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  2. Dardanelles Forts in Ruins.

    PARIS, Friday.—It is officially stated that mine dredging in the Dardanelles has commenced. ...

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  3. TURKISH GENERAL MURDERED.

    GOPENHAGEN, Saturday.—It is reported at Berlin that the Turkish general was murdered at Constantinople at the instance of the Government. He was suspected of ...

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  4. Retreat from the Suez.

    CAIRO, Sunday.—The Turks have now retreated so far that any further attack on Egypt is most unlikely. Many Germans have returned to Constantinople. ...

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  5. OPEN COLUMN.

    (This column being open for the expressions of different opinions on public matters, they are to be considered as those of correspondents and not necessarily ...

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  6. LABOR AFFAIRS.

    SYDNEY, Saturday.—Close on 1500 people are likely to be involved in a serious industrial dispute which is expected to occur in the jam manufacturing ...

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  7. American Steamer Captured.

    PARIS, Sunday.—It is officially stated that a French cruiser has captured the steamer Dacia, which was carrying a cargo of cotton from America to Germany. ...

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  8. HANGED IN THE STREET.

    PETROGRAD, Saturday.—The Germans are removing copper plates from the domes of the Catholic chruches at Lowiez (Poland). Several persons who protester ...

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  9. African Rebels.

    CAPETOWN, Saturday.—At the opeaing of Parliament the speech of the Governor General (Viscount Buxton) fureshadowed legislation providing for the punishment ...

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  10. QUESTIONH OF DAY BAKING.

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—The operative bakers have decided to take a ballot on the question of day baking. ...

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  11. GALE CARRIES AWAY A ZEPPELIN.

    ROME, Saturday.—A violent gale carried away a Zeppelin at Pola. The crew were drowned in the Adriatic Sea. ...

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  12. STATE REVENUE.

    SYDNEY, Saturday.—The State revenue for February shows a comparative increase of £70,849, and for the eight months of the current financial year an increase of ...

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  13. SWORD IN HAND.

    LONDON, Friday.—"Eye-witness" mentions that in one portion of the brickfields a young German officer charged at the head of thirty men, waving his sword. ...

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  14. Nipped in the Bud.

    NEW YORK, Saturday.—Richard P. Stegler, a German naval reservist, has been arrested on a charge of fraudulently obtaining an American passport. He confessed ...

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  15. CAUSE OF THE REBELLION.

    CAPETOWN, Saturday.—In the Union Parliament Mr. Hertzog is moving for the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the causes of the rebellion, as ...

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  16. FORTS BOMBARDED BY FRENCH CRUISER.

    ATHENS, Friday.—It is stated that a French cruiser penetrated the Dardanelles and bombarded the inner forts for an hour. ...

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  17. GAINS FROM THE STAMP AND MOTOR TAXES.

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—The outstanding feature of yesterday's Treasury returns was that the extra stamp tax yielded £50,000 more than for the similar period last ...

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  18. WELCOME HOME TO BISHOP CARROLL.

    On Friday morning the students of St. Mary's College tendered a formed "welcome home" to his Lordship Dr. Carrpil. The college hall was tastefully decorabed ...

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  19. CREDIT VOTE ASKED FOR.

    LONDON, Friday.—The Government asks for a general vote credit of £250,000,000 for the year ending March, 1916, for the purpose of assisting the food supply ...

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  20. PROGRESS CONTINUES.

    PRIS, Friday.—A communique says:— Progress in the Champagne district continues. We captured two successive lines of trenches north of Mesnil. ...

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  21. TRAINS IN READINESS.

    CONSTANTINOPLE, Saturday.—Three trains are held in readiness to remove the Sultan and entourage in case of danger. ...

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  22. SWEDISH STEAMER DAMAGED.

    AMSTERDAM, Friday.—The Swedish Steamer Svarton arrived at Ymulden seriously damaged by a mine or torpedo near the Dutch Coast. ...

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  23. LABOR'S EXPENDITURE.

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—Mr. Holman, speaking at the opening of a new public school at North Sydney, said his Government were charged with having spent ...

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  24. AERIAL ATTACKS.

    PARIS, Saturday.—German aeroplanes dropped bombs behind Nieuport, killing two civilians, and a Frencit airman dropped three bombs on the barracks at Metz ...

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  25. ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION.

    SOFIA, Saturday.—It is reported that an attempt has been made in Stamboul to assassinate Talaak Bey, the well-known Turkish politician. ...

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  26. German Pound Shipping.

    NEW YORK, Saturday.—Advices from London state that Britain and the other Allies have informed neutral countries that because of German submarine attacks they ...

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  27. Food from Straw.

    AMSTERDAM, Friday.—Professor Fridenthal, of Berlin, claims to have discovered a new food from straw. The German newspapers declare the discovery is likely ...

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  28. BOMBARDMENT BY ALLIED FLEET.

    LONDON, Saturday.—Reuter's Athens correspondent states that the Allied fleet entered the Straits and bombarded the interior forts, notably the Dardanus. The ...

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  29. ENTIRE REGIMENT ANNIHILATED.

    PARIS, Saturday.—German prisoners taken in recent fighting report that the 92nd regiment was entirely annihilated. ...

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  30. PRISONERS OF WAR.

    AMSTERDAM, Sunday.—The German Socialist newspaper "Vorwarts" says the sale of bread in the canteens for prisoners of war is forbidden. Prisoners are not ...

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  31. BATTALION OF NAVVIES.

    LONDON, Friday.—Mr. Ward, a member of the House of Commons, is organising a battalion of navvies for pick and spade work. ...

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  32. Britain's Intervention.

    LONDON, Sunday.—Mr. D. Lloyd George stated in an interview that the violation of Belgian neutrality turned British opinion from a desire for peace to an ...

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  33. "STOP THIS SILLY GAME."

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—The international baseball contest at the show ground yesterday was abruptly terminated by Mr. Flowers, Minister for Health, who, in ...

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  34. FOOD EXPORT FROM HOLLAND.

    THE HAGUE, Sunday.—The export of potatoes and flour from Holland is now forbidden. ...

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  35. CANCELLATION OF CONTRACTS.

    LONDON, Friday.—Mr. Asquith, in reply to a question whether he would enable the British Broken Hill Coy. to cancel contracts, said the matter was under ...

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  36. The Damage to the Forts.

    LONDON, Saturday.—The Admiralty states that the forts of Cape Selles, Seddulbasr. Orkanichtabia, and Kum Kallossi were armed respectively with two 9 1/5 inch ...

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  37. A SPY'S WIDOW.

    LONDON, Sunday.—Advices from New York state that the German Government has given the spy Lody's widow, who is an American, £3000. (The spy, Lody ...

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  38. The Clyde Strike.

    LONDON, Friday.—Sir Geo. Askwith (Chief Industrial Commissioner) has written to the unions concerned in the Clyde strike stating that he had been instructed ...

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  39. AMERICAN PROPOSALS.

    LONDON, Sunday.—Though details are still unpublished, English newspapers are unfavorable to President Wilson's proposals regarding a basis of ...

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  40. THE WOOL SEASON.

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—Mr. Winchcombe, M. L. C., says that we have had a sensational wool season, and so far all the difficuities with respect to export have ...

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  41. Battle on the Meuse.

    PARIS, Saturday.—The latest communique states: We blew up ammunition and supplies near Stubert. The enemy sprayed burning liquid over our advanced ...

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  42. DISPUTE REFERRED TO ABBITRATION.

    LONDON, Friday.—Sir George Askwith states that the dispate will be referred to a Court of Arbitration. ...

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  43. A Great Battle.

    PETROGRAD, Saturday.—Between Plock and Novo-Georgievsk, two cities on the Vistula, the former about 50 and the latter about 15 miles north-west of Warsaw ...

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  44. CONFERENCE FAILS.

    LONDON, Friday.—Mr. Askwith's conference falled to settle the shipyard dispute. All the unions affected will confer on Tuesday. ...

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  45. GARDEN PARTY.

    A delightful time was spent on the lawn under the shade of the camphor laurels in the grounds of the Presbytery yesterday afternoon, when his Lordship Bishop ...

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  46. A PRISONER ESCAPES.

    SYDNEY, Saturday.—Breaking away from the police when changing trains at Strathfield yesterday, John Brown, 41, a prisoner mingled with the crowd and escaped. ...

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  47. UNEASINESS CREATED.

    LONDON, Saturday.—The labor situation creates some uneasiness, though the only open rupture is on the Clyde, where 11,500 engineers struck, hampering the ...

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  48. THE BREAD RATION REDUCED.

    COPENHAGEN, Saturday.—The bread ration to the German army has been considerably reduced. ...

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  49. NO RIFLE MEETING.

    LONDON, Sunday.—There will be no rifle meeting at Bisley this year. ...

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  50. The Test of Victory.

    PETROGRAD, Friday.—An official declaration is that an important test of the victory of Presnysz is that the Germans are retreating in shattered ranks. ...

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  51. BRITISH REITLSEAN [?]TTACK.

    PARIS Friday.—A communique says:— The British repulsed an attack in Reiglum and in addition agained 100 mefres of road. Progress contines north-west of Perthes ...

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  52. The Circle Narrowing.

    LONDON, Sunday.—The Kight Hon. C. Hobhouse (Postmaster General), in a speech at Bristol, said that the circle round Germany was narrowing daily, and ...

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  53. PATRIOTIC CARNIVAL.

    SYDNEY, Saturday.—The police and firemen's patriotic carnival to-day was in great success. The procession through the city attracted thousands of people, and was ...

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  54. Great Battle Developing.

    PETROGRAD, Friday.—The battle of Memei-Bobr-Narew, on the Vistula front, is developing into one of the greatest in the war. Aviators report that the Germans ...

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  55. CASE OF LEPROSY.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.—A case of leprosy has been discovered at Melbourne hospital. The victim is a domestic servant who came from the New Hebrides ...

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  56. MACHINE GUN FIRE AT CLOSE QUARTERS.

    PETROGRAD, Saturday.—A communique says:—The enemy's losses in the Rasmysz region were very great. Our rifie fire and bayonet work were well supported by ...

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  57. THE FORTS BOMBED.

    ROME, Saturday.—Three hydroplane dropped many bombs on forts in the Dardanelles. ...

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  58. GERMAN AEROPLANES BROUGHT DOWN.

    PARIS, Sunday.—The "Le Matin" states:—Our artillery brought down a German aeroplane at Luneville and captured the aviators. Another German ...

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  59. WOUNDED TURKS.

    SOFIA, Saturday.—Six hundred Turkish wounded have reached Constantinople from the Dardanelles. ...

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  60. NORTON-GRIFFITHS SCHEME.

    SYDNEY, Saturday.—The Norton-Griffiths contract has been signed on behalf of the Government of New South Wales, but has yet to be signed by the other party. ...

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  61. MOTOR FATALITY.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Harvey Finlayson, aged 35, was killed at Melbourne by a motor accident, while his companion, was injured. Deceased and another man ...

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  62. The Austrians Routed.

    LONDON, Saturday.—Mr. Donohue, the "Daily Chronicle's" war correspondent, states that the Russians recaptured Stanislavoff on Wednesday at the point of the ...

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  63. Torpedoer Sunk.

    PARIS, Friday.—The torpedoer Dague, while escorting a supply convoy to Montonegro, struck a mine at Antivari, and was sunk. Thirty-eight persons were ...

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  64. BODIES TO BE EXHUMED.

    PARIS, Saturday.—Fearing contamination the German staff has ordered the wholesale exhumation of hastily buried dead in the elevated parts of Belglum. The ...

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  65. SHOP ON FIRE.

    SYDNEY, Saturday.—The drapery establishment carried on at Paddington by Thomas Cooke and Company was partially destroyed by fire last night. The damage ...

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  66. BOWLING.

    On the Lismore Bowling green on Saturday Mr. W. J. Watson (9 on) defeated Mr. W. Lockett (3 on) by 31 to 23. Messrs. W. T. Watson and S. McLean ...

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  67. Germans on the Defensive.

    PETROGRAD, Sunday.—A communique says:—The Germans are on the defensive along almost the whole of the front. A battation with sappers advanced along the ...

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  68. Britain Declares a Blockade.

    LONDON, Friday.—It is officially stated that Britain has declared a blockade on the coast of German East Africa after the 28th. ...

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  69. AUSTRALIANS IN EGYPT.

    MELBOURNE, Saturday.—The Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) has expressed appreciation of the good results that have attended the training of the ...

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  70. WHEAT ACQUISITION BILL.

    SYDNEY, Saturday.—Mr. Justice Ferguson will formally open the Royal Commission regarding the Wheat Acquisition Bill on Monday. ...

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  71. Riot in Italy.

    ROME, Saturday.—Interventionists in the war and those desiring to remain neutral rioted at Riggiomilla. The troops fired. killing two and wounding five. Several ...

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  72. CARDENTIER NOT A PRISONER.

    PARIS, Friday.—The report thrit the well-known boxer Carpentier is a prisoner in the hands of the Germans is untrue. ...

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  73. FIRE IN A COLLIERY.

    LONDON, Friday.—A fire occurred at Hemleath Colliery, Staffordshire. Eleven men are dead. ...

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  74. "IN THE NICK OF TIME."

    LONDON, Friday.—"Eye-witness" says that during fighting on the 17th south-east of Ypres forty British were isolated. They held a trench until all were killed or ...

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  75. When the Call Comes.

    ROME, Saturday.—In the Chamber of Deputies Sg. Salandra (Premier) deprecated the fact that the supreme interests of the country were being weakened by ...

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  76. Advertising

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  77. Advertising

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  78. OFF TO THE FRONT.

    H. Page is leaving Lismore to-day to Join the infantry section of the Australian volunteers at Brisbane. Buyers! Don't miss Friday's Great ...

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