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  2. THE WAR SITUATION.

    Advices from the fronts are, on the whole, more cheerful than for some time past. Gen. Haig reports the completion of the capture of Westhoek, and positions ...

    Article : 336 words
  3. EAST-WEST LINE.

    An industrial trouble, which may result in the closing down of construction works on the eastern section of the East-West railway line, threatens if a section of the ...

    Article : 326 words
  4. PROHIBITION OF LUXURIES.

    Something approaching a sensation was caused on Saturday morning among those concerned in the spirit trade by the publication of the new excise and import duties. ...

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  5. GENERAL STRIKE.

    No longer is it possible to doubt the truth of the recent boast of a Labour politician that the cessation of work on the part of the railway and tramway ...

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  6. ITALY AND AUSTRIA.

    An Italian official message says:—We have rectified our front in the Trentino between Boscomalo and Castagnavizza, by including some Austrian positions in our ...

    Article : 105 words
  7. BRITISH GAINS IN FLANDERS.

    The official Press Bureau says that additional Japanese naval units nave joined the allied naval forces in European waters. ...

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  8. THE CHILDREN'S LIBRARY.

    "As the twig is bent so is the tree inclined" is an adage that particularly applies to the Children's Library in Adelaide. An astonishing, number of people ...

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  9. EASTERN FRONT.

    Reports from Russia indicate that a noticeable regeneration of the army has been observed, and the belief is general that discipline will soon be restored to the ...

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  10. KING GEORGE AND KERENSKY.

    The Press bureau states that His Majesty King George has telegraphed to the Russian Premier (M. Kerensky) as follows:—"At the moment when you are ...

    Article : 92 words
  11. Italian Raid on Pola.

    An official Italian message announced that large flights of bombing planes attacked the Austrian port of Pola on Wednesday night, and effectively dropped eight ...

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  12. Russian Fighting.

    A wireless Russian official message says:—"Dense enemy waves attacked our south western positions in the direction of the Brody region, near the villages of Dub and ...

    Article : 253 words
  13. THE GERMAN NAVY.

    A despatch received by the American State Department says that Capt. Persius, the German naval expert, writing in The Berlin Tageblatt, warns the Germans that ...

    Article : 127 words
  14. Vatican Favouring Entente

    A cablegram received from the French. Information Bureau says that the Very Rev Mgr. Frederic Tedochini, the new Papal Secretary, in an interview with the ...

    Article : 155 words
  15. NAVAL AIRMEN ACTIVE.

    The Admiralty has announced that during Thursday night naval airmen dropped several tons of bombs in Belgium on the Ghistelles aerodrome, the Zuidwege ...

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  16. GERMAN PATROL SHIP SUNK.

    A German patrol ship collided with a German minefield on the Baltic and sank. Thirty men were killed. ...

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  17. PEACE QUARRELS.

    The Washington correspondent of The New York Times says that authentic information has reached American diplomatic circles that trouble is threatening ...

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  18. Westhoek and Ridge Carried.

    The British Commander-in-Chief reported on Friday morning:—We launched an attack, which completed the capture of Westhoek, and secured the remaining positions ...

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  19. GENERAL CABLES.

    The Empire Settlement Committee has recommended the appointment of a central board of control of the emigration of ex-service men, the board to consist of a ...

    Article : 78 words
  20. Submarining Illegal.

    The Lord Chancellor of England (Lord Finlay of Nairn) has expressed an interesting opinion about the legality of Germany's submarine campaign. He says ...

    Article : 87 words
  21. Stubborn Resistance.

    A Gunman wireless message reports:—There has been a revival of fighting in the neighbourhoods of Dvinsk, Sinorgon, and Brody. ...

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  22. KING AND THE COMMONWEALTH.

    His Majesty the King has telegraphed to the Commonwealth Government expressing his gratification at receipt of its war anniversary message assuring His Majesty ...

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  23. Lens Coal Mines Damaged.

    The Mayor of Lens has reached Paris, and an an interview has stated that the Germans, on the pretext that the French were holding communication with the ...

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  24. German Journal on Peace.

    The Karlsruhe Volks Freund, in an article, recognises that it is impossible for Germany to compel her enemies to pay indemnities or surrender territory. The ...

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  25. RUSSO-ROUMANIAN RESISTANCE.

    A Roumanian communique issued from Jassy, reports reports that the Russo-Roumanians are maintaining their positions in the various areas, and are inflicting heavy ...

    Article : 59 words
  26. BRITISH EDUCATION REFORM.

    In the House of Commons to-day Mr. H. A. L. Fisher (President of the Board of Education) introduced an Education Bill for England and Wales. He said the ...

    Article : 184 words
  27. FRENCH PROGRESS.

    The French Friday morning communique narrates:—We have continued our progress in Belgium. We occupied in the night several farms east of Bixschoote and west ...

    Article : 409 words
  28. On a Two-mile Front.

    The United Press correspondent at at head-quarters reports that the British attacked on a two-mile front at daylight from the Ypres to Zonnebeke road near Freezenberg ...

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  29. ROUMANIAN CAPITAL PILLAGED.

    The Germans have removed all the private and public artistic treasures from Bucharest, and have pillaged the royal palace and churches. ...

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  30. THREE REASONS FOR PEACE.

    Information received from the mokst reliable neutral sources says that Germany is confronted with three insoluble problems necessitating an early peace, which are ...

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  31. TURKISH FORTS BOMBARDED.

    Allied warships are bombarding Turkish forts on the Asia Minor coast. British monitors silenced one battery and destroyed an aerodrome. ...

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  32. Russians Who Ran Away.

    Gen. Korniloff (Russian Commander-in-Chief) has ordered the Guards Regiments which ran away at Tarnopol to forfeit all their privileges, and says he will replace ...

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  33. ANOTHER SINN FEINER ELECTED.

    The by-election for Kilkenny, consequent on the death of Mr. Patrick O'Brien, has resulted in the return of Mr. Cosgrove (Sinn Feiner), who received 772 votes ...

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  34. BULGAR AND OTTOMAN DISTRUST.

    Confidential despatches received at Washington state that both Bulgaria and Turkey are distrustful of Germany, and intend to east off the Teutonic influence at ...

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  35. CRICKET MATCHES.

    The cricket match between the English Public Schools and five Hornchurch New Zealanders, played yesterday on the Kenington Oval, resulted in the New ...

    Article : 80 words
  36. GREECE AND GERMANY.

    The Greek Minister of Finance has made sensational revelations in the Chamber of Deputies, which showed that ex-Premiers M. Skouloudis and M.. Gounaris, while in ...

    Article : 90 words
  37. MR. GLYNN'S VIEWS.

    Commenting upon the prohibition of luxuries, the Minister for Home and Territories (Mr. Glynn) stated that in these times, of course, various opinions were ...

    Article : 168 words
  38. Bankrupt Germany.

    The Trade Department at Berlin has informed Swiss export firms that they can no longer send goods to Germany unless they agree and accept payment in marks. ...

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  39. MORE VICTORIAN FLOODS FEARED.

    Heavy rains have been general over the fatterring grounds of the Campaspe and Goulburn Rivers. More than 2,00 has fallen at certain points in less than 24 ...

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  40. CUMBERLAND GONE.

    After having been successfully refloated at Gabo Island, where she had been beached, following upon two internal explosions which blew a terrific hole in her ...

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  41. AMERICA AND THE WAR.

    The State Department has received a decree from the Republic of Uruguay decla[?]ing, during that it does not regard the United States as a belligerent. This means that ...

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  42. VICTORIA CROSS.

    The Victoria Cross has been awarded to Capt. William Bishop, a Canadian aviator. He went out alone and visited an enemy aerodrome, but, finding no machines ...

    Article : 159 words
  43. SOLICITOR ARRESTED.

    Proceeding this morning to a house in St. Kilda road, detectives executed a warrant for the arrest of Frank Walter Abbott, 36 years of age, a solicitor on a charge ...

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  44. More Ground Gained.

    Field Marshal Sir Douglas Harg, in his Saturday noon report, said:—Our rifle and artillery fire beat back six enemy assaults for the possession of the important ground ...

    Article : 154 words
  45. FURTHER ACTION LIKELY.

    Judging from a statement made on Saturday by the Minister for Customs (Mr. Jensen), further action by the Ministry is to be expected in regard to the ...

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  46. America and Allied Finance.

    The Chancellor of the Exchequer. (Mr. Bonar Law) introduced a War Loan Bill in the Commons to-day. He said it was not intended to issue a loan during recess ...

    Article : 102 words
  47. Hard Fights on French Front.

    The French communique on Saturday afternoon reported:—"North of St. Quentin we regained the greater portion of the trench elements in which the enemy ...

    Article : 176 words
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  49. Warning to Democracy.

    Mr. Russell, a member of the American Commission under Sr. Root, which his just returned from Russia, and who was once a Socialist candidate for the ...

    Article : 134 words
  50. CHEMICAL EXPLOSION

    An explosion has occurred in the Ajax Chemical Works at Barking, in the Country of Essex—the town where the famous Gunpowder plot of Gay Fawkes was [?] ...

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  51. A Day of Air Fights.

    The Saturday night report stated:—"The Germans made a fresh attack this morning on our new positions northward of the Ypres to Menia road. After heavy ...

    Article : 244 words
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  53. Control of Cotton.

    The Press Bureau announces that a Board of Trade order empowers the Cotton Control Board to restrict of vary the number of spindles and looms worked in ...

    Article : 79 words
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  55. American Food Control.

    President Wilson has formally, named Mr. Hoover as Food Administrator, Mr. Hoover has notified profiteers that he will permit no more speculation in wheat and ...

    Article : 46 words
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