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TEE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1918. A lite bar. been abla to forgo ahead lor STEELW0EKS CONTRACT. WAR NOTES. LATE WAR NEWS.

ACROSS THE PIAYE. distance ol wall over three hundred mile. MEAT SCHEME. THE PRODUCERS' VIEWS- without aerlous resistance. extent ot the disorganisation created by tha GREAT FRENCH ADVANCE INQTJIBY BY SHIPBUILDING TKIBUNAL.

destruction ot tha three Turklah annlea OFFENSIVE GOES WELL. MOTHER NOTE ARMISTICE AGAIN ASKED FOR Palestine la shown br their Inability to pre lare a new defensive lino covering Boat Important baee so far beyond tho point at INriTV'S HEAVY COUNTER-ATTACKS. Reports which had coma to hand from tha Weetera front at tha lime these aotee war. written laat night showed that tbo British on tha front between tha Scheldt and the 8ambra wer. being kept buey breaking UP hoetlla These have fallao OISE-AISNE LINE.

GERMANS FORCED TO ABANDON. LONDON, Oct 11. NEWCASTLE. Monday. which the.

Buffered tha raveraa. A little A British-Italian official mum slatee: Mr. M. Coning ton presided to-day at an Inquiry Into tha alael worka contract, tha other half a dosen miles to tha northward of thla Under General Cavana'a command, tb Italian ncae Ilea tha Junction of tho Bagdad and or Tenth attack acroie the Plav. In the momoera th.

tribunal Ming Messrs. vug Kan and Grave dl Papadopoll urea waa commenced at An application waa made on oebair or tna The French have forced tha dermana to Pederaled Etuinedrlv.r.' and Flremen'a Asso BUNDING LINE along tha front which was tba scene of their 'nan railways; and, If tba enemy falls to hold recent attack, during the lull preceding the. this, bla main communication with M.sopo-further development of tha lateat gains. These tamla will severed and bla forces there counter-attacks rsvoal tba enemy's anilely compelled to fall back toward, tha Armenian regarding tbe eltuatlon created by tba British, mountains or to risk being Isolated. Tba Ml thla morning.

The Italian, on lb right oTercame atrong realatance. wblle the Brltlab on tbe left advancing aetlatactorlly. reached abandon tha Olse-Aiaue lln. I elation lor prelerenca la connection with tbe IN 'NAME OF GERMAN oontracta carried out by tbe tsroaen nui rro-prletary at theteel worka. Messra.

their first objective, alao overcoming atrong Mr. James Kldd, vice-president or tbo rro ducers' Association's csntral council, quee tloned yesterday regarding the Govern ment meat scheme, said: "Tbe producer, of saeevt In thl. Htate have as great a right as anyone to claim direct and personal Inter. In the charge, attaching to the placing of tho article In the bands of tbe consumer; tbo smaller those charge, aro tho better It will be i'er everyone. The produce is have for long time been concerypd with the growing weight of those charges and what can fee dono to lessen them.

Much ha. been Mid from time to time about the serious effect the heavy over-capltallsatlon of the new abattoir on tbe question at Issue, but. notwithstanding the Inquiries of Trade and Royal Commissioners, tbe relief which wss looked for is still awaited. was fitting, therefore, that the Government should consult with the representatives of the producers m. to the merit, of the scheme they have proposed, with a view to overcoming tbd burden that la felL The DPOr1unFi' antral Mun.

reelatance. PEOPLE MAN POWER. ALLIED SUPERIORITY. Pearca and Buraa appeared reapectlvely lor the associations, and Messrs. Mitchell and M'Meekln tor tba Broken Hill Proprietary.

Mr. Mltoh.ll referred to a elatement that had appeared In th. Pr.aa that tha Broken Hill Proorletarr Co. waa navlng va Id. aa ie Australian Praia Aaaoclatlon learna that the offenalvo la gatng well.

Several lmportai. objectives a been captured. It la esneeted Auatrla'a Internal trouolee will BROKEN THROUGH A 'agalnet IDs tha minimum wagea under th. Tho "Morning Post'a" correspondent on tha t. ahin.

NEW YORK. Oct XT. Germany baa replied to President Wilson. have a marked effect on tha Italian. Albanian, French Iront states that the enemy on March iut.y untrue, aa no man had aa low as and Danube fronta.

A later Brltlak-Itallan official report statee advance. Tha menace to Valenclennea fromjAllled forcea In Mesopotamia are fully alive tha aouth haa not, however, bean reduced aajto tha dangeroua nature of tba nemy'a poel-tha raault of theae eouoter-atrokee. and the lion there, and aro accordingly bringing atrong danger of tha Scheldt line being turned from pressure to bear against him along tha Tigris thla direction romalna aa aerlouo aa aver. Wot and along tho road leading to Mosul by way tha least determined of theae counter-attacka of Korkuk. In view ol tha rapid Allied ad-waa that directed against tha aector ol tho.vance In Syria, this move In Meeopolamla Allied line which had advanced beyond and may have a more doHnlte aim than tboaa cut tha Important trunk line between Valon- ivhlch wero recently carried out along the clennea and Le Quesnoy.

The enemy's desire Tigris and towards Mosul. Tho possibility to clear thla railway Is not difficult to under- ol tho Mesopotamlan and Paleatlna forcea stand, aa tha Una forma a moat Important "ectlng a Junction I. not now so remote, al-llnk In his communications. While Ita loss though tha distance to bo oovered 1. still mm does not cause an, complete dislocation of bis at.

tho whole of th. Bagdad Una. of aupply. It compel, him to us. -end- ary and more circuitous routes.

Thla throws -cleared a great m. of mounUlnous countly asking for an armistice in the name of the German people. Mr. Lloyd Oeorge has gone to France suddenly. FOE RETREATING The Tenth Army', attack met with consider uajruii.is.

ui iihi w. iu, a day and every man bad been aoie captured MO0 and killed or aerlously to minimum. In reply 10 Mr' Conlngton, ha aald that they paid tba only 1,600.000, aa compared with two million hlgheat award rates. able success. Tba Itallana are advancing LONDON.

Oct. 27. A Copenhagen message anys a abort German eastward of the river In touch with the British, cil, representing, aa It does, tbo leader, of All Allied nayoneta on tha western Iront, to wn cn Mr. conlngton: Accordlna to tbe company, America is adding quarter -i a million who captured Tessa and Borgomslanott Our the general manaaer waa to Judge aa monthly. LONDON, Oct.

S7. Note In reply to Presldsnt Wilson points out the changes In tha German Constitution, end prisoners during the day numbered over 2000. The Australian Press Association itiUi that says that peace negotiations are being con ths British advsnred slightly north of tbo SERVIA. ducted by the people's Government to which the ml II Lax powers are subject, adding: i UUII1 litJ alllUU Ol n.Iiaj AMICB, enUu Scheldt. also along the high around north the Courlral Canal.

Wo are turning tha enemy's position toutb of Valenciennes. The tbo associations formed for tho purpose of protecting the Interest, of the stockownera and farmers, was specially called Into being about a year ago for tho express purpose of dealing with question, such as the one now under consideration und so that they would speak with one voice on all Important questions sffect Ing the man en tbe land. When, therefore, the Government wisely asked tho council to confer with It aa to the likelihood or not of tbe success of -the scheme It was well advised. The counoll addressed themselves to the consldoratlon of the scheme with whether the agreement should apply. The tribunal was ot the opinion that It bad the right to Inquire aa to where the agreement had been carried out In the letter and the spirit.

Tbe second question waa whether tbe company had given preference to union, connected with tho ajtreement. Would you consider that the agreement give, you the light to refuse to employ members of the organisation which are parties to tbe shipbuilding agreement? "Germany now aw.ltn proposal, for an upon hi. rolling stock the, be to. VIGOROUS PURSUIT. destructlonof which has been one of the BREAKING UP.

AUSTRIA-HUNGARY AND PEACE. armistice Introducing a peace of Justice, such even with their greatly depleted forces. Never French are continuing their advance aouth of special taak. of the Allied airmen for years l. laid down In Prsstdeat Wilson', prin theless the position In Asia Minor I.

most the Olie up tho Peron Valley. A French Eastern communique Con poet Apart from the recapture of the rail-BtBMtofTi Md (lItlira development, will be ciples. Mr. J. H.

Ferris, telegraphing from French President Wilson know, the changes which tinuing their vigorous pursuit, despite desperate resistance by the enemy, the Servians awaited with special interest Headquarter states that Generals Debency, I Mr. M'Meekln: I don't know whether the have taken place In the German Constitution, reached the heights outh of Kragujevats on'mnr wodnbnni Msngln, and Gulllauroat have declstTely "beaten a strong sense of their renponsiolllty for their Count Tlssa declares that the conclusion of Peace negotiation, will be conducted by the Germani, though the latter employed con I Mr. Mitchell; We have siren preference to i separate peace between tbe Entente and way. however, a successful counter-attack here would have rendered more secure his grip on the eastern side ot the Scheldt. His fear of the new Allied tanks Is further revealed by hi.

amlety to prevent any, move which threaten, to force hi. retirement from a protecting canal or river. people's Government, which Is Id possession stdsrable effectives and the German position different nationalities In Austria-Hungary Is iog Aiuiro-uermaiia are comumuug au aiuu. Du--n! tt har(, hmH.m (h-t of decisive authority, and controls the military authorities were covered by the Olao and the Serre. of atrocitliea.

only a matter of time. BROTHERHOOD. Bright, inspiring speeches, telling of life In tba outer fringes of the 8 late, of tbe heroism of the womenfolk, of the spiritual n.um anil rlilnnmiint In thnaaft riatrta. and General Maoetn has broken acroea the north- A Zurich report aaya the Magyar National era end of the marshes, capturing Vesles, an agreement waa made with the Broken Hill Company which practically nullified the whole of the agreement, made by tho Government with the unions. Mr.

Conlngton: Tho charge mad la that tbo Council baa proclaimed its supremacy. Count HEAVY FIGHTING. Caumont and Tlerremont, while the Fifth KarolyL Its president, la leading the move GOVERNMENT CONTROLS THE MILITARY COMMAND. A Copenhagen report state, that the army attacked 12 miles of the Handing line, ment. Hungarian youths are arming and company railed to give preference to the and has broken It to a depth of three miles.

Mr. PhlUn Olbbe There ha. been organising for military purposes. Crowds ironworker, and Federal enrinedrivwr. BETWEEN THE OISE AND THE SERRE.

if the urgent call that there rs upon tha city While the British on tha north are threaten-: to face tha problem, ol Ptor.l H.i,.M, In the more remote parta ol Ing to turn the line ol the Scheldt, the tn(( gtat illumined the enthusiastic and French farther southward have made excellent lately altonded public meeting In St. James's progress In turning the enemy's line on the Hall last night of the Brotherhood ol the Reichstag, amidst much eicltement, passed. contlnuou. flghtinc north and south of Valen capturing St. Qucntln-le-Fetlt, despite five parading Budapest demand a denunciation of The hearing ot the com was adjourned until ciennes since Friday.

The First Army 1. by a large majority, a bill placing the military successive wire fields, five ranges of trenches M-auVITVV. closely Investing the town. We have already comnand under the Government's control. with machine-gun poets, and anti-tank mine the German alliance.

The National Council has Issued a manifesto recognising the Polish, South-Slav, Caecbs. and Gormano-Austrian lateen over 10,000 prisoners and many guns. fields. The whole German defences In It Is -Ident that the enemy la 'jIok hustled Tho Conservatlvee and Militarists aro deeply sectors ol th. Olse aad ot the Serre.

It Hood Shephord. His Excolloncy the Governor, chagrined Th. Liberal, ar. prepared to meet' wa. between these two river, that hi.

line unavoidable RECRUITING. Northern Champagno aro endangered. Over in advance of bis time-table of retreat, hence states, demanding Immediate peace, and the juagment ana verdict. The conclusion tney came to was that the scheme was wrong In principle, and, even If put Into operation, would not achieve tho object the Government had In view. They regard tho principle of Government Interference In Industrial entrpt unsound, and aa tending to contract than expand the industrial life of the tominunlly.

They had regard also to the pronounced policy of tbe country at the last elections against such Interference. They felt that such a scheme If put into operation would be the thin edge of the wedge leading to the nationalisation of all the industries connected with "the trade, and that the displacement of men with a lifelong experience by Government servants would not tend to a better state of affairs, but to a worse. The exceptions are few where Government, either here or elsewhere, ha. entered Into competition with private enter prise and been successful. They felt also that the Government waa not looking In right direction for the cause of the trouble, and that the pre rosed cure would.

If applied turn out to be a langerous paU-hwork. When the Federal Government set themselves to provide u. with cheap meat the cry wa. that tbe unscrupulous and greedy graziers were holding back supplies, being diHsatlsned with market nrices. Thin Idrn hnvinir Bi.h(utniiant.

a is nerce counter-attacks. (000 prisoners have bei-u taken, though this Is retirement of the Hungarian troops to Hun hi isur irv, i iivhi, unilHD hn1 of ArchhishOD Wr ttht was announced gary, alao an annulment of tbe Brest-Lltovsk Tbe official estimate of 494 men per week In According to message, from Amsterdam, the old Noyon salient or that which existed His Excellency the Governor, In commend-'Vorwaerta" announce, the following text of after the enemy', retirement to the Hlnden- ing the work of the members ot the Brother- PROGRESS IN SYRIA. and Bucharest treaties. new boutn wi was excuedetl laat week. Of 785 volunteer.

493 men wer) accented. A but the beginning of a great victory. Mr. Duranty, of the "New York telegraphing from the French front, says i gigantic battle continues with ttfe utmost des petition. General Gullllamat's force con This Is regarded as the prelude to the break it art for this week was made with 15 accepted up of the dual monarchy.

men on Sunday. The Aleppo railway Junction ha. been cap tured. Telegrams from Vienna state that It Is pub It Is announced that Lieut. Keysor, V.C., and Corporal Bede Kenny, V.C., will be oa the platform to-day at the 1 o'clock meeting In CAPTURE OF ALEPPO.

tinues Us drive against the enemy, and Is pounding the positions, which are protecting licly announced that preparations are being made to demobilise the Austro-Hungarian AUSTRIA'S REPLY. the German centre. The German defences in pmce. Lieut. Tbomson, Walker, Lieut.

Wllsou. UcuL Godfrer. M.C.. and Serai. elude quadruple trench system, five lines army.

This statement Is necessary owing to pressure of public opinion. Tbe people are eagerly demanding peace. The news of the J. A. Moore will speak.

of bird wire, each 20 feet deep, and anti-tank mines aro liberally sown throughout the terrain. IVsplte these defences General Gutllla- Lieut. Ross and staff will make an appeal for recruits at 12.30 to-dsy at Tooth's Brewery. Lieut. Keysor.

V.C.. will be onu of the sneak It Is reported from Amsterdam that the Austrian reply to President Wilson accepts all conditions, and states she Is ready to negotiate for an Immediate armistice and peace. break up of Austria Is having a roost depress ing effect In Berlin. ly become exploded, another reason was looked ers at the Voluntary Ballot Enlistment meeting in tbe Oddfellons' Hall, Newtown, tomorrow night. mat'a troops broke through on a 10-kilometre front between St.

Quentln-le-Petlt and Hertcr. The Germans opposed the advance REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT. Reports have reached Zurich that the re HINDENBURG. volutionary movement Is spreading In Croatia with a deluge of gas and high explosive shells. Large numbers of German soldiers have been sent home to suppress Internal disturbances.

and assuming Bolshevik characteristics. Many i wr as me cause or tbe trouble, and tho State Government pitched upon the middlemen and their charges as the chief evil. -Hi this it was nearly mn wrong In Ita conclusion a. the Federal Government. The abattoir, muddle, among other thins, gave It some modicum of reason for Ita contention, but the true cause, the war and consequent war prices, has not ben sufficiently weighed ln the consideration.

Meat, the price -of Which haa been hanvllv nrYoz-t 4 tw VOLUNTARY BALLOT. Tn connection With the Voluntnrv Bailor En Then aro contradictory rumours In the German regarding tho resignation of Hlndenburg. Magyars have been killed. The revolution aries captured Delnlce and Ogulln. Three hundred were killed In Zagabrla.

and over 400 listment scheme, the Minister for Recruiting Stated TCBterd.1V thut no ha lint fmrAm hawa In Flume. been nnt out to ellglbles In this State. 8omo of the circulars and recruiting pamphlets which were sent In error throuftrh the post hod the war. la a necpmiltv. hut wkai alt INFLUENZA PLAGUE.

the other necessaries of life boots, clothing, tobaCCO (If SUCh C.an hn ertMoif a naxeaaltvl been returned by men who are over age. It BRITISH ENTER LONDON Oct 28 "npoMiDie 10 avoid malting mistake. and such like? Are we to bring In socialists 1 1 uur Oimcuitles." Mr. Orchnr.l wftit nn tn ai.aruu!B oi nationalisation to correct the economic upset which has taken place In all these? We have not vet arrived at a mmtl iirj iiiiiurjutA ajpiQcmia; la) wunu-wiuv. iju im, 1 mm South Africa.

Argentina, and Scandinavia re- ef. "Bt ln Itfly Populated port the prevalence of the plague. There have ThV her been 13.394 deaths In Bombay alone, and 1753 LtTeffJlI 1 BC 1 bo1P6 that ,0 died In one week In Vienna. Tbe supply of hve been sent In er-cofflns In Vienna haa been outrun, and some 'ffj Jeturn, t.bl.em nmptlf to tbe orsonis- TURKISH PEACE MOVE AMERICAN TROGRESS. MONTH'S GREAT RECORD.

The correspondent of the "Dolly Chronicle" at American headquarters states that the Americana during this month have Inflicted 7H.000 casualties on 33 German divisions, capturing MW0 prisoners, and liberating 45 H-lagi and 475 square kilometres of territory. Thry are already through three of the four organised trench systems, and are seriously threatening the trunk line. The American army Is assisted by over 40,000 engineer, working day and night ender Intense artillery (Ire, making new roads and nationalisation of Industry, nor are we llfiely to, and the sooner we realise the dangers of patchwork meddling with the eternal lavv of supply and demand tbe better, for the more EXPECTED. bodles were keot ln Ice for weeks and then rommiiwe. witn burled In oaoer sacks.

a statement aa to their Ineligibility. I might now explain that one of the objects of for-warding the circular letter prior to the poot-Ing ol the cards waa to test tha accuracy of our mailing lists." LONDON, Oct. 37. A British official message from Syria states: we unKr witn it the deeper we shall get Into the mud, and the bigger will be the effort required to extricate ourselves. Here, by th way, we might rt-fer to another necessary, housing.

In connection with which the tinkering with economic law afrorHu a Fifty-eight victims were picked up In the, London street, on Saturday and Sunday. A thousand telephone operators are off duty. The East Ham Council has closed the elementary schools for a week, and forbidden children to attend cinemas. The shortage of quinine Is causing anxiety. Our advanced cavalry nd armoured cars oc- capled Aleppo on Saturday morning after himsklng object lceson.

What h. hn h. overcoming slight opposition. FEKKY PASSES. ffect of the Fair Rents Bill declgned to give brldclng thickets of barbed wire In the Ar gonne Forest which cannot be cut as they ar stretched from troe to tree In bopelsss confusion.

CASE AGATXST MAXLY ALDEBMEX. EPIDEMIC IX SOUTH AFRICA. CAPETOWN. Oct. t.

An official atatetnent catlmatea the deatha resulting from the epidemic In lh. Can. iu.sr.inpr, ni pneapor rniesr it nas oried up building enterprise to such an extent that i.r now told there are nothing like sufficient houses for the people to reside In an evil which 1. likely to get worse rather than tetter under present conditions. "Tbe meat trouble has omm upon us because of the heavy war demands, lesdlng to Increasing scarcity and higher prices.

Tbe Australian Press Association learns that a force of 12,000 Turks, defending Aleppo last week, returned northward, our cavalry and armoured cars entering the town with little opposition. Tbe cavalry ride was a splendid performance, and Impossible at any other time of the year because of the scarcity of water. An Important strategical railway Junction, six miles beyond Aleppo, 'Oiistitutlng a vital artery In the Turks' llns of communications with Mesopo peninsula alone at 7400. of which 25 ner cent The hearing was continued yesterday at the Manly Police Court, before Mr a The above map ehowa how the Allied capture ol Aleooo threatens the fnimv's cofnmunlcatlona with th. THE COMMUNIQUES.

SIR DOUGLAS JTAIG. were Europeans. As the death roll at Klra-berley la now nearly 6000. It la probable that the total mortality In tho Union approxlmatee 20.000. Tho epidemic everywhere Is abating, elcept In Rhodesia, where It le at Ita height.

Junction ol th. Bagdad and Syrian railways, about six miles northward ol Aleppo, being Immediately threatened. Tha western black arrow shows the direction ol the advance of Sir Edmund Allcnby's cavalry, and tbe eastern arrow Indicate, th. region In which th. Allied armlea In Mesopotamia are pressing tho Turks there.

tamia, has not yet been captured. It la be-I of the charge against seven aldermen of the tho lure of bt prices, grnzlera were led to Manly Council of having acted In the elr harvest two or three season, city of aldermen of that council wblle die- oetta nd young stock, which under qualified owing to havlog an interest ln ordinary conditions would have been kept for lease between the council and the Port Jaek.Utten,n th yfaro rotated. What else son and Manly Ferry Company, consisting'0001" happen than that there would be short In holding free passes of the value of 408. UDDltes t0 follow, and this la not an evil of to travel on the company's ferries throughout In-day It may last for some considerable time the year. The defend A wapA- and unhannllv wi am min tiixi th lleved the Turks will not defend It There NIAGARA'S PASSENGERS.

the German Reform Bill: Clause War can la every likelihood that the Turkish Govern' burg lino, there as no great natural fortreas, hood, emphasised tho necessity for making like the St. Go bain massif, on which to Independent ol monetary anxletiea. Port thl. It wa. partly protected JthCL "ousn ment will now suo for peace.

The Niagara was released from eiitrinMng, only be declared with the aanctlon ot tne Rolchstag aad Bundesrath. Clsuse Tha Chanoellor can only remain In power while he yesterday morning after a thorough dlslntec- bv the n. orth. sod oisnop'wue Thorns Kclrle. Alfred ituitton.

II iron threatening drought, which. If not soon Quirk, George Dumbrell, Adam Ogllvy, James fJ- wt" assuredly Intensify the trouble. iiun. ana proceeaea to wo. a wharf, nariinv iM-innrpai or tne Hrotherhood (Rev.

B. J. by that of the Serre on the south. The Hardy), and th ninhnn Knrih Harbour, where she Immediately commenced Kirk Purves. Francis W.

Heatnn PURSUIT OF THE TURKS. Mr. Watt kt iureiunipg ciimniie conaitions n.ve possesses to. confldenc. ot tha Reichstag.

Clause The Chancellor will be respon to discharge her cargo. Some of the Niagara. nd Mr. Ferguson (Instructed by Mr. A.

J. unveu premarareiy into the market lately for Sale Stock that Would not otherwlaa hav macauiayi appeared tor comnlAtnant French, however, had secured a firm footing ir. J. O. Kectham) unfolded to the audience Inside the angle formed by the two streams, Phases of the widely arsttered work snd were able to bring direct pressure to Umklh th" BTr bear -u, pr row.n UP the mission because of the sible lor the political actions of the Kaiser and the Ministry, and will b.

responsible lor sent there, hence the temporary easing of prices, but all this tends to scarcity later. (FROX MR. W. T. MASEY.

SPFCIAI. PORRfSPOV IIKNT rOR T11R Al tfntAUAN lHrS ASSUCIA IIOS IN FALKllTlXK.) PALESTINE, Oct. 17. malls were delivered yesterday alternoon. It to expected that delivery of the whole of the city portion of the steamer', mail, will he completed thl.

morning. Some of the crew wero given their freedom yesterday. They were the men who contracted Influenza during the voyage, and have .7 a. 7 or the Brotherhood who had Barton Smith: Mr. Chubb (Instructed by Mr W.

W. Smyth-King) for the whole of the aldermen. Mr. H. J.

Asplnall watched the Interests of the Port Jackson and Manly Ferrr Company. i Francis Edward Barton. Rmlth I tha tenure ol their office to tho Bundesrath and Reichstag. Clauae The appointment, promotion, and dismissal ot officers of the some time past they have been mainly con- enlisted. That the people in the bush, In the CemCd In forcin thN n.mw Ia relinmilmh matter Of Bnirlttial mlnlafpof Inne heir a.a.nn.

i una io oc oorne in mtna tnat wnat ha. caused high prices ln one direction ha. also caused corresponding high prices in almost nil others. It Is Just aa reasonable to scheme army and navr will oniy be effective by the his hold on the eastern bank of the Olse UDOn people of Sydney, waa the ManlY. SSld that ne.

npcalrloni for rellof In aim rllMntlAK la I. la recoverea ana oeen wen ior the specified seven Chancellor's si (mature, while the Minister for on tbe northern bauk of the The, 1 icea. days. It Is expected that the nassensera. with i and District Commercial and a Und the old and infaiithia i A British and Indian cavalry occupied Aleppo yesterday morning.

The Turks evacuated the city, burning the station and rolling stock. Cavalry and armoured cara are purautng the capture of Mont Orlgny and of Orlgny 8t. War will be responsible to the Reichstag. the exception of patients, win be released on ewtlon he Instituted proceedings er be found, wo believe, a far Friday morning. The patient will have tvthe Msnly aldermen.

Witness described what better regulator ot If left alone, than rearguards. i. i uum tucy are wen ana. i various conrerencea with the for council, and went on to say that Mr. J.

Daley their temperature ha. been normal period of IIOUSING PROBLEM. BUILDERS' OPINIONS. uenoite means that the French have cleared tho eastern bank of the Olse for a distance of over IS mllea to the northward of the point where It la Joined by the Serre. On the southern side of the salient the French have cleared between eight and nine mllea of the any standards that politician, can set up.

"Everthlng depend, on the producer doing his utmost In the Immediate future, and Governments would be well advised to sweep ABDICATION" POSSIBLE. A menage from Zurich state, that the eon-federate prince, will meet In Berlin on Wednesday to discuss tho German Emperor', abdication. An Amsterdam message report, that tho ever MESOPOTAMIA. ADVANCE ALONG TIGRIS. ti luauwnersj nad made an offer to the council to carry all cargo to rateJ.r0m UtLUlr AOd STdneT existing Counsel for the defence produced two letters, written to tho council by P.

White (a former president of the Commercial end Progress Association) and P. an unnrceaaary Darners to ID IS OOQ soon as possible, rather than try to create new ones. If they will keep thl. In view, and at the same time study every reasonable eco The Inoulrv in th. nortnern bank of the Serre.

Here tbe small growing demand In Germany for the Emperor, abdication I. the main tople of pub I to con NURSING STAFF DEPLETED. WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Monday. Two more deaths from Influenza bare been reported from the Auckland Hospital. Twenty-eight nurses are off duty owing to tho epidemic.

Nurse Crossing, the fourth viMim' nt Poron stream, a tributary of the Serre, flow- rents was continued yesterday, before Mr A. Ji.4?"a trom th presented an B. Piddington, K.C.. Chief Interstate Commls-oddltlonal obstacle, but thl. has now been sloner.

nomy in tneir administration they are more likely to servo their party and the eountry well than by applying themselves to fleht A British official message Irom Mosonotamla versation. The "Frankfurter Zeltung" says: secretary of the association), In August and th Kalsar doubtless wa. actuated crossed. The sector at th inamf'i lin Senatop Jnhtt save: We continue to pursue tho Turka on September Of thla Tear M. vr.ii.

'against established economic laws which as. SUNDAY, NOON. 1 The enemy on Saturday evening, after a heavy bombardment, delivered a strong and determined counter-attack against onr positions on the railway, north-west of Le Ques-oy. We completely repulsed the attack with great enemy loss. SUNDAY Preceded by a het-7 bombardment, the enemy counter-attacked this morning In the neighbourhood of Engterontalne, but was repulsed, and left many dead.

Our rosltlons remained Intact We repulsed with heavy loss another counter-attack In the neighbourhood of Artrts. We took a few prisoners In pntrol Actions on different parts of the front FRENCH. SUNDAY AFTERNOON. During the night the First Army redoubled Ita efforts on the front between the Olse and the Serre. The enemy, shaken by yesterday's flgtitlng.

has given way aong the whole line, and had to withdraw northwards, abandoning his positions. We cantured Mount d'Orlgny, Orlgny St Bcnolte. Courjumelles, Chevrtsis-Woncesu. also numerous fortified points d'sppul. between these villages.

On our right our units crossed the Peron end made progress to the north-east We captured Hill 117 and the sugar factory 1500 metres east of Rtehecourt The number ot prisoners baa been further Increased. Oa the Serre front tbe Tenth Army, which is supporting the movement of the First ArtKv, alio made fresh gains. We crossed the Bern east of A sals, and penetrated the German trenches. East of Slssnnno a violent German counterattack in the region of Marqulgny Farm was shattered by our Are. We captured over 2130 prisoners.

Including el offlrers between Slssonne and Chateau for- dsn on Filday and Saturday. I SUNDAY, MIDNIGHT, The enemy, pursued by our advr.nce guards, I continued his retreat between the Olse and I the Serre, on a front exceeding 2fi kilometres. Our advnnee exceeded eight kilometres i at certain points. We carried Hoherles, Frolx, and Mcqultnny, snd pushed on to the both banks ol the Tigris. We lorccd a pat v- iui fiBVTu ueiore me ton by the best intentions, nothing can alter the tween the Olse and the Serre, which is un- mlssloner figure, taken from the report of fact that during 30 year, he baa made him- protected by a water obstacle, baa, therefore, the Water and Sewerage Board relative to sage over the Lesser Zab near Ita mouth In plained of the coui-cirs failure to carry outinot bft upBet If the Govern-improvement schemes.

Mr. Carew stated 1 wtn tackle aa Is confidently that If the council persisted 11 the question of writing down flu em on tbe Niagara, ha. died In tbe Auckland Hospital. She was a passenger from conjunction with the cavalry, which, after a if tne arm do i or me ma rvsime. vuuaiucrnuir lenarnenea.

and tba latA uo uuuiuer oi nunainn pctri ami Vancouver on the way to vl.lt her relation, Daley Brothers' offer, and tn ratifying tne In Sydney. Nurse Crn.aln. .1.1. with tne In Sydney. Nurae Crossing tended th.

in paper believed the greater part of the people French communique shows that the advance i'Jlitel th" water supply was avail- would be grateful If the Emperor orew tne wn mucn greater than that Indicated .7 r1 we 1911 laQIH who remained on tbe veaael, and she developed tympany, in volving an lncre.se In cargo frelgbta if IS (. louna woraing oasis tne over-capltallsatlon of the abattoirs scheme. It will be doing good and statesmanlike work, which will bring It more credit than any schemes to set right industrial enterprises that mar from nnnm. in. a- BD-a.

OOaW; IVaO, HJil obvlou. deduction, from tho radical change. Above. If the French crossing further up-stream, turned tho left Hank ol the Turkish force, holding the angl. between the two rivers, aod assisted the main body to drive th.

enemy across tha TlgrU to tha west bnk. Tbe enemy retreated lour mllea lurther up the river. Our natrols h.v. Association would In German policy. Oermany baa had more.0" on this front they figure, showed, aa well as those sathered from wuoi.

position oeror. th. public. John Daley, of th. Arm of i n.i than enourh of the old regime.

iuuunh wiui po.uuionia compiieatlona. OUTBREAK IX INDIA. IIELBOnRNIt tugownera. said they were prepared to pro- veo table causes appear to be temporarily out of Joint. The council appreciate the desire of the Government to so waste eliminated, wherever It may exist.

In connection with the The "Arbelter Zeltong" (viennaj aiso win renaer aimcult for the forces on oiner ourecs, that there wa. a decreasing his left to stand along tbe Alane on either 2m houses erected, about 4S per cent, side of Bethel, or for those on his right to i the cost of erecting bou.es maintain their grip on the eastern aide aD.a Th of skirts of Kerkuk. The Turks are atronzlv wjr.ice on a tnrea years' agreement with th. mands abdication. norm 01 tna town.

The Federal quarantine authorities have re TJ-B0ATS G0KT0 HOME. mr. iiiqb, ma nave promised it that they will carefully look into all imiM Por the defence. Arthur Thomas keirla aald aWf" In Kll Olao-Sambre Canal. iendencv "5 The ceived a cahle message from India a Conennatsn message say.

that many diture with a view to. if possible, lightening the burden both for tho consumer and tbo aiaiing mat tn. outbreak of Influenza had been aerlous tn that country. u. iiiaiHriais.

auu mere waa BRITISH AIRMEN ACTIVE. Oerman submarines flying tha white Had have anvance In the oust of ever iIiim ih. VALUABLE GAINS IN ITALY. ui. mw witn tne J'ort Jack-eon Company, and aeveral montha were occupied In coming to an agreement.

Witness at that time held a pass to travel by th. Manly boata. Th. r. Hf The offer mad, nr.t.

uruuuwri out. i. is useless to nope, aa some think. for tha passed the Norwegian coaat aoutnwaro. ap-Barently.

obeying tha recall order. u.v waa now aub- elding In Bombay. Tbe Director of Quarantine. Dr. Cumpston.

said to-day that a aatla-factory feature of ths outbreak of the middleman. He muat ram a in owa regaraing operations on the Italian 7 "arce in rertn, Adelaide, front ha. rarely been a. e.nlle.t this ln some form or other. A truUr rannn Sir Douglas Hal.

In his aviation report on Sunday night, aays: Wa dropped 81 tona ol explosives on Saturday on Importait railway stations with excellent results. Wa destroyed meaaures adonted at Auckland had brought dealrad. and w. bar. to wait for nay! Th.

iST. ''Vt come to town every time ho sends stock to market to see It safetv throuah ail nrv.aaai errico waa carefully and exhauatlvely considered. Several or the dermen. Including himself, Inspected their SIGNIFICANT MOVE. aoma time before learning tb.

full details 'h'" Placea. The abolition of alum area, of an attack, either by the enemy or by tbe ta" lr'ct Increasing rents. When Allied forces. During the week-end Italian t- "Haba areas It should eight, and drove down three enemy machine. vuMrrCa inai waa unsuitable.

Witness went on to refer to various dlsabHI- nntil it geu Into the hands ot the distributor; tho choice le. therefore, between the experienced and professional middleman and the Government middleman, with all his attendant cut ot control, moo tsritlsh macbtnea are magara to an end. The aama measures were being uaed In Australia. CHARON QUARANTINED. PERTH (W.A.).

Monday. TbO Charon from Slnnnnr. vl. th I 7 w'ted with BRITISH MINISTERS GO missing. uj uaiey Hrntners Counse a' sddreasaa hari m.Hage.

bar. mad. brief reference, to Allied accommodation To suanai attack, on both of th. Brent, and along lh, working niw "So earned li t. nana, caps, wnien, as experience proves, are.

anything but small." uur nignt-niera cropped thres tons ol TO PARIS. the Court adjourned tilt Monday next at 1 15 p.m. Domos. au returned. Tho Press Bureau announces thnt tho in w.

na.e oeen gireo nq Indlca- purcnasa a uouae at 500 tlon ot tba extent of front affected. Wa are "'ral a atone around that man's lstt to aaauma. however, that, as far aa they SiT ot bar. gone. Allied ituck.

nave "5. TO THB EDITOR Or THE HERALD. Sir, It la a common aavlna that announcea Tha Press Bureau dependent torco neavlly attncknl Presraty that Mr. Mr. A J.

Minister), Lloyd Oeorg. (Prim. BUSH FIRES. eacurslona Into trade and commerce alwaya end wu ounu.y. nomoa DU" Well OD Tho target All our macblnea outskirts of Guise.

Farther south we are approaching the Guise-Maries road on the arrived at Premantle Hying tba na' lnl moored at tha buoy Th. oargo of bananaa was Into lighten and fumigated, and the veaael then steamed to Owen's Anchorage, where ah. rill remain In quarantine. Influent on board wi. confined almost entirely to tho Aalatlo mem-bera of th.

crew, and it wmm a. mi. -i Balfour trorelgn SecreUry). aocomnanled by aumed tha proportions of a general offenalT. I cheap houses In great numbers, naral and mlllury oOcera, bay.

proceeded Tb.r. I. no sign that they bay thrown In Foster, president of tbo raw win oeny tnia atatement, noma will attempt to argue against It, but IU truth la generally accoted. Then. h.v.

large concentrations' ot reserves In an effort Aaeoclatlon ot New Soutn to Franc. DAMAGE IN TOE SUBUBBS. general line of Bertalgnemont Wood. Landl-far. Bertalgnemont, west of Fantransy, Ifonceau-le-Neuf, and Monti gny-sur-Crecy.

many Instancea of fnllura by all Oovarnmenta tbat have attempted to manufacturw and trad 'r- There w.r. two cases amongst tba ship's We fcive raptured numerous prisoners Bush fire. wer. reported In aeveral nan. -r'h1 to tn conclualon tbat I her.

Itb. again yeeErday. and nnJ ''AS. lor.u' liib wait, paeesn- gers, but they are all now t. break th.

an.my. Ilnfc Th.lr principal ivC and o-da, 'f'o'r' gain. hay. nd. 0uinou.

cotug. work hid VncrcSsed by abou aector on either aid. of tbe Brenta. and 1M pr referred to Imported glass especially to tba eastward ot that atream cement had lncreaaed Irom 116 to Theae Include th. recapture of Mont.

P.rtlca 5ISMih.Wi 'A por 10 to Dout 'J and other ln.nor.an. "'and 20 per cwt to to: gal- DISASTER AT SEA. VANCOUVER, Oct. 17. Th.

I PRISONERS MURDERED. A message from New York states that Lieutenant Conlngshy Dawson, of the Canadian Field Artillery, who haa arrived from the Iront on sick leavo. said that the commander and crew ol a Canadian tank, which was captured by th. Oermana, were stripped and lashed to the sides ol th. Unk.

They were then bombed to death by tha Huns. and considerable material. The prisoners captured by the First Army since October 24 number 37O0. The booty for the same period lnctut.es 20 guns several hundreds of in. Yuiet viuarantin.

omcar suted to-day outlying aiatrlcta bad an aniloua time At its. caaea. that all th. patienu removed to Woodman" "ornsby a large area waa burning fl.roefy niMJSU? fl? 5r enter. rada ar.

outright fallurea' Ths Princess Sophia, which waa wrecked on Point from tba Charon wero progrssslng dr. and did conaldarabla damage to property satisfactorily, although two of the Aalatlo vleimtir. Property Point from tbe Charon w.r. day. and did con.ld.r.hi.

reef on th. Alaskan coaat. was bound or very modified auecaaea, point undoobtlly to on. common causa. Wh.t i.

tnarhlne-guns. south from Sk.gw.y. Near all on board n.rnno Vii. meuoera ot tne crew nad had a severe attack. An 0I0M oo a thouaand more, waa and can It b.

removed or counteraetedT tg' The Tenth Army, co-operat' with the were Alaskans, roe vessel siruca ai cjock rr u7 unomciai on Thursday morning, but It waa Impossible Prt of the capture of Monte Prassolan well rro0erlck Alderson, Indent agent, said that an n( tha nil(inn htranaa tn tha Wa PUSSlCd When he SAW that nna First on the Serre front. Is vigorously push' iT'" aa anown mat many prlvata Arms which have bean great successes while In tba handa of orlncloala have not Ing the enemy northwards. We occupied lh. which continued until tha ywaol y.t -bwo ofllel.IlT eonnrmed. but i wurn.

mi rcun.ini. Outbreaks occurred at Punchbowl Pens-burst, and at many points along tha North Boor. FIRES IN THE CITY. PRICES OF COMMODITIES. MELBOURNE, Monday.

A Commonwealth "O.utf. crecy-sur-Serre. The lighting of the last auk. I nouses in rrrmont. OFFICIAL WAR REVIEW.

two days has obliged the enemy to abandon part the Hundlng position between Herpy alter having been converted Into limited coo', panics; and tb. reason accepted for this Is that management by boards of director Is not ao effectlv. aa management by principal. It besld. th.

mark to aay that aome concern can only o. run aa cotnnanl.a. i. "ea th. maximum wholeaala prlc of benaln.

MENTAL HOSPITAL. oucioseo aumclant to show oyer a year past there bad alwaya that tba Allied Una between tb. Brent, and' ampty. He recently eight tha Play, baa been greatly alr.ngth.ned W. to may no, b.

wrong regard mX. Z.JfZ ZZfi main ohlectl.e of tha Allied m.n. i. and Recouvrance. We are following on the SboTtty before o'clock yesterday morn.

if Pr caaa of MELBOURNE. Monday. The official war cable received hv Me keels of tbe enemy. "Mi miim. in retail tin in.

an aitnM.k a. a lia .1. --r in aiessra. C. matter of capital, and doee not eBemV to-day makca th.

following reference to Rua. i i .1 mua Pr gal- ros nan vo. a oacon factory, Llvaroool. Ion for leaa than four Inn. i.

MIsrpooi- SEVERE CRITICISM BY CORONER wol. of their lln. along tb. Pl.y.'a.pUdg,'",tn,c,'a.u the "itsfrim ala: is tnia sot a business man would moat likely anawer, that is. irom men iron while a ennern I.

HZ oe aoaeo. nr. station extinguished the oi.thr... m.i i.iV...- eiaouiiy oi tna mountain aector on iT were tn. uaual ADKLA.DE.

Sunday. lTJ Al'C m.SSU'MUMV prayent tha Alllea from nresein. i II. w. Aud.i.v.

JOY IN BRUGES. KING ALBERT'S RETURN. Pa of ollv. oil In New aoma damage bad been dona to tw. 'and ..7:.

the Parkslde Mental Hospital recently, "aaknesa which may develop In WM ahorUgo of building 'trade labour. "On the Volga iront the Ciech right wing haa made some progress, but the Csecbs left has been threatened by a turning movement br the Bolsheviks, and has been forced to fall bsck miles east ol the Klnel Junction Cbellablns, and Taahkcnd. The railwayman on th. Trms-Slberlsn lln. have been giving trouble, and It was discovered that they were In collusion with the local Bolsheviks, while tht Russlsn troops wero powerless to restore there have been a number of Inqueata.

Tba' tha anemy'a lines, aa a aerlnu. w.r.Yh tr WaleS, With Penm i'vw oouio "mpj iiw since Dortlon nff fka the eXCentlBn AS Ih. aama t.a.inv Qf ltM City Coroner, Dr. Ramsey Smith, baa onlvarea at tha nr.aent Hm. Dnvld Elpblnstone.

maater builder, stated mat a great demand for properties up to the that direst personal Interest mgkea for 'J? fallur: arid thla I tb. fundamental can. rM. areaal damaga to the ntant of aboS tiooo don. ir.

'rl" "hen pur- A amall outbreak alao occurred Mr. Fhlllp Glhbs, correspondent of the -Belly Chronicle." gives a vivid account of PhVi d7-i. i icnasea at snops or bakehouses, and osld for morning amongst i urufr. iw tn. Vital ned ol atrong Allied fnrcca to aeeur.

th. 0 laat night Dr. occurred iwuiuuuk.mu.ju naiurmi Russia. compared with isn Af la not paid for within tb. trade week.

varloua occasions doubted th. validity ot th. record, kept at tha In.tltutlon. and at an Internal condition, quest to-day oa Joaeph Hltehcoi. who died lch In Austria.

Th. significance ot at tha boapltal on Oetober IS, th. following tb. Italian Tenth Army'a attack along tha verdict waa r.turn.d: "Tb.t th. eauaa of Pier.

not yet although tha e.nmr. death waa du. to colltla and aihauatlon; that T.ta. b.a earrl.a thl tha d.c..Md waa Illegally received Into tb. .7 boapltal; that tha deceased did not receive PIT low "ontello maaslf.

It is Interest-proper medical attention, but that th. to not. tbat Brltlab troopa are operating ceased received proper attention from tha at-'on thla sector, which la much farther tendanta; tbat the raeords at th. boapltal than they w.r. wer.

most Irregularly kept, and that tb. 11 i dene, ot Doctor Und. th. acting superlnten- Montello maaslt dent of the hospital, waa moat unreliable, lha mountain front below Aalago, wh.r. "In tne trans-casplan region compl.wrtol flabtlng haa been taking nlaca.

w. fr NHl (thlaafl- I. Ik. a. a any.

Tb. flam, bad aecured a strong hold of th. building when, detachm.nt of m.n from Headquarters vtZ Station arrived on th. good aupnly of water waa 1. i.

onerated with the trana-Caaplan forces, and captured Pnehak, too mllea Met of tbe Caspian, driving off ths Bolsheviks with heavy LATE 3UITCTEB EVATT. failures. No on. running a Oovernment coir-corn la directly Intereated In results. Ther are.

of courae. many other CAuses contributing to tha general fallnra. suck aa political Intrr" ferenea. red Upelam. but all thl dla.

"P1" lracl p.raon.1 Interest Jt, If th. argument bare I good, how sis w. going to remove th. difficult? with "5 vernment concerns! My answsr la, not at kll '-t Ooveram.nl. and tradara tradW tho eobbler to bis laat tlina'ThJ vernment haa quite enough tn do when olf Ond to It own function.

At on. tlma v.rnmenla war Judgnl by th.lr general ad. mlnlstratlo. roads, brldswa. i to tha ebop, and thla.

counled tbe King and Queen ot Belgium a Stat, Into Brugea. Prlnca Leopold wore the uctform ot t-. Carabloeera. Kvery aoul In- th. city was In ths streets.

The windows and balconies ot every bouse war, beOagged, and tha ballry rang out a carillon. Altar tha review ol the troop. King Albert went to the Governor's bouss. The emotion of th. populsce broke all bounds.

Tens of tbouaanda lurged round the tall Sgure, who stood at tha aaluta. The populace say, "The Germans never told lis when a submarloa waa sunk, but wa knew the commanders' noma, alao tho datea of ths trips. When a fortnight or a month paasad aad the men did not return wa knew the I lu.nc.. uiw wir, mi trans-cssplsn Alllea Sr. and thay did Hill, tr bulfdlnga Plv h.i'.r Wn.

bonding auraVrVir "5 DW hd 10 Tn "wiry wa, adjourned till thl morning. ANXIETY FOR SCHOOXEn. tb. Unlv.r.lty th. U.T21: IV 'h.

nu nm no wa. nvaiiavnt in oarrying out nia tna mam ooay aim is, notntng in in. attaca. Then they promptly scattered alter loot, no that when Bol-abevlka counter-attacked, all tba lighting haj to bo dona by our handful of India t- Tba ground Hnortn Union, and tlad.r.r........ noor oi tn.

and Ita oontanta war. FOROINO AHEAD IN ASIA MINOR. Our troopa suffered heavily, and wero forced DEATH OF CAPTADT 0. KAKS0N. By Ha enlry Into Al.ppo Sir Edmund I v'.

esvalrv baa crowned th. lo ibii mvm na.nit., DUt (ne HolBheVlkS left a guarded rear, and their rearguard waa overwhelmed b. th. Turcomans. Thla, together with heavy losses at our riande.

so upaet then that they again evacuated aarvle. at St John'a Church of England, Mil-1 swan by-election. rraaor. In a address Ounaer Evatil Im referred to the death of bla brother Lieut R.y Evatt M.C.. at PERTH.

Monday. MELBOURNE. 11..... v. hi "Hlatory of Clvtllsalran." Mid that tki bmt Oovernmenta England bad were teat replied th.

moat lawa. and further thoa Jh, interfered least, and the principle VSJ good. one dmie. tb.t a Government aholilj Inlerf.re when a gross Inln.ilc. i.

2 MELBOURNE, Monday. Anal.ty la heln. l.it in. ik. Capuin o.

ft. Manson. who wa, wall known u.t ooth. it i. th.

k. In th. Australian coastal shlpblna trad Si.5 roor "uld British navy had aunk them." Tha murder of Captain rYyatt stirred tha people of Bruges to cold fury. Admiral Sehroeder hurried oa the execution aecr.tly, in order that there hoald be ao opportunity for reprl.v.. audd.nly on Saturday night, while travelling morougn aature of th.

defoat Handa isle. 171 tona grnaa register u.ii...... a iS.m. which la SO d.v. n.

o. after aarvle. in Oalllpoil and yv.n Bw by-alectloti ana ejena, in th. great- aat oonMelon, leaving behind them remarkable number, of dMd, and quantity of bunt rolling stock." to u.iho.,-...' of widow' Gunner Evatt aald, bad aeon mora tha tw. 'T1'- both th young mi r.

fLab, (Nationally) Ha waa year age, and leave, below Nablua. By allmlnallng tha armed ll 1l.bKU""' oargo, gb. and family, who re.ld. at Lalobbwdt, Eydn.y. toroa.

oppoMd to th.m on Ut ISlJlS ratabllab.d high artdlt la Ualr awaatry MURRAY CFsrmar aad rnn uj i am, 0, a vyxiTaaua,.

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