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  2. WARRIOR'S EXPLOITS.

    The crew of the British cruiser Warrior have arrived at Chatham, and received an enthusiastic welcome. The Warrior's exploits as the decoy cruiser ...

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  3. THE NAVAL BATTLE

    We publish, to-day an official account of the man[?]vres in the naval battle off Jutland. It shows that Admiral Beatty attacked the German fleet in order to hold it until the Commandor-in-Chief could come up with the battle fleet. This official description shows that we must add another impression if we wish to realise how the battle was foutht—that of speed. The ships man[?]vred and fought at top speed. The British ships raced into ...

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  4. THE BRITISH VICTORY.

    The British Navy League, after considering all the information available, states in unqualified terms that the final result was an undoubted British ...

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  5. VERDUN BATTLE.

    This afternoon's communique says: To-day the Germans made repeated efforts on the slopes of Frimin Wood (near Vaux), but we completely ...

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  6. AUSTRALIA.

    Correcting a misapprehension that appears to exist in West Australia as to the recent statement made by the Minister of Defence (Senator Pearce) ...

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  7. HOBART TRAMWAYS.

    The question of the purchase by the Hobart Corporation from the HydroElectric Department of the converter sub-station came before a meeting of the ...

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  8. "MADE IN GERMANY."

    The British Admiralty characterises as baseless the German official statements that a submarine destroyed a British destroyer off the Number, and ...

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  9. TASMANIA.

    At last night's meeting of the New Town Council, a letter was read from Mr. Robert W. Catley, of Roope-street, New Town, stating that he had ...

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  10. IN THE VOSGES.

    This afternoon's communique says:— A surprise attack to the westward of Carpach, in the Vosges, put the Germans in possession of three bits ...

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  11. THE BRITISH CREWS.

    It is reported officially that no men were saved from the Indefatigable, the Defence, the Black Prince Tipperary, Turbulent, Nomand, and the ...

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  12. MR. HUGHES'S VISIT.

    Mr. Hughes and Mr. Fisher have paid a visit to the Anzacs on the Western front. Yesterday (Sunday) they lunched with ...

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  13. RECRUITS WHO TURN BACK.

    It has been brought under notice that in some cases intending recruits have accepted the Defence Department warrants for train, coach, or boat ...

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  14. ALLIED AND NEUTRAL OPINION.

    The Council of Empire has passed a resolution expressing, sympathy with King George and the British people in their painful losses and admiration of ...

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  15. ACTIVITY OF ZEPPELINS.

    A member of the crow of the battleship Marlborough narrates that at one time six Zoppelins, were over the fleet, and their reconnoitring greatly helped ...

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  16. THE IRISH SITUATION.

    It is understood in Dublin that Mr. Lloyd George has drafted a Home Rule scheme which excludes Ulster. It is expected that the Ulster Unionist ...

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  17. ANOTHER NARRATIVE.

    A naval officer who took part in [?] great fight, and has reached Edinburgh, gives a thrilling narrative, which discloses the New Zealand's great share ...

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  18. THE NAVAL BATTLE

    The British line of battle was:—The Lion first, then the Princess Royal, the Queen Mary. the Tiger, the New Zealand, and the Indefatigable. These ...

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  19. THE GERMAN SEARCHLIGHTS

    The "Daily Telegraph" states that wounded tailors who have arrived at Shields report that the Germans on Wednesday night used searchlights to ...

    Article : 107 words
  20. APPLE MARKETS.

    The apple market is firm, and buyers are keen. Further sales of Victorians have been made, best 9s. to 12s.; soft sorts, 7s. to 8s. 6d. ...

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  21. ADMIRAL VON TIRPITZ.

    The German Conservatives and National Liberals are unitedly and determinedly striving to secure the recall of Admiral Von Tirpitz. The executive ...

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  22. THE EASTERN FRONT.

    It is officially stated that the Russians have obtained great successes all along the front from the Pripet Marshes to the Roumanian frontier, ...

    Article : 88 words
  23. VESSEL IN DANGER.

    The burquentine Thrasher (671 tons), which recently left San Francisco for Sydney with a cargo of explosives, and was later reported to be in a sinking ...

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  24. DANISH REPORTS.

    The newspaper "Ribestifte Tidende" states that British warships were seen off Faroo (an island off the south-west coast of Jutland) on Thursday morning ...

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  25. SHACKLETON EXPEDITION.

    The Government hopes in a few days to find a suitable ship to succour the men on Elephant Island. Sir Douglas Freshfield, the president ...

    Article : 88 words
  26. THE AUSTRALIA.

    The Minister tor the Navy (Hon. J. A Jensen) to-day received a cable from the. Admiralty stating that H.M.A.S. Australia was not present at the battle ...

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  27. AN AUSTRIAN ADMISSION.

    To-day's Vienna communique says:— In Volhynia and Galicia the Russians have taken the offensive along their whole front, and a great battle is ...

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  28. AUSTRALIA'S APPRECIATION.

    The following cable message was today despatched to the Secretary of State for the Colonies by the Governor-General (Sir R. Munro Ferguson:— ...

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  29. CHINA IN CONFUSION.

    China's financial affairs are in a muddle of the worst kind. The holders of Government bank notes are selling them at a ruinous discount. ...

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  30. THE ITALIAN FRONT.

    Last night's communique says:— Several Austrian attacks in the Val Lagurina and elsewhere have been repulsed. ...

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  31. THE DESTROYER ATTACK.

    Other accounts state that our destroyers showed amazing dash. They were bound to suffer, considering the risks they took, for when they were ...

    Article : 139 words
  32. THE GERMAN LOSSES

    It is reported that British light cruisers have destroyed a squadron of German torpedo-boats near Heligoland. ...

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  33. INTER-STATE STOCK TRAFFIC

    Judgment was given in the High Court to-day on an application for in injunction to restrain the Queensland Government and John McEvan ...

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  34. THE WESTERN FRONT.

    Sir Douglas Haig last night reported as follows:— The Germans to-day made a number of unsuccessful raids on our lines ...

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  35. THE SEYDLITZ.

    The inclusion of many of the crew of the Seydlitz (25,000 tons, 26[?] knots, ten 11-inch guns[?] twelve 6-inch guns, twelve 24-pounders, four 14-pounders, and four ...

    Article : 55 words
  36. THE BALKANS.

    The Greek Government has protested against General Sarrail's proclamation of martial law at Salonika, on the ground that it is a grave infringement ...

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  37. A GREAT FEAT.

    Nothing could be finer than the way the late Captain Arbuthnot went into the battle with the Defence, the Warrior, and the Black Prince. He ...

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  38. THE TOTAL LOSSES.

    A Reuter's message from London states that British officers who took part in the Jutland battle confirm the report that both the Hindenburg and ...

    Article : 107 words
  39. TERRIFIC HAVOC WROUGHT

    Men who have returned from the battle say that some of the enemy's light ships were blown right out of the water by our shells. One could see ...

    Article : 119 words
  40. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS.

    In regard to the behaviour of the First and Second Divisions of the Australian Imperial Force on their arrival in France to take part in the actions ...

    Article : 121 words
  41. GENERAL WAR NEWS

    Joseph Tribitch Lincoln, the ex-member of the House of Commons (a Hungarian by birth), who recently fled to the United States (after, according to ...

    Article : 80 words
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