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Article : 43 wordsThe steamer Indianic, which left Port Pirie on September 25, has arrived at Port Natal. ...
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Article : 86 wordsAugust Rodin, the well-known sculptor, has presented the British people with 20 of his statues in token of his admiration of the British soldiers fighting in France. ...
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Article : 433 wordsThe Press Bureau states that a submarine torpedoed the torpedo gunboat Niger (810 tons) in the Downs, off the coast of Kent. ...
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Article : 261 wordsOwing to the war, county cricket fixtures for 1915 have been postponed sine die. The Northern Union Football Committee has decided that it is impossible to invite a ...
Article : 58 wordsIt is officially announced that the rebels have been given until the 21st instant to surrender their arms. The leaders of the rebellion are excluded ...
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Article : 390 wordsWhile the loss of any vessel of the fleet is to be regretted, the fact that, out of all the vessels in The Downs at the time, a raiding German submarine should only sink a ...
Article : 238 wordsThe Dominion Government announces that certain channels on the coast of British Columbia have been closed to navigation. ...
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Article : 50 wordsA German proclamation issued in Brussels slates that the citizens have not obeyed instructions to continue in their occupations, and that they have failed to ...
Article : 171 wordsGeneral gratification is expressed at the fact that the commander of the Emden escaped without injury. ...
Article : 19 wordsMr. Lloyd George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, has announced that a call for a further strong contingent will be made abroad. ...
Article : 152 wordsNaval circles here express the hope that they will soon hear that the battle-cruiser Australia has met the German cruisers off the South American coast. ...
Article : 33 wordsThe High Commissioner for Australia (Sir George Reid) said: "The sinking of the Emden will arouse tremendous satisfaction amongst Australian people in the ...
Article : 112 wordsThe Rome correspondent of the "Morning Post" states that Germany became alarmed at the Russian successes, and made preliminary offers for pence to the ...
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Article : 252 wordsA communique issued at midnight states: —The enemy continued their efforts without result. Their counter attack on Lombartzydo has been repulsed. ...
Article : 49 wordsSir G. E. Foster, Minister for Trade and Commerce, has cabled to Mr. Fisher, Prime Minister of Australia, as follows: "Bravo Australia; Canada congratulates ...
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Article : 162 wordsThe American Relief Organisation is distriutiug 400,000 meals daily in Brussels alone. Complaint is made that Germany is ...
Article : 50 words"Inquirer" asks if there is a likelihood of the rigour of the winter climate on the eastern frontier of Germany rendering military operations on the part of the Russians ...
Article : 268 wordsIt is believed that the Hungarian cavalry in Belgium has been almost annihilated. The two latest lists of casualties include 867 Hungarian names of distinction. ...
Article : 27 wordsAs far as is known at present, the captain of the Emden and the Emperor's kinsman, together with the wounded and the other prisoners, will be taken to ...
Article : 56 wordsThe Japanese captured a destroyer, two gunboats, and five transports at Tsing-Tao. They hope to be able to raise the cruiser Kaiserin Elizabeth, which was sunk in the ...
Article : 36 wordsThe "Daily Chronicle's" Calais correspondent states that the Germans made a determined night attack upon La Bassee on Tuesday. The British allowed the ...
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Article : 218 wordsThe "Tribunal" quotes a member of the German Embassy at Rome as stating that when the Germans landed in Great Britain if the men and women resisted ...
Article : 51 wordsA Japanese torpedo boat, which was engaged mine-sweeping at Kaio-Chao, has been sunk. The majority, of the crew were saved. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Fri 13 Nov 1914, Page 7
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