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  2. BOMBS AND FIRES

    A series of explosions, followed by fires, on New Year's Eve caused the destruction of an important section of Norfolk, Virginia. The damage is set down at £400,000, ...

    Article : 110 words
  3. WAR PORTENTS

    A high military authority states:—The enemy are more or less active on the west front, with attacks and raids on a small scale, most of which have been ...

    Article : 538 words
  4. CRYPTIC RUSSIA

    A wireless Russian dispatch, issued this afternoon, states:—M. Trotsky has appointed Citizen Litvinoff as Provisional Russian Plenipotentiary in ...

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  5. BRAVE ITALIANS

    A wireless Italian official dispatch issued to-night, states:—The British and Ralian batteries exploded two enemy munition depots at Fontigo to the ...

    Article : 189 words
  6. NEW PLACE NAMES

    Place names to be substituted, in accordance with the decision of Parliament, for those of German origin on the map of South Australia were approved ...

    Article : 305 words
  7. READY TO FIGHT.

    Suggestions made by the executive of the Labor Party that certain military officer might enlist were answered on Thursday by two of the gentlemen concerned. ...

    Article : 539 words
  8. NEAR JERUSALEM

    A Washington official dispatch states:— General Sir Edmund Allenby has captured four important points to the north of Jerusalem. He drove back for seven miles ...

    Article : 851 words
  9. THE FEDERAL CRISIS

    The Nationalist Party to-night passed a Resolution of confidence in Mr. Hughes. This mean that the Government will resign, probably to-morrow, and that Mr. ...

    Article : 546 words
  10. THE STATE ELECTIONS

    The negotiations between the Liberal Union and the National Party with the object of preventing contests between the parties at the elections in March next ...

    Article : 386 words
  11. A BRUTAL MURDER

    Louis Voisin and Madame Roche, whe are charged with the murder of Madame Gerard, were on Wednesday committed for trial. Voisin, speaking from the dock, ...

    Article : 228 words
  12. WESTERN BATTLE

    Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, in a dispatch this afternoon, states:—Our artillery broke up three enemy raiding parties to the south-eastward of Lens. ...

    Article : 118 words
  13. TRAINING CADETS.

    So many of the country State school-masters and assistants are away at the war that it has been decided to train the women teachers to instruct the cadets in ...

    Article : 73 words
  14. FATALITIES AND ACCIDENTS.

    At 1.30 p.m. to-day the fire brigade received a call from the Wheat Harvest Board at Solomontown. A prompt response was made, and it was found that ...

    Article : 237 words
  15. THE PRICE OF BUTTER.

    In a progress report issued to-day the Cost of Living Commission states that the price of butter could be reduced a penny a pound by the establishment of a floor, ...

    Article : 67 words
  16. LABOR DEMANDS

    The report of the Labor Party on the reconstruction policy after the war urges the universal enforcement of a national minimum wage with the democratic ...

    Article : 66 words
  17. THE NEW HARVEST.

    The fact that no buyer has yet appeared for any portion of the 1917-18 wheat crop, the grain from which is already coming in freely from the farms, is ...

    Article : 196 words
  18. THE GALLANT FRENCH

    Our French Allies have written a very neat appendix to their part of the story of 1917. For many weeks past the report has been industriously circulated that the ...

    Article : 1,365 words
  19. WAITING FOR MEAT

    A queue, consisting of several hundred suburban butchers, at the Smithfield market on Wednesday, awaited the release of mutton from cold storage. Few cattle ...

    Article : 67 words
  20. THE ANZAC.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 235 words
  21. FOOD HOARDING

    The magistrates are heavily fining people who board food Mrs. Gore Langton wife of the heir-presumptive of Earl Temple, was fined £80 because she bought sufficient ...

    Article : 167 words
  22. AMERICA AND WAR

    The correspondent of the New York "World" at Washington states:—It is not expected that M. Sato will retain the Ambassadorship for Japan in America, and a ...

    Article : 301 words
  23. WOODS & GILBERT RAIL PLANING.

    The Melbourne office of Woods & Gilbert, British Rail Planing and Milling Company, Limited, has been advised by cable that the second dividend at the rate ...

    Article : 55 words
  24. A GUNPOWDER EXPLOSION.

    An explosion of gunpowder followed by a[?] re occurred on the premises of Mr. T. A. Case, gun expert, in Little Collins-street, shortly after noon to-day. Mr. ...

    Article : 176 words
  25. WAR TROPHIES FOR AUSTRALIA.

    The Minister of Defence has been advised by the Australian administrative headquarters in London that a quantity of war trophies, including guns, &c., is being ...

    Article : 50 words
  26. THE CALL TO ARMS.

    The State Recruiting Committee writes: —The new year has commenced auspiciously so far us voluntary recruiting is concerned. The Recruiting Office doors ...

    Article : 239 words
  27. TASMANIA.

    The State Treasurer is to attend the Conference of Treasurers on the 15to instant. Mr. MacLachlan, secretary of the ...

    Article : 124 words
  28. TRADE WITH SAMOA.

    The question of the future of Samoa is exciting interest. The Germans' pretensions that the islands must revert to them in the peace arrangements are viewed as ...

    Article : 137 words
  29. STORMS IN NORWAY

    A harreane on the northern coast of Norway destroyed many vessels th[?] week. ...

    Article : 20 words
  30. NEW SOUTH WALES JUDGES.

    Executive approval was to-day given to the appointment of Mr. Justice Street as Chief Justice in Equity, in succession to Mr. Justice Simpson, resigned, and to that ...

    Article : 58 words
  31. THE FINAL NIGHT.

    "Life's Shop Window" will be displayed for the last time to-night at the Tivoli Theatre. It has played to excellent business, being crowded at each ...

    Article : 66 words
  32. FINANCIAL NEWS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 233 words
  33. SPAIN ANGRY

    Official dispatches from Rome hint at an early break between Spain and Germany. The Spanish press is urging the confiscation of 57 Austrian and German ...

    Article : 44 words
  34. Advertising

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  35. TRAINING BLIND SOLDIERS.

    The Repatriation Department is sending two blind soldiers to England to take advantage of the tuition offered by St. Dunston's Hospital for the Blind. The ...

    Article : 105 words
  36. WAR FUNDS.

    Total amount received to date, £115,472 16/6. Wayville Circle, per Mrs. O. H. Stephens, £20: Mrs. E. S. Jury (Prisoners of War Found), £3; Glen Osmond Circle (Box Collection), £1; Narra ...

    Article : 371 words
  37. NEW ZEALAND.

    The New Zealand Educational Institute Conference to-day defeated a motion suggesting the exemption of teachers from military service. The opponents of the ...

    Article : 136 words
  38. GIPSY JACK.

    There is a treat in store for playgoers to-morrow evening at the Tivoli Theatre, where the four-act gipsy drama of exceptional interest, "Gipsy Jack," will be ...

    Article : 84 words
  39. Y.M.C.A. HOSTELS.

    The official of the Y.M.C.A. declare:— Mr. Jamieson's statement at Christchurch that nothing is done for New Zealand soldiers is absolutely incorrect. They point ...

    Article : 92 words
  40. SALE OF THE SEGENHOE STUD.

    The disposal of the famous Segenboe stud, established with such care and great expense by Mr. William Brown, took place at Scone to-day before an audience of ...

    Article : 161 words
  41. Advertising

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  42. Advertising

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  43. QUEENSLAND FINANCE.

    Queensland has received the full amount of the loan money promised by the Federal Government for the calendar year 1917. The Treasurer (Mr. Theodore) stated to-day that on December 2[?] the ...

    Article : 118 words
  44. SHE WONDERED.

    She—"Why is it. I wonder, that a bird sever uses the same nest two years in suc[?]ssion[?] It very frequently happens that one of last year's nests is just as good as ...

    Article : 88 words
  45. CHICAGO WHEAT.

    The Chicago visible supply of wheat [?] 23,481,000 bushels. Turpentine is quoted at 138/. ...

    Article : 29 words
  46. Advertising

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    Advertising : 18 words
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