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  2. FRENCH TAKE PRIEZ FARM

    The French made a further advance on the Somme by the capture of the strongly fortified Priez Farm on Thursday, and have drawn nearer to Combles. Attacks in the vicinity of Verdun were repulsed. There were artillery, mine, and air engagements on the British front. Successful raids were ...

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  3. THE BALKAN WAR

    The British War Office on Thursday published this dispatch from Salonika:—"There has been artillery activity on the Struma and Lake Doiran fronts. Our patrols ...

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  4. MR. DANKEL

    There has been some agitation in the electoral division of Boothby recently in connection with the occupancy of a seat an the House of Representatives by Mr. ...

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  5. RETURNING SOLDIERS.

    The military authorities, Keswick, have been notified that a transport conveying sick and wounded soldiers should reach Melbourne this morning. The South ...

    Article : 261 words
  6. THE BEEF SHORTAGE.

    The Minister of Industry (Hon. R. P. Blundell) made a statement on Friday regarding the result of the visit by Mr. G. A. W. Pope, of the Produce Department, ...

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  7. THE P.L.L. AND LABOR MEMBERS

    Mr. Holman's public advocacy of conscription at Lockhart to-day, in defiance of the decree of the executive of the P.L.L., has precipitated the breach in the New ...

    Article : 437 words
  8. AUSTRALIA AND THE WAR

    In the House of Representatives to-day the debate on the second reading of the Conscription Referendum Bill was resumed. Mr. Hannan warmly opposed the Bill, ...

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  9. MINERS QUARREL.

    At the Police Court to-day Victor G. Summers, a miner, was fined £3, with £5 8/ costs, for assaulting Julins William Lehmann, a miner. Evidence was ...

    Article : 77 words
  10. POSITION OF GREECE

    A wireless message received in New York from Berlin on Thursday states:—An offcial announcement has been made that the fourth Greek army corps, which had its ...

    Article : 200 words
  11. HONORS FOR VERDUN

    Great Britain, Russia Italy, Belgium, Serbia, Montenegro, and France have presented to the town of Verdun, through its mayor, war medals in recognition of the ...

    Article : 330 words
  12. GREAT SOMME BATTLE

    General Sir Douglas Haig, in a dispatch received by the War Office on Thursday afternoon, states:—"The situation is unchanged. There have been the ...

    Article : 530 words
  13. THE FEDERAL FLEET.

    The first two steamers of the Commonwealth Government's fleet, the Strathdee and the Ardanmohr, are due here on September 24. They will load wheat for ...

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  14. NEW FRENCH LOAN.

    Arrangements have been completed for another French loan of £5,000,000. Credit will be extended through Bonbright Company, of Paris, and French drafts in ...

    Article : 71 words
  15. MR. VAUGHAN TAKES HIS STAND.

    When asked on Friday what action he intended to take wth regard to the coming campsign for compulsory service, the Premier (Hon. C. Vaughan) stated:— ...

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  16. EAST-WEST RAILWAY.

    Mr. O'Malley's report on the East-West railway was furnished to-day to the House of Representatives, at the request of the Hon. R. W. Foster, [?]r. O'Malley said ...

    Article : 223 words
  17. SOLDIERS AND VOTING.

    The Chief Secretary (Mr. Black) moved the second reading of the Parliamentary Elections Bill, which empowers soldiers on active service to vote by proxy at the ...

    Article : 85 words
  18. THE MANIFESTO.

    The Prime Minister's manifesto to the citizens of the Commonwealth, setting out the reasons, of the Government for a referendum on the proposed extension of ...

    Article : 66 words
  19. FORGED £5 NOTES.

    Two more persons arrested in connection with the recent forgery and uttering of Commonwealth £5 notes were remanded at the Central Police Court to-day. They ...

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  20. AMERICAN TRADE.

    Details of the American foreign tra[?]e show that the exporte for the past seven months were 4,394 million dollars, an increase of 1,500,000 dollars for the ...

    Article : 157 words
  21. SONS OF GERMANS.

    In the House of Representatives to-day Mr. Hughes (Prime Minister) told Mr. Elliot Johnson that the Government had no intention of restoring postal voting in ...

    Article : 167 words
  22. THE INCENDIARISTS.

    The Government have decided to offer a reward of £250 and the insurance companies another reward of £250 for the discovery of the incendiaries at work in ...

    Article : 64 words
  23. RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN

    A Turkish communiqu[?] published [?] Thursday says:—"We repulsed strong Ru[?] sian forces in Gallcia on September 7, [?] captured 400 prisoners. The Russian [?] ...

    Article : 114 words
  24. WORKERS AND WAR

    The Official Press Bureau announces:— "The railway companies, at the resumed meeting with the representatives of the railwaymen's unions, on Thursday, offered ...

    Article : 172 words
  25. FOOD SHORTAGES.

    B[?]n and butter shortages are still causing trouble, and despite the fact that not more than 50 per cent. of the ba[?]on orders could be fulfilled on Friday, one firm at least aranged to ship [?] ...

    Article : 77 words
  26. MESOPOTAMIA

    A British official dispatch respecting the operations in Mesopotamia, under date of Monday, states:—Our airmen raided an enemy aerodrome, and destroyed a ...

    Article : 112 words
  27. OBITUARY.

    The death is announced of Dr. Josiah Royce, Professor of Philosophy at the Harvard University. He was a voluminous writer on philosophy and religion. ...

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  28. CONSCRIPTION OF WEALTH.

    The Rozelle branch of the P.L.L. has instructed Mr. Mahoney, M.H.R., to obtain from the Prime Minister a promise to consider the question of conscription of ...

    Article : 164 words
  29. COLLIERY TROUBLES.

    Stoppages of work ai the South Coast collieries are becoming very common. The Corrimal mine has been idle for 18 days, and the Bulli colliery is closed down. The ...

    Article : 64 words
  30. ANOTHER COMMERCIAL SUBMARINE.

    It is reported that a German submarine merchantman was spoken by wireless 300 miles east of Nantucket and was expected there on Sunday. The report is not ...

    Article : 37 words
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  32. FIRE IN A HOSPITAL

    A serious fire occirred in the war hospital established in the house of Lord Lucas, near Luton. Two hundred wounded men were safely removed. ...

    Article : 141 words
  33. DUMB SOLDIER RECOVERS SPEECH.

    A soldier who through his experiences in Gallipoli had been rendered dumb recovered his speech suddenly at Newcastle to-day. He was seated in a train when ...

    Article : 88 words
  34. WIRELESS OPERATORS' PAY.

    The wireless operators, who want higher rates of pay, have-decided to give 24 hours' notice, prior to leaving their ships. The operators are demanding the pay of junior officers without ...

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  35. LAST DAY FOR ENROLMENT.

    The last day for enrolment of the Commonwealth lists to vote on the compulsory service referendum [?] Monday. ...

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  36. THE MESSAGE.

    Above the pipes and crashing drum Sounds a clear call that echoes "Come[?] 'Tis the voice of the dead across the [?] The cry of the fallen, "Follow me[?]" ...

    Article : 99 words
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