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  2. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 207 words
  3. CALL FOR MEN.

    Of the 252 men who offered themselves for active service in Victoria on Saturday, 119 were accepted. The following are the totals from the various recruiting offices in the ...

    Article : 121 words
  4. ITEMS OF INTEREST

    In Christ Church, St. Kilda, yesterday, the Dean of Melbourne dedicated and unveiled a memorial tablet erected by the parishioners of the late Rev. J. Stanley ...

    Article : 1,235 words
  5. THE ASIATIC TURK.

    Prince Argutinski has supplied the Russian War Ministry with a report as to the condition of Trebizond (the Turkish Black Sea port) after its capture by the Russians. ...

    Article : 188 words
  6. EXPORT OF BUTTER.

    On Saturday morning a deputation of representatives of firms engaged in the export of butter waited on the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Hagelthorn), and directed ...

    Article : 814 words
  7. "GREECE BANKRUPT."

    Advices from Athens which reached New York on Saturday, declare that Greece is bankrupt. The Greek army has not been paid for two months, the soldiers and their ...

    Article : 152 words
  8. CLOAK-ROOM ROBBERY.

    A remarkable robbery was committed at the New street railway station, in Birmingham, on Friday, when jewellery valued at £8,000 was stolen. ...

    Article : 71 words
  9. CONSCRIPTION.

    Speaking in response to the toast of the Federal and State Parliaments, proposed at the annual smoke social held by the Irish National Foresters Benefit Society in the ...

    Article : 504 words
  10. SITUATION IN CHINA.

    The Government of China has declared a moratorium, which will apply to banks throughout the Republic. [This action by the Government evidently ...

    Article : 79 words
  11. "BLACK" GROCERIES.

    No further developments occurred in the manufacturing grocery trade dispute on Saturday. Five firms and between 500 and 600 employees are now affected, and unless ...

    Article : 193 words
  12. ALLOTMENT OF PAY.

    Judging from questions occasionally asked, a false impression exists in some quarters regarding the position of a woman who has been allotted a portion of a soldier's pay. ...

    Article : 89 words
  13. MR. W. M. HUGHES.

    Mr. Hoghes is spending a quiet weekend by visiting Shakespeare's birthplace at Stratford-on-Avon, in Warwickshire. He expects to have several opportunities ...

    Article : 729 words
  14. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The Privy Council has reserved judgment in the appeal case Bull and others v. the Attorney General of New South Wales. [This was a case from New South Wales ...

    Article : 70 words
  15. ANTI-CONSCRIPTIONISTS.

    Many members of the Anti-Peace Society on Saturday endeavoured to prevent a number of anti-conscriptionists entering a secretly convened meeting held in the in ...

    Article : 185 words
  16. "IT'S A GREAT LIFE."

    Few Australian boxers have attained such a height of popularity as Hughie Mehegan, formerly light-weight champion of Australia. In Sydney and Melbourne—even in ...

    Article : 955 words
  17. MEANS OF REDEMPTION.

    Dr. Gilbert White, Bishop of Willochra (the new northern diocese of South Australia), and formerly Bishop of Carpentaria, preached at St. Paul's Cathedral last night. ...

    Article : 454 words
  18. SOLDIERS' RETURN.

    The return of 210 soldiers, wounded, ill, and convalescent, by the Karoola on Friday, was followed by that of 405 yesterday morning. This was the largest shipload to ...

    Article : 313 words
  19. PENALTIES FOR RECUSANTS.

    Sir,—It appears to me that the only thing to touch men who will not voluntarily enlist is to let them know what will take place and how they will personally be ...

    Article : 201 words
  20. EXCESS PROFITS.

    A strong feeling prevails among directors of Anglo-Australian companies that the excess of profits tax of Australia should be based on the same standard as the English ...

    Article : 238 words
  21. THE 300,000 OFFER.

    Sir,—The following clipping, taken from the "British Weekly" just to hand[?] and dated March 9, is an indication of the interpretation that one of the most ...

    Article : 99 words
  22. CHASED BY THE MOEWE.

    HOBART (Tas.), Sunday.—Captain H. E. Greenstreet, of R.M.S. Remuera, which arrived at Hobart on Saturday from London, via Capetown, had an exciting story ...

    Article : 569 words
  23. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 106 words
  24. THIRD RAIL SYSTEM.

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—The Assistant Minister for Railways (Mr. Hoyle) states that he will attend the Premiers' Conference, which opens next week in Adelaide, to urge ...

    Article : 315 words
  25. A.N.A. PETITION.

    Sir,—While out this week I was disgusted to see so many young girls and women signing conscription papers which they know nothing about. Surely, if the A.N.A. want ...

    Article : 72 words
  26. COALITION CABINET.

    Lord Derby, whose work as director of recruiting is regarded by many as having entitled him to a place in the Coalition Cabinet, dealt briefly with the political ...

    Article : 108 words
  27. HOW TO DEFEND AUSTRALIA.

    Sir,—Mr. Catts, M.H.R., is reported in your issue of the 11th inst., to have stated that there were 400,000 or 500,000 men in Australia, apart from those in training, who ...

    Article : 96 words
  28. CANOE FATALITY.

    The overturning of a canoe on the River Yarra at Kew yesterday afternoon resulted in two girls being drowned, and the lives of two young men being endangered. ...

    Article : 247 words
  29. WARNING TO SHIRKERS.

    Sir,—Are the loyal and decent people of Australia going to put up with all this anticonscription business any longer? Cannot something be done to put an end to all ...

    Article : 224 words
  30. LOWESTOFT RAID.

    The "Cologne Gazette" publishes the following flamboyant report of the German naval raid on Lowestoft on April 25— "Our fleet arrived off the cast coast at ...

    Article : 410 words
  31. NEW INSOLVENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 112 words
  32. WATCHMAN SHOOTS SHIP'S CAPTAIN.

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—Captain Robert Purdie, of the State-owned schooner J. M. Weatherwax, which recently arived at Sydney with a cargo of lumber for the New South ...

    Article : 229 words
  33. RACING AT BROKEN HILL.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 313 words
  34. SEPARATION ALLOWANCES.

    Sir,—Now that it is proposed to liberalise soldiers' pensions, I wish to suggest that more generous and honourable provision be made for their dependants other than ...

    Article : 307 words
  35. CAPTAIN SYMONS, V.C.

    There was a patriotic demonstration at Brunswick Park on Saturday, the proceeds of which were devoted to the fund for Returned Wounded Soldiers. The ...

    Article : 236 words
  36. PREFERENCE TO UNIONISTS.

    Sir,—Yesterday I chanced to become possessed of a copy of the "Australasian Typographical Journal" of February 14, which contained the following paragraph from the ...

    Article : 258 words
  37. Medical Supplies for Foe.

    The Associated Press of America has published the semi-official British reply to the American complaint that Great Britain is intercepting medical supplies for Germany. ...

    Article : 113 words
  38. SOLDIERS' PENSIONS.

    WELINGTON (N.Z.), Saturday.—In the New Zealand House of Representatives on Friday the War Pensions Amendment Bill was introduced by the Government. ...

    Article : 164 words
  39. MOTOR AND TRAM COLLIDE.

    Many interested spectators watched the dummy of a car being shunted on Prince's Bridge early on Saturday afternoon, while the car previously attached to it was pushed ...

    Article : 80 words
  40. Classified Advertising

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    Advertising : 115 words
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