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  2. MOTHERS' DAY.

    The holiness of mother-love has been emphasised in these evil days of war, and there was public testimony to the fact on ...

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  3. MAROONED.

    An exciting incident was witnessed at Glenelg during a heavy squall on Sunday afternoon, when a rescue was effected which reflected the highest credit on the ...

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  4. THE WAR SITUATION.

    The allied armies in France and Flanders are tracing themselves for farther German assaults. Lord Curzon, speaking to the Primrose League, warned his hearers that ...

    Article : 551 words
  5. STAGING OF MIGHTY BATTLES.

    Gen. Sir Douglas Haig, in ids communique this morning reports:—By a successful local operation in Flanders on Saturday, the French improved their positions north ...

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  6. WIND AND RAIN.

    There was a feeling of rain in the atmosphere on Saturday morning, when large banks of heavy clouds floated across from the usual rain quarter—the ...

    Article : 344 words
  7. THE CABINET SENSATION.

    The official press bureau has announced:—The Army Council has considered the explanations of his conduct tendered by Major-Gen. F. B. Maurice ...

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  8. FEDERAL POLITICS.

    After all this is the one and only subject, so possibly it is the one matter to which the Federal Parliament and its press critics have paid the least attention ...

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  9. Important French Success.

    A Freneh communique on Friday afternoon says:—We carried out successful local operations, or repelled raids on our right front in the River Ailette region, at ...

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  10. CONGRATULATIONS FROM FRANCE.

    The French Premier (M. Clemenceau) sent the following telegram to Mr. Lloyd George:—"Congratulations on your splendid Parliamentary success." ...

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  11. Local Fighting Near Albert.

    Gen. Haig reports that local fighting on Friday occurred at Aveluy Wood, north of Albert. The German artillery was particularly active in the Vimy-Robecq ...

    Article : 124 words
  12. AMERICAN CRITICISM.

    The majority of the New York evening newspapers agree that Mr. Lloyd George's address has "annihilated Gen. Maurice." ...

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  13. RAIN IN THE COUNTRY.

    HAWKER, May 30.—A light rain began to fall here at about dusk last evening, and good showers followed daring the night, 0.82 in being registered at 96 a.m. this morning. This is the best ...

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  14. LORD OURZON AND MILITARISM.

    Lord Gurzon, Leader of the House of Lords, speaking at a meeting of the Primrose League, said the country was sick of wailings and railings under cover of ...

    Article : 245 words
  15. LINE ENTERED AND RESTORED.

    The French communique issued on Saturday evening stated:—After a most violent artillery preparation the Germans this morning with shock troops attacked ...

    Article : 86 words
  16. Colossal Battle Expected.

    A high authority declares that nothing of great importance has occurred in France. The Flanders attack on La Clytte and Vcormzeele was merely local. The ...

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  17. Kaiser and Charles.

    The German Emperor and the Emperor Charles of Austria-Hungary are to meet to-day at the Austrian headquarters. ...

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  18. PTOMAINE POISONING.

    What has been described as a "gastric bombshell" dropped on the staff of the Adelaide Children's Hospital on Thursday, when 33 people connected with the ...

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  19. MACKENSEN IN FRANCE.

    It is reported that Gen. Mackensen is commanding the German forces on the French sector, between the Somme and Arras. ...

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  20. COL. REPINGTON ASSAILED.

    The Observer, commenting on Gen. Maurice's stinging criticism of Col. Repington (military expert of The Morning Post), as the instigator of the recent military ...

    Article : 70 words
  21. ITALY AND AUSTRIA.

    An Italian official message issued this afternoon states:—In the Val Laisa sector we took by storm the strongly organized height of Monie Corno during the night of ...

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  22. GENERAL CABLES.

    Two coaches of a troop train which was travelling near to Colombia, South Carolina, fell through a trestle bridge, and many were killed. ...

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  23. AN EARL'S COUSIN.

    Some interesting evidence of financial relationships between friends was given in the Banco Court yesterday before the Chief Justice on a summons against a ...

    Article : 369 words
  24. Heavy Toll of the Foe.

    Mr. Percival Phillips says.—German heavy guns are active on both sides of Alberts and in the neighbourhoods of Hebuterne and the Ancre Velley, where ...

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  25. CASUALTIES.

    Mr. J. R. Freak, of Mead street, Largs, who to employed by Messrs. Laughton and Sons, Kilkenny, had his right hand caught in mechanical metal shears on Saturday. ...

    Article : 66 words
  26. AMERICAN PRINTING PAPER.

    The New York Newspaper Publishers' Association adopted a resolution urging the War Trade Board to prohibit the export of news printing paper. The heading paper ...

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  27. AIR RAID ON TRIESTE.

    Official advices received from Rome state that Italian hydroplanes yesterday attacked the Austrian port of Triste and Austrian transports in the Gulf of Triesle ...

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  28. FEDERATION OF FREE CHURCHES.

    The Congregational Union of England and Wales has approved the scheme for amalgamation of the free churches drawn up by the Conference of ...

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  29. A FRACTURED SKULL.

    At 4 p.m. on Saturday Ray Harrison, the young son of Mr. Michael Harrison, of Carlisle street, Glanville, was chasing a horse, when the animal kicked him on the ...

    Article : 88 words
  30. Rule Without Parliament.

    The Manchester Guardian says:—The fact that the Parliament of Austria has been, closed, following upon the resignation of three members of the Cabinet on ...

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  31. Self-Sacrificing Co-operation

    The Pree Bureau states that Gen. Haig has expressed his deep appreciation of the splendid service of the artillery in the Somme and Lys battles. He added:—The ...

    Article : 85 words
  32. AUSTRALIAN PICTURES.

    Six Luke Fildes has joined the selection committee to choose the subjects to be painted by Australian artists for the Australian collection of war pictures. The ...

    Article : 51 words
  33. RUN OVER.

    STANSBURY, May 10.—While engaged in rolling a field yesterday Mr. Charley Bull, of Pickering, had a remarkable escape. A pole of the implement broke ...

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  34. PALESTINE.

    A high authority states in relation to the operations in Mesopotamia:—Bad weather began 24 hours before the British troops entered Kerkuk, beyond Bagdad ...

    Article : 75 words
  35. DOMINIONS AND ENGLISHMEN.

    At the animal dinner of the Newspaper Press Fund the High Commissioner for New Zealand (Sir Thomas Mackenzie) urged the public men of the United ...

    Article : 131 words
  36. TONS OF BOMBS DROPPED.

    Gen. Haig states that cloudless weather enabled a full day's aviation work on Friday. Our machines flew all day long reconnoitring and photographing. Our ...

    Article : 241 words
  37. EXCITEMENT AT A RAILWAY STATION.

    SYDNEY, May 12.—While an empty train was being backed into the Central Railway Station last night, the rear wheels of the last oar bumped on the dead-end ...

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  38. LABOUR'S POLICY.

    Among propositions to be submitted to the interstate conference of the Australian Labour Party at Perth next month are the following, which comprise "the ...

    Article : 251 words
  39. OPORTO PLOT.

    The police at Oporto discovered a plot against the Portuguese Government, and numerous arrests were made. A number of bombs were also seized. It is believed ...

    Article : 68 words
  40. German Propaganda in Spain.

    A story circulated by the American Government of German propagandist methods in Spain has attracted attention in England. One of the methods adopted is to ...

    Article : 101 words
  41. A WARNING!

    An incident occurred at both the afternoon and evening performance of "Joan the Woman," being screened at the Wondergraph, which has caused the ...

    Article : 101 words
  42. COMMISSION ABANDONED.

    The Minister of Agriculture of the Sooth African Union (Mr. Van Heerden) has abandoned his former intention to send a Meat Export Trade Commission to ...

    Article : 33 words
  43. NEW ZEALAND'S WAR BILL.

    Giving evidence before the Defence Expenditure Commission, the Commandant (Major-Gen. Robin) said the cost of the defence of New Zealand for the financial ...

    Article : 69 words
  44. MELROSE ABBEY FOR THE NATION.

    It as understood that the Duke of Buccleuch ia offering to the nation the famous rains of Melrose Abbey. Melrose is in Roxburghshire, on the south bank of the ...

    Article : 198 words
  45. ENGINEERS' STRIKE.

    Industrial trouble has broken out on the Rand, owing to the refusal of the Johannesburg Town Council to concede the demand of the engineers in the municipal ...

    Article : 80 words
  46. Incidents of the War.

    A verdict of "found drowned in the Thanes" was returned at a coronial enquiry into the death of an Australian, Frank Eric Fielder. It was shown in ...

    Article : 150 words
  47. ITALIANS IN THE WEST.

    Official advices state that 250,000 Italian soldiers are now at the disposal of Gen. Foch's reserve army, and that the number is increasing. ...

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  48. FIFTY YEARS AGO.

    From The Register, Monday, May 11, 1853. On Saturday morning a number of gentlemen attended at the office of Mr. Malcolin H. Davis, No. 1 Exchange Chambers, at the rear of the ...

    Article : 146 words
  49. BOYS IN THE BATTLE AREA.

    The Belgian Legation has announced that Germany is forcing boys to work close behind the trenches in France. ...

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  50. ENEMY CAVALRY GOING EAST.

    Reports from the Belgian frontier of the Netherlands state that large contingents of Bavarian cavalry from the Flanders coast have passed through Liege towards ...

    Article : 50 words
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