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  2. RUSSIANS STILL ADVANCING

    The Russians are pushing their campaign in Asia with great vigour. In the advance from Erzeroum they have captured the small town of Mamakhutun, a place only 50 miles from the Turkish headquarters at Erzindjan. It is stated that about 50,000 German, Austrian, and Bulgarian troops have passed through Constantinople on their way to Asia Minor. These may not be in time to Save the situation if the Russians continue to press ...

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  3. THE EAST COAST RAID.

    In the House of Commons this afternoon. Sir A. B. Markham, the Liberal member for Mansfield, asked whether telegraph und telephone wires viere cut ...

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  4. THE SINN FEINERS.

    The hearing was resumed to-day, at the Bow-street Police Court, of the charges of high treason preferred against Sir Roger Casement and ...

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  5. TRADING UNDER ASSUMED NAME.

    George Shickerty, pastrycook, of Brunswick-street, was charged at the Fitzroy Police Court to-day with that, being a naturalised subject of enemy ...

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  6. WOUNDED ANZACS.

    Mr. Andrew Fisher Mrs. Fisher, and Senator MacDougall visited Wandsworth Hospital to-day, and chatted with 240 Australian wounded men from ...

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  7. DOUBLE INCOME TAX.

    The Finance Bill, which will be introduced in the House of Commons tomorrow (Thursday), provides that a person paying income tax in the Colonies ...

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  8. GERMANY'S FOOD PLIGHT

    The "New York World," which contains to-day a remarkable two-column article on Germany's food plight, states that no longer is the war a chivalrous ...

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  9. TASMANIA.

    The following is a copy of a letter received by Messrs. J. walch and Sons from Miss A. Roberts, Military Hospital No. 22, Toul, France, dated ...

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  10. GENERAL MARCHAND.

    A report was received in Paris to-day that General Marchand, of Fashoda fame, had been killed in action, but the report was afterwards officially denied. ...

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  11. GENERAL WAR NEWS

    The House of Commons this atternoon, by 250 votes to 35, passed the third reading of the Compulsory Military Service Bill. ...

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  12. THE ITALIAN FRONT

    A communique has been issued reporting a success of the Austrians. It is as follows:— The enemy on Sunday heavily ...

    Article : 113 words
  13. PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH.

    The members of the Patriotic League of Berlin have discussed the food problems of Germany. At the meeting Herr Dernburg, formerly Secretary of State ...

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  14. THE TURKISH WAR

    It is officially stated that the advance of the Russians in the direction of Mosul still continues. PETROGRAD, May 17. ...

    Article : 92 words
  15. DEFENCES OF EGYPT.

    If the danger of a Turkish attack on Egypt is not entirely removed, a serious attempt at invasion is becoming very remote. The warm season is ...

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  16. MARKETS AND MONEY.

    "The Times." states to-day that, after 21 months' agitation, the British Government has cancelled the contracts the British Broken Hill Co. and the ...

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  17. AIM OF THE ALLIES.

    The German newspapers angrily comment on the interview published in the "Chicago Daily News" with Sir Edward Grey, the Btitish Foreign Secretary ...

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  18. THE AUSTRIAN CLAIM.

    An Austrian communique says:—We have raptured a position in the Southern Tyrol, and made prisoner 65 Italian officers and 2,500 men, and taken 11 ...

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  19. WAR IN AFRICA.

    German forces made two attacks yesterday on Nhika, a place on the borders of German and Portuguese East Africa, but were repulsed, suffering ...

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  20. THE WESTERN FRONT

    Sir Douglas Haig reports as follows: — On the Vimy Ridge (south of Lens) the Lancashire Fusiliers made an ...

    Article : 66 words
  21. ASIA MINOR OPERATIONS.

    The Russians have occupied Mamakhatun, 50 miles east of Erzindjan. ...

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  22. GERMANS AND THE BOERS.

    The "Bloemfontein Friend" publishes a semi-official German report, which was found when the British occupied Moschi, stating that the Boer element ...

    Article : 105 words
  23. THE 40TH BATTALION.

    As mentioned in yesterday's "Mercury, it has been decided, in response to the request of the Mayor of Launceston, to allow all the members of the ...

    Article : 133 words
  24. AUSTRO-GERMAN REINFORCEMENTS.

    Advices received in Rome from Bacharest, the capital of Roumania, state that the Central Powers—Germany and Austria—view as serious the ...

    Article : 83 words
  25. SUBMARINE WARFARE

    The German Government, in its latest Note presented to Mr. Lansing, the Secretary of State, warns neutral Governments that merchant ships flying ...

    Article : 82 words
  26. THE GERMAN FORCES.

    Mr. Philip Gibbs, the special correspondent or the "Daily Chronicle, says: — In spite of the Germans' attack on ...

    Article : 154 words
  27. CANADIAN PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS.

    A Royal Commission which has inquired into the destruction by fire of the Parliament Buildings at Ottawa, German crime agents being suspected, ...

    Article : 73 words
  28. MR. HUGHES.

    Mr. Hughes continues his Wheat and metal negotiations. Mr. Lightfoot apologised for Mr. Hughes's absence from the meeting of the Institute of ...

    Article : 85 words
  29. THE TURKISH CABINET.

    According to advices from Constantinople serious differences have arisen in the Turkish Cabinet. The Sheikh-ul Islam and the Minister of Justice have ...

    Article : 70 words
  30. NAVAL OPERATIONS

    Yesterday a German fiotilla of torpedoboats blockaded the important Swedish port of Gothenburg, awaiting the departure of the steamer Brierly Hill, ...

    Article : 59 words
  31. THE FIRST FIGHTERS.

    The "Daily Mail" has initiated a campaign to force the Government to issue medals to the survivors of the original Expeditionary Forces sent to France ...

    Article : 99 words
  32. GENERAL TOWNSHEND.

    General Townshend has arrived at Constantinople. A BORN SOLDIER. General Townshend has quite a ...

    Article : 372 words
  33. INQUEST ON VICTIM.

    At an inquest which was held to-day on a man named Patrick Bealon, whose body was dug up in a Dublin cellar after the rebel rising, the jury found ...

    Article : 67 words
  34. GALLANT IRISH.

    Early this month, it will be remembered, Mr. William Redmond, M.P. for East Clare, a son of Mr. John Redmond, who is now on active service at ...

    Article : 235 words
  35. NEW SOUTH WALES OFFICES.

    Mr. B. R. Wise, the Agent-General for New South Wales, has secured as offices for his State the two lower floors of No. 27 Cockspur-street, Charing ...

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  36. GERMAN FINANCE.

    At a conference at Berlin of all the Finance Ministers of the German States the establishment of the new taxes necessary to meet the war expenditure ...

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  37. WAR IN THE AIR.

    Mr. Justice Bailhache, of the High Court, who was appointed last week chairman of the committee formed to inquire into the administration of the ...

    Article : 217 words
  38. TRIAL OF REBELS.

    A number of the ringleaders who were captured at Enniscorthy have been tried, and one was sentenced to death, but the sentence has been ...

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  39. SCARCITY OF TONNAGE.

    Owing to the scarcity of shipping tonnage, the imports of tobacco into the United Kingdom are to be further restricted. The new regulation will not ...

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  40. MR. ASQUITH'S VISIT.

    Mr. Asquith continues informal conferences with officials in Dublin. When Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, visited the Richmond Barracks ...

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  41. AUSTRALIA.

    In the House of Representatives today, The Minister of the Navy (Mr. Jensen), in reply to Mr. Finlayson (Q.), ...

    Article : 133 words
  42. SCOTT'S EXPEDITION.

    Yesterday Mr. J. X. Merriman, formerly Prime Minister of Cape Colony, unveiled a monument which has been erected in Capetown to the memory of ...

    Article : 53 words
  43. WAR PROFITS.

    The value at credit of the profit and loss account of the White Star Shipping Company for the financial year just ended is £1,068,285. After paying the ...

    Article : 59 words
  44. A BRAVE FRENCHMAN.

    Lord Bertie, the British Ambassador to France, has handed £200 to Madame Jacquet, the widow of a citizen of Lille, who has been shot for sheltering ...

    Article : 132 words
  45. HOME RULE.

    The "Daily Chronicle" states that political circles in England are discussing the appointment of a statutory commission to work out details for the ...

    Article : 77 words
  46. SUGAR AND BEER.

    Mr. W. Runciman, the President of the Board of Trade, introduced a bill in the House of Commons yesterday providing for the cutting down of the ...

    Article : 113 words
  47. FRUIT TRADE.

    Further sales of Tasmanian apples took place in Liverpool to-day, but prices were unchanged. Another 9,000 cases remain to be discharged. ...

    Article : 29 words
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