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  2. DISEASE AND FAMINE IN FLANDERS.

    King George spent Tuesday in visiting military hospitals in France, and in conversing with some of the patients. The Czar of Russia has left for the front, to inspect the troops who are operating, against the enemy on the Prussian frontier of Poland. ...

    Article : 429 words
  3. OFFICERS OF THE SCHARZFELS.

    On Wednesday the German captain and officers of the seized steamer Scharzfels were removed from residence at Semaphore to Magill. The change has been made at ...

    Article : 86 words
  4. Enemy in Dire Straits.

    Mr. Martin Donohoe, writing in The Daily Chronicle, says that the Germans are suffering acutely as the result of the cold and wintry weather in Belgium. As at the ...

    Article : 633 words
  5. RHEIMS BOMBARDMENT.

    The bombardment of Rheims by the Germans continues. The fire of the enemy has latterly been directed against the factories of the city, all of which have been ...

    Article : 70 words
  6. THE NAVAL MEN'S CHRISTMAS.

    As Chairman of the Mayor's Patriotic Fund the Mayor (Mr. A. A. Simpson) recently received a letter from Lieut. Bond, in command of No. 6 Company ...

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  7. A Wonderful Bayonet Charge.

    Cape. J. Montgomery, of the 7th Dragoon Guards, has been made a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order in recognition of conspicuous gallantry ...

    Article : 142 words
  8. MANGLED HUMANITY.

    The story of the tragic death of Dr. Angus Macnab, who was well known in Melbourne, will be fresh in the minds of readers (stated The Argus of Tuesday). ...

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  9. Banks Seized at Jerusalem.

    The Turks at Jerusalem have seized the local brunches of the Credit Lyonnaise and Anglo-Palestine Bank. The safe of the latter institution held £2,400. ...

    Article : 37 words
  10. A Serbian Victory.

    The Serbian Government has officially announced that the Austrians violently attacked the Lazarevatz front (east of Belgrade) on Friday, but were repulsed ...

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  11. Clothing for Rheims.

    By the Mongolia, which will leave the Outer Harbour to-day, three large cases of clothing for women and children are being dispatched to Rheims. The garments have been made or ...

    Article : 104 words
  12. No Infantry Attacks.

    The communique issued on Tuesday midnight states that German infantry unsuccessfully endeavoured to come out of their trenches, southward of Bixschoote, in ...

    Article : 205 words
  13. Further Successes in Poland.

    The struggle in Poland, where the Russians are endeavouring to prevent large bodies of the enemy from regaining their lines, is still undecided, and the main ...

    Article : 291 words
  14. Norwegian Prize of War.

    A British warship has conveyed the Nor-wegian steamer Sandfjord to this port. She had left New York for Copenhagen, but is now a prize of war, for she was ...

    Article : 70 words
  15. For the Indian Troops.

    Miss Ellen M. Lewis's appeal for funds to send gifts to the Indian troops has met with a ready response. Sir Josiah Symon has written the following appreciative ...

    Article : 637 words
  16. "Temptation to Recruits."

    The Premier of the Canadian province of Manitoba has announced that hotel bars will be closed at an earlier hour throughout Manitoba ...

    Article : 113 words
  17. A Cemetery Undermined.

    Reuter's correspondent at Calais gives an account of French and German troops entrenched on opposite sides of a cemetery near Lille. The French mined towards the ...

    Article : 118 words
  18. Incidents of the War.

    Arrangements have been made at Capetown that the Apolda shall complete her voyage to Melbourne with a prize crew. ...

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  19. TROOPS FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Approximately 400 troops, forming part of Western Australia's share of the 2nd Expeditionary Force for, Europe, arrived at Port Adelaide by steamer on ...

    Article : 171 words
  20. THANKS!

    The officer commanding the 1st Australian-General Hospital (Lt.-Col. W: Ramsay Smith) has forwarded the following circular letter to Mr. A. M. Simpson ...

    Article : 222 words
  21. Prospects for Peace.

    The Dutch Ambassador (M. Van Dyke) visited the Secretary of State (Mr. Bryan), and pointed out the desire of Holland for an early end to the European war. He ...

    Article : 76 words
  22. Courtrai a Hospital.

    The Telegraaf states that the Germans at Courtrai, on the Franco-Belgian frontier, requisitioned £80,000 worth of goods from the Belgium population. ...

    Article : 64 words
  23. AMERICAN DEFENCES.

    Rear Admiral Victor Blue, before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Naval Affairs, contended that 240 additional officers and 4,500 men ...

    Article : 180 words
  24. FIFTEEN THOUSAND.

    Lieut. Aubrey Fletcher, of the Grenadier Guards, who was wounded and has been invalided home, relates that his division of 15,000 was ordered to hold a front of ...

    Article : 119 words
  25. Germans Reinforcing.

    Advices from the Dutch port of Sluis state that a larger German force with bigger guns has been concentrated on the Yser, with a view to a fresh assault on ...

    Article : 140 words
  26. THE KING IN FRANCE.

    The visit of King George to his troops in France his produced an excellent impression in Italy. The Rome newspapers consider that it is calculated to convince ...

    Article : 174 words
  27. Local Affairs.

    Second-Lieut. H. R. Oborn (23rd Light Horse) has been appointed to 9th Light Horse, Australian Imperial Forces. The appointment of Capt. J. W. Parsons to 9th ...

    Article : 355 words
  28. "Tall" German Reports.

    A report published at Berlin, emanating from German official sources, states that portion of the German Army in Russian Poland east of Lodz, was seriously ...

    Article : 86 words
  29. THE RED CROSS.

    The following is the interim report of the central council of the Australian branch of the British Red Cross Society, of which Lady Helen Munro-Ferguson is President:—"Contributions in ...

    Article : 615 words
  30. General Items.

    The Glenelg Town Hall was packed on Tuesday evening, when a concert in aid of the Red Cross Funds was given. The programme was an excellent and diversified ...

    Article : 327 words
  31. GERMAN WARSHIPS.

    The Copenhagen correspondent of The Daily Mail says that most of the German warships which hitherto have been in the Kiel Harbour have been transferred to the ...

    Article : 195 words
  32. Mysterious Night Exploit.

    The latest Gurkha exploit has secured for the Allies the battered town of Dixmude. For several days the British were unable to dislodge a body of Germans ...

    Article : 218 words
  33. Greatest Battle in History.

    The Times expresses disbelief in any report of a fresh big battle, either at Ypres or anywhere else in Flanders. The battle of Flanders, it contends, has ended ...

    Article : 97 words
  34. WARNING FROM THE UNIVERSITY.

    PRINCETOWN (NEW JERSEY), Dec. 2. Mr. George B. McLellan (ex-Mayor of New York, and Professor of Economic History at Princeton University) predicts ...

    Article : 185 words
  35. Czar at the Front.

    The Czar of Russia has gone to the front to see his troops in action. ...

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  36. The Queen and the Soldiers.

    Three hundred thousand body belts and the same number of pairs of socks, for which Queen Mary appealed to the women of the Empire, have now reached France ...

    Article : 46 words
  37. German Strength in the Field.

    Commenting on the German claim that the enemy has 100 active and reserve corps in the field, a semi-official French Note states that Germany really has 25 1/2 active ...

    Article : 102 words
  38. Doctors on Netherlands Vessels.

    The Premier (Hon. A. H. Peake) has received the following letter from the Prime Minister:—"I have the honour to inform you that my colleague, the Minister ...

    Article : 144 words
  39. FRENCH IN ALSACE.

    The Commander-in-Chief of the allied armies (Gen. Joffre) has paid a visit to Thann, in Alsace, where he received a cordial welcome from the populace. When ...

    Article : 184 words
  40. German Defence of Belgian Coast.

    More German troops from the River Yser and Ostend districts of Belgium have been sent to guard the northern Belgian coast at Heyst and Zeebrugge against the ...

    Article : 125 words
  41. THE EASTERN BATTLES

    The official communique states that obstinate fighting continues in the direction of Lowicz (west from Warsaw). German efforts to send reinforcements for their ...

    Article : 126 words
  42. American Zones.

    President Wilson has announced that the establishment of neutral zones in South American waters—as the Republics requested—will be impossible without the ...

    Article : 34 words
  43. No Action Taken.

    Mr. Onslow moved the adjournment of the Legislative Assembly to-night to call attention to the appointment of August Schiedel to the position of employes ...

    Article : 79 words
  44. Typhoid Among Belgian Troops.

    An outbreak of typhoid has occurred among the Belgian soldiers, and the British Red Cross Society has voted £10,000 to provide special accommodation for the ...

    Article : 46 words
  45. "TIPPERARY" BANNED.

    The Secretary of the United States Navy (Mr. Josephus Daniels) has prohibited the American naval men from singing "It's a long way to Tipperary." The New York ...

    Article : 156 words
  46. Comforts for Troop Horses.

    The committee of the "Comforts for Troop Horses Fund" reports that already about £23 has been expended in calico for bandages, and so on, and that the present ...

    Article : 341 words
  47. Advertising

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  48. Cheer-Up Society.

    A number of promises of Christmas poultry and other good things for the camp Christmas dinner have been sent in, and the society would be glad to receive fruit, canned or otherwise. ...

    Article : 117 words
  49. French Sailors at Antwerp.

    It is officially announced that a force of French sailors, in addition to the British force, under Gen. Rawlinson, assisted in the safe withdrawal of the Belgian Army ...

    Article : 45 words
  50. Advertising

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  51. Watching for German Squadron.

    British warships are watching for the German squadron, and are anxious to do battle with the victors of the engagement off the coast of Chili. ...

    Article : 67 words
  52. The Wool Embargo.

    The British Ambassador has conferred with the United States Government in the matter of the probable raising of the wool embargo. It is understood that Great ...

    Article : 53 words
  53. Advertising

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