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  2. ENEMY'S BIG PLANS

    Sir Douglas Haig reports:—We drove off raidere who attempted to approach our line South-east of Arras. Another enemy party raided a post in the neighbourhood of ...

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  3. PHONETIC SPELLING.

    The South Australian Educational Department has somewhat timorously set out on a trail which was blazed by America, and alone which Victoria has already ...

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  4. BOLO TREASON CHARGES.

    Giving evidence before the Court which is trying Bolo Pasha on a charge of intrigue and reason, M. Caillaux (a former French Premier) said he had known the ...

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  5. AMERICA AND THE WAR Great Army Growing.

    President Wilson says the Allies are facing the final phase of the great struggle with Germany. If the Allies lost it would set back the world's development by a ...

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  6. Enemies' Domestic Unrest.

    Mr. William Simms, Paris correspondent of The United Press, says:—"After a thorough and long-continued investigation of the actual conditions in the Central ...

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  7. THE WAR SITUATION,

    A speech by Admiral Jeslicoe presents the submarine menace in a doleful light— which is surely justified by the heavy losses of British shipping each week. The ...

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  8. CIVIL WAR IN RUSSIA.

    The Stockholm newspaper Aftonblad states that civil war prevails throughout Russia and that there is violent fighting at Petrograd and elsewhere. Cholera is ...

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  9. JELLICOE AND U-BOATS

    Admiral Loud Jellicoe, addressing a meeting at Hull, said he was afraid that Great Britain was in for a bad time for a few months; but about August, if the ...

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  10. PEACE WITH UKRAINE.

    An official telegram from Berlin states that the Central powers have signed a treaty of peace with the Ukraine Republic. PARIS, February 10. ...

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  11. "SECURED BY TREACHERY."

    M. Kameneff, who was a Bolshevik representative at the Brest Litovsk Conference, and and is now on this way to France and England, has been interviewed at ...

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  12. COAL-SAVING SCHEME FAILED.

    The United States Fuel Controller (Mr. Garfield) rescinded on Monday his order for the temporary closing of factories in five southern States for the purpose of ...

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  13. "GERMANY'S LAST CARD."

    "Austria-Hungary," Mr. Simma continued, "is threatened with disruption, dismemberment, and revolution, Disease is rampant, and the death rate is mounting ...

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  14. Allies' Diplomats Expelled

    An unconfirmed official dispatch from Stockholm states that all the Allied diplomates have been expelled from Russia. LONDON, February 8. ...

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  15. Balkans Supremacy Sought.

    The Swiss Legation says that semiofficial advices indicate that Germany is planning an offensive in the Balkans on a big scale, utilizing Teuton troops drawn ...

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  16. "Grave Situation" with Spain.

    Madrid newspapers, commenting in reference to the recent torpedoing of the Italian steamer Duca di Genova ia Spanish waters, state that the occurrence has ...

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  17. EMPEROR'S STRIFE FOR PEACE.

    The Maximalist movement in Austria- Hungary is rampant, and is fast gaining strength, so that the Monarchy is becoming alarmed. A body of Austrian ...

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  18. "German Money for Bolsheviks"

    The Petit Parisien publishes documents showing that Germany has subsidized the Bolshevik movement Large sums have been paid to the Prime Minister ...

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  19. INTER-ALLIED CONFERENCE.

    Gen. Giardino has been appointed Italian delegate to the Versailles Inter-Allied Conference. ...

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  20. "Trotsky's Last Chance.'

    The Berlin Allgemeine Zeotung, in a violent article, says:—"Nothing can shake the unalterable resolve of the Central Powers that they will not evacuate the ...

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  21. Litterateurs Punished.

    The Hon. Bertrand Arthur William Russell, F.R.S., M.A., has been sentenced to six months' imprisonment, and Miss Joan, Beauchamp has been fined £60, upon ...

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  22. ITALIANS MAKING GERMAN DEFENCES.

    There are thousands of Italian soldier prisoners employed in Belgium by the Germans in making underground defences in defiance of international law. ...

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  23. TUSCANIA DISASTER.

    The-estimate of the number of lives lost in the disaster to the American transport Tuscania has been further modified. It is now stated that 2,235 were, saved, and ...

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  24. GERMAN BREAK-THROUGH IMPOSSIBLE.

    The Vienna Neue Freie Presse, discussing the western offensive, concludes that a German break through the allied front is impossible. ...

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  25. Peace Treaty a "Scrap of Paper."

    The Press Bureau has issued a statement in which, evidence is adduced that the transfer of seven German divisions from the eastern to the western front was made ...

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  26. Crisis Precipitated by Poles.

    Advices from Vienna report the resignation of Dr. von Seidler's Cabinet (which was formed on January 20). It is officially stated that the resignation was due to ...

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  27. M. Kameneff's Funds.

    The Russian delegation, which passed through Stockholm on its way to England and France, includes M. Kameneff, who is numbered among those for whom the ...

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  28. Eyes on the Enemy.

    "The Germans are reported to be still bringing up divisions for their expected attack, but not faster than the allied high command expected. The French and British ...

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  29. STATE POLITICS.

    Comparative quiet existed in political circle on saturday . On the question of a conference between Liberals and Nationalists" to consider the selection of ...

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  30. ENGLISH RATIONS.

    The Food Controller (Lord Rhondda) has decided that 1/3 worth shall be the weekly ration of butchers' meat. The new regulation also allows holders of meat ...

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  31. THE FATE OF THE SUBMARINE.

    The Minister for the Navy (Mr. Danials) elates that he has received no confirmation of the British report that the submarine which sank the Tuscania was itself ...

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  32. German Policy of Grab.

    The Berlin newspaper Germania which is the mouthpiece of the Imperial Chancellor (Baron Hertling) state:—The speeches of British Ministers show that ...

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  33. Huge Air Board Offices

    The Government has commandeered eight big blocks of buildings in the vicinity of Kingsway at a huge annual rental for the use of the Air Board. ...

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  34. Will Holland Join Grermany?

    The New York World has received information from Rotterdam that Germany is transferring large sections of the Krupp works underground as a protection against ...

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  35. A BOLSHEVIK'S DENIAL.

    M. Litvinoff, the Bolshevik Ambassador in London, states that the alleged revelations of The Petit Parisien regarding German payments to The Bolshevik leaders ...

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  36. War Decisions Criticised.

    Col. Repington has telegraphed to The Morning Post, of which he is military correspondent, from Paris that the decisions of the Inter-allied War Council regarding ...

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  37. Heroic Nurses.

    A soldier on board an English troopship, which was torpedoed in the Mediterranean during December, writes:—"We were within sight of harbour when the torpedo ...

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  38. RED CROSS IN FRANCE.

    In consequence of the lull in the fighting necessitated by the mild weather the number of Australian Red Cross patients and convalescents in ...

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  39. GENERAL CABLES.

    The Province of Quebec has adopted prohibition. The entire dominion now prohibits traffic in liquor, and not a single bar is open. The Federal Government has ...

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  40. Finland and the Bolsheviks.

    The Berlingske Tidende's correspondent at Helsingfors, Finland, states that the Red Guards intend to incorporate Finland with Bolshevik Northern Russia, and adds ...

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  41. UNIONISTS AND MANPOWER.

    The Trade Union Conference on Manpower has instructed a committee to invite the Amalgamated Society of Engineers to meet representatives of all the unions ...

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  42. Swedish Steamer Sunk.

    A German submarine has torpedoed and sunk, in the North" Sea, the Swedish relief ship Fridland, carrying a cargo of grain to Rotterdam. The Germans fired on the ...

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  43. Civil War in Finland.

    Fighting of a scattered nature sways first in favour of one side and again in favour of the other throughout Finland. The White Guards suffered a defeat at ...

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  44. LORD READING IN AMERICA.

    Lord Rending (Lord Chief Justice of England),who was appointed last month to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary on a special mission to ...

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  45. EFFECTIVE VOTING.

    Two meetings of the citizens' committee will be held this week. On Wednesday evening at the May Club, a plan of campaign for the coming elections will be ...

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  46. Central Powers and Roumanian Plunder,

    Negotiations are proceeding between Germany and Austria-Hungary regarding the division, of the Roumanian maize crop. It is stated that the Austrian ...

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  47. EXPENSIVE BUTTER DEAL.

    Messrs. Hooberman, Cohen, & Co., wholesale provision merchants, Whitechapel read, have been fined £1,100 on 11 charges of having sold butter at above the ...

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  48. AUSTRALIAN RABBIT PURCHASE.

    The British Government is unlikely to purchase further Shipments of Australian rabbits until the balance of the old purchase has been lifted. The difficulty of ...

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  49. WHY ITALY COLLAPSED

    Sir G. Marconi (High Commissioner for Italy at Washington), now visiting England, has been interviewed by the London correspondent of The New York Times. ...

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  50. WOMEN'S REPRESENTATION LEAGUE.

    To-night a meeting will be held in the Mayor's parlour to launch the Women's Representation League, the main object of which is to encourage and support the ...

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  51. German Fungus to Kill Wheat.

    Officials are making the closest search of all passengers on incoming liners, fearing the importation of a German fungus designed to kill wheat. ...

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  52. SOLDIERS AT FOOTBALL.

    A Rugby match between an Australian Headquarters team and an Army Service Corps team, played at Camberwell on Saturday, resulted in a win for the former, ...

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  53. Massacres of Finns.

    Terrible conditions are reported at the Finnish capital (Helsingfors) and elsewhere. Wholesale massacres are being perpetrated. especially of young men ...

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  54. "STRIKERS PROLONGED WAR."

    The Prussian Minister of the Interior, in a speech before the Prussian Diet, said that the recent strikes in Germany had strengthened the warlike spirit of ...

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  55. DISTRICT OF VICTORIA.

    At a special meeting of the members of the local branch of the Liberal Union this afternoon the Hon. J. Bottrill, M.L.C., was elected President in place of ...

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  56. Who Will Serve the King?

    The State Recruiting Committee writes: —There are none so deaf as those who will not hear. It seems evident that those men left in Australia who are fit and ...

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  57. Australian War Records.

    The official war correspondent of the Australian Expeditionary Force (Mr. C. E. W. Bean) says:—The work of the Australian War Records Section in London ...

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  58. Enquiry Into Reverses.

    An official announcement has been made that, following on the appointment of a committee of enquiry in reference to the October reverses to the Italian arms, the ...

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  59. French Activities.

    The French communique states:—North of the Chemin des Dames and Flirey, and in the region of the Woevre, were repelled attempted attacks on small posts. There is ...

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  60. Pope's Peace and the Allies.

    The Corriere d'Italia, in an article on the peace which His Holiness the Pope has advocated, says it is in entire agreement with the speeches of President Wilson and ...

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  61. RAILWAYS FROM PRIVATE FUNDS.

    While there has been only the flimsiest excuse for the suggestions recently made that there is a "cave" within the State National Party, information has now ...

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  62. VICTORIAN GOLD YIELD.

    The Victorian yield of gold for January was 8,619 oz. gross, or 7,565 oz. fine, valued at £32,13L Compared with the return of January of last year a decrease of 8,355 oz. ...

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  63. LABOUR APPEAL FOR LOYALTY.

    Mr. J. R Clynes (Labour member for North-east Manchester), addressing his constituents on Saturday, said that scores of small war profiteers had sprung up, ...

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  64. FIFTY YEARS AGO.

    From The Register, Monday, Feb. 10, 1868 Early on Saturday morning the premises of Messrs. D. & W. Murray, in King William street, were discovered to be on fire, and with wonderful ...

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  65. A MILDER TONE.

    Berlin newspapers state that the Kaiser —who entered on January 27 upon his sixtieth year—replying to birthday congratulations, remarked:—"Our people can look ...

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  66. Mr. Gibbs's Opinion.

    Mr. Philip Gibbs, writing from the western front, states that the conditions of affairs on the battlefield just now represents the hush before the storm. The enemy's ...

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  67. British Airmen in Italy.

    An official British despatch from the Italian front states—We shot down last week 15 enemy aircraft, and drove down one in an uncontrollable condition. One of ours ...

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  68. A White Guards' Success.

    The Finnish White Guard has captured Kuopio, after on 11 days' fight, and has made prisoners of 500 men of the Red Guards. ...

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  69. Austrians' Frozen Feet.

    Owing to the shortage of leather the Austrian Army boots are of poor quality, and in consequence 20,000 Austrians were withdrawn from the Italian front in January ...

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  70. "CLEAR EVERY OBSTACLE."

    Mr. Arthur Henderson, M.P (formerly member of the War Cabinet), in an address on Friday, at Southwick, in support of a Labour candidate, said the war had ...

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  71. SUGGESTED NEW RECRUITING METHODS.

    A number of suggestions for improved administration and better recruiting methods were adopted by the Melbourne District Recruiting Committee at a ...

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  72. Advertising

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  73. ARGENTINE RAILWAYS STRIKE.

    The Buenos Ayres correspondent of the United Press says that a general railway strike has been declared in Argentine. It has been marked by the wildest disorders ...

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  74. WESTERS AUSTRALIAN ELECTIONS.

    Nominations for the Legislative Council elections have been fixed for April 22, and polling day will be May 11. The Country Party has announced that it will not run a ...

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  75. The Arabs and Allenby and the Jordan.

    It as stated in official despatches that the Arabs, under the command of the Sheik of Mecca, annihilated a whole Turkish force, which had been operating to ...

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  76. Aerial Heroism Recognised.

    The announcement has been made by the Press Bureau that Capt. Hackwill and Lieut. Banks, of the Royal Flying Corps, have each been awarded the Military ...

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  77. Germany's 1920 Conscripts.

    It is officially reported that Germany has called out the 1920 class of conscripts thus indicating her diminishing man-power. ...

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  78. Nation as Housebuilder.

    The Minister for Reconstruction (Dr. C. Addison), in an address at the Rotary Club, said he proposed shortly to submit reconstruction proposals in connection ...

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  79. Turkey Will Hold On.

    Hall Bey, the Turkish Acting Foreign Minister, in a speech at Constantinople, said:—"We and our allies will hold on until we have achieved concrete success . The ...

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  80. ENLISTMENTS.

    Saturday.—Adelaide volunteers, 24; men accepted, 12; week's totals, 108 examined, 54 frt. ...

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  81. ATTESTED ON SATURDAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 22 words
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