading in ...

    Article : 190 words
  20. Who Began the War?

    The Stockholm newspaper "Politiken' publishes a remarkable private and secret memorandum by Prince Lichnowsky (who was German Ambassador at London when ...

    Article : 258 words
  21. IRELAND'S OPPORTUNITY.

    Sir,—How long are the loyal members of the community expected to endure the insults which every few days are heaped upon them and upon the Motherland by Dr. ...

    Article : 370 words
  22. Food Rations in Britain.

    It is estimated that 6,000,000 persons in Great Britain are being supplied with extra rations, which consist of bacon, poultry, and rabbits. These extra rations will not ...

    Article : 158 words
  23. Pictures for Melbourne.

    A number of drawings by William Blake have been purchased from the Linnell collection for the Melbourne Art Gallery. They include the "Creation of Eve," for ...

    Article : 231 words
  24. GENERAL CABLES.

    His Majesty the King on Saturday received Commander Worsley and Lieutenant Stenhouse, of the S[?]ckleton Anta[?]tic ex[?]dition, and conferred on them the ...

    Article : 82 words
  25. Collision in Irish Sea.

    The packet steamer Rathmore (1,509 tons), with 640 passengers on board, came into collision with a naval vessel in the Irish Sea on Friday. ...

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  26. OVERTAKEN BY TRAIN.

    Injuries which shortly afterward resulted in her death were sustained at Brunswick on Saturday night by Mrs. Bridget McMahon, owing to her being run over by a train. Mrs. McMahon, who ...

    Article : 204 words
  27. MOTOR-CARS COLLIDE.

    A lucky escape was experience yesterday afternoon by a motoring party, consisting of Mrs. Stanley Green, of Stevenson street, Kew, and her children. Another car, owned by Mrs. McKean, ...

    Article : 137 words
  28. Unclean Hun Methods.

    The discovery that horses and mules which are now arming in England and France from the Argentine are suffering from glanders leaves little doubt that ...

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  29. NEW INSOLVENTS.

    John Miller, of Park street, South Melbourne, railway employee. Cuases of insolvency—Illness of wife and children and high cost of living. Liabilities, £40/14/; ...

    Article : 39 words
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  31. BANK MANAGER'S WIFE MISSING.

    Mrs. Harrison, wife of Mr. Louis Percival Harrison, manager of the London Bank, North Fitzroy, has been missing from her home since noon on Thursday. She them said she was going shopping ...

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  33. MAN'S THROAT CUT.

    Bleeding from a wound in the throat, James Henderson, of Oakbank street, Newport, was taken by the police to the Williamstown Hospital yesterday morning. He was admitted. ...

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