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  2. THE VERDUN STRUGGLE

    There has been a renewal of fierce fighting at Verdun, and the Germans subjected the French to a two days' bombardment. A strong German force next made an attack on the French positions between Hill 304 and Morthorume, and after desperate assaults penetrated the communication [?]rench cast of Hill 304. The enemy also gained a footing in a fort near Fort Douanmont. It is stated that 80,000 Turks and 40,000 Bulgarians near ...

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  3. THE IRISH OUTBREAK.

    About 2,000 Irish rebels have been deported to England. Two hundred loft Galway yesterday, and another batch was captured to-day. ...

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  4. EXPRESS MISSES THE ROTOMAHANA.

    Owing to a breakdown near Brighton yesterday morning, the express train from Hobart [?]iled to connect with the steamer Rotomahana for Melbourne. ...

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  5. THE HYDRO-ELECTRIC SCHEME

    The ceremonies atendant on the official opening of the State hydro-electric enterprise wound up last night with a public meeting at the City-hall, during the ...

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  6. COMPULSORY SERVICE.

    Lord Derby, the Director of Recruiting, replying to his critics in a speech at Manchester yesterday, said had he resigned last March, when the military ...

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  7. THE REBEL COUNTESS.

    "I have a slight acquaintance with the titled rebel non deservedly in the hands of the British Government, remarked Miss Sara Allgood to a "Sydney Morning ...

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  8. THE PRINCE OF WALES.

    All the towns in the Italian war zone are beflagged in honour of the visit of the Prince of Wales, who is now at the Italian front. King Victor Emmanuel ...

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  9. SWEDISH COPPER MINE.

    Advices received in Amsterdam from Gothenburg state that a German company has purchased the King Carl XV. copper mine at Jonkoping, one of the ...

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  10. FOOD SUPPLIES OF GERMANY.

    Serious food riots took place in Berlin yesterday. The butchers of late have been concealing meat, and refusing to sell it, and a search by the ...

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  11. THE WESTERN FRONT

    The official communique issued this afternoon states:— There was a violent bombardment in the Verdun region throughout ...

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  12. WAR IN THE AIR.

    The captains of trawlers which have returned to England report that nine Zeppelins participated in the raid on England on Tuesday last. The airship ...

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  13. HILL 304.

    It is semi-officially stated:—The German attacks on Hill 304, which were of incredible violence, quite failed to overwhelm the French. The battle has ...

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  14. ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION.

    The "Daily Chronicle" states that the Imperial Government has decided to organise an expedition for the relief of Sir Ernest Shackleton and the members ...

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  15. MEXICAN BANDITS.

    Yesterday a band of 70 Mexican bandits, the followers of General Villa, raided the American town of Glen Springs, in Texas, and killed three ...

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  16. THE COAL OUTPUT.

    The Imperial Government has requested the miners to confer with Ministers on the question of how to increase the coal output, in view of the ...

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  17. AMERICA AND GERMANY

    Officials at Washington are reticent as to the intentions of the United States Government respecting Germany's reply to the demand for a cessation of the ...

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  18. HERO OF VERDUN.

    General Petain, who commanded the French forces at Verdun with so much success, has been promoted to be Commander of the French central armies ...

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  19. GENERAL CABLES.

    If Parliament to-morrow (Monday) approves, the Daylight Saving Bill will operate from next Sunday to the second Sunday in October. The railways will, ...

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  20. CONTRABAND.

    A German Wagnerian Opera Company, which was touring Holland, was detected conveying contraband secreted in the theatrical properties, and the ...

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  21. NIPPED IN THE BUD.

    This afternoon's communique says:— After an intense bombardment, the Germans on Saturday overing launched an attack southward of [?]ons, ...

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  22. APPEALS FOR ECONOMY.

    The Board of Trade returns for April, which were published on Saturday, show that the appeals tor economy on the part of the people of Great Britain ...

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  23. THE TURKISH WAR

    The official communique issued in Petrograd to-day states:— We are gradually advancing towards Bagdad, capturing Turkish ...

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  24. TRAGIC EPISODE.

    A tragic episode has occurred at Chalons-sur-Marne. A French mother, learning that her son had been killed in the Champagne district in ...

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  25. SUICIDE AT BRISBANE.

    Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Bailey, who three or four months ago returned to Brisbane from overseas, whither about 12 months age he went in command of ...

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  26. THE POPE'S MESSAGE.

    The message from the Pope to President Wilson overshadows the German Note, as it is hinted that it covers more than a hope against the severance of ...

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  27. MR. LLOYD GEORGE.

    Mr. A. G. Gardiner, the editor of the "Daily News," has another open letter addressed to Mr. Lloyd George, the Minister of Munitions, in to-day's issue ...

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  28. LAXITY OF THE GOVERNMENT.

    The members of the Dublin Chamber of Commerce passed a resolution on Saturday stating that the rebellions outbreak would have been impossible ...

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  29. THE KAISER'S HAND.

    German newspapers received in Amsterdam state that the Kaiser wrote the whole of the German reply to the American Note. ...

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  30. GERMAN CONCENTRATION.

    The Germans are concentrating near Constantinople 80,000 Turkish and 40,000 Bulgarian infantry, and these will shortly be sent to the Western ...

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  31. NAVAL OPERATIONS

    The German communique sent from Berlin to-day states:—"We brought down an enemy aeroplane during the air-flight on the coast of Flanders. One ...

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  32. HOLDSWORTHY CAMP TRAGEDY.

    An inquest concerning the death of Paul Armbruster, a German prisoner of war, who was shot by a sentry when endeavouring to escape from the ...

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  33. BURIAL OF VICTIMS.

    "Two hundred victims of the rebellion in Dublin have been buried since Easter Monday, and of the total about 20 per cent. were not identified. ...

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  34. THE KAISER ANXIOUS.

    The Washington correspondent of the Central News Agency states that Mr. J. W. Gerrard, the American Ambassador in Berlin, has informed the State ...

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  35. THE BRITISH LINE.

    General Sir Douglas Haig, in his report to the British War Office last night, states:— There was artillery activity on both ...

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  36. AUSTRALIA.

    The passengers by the R.M.S. Morea, which reached Fremantle to-day, included M. Default, a French Government officer in Noumea, who has been ...

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  37. GENERAL WAR NEWS

    At a dinner given last night by the Society of Foremen Engineers, Mr. T. P. O'Connor, the Nationalist member for the Scotland Division of Liverpool, ...

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  38. MR. HUGHES.

    Mr. Hughes derived peculiar satisfaction from revisiting the scenes of his youth. He visited a cousin at Denbigh and then motored to ...

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  39. FUTURE OF THE SCHEME

    The chief engineer and manager of the Hydro-Electric Department (Mr. J. H. Butters), when asked by a "Mercury" reporter last night if he could say ...

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  40. GERMAN ACTIVITY.

    The military correspondent of the "Temps" says the movement of troops in Belgium, together with the enemy's aerial activity along the British lines, ...

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  41. PRICE OF MILL PRODUCTS.

    On the recommendation of the Necessary Commodities Commission, the following now prices have been fixed for millers' products:—Flour, £11 per ton; ...

    Article : 41 words
  42. PERSONAL CHARM.

    is the natural accompaniment of a beautiful complexion, and a beautiful complexion is the result of using PEARS' Soap. Matchess for the complexion. ...

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