This evening Sir Wat[?] Attorney-General, made in[?] garding the suggestion the [?] made for reviving the [?] ...
Article : 59 wordsThe Government is appointing an export committee consisting of the general managers of leading lines to control the railways ...
Article : 52 wordsIt was brought home to Ballarat and district yesterday, more directely than has been the case since the outbreak of hostilities on the Continent a week ago ...
Article : 1,150 wordsSir Edward Grey has cabled to the Prime Minister (Hon. Joseph Cook) that the British Government gratefully accepts the offer to send 20,000 troops to ...
Article : 136 wordsA boiler exploded on a German destroyer, which sank with 30 men a few being saved ...
Article : 26 wordsIt s reported to-day that a vessel coming from China had sighted the Japanese warships patrolling the Australian coast ...
Article : 30 wordsMr Asquith the Prime Minister speaking in the House of Commons, said that Germany's proposal meant that "we should behind France's back give ...
Article : 194 wordsA joint war council was held at Downing street yesterday. Amongst those present were Lord Kitchener, Sir John French, Lord Roberts Lioutenant Str J ...
Article : 78 wordsThe one topic of conversation amongst the crowd gathered at the station was, of course, the effect the war have on Australia, and the part the men who were ...
Article : 179 wordsWhen the members of the Russian Embassey were departing from Berlin, an enormous crowd of the educated classes gathered in the streets yelling abuse and ...
Article : 63 wordsThe destroyer, Lanee, not the Amphion, sank the Koeningen Louise off Harwich when the liner was engaged mine laying. It's first shot destroyed the bridge and ...
Article : 72 wordsQueen Wilhelmina of Holland has proclaimed Holland to be in a state of war ...
Article : 23 wordsThe Admiralty has accepted the Duke of Sutherland's offer of Dunrobin Castle to establish a central surgical base in the North Sea ...
Article : 30 wordsMr Million, Minister of Defence, states that the duty of organising and taking the expeditionary force to England has been entrusted to Brig-Gen Bridges, who ...
Article : 102 wordsIt is reported that two merchantmen carrying the British Flag have been seized by a German warship. The British and Russian Ambassadors at Tokio have ...
Article : 71 wordsTurkey has declared that her mobilisation will not affect her intention to remain neutral ...
Article : 22 wordsBrig-Col Linton, of the 18th Brigade, arrived in Ballarat on Thursday night to examine the mobilisation scheme of the brigade ...
Article : 58 wordsPrince Lichnowsky, German Ambassador, has received his passport, and is going to Harwich by motor-car to-day (Thursday) ...
Article : 40 wordsHis Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has made a national appeal for funds the relieve distress amongst the poor caused by the war ...
Article : 37 wordsMarchest A. di San Giuliano the Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs has assured Sir J. R. Rodd, the British Ambassador, that Great Britain's ...
Article : 46 wordsIn the House of Lords on Wednesday Lord Denman urged the acceptance of the Australian offer. He suggested that the men might reinforce the garrison in Egypt ...
Article : 57 wordsMr M. Kenan Home Secretary, stated to the House of Commons yesterday that 21 spies had been apprehended in various parts of Great Britain, particularly in ...
Article : 100 wordsFor various reasons, a few men in each of the Ballarat Companies of the 70th Regiment did not respond to the mobilisation order, and steps are being taken to ...
Article : 149 wordsThree famous English cricketers have joined the Territorial army. They are P. F. Warnor (Middlesex). who captained two English teams in Australia; G. W ...
Article : 55 wordsIn the Chamber of Deputies M. Viviani, the Premier, was accorded an immense ovation upon announcing Great Britain's mobilisition ...
Article : 29 wordsAustrian attempts to cross the River Save at Avala and Abrenovatz on Monday afternoon failed. The fight lasted until midnight ...
Article : 47 wordsTo-night the Prime Mar[?] proclamation which has [?] His Majesty the King [?] British subjects rontrib[?] ...
Article : 100 wordsThe mobilisation of the Russian armies is proceeding perfectly, and will be completed earlier than anticipated ...
Article : 20 wordsThe Japanese fleet it is stated, is in readiness to go to sea. A German warship is in the Straite of Tsushima, watching the Russian ...
Article : 35 wordsThe Russian forces are reported to have established contact with the enemy along the greater part of the German frontier ...
Article : 28 wordsFrench naval officers are holding a War Council with Mr Churchill and the Admiralty officials. A French military staff is ...
Article : 36 wordsNumerous captures of merchant vessels by the British, French, and Belgians are reported. Many German vessels were seized at ...
Article : 132 wordsAt a meeting of the Newcastle Eight Hourse' Committee last night Mr T. J. Waters, the president, said that the delegates assembled, representing the ...
Article : 115 wordsMr Winston Churchill paid on behalf of Britain nearly five millions for Turkish Dreadnoughts ...
Article : 23 wordsAn offer to supply a truckload of cauliflowers and convey them free of cost to the railway. has been made by Mr Coxall, of Buninyong, and the offer is highly ...
Article : 34 wordsAustria ia still behaving towards Russia as if the two countries more at peace. Definite information reached St. Petrsburg that a division of the Austrian army ...
Article : 59 wordsThe treatment meted out to the Dowager Empress and the ignominious treatment of the Russian Ambassador when leaving Berlin has intensified anti ...
Article : 100 wordsMir Lazarus, who is second in command of the 70th Regiment, which has gone to Queenscliff, is the secretary and engineer of the Shire of Bungaree. When the ...
Article : 88 wordsHarrods Limited are allowing the married reservists and territorials en their staff half wages and keeping their places open ...
Article : 29 wordsGermany has fallen back a day's march, and the soldiers are burning villages over an enormous stretch of country. Russian patrols, driving the enemy's ...
Article : 41 words70TH INFANTRY LEAVING FOR QUEENCLIFF. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 9 wordsThere is a splendid [?] throughout the town, [?] eager for the latest der[?] members of the Stawall [?] ...
Article : 132 wordsSince the outbreak of hostilities there have been many callers at the Orderly Rooms, eager to offer their services it men are wanted at the front. Up to the ...
Article : 127 wordsThe report, that the British light, cruiser Pathfinder has been chased by German warships and had escaped turns out to be incorrect ...
Article : 31 wordsIt is reported from Tientsin that a German cruiser is pursuing the Norwegian steamer Tungus, which is conveying food staffs to Vladivostock. The Germans have ...
Article : 49 wordsLord Kitchener will take supreme command of the army administration. Mr Asquith will retain the position of Minister of War ...
Article : 28 wordsA French gunboat captured the German collier Porto 1812 tons, in the English Channel, and towed her to Guornsey ...
Article : 25 wordsOn Thursday afternoon a wire came through from the military headquarters to the effect that the staff and equipment of the Y.M.C.A. filed service ...
Article : 147 wordsThe Canadian Government has granted the Union Steamship Company's Niagara her clearances, and she is expected to sail from Vancouver for Sydney within 12 ...
Article : 68 wordsThe Belgium Chamber of Deputies has passed a ear grant of £8.00.000 ...
Article : 19 wordsThe British bank rate has been reduced from 10 per cent. to 6 per cent " ...
Article : 26 wordsWriting to Mr E. D. G[?] torton, from H.M.A.S. Au[?] under date 2nd August, [?] M;Donald, whose parentis[?] ...
Article : 82 wordsIt is reported in Washington (U.S.A.) that the French steamer Lorraine is making a dash for France, with 1000 reservists aboard ...
Article : 60 wordsA conference wilt be held on Monday between the Prime Minister (Mr Cook) and the State Premiers. Mr Fisher will also be called into the ...
Article : 62 wordsAt a meeting of the committee of the Ballarat F.M.E.A. on Thursday night, the following resolution was placed in the minute book:—"That the members of the ...
Article : 67 wordsScore of merchantman are taking refuge at Gibraltar. The Dentsche Ost Afrika line steamer Emir. 5514 tons, and the German steamer Adolf have arrived as ...
Article : 34 wordsTwenty German merchant vessels representing 40,000 tons of shipping, have been captured by the British, and the most important is the Hamburg. Amerika ...
Article : 84 wordsA proclamation declars[?] hand of war nd farbidder[?] came into operation here [?] As a consequence near[?] ...
Article : 29 wordsThe Royal mail steamer Oraman which was hold up by the company at Colombo, is proceeding with passengers and mails to London ...
Article : 29 wordsAt a large mooting of German residents at Tabor, Pastor Nichtarion moved. '"That we, the residents of Tabor' and Croxton East, near Ponshurst ...
Article : 178 wordsRoumania has decided to remain neutral ...
Article : 11 wordsMr D. F. Denham the Premier after a long sitting of the Cabinet to-day. stated that it was proposed to ask the Premiers of other States to co-operate in preventing ...
Article : 60 wordsAustria has declared war against Russia ...
Article : 11 wordsIt is semi-offcially report that the Canadian Parliament will be asked to vote 10 millions on 18th August. it is rumored that a German cruiser ...
Article : 38 wordsThe acuteness of the po[?] was accentuated to-day by [?]ment that despite the cot[?]tora in Melbourne, the C[?] ...
Article : 12 wordsNo business is doing in the wheat markets. France has suspended the duty on grain and flour, the export of which is prohibited ...
Article : 72 wordsThe German steamer Kemberic, with 49,000 quarters of wheat from Galviston U.S.A., to Bremen, was seized at Queenstown ...
Article : 25 wordsIncluded in the subjects to the discussed at the Premiers' Conference on Monday will be the question of legislation to prevent undue rise in the price of foods and ...
Article : 46 wordsGermany has seized the balance belonging to Russia in the German banks ...
Article : 21 wordsThe Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer Krozprinzessen Cecilie which has on board £2,00,000, has returned to the Bar Harbor, Maine ...
Article : 45 wordsA proclamation prohibits the exportation of articles useful for naval or millitary purposes. The Government has announced that ...
Article : 185 wordsRepresentatives of the flour millers interviewed the Premier and the Minister for Agriculture today respecting the advance in the price of flour. They ...
Article : 142 wordsBritish residents in Paris are forming a volunteer Corps ...
Article : 13 wordsMr Josiah Thomas said in[?] night he felt sure the British[?] had done all it could to [?] He believed, however, Dor[?] ...
Article : 88 wordsIt is understood that the British Government is making arrangements. to send all prisoners of war to Canada, as Canadian forces will he available to ...
Article : 47 wordsGirls are acting as conductors on the Paris tube railways. Society ladies have replaced shop assistants who have been ordered to the front ...
Article : 34 wordsThe German squadron, of 19 vessels, reported from St Petersburg to have been sighted near the astern coust of the Ballic, between Momel and Libau, was ...
Article : 38 wordsAt a meeting of the members of the Lutheran congregation (Pastor Noack's) Natimuk, it was resolved to publish the following statement:—"It is, our ...
Article : 192 wordsReports received here are conflicting as to the presence of German cruisers off Grand Banks Newfoundland. The United States has sent the ...
Article : 81 wordsThe Government has requisitioned Kensington coal for millitary purposes. The port of Grimsby, at the mouth of the Humber, on the north-east coast, has ...
Article : 38 wordsThe Ministry propose to ask the municipalities to endeavor to put fill the works they can find funds for in hand so that they can co-operate with tile Government ...
Article : 157 wordsAll classes in France are showing a strong desire to serve with the French forces. The Due de Vendome has applied to enlist. even as a common soldier ...
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Advertising : 104 wordsLord Frederick Blackwood and Capt Anstrather, of the Governor-General's, staff, are leaving for England for active service. They expert to depart by the ...
Article : 44 wordsThe majority of the shops in Paris are closed, and business is at a standstill and cafes bars and wine shops are being closed at 8 p.m. and restaurants at ...
Article : 37 wordsThe statement that an attempt bed been made to shall the Glace Bay wireless station is without foundation ...
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The Ballarat Courier (Vic. : 1869 - 1896; 1914 - 1918), Sat 8 Aug 1914, Page 4
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