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  2. THE TURKISH WAR

    Last night's communique says:— The Turks have made repeated attacks on our positions in the region of Erzingan, but they have all been ...

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  3. STRUGGLE AT VERDUN

    The fighting at Verdun continues, despite previous announcements that the Germans had abandoned the attacks. Hill 304 has been the centre of a fierce Struggle, but the German assaults appear to have been fruitless. The enemy's artillery fire was the fiercest that has yet been experienced, but its force is now waning. In a roport the Germans claim to have captured several of the French trenches. ...

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  4. THE BALKANS

    There is intense artillery activity along the entire front in Macedonia. ...

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  5. THE IRISH OUTBREAK

    No further bulletins from Dublin about the Irish outbreak have been issued in London. It is believed that the disarming of the Sinn Feiners ...

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  6. CONSCRIPTION

    The consideration of the Military Service Bill was continued in Committee of the House of Commons to-day. Sir J. B. Lonsdale, the Unionist ...

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  7. GENERAL WAR NEWS

    To-day the King received at Buckingham Palace delegates from the Russian Duma. In a speech His Majesty assured the visitors that Great Britain ...

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  8. SUBMARINE WARFARE

    A submarine attacked the White Star liner Cymric (13,370 tons) at 4 o'clock on Saturday afternoon. She fired a torpedo, the explosion of which killed ...

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  9. THE CASUALTIES.

    Mr. Asquith stated, in the House of Commons to-day that the total military, casualties in Ireland have boen:— Officers.—Killed 17; wounded 46. ...

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  10. ON THE BLACK SEA.

    When the Breslau shelled Eupatoria (on the west coast of the Crimea) on Saturday she approached the port flying the Russian flag. When she was ...

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  11. ATTEMPT TO ALTER AGE LIMIT.

    The House of Commons last night rejected various amendments to the Compulsory Military Service Bill, aiming to alter the age limit. ...

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  12. SAILING SHIP SUNK.

    The four-masted ship Calgate has been torpedoed by a submarine. Twelve of the crew were picked up, but a, boatlond of fourteen are missing. ...

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  13. EXECUTION OF REBELS.

    In the House of Commons this afternoon, Mr. P. Morrell, Liberal member for Burnley, asked if Skeffington, one of the rebel leaders, who was previously ...

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  14. MESOPOTAMIA

    Mr. Chandler, the British press representative in Mesopotamia, says: — Before surrendering, General Townshend destroyed his wireless apparatus. ...

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  15. AMERICA AND AUSTRIA.

    The Department of State, having received Austria's explanation of the attack on the Russian barque Imperator by a submarine, will take no further ...

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  16. COLONEL CHURCHILL.

    The "Daily Chronicle" states to-day that Colonel Winston Churchill's battalion has been absorbed by another unit, and that Colonel Churchill, not ...

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  17. DEBATE IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    In the House of Representatives today, Mr. Corser, who won the Wide Bay (Q.) seat vacated by Mr. Andrew Fisher, made his first speech, the ...

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  18. THE GERMAN LOSSES.

    In consequence of the losses suffered at Verdun by the Germans, all boys who reached the age of 17 years in April have been summoned for immediate ...

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  19. THE WESTERN FRONT.

    Last night's communique says: — The Germans kept up a violent bombardment of our trenches at Hill 304 all last night, and made an ...

    Article : 102 words
  20. WAR IN THE AIR.

    Two aeroplanes yesterday dropped eight bombs on Port Said. Three civilians were wounded, but no material damage was done. The fire of the ...

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  21. AMONG THE ROCKS AND BOGS

    Day and night the police in Ireland are hunting for the rebels among the bogs and mountains of Galway. Hundreds of rebels have been arrested, but ...

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  22. AUSTRALIA.

    The Clerks' Union last night repudiated the action of its delegates at a meeting of the Metropolitan Council of the Labour Federation in voting for a ...

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  23. ANZACS IN FRANCE

    Messages from the press ccorrespondents at British Headquarters state that hitherto there has been a possibility that the Germans did not know that the ...

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  24. THE NATIONALISTS.

    At a meeting of the Irish Nationalists which was held yesterday it wns decided to draw up a manifesto to the Irish people. The manifesto will be ...

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  25. NEWSPAPER COMMENT.

    The newspapers welcome the Anzacs' arrival on the Western front. The "Pall Mall Gazette" says:—"We know the Anzacs are in the very van of the ...

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  26. FIRE IN AIR FACTORY.

    As the result of a fire in an aircraft material factory at Altona 63 aeroplanes have been destroyed. ...

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  27. EARLIER STAGES OF THE SIEGE.

    General Sir John Nixon's despatch to the middle of January gives details of the earlier stages of the siege of Kutel-Amara. He says that-General ...

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  28. MESSAGE FROM QUEENSLAND.

    Archbishop Duhig this evening sent the following telegram to Dr. D. M. O'Donnell, of Melbourne:—"Congratulate-you on the Celtic Club's cable to ...

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  29. ANOTHER CONTRIBUTION TO BRITAIN'S STRENGH.

    A contingent of troops from South Africa, recruited in the Union for service in Europe, arrived at Marseilles today, and received a warm welcome from ...

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  30. TASMANIA.

    The State War Council has inquiries for returned soldiers capable of filling the following positions:—Apple-pickers, clerks, mechanics, blacksmiths, farm ...

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  31. ZEPPELINS IN THE NORTH SEA.

    The captains of steamers arriving at Copenhagen report that a large number of Zeppelins have been seen in the North Sea flying in all directions. The ...

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  32. THE GENERAL POSITION.

    A semi-official statement issued to-day says:— On Monday the Germans, in spite of our decimating cross-fire, repeatedly ...

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  33. IMPRESSIONS OF FRANCE.

    In acrordance with the promise given by Lord Kitchener to the Australian and New Zealand troops eighteen months ago, before their first arrival ...

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  34. AMERICA AND GERMANY

    The Republican newspapers in America continue to severely criticise the President (Dr. Wilson) for sending another Note to Germany, informing ...

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  35. MR. HUGHES.

    Mr:—Hughes goes to France on the 31st of the month, and will be conducted along the British and French fronts. He is glad of the opportunity to review ...

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  36. THE GERMAN STATEMENT.

    To-day's Berlin communique says:— We have stormed several trenches to the south of Haucourt. We repulsed the French attempts to regain the ...

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  37. ARRIVAL OF AUSTRALIANS.

    Mr. Philip Gibbs, the special correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" at the British Headquarters, says:— The arrival of the Australians was ...

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  38. HEAVY LOSSES OF THE ENEMY.

    The official communique issued in Paris last night states: — The enemy's artillery was less violent yesterday. Our curtain of fire ...

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  39. GERMAN CRIME AGENTS

    As already announced, in the arrest in New York of Robert Fay, a lieutenant in the German army, and Walter Scholz, his brother-in-law-, the Federal ...

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  40. QUEENSLAND PREMIER.

    Members of the Empire Parliamentary Association gave a dinner at the House of Commons last evening to Mr. T. J. Ryan, the Premier of ...

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  41. LABOUR AND THE WAR.

    At a meeting of British workers which is to be held to-morrow. Mr. S. Walsh, the Labour member for Ince, will move, and Mr. Will Crooks, the Labour ...

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  42. GERMAN STRENGTH WANING

    According to the "Daily Telegraph's" Paris correspondent, the German artillery at Verdun is the most powerful yet employed by the enemy, but its strength ...

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  43. NAVAL OPERATIONS

    The First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr. A. J. Balfour), in a letter on the subject of the lecent East Coast bombardments, points out that the maritime ...

    Article : 139 words
  44. GERMANY'S FOOD

    The Danish newspaper the "Ribestifts Tidende" states that after careful inquiries it has come to the opinion that it is impossible for Germany to keep ...

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  45. NATURAL-BORN SOLDIERS.

    Mr. H. F. Prevost Battersby, who was the "Morning Post's" special correspondent in South Africa, in an article in the "Post" says:— ...

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  46. THE RANGATIRA.

    The bulk of the carge of the steamer Rangatira, 10,118 tons, belonging to the New Zealand Shipping Co., which left London on February 26 for New ...

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  47. RUSSIAN PRISONERS.

    One hundred and sixty-three Russian non-commissioned officers and men, who were prisoners in Germany, and were employed on various works on the ...

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  48. THT FRUIT TRADE.

    The victorian Winter Nelis pears forwarded by the P. and O. liner Malwa sold to-day at 5s. to 15s. per case, and Almeria grapes from 8s. to 13s. per case. ...

    Article : 71 words
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