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  2. DISCONTENTED DRIVERS.

    "Things are very serious," remarked Mr. Guen, M.P. (Secretary of the South Australian Carters and Drivers' Union) to a representative of The Register on ...

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  3. THE SEARCH FOR OIL.

    The optimism of those connected with the companies which are boring for oil in the south-east is not shared by the Government Geologist (Mr. L. Keith Ward). ...

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  4. DESPICABLE VANDALISM.

    A burglary of a contemptibly mean character was perpetrated at the large residence of Mr. Alfred A. Scarfe, Robe terrace, Medindie, on Monday night. Mr. ...

    Article : 298 words
  5. THE POLITICAL MUDDLE.

    No developments in connection with the Federal political situation are expected until shortly before Parliament meets early next month. No date has yet been ...

    Article : 194 words
  6. LONDON EXPLOSION.

    The digging accomplished, by troops of soldiers during, the past two days has made but little impression on the vast heap of debris caused by the explosion ...

    Article : 119 words
  7. THE INQUEST OPENED.

    [?] scenes occurred at the opening of the inquest to-day. At the London Hospital weeping relatives, their features racked with pain, carried out the ...

    Article : 348 words
  8. "PEACE WITHOUT VICTORY."

    President Wilson has created a sensation in the United States by the terms of a speech winch he has delivered to the Washington Senate, in which he advocated the founding of a League of Peace after the war. He said the implication of the assurances of each group of belligerents that it was no part of their purpose to crush their antagonists, implied that when peace should ...

    Article : 183 words
  9. PROMPT GOVERNMENT ACTION.

    Without an hour's delay the Local Government Board took up the matter of relief for the sufferers by the explosion, under the personal supervision of its ...

    Article : 113 words
  10. BETTER FROM MR. TUDOR.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes), when interviewed at Geelong this evening, said he had received a reply to his letter to Mr. Tudor inviting him to confer with ...

    Article : 113 words
  11. YOUTHFUL HEROINE.

    A new and authoritative version of the heroism of the French girl, Marcelle Semmer, during the first rush of the Germans into France, in August, 1914, was ...

    Article : 223 words
  12. EASTERN FRONT.

    A Russian official message states that in the south-west Russian campaign in the direction of Kovel the enemy made an offensive and entered trenches to the south ...

    Article : 94 words
  13. EXPLOSION HEARD NINETY-SIX MILES.

    Reports from all the home counties emphasize the tremendous nature of the exposion, which was heard 96 miles away. ...

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  14. NO TREACHERY SUSPECTED.

    No doubt is felt that the explosion was accidental. There is no suspicion of treachery, but wild rumours in that respect arc current in the stricken district, and ...

    Article : 107 words
  15. ALLEGED BOGUS V.C.

    Dvr. William Richard Campbell, of the Australian Artillery, was arrested at York yesterday as an absentee. He arrived in York with a party of wounded soldiers ...

    Article : 149 words
  16. MODES OF GAMMING.

    A large and rowdy meeting was held at the town hall last night in support of the Government's proposed suppression of the bookmaker. ...

    Article : 349 words
  17. MR. HUGHES'S AMBITIONS.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) spoke at Geelong to-night, when the first Victorian branch of the newly formed National Federation" was opened. In ...

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  18. RUSSIAN SOLDIERS' SAVINGS BANKS.

    Russia has established 115 Savings Banks at her various war fronts, in order to encourage her soldiers to subscribe to the war loan. ...

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  19. ROYAL SYMPATHY.

    Their Majesties the King and Queen have caused special enquiries to be made on their behalf at all the hospitals regarding the condition of the sufferers. ...

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  20. HIGH TRIBUTE TO WOMEN.

    The Minister for Munitions (Dr. Addison) speaking at a meeting of the Young Women's Christian Association at the Mansion House, said he was ...

    Article : 291 words
  21. Ten Turkish Ships Lost.

    It is officially announced from Petrograd that 3 Russian submarine has sunk a Turkish steamer and nine schooners in the Bospborus. ...

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  22. GERMAN RAIDER.

    The Rotterdam correspondent of The Daily Telegraph says that the German press is manifesting hysterical jubilation over the raiders' success in the Atlantic. ...

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  23. WESTERN FRONT.

    Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Hajg, in his Monday noon report, says:—Attempted raids by the enemy north of Arras and north-east of Ploegsteert Wood were ...

    Article : 68 words
  24. Persecution of Czechs.

    Judgment has been pronounced in Vienna sentencing Dr. Kramarz (a prominent member of the Austrian Chamber of Deputies) and other Czech leaders ...

    Article : 115 words
  25. Big Guns Near Verdun.

    The French communique on Monday night says:—On the right of the Meuse there is most violent artillery activity in the sectors of Douaumont and Caurieres ...

    Article : 107 words
  26. The Pope's Attitude.

    Ecclesiastical circles affirm that His Holiness the Pope strongly disapproves of the German and Austrian atrocities, committed during the war. The Stampa ...

    Article : 56 words
  27. Submarinings.

    The Japanese, steamer Kisagata Maru, 2,588 tons, has been sunk. Lloyd's report that the steamer Port Nicholson, 8,413 tons, has been sunk by the ...

    Article : 89 words
  28. INSURANCE RISKS.

    The insurance authorities assert that the companies are not liable for the damage done to property by the explosion. Although some of thorn may make compassionate allowance to holders of fire policies ...

    Article : 62 words
  29. WAYS OF UNIONISM.

    An unusual proposal was submitted to-day to the Federal Minister for Works (Mr. Lynch) by the Builders' Labourers' Union as a means of settling a strike of ...

    Article : 376 words
  30. MESOPOTAMIA.

    An official message announces that British aeroplanes dropped six 100-lb. bombs on a Turkish munition factory at Bagdad. ...

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  31. Leaders Decorated.

    The Kaiser has personally decorated Gen. Hindenburg and Dr. Hollweg (the Imperial Chancellor) with, the new cross for national auxiliary services. ...

    Article : 43 words
  32. Casualties.

    The present belief in official circles is that the deaths do not exceed 100, that the cases of serious injury number about 150, and that the number of persons suffering ...

    Article : 51 words
  33. German ex-Consul Convicted

    Franz Bopp (late German Consul-Gencral at San Francisco), Baron von Brinken (Military Attache at the Consulate), and four of Bopp's employes, have each been ...

    Article : 234 words
  34. RUSSIA'S DOMESTIC CRISES. Rescript from the Czar. LONDON, January 23.

    The special correspondent of The Daily Telegraph says:—"The political situations at the Russian capital are full of dramatic interest; but there exists no English ...

    Article : 456 words
  35. FOOD CONTROL.

    The French Government is introducing regulations for lowering the prices of sugar Mid butter, and restricting meals at restaurants to two dishes, with hors d'oeuvres ...

    Article : 35 words
  36. A THOUSAND HOMELESS.

    The local Mayor stated that 1,000 persons had bean rendered homeless. The Government was ready to do everything possible to relieve the distress. The ...

    Article : 54 words
  37. EXPLOSION RELIEF FUND.

    It is officially announced that the King has contributed £250, Queen Mary £100, and the Queen-Mother £160 toward the relief of the sufferers from the explosion. His ...

    Article : 62 words
  38. EAST AFRICA.

    An official communique reports that the British troops in German East Africa have made considerable further progress. All the columns are enraged in encircling the ...

    Article : 75 words
  39. GENERAL CABLES.

    After drizzling ram in London on Monday a heavy frost occurred in the evening, who streets in the suburbs became like glass, and traffic was ...

    Article : 101 words
  40. Busy Night at Hospital.

    One of the most inspiring documents connected with the explosion was the report of the House Governor of the London Hospital to the Chairman of the Court ...

    Article : 392 words
  41. ANOTHER ALLEGED PLOT.

    At the trial of William Burns and Detective Martinegan, employes of the J. P. Morgan financial firm, on a charge of having published papers taken from a ...

    Article : 76 words
  42. AUSTRALIAN VOCALIST'S SUCCESS.

    The newspapers favourably notice Miss Rene Maxwell's first appearance at the Albert Hall. They state that she possesses an excellent voice of pleasing quality ...

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  43. NEW ZEALAND TRADE.

    The exports for 1916 totalled £33,286,937, an increase for the year of £1,538,025 The imports were £26,339,283, an increase for the year of £4,610,449. ...

    Article : 30 words
  44. "Victory" Loan.

    The White Star steamship line has scribed £2,000,000 to the war loan. ...

    Article : 18 words
  45. Liberty for Russian Jews.

    The Petrograd correspondent of The New York World says he has learnt that the Jews will probably be given complete liberties in Russia before the opening of ...

    Article : 42 words
  46. Advertising

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  47. Incidents of the War.

    Lord Balfour of Burleigh's committee on trade and commerce after the war is accelerating its proceedings in order to submit its report to the Imperial ...

    Article : 163 words
  48. A SOLDIER KILLED.

    Early this morning a soldier named Arthur Patrick Hurray died at the Sydney Hospital from the effects of a fractured skull. The deceased had been ...

    Article : 119 words
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