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  2. LIGHTS AFTER MIDNIGHT.

    Considerable comment has been made by suburban residents on the fact that since the innovation of "daylight saving"—which is really a misnomer, for presumably it was ...

    Article : 435 words
  3. WAR METHODS.

    A high official at the Vatican, replying to The Central News, stated that the attitude of the Holy See to the nations at war remained unchanged, and that the ...

    Article : 175 words
  4. RETURNED SOLDIERS EMPHATIC.

    The majority of those people who attended the public meeting in the Adelaide Town Hall on Tuesday night, held under the auspices of the Returned Soldiers' ...

    Article : 1,166 words
  5. THE "NATIONAL" PARTY.

    The Premier appears to be vaguely enthusiastic about the "National Federation." He is sanguine of the idea catching on, but, if Mr. Vaughan cared to admit it, he sees ...

    Article : 564 words
  6. THE RAFA FIGHT.

    Mr. W. T. Massey, war correspondent in Egypt, telegraphing from El Arish, says:—The victory of the desert column at Rafa was unquestionably one of the finest ...

    Article : 215 words
  7. GERMANS MOVING WESTWARD.

    Another naval disaster is reported, the Japanese having lost the 11-year-old battleship Tsukuba as the result of an explosion, which was also attended by 300 casualties. A large movement of Germans toward the western front is announced, and some relaxation of enemy pressure in Dobrudja is noted. The ...

    Article : 124 words
  8. GERMAN BOYS TO FIGHT.

    The Kaiser has ordered Gen. von Stein to organize all the boys of Germany and fit them for war service. Schoolboys are in consequence being compelled to attend ...

    Article : 166 words
  9. THE AUSTRALIANS.

    Pte. William Gilbert, of Semaphore, whose death through a motor accident in England on December 24, was recently announced, was 29 years of age. He left ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 188 words
  10. INSIDE GERMANY.

    A subject of a neutral Power, who was living in Germany for a while prior to December last, says:—"I lost 15 lb. in weight there in two months. I saw no butter ...

    Article : 311 words
  11. Australia House Drawn Upon.

    The Office of Works has asked the Australian High Commissioner (Mr. Fisher) to give it the use of the third floor of Australia House directly the building is ...

    Article : 40 words
  12. STIRRING SPECTACLE.

    The Australian Light Horse approached Rafa from the south-east, and the camelry from the south. The troops deployed and initiated a dismounted attack. The ...

    Article : 318 words
  13. BATTLESHIP SUNK.

    The Japanese battleship Tsukuba (13,750 tons, built in 1907) has sunk as the result of an explosion, and there were 300 casualties. Her crew totalled 817 officers and ...

    Article : 38 words
  14. EASTERN FRONT.

    The Roumanians, announces a Russian report, attacked heights in the region of the Kasino River, and by violent bayonet fighting threw back the enemy about ...

    Article : 133 words
  15. Incidents of the War.

    The military police, acting under the Defence of the Realm Act, raided the offices of the Women's Social and Political Union ami seized documents and copies of ...

    Article : 129 words
  16. Interned and Then Released

    The Dutch interned a German submarine, which was found trespassing in the territorial waters of Holland. The captain explained that he had "strayed" in the fog ...

    Article : 43 words
  17. "CONSTANTINE TO GO."

    The Rome correspondent of The New York Tribune says it is understood that King Constantine of Greece it about to be deposed, and that an Italian prince, a ...

    Article : 133 words
  18. Universal Service Scheme.

    Mr. Neville Chamberlain (Director of Civilian National Service in the United Kingdom) has completed the draft scheme for his universal national service, and ...

    Article : 69 words
  19. Operations Against Bulgars and Austrians.

    It is officially reported that bad weather in Macedonia has caused numerous floods. Heavy snowstorms have occurred in the Lake Presba region. Italians repulsed an ...

    Article : 116 words
  20. HEROES ALL!

    The details of a sad double tragedy at the Glen Rosenthal Creek form a remarkable story of unselfish devotion on the part of the two men now dead, which ...

    Article : 395 words
  21. PEACE TALK.

    Breslau newspapers state that the German Imperial Chancellor (Dr. Hollweg) will address the Reichstag at the end of January respecting the Entente's replies to ...

    Article : 53 words
  22. SUPREME BRITISH EFFORT.

    The enemy fought with desperation to stave off defeat until succour arrived. When our patrols announced that a Turkish relief column was about three ...

    Article : 304 words
  23. SOLDIERS' DEPENDANTS.

    The Federal Treasurer (Mr. Poynton) is endeavouring to remove all cause for complaint in connection with delay in the granting of pensions to dependants of ...

    Article : 162 words
  24. BAVARIAN INDIGNATION.

    The King of Bavaria has sent a despatch to the Kaiser, in which he declares that the indignation which has been aroused in the heart of the Emperor ...

    Article : 53 words
  25. WESTERN FRONT.

    Field-Marshal Haig, in his Monday noon report, remarks that the British raided enemy lines east of Loos, inflicting many casualties on the foe, and Shelled a ...

    Article : 39 words
  26. ENEMY PRESSURE DIMINISHED.

    The pressure by the enemy in Wallachia and Dobrudja has diminished owing to the resistance by the Allies and to the severity of the ...

    Article : 100 words
  27. CORRESPONDENCE.

    Sir—The contributions of Sir Richard Butler and Rp. Foster to the press on the present political situation, and their condemnation of the tactics of Mr. Hughes in ...

    Article : 418 words
  28. Cheering Up Berlin.

    The German Ambassador to the United States (Count Bernstorff), with a view to cheering up Berlin upon the adhesion of another neutral to the Note by President ...

    Article : 109 words
  29. GREAT MOVEMENT BY HUNS.

    Reports from the frontier assent that great movements of troops and guns are in full swing westward. ...

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  30. EYES ON GREECE.

    A Daily Telegraph message from Athena states that, with the acceptance by Greece of the ultimatum from the Entente, the "high talk" that prevailed at the ...

    Article : 91 words
  31. Artillery Duel.

    The French Monday night communique announces mutual bombardments on the banks of the Somme, on the right of the Meuse, and in Alsace-Lorraine. The ...

    Article : 92 words
  32. Haw France Deals With the Striker.

    Mr. T. Henley, a member of the New South Wales Parliament, who is at present in London as Assistant Commissioner for the Sydney War Chest and Australian ...

    Article : 736 words
  33. DESPAIR OF GERMANS.

    In a despatch from Berlin to The New York American, Mr. W. B. Hale says that, ill a conversation, a German leader in one of the highest political positions, said:— ...

    Article : 142 words
  34. THE IMPERIAL CONFERENCE.

    A statement regarding the representation of Australia at the Imperial Conference, signed by Mr. T. R. Bavin, of Sydney, Professor T. H. Laby, and Messrs. J. H. ...

    Article : 244 words
  35. ITALY AND AUSTRIA.

    An Italian communique declares that there has been increased activity by the enemy artillery in the Carso region and east of Gorizia. ...

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  36. JAPANESE MILITARY MEDALLIST.

    His Majesty the King has presented the Military Medal to Pte. Harry Ohara, a Japanese journalist, who enlisted with the Sikhs and later was transferred to the ...

    Article : 74 words
  37. Constantine Meets Falkenhayn.

    Remarkable messages from Rome announce the arrival of Gen. Falkenhayn (the German leader) at Larissa, where he conferred with King Constantine of ...

    Article : 46 words
  38. PERSONAL NOTES.

    News has teen received that Tpr. M. I. Murrie, second son of Mrs. P. Murrie, jun., of Rochester street, Knightsbridge, and the late Sgt. P. Murrie, has been slightly ...

    Article : 130 words
  39. Who Will Hold Out?

    While many naval writers in Germany are seeking to lull the hunger revolt of the masses by inspired statements that the British merchantmen will be swept ...

    Article : 168 words
  40. Beer Conrol in Bavaria.

    The Rotterdam correspondent of The Daily Telegraph writes that beer stamps to secure a more equal distribution of liquor have been ...

    Article : 72 words
  41. Allies' Work at Salonika.

    Mr. Ward Price, the war correspondent at Salonika, in answering the question, "What are we doing with Salonika?" says:—Our objects are, first to cut the ...

    Article : 120 words
  42. Enemy Preparations Against Italy.

    The Rome representative of The Daily Chronicle has telegraphed that it is reported that a large concentration of Austrians and Bavarians in the Innsbruck ...

    Article : 95 words
  43. BARRIER CUSTOMS HOUSE.

    A meeting of several business men connected with the wholesale trade and the brewery industry was held this afternoon at the town hall. The Mayor (Mr. ...

    Article : 63 words
  44. MISSING NAVY MONEY.

    A young man, David, Flynn O'Donoghue, appeared at the City Police Court to-day to answer a charge of having, on or about March 3, 1916, fraudulently converted to ...

    Article : 172 words
  45. Imperial Conference.

    As urgent affairs will prevent Gen. Botha from leaving South Africa, the Imperial Government has acceded to the request of the Union Government to release ...

    Article : 60 words
  46. TOO MANY "HEADS."

    Ever since the construction of the Federal capital at Canberra was begun it has been a source of worry to the successive Ministers. The new Minister for Home ...

    Article : 133 words
  47. RUSSIAN REFORM.

    The announcement in the programme of Prince Nicholas Dmitrievitch Galatzin (the new Russian Premier), as published in The Novoye Vremya, that he does not ...

    Article : 94 words
  48. CONSTABLE CHARGED WITH BURGLARY.

    Jensen's jewellery store at Coonamble was broken into on Monday morning. The back door was drilled in three places, and the bolts were removed. As nothing was ...

    Article : 63 words
  49. MESOPOTAMIA.

    The British forces in Mesopotamia have made progress east and west of Kut-el-Amara, and, except a small area north-east of that place, the whole of the right ...

    Article : 52 words
  50. Expensive Trading.

    The Danish authorities are displaying great energy in punishing breaches of illegal trade with Germany. A merchant convicted of having exported 20 casks of ...

    Article : 46 words
  51. GERMAN YOKE.

    The Germans have introduced compulsory labour in Lithuania, in the shape of trench digging. A meeting of protest, held at Vilna, resulted in punishment of ...

    Article : 70 words
  52. Local Recruiting Activities.

    The Chairman of the State Recruiting Committee (Sr. Newland) left by the Melbourne express on Tuesday afternoon, and while in the Victorian capital will probably ...

    Article : 230 words
  53. LINER LOST.

    The Great Northern Steamship Company's American vessel, Minnesota (20,700 tons) has been sunk as the result of a collision. ...

    Article : 28 words
  54. British War Loan.

    The following additional large amounts have been subscribed to the British "Victory" war loan:—Imperial Tobacco Company, £2,500,000 (nearly all new money) ...

    Article : 88 words
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