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  2. THE STATE MINISTRY.

    The appointment of the Commissioner of Crown Lands (Hon. F. W. Young) some time ago to be Agent-General for South Australia, and his impending departure ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 814 words
  3. Russians' Brave Deed.

    The Germans were constructing a pontoon on which to cross the River Vistula, when a Russian officer and 20 men, under a fearful fire, conveyed a barge downstream ...

    Article : 84 words
  4. BRITISH WAR LOAN.

    There is a great public demand for prospectuses of the war loan of £350,000,000, but no rush is occurring on account of the fact that copies are obtainable at every ...

    Article : 106 words
  5. FAMISHED BELGIANS.

    Cardinal Mercer, in appealing for food in behalf of starving and destitute Belgians at Malines, writes:—"Famished children, in desperation, frequently go to ...

    Article : 65 words
  6. Naval Disaster Pooh-Poohed.

    Surgeon J. G. Beaumont, an officer aboard the Olympic, stated upon She arrival of the liner here that it was absolutely untrue that the Olympic ever ...

    Article : 106 words
  7. FIERCE FIGHTS IN BELGIUM.

    The latest official communiques from Paris state that an almost ceaseless cannonading is proceeding along the whole front in the north of France. The Germans in Belgium are preparing to make a stand on the historic field of Waterloo, and a continuous procession of the ...

    Article : 358 words
  8. THE LAND FLOODED.

    The Times states that in the flooded areas of Belgium, particularly at Dixmude, Oostkerke, and Kaskerke, many German military detachments were isolated at ...

    Article : 129 words
  9. Increased German Activities.

    The correspondent of The Daily Mail says that there are indications that the Germans are strengthening their lines to-wards Soissona, on the Aisne; by hurrying ...

    Article : 65 words
  10. German Finances.

    The German Government has sent £600,000 to the Danish National Bank, because the exchange on German banknotes has been daily falling since the outbreak ...

    Article : 42 words
  11. Seaport Unsafe for Enemy.

    The German soldiers operating on the Belgian coast, noticing, that the artillery from the British warships spared the houses on the seaport of Middelkerke, went ...

    Article : 59 words
  12. Already Over-subscribed.

    The war loan is quoted at 2/6 per cent. premium. The Financial News says that the loan was oversubscribed by noon yesterday, although the list does not close ...

    Article : 39 words
  13. Kaiser and Holy War.

    Berlin newspapers state that the Germin Emperor has telegraphed to the Crown Prince that the Sheik-ul-Islam at Conatantinople has proclaimed a holy war for the ...

    Article : 63 words
  14. Wholesale Death at Dixmude.

    The Belgian town of Dixmude, which has been the scene of so much fighting, and has been alternately occupied by the Allies and the Germans, is now little ...

    Article : 126 words
  15. Germans Want a Waterloo.

    The Calais correspondent of The Daily Chronicle says that vast numbers of German transport wagons are choking the road leading from the battle area in West ...

    Article : 104 words
  16. Losses in East Africa.

    The Marquis of Crewe (Lord Privy Seal), speaking in the House of Lords, said that at the beginning of the war the position of the British in East Africa was less ...

    Article : 108 words
  17. Ten Wrecks on One Island.

    A courtmartial has been opened to enquire into the circumstances of the total wreck of the armed auxiliary cruiser Oceanic, early in September, on Foula ...

    Article : 154 words
  18. Round About Erzerum.

    The Russians have repulsed the enemy in numerous skirmishes in the direction of Erzerum, and have occupied Doutakh, which is an important point in the ...

    Article : 33 words
  19. More Albanian Trouble.

    The Young Turks Party believe that the Turkish Minister of War (Essad Pasha)—who installed himself as ruler of Albania under the Sultan of Turkey at the clase. ...

    Article : 67 words
  20. CONFLICT RAGING IN POLAND.

    According to a Berlin official communique a battle between Russian and German Armies is developing north of Lodz, in Russian Poland. So far the ...

    Article : 73 words
  21. Measuring the Distance.

    During one of the battles in the north of France, a shell from a German gun fell near to a French battery, but failed to burst. An artillery lieutenant, desiring ...

    Article : 92 words
  22. AMERICAN SENSATION.

    The Department of State las been offcially informed that the Turkish forts at Smyrna, Asia Minor, fired upon the American cruiser Tennessee. It is uhderstood that ...

    Article : 190 words
  23. Britain's Heavy Naval Losses.

    The First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr. Churchill) announces that the British naval losses so far during the war total 222 officers and 3,455 men killed; 37 officers ...

    Article : 75 words
  24. JAPAN AND TURKEY.

    A message has been received from Constantinople that the Japanese Ambassador departed from the Turkish capital on ...

    Article : 33 words
  25. A King's Warning.

    A Dutch newsagency states that the late King Charles of Roumania wrote to King Albert of Belgium in July, advising that Belgium should devote herself to defence ...

    Article : 63 words
  26. German Capital En Fete.

    The Germans claim that Gen. Hindenburg achieved a great victory over a Russian Army which was advancing upon the Prussian city of Thorn, on the right ...

    Article : 62 words
  27. FRANCO-BELGIAN BATTLES.

    The communique issued at midnight on Wednesday states that a very violent and almost ceaseless cannonade was continued throughout the day along the northern ...

    Article : 178 words
  28. German Progress in Poland.

    The Wednesday midnight communique states:—"The Muscovite advance guards in Russian Poland, between the Rivera Vistula and Warta have fallen back in the ...

    Article : 87 words
  29. WARSHIPS ACTIVE.

    Two German cruisers and 10 torpedo boats on Wednesday evening bombarded the Baltic naval port of Liban, in Courland, Russia. The incendiary shells ...

    Article : 153 words
  30. THE LOST EMDEN.

    The Kaiser, replying to a message of condolence from the townspeople of Emden, the port and naval station of Hanover after which the German war ...

    Article : 97 words
  31. A Fearful Picture.

    It is reported that the Germans are making a new effort to cross the river Year. An extensive movement of the Landsturm troops has been made from Ghent, while ...

    Article : 90 words
  32. Germans at Thorn.

    The Germans have assembled their chief available forces in the neighbourhood of Thorn. Their immediate objectives are Plock and Kutno, but inasmuch as they ...

    Article : 97 words
  33. AMERICAN COLONIES.

    Mjr.-Gen. Wotherspoon a retired American military authority, writes to the newspapers pointing out that it is impossible to protect the Panama Canal and the ...

    Article : 84 words
  34. AUSTRIAN PROVINCE ANNEXED

    Details are to hand regarding the Russian annexation of the Austrian province of Bukowina, the area of which is 4,000 square miles, and the population about ...

    Article : 307 words
  35. American Contraband Captured.

    A British cruiser has seized the American steamer Kroilland in tie Mediterranean with 2,500 tons of war munitions from New York destined for Germany. ...

    Article : 40 words
  36. RUMOURED NAVAL BATTLE.

    It was stated yesterday that a squadron of the Russian Navy had left Helsingfoes, in the Gulf of Finland, and was steering toward the Baltic to do battle with the ...

    Article : 80 words
  37. Incidents of the War.

    Forty-six men belonging to the Canadian Contingent, which has arrived in England for service at the front, have been rejected on account of their German or ...

    Article : 128 words
  38. TURKISH FORTS BOMBARDED.

    The Russian Black Sea Fleet has cannonaded the fort and barracks at the Turkish garrison port of Trebizond, on the Black Sea coast of Asia Minor. ...

    Article : 38 words
  39. Mines Off Irish Coast.

    The Earl of Meath, in the House of Lords, hinted that there was a German minefield, off the north-east coast of Ireland, laid by Irish fishing boats, in the ...

    Article : 99 words
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  42. H.M.S. CUMBERLAND.

    H.M.S. Cumberland (Capt. Cyrn fuller) has captured the following merchant steamers off the Cameroon River (West Africa):— Max Brock, 4,579 tons. Erna Woermann, 5,528 tons. Renata Amsinck, 3,824 tons. Henriette Woermann, 2,426 tons. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 228 words
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