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  2. RUSSIA'S RIGA REVERSE.

    Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Hang, in his Wednesday night report, stated:—There is considerable activity of hostile artillery north-eastward of Ypres and in the Belgian ...

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  3. WHAT PARLIAMENT IS DOING.

    On Thursday afternoon, while the heavy artillery was booming, the Legislative Council discussed the Firearms Bill, which proposed that people under 18 years of age ...

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  4. THE WAR SITUATION.

    Furious artillery duels ore in progress long the British front and on various French sectors in the west Great aerial activity prevails. British naval patrols of ...

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  5. GERMAN RAIDER'S CAREER.

    The mystery surrounding the exploits of the German pirate steamer Seeadler (Sea Eagle), which operated in the Pacific for many months before she was ...

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  6. MR. LATHLEAN'S FEE.

    Further questions were asked in the Assembly on Thursday regarding the fee to be paid to Mr. R. H. 'Lathlean for his services in connection with the Lands ...

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  7. LAND DEALS AND POLITICS

    Further enquiries into certain land transactions of the Vaughan Government were made at the Industrial Courtroom on Thursday before Mr. N. A. Webb, S.M., ...

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  8. SHIPPING OUTLOOK IMPROVED.

    The shipping trouble, it seems, so far as this State is concerned, is at an end. Members of the Sydney branch of the Firemen and Seamen's Union are quite prepared to ...

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  9. French Secret Session.

    The secret session of the French Chamber of Deputies concluded by passing a unanimous vote of confidence in the Premier (M. Painleve). The Socialist section ...

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  10. WAR IN THE AIR.

    The Admiralty reported on Wednesday night:—Naval aircraft carried out patrols yesterday. These encountered several enemy formations. One enemy seanlane l ...

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  11. VICTORIAN SEAMEN'S ATTITUDE.

    The members of the Victorian Seamen's Union decided, at a meeting to-night to resume work to-morrow morning. The General Secretary of the Federated ...

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  12. British Officer Casualties.

    The War Office, in reply to an allegation in a Swedish newspaper that casualties among British officers averaged 511 daily during August, declares that the ...

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  13. How the Australians Fared.

    A sudden change into good weather occurred on Sunday and Monday. On interviewing the men who were engaged in last week's battles. I found that all the ...

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  14. IN TEE ASSEMBLY.

    It was as well that the Parliamentary week closed on Thursday the Assembly could not possibly have kept up the pace! During the next few days it will have an ...

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  15. French Town Bombed.

    A French communique states:—Enemy aeroplanes violently bombarded Nancy and 10 civilians were killed and 40 injured. Five enemy aeroplanes were destroyed between ...

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  16. PARLIAMENTARY DIARY.

    In the COUNCIL.—The President (Sir Lancelot Stirling) took the Chair at 2 p.m. Fibre and Sponges Bill parsed. Minister of Education (Hon. A. W. Styles) ...

    Article : 259 words
  17. MEMBER OP PARLIAMENT EXPELLED.

    In the Legislative Assembly the debate on the motion for the expulsion of Mr. R. A. Price, member for Gloucester, was not Concluded until early hours of ...

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  18. PORT PIRIE STRIKE.

    Mr. Barwell asked the Minister of Industry (Hon. R. P. Blundell) in the Assembly on Thursday whether the loading of the steamer Wiscombe Park was ...

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  19. OESEL ISLAND LOST.

    A wireless Russian official message says:—The enemy pressed us back over the mole in the direction of Moon Island, thus interrupting land communications between ...

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  20. NAVAL ENCOUNTERS.

    A German wireless bulletin says:—We have overcome the Russian resistance on the Sworbe perinnsula, and have gained full possession of Oesel Island. Eleven ...

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  21. GENERAL CABLES.

    At the National Conference of Co-operative Societies, the address of the Chairman complained that the British Government had played with food control for nearly a ...

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  22. Big German Fleet in the Sound.

    Large flotillas of German destroyers and huge submarines are reported in The Sound (the entrance to the Baltic from the North Sea). They are heading ...

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  23. NEW ZEALAND POINT SETTLED.

    In connection with the complete cessation of coastal shipping, the Arbitration Court has given judgment in matters in dispute between the Shipowners' ...

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  24. Retribution for Murder.

    A sergeant of a Lincolnshire regiment narrates that he was lying wounded in a shallow trench when he saw a German approach an English lad. who was ...

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  25. GOAL AND THE FLOURMILLS.

    In the Assembly on Thursday Mr. Price said a fresh supply of coal had arrived at Port Adelaide, and he asked the Government to see that the flourmills, which were ...

    Article : 119 words
  26. Russia's "Utter Feebleness"

    The Petrograd correspondent of The Morning Post says that Gen. Alexeieff in a remarkable interview, made that statement that he would not attend the Paris ...

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  27. TIMBER TRADE AND STATE.

    A large and representative meeting of members of the timber trade has passed a resolution urging the Government to permit the unrestricted importation of timber ...

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  28. DIVORCE COURTS BUST.

    There are 700 cases on the lists for hearing in the Divorce Courts of the United Kingdom, and extra. Judges bare had to be appointed to cope with the pressure of work. ...

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  29. Artillery Lively.

    The French communique reports:—lively artillery actions have taken place, particularly in the region of tie Platean d'Ailles and on the right of the Meuse. ...

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  30. DEFENCE MATTERS.

    When the German raider Steadier sank merchant vessels in the South Pacific Ocean, the German commander marooned the crews on the Island of Moneha. The ...

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  31. PORTUGUESE PRESIDENT IN LONDON.

    Senor Bernardino Machado, President of the Portuguese Republic, has arrived in London on an official visit, after having inspected the Portuguese troops on the front. ...

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  32. French Cabinet Crisis.

    In the fresh Cabinet crisis which occurred over the Madly affair the Government succeeded, by a majority of 57, after an exciting discussion in securing the ...

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  33. Mesopotamian Raid.

    A Mesopotamia official bulletin reports:—Our aeroplanes bombed an aerodrome at Kifri, and much damage was done. One of the 'planes, which was forced to land, was ...

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  34. PROHIBITED MEETINGS.

    My a [?] regulation issued under the War Precautions Avc, The Commonwealth authorities are on powered to prohibit the meeting of any association, society club ...

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  35. SUBMARINE SINKINGS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 151 words
  36. CONSCRIPTION REVIVAL MOVEMENT.

    Preliminary stops lave been taken for the preparation of a petition for a fresh referendum on the question of overseas compulsory service. The temporary ...

    Article : 57 words
  37. Advertising

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  38. FIFTY YEARS AGO.

    From The Register, Friday, Oct. [?] 1867.—The museum in connection with the South Australia Institute, small as it, is a favourite resort with our "Country Cousins," who visit the ...

    Article : 232 words
  39. TRAGEDY AND A WEDDING.

    As a sequel to the recent shooting affray outside the Grand Hotel, Melbourne, James Cleeland Pigdon, of independent means, was before the City Court ...

    Article : 186 words
  40. LIQUOR QUESTION IN TASMANIA.

    The "House of Assembly to-day, by one vote, rejected the first reading of a Bill from the Legislative Council for prohibition and anti-shouting. The Speaker ruled ...

    Article : 134 words
  41. Advertising

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  42. ITALIAN FIGURES.

    For the week ended October 14 315 ships arrived at Italian ports, and 338 departed. Four steamers under 1,500 tons were lost and one mailboat and one sailing ship were ...

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  43. Advertising

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  44. NORWEGIAN LOSSES.

    The Themis, the largest steamer in the Norwegian fleet, has been torpedoed in the Mediterranean. The sailing vessa. Bethel has been sunk in the North Sea. The ...

    Article : 38 words
  45. SMALLER GAOL POPULATION.

    The total admissions to Victorian prisons during the last year showed a decrease of 890 on the previous year. The number actually imprisoned was 4,653, of ...

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  46. BALLARAT COMPETITIONS. BALLARAT, October 17.

    Ballarat Competitions results:—Recital (for gentlemen who have never won a first prize)—M. D. Mears, St. Peters (S.A.), 1; F. O'Shea, Ballart 2; ...

    Article : 63 words
  47. Escaped from Captivity.

    Capt. John Eldred Mott, of a Smith Australian and Western Australian battalion, who recently escaped from Germany, has arrived in London. He did in sewers ...

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