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  2. THE WAR.

    The following official despatches have been issued:— London, Dec. 13 (12.30 a.m.).—"In the morning the enemy delivered a strong local ...

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  3. REINFORCEMENTS.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) made a triumphant entry into Geelong to-day. He motored from Melbourne, and when a few miles from Geelong he was met by no ...

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  4. PALESTINE.

    In the House of Commons last evening Mr. Lloyd George read a telegram to the effect that General Alenby entered Jerusalem at noon on Tuesday, and was ...

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  5. THE WAR AT SEA.

    The following official shipping reports for the week which ended on Sunday last have been issued:— British. ...

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  6. RUSSIA.

    It has been learned from authoritative sources that the Russian outlook is brighter. The pro-Ally party among the Bolsheviks has been strengthened considerably by ...

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  7. AMERICA.

    President Wilson has issued a proclamation of war against Austria, and he declares that Austrians in the United States will be allowed full liberty if they obey the ...

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  8. AMERICAN EXPORTERS.

    The Senate has passed a Bill permitting American exporters to combine for foreign trade. President Wilson approves of the measure. ...

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  9. THE FARMERS' POSITION.

    A few words of warning to the farmers of Australia were uttered by the Prime Minister in the course of his speech at Geelong to-night. Mr. Hughes said that ...

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  10. AUSTRO-GERMAN PRISONERS.

    The Russian Embassy here says that since the revolution the supervision of Austro-German prisoners in Russia has been merely nominal and the fully half of them have ...

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  11. FRIGHTFULNESS.

    At the meeting yesterday of the P. and O. S.N. Co., Lord Inchcape (the chairman) said that he was convinced that nothing which the enemy could do in submarining ...

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  12. COMMONWEALTH.

    Referring to-day to the Bill now before the House of Commons to prevent German interests ever again obtaining control of metals, particularly spelter, lead, copper, ...

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  13. THE CITY UNDAMAGED.

    The Patiarch of Jerusalem has telegaphed to the Pope that the city has not been damages, not a shot having been fired against it by the British. ...

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  14. SIBERIA.

    The Tokio correspondent of the United Press Association (U.S.A.) asserts that Siberia will declare its independence shortly. It repudiates any alliances with the ...

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  15. GOOD WORK DONE BY CHURKAS.

    The following official despatch has been received from the British headquarters in Palestine:—"Our line has been advanced midway between Jerusalem and Jaffa. The ...

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  16. AMERICAN DESTROYER.

    In connection with the disaster which befel the American destroyer Jacob Jones, it has been ascertained that the torpedo struck the vessel on the starboard side, ...

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  17. WHEN WILL THE WAR END?

    The First Lord of the Admiralty (Sir Eric C. Geddes) in a letter to a prominent Sydney worker in connection with the Citizens' War Chest, dwell upon the futility of any ...

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  18. GERMAN ATTACK ARRESTED.

    The correspondent of the United Press Association (U.S.A.) at the British front says:—"Prince Rupprecht's apparent aim this morning was to pierce General Byng's ...

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  19. ROUMANIA.

    The Manchester "Gurardain's" correspondent at Petrograd states that messages from Jassy, the temporary capital of Roumania, show that the chief ancxiety of the Roumanian ...

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  20. TURKEY'S POSITION.

    Mouktar Bey, a Turkish delegated, is conferring with British delegates in Berne for an exchange of prisoners of war. He has asked the authorities in Constantinople ...

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  21. BRITISH NEWS.

    In the House of Commons last evening sir George Cave, K.C. (Home Secretary) admitted that the police raids on pacrificist organisations had not produced direct ...

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  22. FUTURE OF PALESTINE.

    An interesting paper on Palestine was read at a meeting of the Royal Geographical Society (London) by Dr. E. W. G. Masterman who has [?]resided on and off ...

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  23. THE PLAN THAT FAILER.

    Mr. Philip Gibbs, the special correspondent of the London "Daily Chronicle" at the British front, telegraphs:—"The enemy's attack east of Bullercourt on a front of a ...

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  24. SIBERIAN TROOPS ORGANISING.

    According to the Petrograd correspondent of the London "Morning Post" the Bolsheviks declare that power must remain in the hands of the self-appointed commissaries, ...

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  25. Y.M.C.A. WORK FOR SOLDIERS.

    The Y.M.C.A. has been informed that Mr. J. J. Virgo's mission to America has been successful, he having secured 50,000,000 dollars (about £10,000,000) in aid of the ...

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  26. POLITICIAN IN TROUBLE.

    Before Mr. Notley Moore, P.M., at the Prahran Court to-day, John William Billson, M.L.A., was charged with having, on November 30 made statements likely to ...

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  27. ENGINEERS' TROUBLE.

    At a conference between the masters and the workmen in the engineering trades, it was agreed that recognition should be given to the shop stewards, and a scheme was ...

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  28. BRUGES DOCKS BOMBED.

    The British Admiralty reported to-day:—"Naval aircraft bombed the Bruges docks on Tuesday night, but the visibility was bad. One of our machines is missing. We ...

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  29. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

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  30. OVERWORKED AUSTRALIANS.

    Brigadier-General Jobson, in an address which he delivered here to-night, said that on one part of the Australian front 40 men had been doing the work of 200. "The ...

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  31. WHITER PALACE ON FIRE.

    A message received from Haparanda (Sweden) says that travellers who have arrived there from Petrograd report that the Winter Palace was on fire when thy left the ...

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  32. LEAGUE OF BRITISH NATIONS.

    Speaking at the Colonial Institute yesterday, Sir Edward Carson said that he was astonished that Germany ever went to war, since she had possession of three-fourths of ...

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  33. THE MILITARY POSITION.

    A high military authority observes:—"The readjustment at Cambrai has been accomplished, and on the balance we have a considerable area in our favour. More ...

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  34. DISTURBANCES IN HARBIN.

    Serious disturbances have taken place at Harbin between the extreme pro-Germans and the Allied Nationalists. The Chinese authoritie, have telegraphed for troops to ...

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  35. GENERAL BIRDWOOD'S LETTER.

    Some time ago Mrs. Williamson of Queenstown, wrote inquiring wheather her sons, who have been at the front for a long time, could be given leave to return home ...

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  36. COST OF THE WAR.

    Mr. Bonar Law (Chancellor of the Exchequer), in moving in the House of Commons for a vote of credit for £550,000,000, said that this amount would sufficen to carry ...

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  37. MESOPOTAMIA.

    The London "Daily Telegraph" publishes to-day an interesting description of the recent fighting on the Dials River in Mesopotamia. It states that the British surprised ...

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  38. BRITISH FOOD SUPPLY.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Lloyd George) received yesterday a deputation from the Trades Union Congress. In reply to the requests made. he said that one of the ...

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  39. SOLDIERS OF THE CHURCH.

    A handsome monument to the patriotism of the parishioners of Christ Church, Clarement, in the form of a tastefully carved jarrah honour board, was unveiled by the ...

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  40. A VOICE FROM THE FRONT.

    In the course of his speech at Geelong to-night the Prime Minister read the following cable message which has been received from Mr. Boyd Cable, the ...

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  41. GENERAL ITEMS.

    It is reported from Halifax that seven dead men were found on board of the Canadian cruiser Niobe. Five men who were afloat in a boat were drowned. The Niobe ...

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  42. FOOD CARGOES.

    Sir Thomas Mackenzie (the High Commissioner for New Zealand), speaking at a meeting of the Society of Arts, contended that it was imperative, in the ...

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  43. ITALIAN CAMPAIGN.

    The following official bulletin has been issued:— Rome, December 12 (6.30 p.m.).—"Yesterday between the Brenta and the Piave Rivers the Austrians attacked violently Col della Baretta and Col della Orso. The ...

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  44. MILITARY DECORATIONS.

    The Government of France has conferred the order of the Chevalier of the Legion of Honour upon Sir Thomas Robinson (Agent-General for Queensland), in ...

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  45. MISCELLANEOUS.

    On Wednesday the Rev. H. A. Brewer left by the Great Western Express at the call of the National Y.M.C.A. Committee to serve as a Y.M.C.A. secretary abroad. ...

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  46. HEAVY ENEMY REINFORCEMENTS.

    The Milan "Corriere della Sera" says that the Austro-Germans have made the Piave line secondary to the mountain front, whither heavy reinforcements have ...

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  47. AMERICA'S SLOGAN.

    Mr. J. Daniels, Secretary of the Navy, in a speech delivered yesterday, said that America entered the war, not because of prejudices or passions, or because she ...

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  48. M. CAILLAUX.

    The Paris "Petit Journal" says that plots attributed to M. Caillaux in Rome have stirred the Italian Government to the highest degree. M. Caillaux is accused of ...

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  49. WAR CASUALTIES.

    Mr. and Mrs. T. Spencer, of 152 Stirling-street, South Perth, have learned that their youngest son, Ernest, has been reported missing since October 12. ...

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  50. IRON AND STEEL COMBINE.

    Five British iron and steel companies which have an output of about 20,000 tons of steel weekly are amalgamating. ...

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  51. "IMPERIAL ALIENS."

    Sir Edward Carson (a member of the War Cabinet) presided at the meeting held in the Colonial Institute yesterday, when Mr. F. Fisher, of New Zealand, read a ...

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  52. THE FIRST AMERICAN SHOT.

    A message received from Rome says that Congressman Geroge Holden Tinkham, one of the Boston members of the House of Representatives, fired a shell against the ...

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  53. POWERFUL APPEAL.

    The Rev. Father T. J. O'Donell, who intends to go on active military service, left Burnie on Wednesday night for Melbourne. He will speak in the Australian capitals. ...

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