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  2. BIG TRANSPORT SUNK

    The Admiralty reports that the British transport Transylvania was torpedoed in the Mediterranean on May 4. The following lives were lost:—Twenty-nine ...

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  3. LATE WAR NEWS.

    A constitutional struggle has resulted in the resignation of the Premier, Tuan ChiJui. The President has requested Wu Ting Fang (Foreign Minister) to form a new ...

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  4. IMMIGRATION FROM INDIA.

    Notable among the papers which have emanated from the recent Imperial War Conference is a memorandum on emigration from India to the dominions, which ...

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  5. SUCCESS ON CARSO

    The Italians report a victory on the Carso front on Wednesday. They penetrated the Austrian lines on a front of nearly six miles, and took over 9000 ...

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  6. ITALIAN SUCCESS ON THE CARSO.

    Following on his successful attack delivered over a week ago in the region of Plava and Mount Cu[?]co, northward of Gorizia. General Cadorna has launched a further attack on the Carso plateau, between Castagnievizza and the sea. The Italian offensive has therefore extended southward. The village of Boscom[?]o, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. THE WESTERN FRONT

    Sir Douglas Haig in his report on Thursday afternoon stated:—Patrol encounters occurred east of Le Verguier last night, and we captured a few prisoners. ...

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  8. RESPITE BETWEEN BATTLES.

    Percival Phillips, the well-known war correspondent, writes:—The battlefront is stagnant. There is much air fighting, but the infantry lie quietly in an irregular ...

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  9. FRENCH DESTROYER LOST

    An official French announcement states that in the recent naval fight in the Adriatic Sea the French destroyer Boutefe[?] was mined and sunk. Forty-two ...

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  10. RUSSIAN DEMOCRACY

    Advices from Petrograd state that men belonging to the Black Sea Fleet examined the premises occupied by the Royal family in the Crimea. The whole of the ...

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  11. TISZA'S DOWNFALL.

    The Milan correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" reports that the downfall of Count Tisza, the Hungarian Premier, was the result of the Austrian Emperor's ...

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  12. RAID BY ZEPPELINS.

    It is officially stated that four or five airships approached the east coast of England before midnight on Wednesday. A thick bank of raincloud made observation ...

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  13. GERMAN BARBARITY.

    From Mr. C. E. W. Bean, official Commonwealth correspondent with the A.I.F., writing from British headquarters in France on May 22: ...

    Article : 398 words
  14. NOTABLE ANNIVERSARY.

    Mr. Percival Gibbon, telegraphing from the Italian front on the 24th, says:- Yesterday was the anniversary of Italy's entry into the war. The Third Army ...

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  15. SIR EDWARD CARSON.

    Sir Edward Carson (First Lord of tha Admiralty) was the guest, at luncheon of the British Empire Producers' Association. Lord Beresford, who presided, read the ...

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  16. WAR CONFERENCE.

    A Blue Book of 1637 pages, containing the proceedings of the Imperial War Conference, has been issued. It embodies the resolutions already cabled, extracts from the minutes, and ...

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  17. FRENCH SHIPS ESCAPE SUBMARINES.

    The French Admiralty reports:—During the week ended May 20 the arrivals at French ports totalled 991 and the sailings 1016. One ship over 1600 tons was sunk, ...

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  18. ADVICE FOR RUSSIA.

    Mr. James O'Grady, a Labour M.P., who was one of the party which conveyed the greetings of the British Labour party to the Russian revolutionaries, will remain in ...

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  19. MINERS' CLAIMS.

    Mr. Lloyd George, the Prime Minister, received a deputation from the Miners' Federation. Mr. Robert Smillie, president of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain, outlined ...

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  20. FIGHTING REVIVES ON EAST FRONT.

    A German official message states:— Fighting activity has been revived at several points on the East front. We drove off Russian reconnoit[?]s east ...

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  21. TRANS-AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY

    The Australian Workers' Union has been notified by the supervising engineer, Mr. Darbyshire, that when work is resumed at the head of the Trans-Australian railway line ...

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  22. THE SINKING OF THE TRANSYLVANIA.

    The survivors of the torpedoed transport Transylvania state that the torpedo struck the ship at 10 o'clock in the morning. There was a terrific explosion in the bunkers, near ...

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  23. IRON AND STEEL WORKS.

    A compulsory conference under the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Act between representatives of the Federated Ironworkers' Association of Australia and ...

    Article : 79 words
  24. GERMANY'S TROUBLES.

    "Vorwaerts" expresses regret at the resignation of the Hungarian Premier, Count Tisza, as he was a useful friend to Germany, and will be missed. ...

    Article : 141 words
  25. U.S.A. SENTIMENT.

    The leader of the British Mission to the united States, Mr. Balfour, made a farewell speech at the Press Club. He said that he came conscious that the mission ...

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  26. MR. OZANNE.

    Quartermaster-sergeant Ozanne's case has not yet been fully dealt with. The Acting District Commandant, Brigadier-General Williams, said to-day that he had been ...

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  27. HOME RULE CONVENTION

    A "Central News" message states that the National Council of the Sinn Fein ha[?] unanimously decided not to participate in the proposed Home Rule Convention, unless upon the ...

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  28. GERMAN CONVICTED.

    Anton E. Wagenbauer, 27, a cook, was at the police court to-day fined the maximum penalty of £100, or six months' Imprisonment, on a charge that being an alien enemy, a ...

    Article : 106 words
  29. UNUSUAL CHARGE.

    A detective gave evidence at a preliminary hearing at the Mary[?]ebone Police Court of the case in which Dr. Henderson Bell and another man are charged with infecting an ...

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  30. ROLL OF HONOUR.

    Captain John Ainslie, of the Scottish Bo[?]derers, formerly in the Commonwealth Forces, and a Tasmanian, has been killed in action. ...

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  31. JAPAN'S NAVAL HELP

    In the House of Commons Lord Robert Cecil (Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs) stated that Japan had recently sent a considerable number of light craft ...

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  32. WOMEN'S CONFERENCE.

    The interstate conference of delegates from the National Councils of Women of New South Wales, Tasmania, Western Australia, Queensland, and Victoria, was continued to-day. Mrs. ...

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  33. FARM LABOURER'S DEATH.

    While Frederick William Anderson, a farm labourer, was ploughing near Coolamon, be endeavoured to lift the plough, and portion of the iron work pierced his stomach, inflicting ...

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  34. GERMANS FORBIDDEN TO SURRENDER.

    Lieutenant-General Maurice, British Director of Military Operations, interviewed by the London correspondent of the "New York World" said that Hindenburg had ...

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  35. [?]MPIRE DAY IN LONDON.

    Enthusiastic celebrations took place in London on Empire Day. The Union Jack was flown from Government buildings, in addition to churches and business buildings. Special ...

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  36. PROMOTIONS.

    Mr. W. S. White, of Trafalgar, Old Canterbury-road. Petersham, has received information that his son, Harold Stephen White, has been promoted on the field in France to the ...

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  37. BRAZIL ON THE VERGE.

    A cablegram from Rio Janeiro says that Senor Pecanha (Foreign Minister for Brazil, who recently replaced the pro German, Dr. Muller) has urged that all ...

    Article : 71 words
  38. ALLIES' WAR AIMS.

    The London correspondent of the "New York Sun" reports that the speech made by the French Premier (M. R[?]bot), wherein he explained that, within limitations, ...

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  39. LATE MR. E. J. TURTON.

    Probate has been granted of the will of the late Mr. Edward James Turton, who died at North Sydney in February last. The net value of the estate is £29,152, of which £20,7[?]8 ...

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  40. FIXING A MINIMUM WAGE.

    At a meeting of the Small Arms Factory Union last night the secretary read a transcript of the notes of a conference held between officers of the union and Mr. Jensen, ...

    Article : 129 words
  41. RESTRICTING RACING.

    In the House of Lords, Lord D'Abernon asked the Government in order to avoid grave injury to [?]eding, to consider alternatives to the [?]bition of racing. ...

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  42. LORD BERESFORD AND GERMAN CROCKERY.

    While Admiral Lord Beresford was speaking at the British Empire Producers' dinner at the Savoy, [?]he noticed an inscription on a dinner plate showing that it was mads in ...

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  43. MICE AND MATCHES.

    A farmer named Ekert, of Clovass, discovered a fire in a room occupied by one of his boys. He extinguished the flames, but sustained burns about the head and [?]ands. The [?] is ...

    Article : 61 words
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