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  2. THE FIGHTING IN FRANCE

    There are still no details of the great battle on the Western front, but for the present it appears to have ceased, except for grenade attacks and bombardments. The French apparently have not yet recuptured the village of Friese on the Somma River. A telegram from Paris indicates that the German infantry attacked with their old dash, but doubtless only selected troops were used, and they lost heavily. The fact that particulais of the battle are ...

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  3. MUNITION MAKING.

    One hundred and nine thousand women have supplanted men in munition works in Great Britain, leaving the latter free to do skilled work or to ...

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  4. THE NEW ARMY

    Arrangements for conducting the medical examinations in the various municipalities of the recruits for Tasmania's contribution to the new army, ...

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  5. SHIPPING DISASTERS

    The owners of the liner Appam, 7,781 tons, which is believed to have been lost on the voyage from West Africa' to England, with 342 souls, have given up all ...

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  6. PRODUCTION OF WAR SUPPLIES.

    The Minister of Defence (Senator Pearce) announced to-day that it has been decided to establish a directorate of munitions in connection with the ...

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  7. TROOP TRAIN COLLISION.

    Travellers reaching Amsterdam from Germany report a catastrophe on Saturday, when the Cologne express collided with a hospital tram full of wounded ...

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  8. ITALIAN WAR LOAN.

    The subscriptions to the Italian war loan of £50,000,000, which closed today, amounted to £80,000,000. ...

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  9. COMMONWEALTH MEDICAL BRANCH.

    Some criticisms of the medical branch of the Commonwealth in London by the "British Australasian" newspaper are being answered in a report which ...

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  10. AMERICAN TRADE.

    The total value of exports from the United States for the past 11 months has amounted to £430,000,000. Of the total £213,000,000 worth has gone to ...

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  11. THE LOSS OF THE BEN LEE.

    The ship Ben Lee (2.341 tons, owned by J. and J. Rae and Co.), which was bound from Liverpool to Sydney, and collided with the American liner ...

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  12. INCREASED TAXATION.

    The "Daily Mail" states that Mr. McKenna, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, is considering the imposition of a heavy tax on railway tickets, an ...

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  13. RECRUITING IN IRELAND.

    Lord Wimborne, the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, reports that there are 145,869 Irishmen in the Navy and Army, of which number 29,723 have enlisted since ...

    Article : 66 words
  14. TWO MORE STEAMERS LOST.

    The White Star steamer Bovorie, 4,445 tons, which arrived at New York to-day. reports picking un on her voyage wireless telegraph messages ...

    Article : 83 words
  15. TASMANIA.

    Eric Valentine, son of Councillor Valentine, has designed a neat cord in colours, to serve as a roll of honour for the municipality of Glenorchy ...

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  16. AMERICA AND THE WAR

    Dr. Wilson, the President of the United States, is starting a national campaign urging the American people to be in a state of preparedness for war ...

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  17. AFTER THE WAR.

    There was a great meeting at the Guildhall to-day to discuss trade and employment after the war. The Agents-General of the Australian States ...

    Article : 147 words
  18. CHINESE REVOLUTION.

    Reuter's correspondent at Peking states 20,000 Mongolian insurgents, many of whom are armed and have ample ammunition, and with 12 guns ...

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  19. THE WESTERN FRONT

    Sir Douglas Haig reports as follows:— A detachment of our troops yesterday entered some trenches full of ...

    Article : 162 words
  20. WAR IN THE AIR.

    It is officially stated that last night seven Zeppelins made a raid on the eastern, north-eastern, and midland counties in England. A number of ...

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  21. ROUMANIA.

    M. Carp, the ex-Premier of Roumania, has gone to Vienna on n confidential mission. It is understood that his purpose is to ask Austria for ...

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  22. RETURNED SOLDIERS.

    Another batch of half a dozen soldiers who have seen service in Gallipoli returned to Launceston to-day by the steamer Loongana. Four of them are ...

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  23. GENERAL CABLES.

    Arthur Adams's play "Mrs. Pretty" was successfully produced last night at His Majesty's Theatre, in the Haymarket, South-West London, before a large ...

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  24. THE TURKISH WAR

    The Turkish troops in the Erzeroum region are restricted to a narrow space, and are unable to pass outside the forts which surround the town. Owing to ...

    Article : 406 words
  25. THE RAID ON PARIS.

    German bombs which were dropped in the Zeppelin raid on Paris, but failed to burst, were examined to-day at the Municipal Laboratory. One of ...

    Article : 152 words
  26. DESERTERS FROM THE ENEMY.

    Thero is an increase in the number of deserters from the Austrian and German forces in Galicia. ...

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  27. INDUSTRIAL TROUBLES.

    The Minister of Home Affairs (Mr. King O'Malley) made the following statement to the press yesterday on the industrial problem:—In my opinion, the ...

    Article : 330 words
  28. SUBMARINE WARFARE.

    The "Daily Mail's correspondent, who claims to have recently dined with thw Kaiser at Nish, states that he saw four small German submarines at the ...

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  29. GENERAL WAR NEWS

    An order-of-the-day issued by General Von Hindenburg, the German Commander, which has been found upon n German prisoner, reveals the fact that ...

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  30. THE FIGHTING ON THE SOMME.

    Further news of the lighting in the region of the Somme is eagerly awaited. There was a full last night, but it is evident the Germans are not ...

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  31. TALK OF PEACE.

    The German-American newspaper, the "Deutsches Journal," says that the Imperial Chancellor (Dr. Von Bothmann-Hollweg), addressing the party ...

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  32. COUNT ZEPPELIN.

    On Sunday night a crowd of people in Berlin demonstrated before the house of Count Zeppelin, the constructor of the huge German rigid ...

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  33. APPLE EXPORT TRADE

    Action is being taken by the Federal Government to safeguard the apple export trade of Australia against the general prohibition of the importation of ...

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  34. AUSTRALIA AS MILITARY NATION.

    The tenth annual meeting of the British Immigration League of Australia was held to-day. Sir Thomas Anderson Stuart presided. ...

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  35. BOMBING ATTACKS.

    Both the British and the French communiques frequently refer to bombing attacks. These are generally made as midnight, and serve to show the ...

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  36. GERMANY'S FOOD SHORTAGE

    How Germany is compelled to find substitutes for foods is exposed to-day in a striking article in the "Daily Chronicle." ...

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  37. THE LIGHTING RESTRICTIONS.

    A despatch received by the "New York Tribune" from London states that there have been 11 deaths reported in England, which were due to the ...

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  38. TURKISH OFFICIALS' FLIGHT

    Rahmi Bey, the Vali (Governor) of Smyrna, has takon refuge on a British winship. He fled because he was accused of alleviating the hardships ...

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  39. TURKISH REINFORCEMENTS.

    The Turkish First Army Corps, based on Constantinople, is to be used to reinforce the Turkish troops at Erzeroum, instead of being sent to ...

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  40. MARKETS AND MONEY.

    As a result of the removal of the minimum prices which have ruled since the war started, the market for colonial stocks shows considerable irregularity. ...

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  41. AUSTRALIA.

    In a return issued by the Federal Treasury to-day, it is shown that up to January 29 3,382 war pensions have been granted, while 741 claims have ...

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  42. PENSIONS AND ALLOWANCES.

    According to a statement issued by the Federal Treasury to-day there are 91,691 old-age pensions in force, while the invalid pensions at present running total ...

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  43. MESOPOTAMIA.

    The India Office denies the Turkish report that a British column has been repulsed near Kurna, in Lower Mesopotamia (near the junction of the ...

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  44. THE BALKANS

    The special correspondent of the "Corriere della Sera," in a message from Salonika, says: "The British have occupied the fort of Kum Kale, ...

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  45. AMUSEMENT COMPANIES AND THE WAR.

    The Federal Treasurer (Mr. Higgs) announced to-day that he had had to refuse to sanction the formation of new picture and amusement companion, ...

    Article : 104 words
  46. ENEMY SHAREHOLDERS.

    Persons affected by the regulations under the War Precautions Act relating to enemy shareholders are requested, if they desire exemption, to send in full ...

    Article : 92 words
  47. THE COAL WORKERS' STRIKE.

    As anticipated, the Brisbane coal workers to-day resumed work coaling the various steamers in port, pending the hearing of their case by the Industrial ...

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