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  2. ARMY MEAT BILL.

    The Premier yesterday made available interesting correspondence with the State Governor in regard to the Imperial requirements respecting meat. ...

    Article : 310 words
  3. RIFLE RESERVES.

    At the annual meeting of the Balmain district Rugby Union Football Club, held at the local Town Hall last evening, it was decided to form a rifle club in accordance with the ...

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  4. THE TROOPS

    Another good recruiting, day was record yesterday at Victoria Barracks, the numbers being somewhat above the ordinary. Although a few recruits were accepted for the field ...

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  5. LATE WAR NEWS.

    The steamer Oakley (Oakby?) has been smile in the English Channel. The crew were saved. ...

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  6. WAR NOTES.

    Still another neutral, merchant, vessel has fallen a victim to the prowling German submarines. It is difficult to believe that the neutral Governments directly concerned will ...

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  7. EASTERN FRONT.

    A communique states: During the recent retreat, part of the Twentieth Army Corps was surrounded between Goldap (55 miles south-east of Tilsit), and Suwalki (75 miles ...

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  8. WESTERN FRONT.

    Field-Marshal Sir John French in his report states there has been considerable activity at Ypres. On the 21st the enemy mined and blew ...

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  9. BLOCKADE

    Russian captures in the Carpathians for the month ended February 20 were 690 officers, 47,460 men, 17 guns, 108 maxims, and two ...

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  10. REIMS SHELLED.

    A communique states, that 1500 shells were fired on Reims on Sunday and Monday. The Interior and the roof of the Cathedral were further smashed. ...

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  11. ENEMY DEFEATED.

    A communique states that the Turks have been thrown back across the Ichkhalsu River in the Travschorok region. ...

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  12. ENEMY REPULSED.

    A communique states: Our batteries blow up a German ammunition depot north-west of Verdun, with, heavy losses. On February 21 the enemy made an ...

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  13. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

    "Inquirer" (Blackheath): The sequence of events was as follows:—July 23, Austro-Hungarian Note to Servia; July 28, war declared by Austria-Hungary on Servia; August 1, ...

    Article : 173 words
  14. BOLL OF HONOUR.

    The death is announced of General John Edmond Gough, V.C., who was wounded on Saturday. Tho death is also announced of Kenneth ...

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  15. BRITAIN STILL BEING FED.

    As to the big neutrals, the United States is the only one that has lost a ship since the fateful eighteenth, and in that case it seems pretty certain that the vessel struck ...

    Article : 261 words
  16. SUGGESTED PRICES.

    Several conferences have been held during the past few days between the Meat Exporters' Association and the Minister for Health (Mr. Flowers) with respect to the ...

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  17. TRENCHES MINED.

    The British near Givenchy occupied two German trenches on Saturday, mined them, and then withdrew. The Germans reoccupied them and were blown up. ...

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  18. QUARANTINE.

    The State and Commonwealth are at loggerheads over a question of payment connected with the recent outbreak of smallpox in Sydney. ...

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  19. THE DARDANELLES.

    The Admiralty notifies that operations in the Dardanelles have been, interrupted owing to a heavy gale. ...

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  20. CALL TO ARMS.

    A meeting was held at the Town Hall to-night to stimulate recruiting amongst sportsmen and athletes. The building was crowded, the Lord Mayor presided, and among the ...

    Article : 316 words
  21. BURSARIES.

    The Bursary Endowment Board has now been fully constituted, the vacancies created by the resignations of the Roman Catholic and non-Roman Catholic schools having been ...

    Article : 174 words
  22. SANS SOUCI.

    On Tuesday evening a well-attended meeting was held at the Public school, Sans Souci, with the object of forming a branch of the National Rifle Reserve. Captain Chapman ...

    Article : 133 words
  23. WAR OFFICE SUPPLIES.

    The War Office has purchased 450,000lb tins of Tasmanian apricot and black currant jams; also 33,600lb tins of South Australian honey. ...

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  24. GERMANY'S TURKISH BARGAIN.

    The Turks have had another set-back at the hands of the Russians in Transcaucasia. So far Germany's great scheme of gettin Turkey into the war has been singularly ...

    Article : 328 words
  25. THE BLOCKADE.

    It is understood that a conference of representatives of the Scandinavian Governments has recommended the trial of a naval convoy for merchantmen. ...

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  26. THE GERMANS.

    Official despatches state that German [?] have been moved fromt the western [?] eastern front, and brought up to [?] sterngth during transit. ...

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  27. DARLINGHURST.

    At a meeting of the Darlinghurst Rifle Club, held at the rooms of the Darlinghurst Liberal Club, with Mr. D. Levy, M.L.A., in the chair, it was decided that the rifle club ...

    Article : 82 words
  28. SOLDIERS RIOT.

    that Japanese and French marines landed after fighting. Half the rioters surrendered, and the disturbance was later completely quelled. ...

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  29. [?]RMAN AEROPLANES.

    [?]man aeroplanes were seen at Maplin [?] (a sandbank in the North Sea ad[?] to the south-east division of Essex, [?]en the estuaries of the Thames and ...

    Article : 60 words
  30. BURWOOD CLUB.

    The first parade of the Burwood Rifle Corps was held on Tuesday evening, and seven squads were formed and exercised in the Public school and Scholl of Arts grounds. Drills ...

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  31. PATRIOTIC, CARNIVAL.

    The arrangements for the Police and Firemen's Patriotic Carnival on Saturday have been completed. Over 20,000 tickets have been sold. ...

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  32. BLOWN UP AND SUNK.

    The Norwegian steamer Regin, of 1844 tons, was blown up and sunk at Dover. A British destroyer saved the crew. A later message states that the Regin ...

    Article : 66 words
  33. KURINGAI.

    The first drill was held at Gordon on Monday night, and among the orchardists at [?] Ives on Tuesday night. To-night there will be drills at both Pymble and Warrawee. ...

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  34. PRISONERS OF WAR.

    [?] Allied Governments have informed [?] Brynn (Secretary of State) that Ger[?] is not meeting the cost of mainten[?] of prisoners, and has asked Mr. Bryan ...

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  35. CITY COUNCIL OFFICERS.

    At a meeting of officers of the City Council yesterday it was decided, on the motion of the town clerk (Mr. T. H. Nesbitt), to form a rifle club from the members of the ...

    Article : 61 words
  36. GERMAN GOODS.

    A case dealing with certain German good seized in Melbourne, in which it was claimed there was an endeavour on the part of a German manufacturer to send goods to ...

    Article : 365 words
  37. CHANEL BOAT'S ESCAPE.

    A submarine attempted to torpedo the passenger steamer from Folkestone to Bonlogne on Monday night. The torpedo passed 30 yards [?] of the ...

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  38. TRADE EXPANSION.

    All arrangements in connection with to-day's Trade Expansion Luncheon have been completed, and an attendance of 450 is expected. The committee requests that all ...

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  39. ATHLETIC SPORTS CLUB.

    Notwithstanding the rain that fell just prior to the holding of the parade on Tuesday evening, 450 men turned out, including a number of new members. The committee has decided ...

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  40. TREASURY BILLS.

    Treasury Bills for £20,000,000 for renewal purposes have been subscribed threashold at an average for six months of 1? per cent. and twelve months at 2? per ...

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  41. AN ECHO OF THE PAST.

    A cablegram published on Saturday last read as follows:—"Surgeon Captain Arthur Martin-Leake, who gained the Victoria Cross in South Africa in 1902, has been granted a ...

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  42. IRISH CHANNEL CLOSED.

    The Admiralty has prohibited navigation in the Irish Channel between sunset and sunrise. Later. ...

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  43. SUPPLY OF DYES.

    The Board of Trade has issued a circular to manufacturers, stating, that it is willing to issue licenses for the importation of dyes from enemy countries. ...

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  44. ITALY.

    Several thousand persons made a demonstration in favour of war. They smashed the windows of the "Avanti," a Socialist newspaper, and wrecked a German shop. ...

    Article : 51 words
  45. CLOTHES FOR TROOPS.

    The Minister for Defence, Senator Pearce, to-night stated that as far as he knew the Commonwealth was not commandeering any woollen factories, although perhaps it was ...

    Article : 116 words
  46. COLLIER DAMAGED.

    The Government collier Branksome Chine (2026 tons) was torpedoed and damaged off Beachy Head. The crew were saved. ...

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  47. NEW CALEDONIA.

    All New Caledonian reservists at present in Australia belonging to "classes" 1911 to 1894 inclusively are required to report immediately, either by registered letter or ...

    Article : 111 words
  48. STATE REGULATION.

    A State regulation, deailng with the supply of bread and flour, has been put into operation. Everybody, including the Emperor, ...

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  49. GERMAN SUBMARINE.

    It is officially announced that a French warship attacked a German submarine eight miles south-west of Cape Alprech (south of Boulogne). Several shots hit the ...

    Article : 44 words
  50. THE ALLIES.

    After debate the House of Commons approved of the scheme for pooling the resources of the Allies. Mr. Austen Chamberlain thought that ...

    Article : 108 words
  51. BRITISH AND GERMAN DYE INDUSTRIES.

    In reference to the cables dealing with the British Government's scheme for assisting in the development of the dye industry, an excellent idea of the relative position of that ...

    Article : 465 words
  52. AMERICAN VESSEL SUNK.

    President Wilson, referring to the American steamer Evelyn, which was mined and sund off Berkum Island, stated that he had been informed unofficially that the captain ...

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  53. GERMAN REJOICING.

    Replying to the Prussian Diet's congratulations on the victory in East Prussia, the Emperor says:—"The people, poets, and thinkers have transformed themselves into ...

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  54. A SUDDEN COUP.

    Inquiries made of Henry Bull and Co. yesterday confirmed the report published yesterday. "Captain Ormiston, representing the Defence Department, arrived from Melbourne ...

    Article : 93 words
  55. POSTAGE RATES.

    The Interstate Commission heard an application to-day to deal with a complaint regarding an alleged unconstitutional discrimination in the postage rates beyond two stales of the ...

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  56. POLITICIAN SUED.

    At the County Court to-day an action was opened, and adjourned till to-morrow, in which Michael O'Brien, of Vermont, fruitgrower, claimed £249 from Sir Kobert Best, ...

    Article : 143 words
  57. FRUIT FOR THE FLEET.

    The appeal which was made in these columns last week on behalf of the fruit and vegetable section of the Red Cross Society for gifts of fruit for the men of the ...

    Article : 155 words
  58. UNITED STATES' PROPOSALS.

    The United States has informally forwarded proposals to Britain and Germany suggesting a basis of understanding on the subjects of food stuffs intended for German ...

    Article : 48 words
  59. DEATHS IN EGYPT.

    The following deaths have been reported of members of the Expeditionary Force in Egypt:— Private William Henry Simon, E Company, ...

    Article : 60 words
  60. BELGIAN RELIEF.

    The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey) has refused the monthly subvention to the Belgian Relief Commission because Germany declined to ...

    Article : 45 words
  61. GENERAL ITEMS.

    The Government has appointed a committee to secure the co-operation of mine-owners and colliers in an endeavour to free the largest number of men qualified for ...

    Article : 47 words
  62. TALLOW SALES.

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