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  2. AUSTRALIA'S APPEAL.

    Copies of the appeal to be sent to all male citizens of the Commonwealth in connection with the raising of the new Australian army of 50,000 men were made ...

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  3. THE HOPE OF THE NATION

    If proof were wanning of the urgent need that exists for lightening the financial burden of the Children's Hospital, in order to permit of the continuance and extension of ...

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  4. THE BALKAN SITUATION.

    King Constantine of Greece on Saturday gave an audience to the diplomatic representatives of the Allies and gave them personal assurances which are regarded as ...

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  5. A FACTORY DISASTER.

    The Belgian powder factory at Havre was blown up yesterday, and the explosion resulted in the death of 160 workmen, and injuries to 1,000 others. ...

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  6. COMMONWEALTH RECRUITING.

    In the various States last week, the number of recruits enlisted was as follows:—Victoria, 326; Queensland, 494; New South Wales, 1,077; South Australia, 216; ...

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  7. THE PHYSICAL STANDARD.

    Although the physical standards for recruits are to remain as they are for the present, the military authorities are taking steps to make medical examinations more ...

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  8. FOR THE BELGIANS.

    At the City Court to-day William Sutherland Barns, a livery stable keeper, of Latrobe-street, was fined £50 for unlawfully establishing and conducting a ...

    Article : 153 words
  9. MATTER OF CONSCIENCE.

    "Surely any citizen who follows the course of events must realise that a personal appeal to every available citizen by the Commonwealth Government is a ...

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  10. THE FRENCH RETIREMENT.

    A French communique reports that the retirement in Macedonia continues according to the staff plans. All material has been saved. We occupied on Sunday a ...

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  11. GENERAL ITEMS.

    The American Government is preparing a Note to France, questioning the legality of a French cruiser removing Austro-Germans from the American ships Carlina, ...

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  12. STATE POLITICS.

    Mr. E. B. Johnston, M.L.A., returned from a trip in the country to-day. When the remarks of the Premier (Mr. Scaddan), which appeared in Monday's "West ...

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  13. GERMAN REPORTS.

    German advices' state that the Serbian army in Montenegrin and Albanian ports is being transported to Salonika. A German communique states that the ...

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  14. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    At a meeting of the State War Council yesterday morning, the Premier (Mr. Scaddan) presiding, it was decided to call the attention of the public to the following ...

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  15. TROUBLE ON THE PEACE ARK.

    Wireless messages report quarrels on board Ford's peaco ship. Nine passengers refused to sign a manifesto denouncing President Wilson's "policy of preparedness." ...

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  16. DEVASTATION IN ALBANIA.

    A traveller depicts Albania as a land of starvation and death. The mountain passes are strewn with corpses of Serbian women and children, hundreds of whom ...

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  17. THE GOEBEN AGAIN.

    A Bucharest report of the recent naval engagement in the Black Sea says the Russians torpedoed and damaged the Goeben, sank the gunboats Bourakrus and Malaitia, ...

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  18. THE RECRUITING SCHEME.

    The newspapers contain many columns of advertisements, notifying vacancies for women typists and clerks, consequent upon recent enlistments. ...

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  19. THE WESTERN FRONT.

    Sir John French reports: "We bombarded enemy positions east of Ypres and shelled the enemy north of the La Basse canal with heavy howitzers." ...

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  20. HIDDEN CROWN JEWELS.

    Reports from Sofia indicate that the Bulgarians, in searching the Serbian Minister's house, found Crown jewels hidden away. It is asserted that the Crown itself was ...

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  21. COMFORTS FOR WOUNDED AUSTRALIANS.

    Sir George Reid has opened a branch of the Red Cross stores at Birmningham, Plymouth, Bristol, Oxford, Cambridge, and Cardiff Hospitals, which will provide the ...

    Article : 119 words
  22. RUBBER MANUFACTURE.

    The Frankfurt University authorities announce that a professor has discovered a method of producing a synthetic from of rubber that is better than real rubber. ...

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  23. ENORMOUS TRENCH LINES.

    Mr. Warner Allen, writing to the "Daily Telegraph," says he saw 334 miles of French trenches upon 10-miles fronts. He estimates there are over 20 miles of ...

    Article : 103 words
  24. ENEMY'S MACHINE GUN OUTPUT.

    Advices from Berlin state that Germany has completed an enormous output of machine guns for the defence of the entire Eastern front. Some people estimate the ...

    Article : 73 words
  25. MARKETING THE WHEAT.

    The secretary of the Farmers and Settlers' Association (Mr. Stanistreet) announced yesterday, that at its executive meeting his association had discussed the ...

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  26. TREASURY FINANCING.

    In the House of Commons last night, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. R. McKenns, dealing with the Government scheme of utilising Canadian and American ...

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  27. RECRUITING IN PERTH.

    Yesterday twenty-six men volunteered for service at the Drill Hall, Francis-street. Fifteen of them passed the doctors and were accepted. This morning further ...

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  28. KAISER AND POPE.

    The German Humanity League asserts that the Kaiser has categorically promised that the Pope's temporal power shall be restored, and that a Papal State shall be ...

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  29. GERMANY'S WESTERN STRENGTH.

    The "Telegraaf" states that many German troops have arrived at Courtroi (Belgium) from Serbia. ...

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  30. CHRISTMAS CHEER FOR SOLDIERS.

    We have received from Mr. Strempel, of Northam the sum of £12, the proceeds of an-art union for fancy work and painting kindly donated by Mrs. J. M. Howard ...

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  31. LABOUR AND THE WAR.

    The determination of the Melbourne Trades Hall council in regard to voluntary recruiting was the subject of reference by the Minister for External Affairs (Mr. ...

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  32. TURKEY.

    Major-General Townsend, commanding the British expeditionary forces at Kut-el-Amara, in Mesopotamia, reports that on December 9 and 10 the enemy heavily ...

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  33. FRENCH OFFICER'S SELFMARTYRDOM.

    The "Daily Chronicle's" Salonika correspondent says trustworthy information has been received of the extraordinary self-martyrdom of a French submarine officer. ...

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  34. ENDOWMENT OF BEDS IN MILITARY HOSPITALS.

    To the many who are desirous of rendering assistance by endowing beds in military hospitals the following information, gleaned at military headquarters, ...

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  35. DANISH TRADE AGREEMENT.

    The details of the Danish trade agreement, which have hitherto been kept secret, are now announced. The agreement stipulates that goods cannot be re-exported, ...

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  36. AUSTRIA'S LAST CALL.

    The Austrian War Department has summoned all youths born in 1893 to join the army at the New Year, as they will attain the age of 18 during 1916. ...

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  37. A BRUSH WITH ARABS.

    An official report states that a reconnoitring force from Matruh encountered 300 hostile Arabs and drove them westward, killing 35. The British casualties ...

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  38. WOOL-SPINNING.

    At the Karrakatta Club this afternoon at 3 o'clock Miss Merry, hon. instructress to the Western Australian Spinning Association, will continue her weekly class of ...

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  39. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    In the eighteen hospital ships and hospital transports that have returned to Australia, 5,654 sick and wounded soldiers have been brought back. Of these, 2,775 were ...

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  40. THE GALLIPOLI BATTLEFIELD.

    Mr. Sheppard, an American correspondent, now in the Near East, writes:—"Gallipoli has been the bloodiest and most terrible battlefield in history, and will go ...

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  41. MELON JAM FOR TOMMY.

    The Agent-General for New South Wales has secured a contract with the War Office for 500,000lb. of Australian melon jam for the troops. This is an interesting ...

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  42. THE LAW COURTS.

    Nisi Prins.—At 10.30 a.m., in No. 1 Court, before Mr. Justice Burnside and a jury: Nathaniel White Harper (Plaintiff) and Matthew George Ernest Bodey ...

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  43. BRITISH NEWS.

    In the House of Commons yesterday Mr. H. Tennant. Under-Secretary for War, stated that the control of the Anti-Aviation Corps had been transferred to the ...

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  44. AUSTRALIAN BATTERIES.

    The second reinforcements for the 54th and 55th batteries of siege artillery, which are Australian, have arrived in England. ...

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  45. RAILWAY SENSATION.

    Owing to the brake gear having been tampered with by someone, who turned off the air pipes, a train carrying soldiers could not be pulled up at Liverpool last ...

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  46. MUNITIONS.

    Mr. J. Dean Hammond, of Kellerberring, addressed a gathering of residents of Tammin in the Agricultural Hall on Saturday evening last, on war munitions. Mr. ...

    Article : 117 words
  47. PERSONAL ECONOMY.

    In the House of Commons last night, the Prime Minister, in reply to the suggestion that the war economies recommended to the public, should be practised by Parliament ...

    Article : 61 words
  48. Advertising

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  49. THE KING'S HEALTH.

    A medical bulletin, issued by the King's doctors in London, on Monday, stated that his Majesty was so far recovered from his recent grave accident as to be able to ...

    Article : 90 words
  50. MR. FISHER'S DEPARTURE.

    Invitations have been issued by the Federal Ministers for a farewell dinner to the High Commissioner Designate (Mr. Fisher) on Monday evening at Parliament House, ...

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  51. WAR AND DIVORCE.

    Sitting in Divorce yesterday, Sir Bargrave Deane resolutely refused a motion for the service of a petition on an artillery major serving at the front, on the ground ...

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  52. MISCELLANEOUS.

    At 3 o'clock on Friday next [?] Drill Hall, the Commissioner of Railways will formally present to the State Commandant (Colonel Bruche) the two motor ...

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