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  2. AUSTRALIAN GASLIGHT COMPANY.

    At a special general meeting of shareholders in the Australian Gaslight Company, held yesterday afternoon, the chairman, Mr. George J. Cohen, in moving the adoption of ...

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  3. DEFENCE.

    That for a period estimated at from some considerable time before the outbreak of war up till quite recently, the administration of the Commonwealth Defence Department has ...

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  4. LATE LIEUT.-COLONEL MULLINS.

    The last tribute was paid to Lieut.-Colonel George Lane Mullins with full military honours yesterday. Before the funeral left St. Joseph's Church, Woollahra, at 11 o'clock, ...

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  5. RECRUITING.

    The Federal Cabinet has approved of provision being made under the War Precautions Regulations to give power to the various State Recruiting Committees to compel owners, ...

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  6. LATE WAR NEWS.

    The Germans have begun a terrille bombardment along most of the British front. ...

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  7. WEST FRONT.

    The "authorities in Washington expect an important announcement will be made by the Versailles War Council. American officials believe that the Allies are ...

    Article : 222 words
  8. TONNAGE

    Sir Eric Geddes (First Lord of the Admiralty), in the course of an important statement in the House of Commons, said: The world's ocean-going tonnage at the ...

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  9. DUTCH SHIPS.

    An Amsterdam message says the Dutch Parliament, by a small majority, accepted the Allies' ultimatum. The Armsterdam correspondent of the ...

    Article : 357 words
  10. NAVAL ACTION.

    German destroyers which were bombarding Dunkirk at dawn to-day were intercepted by five Anglo-French destroyers and compelled to fight. ...

    Article : 39 words
  11. SHIPBUILDING.

    The Prime "Minister, Mr. Lloyd George, in the House of Commons, replied to the criticisms concerning the shipbuilding industry. He said there were 138 extensions of merchant ...

    Article : 202 words
  12. NEW PROPOSALS.

    Representatives of recruiting committees from all the Federal electorates in Victoria, as well as the district recruiting officers, were present at a conference held by the ...

    Article : 441 words
  13. SALONICA FRONT.

    An official message from Salonica says: Our aeroplanes bombed Angista and Porna stations. They detailed and bombed a train near the latter. They also used a ...

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  14. RUSSIA'S PLIGHT.

    [?] "New York Herald's" Petrograd c[?]respondent quotes the newspaper "Pravda" as saying: "Russia is split, enslaved, impoverished, and humiliated. This is all the ...

    Article : 356 words
  15. ROUMANIA.

    A Zurich report says: Austria's territorial demand of Roumania comprised a total of 7000 square miles, including the Vulcan Pass, the Porta Orientala, and the Iron Gate. ...

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  16. U-BOATS' TOLL.

    The Admiralty's report showing the result of the submarine campaign, against British shipping for the week ended March 17, is as follows: ...

    Article : 169 words
  17. WAR NOTES.

    The statement made by Sir Eric Geddes (First Lord of the Admiralty) in the House of Commons on Wednesday is by far the most important yet given to the public on the ...

    Article : 413 words
  18. ALLEGED PERJURY.

    In the Summons Division of the Central Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Macfarlane, C.S.M., Morgan Ford was charged with perjury. The Crown alleged that accused ...

    Article : 451 words
  19. RED CROSS SOCIETY'S SYMPATHY.

    At a meeting of the executive of the New South Wales Division of the Red Cross Society, of which the late Colonel Lane Mullins had been a member since its inception, ...

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  20. LATE MR. A. A. C. BASTIAN.

    The funeral took place this morning, in the Church of England Cemetery, Gore Hill, of the late Mr. A. A. C. Bastian, whose death occurred in tragic circumstances at the ...

    Article : 353 words
  21. A GERMAN'S FRAUD.

    A German named Herman Hoyman, 38, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment by Mr. Love, S.M., at the Water Police Court on a charge of having at Sydney, ...

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  22. THE INDIAN FRONTIER.

    The Press Bureau announces that the attitude of the Marri tribe in Baluchistan is unsatisfactory. They have committed numerous outrages against telegraph lines, ...

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  23. "OUR DAY" IN INDIA.

    Lady Chelmsford presided at a meeting of the executive committee of "Our Day" fund to-day. The total collections in India amount to £815,000, and the principal ...

    Article : 102 words
  24. LOOKING TO THE FUTURE.

    In a previous statement, Sir Eric Geddes said he looked with confidence to defeating the submarine eventually, but he added: "We are not at present maintaining our ...

    Article : 402 words
  25. SEAPLANES IN ACTION.

    The Secretary to the Admiralty announce[?]: A British seaplane patrol in Heligoland Bight engaged two enemy seaplanes 10 miles northeast of Borkum on Tuesday, and drove down ...

    Article : 38 words
  26. ANNIVERSARY REGATTA.

    The certificates which had been won at the Anniversary Day Regatta were [?]resented yesterday aftornoon in the Lord Mayor's room. The Lord Mayor said anyone should be ...

    Article : 103 words
  27. MINERS' COMB-OUT BALLOT.

    The complete ballot of the Miners' Federation indicates that a majority of 2000 votes was cast against the combing-out proposals under the Man-Power Scheme. A small vote was ...

    Article : 75 words
  28. WOMEN'S PROHIBITION CAMPAIGN

    As the outcome of a resolution passed at the "Day of Intercession and Prayer" by members of the Women's Christian Temperance Unions and kindred associations, it was ...

    Article : 100 words
  29. MARRIAGE LAW REFORM.

    The Parliamentary Committee on the reform of the marriage law, has recommended desertion for three years as a ground for divorce. The committee advocates conferring limited ...

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  30. GALLIPOLI GRAVES.

    The Premier has received from the Apostolic Delegate an exact reproduction of the plan of the cemeteries at Gallipoli, together with some explanatory tables which Monsignor ...

    Article : 126 words
  31. CHARGE OF MURDER.

    Before Mr. Love, S.M., at the Central Police Court yesterday, Eric Hylton Glasson, 31, a soldier, was charged with having on November 28, 1917, at Falma, in the British ...

    Article : 152 words
  32. ESPIONAGE SCANDAL.

    A New York message says that developments following the recent arrests of four [?]p[?]s will, it is believed, involve many wealthy German-Americans. ...

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  33. OPIUM SMUGGLING.

    The police made a raid on a house in Kirkland-road, Beecroft, yesterday morning in connection with the opium which was landed at Balmain on March 14. Subsequently they ...

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  34. TURKEY'S EXTREMITY.

    Mr. W. F. A. Larcombe, recently "War Chest" Commissioner in Egypt, has received the following letter from a friend in Cairo:- "In Constantinople last November the ...

    Article : 247 words
  35. FIRE AT THEATRE.

    A film in the operator's box caught alight at the Theatre Royal last night. The performance had concluded, and the audience was leaving the theatre. A small quantity of film ...

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  36. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The correspondent of the United Press on the American front says that Mr. Baker (United States Secretary for War) was in the front line trenches under shell fire on ...

    Article : 139 words
  37. CADET TRAINING.

    Sir,—I was pleased the other day to see in your columns a protest against the new regulation in connection with cadet training. If it is necessary for the defence of the ...

    Article : 191 words
  38. REPATRIATION DEPARTMENT.

    The new Repatriation Department is about to come into being. For a period of two and a half years the State War Council has controlled all matters affecting repatriation, ...

    Article : 144 words
  39. WHEAT OR WINE?

    Sir,—Much of what Mr. Lindeman says is, to use a phrase he will understand, "offside." The only real question under dispute is, Shall an admitted luxury take precedence of ...

    Article : 125 words
  40. THE NEW ZEALAND DIVISION.

    In the House of Commons to-day Mr. David Davies asked if the Army Council, without pressure from New Zealand, had authorised a reduction in the reinforcements from New ...

    Article : 66 words
  41. N.S.W. STEVEDORIHG COMPANY.

    The New South Wales Stevedoring Company, Ltd., was declared, by notice in the Commonwealth "Gazette" to-day, to be on enemy firm. ...

    Article : 28 words
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