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  2. REINFORCEMENTS REFERENDUM

    We are fighting to-day because there is no alternative —we must fight or go under.—Mr. J. Cook, Minister for the Navy. The destiny of Australia will be shaped by the result ...

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  3. HANSARD SEIZED.

    A "Queensland Government Gazette Extraordinary," circulated in the streets of Brisbane to-night, in which the Premier (Mr. Ryan), under the heading of "To the Public of ...

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  4. LATE WAR NEWS.

    Sir Douglas Haig, reporting at midday, states: We repulsed another counter-attack against the north-east corner of Bourlon Wood. The weather is wet and ...

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  5. CAMBRAI

    The correspondent of the United Press Association at the British Headquarters in France, telegraphs: Prince Rupprecht's position around Cambrai and Querat is ...

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  6. RUSSIA.

    The "Daily Telegraph's" Paris correspondent understands that the Allies are making a joint protest to the Russian people against the proposed truce, which is a ...

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  7. REPULSED.

    An Italian official communique states: Enemy masses re-attacked between the Brenta and the Piave on our left wing. An attack on Mount Pertica was promptly ...

    Article : 295 words
  8. JERUSALEM.

    An official report from Palestine states: General Allenby's advanced patrols were pressed back to the southern bank of the Nahr el Auja. ...

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  9. WAR NOTES.

    The Iull which has followed the particularly fierce fighting on Bourlon Hill and in Bourlon village will not cause any great surprise. The British have much work to ...

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  10. CZAR'S DAUGHTER.

    It is announced that Tatiana Romanoff, second daughter of the ex-Czar, has escaped from Siberia, and is en route across the Pacific for New York. She intends to dance, ...

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  11. THE WAR COUNCIL.

    The War Council at Versailles will discuss a wide range of subjects, including the cooperation of the fleets of the Central South American countries with the Anglo-American ...

    Article : 32 words
  12. CIVIL WAR IN CHINA.

    The civil war zone is extending. The southerners are maintaining their successes. Kansu Mahommedans have offered to support the Central authority by suppressing the ...

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  13. ITALIAN OUTLOOK IMPROVING.

    The Italians have now withstood the massed attacks of the enemy in the mountains between the Brenta and the Piave long enough to encourage the belief that the enemy's chances ...

    Article : 369 words
  14. BIGAMY CHARGE.

    Vincent Roberts, a New Zealand trooper, aged 19, was charged at Lambeth with bigamy. The prosecution stated that he married Brenda Appleyard in 1916 at ...

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  15. ESPIONAGE CHARGES.

    A Rome report says excitement has been caused by the arrests of ex-Deputy Cavalani, also the self-styled Marehesa Ricca, on charges of espionage. Documents of a serious ...

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  16. BIG ENGINEERS' STRIKE.

    There is a strike of 50,000 engineers at Coventry in sympathy with earlier strikers protesting against the failure to recognise shop stewards. ...

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  17. AN ANZAC'S QUESTION TO AUSTRALIA.

    "Are these men who are fighting going to be relieved and given a chance of getting back to God's own country, or are they going to die at ...

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  18. JEWS AND PALESTINE.

    A Stockholm message says Scandinavian Jews have communicated to Britain the greatest satisfaction at the Government's noble decision to repatriate Jews in Palestine. ...

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  19. BUILDING SHIPS.

    The American Shipping Board is confident that it will be able to meet Mr. Lloyd George's request for six million tons of shipping in January, 1919. Contracts have been let for ...

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  20. CANADIAN SOLDIER'S DEATH.

    At the Tower Bridge Police Court two Australians, who were charged with Joseph Jones, a dock labourer, with sandbagging and murdering a Canadian private, made a long ...

    Article : 44 words
  21. TURKS' SHOW SIGNS OF RECOVERY.

    The latest official message from Palestine suggests that the Turks have now partly recovered from the confusion into which the British successos at Beersheba and Gaza, and ...

    Article : 434 words
  22. TANKS' NEW ROLE.

    Huge crowds marked the opening of the Tank War Bond campaign in Trafalgar-square. Tanks, with guns acock, were converted into a bank for the sale of war bonds ...

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  23. AMERICA AND THE WAR.

    The Washington correspondent of the "New York Herald" says the Navy Department is fully prepared to send a formidable force of marines to Tampico (Mexico) without delay ...

    Article : 209 words
  24. ARMY PAY INCREASED.

    In the House of Commons Mr. Bonar Law stated that the new army and navy increases in pay would amount to sixty-five millions in the first year and sixty-nine in the second ...

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  25. BRITISH FRANCHISE REFORM.

    The House of Commons considered the report stage of the Representation of the People Bill. The House accepted Mr. Chapple's amendment, adopting the Western Australian ...

    Article : 81 words
  26. THE CAVALRY.

    Mr. Philip Gibbs telegraphs: There is not the slightest doubt that the Germans will powerfully attempt to regain Bourion Wood to prevent us making untenable the railways ...

    Article : 418 words
  27. MILITARY HONOURS.

    The following honours are announced:— Military Crosses.—Australians; Lieutenants H. T. Allen, F. N. Basedow, R. K. Blayley, L. W. Blake, F. T. Blenkarn, C. J. Bloomfield, A. ...

    Article : 265 words
  28. EMPIRE SETTLEMENT.

    Sir John McCall, Agent-General for Tasmania, read a paper on land settlement within the Empire, before the Society of Arts, Mr. Walter Long (Colonial Secretary) presided. ...

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  29. IRELAND.

    Mr. De Valera announces, that if the Home Rule Convention furthers the irish cause in any way the Sinn Feiners will accept it as payment on account. ...

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  30. VICTORIA CROSS HEROES.

    The Defence Department to-day supplied particulars regarding the five Australians who, it was announced in this morning's cable messages, had been awarded the Victoria Cross:— ...

    Article : 232 words
  31. RIGHT TO WEAR A UNIFORM.

    The case was continued in which Captain Yeates, who was a member of the New Zealand expeditionary force to Samoa, was charged with illegally wearing a uniform ...

    Article : 138 words
  32. LIBERTY AT STAKE.

    "Vote 'Yes' on December 20 and make Australia what it has always been in the past—the home of the brave and the land of the free." ...

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  33. THE BRITISH COUP.

    The King has telegraphed as follows to Sir Douglas Haig:—"I congratulate you, General Byng, and the troops on the successful operations in the neighbourhood of Cambrai. ...

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  34. CANADIAN VICTORY LOAN.

    At the expiration of half the allotted period, the Victory Loan of £30,000,000 has been oversubscribed. ...

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  35. A GERMAN FABRICATION.

    Mr. Balfour, in the House of Commons, said his Majesty had permitted him to announce that there was not a vestige of truth in the "Hamburg News" statement that a secret ...

    Article : 53 words
  36. FALSE STATEMENTS.

    Another amendment of the Military Service (Referendum) Regulations was issued to-night dealing with false statements. The amendment provides that when a magistrate ...

    Article : 47 words
  37. PRESIDENT OF AIR COUNCIL.

    It is officially announced that Lord Rothermere, who is Lord Northcliffe's brother, has been appointed President of the Air Council. ...

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  38. U-BOAT OFF BRAZIL.

    It is reported that a U-boat is operating off the Brazilian coast. All navigation lights have been ordered to be extinguished. ...

    Article : 25 words
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