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  2. CALL FOR MEN.

    At the various recruiting depots in Victoria yesterday 550 men applied for enlistment in the Australian Imperial Force, and 320 were accepted, while a number of ...

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  3. WESTERN EGYPT.

    Further fighting in Western Egypt is officially announced at Cairo. Brigadier-General Lukin, commanding a column comprising South African troops, ...

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  4. LOSS OF MALOJA

    The P. and O. Company's R.M.S. Maloja (12,431 tons). with passengers and a valuable cargo for India, struck a mine between Dover and Folkestone, and sank on Sunday ...

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  5. VERDUN BATTLE

    The latest news from the Verdon front indicates that the French are holding the enemy. All the messages tell of the terrible sacrifices of their men, which the German ...

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  6. SOLDIERS AND THE LAND.

    A scheme for the settlement of returned soldiers on the land has been prepared by Mr. McWhae, M.L.C., and will be submitted for consideration at the next meeting of the ...

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  7. AUSTRIANS AT DURAZZO.

    It is announced from Vienna that the Albanian port of Durazzo has been occupied by Austrian troops. Durazzo, which is 52 miles south of Skutari, was one of the ports ...

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  8. IN NORTHERN RUSSIA.

    General Kuropatkin, who had supreme command of the Russian armies in Manchuria during the war with Japan, has been appointed commander-in-chief of the ...

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  9. RUSSIANS IN PERSIA.

    Official reports from Petrograd confirm the news that Russian forces had dislodged the enemy from a series of positions, and occupied Kermanshah, in Persia (about 200 ...

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  10. FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE.

    In the Commonwealth Arbitration Court yesterday, before Mr. Justice Powers, sitting in the Banco Court, the hearing was commenced of the claims [?]of the Australian ...

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  11. GERMAN RAIDER[?]

    A message from Teneriffe states that the British steamer Westburn (3,300 tons), which arrived at that island about a week ago in the charge of a German prize crew, ...

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  12. ENEMY AT STANDSTILL.

    Telegraphing at midnight on Sunday, the Paris correspondent of the "Daily Mail" said:— "The Crown Prince's forces ...

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  13. Portugal's Action.

    The Portuguese Government last week seized 36 Austrian and German vessels which had been lying in the Tagus since the beginning of the war ...

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  14. WINTER BUTTER SUPPLIES.

    SYDNEY, Monday.—It is announced that the State Government intends to take action to provide an adequate supply of butter for the winter months. It has been ...

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  15. RAILWAY EMPLOYEES.

    At a conference of the-Victorian Railways Union, Locomotive Engine drivers', Firemen, and Cleaners' Association, and Locomotive Institute of Engineers, Mr. A. ...

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  16. EARLY CLOSING OF HOTELS.

    SYDNEY, Monday.—Extended consieration was given to the early closing of hotels at a Caucus meeting of the State Labour party to-day. The Premier (Mr. Holman) ...

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  17. DROWNED IN THE BAY.

    At 10 o'clock yesterday morning, the body of a man was seen floating in the sea at Port Melbourne. Constable Walshe identified it as that of William Shanks 68 years, ...

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  18. APPLES FOR THE TROOPS.

    Sir,—I would suggest that apples be made one of the necessaries of the soldiers' diet, and that to relieve the burden of the fruitgrower the Government buy and forward ...

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  19. RUDOLF SCHMIDT CASE.

    St. Kilda Council last evening endorsed the protest received from the Traralgon Shire Council against the action of the Minister for Defence in releasing form ...

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  20. MUNITION MAKING.

    It was reported in Sydney on Friday that a movement had been initiated to co-ordinate Commonwealth and State efforts in munition manufacture, and that the name of ...

    Article : 141 words
  21. CURIOSITIES AT CAULFIELD.

    Sir,—In common with others, I was struck with two apparent incongruities in these serious times, on the Caulfield racecourse on Saturday:— ...

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  22. WOUNDED SOLDIERS RETURNING

    A number of wounded and invalided soldiers will return to day. They will be met at Port Melbourne at 10 a.m. The procession should reach the city about 11 a.m. ...

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  23. A QUESTION OF DATES.

    Sir—In your notice of the interesting personality and career of the late Mr. H. C. Mais in to-day's issue, and incidental error has crept in as regards the date of the ...

    Article : 112 words
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