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  2. HOME AGAIN.

    The man at the South Head signal station, his hand curved above his eyes, peered suddenly through the mist, which Saturday's rising sun—it was only about 6 a.m.—had not ...

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  3. INDIAN EMIGRANTS.

    The report of the committee appointed to inquire into the voyage of the steamer Komataga Maru, with a number of Indian emigrants from Hongkong to Vancouver, and thence ...

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  4. SOISSONS.

    Fighting still continues near Soissons, where the French were driven across the Aisne with heavy losses. The Germans were checked in an ...

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  5. THE EARTHQUAKE.

    The latest estimates of loss of life through the earthquake are that there are 30,000 dead in the province of the Abruzzi. These include 14,000 in the Avozzano district. ...

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  6. LATE WAR NEWS.

    The "Matin" states it is reported from a trustworthy source that the Germans have abandoned positions near La Bassee (some 15 miles south-west of Lille), which were ...

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  7. WESTERN FRONT.

    The latest communique slates that the Allies have captured a trench near Perthes and a forest to the north of Beau-Sejour. A communique on Saturday stated: The ...

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  8. BATTLE OF SOISSONS.

    Details of the recent fighting at Soissons show that the French made a resolute advance on the Bethune-road, and rushed [?] farm, where they encountered a German ...

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  9. AT PORTO RICO.

    The State Department has ordered a collier manned by a German prize crow to leave Porto Rico or intern. As a British cruiser is waiting outside the Germans ...

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  10. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

    France has offered Belgium a place of honour in the French hall at the San Fran cisco Exhibition. COPENHAGEN, Jan. 17. ...

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  11. ANTWERP'S WAR LEVY.

    The levy of £2,000,000 imposed on Antwerp by the Germans has been paid. Requisitions hereafter will be paid for in cash. ...

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  12. "THE HOUR OF DELIVERANCE."

    Those who have read the books of Maurice Barres, himself a son of Lorraine, will realise the unconquerable strength of the French sentiment in the "lost provinces," especially ...

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  13. WAR NOTES.

    It is so long since the Germans have had a victory of any consequence that one can well understand the satisfaction which the result of the Solssons fight has given them. And the ...

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  14. IN BELGIUM.

    A further area covering 500 metres west of Ypres has been inunduted. Belgian soldiers are thus enabled to evacuate certain positions, and many of the troops have ...

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  15. THE TURKS.

    A communique on Friday staled: We captured many officers and men in the region of Karaugan. The Turks are fleeing, and we are ...

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  16. GERMAN EXAGGERATION.

    Replying to a German official wireless statement declaring that the action at Soissons was comparable to the battle of Gravelotte, and that 5000 French soldiers ...

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  17. GERMAN STATEMENT.

    A German communique states: We repulsed attacks north-west of Arras, and delivered a counter attack, and captured two trenches and their defenders. The ...

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  18. BIG GUNS.

    The Germans, we are told, have begun a bombardment of the whole Russian front with 11in and other guns. One of the surprises of this war has been furnished by the ...

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  19. ACTION CONTINUES.

    The latest message says a gallant struggle continues at Soissons. One regiment recrossed the river and dashed into the German lines. There was ...

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  20. THE CANADIANS.

    German forces in mass moved against the North Staffordshire Regiment near Ypres, but became bogged in the mud, and were an easy mark for British riflemen. ...

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  21. EGYPT.

    The "Dally News" correspondent at Cairo states that the projected Turkish advance into Egypt cannot be deferred beyond the middle of February, as ...

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  22. "FOR CANADA AND OLD ENGLAND."

    The Canadian troops have received their baptism of fire at the front. It was near Ypres. A German attack was met by a withering fire from the British trenches. The ...

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  23. EMDEN CASTAWAYS.

    A letter from Sumatra states that the schooner Ayesha, which was stolen at Cocos Island by the landing crew of the Emden, reached Padang and purchased ...

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  24. AUSTRALIA'S SYMPATHY.

    The Acting Premier (Mr. Cann) has forwaided the following letter to the Italian Consular representative in Sydney (Dr. Marano): ...

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  25. BRITISH SUCCESS.

    Reuter's Agency states that the British on Thursday captured an important strategie point at La Bassee (15 miles southwest of Lille). The German losses were ...

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  26. BLACK SEA.

    Advices from Sebastopol state that the Russian fleet has sunk eighty sailing vessels which were used transporting troops. to Anatolia. ...

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  27. AUSTRIA'S UNHAPPY CASE.

    The situation on the Austrian frontier, the cables inform us, is daily becoming more dangerous. Austria's position is almost hopeless, and it seems certain that sha will soon ...

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  28. BLAME FOR WAR.

    Mr. Henri Bourassa, M.P., leader of the Nationalist party, in the course of a speech, blamed the Dreadnougat trust and the British yellow press ...

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  29. EARL ROBERTS' WILL.

    The late Earl Roberts left £77,304. The whole of this amount, with the exception of certain requests to servants, has been bequeathed to his widow and daughters. ...

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  30. GERMAN ADMIRAL FAILS.

    The "Temps" states that Admiral Suchon (who was recently appointed Acting Minister of Marine in Turkey) has been relieved of his command owing to his ...

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  31. SPORT ABROAD.

    The following are the, results of to-day's English Cup tie matches:—Chelsea beat Swindon Town by 5 goals to 2; Birmingham beat Crystal Palace, 3-0; Manchester City beat ...

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  32. THE INDIANS.

    The following extracts from a German soldier s letter, published (according to a Reuter message) by the:Frankfurter Zeitung," show that the German army is beginning to realise ...

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  33. THE RUSSIANS.

    A communique states: The enemy was expelled from Serpice (about 20 miles north of Plock. They occupied Skrawa, 40 miles east of Thorn: but were ...

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  34. BOMBS ON OSTEND.

    The "Daily Chronicle's" correspondent at (Calais states that nine aeronauts dropped bombs on the railway and barracks at Ostend, causing' considerable damage. ...

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  35. MEXICO.

    Sir Cecil Spring Rice (British Ambassador) has emphatically protested to the Department of State against General Carranza's decree confiscating British oil Interests in Mexico. ...

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  36. COUNT VON BERNSTORFF.

    Edwin Scott has been sentenced to six mouths' imprisonment for threatening the life of Count von Bernstorff, the Gorman Ambassador to the United States. ...

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  37. IN THE CARPATHIANS.

    A communique states that there is nothing doing in the Carpathians. The increasing frost is impeding operations. ...

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  38. FLOATING MINES.

    Over one hundred mines have drifted ashore on the Belgian coast. Soldiers at Knocke, Heyst, and Zefebrugge are busy exploding them. ...

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  39. THE ANTARCTIC.

    Sir Douglas Mawson, speaking before the National Geographical Society, defended the accomplishments of Rear-Admiral Wilkes, who explored the Antarctic in 1840, and who was ...

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  40. ENGLISH BILLIARDS.

    The scores at the close of the play last night were:—Reece, 4000; Gray, 3713. ...

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  41. BOXING.

    Jimmy Duffy, of Lockport, Kentucky, outpointed Johnny Dundee in a 10-rounds no decision contest. Tho fighting was fast throughout. ...

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  42. AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

    News telegraphed from the Austrian frontier shows that the situation is dally becoming more dangerous. Food is being sold at famine prices, and discontent is ...

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  43. CLEARING THE BALTIC.

    A flotilla of Swedish torpedo boats is clearing the waters of the Baltic of German mines. These were so numerous that shipping between Stockholm and Gothland ...

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  44. THE LORRAINE BORDER.

    There may not be another battle of Gravelotte, which is situated on the Lorraine border, some eight or nine miles westward of Metz, the great German fortress, but there ...

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  45. TRADE AND COMMERCE.

    Sir Albert Spicer, who is a well-known free trader, seconded a resolution adoptad by the London Chamber of Commerce, urging the establishment in England of ...

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  46. TEA IN THE TRENCHES.

    Water sterilisation by heat in South Africa was impossible by reason of the lack of fuel on the high veldt. In France an army surgeon at the front tells the "Hospital" them ...

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  47. OBITUARY.

    The death is announced of Vice-Admiral Sir George S. Nares, K.C.B. Vice-Admiral Nares, who was born in 1831, commanded the Challenger in 1873, and in ...

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  48. SOUTH AFRICA.

    It is officially announced that the Union forces have occupied Swakopmund. Two British soldiers were killed, and one wounded. ...

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  49. FIRES.

    Severe damage was caused by fire and water. to three rooms on the ground floor of the premises occupied by Mr. Sydney Green, picture-frame maker, at 24 King-stret, Newtown, ...

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  50. THE FOREIGN MINISTER.

    The "Lokai Anzeiger" Prague correspondent states that Count Berchtold's resignation is due to tension with Count Tisza, the Hungarian Premier, who is the real ...

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  51. FREIGHT TO AUSTRALIA.

    A conference of shipowners has raised the freights on cargo steamers to Australia by 5s per ton. ...

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  52. THE REBELS.

    The Government has ordered those members of the defence force who were unwilling rebels to be released conditionally upon their being of good behaviour. ...

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  53. SCHOOL BURNED.

    The Daisy Bank school, Black Springs, in the Obeion district, has been burnt down. The fire is believed to have been a case of incendiarism. ...

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  54. MERCHANT SHIPPING.

    The steamer Sverre, which left Newcastle on December 5, has arrived at San Francisco. The steamer Surrey, which left ...

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  55. EAST COAST RAID.

    Further deaths at Hartlepool have raised the total number of deaths through the recent German raid to 115. ...

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  56. MOB LAW.

    A mob broke into the gaol and captured two negroes and two negresses who were charged with clubbing a police officer. The prisoners were hanged to a tree, and their ...

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  57. A SCOW TURNS TURTLE.

    An extraordinary accident occurred at a wharf. The scow Combine, which had just loaded a hundred tons of heavy machinery, turned turtle and sank. Two members of ...

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