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  2. IN THE COMMONS AGAIN.

    On Tuesday afternoon the Prime Minister (Mr. Asquith) detailed in the House of Commons the stens taken by the British Government to insist upon the manitenance. ...

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  3. ENGLAND DECLARES WAR.

    At a late hour on Tuesday night it was officially announced by proclamation in London that a state of war existed between Great Britain and Germany. ...

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  4. FRENCHMEN TO THE COLOURS.

    The French Vice-Consul (M. Homery) announced on Sunday night that he had been instructed by his Government that a general mobilisation of the French forces ...

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    A special meeting of the executive of the Political Labour League was held in Sydney on August 5, at the request of Mr. Van Hagen, the selected Labour ...

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  6. RUSSIA AND GERMANY.

    Authentic reports have been received in Berlin that the Russian army has crossed the German frontier, at various points. Cavally ski[?]shes have taken ...

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  7. LARRIKIN MOBS IN CITY.

    Shortly before midnight on August 4, a mob of about 300 larrikins who were out to commit vandalism rushed the German Turn Verein ...

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  8. AMBULANCE BRIGADE.

    Public subscriptions and offers of volunteers willing to participate in the movement are invited by the recently-formed St. John Ambulance Brigade, whose headquarters ...

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  9. LOYALITY TO THE CZAR.

    The troops which are leaving St. Petersburg for the front are being drawn up outside the churches to receive the blessings of the clergy. ...

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  10. RESUSCITATING PARLIAMENT.

    Mr. Hughes, M.H.R., is strongly of opinion that the Commonwealth Parliament should be constituted as speedily as possible. He considers that the ...

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  11. THEFLEET AND 20,000MEN.

    The Federal Cabinet have decided to offer Great Britain 20,000 men and to place the Australian fleet at the disposal of the Admiralty. ...

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  12. MINISTERS AND OPPOSITION.

    On the adjournment of the New South Wales Parliament, a special meeting of the State Cabinet was held to consider the war situation. There was another Cabinet ...

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  13. NAVAL OPERATIONS.

    No time had been lost by the Nava authorities in placing the fleet on a war footing. On Monday, the Admiralty had already reported that the mobilisation of ...

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  14. GRAND DUKE NICHOLAS.

    The Grand Duke Nicholas Nicolaevich, cousin of the Czar, has been appointed commander-in-chief of the Russian army. The appointment is welcomed, as the ...

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  15. EXCITED AMBASSADOR.

    When the German Ambassador (Count Von Pourtalles) visited the Russian Foreign Minister (M. Sazonoff) at St. Petersburg on Saturday evening to deliver ...

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  16. ANOTHER RIOT.

    The excitement in the city on Wednesday night was marked by disgraceful scenes, in which young larrikins indulged in horseplay ...

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  17. BRITISH AND OTHER FLEETS.

    Two battle ships, ordered in England for Turkey, have been taken over by the British Admiralty, as have also been two destroyers, which were under order for ...

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  18. ENTHUSIASM IN THE CITY.

    Melbourne streets were paraded by large crowds to a late hour on Monday night. Every now and then patriots, with what melody they could, sang "God Save the ...

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  19. NEUTRAL COUNTRIES.

    According to the Giornale d'Italia, a leading Italian newspaper, the Italian Government in a further communication to Germany has adhered to her determination ...

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  20. EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.

    The arrangements for the organ isation of the proposed expeditionary force are well in hand, and alternative schemes have been drawn up, ...

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  21. TURKEY NEUTRAL.

    It is reported from Constantinople that Turkey has closed the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles, and will remain neutral. ...

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  22. EAGER VOLUNTEERS.

    At a meeting of the South African Soldiers' Association in Perth on August 4, it was resolved, on the motion of Captain Todd, that the members of the ...

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  23. FUNDS FOR WAR.

    It was announced from London on Wednesday that the British Government would ask Parliament the next day for a vote of £100,000,000. It was further annonced ...

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  24. BRITAINS FIRST SHOT.

    It was officially announced in London on Wednesday that the British torpedo-boat destroyer Amphion had fired upon and sunk the Hamburg-Amerika liner Koenigin ...

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  25. BELGIANS VICTORIOUS.

    Reuter's correspondent at Brussels has sent the very important news of a Belgian victory at Frevanulex. The invading German army not only failed in gaining ground ...

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  26. FRANCO GERMAN CAMPAIGN.

    The French troops are keeping well off the frontier line, and are not playing Germany's game by exciting themselves. It is annouced officially in Paris that ...

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  27. THE FORTS MANNED.

    A draft of 50 men has been sent to the Queenscliff forts. All leave is stopped. At night the searchlights are kept flashing over the waters. Colonel Sandford, ...

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  28. VICTORIAN PARLIAMENT.

    Both Houses of the State Parliament were to have sat on August 4. When they met at half-past 4 o'clock, however, they both accepted the suggestion of the ...

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  29. VALUABLE GERMAN LINER.

    Amongst a number of German vessels captured in British ports is the Hamburg-Amerika liner Belgia, a ship of 8,000 tons. A number of German reservists were on ...

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  30. WIRELESS GUARDED.

    Soldiers are guarding the wireless station on the Domain road, and as an additional-precaution barbed wire entanglements are being erected round the reserve on which ...

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  31. FRENCH COMMANDER.

    General Joffre, the commander-in-chief of the French forces, has left Paris for the frontier. Numerous foreigners in Paris are asking ...

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  32. LEADERS SPEAK.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Cook) said on August 5—"We have just to sit tight now and see the thing through. Whatever the ...

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  33. AUSTRALIA'S PRECAUTIONS.

    A significant step was taken by the naval authorities on Sunday, when they assumed control over the port of Sydney. The port will be closed from 15 minutes after sunset ...

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  34. NEW SOUTH WALES ASSEMBLY.

    In the New South Wales Legislative Assembly on Tuesday, after a Ministerial statement. Mr. Wade said that the Opposition members would no all in their power to ...

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  35. EXCITING SCENES.

    The French [?]ment, M. [?], has signed a decree declaring France and Algeria to be in a state of [?]. This is the position that France will maintain ...

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  36. NATURALISATION SOUGHT.

    Inquiry at the Department of External Affairs showed that there had been an unusual rush of applications from Germans and Austrians during the last few ...

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  37. POINTS OF INTEREST.

    Some curiosity and [?]vinced as to the two chief German naval stations in the Pacific. Five years ago Simpsonh[?] became the official centre and trading ...

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  38. GERMAN VESSELS IN PORT.

    A good deal of interest centres on the German shipping now in Australian ports. What the effect of war with Germany will be in this case naval experts are not agreed. ...

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  39. AUSTRALIA'S OFER.

    The following telegram has been received by HIs Excellency the Governor-General from the Secretary of State for the Colonies:— ...

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  40. GERMAN CARGO STEAMER.

    When dawn broke on Wednesday there was one German vessel in the port of Melbourne. This was the Pfalz, a cargo steamer belonging to the ...

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