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  2. SABOTAGE.

    An attempt was made early this morning to destroy the trestle bridge, over which the raliway private coal line from the Wallarah Colliery to the jetty passes. Two charges of ...

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  3. MORE DEFECTIONS

    The only statement made by the Government yesterday with regard to the strike was the announcement that it had been decided to take formal possession of all the colliers and other vessels used for the carrying of coal ...

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  4. LATE WAR NEWS.

    From Zurich it is stated that Germany, in replying to the Austrian appeal for reinforcements, declares she is unable to render that nation assistance. She has also refused to ...

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  5. WESTERN FRONT.

    The latest communiques from the Western front show that the British have again advanced astride the St. Jullen-Poelcapell road, north-east of Ypres. ...

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  6. NO NEGOTIATION WITH GERMANY.

    President Wilson has sent to the Pope the reply of the United States to the Pope's recent Peace Note, wherein the Pontiff suggested certain peace terms as a basis ...

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  7. ITALIAN ATTACK.

    The Italian communique issued at 6.25 p.m. on Tuesday says:— We are continuing to make progress on the Baemsizza Plateau (north of Gorizia). ...

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  8. CIVILIANS AND SOLDIERY.

    A message from Copenhagen states that numbers were killed and wounded during a fight of several hours' duration that took place between the Finnish population of ...

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  9. QUEENSLAND.

    In the House of Representatives this afternoon Mr. Sinclair (Queensland) asked whether the Queensland Government had instructed the Commissioner for Railways to refuse to carry ...

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  10. GERMANY'S MORAL DEFEAT.

    The "Vorwaerts" quotes M. Kerensky as saying that Russia a few days ago had rejected Germany's fresh offer for peace, and asks Dr. Michaelis for a prompt explanation. ...

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  11. ESPIONAGE ALLEGED.

    It is reported from Amsterdam that the Germans have arrested Madame Errera—the wife of the Director of Brussels University— on a charge of espionage and the forging of ...

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  12. RUSSIAN SOLDIERS RETIRE.

    A Russian officals message issued on Tuesday afternoon stated:—The enemy took the offensive from Czernowitz against Novosclitza (on the eastern frontier of ...

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  13. EMPIRE DEVELOPMENT.

    The Empire Resources Development Committee is considering a scheme for the postwar distribution of population, and the promotion of colonisation in Canada and ...

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  14. COLEDALE OUTRAGE.

    The investigations into the Coledale outrage are being vigorously continued. Inspector Anderson and Detectives Devlin and Downey, with the police and a black ...

    Article : 64 words
  15. BRAVERY RECOGNISED.

    Thursday's papers will announce the granting of the Victoria Cross to Skipper Joseph Watt, of the Royal Naval Reserve. He commanded the drifter Gowanica, which was ...

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  16. WITH THE LOYALISTS.

    "Now then, three cheers for the boys." Three rousing cheers rang across the harbour front as the big steam launch carrying the second contingent of recruits for the ...

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  17. GREECE TO SERVIA.

    A message from Athens states that the Premier, M. Venizelos, except for a brief interval, addressed the Chamber of Deputies for eight hours, and was accorded a ...

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  18. SOCIALIST CONFERENCE.

    The conference of representatives of Socialist and Labour organisations has commenced in London. Mr. Arthur Henderson, who recently resigned from the British War ...

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  19. KORNILOFF'S OVATION.

    The Moscow correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle," describing General Korniloff's dramatic appearance at the conference, says that the great majority of delegates rose, ...

    Article : 109 words
  20. MR. RYAN'S EXPLANATION.

    Mr. Ryan Informed the Prime Minister this morning that the Queensland Minister for Railways and the Commissioner for Railways both formed the opinion it would be useless ...

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  21. HOPE FOR RUSSIA.

    The speeches of the most influential delegates at the opening of the All-Russia Congress at Moscow on Sunday prompt the hope that the conference will result in ...

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  22. WAR NOTES.

    The attack delivered by the British astride the St. Julien-P[?]lcappelle road to the northeast of Ypres, on Mondny last, was one of those minor events which are necessarily ...

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  23. MR. FULLER'S REPLY.

    In the Legislative Assembly yesterday, replying to Dr. Arthur, the Acting Premier said that he had received a telegram from the Premier of Queensland suggesting, that the matter ...

    Article : 194 words
  24. GERMAN LAND-HUNGER.

    One of the principal German shipowners, Herr Ballin, in an important article in the "Hamburger Fremdenblatt," insists on the absolute necessity of Germany recovering her ...

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  25. THE MINES.

    Burwood Extended Colliery, which was the first colliery in this State to obtain coal for the Government since the strike commenced, was working again, to-day, and ...

    Article : 341 words
  26. THE CARTERS.

    More men employed by members of the Master Carriers' Association have gone on strike. Referring to the position yesterday, the ...

    Article : 290 words
  27. NEWS FROM RUSSIA.

    Recent cablegrams from Russia show that there are several weak places along the Eastern front, and that the task of renewing Russia's military strength is still far from ...

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  28. NO-CONFIDENCE MOTION.

    In the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday Mr. Tolmie, leader of the Opposition, moved a vote of no-confidence in the Government, because of its methods of dealing with the ...

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  29. CONSCRIPTION IN CANADA.

    The Conscription Bill has been signed, and plans are complete for the immediate enforcement of its provisions. ...

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  30. HURRICANE IN ENGLAND

    A hurricane, which sometimes attained a strength of 100 miles an hour, swept the South of England and Wales for 24 hours. There were several wrecks in the Channel, ...

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  31. NORWEGIAN LINER SUNK.

    The Norweigian steamer Kongslie (9300 tons), valued at £450,000, was sunk off the Spanish coast when on her way to America. The Kongslie, previously, was torpedoed in ...

    Article : 34 words
  32. POSTAL MAILS TO BE HANDLED.

    The Minister for Railways stated late to-night that he had been in communication with the railway employees with regard to the carriage of postal mails, and as a result the ...

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  33. ARGENTINE AND GERMANY.

    Germany's answer to the demand of the Argentina Government for reparation for the sinking of an Argentine ship off the Spanish coast has been received. ...

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  34. CITIZENS' PROTEST.

    A meeting representing the commercial interests of the city, called at the instance of the Brisbane Chamber of Commerce, was held this afternoon to consider the industrial ...

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  35. ENROLLING LOYAL MEN.

    Personal offers at the National Service Bureau, Permanent Trustee-buildings, O'Connell-street, up to noon yesterday totalled about 100, and an equal number were ...

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  36. MEAT TRADE.

    The following official statement was issued yesterday by the Wholesale Meat Trade Committee:—"Reports received by the committee of management to-day (Wednesday) from ...

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  37. HOSPITALS SHELLED.

    Several additional instances are reported of the Germans intentionally shelling hospitals and casualty stations at the front. A Melbourne doctor says:—I was attending to our ...

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  38. IMPORTANT SECTORS THREATENED.

    The Russian news this morning is a little more illuminating than it has been for some days, and there are indications that the doubts created by the vague wording of some of the ...

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  39. GERMAN SPY LEADER.

    Advices received in Washington from the Argentina state that Captain von Papen—the former German military attache at, Washington, who was expelled in December, 1915, ...

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  40. COAL BOARD.

    At a meeting of the Coal Board yesterday consideration was given to the question of fixing prices of coal and of coal freights.An early decision by the Government on these ...

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  41. SICKNESS IN GERMANY.

    Advices received in Berne state that the death rate from dysentery is terrible in Munich, Mannheim, Strassburg, aud Frankfort. The epidemic has reached Berlin. ...

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  42. MARINE ENGINEERS.

    At the ordinary meeting of the institute of Marine Engineers last evening reference was made to the industrial unrest in the south. It is stated on the authority of the ...

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  43. BONUS WORK "BLACK."

    The Government has again given in to the demands of the railway unions, this time on the question of bonus, work, which one union has declared black as from the 31st inst. ...

    Article : 69 words
  44. MINERS' WAGES.

    The Press Bureau announces:—The miners' executive interviewed the Controller of Coal Mines and requested an increase of 25 per cent.in wages. The Controller promised to ...

    Article : 39 words
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