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  2. THE MEAT INDUSTRY

    Th[?]se members of the State Ministry who were in Melbourne were called together on Thursday afternoon to consider the situation concerning the steps taken ...

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  3. SPAIN AND MEXICO.

    Charged with harbouring a person suspected of being opposed to General Carranza, the Provisional President of Mexico, the Spanish Minister has been ...

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  4. NOTICE.

    A War Special Edition of "The Mercury" will be published at about Noon To-day (Saturday), ...

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  5. EAST PRUSSIAN CAMPAIGN.

    The German campaign in East Prussia is being pressed, and the Russians, probably from tactical reasons, are falling back to the frontier. There has been further heavy fighting in the Carpathian Passes, in which the Russians captured some heights. It is stated that in the recent fighting on tho Bzura River the Germans left 45000 dead on the field. Their total losses, therefore, would be fully 200,000. ...

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  6. THE ENEMY'S TRADE.

    A French steamer, fitted up with show-rooms, is preparing to visit South America with 50 representatives of French firms, and 100 representatives ...

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  7. THE USE OF NEUTRAL FLAGS

    The United States Government, has despatched a vigorous note to Germany and a milder pr[?]test to Great Britain, stating that the destruction ...

    Article : 57 words
  8. NON-UNION CLERKS.

    Representatives of the Federated Clerks' Union of Australia waited upon the Minister of Defence (Senator Pearc[?]) to-day. with regard to the employment of ...

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  9. GENERAL WAR NEWS.

    In the House of Commons this afternoon Mr. Asquith the Prime Minister, stated that since the beginning of the war 60 per cent of the members of the ...

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  10. GERMANY'S PAPER BLOCKADE.

    The "N[?]e Hamburger Zeitung," in an inspired article, states that the German Admiralty has ordered that neutral vessels are not to be interfered with if ...

    Article : 59 words
  11. THE GERMAN RAIDERS.

    In the House of Commons yesterday, Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, one of the Unionist members for Portsmouth, suggested that captured German ...

    Article : 87 words
  12. MARKETS AND MONEY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 222 words
  13. AUSTRALIA.

    At the City Police Court to-day, before the Police Magistrate (Mr. Goldsmith), James Ra[?]on, seed merchant, Swanstonstreet, Melbourne, was fined £25, with ...

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  14. CONTRABAND.

    The British Government has ordered the seizure of the cargo of foodstuffs forwarded from America to Germany by the steamer Wilhelmina, which put ...

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  15. NEW SOUTH WALES PARLIAMENT.

    As the Legislative Assembly rose tonight for a long recess, members were not inclined to take anything seriously. Mr. Cusack wanted to know if the ...

    Article : 364 words
  16. COTTON FOR GERMANY.

    The steamer Da[?]in, 3,545 tons, which formerly belonged to tho HamburgAmerica line, but has been transferred to the American shipping registry, left ...

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  17. THE EASTERN CAMPAIGNS

    After acting on the defensive in East Prussia practically ever since the failure of their great offensive movement which took them forward to tho line of ...

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  18. ANGLO-TURKISH WAR.

    Advices received in Copenhagen from Berlin state that the Turks havo decided to abandon the invasion of Egypt, and transfer the army to ...

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  19. THE ALLIES' CAMPAIGNS

    There has been further hard fight[?]g round La Bassee, where the Brit[?] have made a decided advance. On [?]unday they captured, after a fierce ...

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  20. ANTI-AMERICAN FEELING.

    The Evening News correspondent at the Hague has forwarded a report of a strange scene in a Berlin theatre on Tuesday evening. He states that on ...

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  21. RETIREMENT OF THE TURKS

    Since the failure of their attempt to cross the canal at Toussoum on Tuesday night and of Wednesday's fighting the Turks have not made any further ...

    Article : 190 words
  22. STATE EDUCATION.

    The Launceston High School speech night at the Mechanics' Institute tonight was largely attended. Among thos[?] present were the Minister of Education ...

    Article : 414 words
  23. THE METAL TRADE.

    The Agent General for Tasmania (Sir John McCall), in the capacity of representative of the Australian Trade Committee, yesterday interviewed the ...

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  24. RIFLEMEN IN TRAINING

    Mr. Sherban(supervisor of rifle clubs) states that at present there are 6,000 riflemen in training in Sydney, and within a few days he hopes there will ...

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  25. THE UNEMPLOYED.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Fisher) stated to-day that it was the intention of the Cabinet to proceed with all public works as rapidly a[?] possible, and especially in ...

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  26. THE FIGHT FO[?] LA BASSE[?].

    Heavy fighting has been going on recently at several points round La Bassee. On Saturday night and Sunday there was a struggle round the most advanced German positions in the direction of Festubert; which ended in the British capturing two trenches and taking many prisonors. They have since gained a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  27. BULGARIA AND THE WAR

    A gathering at which the majority of the members of the Bulgarian Parliament were present was held yesterday, and was addressed by the Prime ...

    Article : 122 words
  28. FURTHER BRITISH SUCCESSES.

    The British troops have captured another brickfield in their advance on La Bassee. The Germans had about 1,000 killed and wounded, and the British ...

    Article : 139 words
  29. ENORMOUS GERMAN LOSSES

    A telegram from Warsaw received by the newspaper "Echo do Paris" states that after the tenth attack made by the Germans along the Bzura and the ...

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  30. PERSONAL.

    Mr. Alfred Edward, superintendent of Traffic in New South Wales, has been touring the East Coast, accompanied by Mrs. Edward, Mr. George F. Williamson ...

    Article : 241 words
  31. PETITION FOR DIVORCE.

    In the Practice Court to-day a petition to a[?]ul the marriage, which the petitioner stated his wife had entered into out of more bravado, driven on by the ...

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  32. THE GENERAL SITUATION

    The military correspondent of "The Times" gives an interesting survey of the general situation. After reviewing the recent heavy ...

    Article : 194 words
  33. FOOD PRICES.

    During a debate in the House of Commons yesterday on the prices of food, Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, stated that retail prices had risen in ...

    Article : 276 words
  34. ENEMY PATENTS AND TRADE MARKS.

    It was announced to-day by the [?]ederal Attorney-General (Mr. Hughes) that he intends giving his decision tomorrow about the various applications ...

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  35. WAR IN THE AIR.

    Yesterday a British airman dropped several bombs on the German position at Welcheren, near A[?]twerp. One fell in the canal and exploded, but ...

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  36. A FRENCH ADVANCE.

    The Paris "Matin" states that the French have captured a hill at Notr[?] Da[?]o D[?] Loretto (near Arras), and have strongly entrenched themselves ...

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  37. EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS.

    Advices from Berlin state that arrangements are being made for the exchange of th[?]se prisoners of war whom wounds or other causes have rendered ...

    Article : 109 words
  38. THE ITALIAN EARTHQUAKE.

    Statistics show that in the recent earthquakes in Italy a total number of 24,200 people lost their lives. Most of the victims perished at Avozzano, where ...

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  39. THE GERMAN HEADQUARTERS.

    According to a message received by the "Telegr[?]f" from its correspondent at Sluis,in the north of Belgium, the headquarters of the German military ...

    Article : 56 words
  40. NAVAL OPERATIONS.

    Yesterday the German submarine [?]2 shelled the steamer Laertes, 4,5[?]1 tons, belonging to the Ocean Stea[?] ship Company of Liverpool, when off ...

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  41. STEAMER MARSINA ASHORE.

    The Customs Department received a telegram from Cooktown to-day stating that the steamer Ma[?]sina, 1,832 tons, went ashore on B Reef at 9 p.m. ...

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  42. THE JESUITS.

    Father Ledochowski, a German Pole, has been elected Vicar-General of the Jesuits. Strenuous efforts were made to defeat the French candidate, who ...

    Article : 58 words
  43. FILLING THE RANKS.

    The King has authorised the forma[?]ion of a battalion of Welsh Guards [?] the same lines as the Grenadier, Coldstream, Scots, and Irish guards regi ...

    Article : 40 words
  44. THE BELGIAN ARMY.

    The Sluis correspondent of the "Telegraaf" says that the strength of the Belgian army is now estimated at 100,000 m[?]. ...

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  45. COST OF THE WAR TO RUSSIA.

    During a debate in tho Russian Duma yesterday on the progress of the war, it was stated that the campaign was costing Russia £1,400,000 a day. ...

    Article : 44 words
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