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  2. NAVAL OPERATIONS THE RAID AT ZEEBRUGGE.

    Marines who participated in the Zeebrugge raid state that it was raining hard when they steered alongside the mole They got out the gangways as ...

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  3. AMERICA AT WAR REVIEW OF THE WEEK'S WORK.

    The following official wireless message from Washington was received by the American Consul at Melbourne to-day:— ...

    Article : 426 words
  4. NEW GERMAN OFFENSIVE

    The Germans have again attacked north and couth of the Somme. They were repulsed, with heavy losses, along the Albert and Ancre line, and also at all British points south of the Somme, except at Villers-Bretonneux, an important road and railway centre standing on elevated ground, midway ...

    Article : 404 words
  5. GENERAL WAR NEWS REPATRIATION OF PRISONERS.

    In the House of Commons this afternoon, Mr. J. F. Hope, one of the Lords of the Treasury, announced that an agreement had, been ratified with ...

    Article : 248 words
  6. JOY IN AMERICA.

    United States naval men are overjoyed at the British raid on Ostend and Zeebrugge, which, they declare, indicates the possibility of an Allied naval ...

    Article : 92 words
  7. ENCOUNTER OFF THE COAST OF HOLLAND.

    Reports received in Amsterdam from Berlin stated that on the 20th inst, a German patrol encountered small enemy warships to the northward of ...

    Article : 61 words
  8. GENERAL AERIAL OPERATIONS 15 MACHINES DESTROYED.

    To-night's report from Sir Douglas Haig says:— There was sharp air fighting yesterday. We heavily bombed Morville, ...

    Article : 104 words
  9. SINKING OF A U BOAT.

    The commander of a British torpedoboat destroyer has been decorated in connection with the sinking of a U-boat which recently attacked a convoy. The ...

    Article : 126 words
  10. MAN POWER.

    Dr. Davidson, the Archbishop of Canterbury, is convoking a meeting of bishops of the Church of England and officials of the Free Churches, with the ...

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  11. THE SOMME FRONT. GERMAN ATTACKS RENEWED HEAVY FIGHTING AT VILLERS BRETONNEUX.

    The following message was received from Sir Douglas Haig this morning:— The enemy's artillery showed greater activity yesterday afternoon and ...

    Article : 228 words
  12. RICHTHOFEN'S DEATH.

    A friendly but lively controversy is in progress as to whether an Australian Lewis gunner in the Ancre Valley brought down Baron Richthofen, ...

    Article : 126 words
  13. AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS,

    Queen Alexandra visited the headquarters of the Australian Red Cross to-day, and expressed her warm appreciation of its work. She conversed with ...

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  14. THE WAR ON MERCHANT SHIPPING.

    The British Admiralty announces that it will, for the future, discontinue the weekly returns of shipping losses by enemy submarine activity, and that this ...

    Article : 328 words
  15. ENEMY CONSPIRATORS.

    At San Francisco to-day, Franz Bopp, formerly German Consul-General, and 28 other defendants, including members of Bopp's staff, were found guilty of ...

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  16. GERMANY'S NEW EXPLOSIVE

    A mysterious suggestion was made in the House of Commons this afternoon that the Germans in the most recent fighting were usuig a new explosive ...

    Article : 93 words
  17. ENEMY REINFORCEMENTS.

    Official despatches from Berne state that Austro-Hungarian reinforcements are being taken to Belgium. ALLIED COUNTER-OFFENSIVE EXPECTED. ...

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  18. RELATIONS WITH TURKEY AND BULGARIA.

    Senator Philander Knox, one of the Republican members for Pennsylvania, has introduced a resolution in tile Senate, demanding from President Wilson ...

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  19. ATTEMPTED RAID ON PARIS.

    It is officially stated that at 11.36, last night an air raid alarm was sounded in Paris, and ended at two minutes past 1 this morning. No enemy ...

    Article : 98 words
  20. SOUTH AFRICA AND THE WAR.

    The joint sitting of both Houses of the South African Parliament closed this morning, when the Electoral Delegation Bill, providing for the ...

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  21. THE ARMY FOR EUROPE.

    Brigadier-General H. P. McCain, the adjutant-general of the American army, has informed the Military Affairs Committee that if a sufficient number of ...

    Article : 52 words
  22. FRENCH OPERATIONS STRONG GERMAN ATTACKS.

    A French communique issued this afternoon says:— Between the Somme and the Avre the enemy's fire became very violent ...

    Article : 231 words
  23. THE BRITISH AIR BOARD.

    Sir Arthur Roberts, the financial adviser to the Air Ministry, has resigned, owing to disagreement with Lord Rothermere, the chairman. ...

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  24. AUSTRIAN MUNITIONS DISASTER.

    Two large powder factories near Salz burg, in Austria, have been blown up, Sabotage is suspected. ...

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  25. MARKETS AND MONEY WOOL STOCKS.

    The United States Government has decided to compulsorily buy all wool now warehoused in America at the price prevailing in July last. ...

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  26. THE GERMAN ATTACK.

    The following message was received from Mr. Philip Gibbs to night:— Two German divisions attacked Villers-Bretonneux. The Germans ...

    Article : 232 words
  27. SALONIKA FRONT

    Last night's French, communique says:— Fighting activity continued to be very lively to-day on different sectors ...

    Article : 114 words
  28. ROLL OF HONOUR.

    The following are the names of the Tasmaniens included in the 393rd casualty list, which has been released for publication. ...

    Article : 516 words
  29. THE ZINC CONTRACT.

    Prices for all shares in Barrier mines were firm to-day on the receipt of the news of the sale to the Imperial Government of the output of concentrates. ...

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  30. THE SOMME FIGHTING

    The Germans are attacking between the Somme and Moreuil, their objectives being a number of high posiwhich would enable them to launch a big offensive against Amiens. On the British front, which extends nearly to the Luce River, the principal object of their attack was Villers-Bretonneux (about three miles south of Corbic), which is of some importance, owing to the fact that it stands on high ground, comanding the road to ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  31. DECIMAL COINAGE.

    The bill introduced in the House of Lords by Lord Southwark, which provides for the introduction of decimal coinago in Great Britain, was road a ...

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  32. HOME RULE

    Sir Edward Carson, the leader of the Ulster Unionists, is summoning a meeting of the Ulster Standing Committee, with a view to reorganising machinery ...

    Article : 262 words
  33. THE RUSSIAN SITUATION THE GERMAN ADVANCE.

    A German official wireless message gays:—We have reached Simfero Pol, north-east of Sevastopol, in the Crimea. UKRAINIAN PEASANTS ...

    Article : 67 words
  34. A LOCAL OPERATION.

    The following message was received last night from Mr. Percival Phillips —The enemy faded in their attack everywhere except at ...

    Article : 135 words
  35. BOMBARDMENT OF PARIS.

    A French shell recently destroyed the entire crew of a German long-range gun. It has not bombarded Paris for 48 hours. ...

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  36. THE NORTHERN BATTLE.

    In his report this morning, Sir Douglas Haig says:— There was increased hostile artillery firing last night to the ...

    Article : 235 words
  37. FINLAND.

    A German official wireless message says:—Field Marshal Von der Goltz's troops have taken the railway junctions at Hywinge and Richimiake, in ...

    Article : 44 words
  38. GERMAN ARTILLERY ACTIVITY.

    The correspondent of the United Press Association, in a message this afternoon, says:—The bombardment of our entire front to the junction with the ...

    Article : 202 words
  39. BOLSHEVIK GOVERNMENT.

    In the House of Commons this afternoon, Mr A. J. Baliour, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, stated that Great Britain did not intend at present ...

    Article : 44 words
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