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  2. WHAT PARLIAMENT IS DOING.

    In the Council—Motion re establishment of the Jervois Irrigation Area, Stamp Tax Bill considered in committee, Motor Tax Bill passed. Licensing Bill in committee. Message from ...

    Article : 160 words
  3. BETTER BALKANS OUTLOOK.

    It is believed at Athens, where French and Greek military commissions are in conference, that an understanding has been reached between the Allies and the Greek authorities. Great Britain las begun the revictualling of Serbia. A quarrel is reported between Talaat Bey and Enver Pasha, the former of ...

    Article : 155 words
  4. COLLEGE CRICKET.

    To uphold the reputation of his school is the inherent desire of every schoolboy, whether on the field of sport or elsewhere. Among the younger lade the elder boys ...

    Article : 710 words
  5. HUNTING FOR MONEY.

    The House of Assembly on Thursday adopted a new and heavier scale of succession duties. They are to apply in every case where the deceased person has ...

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  6. ROMANCE AND TRAGEDY.

    The Coroner held aa enquiry to-day into the death of Charlotte Williams (23) and Albert Edward Greenwood (29), whose bodies were found in Whitehall, Bank ...

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  7. ALLEGED SLY GROGSELLING.

    Following upon the Hon. W. Morrow's personal explanation in the Legislative Council last week, concerning alleged sly grogselling at Port Pirie, the Chief ...

    Article : 519 words
  8. THE DARDANELLES.

    Artillery duels arc being continued along practically the whole line of operations on the Gallipoli Peninsula, according to a Yurkisn communique. The Ottomans ...

    Article : 55 words
  9. WESTERN FRONTS.

    A French communique reports:—Our machine guns in Belgium have prevented the Germans restoring damaged works. A French curtain of fire in northern ...

    Article : 149 words
  10. BEFORE BAGDAD BATTLE.

    In the House of Commons to-day the Secretary for India (Mr. Austen Chamberlain) stated that in the fight at Clesiphon, near Bagdad, the British losses were 643 ...

    Article : 83 words
  11. IN THE COUNCIL.

    Legislative Councillors were in committee for the greater part of Thursdays sitting. Government business, opened with the Attorney-General's motion for ...

    Article : 297 words
  12. A Million Men Wanted.

    Lord Derby's announcement that the voluntary enlistment in the various groups of the national register would positively close next Saturday has resulted in ...

    Article : 131 words
  13. Half-million Army for India.

    There is evidence that the German Turkish leader in Mesopotamia (Gen, von der Goltz) hopes to command 400,000 Turks and 100,000 Germans for an ...

    Article : 195 words
  14. Machines Instead of Men.

    Remarkable defence measures, with the aim of enabling the Germans to hold their front with the scantiest of forces, have been brought to light by the recent ...

    Article : 231 words
  15. Reinforce or Re-Embark.

    Gen. Perrot, a French military critic, writing in the Parisian newspaper Eclair, urges that the French troops in Macedonia should be re-embarked at Salonika and ...

    Article : 129 words
  16. GREEK TANGLE.

    French and Greek military commissions art conferring. In responsible circles in Athens there is a confident feeling teat a satisfactory understanding has been reached ...

    Article : 159 words
  17. ATTACK ON EGYPT.

    The Agenzia Nazionale states that the Kaiser, during a recent conference, asked Austria to contribute an army corps for the proposed expedition against Egypt ...

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  18. IN THE ASSEMBLY.

    Parliament is still chasing the mirage of the prorogation. Not long ago it appeared across the session's weary desert in letters of dancing gold. Writ large on the ...

    Article : 1,260 words
  19. TRADES UNIONISTS REBUFFED.

    A deputation from the Trades Hall Industrial Council waited upon the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) last night, and demanded a withdrawal of the Federal ...

    Article : 116 words
  20. Campaigning in the Snow.

    The Bulgarian attack in the Vardar Valley on the line between Ghevgeli, Strumnitza, and Demir Kapu, is confined to three or four gorges, where alone the foe ...

    Article : 236 words
  21. PEACE PROPOSALS.

    In the [?] to-day, in reply to Mr. P. Snowden (Labour member for Blackburu). Mr. Asquith said the Quadruple Entente had mutually agreed not to ...

    Article : 95 words
  22. AUSTRIA AND ITALY

    An Italian soldier, in describing the terrible, nature of the recent fighting on the River Isonzo, slates that one struggle lasted a fortnight, and ...

    Article : 205 words
  23. Turks and Bulgars Distrustful.

    The Salonika correspondent of Toe Daily Telegraph declares that the latest news from Constantinople reports that the situation there is grave. A revolution and a ...

    Article : 97 words
  24. A JOCKEY'S INCOME.

    The King's Bench Division of the High Court has reserved, judgment in the case of William Huxley v. the Income Tax Commissioners, in which the former, a ...

    Article : 93 words
  25. EAST-WEST RAILWAY.

    Commenting on the emphatic remarks the High Commissioner-elect (Mr. A. Fisher) made while in Western Australia regarding the construction of that portion of ...

    Article : 100 words
  26. Ford's Ark.

    The Secretary of State (Mr. Lansing) has refused a wireless request from Mr. Henry Ford for passports to belligerent countries for his shipload of peace ...

    Article : 32 words
  27. MAYORAL DEADLOCK.

    A remarkable position arose to-day in connection with the election of the Lord Mayor of Sydney for the ensuing year. There were two candidates—Ald. R. C. ...

    Article : 296 words
  28. MINISTERS AT VARIANCE.

    The Turkish Minister of Borne Affairs and Marine (Talaat Bey) and the Minister of War (Gen. Enver Pasha) are at loggerheads. The former is resolutely opposing ...

    Article : 46 words
  29. PASSION PLAY.

    The Berlin newspaper Vossische Zeitung states than Anton Lang, the famous impersonator of Christ in the Passion Plays at Oher-Ammergau, has been killed while ...

    Article : 113 words
  30. Mr. Ford's Company "Blacklisted."

    As the result of investigations made by the officers of the Defence Department Mr. Ford's firm has been blacklisted by the Minister for Defence (Mr. Pearce). The ...

    Article : 154 words
  31. Albanian Crisis.

    A number of Albanian chiefs Lave gone to Novi Bazar to confer with Prince William of Wied, with the view to a movement against the self-styled ruler. Essad ...

    Article : 177 words
  32. Revictualling Serbia.

    The War Offices of Great Britain and Prance have made an early start to revictual and re-equip the Serbians. Supplies are being sent by tray of Albanian ...

    Article : 218 words
  33. Fresnil Attacked When Aground.

    The French Admiralty announces that the submarine Fresnil, which was destroyed by an Austrian cruiser, was attacked when she was aground. The ...

    Article : 51 words
  34. AUSTRALIAN PASSENGER TRADE.

    The difficulties and cost of the passenger traffic between Great Britain and Australia are likely to increase. Nearly all the services via the Cape have been taken ...

    Article : 145 words
  35. Attack on the Petrolite.

    It is announced that more than one Austrian submarine shelled the American oil tank steamer Petrolite in the Eastern Mediterranean. The ship escaped. ...

    Article : 64 words
  36. Safe Conduct Not Sought.

    The Foreign Minister (Sir Edward Grey), replying in the House of Commons to-day, to Sir E. A. Cornwall, said the Government had not been asked to grant safe ...

    Article : 92 words
  37. New Zealanders at the Cape.

    The steamer Ruahine, with 130 wounded New Zealanders on board, called at Capetown on Wednesday, bound for New Zealand ports. The patients generally had ...

    Article : 186 words
  38. A STATE STEAMER.

    The Colonial Secretary (Mr. Drew) states that the Government has received a tempting offer for 12 months' charter of the newly purchased State motor steamer. ...

    Article : 89 words
  39. Less Meat for Soldiers.

    Lord Newton, in the House of Lords, stated that a reduction in the meat ration served to the troops in the field had effected a saving of £3,500 a day. ...

    Article : 38 words
  40. MONTENEGRINS FIGHTING.

    A Montenegrin communique reads:—Our troops vigorously counter-attacked the Austrians at Jabuka and Mataroge, and threw back an outpost. Fighting is proceeding ...

    Article : 89 words
  41. GERMAN INTRIGUE.

    The United States Government is believed to be in possession of information showing that German efforts have been made to start a revolution in Mexico, with a view ...

    Article : 92 words
  42. Mr. Hertzog's Position.

    On Monday a discussion on the projected campaign against German East Africa occurred in title South African Union House of Representatives. Reuter's ...

    Article : 132 words
  43. WRECKED STEAMERS.

    The wreck of the P. and O. steamer Socotra at Tongues Point, near Boulogne, last month, while on a voyage from Australia to London, was ...

    Article : 104 words
  44. Albanians Hunting Serbians.

    The Milan newspaper II Secolo states that Serbian refugees, who are continuing to arrive at Florina, in Albania, narrate the horrors of their journey. Out of a party ...

    Article : 84 words
  45. Advertising

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  46. CHRONIC DYSPEPSIA. BANISHED.

    "I am pleased to be able to say that Dr. Sheldon's Digestive Tabules have cured me of Chronic Dyspepsia, from which I suffered for over two years." ...

    Article : 169 words
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