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  2. RUSSIAN VICTORY

    The Russo-Roumanians appear now to have launched the counter-offensive that has so long been expected. Attacking vigorously between Braila and Galatz, they have definitely defeated the Austro-Germans on both flanks. The result of the fighting in the centre is not yot announced, but the fact that the enemy have begun to e[?]a[?]nate Braila may be taken as an indication that they have suffered a severe rev[?]rse. ...

    Article : 266 words
  3. TASMANIAN CASUALTIES.

    To-morrow evening a memorial service to the late Corporal Fred. G. Nicholson, who was killed in action in France on December 11, 1916, will be ...

    Article : 86 words
  4. THE PEACE OFFER.

    The "Now York Times," referring to the despatch received from Mr. A. J. Balfour, the British Foreign Secretary, as a supplementary statement to the ...

    Article : 71 words
  5. SOLDIERS' GRAVES.

    Presiding yesterday at a meeting of the Sold[?]ers' Graves' Committee, the Prince of Wales stated that 150,000 British graves had been registered in ...

    Article : 117 words
  6. NEW ZEALAND PREMIER.

    Mr, W. F. Massey, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, in a speech at the dinner given last night by members of the Junior Cons[?]itutional Club, said the ...

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  7. THE GERMAN RAIDER IN THE ATLANTIC.

    There is a widespread belief in America that submarines are co-operating with the German raider which is now abroad in the Atlantic. British ...

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  8. FEDERAL POLITICAL SITUATION

    The Federal political situation has at last advanced definitely towards a solution. Both the Ministerial and the Liberal parties have expressed their ...

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  9. SWITZERLAND'S MOBILISATION.

    M. Marcel Hutin, the French journalist, states to-day that when the peace manœuvres failed the enemy concentrated large forces in the direction ...

    Article : 116 words
  10. THE VICTORY LOAN.

    The Indian Government has decided to raiso[?]a special war loan in India on practically the same terms as the Home loan. The whole amount will ...

    Article : 182 words
  11. BRITAIN AND NORWAY.

    The Norwegian Storthing (House of Parliament) has held a secret session to consider the British reply to Norway regarding the decision of the ...

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  12. ALLIES CONCENTRATING TROOPS.

    The "Vos[?]is[?]che Zeitung" states that the violent ar[?]illery fire and continued patrol fights on the Western front are undoubtedly intended to conc[?]al great ...

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  13. GENERAL TOWNSHEND.

    An official telegram from Constantinople says that General Townshend has been removed to a fresh place of internment as a precaution against ...

    Article : 59 words
  14. DEFENCE OF THE REALM ACT

    Lord Derby, the Secretary of State for War, has ordered an inquiry into the cas[?] of Mr. Theodore Cook, the editor of the "Field," whose room was ...

    Article : 93 words
  15. RUSSIAN VICTORY

    To-dny's Russian communique states: Our artillery fire has checked the enemy's attempts to initiate an offensiv[?] south of the Oitoz River (in the ...

    Article : 94 words
  16. THE EASTERN FRONT

    The P[?]trograd correspondent of the "Morning Post" says that General Dmitrieff's surprise attack west of Rig[?], on the ov[?] of the Russian Christmas, ...

    Article : 133 words
  17. NAVAL SHELLS FOR AMERICA

    The American Government has accepted the tender of Messrs. Hadfield and Co., the English munition makers, for the supply of 7,500 naval sh[?]lls, at ...

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  18. THE BRITISH LINE.

    Last night's report from [?]iold-M[?]rsha! Haig states[?]- We mad[?] pr[?]gress last ni[?]t to the northwa[?]d of Beaucou[?]t-sur ...

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  19. LABOUR AND THE WAR.

    The Agricultural Labourers' Union threatens action if Mr. R. E. Prothero, the President of the Board of Agriculture, carries out his intention to ...

    Article : 106 words
  20. THE DEPORTATIONS.

    The Paris correspondent of the "Morning Post" abates that a girl at Lille recently made a terrible indictment of the German deportations. ...

    Article : 147 words
  21. POTATO PRICES.

    To-day the be[?]man at Whitehaven, in Cumber[?]and, urged the public not to pay moro than ls. per stone for potatoes, and crowds of women, ...

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  22. SINKING OF THE PORT NICHOLSON.

    The Marine Underwriters' Association of Victoria has received a cable message from the Institute, of London underwriters etating that the steamer ...

    Article : 106 words
  23. GERMAN REPORT.

    To-day's German official message says:—A strong Russian attack south of the Oitoz-Ocn[?]-road has been repulsed. The Russians are bombarding ...

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  24. YPRES-ARRAS LINE.

    Field-Ma[?]shal Haig reported last night as follows:- We to-day bombarded the enemy's defence[?] c[?]st of Bois Grenier (south ...

    Article : 46 words
  25. THE WOOL CLIPS.

    In reference to the announcement from America that permission will shortly be granted for the export of Australian and Cape wools to America, ...

    Article : 116 words
  26. TROOP TRAIN DISASTER IN FRANCE.

    To-day a troop train, consisting of 50 coaches and two engines, bad not quite finished ascending a hill in France when the couplings broke in the middle of ...

    Article : 119 words
  27. WAR IN THE AIR.

    The Amsterdam correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states that 11 brothers perished in the recent destruction of a Zeppelin airship in England. ...

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  28. ENEMY MEETING DIFFICULTIES.

    German war correspondents in Roumania are now enlarging on the difficulty of the conditions facing the Germans, especially in regard to frost, ...

    Article : 57 words
  29. COST OF THE WAR TO GERMANY.

    The German financial weekly journal "Plutus" states that an indemnity is an imperative necessity to Germany. If the war ends in Jun[?] it will have cost ...

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  30. THE YARROWDALE.

    According to reliable information received at Rio de Janeiro, the Yarrowdale has arrived at St. Vincent, Cap[?] de Verde Islands, with the crows of ...

    Article : 108 words
  31. ENEMY STATEMENT.

    A German official messago says:—We evacuated an advanced position near Sorre (two miles north of the Ancre) on January 12. The British attacked ...

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  32. SITUATION IMPROVING.

    Telegrams from Roumania indicate that the situation is steadily improving. The Austro-German offensive has been arrested, and the Russo-Roumanians ...

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  33. TAXATION IN ENGLAND.

    The Duke of Sutherland is selling 7,500 acres of his Lilleshall estate, in Shropshire, which has a rental of £20,000, owing to the burden of taxation, ...

    Article : 42 words
  34. THE PRUSSIAN HEEL IN BELGIUM.

    German placards have been posted in Tongres, in the Belgian province of Limbourg, threatening to fine the people of the town 50,000 marks ...

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  35. MORE VESSELS SUNK.

    Lloyd's reports that the following vessels were reported yesterday as having been torpedoed and sunk by German submarines: ...

    Article : 94 words
  36. RAID NEAR LENS.

    A war correspondent, describing the British raid on Thursday at Cite Calonne (west of Lens), says that it was carried out under a heavy snowstorm. ...

    Article : 142 words
  37. THE LOST GERMAN COLONIES.

    The "[?]ape Times," discussing the omission of a direct reference to the lost German colonies in the Allies' reply to President Wilson, says from the ...

    Article : 124 words
  38. BRITISH FINANCE.

    The following are the Bank of England roturns for the week ending today:- Coin, £54,045,000. ...

    Article : 218 words
  39. ALLIED CRUISERS ALERT.

    The Washington correspondent of the "New York Times" learns that there is more than one raider in the Atlantic, owing to the transfer of prize crews to ...

    Article : 122 words
  40. SALONIKA FRONT.

    The Balkans correspondent of the "Rotterdamsche Courants" states that Bulgaria now holds 90,000 prisoners, in[?]l[?]ding troops of all the Allies and ...

    Article : 84 words
  41. WOMEN LAWYERS.

    The Bar Council of Great Britain has by an overwhelming majority defeated a resolution proposing the admission of women to practice at the Bar. The ...

    Article : 55 words
  42. [?]EELING IN GERMANY.

    The Zurich correspondent of the Paris newspaper "Petit Parisi[?]n" says that meetings urging increased ruthlessness in submarine warfaro have been ...

    Article : 65 words
  43. INDUSTRIAL LIFE IN GREAT BRITAIN.

    Mr. Bonar Law, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, addressed a huge overflow meeting yesterday in Berkley-hall, Glasgow [?]e leferred to the great ...

    Article : 306 words
  44. RIFLEMEN'S UNIT.

    A meeting of the council of the Tasmanian Rifle Association was held at Angl[?]sea Barracks on T[?]ursday evening. The following members were present: ...

    Article : 326 words
  45. VERDUN.

    To-day's French communique states: After a heavy bombardment,lasting three hours, the enemy to-dny made a series of re[?]nnaissances on ...

    Article : 40 words
  46. REVOLT IN TRIPOLI

    To-day's Italian communique states: We completely defeated 5.000 rebels at Zoara (on the coast of Tripoli, west of the capital) on Tuesday. ...

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  47. GREECE AND THE WAR.

    The "Daily Telegraph's" Rome corespondent states that, in accordance [?]th the te[?]ms of the Entente's ulti[?]atum, the Greek Government has ...

    Article : 144 words
  48. 1,000 SUBMARINES UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

    A neutral subject who was captured [?]n board a Dutch mailboat gives in teresting details of the life on German submarines. He says the men suffer ...

    Article : 235 words
  49. INTENSE ARTILLERY DUELS.

    Last night's French communique says:- Artiller[?] duels of considerable intensity are proceeding on the Vosges, ...

    Article : 32 words
  50. FAMINE IN SYRIA

    Official in fo[?]mation has been received to the effect that 110,000 people have died of hunger in sy[?]ia. Hundreds of the i[?]bit[?]nts of Reir[?] are [?]eing ...

    Article : 92 words
  51. FRENCH HEADQUARTERS STAFF.

    General Allouin has been appointed to the headquarters staff to study questions affecting the general [?]nduct of th[?] w[?] ...

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  52. THE RUSSIAN MINISTRY.

    Prince Galitzin, the new Piemier of Russ[?]a, has telegraphed to Mr. L[?]oyd G[?]orge, [?]suring him of loyal co-operation in securing a moro intimate union ...

    Article : 90 words
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