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  2. NAVAL OPERATIONS HOSPITAL SHIP SUNK.

    The British hospital ship Warilda, 7,713 tons, which belonged to the Adelaide Steamship Co., and was a wellknown Australian coastal trader, was ...

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  3. AMERICAN OIL STEAMER SUNK.

    A German submarine yesterday sank an American oil tank steamer off the coast of Virginia. Thirty survivers have landed. ...

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  4. THE MARNE BATTLE

    The latest messages from the Western front give only the briefest indication what is happening along the Vesle River to the east and west of Fismes. It appears that the Germans still hold some portions of the northern bank of the river, and that the Allies have met with stubborn resistance ...

    Article : 360 words
  5. LOSS OF AMERICAN CRUISER

    An investigation into the loss of the American armoured cruiser San Diego (13,400 tons), which was thought to have been submarined off the coast on ...

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  6. AUSTRALIA THE TIDE HAS TURNED.

    The Minister of Recruiting (Mr. Orchard) made the following statement to-night:—The tide of battle appears to have turned in favour of the Allies. ...

    Article : 162 words
  7. THE METAL INDUSTRY.

    Sir Albert Stanley, the President of the Board of Trade, stated yesterday that the Board of Trade had refused to grant a license to Merton and Co. ...

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  8. TASMANIAN CASUALTIES.

    Mrs. J. Gilligan, 46 Letitia-street, Hobart, has received the following reply from General Birdwood in answer to inquiries made concerning her ...

    Article : 188 words
  9. TWO BRITISH DESTROYERS LOST.

    The Admiralty announces that on Friday last two British torpedo-boat destroyers were mined and sunk, and that 97 of their crews, including five ...

    Article : 42 words
  10. NAVAL AND MILITARY SPORTS.

    The New Zealanders won the halfmile relay race at the naval and military sports at Stamford Bridge yesterday, and also the international team ...

    Article : 52 words
  11. FIGHT WITH A SUBMARINE.

    Sir Eric Geddes, the First Lord of the Admiralty, in a speech in London to-day, told a thrilling story of a fight between a British decoy ship and a ...

    Article : 468 words
  12. HOME SERVICE.

    The question of medical attendance for the Home Service personnel was recently considered by the Military Board. It was resolved that any ...

    Article : 92 words
  13. TURKS AND GERMAN DOMINATION.

    The Zurich correspondent of the "Daily News" writes:—A highly-placed neutral who has returned from Constantinople states that the people there ...

    Article : 157 words
  14. RETURNED SOLDIERS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 510 words
  15. NEWSPAPERS FOR THE TROOPS.

    In connection with a suggestion made by Lady Helen Munro Ferguson on behalf of the Australian branch of the British Red Cross Society with a view ...

    Article : 120 words
  16. AISNE-MARNE BATTLE. WEATHER IMPEDES ALLIED ADVANCE.

    This afternoon's French communique states:— There is nothing special to report. Our light units, which have crossed ...

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  17. GENERAL WAR NEWS THE FRENCH MISSION TO AUSTRALIA.

    The New York representative of the Australian Press Association had an interview to-day with M. Metin, the head of the French Mission to Australia, who ...

    Article : 176 words
  18. NATIONAL EXPENDITURE.

    In the House of Commons this atternoon Mr. Leiff Jones, the Liberal member for Rushcliffc, initiated a debate on the waste of money by the Ministry of ...

    Article : 213 words
  19. THE DROOPING WAR SPIRIT.

    An organisation has been formed in Melbourne known as the Citizens' Committee, which will probably extend its propaganda work throughout Australia, ...

    Article : 398 words
  20. THE BRITISH FRONT ENEMY ARTILLERY ACTIVE.

    In his official report issued this afternoon Sir Douglas Haig states:— We took a few prisoners last night in the neighbourhood of Neuville ...

    Article : 104 words
  21. THE GERMANS RESIST STUBBORNLY.

    The "Daily Chronicle" correspondent on the French front writes:—Between Soissons and Rhcims the enemy's resistance is increasing. Allied patrols which ...

    Article : 138 words
  22. GERMAN INTRIGUE IN TIBET.

    The Peking correspondent of the "New York Times" states that the Chinese Government has received reports that the Tibetans, who have German ...

    Article : 39 words
  23. THE RUSSIAN SITUATION SIBERIA AND THE BOLSHEVIKS.

    An announcement in the semi-official Russian newspapers states that the Provisional Siberian Government intends in a few days to declare war against the ...

    Article : 131 words
  24. THE FINANCIAL OUTLOOK.

    In the House of Lords this afternoon Lord Inchcape called attention to the financial situation. He said the high income tax retarded the development of ...

    Article : 281 words
  25. TRAIN DERAILED IN GERMANY.

    The railway line near Halberstadt, in Prussia, was recently torn up and obstructed with trees and stones. A train containing German soldiers on ...

    Article : 43 words
  26. GERMANS AT ALBERT.

    The "Daily Chronicle" correspondent on the British front writes:—The Germans' appear to maintain their positions east of the River Ancre. They ...

    Article : 54 words
  27. SHIPBUILDING.

    President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson assisted yesterday in the launching of a vessel from the new yard established at Philadelphia. Mr H. Hurley, the ...

    Article : 63 words
  28. ALLIED BOOTY.

    The booty captured by the Allies is increasing daily. Many three-inch guns have been captured, and also over a million three-inch shells ...

    Article : 78 words
  29. A LOOT PACKET.

    Whilst, on his way to the post office with a bundle of letters and parcels on July 26 a messenger from Federal Government House lost a packet containing ...

    Article : 75 words
  30. MONTDIDIER REGION.

    A German official report intercepted by Admiralty wireless to-day states:— To the northward of Montdidier we have withdrawn from the west bank ...

    Article : 42 words
  31. FIGHTING ON MANCHURIAN BORDER.

    The Pekin correspondent of the "New York Times" states that the Siberian forces under Colonel Seminoff have been defeated by the Bolsheviks on the ...

    Article : 84 words
  32. THE WAR'S ANNIVERSARY.

    Throughout the United States to-day the churches held special services in commemoration of the achievements of the British Empire in the war. A ...

    Article : 111 words
  33. PATRIOTIC AUSTRALIAN WOMEN.

    In response to repeated requests from the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps and the Australian Women's Service Corps, who have for some time ...

    Article : 140 words
  34. GERMAN REPORT.

    A German official report intercepted by the British Admiralty to-day states: —We withdrew to the north bank of the River Vesle before a strong attack ...

    Article : 39 words
  35. PREFERENTIAL TRADE.

    Professor A. B. Keith, the author of "Responsible Government in the Dominions," and other works, and a recognised authority on constitutional ...

    Article : 188 words
  36. AERIAL OPERATIONS WEATHER HAMPERS BRITISH

    To-night's official aviation report by Sir Douglas Haig states:— The weather hampered aerial operations yesterday. ...

    Article : 51 words
  37. COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.

    The Director of Munitions (Mr. Walter Leitch) presided to-day at the inaugural meeting of the Council of the Commonwealth Bureau of Commerce and ...

    Article : 98 words
  38. THE BOLSHEVIK LEADERS.

    Reports received in Copenhagen from Moscow announce the discovery of a plot against MM. Lenin and Trotsky, the Bolshevik Premier and Foreign ...

    Article : 51 words
  39. ALLAYING ANXIETY.

    Referring to-day to the loss of the Warilda, Senator Pearce (Minister of Dofence) stated that it was not thought that there were any Australian troops ...

    Article : 58 words
  40. IRELAND'S PROSPERITY.

    Viscount French, the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, in a speech at Belfast to-day, said the protection by the British Army and Navy had enabled Irish ...

    Article : 89 words
  41. BOMBARDMENT OF PARIS.

    The German long-range gun recommenced the shelling of Paris to-day. ...

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  42. ATTEMPTED RAID ON ENGLAND.

    The Official Press Bureau states that at half-past 9 last night hostile airships approached the East Anglian coast, but did not succeed in ...

    Article : 39 words
  43. TASMANIA.

    At the Council-chambers, Evandale, on Saturday evening, a welcome home was tendered to Ciptain A. D. MacKinnon, Lieutenant H. R. Trethewie, ...

    Article : 264 words
  44. PEACE DELEGATES.

    Russian and Finnish peace delegates have arrived at Berlin. ...

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  45. EFFECT OF GERMAN FAILURE

    The United Press Association correspondent on the Western front writes: —The Germans are in full retreat towards the River Aisne, and they have ...

    Article : 361 words
  46. ROBBERY BY ARMED MEN.

    The trial of Henry Cook, charged with being one of the armed men who robbed Edward Ernest Bean and James Vincent Darcy of two bags containing £4,471 on the ...

    Article : 87 words
  47. SUBMARINES IN WESTERN ATLANTIC.

    The commander of one of the German submarines which sank the three fishing schooners near Seal Island, Nova Scotia, told the captain of one of his ...

    Article : 113 words
  48. AMERICAN WIRELESS NEWS.

    Another milestone in the American programme in the war against the German Government has been reached in the launching of the 7,500 dead weight ...

    Article : 461 words
  49. THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

    Mr. G. N. Barnes, the Labour member of the War Cabinet, speaking at Cambridge to-day, said he would not include Germany in the proposed ...

    Article : 155 words
  50. LONG-DISTANCE RAIDS.

    Reports from Berlin show that in an Allied air raid on Thursday morning heavy material damage was done at Treves, and some material damage at ...

    Article : 46 words
  51. FOR VALOUR.

    The "London Gazette" to-day states that a second bar to his Military Medal has been awarded to Sapper T. E. Linney, of the Australian Engineers, and ...

    Article : 96 words
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