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  2. BRITISH VESSEL MINED.

    Another British ship has been mined— this time off the Kentish Knock lightship, She did not sink, but was bo badly damaged that she had to be run ashore at Pegwell ...

    Article : 830 words
  3. THE HERO KING.

    By fluttering flags and festooned colours and the chivalrous strategy of fair patriots, Adelaide today is being brought into picturesque touch with the tragedy of ...

    Article : 889 words
  4. EITEL FRIEDRICH.

    The American authorities have ordered the German auxiliary cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich to leave the port of Newport News. Virginia U.S.A. The vessel, which ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 460 words
  5. THE KING'S EXAMPLE.

    The example of the King in banishing alcohol from the royal households, according to the cable messages, has "fired the popular imagination." Peers, society leaders, and prominent commercial men are joining the movement. Mr. Llovd George has received 100.000 ...

    Article : 448 words
  6. EASTERN FRONTS.

    An official intimation made in the Russian capital is that between March 20 and April 3 the Muscovites, in their operations in Austria Hungary, between Buligrod and ...

    Article : 55 words
  7. FIGHTING IN AFRICA.

    Advices from the Belgian Congo show that a raiding force from German East Africa made an attack on Belgian ground, north of Lake Kivu. The enemy were ...

    Article : 44 words
  8. Important German Town Taken.

    It is officially announced that Union troops have occupied the town of Warmbad, the southern capital of German South West Africa. ...

    Article : 31 words
  9. Swedish Steamer Seized.

    A German naval party seized the Swedish steamer England (2,680 tons) in the Baltic Sea. She was laden with maize, and was on a voyage from South America ...

    Article : 36 words
  10. Conquests in Galicia.

    The Tuesday midnight communique in reference to the fighting in Galicia states that on April 4 the Russians made prisoners of 20 officers and 1,500 men on the ...

    Article : 201 words
  11. A SOUTH AFRICAN ENGAGEMENT.

    On board the Maloja is Lieut. P. Allen, a Melbourne man, who left Victoria some time ago to investigate farming possibilities in German East Africa. When the ...

    Article : 149 words
  12. German Torpedo's Work.

    Experts who have examined into the injury to the Norwegian steamer Belridge have proved that it was caused by a German torpedo. The Belridge was struck ...

    Article : 55 words
  13. Labour and War.

    Workers in various shipyards and mumtion factories along the Tyne have returned, after the Easter holidays, with remarkable punctuality. The gratifying fact ...

    Article : 43 words
  14. TURKISH FORTS.

    A squadron of British warships bombarded the forts at the entrance to the Gulf of Smyrna on Sunday. Hydroplanes attached to the fleet dropped a number of ...

    Article : 42 words
  15. A German Deserter.

    A young foreigner, named Paul Stringer or Strenge, who said he was a Swiss, was charged before Mr. Macfarlane, S.M., at the Water Police Court today with having ...

    Article : 185 words
  16. RAID ON SERBIA.

    The Matin publishes a telegram from Nish, which states that Mustapha Effendi, ex Commissioner of Police in Constantinople, organized she raid into Serbia. The ...

    Article : 59 words
  17. What the Bulgars Say.

    A Bulgarian Note to Serbia denies responsibility for the recent raid. It states that it was not a party of Bulgarian irregulars which marched on the Serb ...

    Article : 102 words
  18. An Austrian's Troubles.

    Berthold Schwarz, who described himself as an Austrian, was charged at the Quarter Sessions today with the larceny of a writing case from the office of a city ...

    Article : 181 words
  19. FRENCH GAINED GROUND.

    The midnight communique states:—The French have made appreciable progress from Verdun eastward, and have occupied the village of Gussainville, as well as the ...

    Article : 87 words
  20. KING'S EXAMPLE.

    The action of His Majesty the King on abolishing alcoholic liquors from the royal households as an example to his subjects has fired the popular imagination, and a ...

    Article : 82 words
  21. French Officer's Vivid Story

    An interesting narrative of a German torpedo attack upon the French warship Jean Bart bas been given in a letter by one of the officers. "We had a lucky ...

    Article : 292 words
  22. NO FEAR OF FRICTION.

    The French press pays a tribute to the courteous tone of the American Note on the blockade. The opinion is expressed that there should be no difficulty in ...

    Article : 110 words
  23. Newspapers Banned.

    Instructions are being issued by the defence authorities that newsagents are not to distribute in the Commonwealth copies of The Irish World and The ...

    Article : 34 words
  24. LABOUR POLITICIANS.

    The conference of the Independent Labour Party at Norwich closed today. A resolution affirming the desirableness of a truce Wine arranged. with Germany with ...

    Article : 143 words
  25. THE "STRONG MAN.'

    The Press Bureau announces that the Secretary for War (Earl Kitchener) has appointed a committee to take steps to secure a supply of munitions of war which ...

    Article : 228 words
  26. Melbourne Greetings.

    The committee of the Rose Day Appeal dispatched yesterday, through the Consul General (M. Lanwers), the following cable message of congratulation to King Albert ...

    Article : 116 words
  27. Powerful Explosive.

    The official organ of the French Military Forces states that the new explosive shell which has been adopted for the 75 millimetre (3 in.) guns, has increased the power ...

    Article : 38 words
  28. Recruiting.

    At the Wayville West Barracks on Wednesday 24 men were medically examined for the expeditionary forces. Of that number 23 were accepted, and one ...

    Article : 31 words
  29. THE BLOCKADE.

    The Cardiff steamer Northlands, 2.77G tons, was torpedoed by a German submarine off Beachy Head. The crew of 24 were saved. ...

    Article : 151 words
  30. GERMAN OFFICERS.

    A hundred German officers of some distinction made an attempt to escape from a concentration camp in which they were interned near Maidenhead (on the Thames, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 273 words
  31. Greeks for French Front.

    A contingent of 340 Greek volunteers has arrived at Marseilles, to enlist in the Foreign Legion fighting at the front. ...

    Article : 27 words
  32. In the Country.

    HAMLEY BRIDGE, April 6.—On Tuesday the institute hall was crowded by residents to bid farewell to eight young men who are now in training. Mr. F. Waltke presided. Those leaving ...

    Article : 90 words
  33. MILITARY MATTERS.

    The number of men offering for the expeditionary forces has fallen off considerably. Some weeks ago more than 200 men a week volunteered their services. ...

    Article : 204 words
  34. Emden Memories.

    The arrival at Fremantle of the steamer Telamon, under Capt. G. W. Long, and with Mr. A. V. Anderson as chief engineer, recalls memories of the late German ...

    Article : 233 words
  35. Enemy Officers' Casualties.

    A Reuter message from Paris says that French official estimates show that up to March 15 Germany must have lost 31,276 officers, of whom 9.925 were killed. The ...

    Article : 38 words
  36. APRIL WEATHER.

    Field Marshal Sir John French, in his biweekly report from the field of operations, states that the situation is quiet. Changes from mild to bad in the weather ...

    Article : 78 words
  37. Advertising

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  38. Bomb on a Church.

    A German Taube (dove) aeroplane passed over a Flem? village near Ypres yesterday. A bomb was dropped on the church, which damaged the building and killed the ...

    Article : 49 words
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