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  2. A CONTRACTOR'S PATRIOTISM.

    The report of the committee appointed to inquire into the claims of Sir John Jackson, Ltd., for commission amounting to £170,000 in connection with the building of ...

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  3. WESTERN FRONT

    In yesterday morning's despatch Sir Douglas Haig reported: "We captured the village of Villeret, south-east of Hargicourt, and progressed along the ...

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  4. PEACE PROPOSALS.

    Italian and Dutch telegrams state that Austria is making an active effort to arrange a peace with Russia. Count Czerning (Austrian Foreign Minister), it is ...

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  5. FEDERAL ELECTIONS.

    In the course of an address in the Market square last Friday night, Senator Maughan declared, among other things, that if the National Government was returned to ...

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  6. GERMAN SAVAGERY.

    The Admiralty announced yesterday:—Owing to German submarine attacks on hospital ships, which are a direct and flagrant contravention of the Hague ...

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  7. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    A cable message has been sent by the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes), through the Governor-General, congratulating the Canadians on their brilliant exploit in capturing ...

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  8. INTERESTING REVELATIONS.

    Attention (states the London "Times" of October 12) was called by the Committee on Public Accounts in a report issued in August last to the case of a large ...

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  9. AMERICAN CORRESPONDENT'S VIEW.

    The London correspondent of the "Tribune" states: "There is no danger of Austria's offer to Russia being entertained. Austria's action is interpreted as the ...

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  10. SOLDIERS' POSTAL SERVICE.

    Official returns which have just arrived from London show that 7,640,000 letters were sorted in the two months from December 1, 1916. to January 31, 1917. There ...

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  11. MORE GERMAN PLOTTING.

    The Copenhagen correspondent of the United Press Agency advises that Germany is reviving her peace plot on a world-wide scale, utilising the German ...

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  12. WAR RATES.

    The following war rate has been declared in force by the Marine Underwriters' Association:—10 per cent. additional for transshipment in the United Kingdom for the ...

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  13. THE SECTARIAN BOGEY.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) to-day addressed further meetings in support of his candidature for the Bendigo electorate. Kamerooka East in the past has been a ...

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  14. MESOPOTAMIA.

    A despatch received yesterday from General [?] Commander-in-Chief of the British forces in Mesopotamia, stated: "We continued to drive back the Turks. ...

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  15. WAR COUNCIL.

    The War Council met yesterday and considered the various committee reports. A request was received from the Prime Minister that permission should be granted for ...

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  16. GERMANS SHOOT GERMANS.

    The German artillery recently shelled a body of retreating Germans dressed in khaki. ...

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  17. AMERICA.

    The British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Mr. A. J. Balfour) has arrived on his mission to the United States. A committee has been formed in Boston ...

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  18. INSPECTION OF CAMPS.

    The Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) announced to-day that it had been decided that Major-General Legge, who had just returned from the front, should visit the ...

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  19. WAR CASUALTIES

    Mr. and Mrs. D. Reith, 376 Hay-street, Subiaco, have been notified from headquarters that their son. Stretcher-Bearer William Reith, A.I.F., has been wounded. ...

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  20. MR. ADAMSON RETIRES.

    At a meeting of members of the Rockhampton branch of the National Federation last night, the following resolution was carried:—"That the Rockhampton branch ...

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  21. BRITISH NEWS.

    It is officially estimated that English food prices have risen since the war 94 per cent., while the general cost of living has risen 65 per cent. ...

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  22. MUNITION WORKERS.

    Referring to a complaint made by men in Sydney who had been engaged by the Defence Department to proceed to England as munition workers, that they had been ...

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  23. A STORMY MEETING.

    Mr. Reid, a Nationalist candidate for the Senate, addressed a meeting at the Mount Morgan School of Arts last night. The meeting was most turbulent throughout, ...

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  24. PRICES OF GRAIN.

    The Press Bureau announces that Lord Devonport (Food Controller) will, from the 30th inst., take over all barley (except home-grown) which has not been ...

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  25. A MEETING INTERRUPTED.

    An obviously organised attempt was made to-night at Newsted Hall by the supporters of the Caucus Party to take possession of a meeting which was being ...

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  26. GOVERNMENT DIFFICULTIES.

    The Central News Agency states:—"There is some doubt whether the Government will be able to reckon on general support for its forthcoming proposals respecting the ...

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  27. YOUTHFUL SOLDIERS.

    Some patriotic lads in Australia have broken the military regulations in order to go on active service. At the time of enlistment they overstated their ages because ...

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  28. MISCELLANEOUS.

    Members of the Queen's Park Roads Board stood to attention on Monday night while the chairman (Mr. W. D. Robinson) announced the loss of Private Woodhouse, ...

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  29. WARNING TO RESIDENT ALIENS.

    President Wilson has issued a proclamation, warning resident aliens that they owe allegiance to the United States. He quotes the Criminal Code and points out that ...

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  30. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Cabinet decided yesterday, following on representations made by a deputation recently, to grant a half-holiday in the public service and the schools on the occasion of ...

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  31. THE AUSTRALIANS.

    Mr. Philip Gibbs gives a vivid description of the Australian success at Lagnicourt. He says: "It was one of the bloodiest episodes of a long tale of slaughter. ...

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  32. REWARDS FOR VALOUR.

    The following awards have been announced:— Distinguished Service Order: Lieutenant Commander Arthur Asquith. ...

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  33. THE SILVER-TONGUED ORATOR.

    Mr. W. J. Bryan, who resigned the office of Secretary of State with the Wilson Government on a question of Pacifist principles, has offered his services to President Wilson ...

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  34. HOTELS AND ELECTION DAY.

    A deputation from the Temperance Alliances of the various States waited upon the Minister for the Navy (Mr. Cook) to-day, and urged that the hotels should be ...

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  35. GERMANY'S ATTITUDE.

    Mr. Cyril Brown, who was until recently the "World" correspondent at Berlin, states in a message from Copenhagen that it is extremely unlikely that a German ...

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  36. THE IMPERIAL CONFERENCE.

    The "Manchester Guardian" says that it is probable that the Imperial Conference will recommend the Governments of the dominions to hold an Imperial convention ...

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  37. IN THE WEST.

    Mr. J. Scaddan. the Leader of the Opposition in the State Parliament, made his entry into the Federal election campaign as a fighting force in the Nationalist ...

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  38. A CANADIAN BARRIER REMOVED.

    Canada has placed wheat on the free list, and she has decided to permit unrestricted traffic in grain between the United States and Canada. ...

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  39. OVERSEAS DELEGATES.

    The Premier of New Zealand (Mr. Massey), who had returned after spending the weekend at Windsor, as a guest of the King, presented interesting mementoes of his ...

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  40. MEXICO NEUTRAL.

    According to a message from Mexico city the first Constitutional Congress has met, General Carranza announced Mexican neutrality in the war between the United ...

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  41. BUILDING OF GERMAN SUBMARINES

    United States Government agents have learned that German submarine parts have been brought to Mexico, and that they have been assembled at Progress (in Yucatan) ...

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  42. LIEUT. BURCHELL'S CANDIDATURE.

    Lieutenant R. Burchell, who is seeking re-election to the Fremantle seat in the House of Representatives in the Federal Parliament, addressed a large audience at ...

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  43. AN IMPOSTOR FINED.

    In the Bow-street Police Court yesterday Frank Gleson, a music hall performer, was fined £5 for having described himself as "Driver Gleson, the Anzac tenor." ...

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  44. AMBITIOUS GERMAN PROGRAMME

    The "Petit Parisien" states:—"Four German divisions participated in the counter attack on the Bapaume-Cambrai-road, attempting to recapture important points. ...

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  45. NEWS FOR GERMAN TROOPS.

    The Paris correspondent of the "World" reports that several aeroplanes dropped copies of President Wilson's speech into the German lines in France yesterday, ...

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  46. REQUISITIONING SHIPS.

    The British Government has requisitioned, 18 British ships belonging to the Atlantic Transport, Leyland, Dominion, and White Star lines. ...

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  47. PERTH SHOP ASSISTANTS.

    The Perth branch of the Shop Assistants and Warehouse Employees' Union passed a resolution on Monday evening to the effect that it had no confidence in the recent ...

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  48. INFANT'S BODY FOUND.

    On February 16, the body of an infant was found in a dress basket at the lost property office at Spencer-street station. At the inquest to-day, evidence was given that ...

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  49. GENERAL ITEMS.

    Travellers from Germany report that a general strike was to have commenced in Berlin yesterday. Rioting was in progress in the city when they left. ...

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  50. THE ARRAS BATTLE.

    Mr. Frank Simmonds, telegraphing from Paris to the "Tribune," declares: "The struggle at Arras is the greatest offensive movement that has taken place since the ...

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  51. AMERICAN EXODUS FROM AUSTRIA.

    Eighty Americans have arrived here from Vienna, including several officials of the United States Embassy. They believe that all races in Austria-Hungary desire peace. ...

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  52. ARGENTINE RIOTING.

    The Germans here used firearms to resist attacks by the mob. Serious casualties resulted, including at least five persons killed. The authorities have suppressed the ...

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  54. GERMAN STORIES.

    A wireless German official report intercepted yesterday stated:—"On the north bank of the Scarpe, north-east of Croisilles, our fire kept down the British-attackers. ...

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  55. GERMAN CANNIBALISM.

    According to Berlin newspapers and the "Independence Belge" (Brussels) a factory has been established at Gerolstein (in Rhenish Prussia) for the purpose of extracting ...

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