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  2. THE WESTERN FRONT

    To-day we get no news from the Western Front, except of air raids. There are daily thrilling combats in the heavens to the death. The Germans appear to have concentrated most of their machines now on this front, which is an indication that they meditate big things. Last year the Angle-French air gladiators had gained the mastery, but now they have been again challenged, and it is essential that they should fight it out to the finish. Scouting is ...

    Article : 237 words
  3. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

    In the House of Commons this afternoon Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, introduced a record war credit of £430,000,000 for meeting the ...

    Article : 1,321 words
  4. ALIENS IN GREAT BRITAIN.

    In reply to a question in the House of Commons this afternoon asked by Mr. Ronald McNeill, the Unionist member for St. Augustine's, Mr. Herbert ...

    Article : 64 words
  5. THE DEFENCE COMMITTEE.

    It is stated that it is likely that Lord Derby will be chairman of the committee to be appointed to co-ordinate the national defences against air ...

    Article : 57 words
  6. GERMAN ESPIONAGE.

    In the House of Commons yesterday afternoon, Mr. Herbert Samuel, the Home Secretary, stated, in reply to a question, that the Government had ...

    Article : 60 words
  7. AN AIRMAN'S MISTAKE.

    Mr. F. Bennett Goldney, the Conservative member for Canterbury, related in the House of Commons last night that during the air raid on Kent ...

    Article : 102 words
  8. NEW ZEALAND DOCTOR'S END.

    An inquest was held to-day on the body of Dr. Arthur Noel Houghton, a New Zealander, who was recently serving with the Royal Army Medical ...

    Article : 70 words
  9. THE NEW ARMY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 298 words
  10. WAR IN AFRICA.

    The following official statement was issued to-day:—General Smuts, the Commander-in-Chief of the South African Union forces operating against ...

    Article : 85 words
  11. BRITISH PRISONERS IN GERMANY.

    Replying in the House of Commons yesterday afternoon to Mr. W. A. S. Hewins, the Unionist member for Hereford, Lord Robert C[?]il, the ...

    Article : 77 words
  12. THE TURKISH WAR

    The latest messages show that Armenia is practically all in the hands of the Russians. In the north the Grand-Duke Nicholas's forces have cut off the ...

    Article : 191 words
  13. THE BALKANS

    The "Daily Chronicle's" special correspondent at Salonika states that at the invitation of General Sarrail a party of Greek generals yesterday inspected the ...

    Article : 85 words
  14. THE BELLIGERENT FORCES.

    Colonel Repington, the military correspondent of "The Times," has an interesting article entitled "Stocktaking." He estimates that the German, field ...

    Article : 184 words
  15. NAVAL OPERATIONS.

    It is understood that the Imperial Cabinet contemplates making a single Minster responsible for the German blockade. The Minister will exercise ...

    Article : 71 words
  16. AUSTRALIA.

    The Minister for the Navy (Mr. J. A. Jensen) has received a cable message from the Naval representative in London, stating that in future parcels and ...

    Article : 92 words
  17. AN AVALANCHE.

    A great avalanche has occurred on the Hochspigsberg, at Salzburg, in Austria, and there was great loss of life. The bodies of 55 people who were ...

    Article : 54 words
  18. GERMANY AND GREECE.

    The special correspondent of the "Echo de Paris" at Salonika states that Baron Von S[?]enk, the notorious German propagandist, has made a ...

    Article : 66 words
  19. MARKETS AND MONEY.

    At the annual-meeting of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce last week a motion in favour of adherence to free trade was rejected. ...

    Article : 140 words
  20. RAID ON ENGLAND.

    The following official statement has been issued in Berlin:—"On Sunday our naval aeroplanes dropped bombs on the factories at Deal. They also attacked ...

    Article : 135 words
  21. PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

    The Minister of Lands and Works yesterday received the following memorandum from the Engineer-in-Chief (Mr. T. W. Fowler), about the Public ...

    Article : 319 words
  22. TASMANIA.

    A further contingent of sick and wounded soldiers returned to Tasmania to-day by the steamer Loongana, from Melbourne. The party numbered 14, ...

    Article : 335 words
  23. BRITAIN AND FRANCE.

    M. Poincair[?] and Briand have extended the heartiest welcome to Lord Bryce and a deputation of twenty-four British Parliamentarians, who have ...

    Article : 43 words
  24. KING PETER.

    King Peter of Serbia, who is taking the sulphur baths at Edepsoz, is rapidly recovering his health, and looks many years younger. He is delighted with ...

    Article : 53 words
  25. MESOPOTAMIA.

    The following official statement was issued to-day about the situation in Mesopotamia:— On Thursday and Saturday hostile ...

    Article : 63 words
  26. WAR IN THE AIR.

    The communiques from the various fronts show that yesterday broke all records for aeroplane attacks. Apart from the destruction of a Zeppelin ...

    Article : 172 words
  27. BRITISH INDUSTRIES.

    A British industries fair was opened to-day at the South Kensington Museum. Among those present were the Queen, Princess Mary, and Mr. W. ...

    Article : 41 words
  28. AN OPPORTUNE HURRICANE

    According to reports in the Swiss newspapers a hurricane has partly demolished the German Zeppelin sheds at Friedrichsha[?], on Lake ...

    Article : 33 words
  29. FIGHTING IN ARABIA.

    In the House of Commons to-day the Secretary of State for India (Mr. Austen Chamberlain) referred to the Turkish claim, made in a communique issued ...

    Article : 120 words
  30. GERMAN BILLS.

    In the House of Commons this afternoon, Mr. McKenna, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, reporting on the inquiry into the financing of German ...

    Article : 82 words
  31. THE SUEZ CANAL.

    It is officially stated that on Sunday a British aviator made a reconnaissance of the enemy's advanced posts to the cast of the Suez Canal. He descended ...

    Article : 54 words
  32. THE GERMAN AIR FLEET.

    The "Daily Telegraph," in an authoritative review of the German air service, points out that until the summer of 1915 the British and the French ...

    Article : 329 words
  33. EARLY CLOSING OF HOTELS.

    Steps are being taken by Mr. Meagher, M.L.A., Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and Lord Mayor of Sydney, to induce the executive of the New South ...

    Article : 188 words
  34. GENERAL WAR NEWS.

    At the invitation of Sir Thomas Mackenzie, High Commissioner of New Zealand, Mr. Andrew Fisher visited the New Zealand hospital at ...

    Article : 231 words
  35. ACTIVITY OF THE FRENCH.

    This afternoon's communique records numerous successful flights in the air. It says:— To the east of Altkir[?]h (in ...

    Article : 341 words
  36. A DARING RAID.

    It is reported that a submarine belonging to the Allies reached the Bosporus on February 15, and torpedoed a lug and six transports laden with ...

    Article : 56 words
  37. THE GERMAN COLONIES IN AFRICA.

    The surrender within the last few days of the last German force which was holding out in the Kameroon leaves only one of the German colonies in Africa still holding out. Togoland was lost to Germany soon after war borke out; then, after a considerable delay, due mainly to the rebellion in the Orange Free State and the Transvaal. German South-West Africa was conquered by a force from South Africa, and now the Kameroon has been occupied by British and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 334 words
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