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  2. THE WAR.

    The french have regained their lost ground in Lorraine, Matters are quiet in France and Belgian, except around Begatelle, where there has been incessant, but indecisive, fighting. According to one American correspondent, Prince Rupprocht claims that the French have lost 60,000 men in their attempt to smash the Bavarian line, and that the line has not been broken at a single point. ...

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  3. THE ENEMY'S FOOD.

    Official reports of the Austrian Minister for Agriculture show that owing to the drought in May, the crops of barley and oats are likely to be a failure. Wheat and ...

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  4. WOMEN WORKERS.

    Instances are daily on the increase of ladies taking up work to release men for recuriting. Some Australian and New Zealand women are now acting as porters and ...

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  5. SUBMARINE WARFARE.

    The United States Government has agreed to notify the German Admiralty through the American Ambassador in Berlin of the position of American vessels in the ...

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  6. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    The subject of the standard of fitness for active service was discussed at the mosting of Principal Medical Officers last week. It was found that there was very little ...

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  7. THE NAVY'S PERSONNEL.

    The House of Commons yesterday adopted a vote of £50,000 to secure additional men for the navy. Mr. T. J. Macnamara Financial Secretary to the Admiralty, ...

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  8. AMERICA'S DEMANDS.

    The German newspaper "Lokal Anzeiger," states:—"We are glad that Germany is about to conciliate America, Germany, on several points, surrenders to the ...

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  9. THE FINANCE BILL.

    When the Finance Bill was being considered in Committee yesterday, Mr. R. McKenna Chancellor of the Exchequer, secured the insertion of a new clause, ...

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  10. A RUSSIAN LOAN.

    An Imperial decree authorities the placing of £50,000,000 in short-term bonds on the London market. ...

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  11. VICTORIA CROSS HEROES.

    Victoria Crosses have been awarded to the following:— Lieutenant Smyt, of the Indian Army, who at Richeburg, on May 18, with 10 ...

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  12. TURKEY.

    Further details of the fighting at Krithia on June 4 show that the Worcestere fought with the greatest pluck and determination. They suffered heavily, but carried all ...

    Article : 184 words
  13. THE MUNITIONS PROBLEM.

    In the House of Representatives to-day. The Assistant-Minister for Defence (Mr. Jenson) made a statement relating to the second shift at the Small Arms Factory. ...

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  14. THE GOEBEN AND BRESLAM.

    A message from Constantinople states that when the Russian fleet recently shelled the railway line near Beikos the Goeben was removed from the repairing yard and ...

    Article : 121 words
  15. GERMANS SHOOT CIVILIANS.

    The Germans transformed a sugar refinery at Skiernievice into a munitions factory. An explosion destroyed the greater part of the building. The Germans shot ...

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  16. FRANCE AND BELGIUM.

    The official communique issued yesterday stated:—On Tuesday we recaptured all the positions we had previously occupied east of Metzerd. The situation elsewhere is ...

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  17. RUSSIAN MILITARY SUPPLIES.

    A Board of Military Supplies has been formed, with M. Polivaroff as president. The board comprises representatives of the Duma, the Council of the Empire, industry ...

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  18. GAS FOR THE DARDANELLES.

    Newspapers at Stamboul accuse the Allies of using dum dums and explosive shells filled with gases. They declare that retaliation is justified. This is interpreted to ...

    Article : 56 words
  19. AUSTRALIAN METALS.

    Action is being taken by the Federal Attorney General (Mr. Hughes) to encourage the development of the metal industries of the Commonwealth so that in future the ...

    Article : 184 words
  20. ITALY'S PROGRESS.

    A correspondent at the Carnia front states that the Italians have captured a large number of trenches on the Carnia front, where the Austrians are in disorderly ...

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  21. A BERLIN COMMUNIQUE.

    A Berlin communique issued yesterday stated:—"The French on the heights of the Meuse attacked our position five times west of Etages, which we captured on Sunday. ...

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  22. RELEASED BY THE ENEMY.

    A large crowd welcomed the arrival to-day of the incapacitated British prisoners of war who had been released in exchange for an equal number of German prisoners. ...

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  23. A BIG APPLICATION.

    The Prudential Insurance Company has applied for an allotment of £3,000,000 of the war loan. ...

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  24. A GUNBOAT'S ENTERPRISE.

    The British gunboat Hussar (1,000 tons) yesterday bombarded Tchosme, Lidia, and Aglaria, near the Persian Gulf, and destroyed a Turkish honse stored with ...

    Article : 55 words
  25. DOPRECT'S DEFENCE.

    In an interview with a "New York Times" correspondent referring to the Bavarian attempt to smash the Russians, Prince Reuprecht, who holds a German command on ...

    Article : 120 words
  26. INTERNATIONAL USAGE.

    A White Paper has been issued, which shows that Mr. Gerard, United States Ambassador at Berlin, vigorously protested against German authorities violating ...

    Article : 101 words
  27. THE MUNITIONS BILL.

    Mr. Lloyd George has introduced a clause in the Munitions Bill restricting the operation of compulsory arbitration to disputes interfering with the manufacture and ...

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  28. ITALIAN GRENADIERS.

    During an attack on the Carso heights a regiment of Grenadiers, composed of the tallest men in the Italian army under Major Manfredi, approached to within 50 yards ...

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  29. THE ROLL OF HONOUR.

    The forty-sixth list of casualities among the members of the Australian Imperial Force, engaged in the Dardanelles operations, was released by the Censor last ...

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  30. PRISONERS OF WAR.

    Arrangements have been made by the Foreign Office so that parcels and letters for prisoners of war in Turkey will be forwarded by the General Post Office, London, ...

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  31. RELIEF OF BELGIUM.

    Sir Peter McBride Agent-General for Victoria, has joined the executive of the National Committee for the Relief of Belgium, as the representative of the self-governing ...

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  32. GERMAN INHUMANITY.

    "Le Matin" states that as Germany maintains her refusal to supply the names of persons detained in occupied Belgian and French territory, France has decided to ...

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  33. WOOLWICH ARSENAL.

    Mr. Will Crooks, M.P., stated in an interview yesterday that the Woolwich arsenal was even now working one-third below its full capacity. Munitions which ...

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  34. BRITISH ITEMS.

    The Prime Minister last night addressed a crowded meeting of city men in the Guild Hall. Mr. Asquith, who received an enthusiastic reception, said: "The success ...

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  35. GENERAL NEWS.

    The Montenegrins, under General Bukevitch, have occupied Scutari (Albania). Montenegro has notified the Powers that she is compelled by Austrian intrigues to ...

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  36. FRENCH AERIAL EXPLOIT.

    The Germans claim that a French aviator flew over West Friederichshafen, but the bombs he dropped did no damage. ...

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  37. RUSSIA'S CAMPAIGNS.

    Last night's communique stated:—"There has been a lull on the Niemen and Narew, and on the left bank of the Vistual, but the great advance of enemy forces between ...

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  38. ARMAMENT FIRMS.

    At the annual meeting of the shareholders of Kynoch's, Ltd., at Birmingham, yesterday, a dividend of 20 per cent. was declared. Mr. Arthur Chamberlain, who ...

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  39. SUGAR SUPPLIES.

    The prices at which the new season's sugar crop of Queensland is to be acquired by the Queensland Government and sold to the Commonwealth, and is in turn ...

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  40. SEIZURE OF COTTON.

    Cotton to the value of £20,000, consigned to the Swiss agent of a German firm, has been seized at Marscilles. It was intended for the manufacture of guncotton. ...

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  41. PICKET BOAT EXPLOIT.

    Lieutenant Commander Kerr, who commanded the picket boat which torpedoed an Austrian monitor on the Danube on April 21, has been made a D.S.O. ...

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  42. FLOUR STOCKS.

    In accordance with a recommendation by the Necessary Commodities Commission, the Government is calling upon persons who hold more than one ton of flour next ...

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  43. BERLIN CLAIMS.

    The following communique was issued in Berlin yesterday:—General von Lisingen has repulsed the Russians along the entire front from Haliez to Firelejow and across ...

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  44. SOUTH AFRICAN REVOLT.

    The rebels, Brand and Wessels, have been acquitted on a charge of treason. ...

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  45. COMPULSORY LABOUR REGISTRATION.

    Mr. Walter Long, President of the Local Government Board, in the House of Commons yesterday, briefly outlined the scheme of compulsory local registration for men ...

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  46. FOODSTUFFS CARGO.

    A German submarine stopped the steamer Vpus, bound for England, 120 miles eastward of Aberdeen, and ordered her to jettison all foodstuffs in her cargo, or she would ...

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  47. PRICE OF TEA.

    After hearing evidence in regard to the price of tea to-day, the Price of Goods Board came to the conclusion that the advance of one penny per pound, asked for ...

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  48. EXPLOSIVE BULLETS.

    After repeating the denial of German allegations that the Russians are using dum dums, an official communique states that explosive bullets have been found ...

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  49. RAID ON ZEPPELIN SHEDS.

    The airman who bombed the Zeppelin sheds at Friedrichshafen recently was Gilbert, who flew from Paris to Madrid in 1913. One of the Zeppelin sheds was set ...

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  50. NAVAL BASE DISPUTE.

    The plea made by members of the Industrial Disputes Committee of the Trade Hall to disatisfied men who are employed at the Naval Base as Crib Point, that they ...

    Article : 71 words
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