There was a lull yesterday in recruiting for the expeditionary force. Instead of nearly a thousand passing through the hands of the enrolling officer, as ...
Article : 572 wordsThe Sydney Chamber of Commerce has convened a special meeting of consignees having cargo on ships detained at various ports for this morning at 11 o'clock, to consider the ...
Article : 342 wordsWhen the British Empire League, met last evening, Mr. H. Y. Braddon delivered an interesting address on the international relations of Britain and Germany and the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 773 wordsMr. A. Gordon Wesche, superintendent in Australia for the P. and O. Company, received a cablegram yesterday, to the effect that the R.M.S. Mooltan had embarked her ...
Article : 93 wordsThe Consul-General for France has issued the following notice:— Reservists who are called to France and who have not the means to pay their fare, ...
Article : 121 wordsA movement, originating with the Under-graduates' Association of the University, and intended to increase the Patriotic Funds, has received very general support. A ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 144 wordsFurther subscriptions to this fund were received at the Chamber of Commerce yesterday totalling £1435 5s. This brings the fund up to £9304 4s 6d. ...
Article : 722 wordsA conference took place in the Prime Minister's room to-day to consider the whole question of the censorship. There was present the Prime Minister (Mr. Cook), the ...
Article : 274 wordsSir,—I was glad to see your leader to-day, and as one of the general public I must say the numerous appeals for this fund and that fund are most bewildering. For my part, I ...
Article : 238 wordsThe hon. secretary of the Citizens' "War Chest" Fund reports that more applications have been received from business firms for war chests than the joinery establishments ...
Article : 180 wordsBathurst has fallen into the with most of the country centres by inaugurating a red cross society, the following officers being elected:—President, the Mayoress (Mrs. ...
Article : 817 wordsSir,—Among the many suggestions which are being brought forward to assist the unemployed, present and prospective, might I advance one in connection with the gold mines ...
Article : 204 wordsThe following summary has been received by cable from Sir George Reid:— The British expeditionary force has landed at Boulogne, and is moving to the front. ...
Article : 398 wordsThe invitation to subscribe to the war relief fund inaugurate by the New South Wales Masonic Club is meeting with the most favourable response. Amongst the sums ...
Article : 46 wordsSome days ago a notice was issued by the military authorities stating that a free pardon would be given to deserters from the army who enlisted at the present time. The ...
Article : 157 wordsThe Lord Mayor (Alderman Richards) yesterday received from Tattersall's Club the sum of £1500 in three cheques of £500 each. One of the cheques was for the Lord Mayor's ...
Article : 59 wordsThe Minister for Customs announced to-day that arrangements had been completed for the unloading in Melbourne to-morrow of the local cargo from the German steamers ...
Article : 62 wordsSir,—May I, through the "Herald," invite all citizens who believe in and trust our Futher in heaven, to offer a short prayer for victory and for speedy peace, each day, at ...
Article : 130 wordsThe Lord Mayor's Patriotic Fund has received a substantial contribution from a well-known Sydney family, as follows:—Mrs. J. F. Dunlop, £200; Edwards, Dunlop, and Co., ...
Article : 47 wordsA large meeting of woolgrowers and others interested was held to-day to consider the serious increase which has been decided upon, in consequence of the war, by the oversea ...
Article : 118 wordsA cable message was received yesterday by Mr. Gibbs, general manager of the National Insurance Company of New Zealand, Ltd., from the head office at Dunedin, stating that, the ...
Article : 59 wordsAt yesterday's meeting of the finance committee of the City Council, the town clerk reported that a number of employees had been called upon for military duty, and that he ...
Article : 84 wordsThe first thing to be said about "The Sledge Hammer," which was produced for the first time at the Adelphi Theatre last night, is that the acting was unusually good. Everybody ...
Article : 145 wordsAt a meeting of the Chinese citizens of Sydney to assist the Lord Mayor's fund, held last night, Mr. Ping Nam who presided over a representative attendance, said that it was ...
Article : 75 wordsIt is believed that the German-Australian line cargo steamer Lubeck, which is now four days overdue on her maiden voyage from Continental ports, has "picked up" news of the ...
Article : 73 wordsAnother important addition to the already large fleet of transports was announced yesterday.The steamer in question is the ...
Article : 137 wordsThe sum of £10,372 was subscribed to the Lord Mayor's Patriotic Fund to-day, and the total is now £55,891. The principal contribution received to-day was £3000 from the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 203 wordsShortly before 10 o'clock last night a motor fishing boat was proceeding, contrary to regulations, across the bay, when a warning shot was fired from Lytton Fort. ...
Article : 34 wordsA social, to be held in the Ashfield Town Hall on August 25, will be in aid of the Patriotic Fund. The sum of over £100 was collected at ...
Article : 510 wordsThe A.J.C. yesterday voted £10,000 for patriotic purposes. Mr. Adrian Knox, chairman of the club, moved the following resolution at the club's ...
Article : 260 wordsThe offices of Messrs. Lohmann and Co., agents for the Norddeutscher Lloyd, in Bridgestreet, will now close at 3 p.m. daily until further notice. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe men who are now serving, or have already served, in the Australian Field Artillery, and desire to volunteer for service abroad with the expeditionary force, should ...
Article : 44 wordsAmongst the arrivals from New Zealand by the Union Company's steamer Manuka yesterday was a party of French sailors from the warship Montcalm. The men were ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 103 wordsThe Premier has received a cable from the Agent-General in London to the effect that the following persons, who were mostly passengers proceeding by the seized German ...
Article : 73 wordsMessrs. O. and N. Falkiner have notified Dalgety and Co. that their firm will give all the surplus horses on their Tuppal, Moonb[?] and Widglowa stations. This ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 116 wordsAbout 2500 of Victorian troops in the Australian Imperial force marched through the city to-day to the concentration camp at Broadmeadows. The streets were crowded ...
Article : 39 wordsIn all probability the fleet of German steamers at present detained in Sydney will shortly be added to by the arrival of the German-Australian Company's steamer Berlin. ...
Article : 94 wordsThursday, September 3. has been fixed for the effort of the theatrical profession designed to swell the Lord Mayor's Patriotic Fund. On that day a matinee on a monster scale ...
Article : 286 wordsThe Deputy Postmaster-General (Mr. E. J. Young) yesterday received, the following from Brisbane:— "New Caledonia cable interrupted since 9 ...
Article : 35 wordsSix Taree residents, Dr. Gormley and Messrs. A. E. Smith, A. A. Maloney. W. H. Muldoon, G. T. Clerke, and L. B. Martin, have sent an animation to the Minister for Defence, ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thu 20 Aug 1914, Page 8
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