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  2. BIRTHDAY HONOURS.

    We have been informed by the Governor-General that his Majesty the King has been pleased to confer the following Birthday honours for services rendered to the ...

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  3. LATE WAR NEWS.

    Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, in his noon report of Sunday, says:- We attacked on the front southward of the Souchez River last night. Already ...

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  4. ALLIES ON SOCIALIST CONGRESS.

    At an impressive session of the French Chamber of Deputies, M. Ribot, the Premier, announced the Government's attitude towards the International ...

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  5. U.S.A. MILITARY AID.

    The General Staff is planning to send 125,000 men of the National Guard to Europe by winter to reinforce the force of 20,000 recently ordered away under General ...

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  6. NEW OFFENSIVE EXPECTED.

    Correspondents at the British front, telegraphing on Saturday night, describe the bewilderment and uncertainty of the Germans regarding ...

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  7. RUSSIA'S CONDITION.

    A meeting of delegates of army and navy officers resolved that any delay [?] restoring combatant power to the army and fleet was equivalent to ruin, and to ...

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  8. AUSTRALIANS TORTURED

    Sir. C. E. W. Bean, cabling from the Australian Headquarters in France, says:—I have carefully obtained and checked in detail the accounts of the two ...

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  9. A LENGTHY LIST.

    The following honours have been granted by the King in honour of his Majesty's birthday:- VISCOUNTS. ...

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  10. ITALY'S OFFENSIVE.

    An Italian communique issued on Saturday evening says:- There is heavier artillery fire northward and eastward of Gorlzia, In the ...

    Article : 158 words
  11. GERMANY'S STRENGTH.

    Advices from Canadian headquarters In France, received in America, say it is officially estimated that the Germans have about 3,000,000 men on the West front, of ...

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  12. GERMAN BASES BOMBED.

    Several tons of bombs have been dropped on Ostend, Bruges, and Zecbrugge. The Admiralty reports: Naval aircraft carried, out several raids from Dunkirk on ...

    Article : 79 words
  13. CENTRAL POWERS AND PEACE.

    It is reported from Paris that the "NorthGerman Gazette" has published an official Note, declaring that Germany does not seek territorial aggrandisement, nor an ...

    Article : 269 words
  14. GALLANT NEW ZEALANDER.

    Lieutenant-Colonel Freyberg, V.C., D.S.O., a New Zealander, has been appointed a brigade commander, with the temporary rank of brigadier. ...

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  15. THE BULGARIANS.

    A German communique states that the Bulgarians captured an outpost position in Macedonia, near the western bank of the Vardar. ...

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  16. GERMANS SEEK A BASE.

    The Washington correspondent of the "New York Times" reports that the State Department has learned that Germany Is endeavouring to purchase the Island of ...

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  17. CABINET CHANGES.

    Many rumours of changes in the Government are current. If Lord Cowdray carries out his intention of resigning the chairmanship of the Air Board, for business reasons, it is ...

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  18. SCANDINAVIAN SHIPS SUNK.

    A report from Berlin through Amsterdam states that six Swedish vessels, Pauline, Cyroz, Erik (786 tons). Therese (208 tons), Koell, and Olga (153 tons) were sunk in the ...

    Article : 73 words
  19. BRAZIL ABANDONS NEUTRALITY.

    It Is reported from Rio Janeiro that the President of Brazil has formally signed the decree (which was passed by Parliament) revoking the neutrality of the ...

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  20. RAILWAY FREIGHTS.

    Giving evidence before Mr. T. R. Johnson, who is inquiring into the administration of the Victorian railways, to-day, Mr. James Fraser, Chief Commissioner of the New South ...

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  21. CHINESE TURMOIL.

    A Peking message states that the provinces of Shantung, An[?]ui, Fukien, Manchuria, Hupeh, Honan, and Chekiang have joined in the secession movement. All ...

    Article : 222 words
  22. HEROES DECORATED.

    There was widespread Interest In the public investiture in Hyde Park on Saturday, when the King personally bestowed decorations on over 3OO men, including seven who had won the ...

    Article : 441 words
  23. THE EXPULSIONS.

    In accordance with the policy adopted by trade organisations of punishing members who had supported the Nationalist candidates at the recent elections, the annual ...

    Article : 85 words
  24. WHEN BULGARIA WAS "NEUTRAL."

    A commission under the Great Seal was held In the King's Bench Division of the High Court to secure forfeiture to the Crown of £46,061, due from the London branch of the Credit ...

    Article : 116 words
  25. BELLIGERENTS COMPARE LOSSES.

    A French communique says: Since April 16 the French and British have captured over 52,000 Germans (Including 1000 officers), and an enormous quantity of ...

    Article : 298 words
  26. AMERICA'S WAR AIMS.

    Members of the United States Congress are urging the Government to make a detailed statement of American war aims and peace conditions. There is also a ...

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  27. GAUGING BULK SPIRITS.

    It has been decided by the Minister for Customs, consequent upon the report of a conference of expert officials, to alter certain methods of the department, particularly ...

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  28. AVIATORS' EXPERIENCE.

    Two British aviators were picked up by a warship in the North Sea. They had been clinging to the wreckage of their machine for five days, and subsisting on a piece of ...

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  29. INDIA AND THE WAR.

    The Maharajah of Bikanir (one of the delegates from India to the Imperial Conference) delivered the King's message to India, In which his Majesty paid tributes to India's ...

    Article : 94 words
  30. SUBMARINE DUEL.

    A message from Amsterdam says that the "Rheinische Westphaelische" (Essen) reports:—An English submarine in the Channel on April 19, while steaming under ...

    Article : 134 words
  31. UNPOPULAR ZEPPELINS.

    It Is reported from Copenhagen that three Zeppelins approached Ystad Harbour (Sweden) on Friday. Swedish torpedo boate went out at full speed, and fired several shots. It Is ...

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  32. BAND OF BOY THIEVES.

    Before a bench of special magistrates at the last sitting of the Children's Court six boys were charged with the theft of Jewellery, valued at £40, from the residence of Mrs. Fox, ...

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  33. EMPIRE DAY SERVICE.

    Under the auspices of the League of Empire, a service for boys' and girls' brigades. In celebration of Empire Day, was held at St. Paul's on Saturday night. The congregation ...

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  34. COST OF THE WAR.

    The "Nation" proposes that a war levy should be placed upon British capital in order to abate resentment against war profiteering by the business and wealthy ...

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  35. SIR JAMES BURNS, K.C.M.G., M.L.C.

    Colonel Sir James Burns., M.L.[?]., founder of Burns, Philp, and Co., Ltd., Is the son of David Burns, a merchant of Edinburgh, where he was born on February 10, 1846. He is ...

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  36. NATURALISATION CERTIFICATES.

    For the first time in many months the return of naturalisation certificates Issued by the Home and Territories Department contained no reference to Germans. The ...

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  37. A BRAVE AUSTRALIAN.

    Captain Earl, who had charge of the platoon in which Private Peter M'Bride, of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Regiment (son of the Agent-General for Victoria), was killed In ...

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  38. GERMAN PLOTTERS AND INDIA

    Baron von Reiseitz ex-German ViceConsul at Chicago, and Gustave Christiansen, have been Indicted In the United States for conspiring to foment a revolution in ...

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