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  2. THE KANGAROOS.

    It's a long, long way from Wagga Wagga. Yet the 240 recruits who brought the scent of the hayfields with thom into the oppressive heat and the unceasing roar of the city ...

    Article : 523 words
  3. MR. BRUNTNELL.

    Mr. A. Bruntnell referred yesterday to the action of the executive of the Liberal League in endorsing the selection of Mr. Graff for the Drummoyne seat. ...

    Article : 264 words
  4. RECRUITING.

    Quite apart from the Kangaroos, who arrived in Sydney yesterday, and a number of whom, having joined at the last moment, were examined at the Town Hall recruiting ...

    Article : 256 words
  5. THE BALKANS.

    Telegrams received in Rome state that great nervousness is manifested in Athens. The "Hestia" announces the immediate occupation of the islands of Corfu, ...

    Article : 148 words
  6. COMPULSION

    In the House of Commons the first reading of the Military Service Bill was carried by a large-majority. ...

    Article : 195 words
  7. MILITARY SERVICE.

    The debate on the introduction of the Military Service (No. 2) Bill was continued in the House of Commons this evening. Mr. Samuel said the fact of six millions ...

    Article : 664 words
  8. HOW JAPAN IS HELPING.

    The cable in yesterday's issue stating that Japanese bankers have agreed to lend Russia £12,000,000, is an assurance that the Japanese have no doubts as to how the war is going to ...

    Article : 329 words
  9. EASTERN FRONT.

    A communique states: We occupied the cemetery at Czartorysk, driving back the enemy, and making further progress; also establishing a position in the sectors ...

    Article : 88 words
  10. COUNTRY ENLISTMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 207 words
  11. LIBERAL SELECTION.

    Referring to the selection of Alderman Graff as the Liberal candiate for Drummoyne, Mr. C. O. Wade, M.L.A., leader of the Opposition, yesterday remarked:—"The executive ...

    Article : 344 words
  12. WAR NOTES.

    When Germany threw her armles into Belgium and Franco a little British army hurriedly crossed the Channel to help in repelling the invasion. It was such a little array that ...

    Article : 492 words
  13. AGAINST GERMANS.

    A meeting under the auspices of the Glebe branch on the Anti-German League was held in Glebe-road last night. It was intended to hold the meeting in Bay-street, opposite Grace ...

    Article : 462 words
  14. WIRELESS CORPS.

    Recruits aro urgently wanted for the formation of a wireless corps for activo service abroad. Men desiring to enlist for this service should have a knowledgo of wireless ...

    Article : 69 words
  15. PARLIAMENT BILL.

    In the House of Lords the Marquis of Crowe (President of the Council), introducing the Parliament and Registration Bill, said it was based on the principle ...

    Article : 203 words
  16. IN THE CITY.

    The "Kangaroos" camped and breakfasted at Petersham before their entry into the city yesterday morning. Along the Parramattaroad the municipal authorities of Petersham, ...

    Article : 2,057 words
  17. RETURNED LETTER.

    Yesterday Mrs. Fishlock, of Wollongong, had a letter returned through the post which was posted last July to her son, Private L. Fishlock. On the envelope were the words: "Killed ...

    Article : 115 words
  18. CRICKETER PROMOTED.

    The famous English cricketer and all-round sportsman, Colonel R. M. Poore, D.S.O., has been gazetted Brigadier-General while commanding a brigade. His name (says an ...

    Article : 400 words
  19. WESTERH FRONT.

    General Sir Douglas Haig reports that 11 of our aeroplanes dropped bombs on a stores depot at Le Sars. A French communique states: During ...

    Article : 105 words
  20. BADGES FOR VOLUNTEERS.

    The Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) stated to-day that he is considering the question of issuing badges to men who have been rejected for active service. ...

    Article : 637 words
  21. ITALY'S CAMPAIGN.

    A communique states: Repeated attempts to approach our lines on the Tolmino bridgehead were speedily repulsed. Enemy artillery emplacements were destroyed by ...

    Article : 33 words
  22. BRITISH CABINET.

    Mr. Arthur Henderson (President of the Board of Education), Mr. G. H. Roberts (a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury), and Mr. Wm. Brace (Under-secretary to ...

    Article : 65 words
  23. THE PERSIA.

    It is officially announced that 119 of the passengers by the P. and 0. Company's Persia (sunk without warning by an enemy submarine in the Mediterranean), 50 of the ...

    Article : 43 words
  24. GALLIPOLI.

    The "Times"' says that paralysis overtook, the Government after its refusal of General Sir Ian Hamilton's request for more men. The actual abandonment was ...

    Article : 206 words
  25. THE GAS-MAKERS.

    Whilst the official messages from Petrograd inform us that the Russians continue to make progress in Bukovlna and elsewhere on the eastern front, there is evidence that the ...

    Article : 343 words
  26. TEADE UNIONS.

    The Trade Union Congress was opened at Westminster to discuss the motion affirming the Bristol Congress resolution deploring the disunifying actions of the ...

    Article : 712 words
  27. DRINK EVIL.

    At to-day's meeting of the Federal Cabinet, three recommendations received from tho Federal Parliamentary War Committee about the sale of liquors in military camps were ...

    Article : 188 words
  28. CAPTAIN C. F. DROUGHT.

    The death is reported of Captain C. F. Drought, of the 7th Lincolnshire Regiment, formerly of Melbourne, who was seriously wounded, and was in hospital at Le Tou ...

    Article : 36 words
  29. ALLEGED MUTINY.

    The court-martial was continued at Enoggera camp to-day, at which Privates Albert Edward Coyne and Leslie McPhail were charged with having joined in a mutiny and ...

    Article : 159 words
  30. MERCHANT SHIPPING.

    Arrivals, at London: Whakarua, s (left Wellington, September 11); at Plymouth: Kaikoura, s (left Wellington, November 19); Orontes, R.M.S. (left Sydney, ...

    Article : 52 words
  31. MISCELLANEOUS.

    Sir Rider Haggard will visit South Africa, Australiu, New Zealand, and Canada, representing the Royal Colonial Institute, for the purpose of inquiring into ...

    Article : 101 words
  32. WHARF LABOURERS' STRIKE.

    The new waterside workers award has been responsible for a strike amongst the local wharf-labourers. On Wednesday last a tender arrived with cargo from the Wodonga, ...

    Article : 140 words
  33. COUNCIL'S LIABILITY.

    An interesting point, touching the liabilities of local bodies in connection with damage done to private property by storm-water, was discussed at the last meeting of the Turon ...

    Article : 155 words
  34. AIRMAN MISSING.

    Captain Gatshore Porter, of the Flying Corps, son of Mr. Tindal Porter, residing in Australia; is missing on the western front. ...

    Article : 24 words
  35. THE BALKANS.

    Important developments appear to be taking place in the Balkans. An Athens newspaper announces that it is the intention of the Allies to occupy Corfu, Cephalonia, ...

    Article : 379 words
  36. MILITARY PROPERTY.

    The Minister for Defence has issued an order that any person removing any arms, accoutrements, or other naval or military articles belonging to the Commonwealth or to ...

    Article : 67 words
  37. BRITISH SUBMARINE SUNK.

    it is officially announced that a British submarine was sunk near the island of Texel (Holland). A Dutch cruiser rescued the [?] ...

    Article : 43 words
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