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  2. [?]AUBEUGE.

    An escapee from Maubeuge states that [?]e town is full of German spies. The French discovered a telephone, whereby the Germans were kept informed ...

    Article : 49 words
  3. WAR NOTES.

    The British navy has found a means of attacking at last even an enemy who will no[?] come to sea, and has used it in a way which is highly satisfactory. A [?]ght of four or ...

    Article : 274 words
  4. PATRIOTIC FUND.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 613 words
  5. GREAT STORM.

    One of the most extensive and energetic Antaretic disturbances that has been in existence for a considerable time past has settled over the south-eastern States. The great ...

    Article : 337 words
  6. RED CROSS.

    The ladies of the Red Cross Society report that Lord Kitchener has asked the Queen to supply 300,000 belts, knitted or woven, and 300,000 pairs of [?]ocks to be available in ...

    Article : 571 words
  7. CASUALTIES.

    Shortly after noon yesterday Clarenc[?] James Boula[?]s, 45, residing at Park-road, Paddington, was knocked down by a taxi-cab. It appears that Boula[?]s had alighted from a ...

    Article : 169 words
  8. OUR TROOPS.

    If the First Australian Imperial Expeditionary Force should eventually have to be classed as superior to the second contingent, now being enrolled, it will be good indeed. ...

    Article : 1,202 words
  9. SAVING THE GUNS.

    A sergeant in the Royal Berkshires, who has been wounded, writes:—"After fighting for two hours and a hald at Soissons, the order was given for us to retire: [?]ut ...

    Article : 170 words
  10. THE NEW WAY.

    This watching and waiting is a slow, anxious matter for the British fleet, and it will be more so in October and November, when the fogs begin to settle on the North ...

    Article : 125 words
  11. GENERAL HENDERSON'S PRINCIPL[?].

    That principle was probably laid down by General Henderson, the very able officer who commands the Royal Flying Corps. It is: Whenever an, airship or aeroplane of the ...

    Article : 147 words
  12. KILLED BY RAILWAY ENGINE.

    The City Coroner held an inquiry yesterday into the cause of death of Henry George Boatwright, 22, railway fuelman. Clarence Roach, fuelman, said that on the 17th inst. ...

    Article : 108 words
  13. DEATH FROM DROWNING.

    The dead body of Charles Herold, 5[?], wa[?] found in the water at Goat Island on the 17th inst. At the Coroner's Court yesterday S[?]nior-Sergeant Wallace identified Herold, and ...

    Article : 63 words
  14. A GREAT FEAT.

    The details of the actual sinking of a division of the Soventh Cruiser Squadron are too confused yet to be trusted. Whether there was one submarine or five, one at least has ...

    Article : 66 words
  15. THE BALTIC.

    It is reported that the Russian cruiser Bayan sunk a German cruiser and two German destroyers which were engaged in rainelaying in the Baltic. ...

    Article : 34 words
  16. NO ZEPPELINS SEEN.

    British aviators have been ordered to attack Zeppelins whenever seen. The trouble is that the Zeppelins have never been seen. In spite of all the descriptions we have had of them, ...

    Article : 140 words
  17. WOMAN'S FATAL FALL.

    Jane Fenn, 60, Lower Campbell-street, was getting breakfast on the 21st inst. She tripped over a board 15 inches high, and fe[?] two feet into the yard, breaking her neck ...

    Article : 28 words
  18. THE SCHOOLS.

    There were very few actual prizes, in the form of books, etc., presented this year at the North Sydney Church of England Grammar School. The boys gave up the money that ...

    Article : 303 words
  19. TWENTY-FOUR CHILDREN—AND THEIR COUNTRY.

    Twenty-four cadets from the Royal Naval College at Dartmouth were on board the three cruisers, which were sunk in the North Sen. They were boys of 15 or thereabouts ...

    Article : 318 words
  20. LOSS OF THE AE1.

    The "Morgen Post," of Berlin, remarks: [?]The loss of the Australian submarine AE[?] is evidence that the German fleet in the Pacific is not idle." ...

    Article : 37 words
  21. DEATHS FROM BURNS.

    Cecil Williams, 15, John M'Keown, 15, and George Bates, 16, have died from the effects of burns received on Wednesday. The first two died on Wednesday night at the Royal Princ[?] ...

    Article : 39 words
  22. KIEL CANAL AND ICE.

    We have been asked whether the Kiel Canal, between the Baltic and the North Sea, over becomes frozen in winter. A good deal of speculation is heard about this, because if the ...

    Article : 207 words
  23. RUSSIAN ADVANCE.

    It if, officially announced that the Russians have occupied Wislock, 15 miles north-west of Jarosla[?]. The operations at Prz[?]mysl are ...

    Article : 141 words
  24. SEED WHEAT.

    In the Assembly the Commissioner for Crown lands gave notice of his intention to introduce a bill to authorise the distribution of seed, wheat, and other commodities ...

    Article : 33 words
  25. PASTORALISTS' UNION FUND.

    The following contributions to the Pastoralists' Union Patriotic Fund have been received:—Previously acknowledged, £2[?]19/14/1; Dubbo Branch Patriotic Fund, per Warden Harry Grave[?] Ltd. (proceeds sale ...

    Article : 84 words
  26. LATE SHIPPING.

    Changsha, s, arrived off the Heads from Melbour[?] last night, and waited outside till daylight. Our Jack, s, and Kadina, s, arrived off the He[?] last night at 6.21 and 6.40 respectively. ...

    Article : 37 words
  27. WIRELESS MESSAGES.

    Wireless messages have been received from the steamers Karoola and Bombala. The Karo[?]'s [?]sage stated that she will berth at No. 4 Darling Harbour at about 7 a.m. to-day. The Bombala will ...

    Article : 49 words
  28. DULWICH HILL FUND.

    Already acknowledged, £111; G. T. West, £5; Harry Smith, £5; infants Dulwich Hill Public School, £2/4/7; J. H. Brod[?]. £2/2/; Alderman R. E. Barton, £1/1/; J. H. C. Close, £1/1/; H. D. Drakw, £1/1/; T. J. ...

    Article : 97 words
  29. TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

    NEWCASTLE (62m).—Arr: Sept. 23, Boambee, [?], from the Manning; Galara, s, [?]ohene, s, Prophet, [?], from Sydney; Gabo, s, from Brisbane. Sept. 2[?], [?]ock Lily, s, Newcastle, s, Wollongbar, s, Konoowarra, [?], ...

    Article : 299 words
  30. FOR THE EMPIRE.

    Sir,—What a pity it is that these lad[?] volunteers do not devote their time and energy to more womanly objects. I am only a working woman, yet for over five weeks [?] ...

    Article : 240 words
  31. FOOD FUND.

    Subscriptions should be sent to the secretary, Chamber of Commerce, Grosvenor-street, Sydney. The Lord Mayor of London is assisting in the distribution at the other end. ...

    Article : 488 words
  32. THE BUILDING TRADE.

    Master Builders Association:—Amount previously acknowledged, £44[?]0/13/; Federal Val de Travers Co., £2/2/; Spriggs Ab[?]tolite Co., £2/2/; A. E. Kelshaw, £2/2/; "J.J.," £5/5/; D. B. Elphinstone, £3/3/; R. ...

    Article : 145 words
  33. WHAT WE NOW KNOW.

    From the details which have arrived as to the sinking of half the Seventh Cruiser Squadron we know several very important things. In the first place, the account given by the ...

    Article : 295 words
  34. A CANAL WHICH DOES FREEZE.

    "It is not generally known that a little north of the Kiel Canal there is anothor canal between the Baltic and the North Sea which is very much older than the Kiel Cana[?], and, ...

    Article : 270 words
  35. GERMANS ON DEFENSIVE.

    The Germans in north-west Poland are almost quiescent. They are weak in cavalry, and re unable to do much reconnoitring. They are strongly fortifying the ...

    Article : 49 words
  36. NATIONAL RELIEF FUND.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 216 words
  37. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 140 words
  38. BOMBARDAMENT OF REIMS.

    The facade of the Reims cathedral, with three door's, two towers, and rose window i[?] intact. The bombardment of Reims has been ...

    Article : 107 words
  39. THE NATIONAL RESERVE.

    Sir,—May I be permitted a few lines in which to express my thanks not only to Mr. D. W. B. Arthur for the kind way in which he wrote about the National Reserve, but ...

    Article : 256 words
  40. ICE IN THE BALTIC.

    The Baltic Sea can be entered during the hardest winters, although part of the entrance to it—the Sound, between Elsinore, in Denmark, and Helsingborg, in Sweden—is so ...

    Article : 208 words
  41. ADVERTISEMENTS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 149 words
  42. THE BLOCKADE.

    We now know that the method of the British fleet in its blockade is to keep constantly stationed off this southernmost end of the German coast in the North Sea a flotilla of ...

    Article : 154 words
  43. WAR CHEST.

    Clearances of "War Chests" and special donations are acknowledged by the hon. treasurer as follows:— Amount already acknowledged, £2527 13s 2d: "War Chest." No 34, staff Commercial Banking Company of ...

    Article : 325 words
  44. GERMANS' HORSE LOSSES.

    The Germans at Brabaul, East Flanders, requisitioned 20,000 horses. A member of the French General Staff estimates that the Germans have lost ...

    Article : 55 words
  45. PUBLIC SERVANTS AND RETRENCHMENT.

    Sir,—Why is it that the Public Servant of this State, who has most emphatically not shared in the general prosperity of the last five years, should be called upon now by ...

    Article : 492 words
  46. THE BELGIAN FUND.

    M. Watt[?]uw, Consul for Belgium, 14 Castle[?]agh-street, advises that the amount now in hand is £[?]4,336/0/1. New South Wales contributions already ...

    Article : 508 words
  47. THE TOLL OF BATTLE.

    A telegram from Maastrucht states that [?]0,000 German wounded have passed through Liege during the hist few days, en route to Germany. ...

    Article : 32 words
  48. TO-DAY.

    Farmer's Restaurant: Musical Association So[?]e, [?] St. James's Hall: Mrs. Gumpertz' concert, 2.[?]. Christian Endeavour Convention: [?]. Theatre Royal: "Du Barry," 7.45. ...

    Article : 134 words
  49. WHERE THE ENGLISH CAME FROM.

    A few little points in connection with the [?]altic may be mentioned as of some interest. In the first place, the Germans do not know such a place as the Baltic Sea. They call ...

    Article : 165 words
  50. THE THREE ATTACKS.

    This waiting squadron has been open to submarine raids at any time during the past two months—that is part of the unavoidable risk. It is kept over the horizon in order ...

    Article : 173 words
  51. AUSTRALIAN VOLUNTARY HOSPITAL.

    Dr. Shields, in a statement to the council of the Australian Voluntary Hospital, reports that the hospital is full to ov[?]-flowing, and that it is a welcome addition ...

    Article : 71 words
  52. TOWN HALL ADMINISTRATION.

    Sir,—In answer to your article of to-day's date, I should like to give you a few of the reasons which have actuated us in voting for Mr. Brigg as city surveyor (properly ...

    Article : 251 words
  53. PRISONER AND CARRIER PIGEON.

    A sentry at Dor[?]hster, where there are 1000 German prisoners interned, shot a pigeon widen had a German letter under its wing. ...

    Article : 38 words
  54. Advertising

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    Advertising : 74 words
  55. THE BATTLE OF THE AISNE.

    It would be idle here to attempt to recapitulate the splendid summary of the two battles of the Marne and the A[?]sne given in Sir Georgo Re[?]d's cable to-day. The account ...

    Article : 102 words
  56. THE WORK OF THE SCREEN.

    Wa now know that at least these three s[?]dr[?]s must be stationed off the Frisian Islands, near [?]orkum. Probably there are similar squadrons waiting off other openings ...

    Article : 206 words
  57. COUNTESS OF DUDLEY FUND.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 88 words
  58. TROUBLE OVER FLAGS.

    In connection with the patriotic celebrations here yesterday, a regrettible incident occurred at the railway works. Some of the men employed in the brass shop erected a ...

    Article : 76 words
  59. Y.M.C.A. FIELD SERVICE FUND

    Amount previously acknowledged. £13[?]/7/; Mrs. C. T. Newman, £5; Miss Mo[?], [?]; Mrs. [?]a Hyem, £[?]; Mrs. S. M. M'[?]w, £[?]; M[?]. D. and R. Vick[?], 4[?]; Mr. F. Wh[?]l, £[?]; Mr. T. Wills ...

    Article : 102 words
  60. LONDON MARKET CABLES

    Yesterday's decline in America weakened the wheat market, but buyers were reserved. South Australian afloat and Western Australian (June) was quoted at 46/3. ...

    Article : 44 words
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