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  2. RUSSIAN VICTORIES

    The Allies' War Council apparently has decided that the Russian offensive shall begin now, because the main German concerntration of troops is at present on the Western front. Accordingly, our Ally has undertaken operations with great vigour at several points with success. In Courland, the offensive has been undertaken at Jacobstadt, on the Dwina, and two villages have been recaptured. About 200 miles south of Riga heavy fighting has taken ...

    Article : 379 words
  3. MARKETS AND MONEY.

    The London correspondent of the "Manchester Guardian" says there is a probability that new arrangements in respect to the payment of the double ...

    Article : 226 words
  4. THE GENERAL ELECTION

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  5. WOUNDED SOLDIERS.

    The King and Queen entertained another large party of wounded soldiers including Australians and New Zealanders, to afternoon tea and a concert at ...

    Article : 320 words
  6. THE NEW ARMY.

    Mr. Frank Clarke, M.L.C., handed in his resignation as a member of the Victorian Parliamentary Recruiting Committee to the Premier (Sir ...

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  7. TASMANIAN BATTALION.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 638 words
  8. CONGESTION AT THE DOCKS

    The Port and Transit Executive Committee of the Port of London Authority has introduced a new form of shipping note, which is intended to relieve the ...

    Article : 97 words
  9. FILLING THE RANKS.

    There has been much criticism in the House of Commons regarding the treatment of conscientious objectors to compulsory service. Several ...

    Article : 143 words
  10. GENERAL WAR NEWS

    There is a possibility of the mission of Mr. Hughes not being completed by April 19, when he expected to sail on return to Australia. Such an ...

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  11. THE EASTERN FRONT.

    The Russians are now attacking with great vigour on the Dwina front and to the south of Dvinsk. Last night's communique thus describes the fighting:— ...

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  12. ALLEGED FAULTY MACHINES

    Replying in the House of Lords yesterday to Admiral Lord Charles Beresford the Duke of Devonshire, one of the Lords of the Admiralty stated that ...

    Article : 71 words
  13. THE-ARRANGEMENTS.

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  14. THE WESTERN FRONT

    Last night's communique says:— After a bombardment which lasted all day long t[?]he Germans made several attacks this (Wednesday) evening ...

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  15. ANZAC DAY.

    A movement has been inaugurated in London to celebrate the anniversary of Anzac Day, which is on the 23th of next month, the celebration to take place ...

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  16. METHOD OF VOTING.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 600 words
  17. SUBMARINE PIRACY

    The Norwegian newspapers protest against the submarining of vessels without warning, and regardless of the ships belonging to non-combatants. ...

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  18. ITALIAN COMMANDER-INCHIEF.

    General Cadorna, the Italian Commander-in-Chief, is now on a visit to England. He arrived in London to-day, and received an ovation. Amongst ...

    Article : 45 words
  19. ACCIDENT ON THE RAILWAY.

    To-day an Australian soldier named Milnes, who was travelling from Weymouth, fell from the train at Dorchester, and had his left leg badly crushed. ...

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  20. LIGHTSHIP TORPEDOED.

    Lloyd's state that the Galloper lightship, to the north-east of the North Foreland, in the North Sea, has been torpedoed and sunk by a German ...

    Article : 118 words
  21. AUSTRALIA.

    The Acting Attorney-General (Mr. Mahon) has received a large number of applications from naturalised persons of enemy origin for exemptions from the ...

    Article : 128 words
  22. EFFECT IN GERMANY.

    Advices received in Geneva from Berlin state that the defeat of the Germans at Verdun has had a disastrous effect on public opinion. The Bavarian ...

    Article : 77 words
  23. BUKOWINA.

    A wireless message states that the Austrians have abandoned Czernowitz, the capital of Bukowina, and that farther to the north the Russians have ...

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  24. NAVAL OPERATIONS.

    The Amsterdam "Telegraa[?]," referring to the action which took place in the Channel on Monday, when four British torpedo-boat destroyers chased ...

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  25. PATRIOTIC RIFLE SHOTS.

    Our North-Eastern correspondent writes:— "The enthusiasm and patriotism of the members of the St. Patrick's River Rifle Club are worthy of record. ...

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  26. WAR IN THE AIR.

    The rope of a captive balloon, which was at a height of 11,500 feet on the French front, suddenly broke yesterday, and the occupant used a parachute ...

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  27. A GERMAN ADMISSION.

    The German newspapers admit that the Russian attacks are becoming heavier, and that fresh Russian forces are being brought into the fight. An even ...

    Article : 73 words
  28. TASMANIA.

    The State War Council met yesterday. There was a comparatively limited attendance of members, and only routine business was dealt with, ...

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  29. THE TURKISH WAR

    In the House of Commons this afternoon, Mr. Austen Chamberlain, the Secretary of State for India, referring to the inadequacy of hospital ...

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  30. ON THE BLACK SEA

    The Russian Black Sea fleet yesterday torpedoed and sank, of[?] Cape Kali Akra (on the cast coast of Bulgaria, not far from Varna), the 7,000-ton steamer ...

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  31. THE BRITISH SERVICE.

    In the House of Commons this afternoon there was a discussion on the British air service. Mr. Billing (who recently retired from the Royal Flying ...

    Article : 216 words
  32. COMMENTS IN LONDON.

    The "Daily Mail," commenting on Australian recruiting for the new army, says:—"This is a magnificent achievement, and will thrill the Motherland ...

    Article : 37 words
  33. BEACH FOREST MURDER.

    George Henry Leak, aged 72 years, owas at the Beech Forest Police Court to-day charged with having wilfully murdered Doris Foley, aged four years, ...

    Article : 69 words
  34. POSITION IN PERSIA.

    Last night's communique thus refers to the Russian occupation of Ispahan:— We occupied Ispahan after a fight ...

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  35. WAR INVENTIONS.

    Lord Crewe, the Leader of the Government in the House of Lords, replying to a question as to what has been done to faster inventive talent for war ...

    Article : 75 words
  36. THE MARCH OF TIME.

    Leaves traces on your head, wrinkles on your forehead, crows' feet near your eyes, and grey hairs on your scalp. The grey hairs can be altered by using ...

    Article : 66 words
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