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  2. WAR AND COMMODITIES

    Mechants and [?]llers who have sold wheat for future delivery, and have had the price almost doubled against them, are anxious that the Government should take ...

    Article : 2,747 words
  3. AMERICAN DEFENCES

    The Secretary for the United States Navy (Mr. J. Daniels), in his annual report, says that two new Dreadnoughts yearly are essential, and also six torpedo-boats, eight ...

    Article : 843 words
  4. EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.

    Yesterday afternoon His Excellency the Governor (Sir Arthur Stanley) visited Broadmeadows Camp, at the invitation of the Minister for Defence, and inspected the ...

    Article : 234 words
  5. FIGHTING IN FRANCE

    It is reported that the Germans are evacuating important positions in Western Belgium. Berlin is silent, and the advices from the Russian capital are exceptionally brief in regard to operations in ...

    Article : 526 words
  6. NURNBERG SUNK

    Four of the German ships engaged in the naval battle off the Falkland Islands on Tuesday last were disposed of. It is officially announced that, in ...

    Article : 521 words
  7. WHY TURKEY ACTED

    Germany's share of the responsibility for Turkey going to war is shown in a despatch' which the British ambassador at Constantinople (Sir Louis du Pan Mallet) sent to the ...

    Article : 561 words
  8. CHILIAN COAST BATTLE.

    The story of the Chilian coast battle, in which the cruisers Good Hope (Sir Christopher Cradock's flagship) and Monmouth were lost early in November, is told in a ...

    Article : 649 words
  9. 46th INFANTRY.

    By an error in an advertisement published yesterday, the 46th Infantry were ordered to assemble in Yarra Bank road at half-past 2 p.m. to-day. The order should have ...

    Article : 36 words
  10. FIELD-GLASSES FOR TROOPS.

    We have received a pair of field-glasses for the Second Expeditionary Force from Mr. T. K. M. Archer, Cowangie. ...

    Article : 26 words
  11. PRESENTATION OF COLOURS.

    The presentation of colours to the 14th Battalion Australian Imperial forces by His Excellency the Governor-General, on behalf of the St. Kilda citizens, will take ...

    Article : 90 words
  12. CALLING PLACE FOR SOLDIERS.

    An invitation is given to all soldiers to use the rooms of the Church of England Men's Society, Cathedral Buildings (third floor}, where reading, luncheon, and ...

    Article : 50 words
  13. FAREWELL TO VOLUNTEERS.

    Lieutenants Rutland and Richardson of the 14th Battalion, who are leaving with the second Expeditionary Force, were entertained by Suttons Ppy. Ltd. at the ...

    Article : 83 words
  14. PAY OF TROOPS.

    In the House of Representatives yesterday Mr. Brennan asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence whether it was a fact that the separation ...

    Article : 120 words
  15. ENEMY'S SUBMARINES.

    A thring attempt is reported to have been made by a fleet of German submarines to enter the Admiralty harbour at Dover. While the Admiralty are disinclined to ...

    Article : 640 words
  16. The Kaiser's Health,

    The condition of the kaiser is improving. An official Berlin message received in Amsterdam states that the catarrh is relaxing, and, that His Majesty's temperature ...

    Article : 29 words
  17. CONVALESCENT HOME.

    Members of the committee of the United Service Home at Drysdale, including MajorGeneral Downes, Colonel Brodribb, and Major Appleton, waited upon the Minister ...

    Article : 110 words
  18. SUMMARY OF EARLIER NEWS

    The following cable messages appoared In early editions of "The Argus" on Friday:- SOUTH AFRICAN REBELS. ...

    Article : 467 words
  19. POLISH CAMPAIGN.

    There is very little news concerning the movements of the Russian and German [?]mine, in Poland. A Petrograd communique issued at ...

    Article : 131 words
  20. TRAIN FARES.

    Sir,—How is it that the soldieis camped at Broadmeadows have to pay their train fares to and from Broadmeadows and the city? Further, how is it that there is so ...

    Article : 100 words
  21. STRATEGY OF ALLIES.

    Perhaps the most striking featute of the long western battle front is the security on both flanks of each of the opposing lines. On the northern extremity in Belgium the ...

    Article : 1,241 words
  22. TAKING OF KIAO- CHAU.

    SYDNEY, Friday.—Files brought by the Japanese mail steamship from Yokohama fellow that the following was the official report published by the Minister for War ...

    Article : 171 words
  23. General Beyers's Fate.

    The repot that the Boer rebel leader, General Beyers (formerly commandant of the South African Citizen Forces) had been drowned while crossing the Vall River, ...

    Article : 75 words
  24. Chief of General Staff.

    Lieut-General Sir James Wolfe Mulray has been appointed Chief of the Imperial, General Staff, the vacancy having been caused by the death of General Sir Charles ...

    Article : 98 words
  25. War Risks.

    As a result of a deputation introduced by the High Commissioner for Australia (Sir George Reid), the President of the Board of Trade has reduced the war ...

    Article : 46 words
  26. JAPANESE REJOICINGS.

    A Melbourne resident, who has been in Japan recently, desoribes the scence in Kobe when the fall of Tasingtan was announced. In a letter to a Melbourne friend he ...

    Article : 122 words
  27. GENERAL WAR CABLES.

    In the case of Paul George Wentzell, a German, who was indicted at the Belfast Atsizes for spying, the charge has been withdrawn, and he has been discharged. ...

    Article : 102 words
  28. London Stock Exchange.

    There are indications that the London Stock Exchange may recommence business shortly. A conference has been held of ...

    Article : 59 words
  29. GERMAN SHIPS TRANSFERRED

    SYDNEY, Friday.—The steamships Thutingen and Lothringen, which previously belonged to the N.D.L. line, have been taken over by Burns, Philp, and Co. Ltd., and ...

    Article : 57 words
  30. Gift Battleship Scheme.

    A movement is being promoted for 3,000,000 Britons residing in foreign conntries to subscribe sufficient funds to build a battle-ship, and present it to the mother ...

    Article : 33 words
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