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  2. GENERAL BIRDWOOD

    Diggers from within a radius of many miles of Melbourne turned out on masse to welcome General Sir William Birdwood to Victoria. Despite pouring rain ...

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  3. SHIP ENGINEERS' STRIKE A COMPROMISE SETTLEMENT DRAFTED.

    The parties to the shipping dispute met in conference to-day, both in the morning and the afternoon, and afterwards it was officially stated that both ...

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  4. THE GOVERNOR

    As indicated in "The Mercury" several days ago, the Governot, Sir Francis Newdegate, has been offered, and has definitely accepted, the post of ...

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  5. IRELAND

    Last night armed Sinn Feiners attacked a number of motor-cars at Loughtea, in County Cavan, which were conveving guests to a ball. One ...

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  6. HISTORIC LETTERS THE KAISER TO THE TSAR. MORE ATTACKS ON ENGLAND.

    The Kaiser writing on September 26 1905, to the late Tsar, expresses gratification at the visit of Count Witte (the Russian Premier), and says that ...

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  7. RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR SIBERIA.

    Mr. Robert Lansing,the American Secretary of State, has published the Note he sent to Japan recently regardnig the withdrawal of American troops ...

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  8. BOLSHEVISM THE PERIL IN EUROPE. THE ROAD TO INDIA OPEN.

    The situation regarding the Bolshevik peril was revealed yesterday by the sudden call to Paris of Mr. Winston Churchill, Secretary of State for War, ...

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  9. PEACE TREATY THE EXTRADITION OF THE KAISER.

    The Allied Premiers have settled the terms of the request to be forwarded to Holland for the extradition of the ex-Kaiser. ...

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  10. MARKETS AND MONEY. WEST AUSTRALIAN LOAN.

    Applications for the West Australian loan of £1,500,000 at 5[?] per cent. closed after a day and a half of the opening, instead of the five days ...

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  11. THE EXCHANGES.

    A curious situation has arisen regarding money orders from South Africa for the United States. A convention before the war fixed the rate ...

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  12. DEEP SEA STEAMERS IDLE.

    The sailing of the steamer Mataram for Singapore has been abandened, and the owners have decided to lay the vessel up, pending a settlement of the engineers' ...

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  13. THE BLACK SEA.

    British warships which have been at Malta recently were ordered to proceed to-day to the Black Sea. ...

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  14. STATEMENT BY THE PREMIER

    The Premier (Sir Walter Lee) commenting on the official notification that had come to hand in reference to the appointment of Sir Francis Newdegate. ...

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  15. AMERICA AND THE WAR.

    Claiming that no organisation in the history of the world did a better job than the American Navy during the war, Mr. Josephas Daniels, the ...

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  16. MARINE BOARD DISCUSSION.

    The shipping strike was a subject of discussion at yesterday's meeting of the Hobart Marine Board, Warden T. Murdoch introducing the subject with ...

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  17. PRICE OF APPLES.

    Mr. G. H. Roberts, the British Food Controller, has decided that the maximum price of apples imported into the United Kingdom shall remain in force ...

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  18. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCTS.

    Sir C. G. Wade, the Agent-General for New south Wales, who has been appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of that State, will leave London ...

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  19. THE HUNGARIAN TREATY.

    The terms of the Hungarian Peace Treaty have been presented, and a fortnight is allowed for their consideration. ...

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  20. THE NEW GOVERNOR.

    Sir William Allardyee, Tasmania's newGovernor, was born in November, 1861, and is a son of the late Colonel Jas. Allardyce. He was educated at ...

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  21. AMERICA AND THE TREATY.

    Mr. Robert Lansing, the American Secretary of State, has instructed all American diplomatic, and consular officers that official or unofficial relations ...

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  22. PROHIBITION.

    Prohibition throughout the United States under the recent Constitutional amendment went into force a minute after midnight last night. ...

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  23. THEFT OF ARMY COMFORTS.

    The Australian Headquarters' Staff has fully investigated the charge made aganist Major C. B. Storey, of the Commonwealth Forces, who, with Lieutenant H. G. ...

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  24. IMPERIAL STATISTICS.

    The Imperial Statistical Conference, which will hold its first sitting at the Board of Trade offices to-morrow, is the outcome of recommendations in the ...

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  25. TASMANIAN WHEAT SHORTAGE

    In connection with the brief reference made by the Premier (Sir Walter Lee) a few days ago, relative to wheat supplies for Tasmania, he stated on inquiry ...

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  26. THE KAISER'S PROTEST.

    The ex-Kaiser, in a letter to Prince Furstenburg, complains bitterly of the "Morning Post's" publication of his letters, and declares that it is ...

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  27. CHINA AND JAPAN.

    The Tokio correspondent of the United Press Association of New York says he learns that the Japanese Cabinet is inclined to favour the plan of ...

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  28. THE DAVIS CUP.

    A record crowd assembled at Double Bay courts this afternoon for the continuation of the Davis Cup contest. It was estimated that more than 7,000 ...

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  29. DEPARTING AGENTSGENERAL.

    Sir Charles Lucas, presiding at a luncheon given yesterday at the Royal Colonial Institute to Sir C. G. Wade and Sir T. B. Robinson, the retiring ...

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  30. PROFITEERING.

    It has been disclosed before the Central Profiteering Committee that the profit made in the West Riding of Yorkshire on wool is above the fair ...

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  31. THE GROWTH OF LONDON.

    Sir Albert Stanley, who is now Lord Ashfield, and was formerly President of the Board of Trade, and is managing director of the London General ...

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  32. SHIPPING. GALES IN ENGLISH CHANNEL.

    During last week gales were general in British and French seas and numerous wreeks of coastal vessels occurred. Two enormous seas swept the deck of ...

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  33. NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING CO.

    The New Zealand Shipping Co.'s new liner Otaki has been fitted with a plate commemerating the old Otaki's gallant fight with the German raider Moewe ...

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  34. PRICE OF TOBACCO.

    The British-Australian Tobacco Co. and Messrs. W. D. and H. O. Wills notify that, owing to the phenomenal increase in the price of tobacco leaf, ...

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  35. MESOPOTAMIA.

    Lieutenant-General Sir V.A.L.Haldane (who distinguished himself as a field commander in France) has been appointed general officer commanding ...

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  36. THE GOLD CURRENCY.

    Seven arrests were made in London yesterday of persons charged with the illegal use of the gold currency. The prisoners comprise a barrister, a gold ...

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  37. DEATH OF A WEALTHY GERMAN.

    A German named Verge. one of the largest landowners on the Maclcay River, has died, aged 81. The deceased accumulated great wealth, amounting, it is ...

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  38. NAVAL. BRITAIN SELLING WARSHIPS.

    The British Admiralty is disposing of 133 warships, including the battleships Bellerophon, London, Albemarlo, Exmouth, and Jupiter. ...

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  39. MASQUERADE CASE.

    A remarkable story of a soldier in a masquerade case was told in the Criminal Court to-day. when William Mowbray of as arraigned for sentence on a charge ...

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  40. REMOVAL OF THE BLOCKADE

    The Supreme Allied Council, in a communique issued to-day, permits the exchange of goods with Russia on the basis of reciprocity between the ...

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  41. FALSE PRETENCES.

    At the City Court to-day Gillies Godfrey Morton, a young man, pleaded guilty to a charge of having obtained £5 by means of false pretences. It ...

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  42. THE AMERICAN FLEET.

    General Leonard Wood, the Chief of Staff of the American Army, has caused a sensation throughout the United States by declaring, in a speech, that ...

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  43. YOUTH'S ATTEMPTED SUICIDE

    "By the time you receive this I will be dead." This message was left by a youth named Charles Burrows, aged 19, of Millicent, for his mother, following ...

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  44. LABOUR TROUBLES.

    Miners on the Rand have ballotted strongly in favour of striking for a consolidated pay, as opposed to the war bonus offered by the Chamber of Mines. ...

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  45. THE O.B.U.

    A conference of delegates of the unions which have accepted the O.B.U. scheme will be held on Saturday, for the purpose, of launching the scheme ...

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  46. PROTECTION OF POLAND.

    Mr. Newton D. Baker, the Secretary of War in President Wilson's Cabinet, in a statement made to-day, said that personally he would not object to the ...

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  47. SHIPWRIGHTS' CLAIMS.

    Members of the Federated Shipwrights' Union are demanding an increase in wages weekly, and if conceded, it will bring the wage to about £8 ...

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  48. AVIATION.

    The Military Committee of the United States House of Representatives has introduced a bill asking for the appropriation of 15,680,000 dollars ...

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