German cavalry yesterday made a raid into French territory in the direction of Douai, but some French artillery intercepted them near Bouchain, eight miles ...
Article : 77 wordsAt the annual meeting of the Lismore Cooperative Dairy Company it was resolved to forward 10 boxes of butter as a first contribution to the Chamber of Commerce Food Fund. ...
Article : 481 wordsSurprise was expressed in shipping circles yesterday when the steamer Zambesi, which was generally supposed to be loading phosphates at Nauru, near Ocean Island, arrived ...
Article : 433 wordsWork proceeded steadily at Victoria Barracks yesterday, where about 500 volunteers came before the enrolling officer anxious for service in the expeditionary force. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,276 wordsThe United Labourers' Society is sending a deputation to the Premier to urge that the Government continue with such work as is in hand, and also undertake work of [?] [?] ...
Article : 239 wordsSupported or unsupported, the British army has clearly the hardest sort of fighting ahead of it—both its cavalry and its infantry. Reports state that the British were faced with ...
Article : 140 wordsThe Germans have imposed a levy of £18,000,000 sterling on the province of Brabant. ...
Article : 19 wordsAustria has declared war on Japan. LONDON, Aug. 26. Reuter's Agency announces that it is officially stated in Vienna that [?]he ...
Article : 39 wordsThe manner in which the Germans are imposing heavy war levies upon the Belgian cities and districts as they pass through them will not make matters easier for the ...
Article : 206 wordsIn the House of Commons last night the Prime Minister (Mr. Asquith) said that the Government did not propose to resume the light to capture enemy's ...
Article : 68 wordsThe grand attack which General Joffre had ordered the Allies to make all along their northern line from Mons to Luxembourg was defeated in two places. General Joffre has ...
Article : 116 wordsThe Minister for Labour and industry, Mr. Estell, has not wasted any time in preparing to meet abnormal industrial conditions that may arise as a consequence of the direct ...
Article : 277 wordsIn the House of Commons last night the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Lloyd George) Introduced a bill giving the Government power to call in the new ...
Article : 81 wordsWe are now for the first time able with certainty to give an outline of the events which have led up to this position. When the war was begun the French did not expect that ...
Article : 168 wordsThe statement that the Germans put six miners with lighted lamps in front of their column when they marched into a town occupied by the French may well be believed, for ...
Article : 253 wordsOwing to the enormous number of recruits offering themselves, the Militai Department is considering the offer of an additional army corps of 20,000 men for ...
Article : 73 wordsThirty-six officers and 1373 men are now under canvas at Blackboy Hill. The health of the men is good. ADELAIDE, Wednesday. ...
Article : 264 wordsThe Australian Association of British Manufacturers and their representatives recently despatched the following cable message to the Association of Chambers of Commerce of ...
Article : 126 wordsBut when the war broke out two things happened. Whilst the French were mobilising they found that the Germans intended to attack them through Belgium; and a little ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 766 wordsThe Cabinet met yesterdny and conside[?] the question of unemployment and district [?] Broken Hill. The Premier (Mr. Hol[?]) stated subsequently: "We have had suc[?] ...
Article : 74 wordsThe Government is considering the appointment of a committee to develop the chemical manufacturing industry, which has hitherto been largely in the hands of ...
Article : 57 wordsThe Gloucester, which tried to catch the Breslau, and managed to shoot away one of her funnels, and disabled her stern gun— whilst also dodging a torpedo from the ...
Article : 90 wordsA private cable received in Sydney yesterday stated that the German-Australian Company's steamer Hamm, which left Hamburg on July 11 for Fremantle, Adelaide, and ...
Article : 41 wordsThe first part of this change of plans to some extent succeeded. We now know definitely that the French have managed to transfer some of their southern troops up to ...
Article : 135 wordsAt a meeting of wool buyers [?] brokers yesterday morning it was un[?] resolved that no sales of wool be held for the present. Another meeting will take place ...
Article : 64 wordsSir John Forrest, the Federal Treasurer, left by to-night's train for Adelaide, en route for Western Australia. Before leaving his office he made the following statement:—"I am very ...
Article : 385 wordsA conference of Labour committees has decided to make an immediate effort to terminate all existing trade disputes. The Government will be asked: (1) To use its ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 398 wordsBourke's Hill tin mine closed down on Saturday. Only one dredge is working full time, and this will probably close down within a fortnight. The Government has informed the ...
Article : 127 wordsGeneral Joffre made his attack with three main armies, which are clearly shown in the map which we publish to-day. The first army, furthest to the south, was to attack ...
Article : 263 wordsIn order to give an opportunity for the present wave of patriotic sentiment to express itself in a manner that will be really serviceable to the department, and ...
Article : 257 wordsThe Exchange Telegraph Agency has received information from Cetinje stating that the French authorities in Skutari had sent their entire Albanian contingent ...
Article : 66 wordsThe members of the State Ministry have agreed to devote 10 per cent. of their salaries to the fund to relieve distress which may arise from unemployment. The Premier ...
Article : 301 wordsTwenty million francs have been paid as portion of the indemnity placed on Brussels city by Germany. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 22 wordsA bill has been introduced in the House of Commons restricting the sale and consumption of alcohol during the war. An influential committee has been ...
Article : 391 wordsThis retirement was clearly a matter of some difficulty for the British troops. Only the first and second Army Corps had managed to get to the scene of action, and if the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 156 wordsThe patriotic concert to be held by the Millions Club at the Town Hall to-morrow (Friday) night, in aid of the Lord Mayor's Patriotic Fund, which will be attended by his ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 235 wordsThe committee, hended by Mr. R. L. Baker, has drafted an exceptionally comprehensive programme for the entertainments to be held at the Royal Agricultural Society's Ground ...
Article : 139 wordsIf the Belgian report is true, and 150,000 German are advancing on Lille, and another 150,000 in a direction which would bring them between Valenclonnes and Maubeuge, then the ...
Article : 188 wordsThe council of the "War Chest" Fund announces that the special demand for a thousand shirts and a thousand pairs of socks was met in a twinkling by donations from ...
Article : 98 wordsFurther news was received yesterday regarding the United Tyser liner Birkenfels, which flies the German flag. The Birkenfels left New York for ...
Article : 94 wordsThe president of the Chamber of Commerce acknowledges the following furthor contributions towards this fund:— Amount already acknowledged, £867; Mr. and Mrs. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thu 27 Aug 1914, Page 10
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