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  2. "FIGHTING FOR RIGHTS."

    In the Assembly on Wednesday Mr. Young moved—"That a select committee be appointed to enquire into and report on the requirements of the ...

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  3. MINERS AND ENEMY SUBJECTS.

    In connection with a dispute on the Western Australian goldfields regarding the employment in the mines of Austrian Slave, the Russian Consul (M. Dabaza) ...

    Article : 148 words
  4. MUNITIONS MIRACLE.

    In the House of Commons to-day the Minister of Munitions (Mr. E. S. Montagu) in reviewing the work of the Munitions Department, said:—"Our output of shells at ...

    Article : 388 words
  5. GERMAN SUBMARINES.

    In the House of Lords to-day Lord Sydenham asked whether the Government considered that Germany, in its renewed submarine raids, was adhering to the ...

    Article : 187 words
  6. HOSPITAL FOR RUSSIA.

    A movement is on foot in Australia to provide a complete hospital unit for use in Russia, at an estimate cost of £60,000. Victoria initiated the proposal which is ...

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  7. LATE PTE. STANLEY MERTEN.

    TRURO, August 15.—News reached here to-day that Pte. Stanley Merten had been killed in action in France. He was a son of Mr. J. Merten, of Pleasant View ...

    Article : 172 words
  8. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 471 words
  9. THE AUSTRALIANS.

    THE LATE LIEUT. B. HILLIER, Concerning whom biographical particulars appeared in The Register on Tuesday. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  10. LATE PTE. J. P. MURPHY.

    Mrs. J. P. Murphy, Portland place, Port Adelaide, has been notified that her husband has been killed in action. Pte. Murphy left South Australia with the rank ...

    Article : 75 words
  11. DETERMINATION OF GOLDFIELDS.

    Sr. Lynch is at present on the goldfields nvestigating, on behalf of the Minister for External Affairs (Mr. Mahon) the matter of the employment of enemy subjects on ...

    Article : 203 words
  12. LATE PTE. A. V. de R. MOMPLHAIT.

    News has been received that Re. Alfred Victor de Rohan Momplhait was killed in action on July 18. Pte. Momplhait was the second son of the late Mr. J. G. ...

    Article : 111 words
  13. ZEPPELIN'S FUTILE ATTACK.

    A Zeppelin bombarded the Swedish steamer Norland, which had come from Middlesborough. The bombs fell close to the ship, but did little damage. British ...

    Article : 145 words
  14. LATE SGT. L. EASTHER.

    QUORN, August 15.—Advice was conveyed to Mrs. G. Easther, of Quorn, on Saturday evening, of the death of her son, Sgt. Leonard Easther, which occurred in ...

    Article : 94 words
  15. LATE PTE. W. G. CRISP.

    Official information was received on Tuesday morning that Pte. William Glen Crisp had been killed in action in France on July 17. He was the youngest son of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 196 words
  16. Red Cross Work in Flanders

    In the Glenelg Town Hall on Tuesday evening Dr. J. B. Dawson, who recently returned after having served as a medical officer for 10 months with the Royal Army ...

    Article : 458 words
  17. VALUE OF BIG GUNS.

    "The monthly value of out metal transactions is £6,000,000. Our method of purchasing and the limitation of prices has saved £41,000,000. I am not divulging any ...

    Article : 170 words
  18. "THE SOUL OF THE TRADE."

    An interesting passage occurred during the bearing of evidence in the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration on Wednesday, when the butchers' ...

    Article : 585 words
  19. MONEY FOR SOLDIERS.

    In the Legislative Council last night Mr. J. McWhae moved that a select committee of five members should be appointed to join with a committee of the ...

    Article : 397 words
  20. Germany and Contraband

    Denmark, Norway, and Sweden have informally protested to Germany against the new declaration by which Germany has made contraband nearly all goods ...

    Article : 35 words
  21. LATE PTE. J. BOTTRALL.

    PORT PIRIE, August 15.—News has been received that Pte. J. Bottrall was killed in action in France on July 17. The deceased, who was 35 years of age, was ...

    Article : 126 words
  22. NEUTRAL DEFENCE LEAGUE.

    Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, and Switzerland have formed a league of neutral nations for the purpose of resisting arbitrary commercial treatment, to defend ...

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  23. PERSONAL NOTES.

    Mr. H. Schroeder, Young street, Wayville, received news on Tuesday that his son, Pte. W. A. Schroeder, had been wounded in France. ...

    Article : 335 words
  24. TOLERANCE OF GERMANS.

    The State Ministry was subjected to severe criticism in the Legislative Assembly to-day for its tolerance of Germans in the public service. On Tuesday evening ...

    Article : 428 words
  25. TREMENDOUS SHELL CONSUMPTION

    "A German writer has said that our offensive has made irreparable inroads in our stocks of ammunition. It is true that we used up by July more than double the ...

    Article : 246 words
  26. LATE PTE. FRANK PEARCE.

    GLADSTONE, August 14—Much regret was felt here when news came on Saturday that Pte. Frank Pearce, son of Mrs. Pearce, of this town, had been killed in ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 136 words
  27. THE WORKERS.

    "A further dilution of labour is necessary to carry out our prodrome. Forty-five thousand soldiers have been released from the army for munition making. When the ...

    Article : 119 words
  28. SOLDIERS AND AUSTRALIA DAY.

    The Commissioner of Public Works informed Mr. Green in the Assembly on Wednesday that returned soldiers were invited by the Australia Day Committee to ...

    Article : 66 words
  29. STATE PARLIAMENTS.

    The Legislative Assembly sat until 3 a.m. to-day discussing the Industrial Arbitration Amendment Bill. The Attorney-General (Mr. Hall), explaining the ...

    Article : 175 words
  30. More Soldiers Coming Home.

    Advice has been received by the military authorities that a further number of soldiers are returning to Australia by a transport which will reach Melbourne at ...

    Article : 383 words
  31. General Items.

    There was a large gathering of women at the Victoria Hall, Gawler place, on Wednesday afternoon for the purpose of forming a club to provide comforts for the 9th Light Horse Regiment. ...

    Article : 156 words
  32. BARRIER CONSCRIPTION CRISIS.

    Broken Hill is still athrill over the doings of the Labour anti-conscriptionists. Several meetings of the Loyalist Party have been called, and it is expected that ...

    Article : 45 words
  33. LOOS DEFECT REMEDIED.

    The Secretary for War (Mr. Lloyd George), commenting on the improvement of the munitions output as outlined by the Minister for the department, revealed ...

    Article : 94 words
  34. Advertising

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    Advertising : 162 words
  35. THANKS FROM THE 27TH.

    The President of the Cheer-up Society has received from Lieut. Percy G. Bice ("at sea transport,") O.C., the following letter:—"On behalf of the officers and men of the 13th ...

    Article : 91 words
  36. LUTHERAN LOYALTY.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-night the Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Elmslie) continued the debate on the second reading of the Education (German Schools) ...

    Article : 230 words
  37. TASMANIAN TRANSPORT FACILITIES.

    The House of Assembly to-day passed, without opposition, the Daylight Saving Bill. The Premier (Mr. Lee), replying to Mr. O'Keefe, said there was no ...

    Article : 82 words
  38. War Office Charge.

    In the House of Commons to-day the Secretary for War (Mr. Lloyd George) announced that Field-Marshal Sir W. G. Nicholson, Lord Choylesmore, Mr. Justice ...

    Article : 99 words
  39. "DISGRACE TO THE STATE."

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day Mr. Stuart Robertson moved the adjournment of the House to discuss the failure of the police to maintain order in tho Domain at ...

    Article : 123 words
  40. EXHIBITION SEWING CIRCLE.

    Miss Racey Beaver (Hon. Organizer) will be glad to receive further supplies of vaccination shields and handy bags to hold the small belongings of men in hospital and in camp. School ...

    Article : 73 words
  41. PRICE OF SHIPS.

    "Six ships offered to this department, and the offer was rejected on account of the amount asked for them," said the Minister for the Navy (Mr. Jensen) ...

    Article : 182 words
  42. LUMPERS AND SUGAR.

    The claim by the waterside workers for 2/ an hour for the handling of refined sugar in 70-lb. bags was the subject of a conference which met the Prime Minister ...

    Article : 192 words
  43. BALAKLAVA SCARFS AND SOCKS.

    Lady Brown writes:—Our lads serving in Europe during the coming winter must have everything made of wool that we can possibly send them. In new of the great and ...

    Article : 283 words
  44. Incidents of the War.

    The President of the British Board of Trade (Mr. Walter Runciman) is visiting Italy, where he has arranged an agreement to supply Italy with coal and other ...

    Article : 167 words
  45. Port Adelaide Flower Day.

    At Port Adelaide to-morrow the Alberton Cheer-up Society will hold a flower day to raise funds to enable it to continue in its good work in the interests of the ...

    Article : 93 words
  46. EFFECT OF A BILL.

    In the Legislative Council to-day Mr. Fitzgerald moved the second reading of the Members of Parliament Agents Bill, which is to prevent members of ...

    Article : 112 words
  47. Trouble at Smallarms Factory.

    Trouble has arisen in the profiling section at the smallarms factory, and none of the men—about 30 are engaged in that section—has been at work- for two days. ...

    Article : 126 words
  48. BOGUS BANKNOTES.

    Two arrests hare been made in connection with the circulation of forged £5 notes. The first arrest made was that of a man in a house at Stanmore. At the ...

    Article : 93 words
  49. TASMANIAN SUPPLIES AFFECTED.

    Owing to the refusal of the Sydney waterside workers to handle sugar, unless the payment was raised from 1/9 to 2/ an hour, the steamer Moeraki left for Hobart ...

    Article : 164 words
  50. AUSTRALIAN SHELL ACCEPTED.

    The Minister for Defence (Mr. Pearce) announced to-day that a cable message had been received from the High Commissioner (Mr. A. Fisher) to the effort that the ...

    Article : 57 words
  51. SPORT AND PATRIOTISM.

    At the annual meeting of the A.J.C. to-day the Chairman (Mr. Adrian Knox, K.C.) said:—"We hold that the curtailment of racing is a matter for the ...

    Article : 93 words
  52. BRISBANE SHOW.

    The Brisbane Show was officially opened by the Governor-General(Sir Ronald Miunro-Ferguson) to-day. There was a very large attendance. The A grade ...

    Article : 56 words
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