M. Paul Cambon, the French Ambassador to Great Britain, has issued a statement alleging that Germany declared war at the moment Russia and ...
Article : 681 wordsAfter a protracted Cabinet meeting yesterday afternoon, presided over by the Governor-General, the Commonwealth Government has decided in the ...
Article : 1,179 wordsA largely-attended meeting of the Geelong branch was held last evening in the Trades Hall, to receive reports from the wages board representatives. ...
Article : 399 wordsKing George is keeping in the closest touch with the Cabinet, special telephones having been installed between Downing-street and Buckingham Palace, ...
Article : 404 wordsBro. H. M'Kenzic Kirkwood, representing the M.W. Grand Master, and accompanied by a number of Grand Lodge officers, visited Geelong last evening for the installation of ...
Article : 137 wordsSir,—Many residents of Melbourne will back up the remarks of those who are endeavoring to stir up interest sufficient to secure an early train from Geelong to ...
Article : 177 wordsAlthough there has been no Declaration of war announced between the two countries, German troops are reported to have crossed into France at ...
Article : 484 wordsThere was a large attendance at a meeting of the Geelong branch of the Wharf Laborers' Union at the Trades Hall last night Mr. J. Plunkett, the ...
Article : 114 wordsSir.—A paragraph appeared in an issue of the "Advertiser" last week in the Mc[?]hodists [?]ming their services at Ocean Grove As it was somewhat misleading. I ask the ...
Article : 247 wordsWarrant-officer H. C. Harris was the naval man called to Melbourne on Sunday, and has been ordered to the Examination Service at the Heads. He was ...
Article : 304 wordsBritish Salvation Army officers warmly support the land settlement scheme outlined by Mr. Herbert Easton, secretary of the New South Wales branch of ...
Article : 59 wordsTelegrams from Nish state that the Austrains continue to bombard Belgrade. Shells have wreeked the State School. various banks, the Cathedral, a ...
Article : 341 wordsTaking advantage of the cessation of senior football next Saturday, the Victoria Coursing Club has arranged for stakes to be run at the Plumpton at ...
Article : 72 wordsLondon, August 3rd.—It is understood in London that the British Government will ask Parliament to grant the sum of £50,000,000 for defence ...
Article : 551 wordsTaking time by the foreclock to the prepared for eventualities, Celonel Ryan. Principal Medical Officer of the Military Forces, wired to the Geelong ...
Article : 67 wordsIt was arranged yesterday by the committee of the Geelong Footbal Club to entertain the players at a theatre party to-might at His Majesty's, where ...
Article : 69 wordsIt is semi-officially announced that the forthcoming visit of a British rifle team to Australia will be aba[?]ned. The Bank rates in Paris and Berlin ...
Article : 100 wordsPetty-officer Harris sudden departure from his home at East Geelon on Sunday night in response to an urgent call from the Naval headquarters was not ...
Article : 183 wordsA Flushing steamer has reached Folkestone wirh a large number of German and Dutch women and children on beard. who have been sent to England ...
Article : 160 wordsIn n prominent position on the front of the Miller Homes in Ryrie-street has been placed a tablet setting our that the cottages are a memorial to the late ...
Article : 63 wordsFor some nights on the arrival of the train from Melbourne large numbers of boys have rushed the station platform to the inconvenience of passengers and the ...
Article : 87 wordsLondon, August 4th.—The Nelson liner Castro, bound from Dantzag to Hull, has been detained at the Kiel Canal, and ordered to Hamburg. It is ...
Article : 76 wordsMr. Hamer, Engineer for Public Works in New Zealand, and Mr. Cook, assistant engineer of the Sydney Sewerage Department, have been down to ...
Article : 57 wordsLondon, August 4th.—Many ladies dressed in fclack attended Westminster Abbey yesterday afternoon. Every pew was occupied half an hour before the ...
Article : 148 wordsLondon, August 2nd.—Very little general interest is being taken in the Home Rule problem. The Unionist leaders understand that the ...
Article : 82 wordsSome days ago several articles were stolen from a tent at Wincheisea, in which a South Geehnig resident named Horrell was camped The police were ...
Article : 64 wordsSydney Monday.—A dinner of an intiernational character was held on the French mail steamer Pacifique yesterday. It was given by Commandant ...
Article : 167 wordsPains of the flesh as well as the hearing apparently may be experienced from the learning of the bagpipes. A youth who had a splinter removed from ...
Article : 73 wordsOwing to pressure on our space, some local news items are crowded out of this issue. Jas Ryan was charged with ...
Article : 208 wordsNewcastle, Monday.—It is expected that Newcastle will shortly be proclaimed a "daylight port," and that full precautions will he taken to guard it ...
Article : 127 wordsMr. Frank Ran, at the request of many ratepayers, has decided to stand, for the Barsvon riding seat in the South Barwon Council in place of Cr. Evans, ...
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Advertising : 223 wordsSir Guy Fleetwood Wilson, formerly Vice-President of the Legislative Council of India, says Russia has deliberately undertaken the war in defence of ...
Article : 531 wordsA temperance rally is to be held in the Mechanics' Hall to-morrow night, and the speakers include the Revs. T. S. B. Woodful and S. Archer Harris: ...
Article : 41 wordsTenders are being called by the Defence Department for 62,000 pairs of mitties for Senior Cadets and Citizen Forces. 42,600 pairs of general service ...
Article : 71 wordsMr. W. A. Watt. ex-Premier of Victoria. who has given several lighting speeches in Adelaide and other centres, is visiting Geelong on Friday night ...
Article : 117 wordsSome members of the State Government are concerned as to what effect the war will have on the big metalliferous mines. The Mt. Ly[?]ll and Broken ...
Article : 66 wordsBroken Hill, Monday.—In consequence of the war buyers of ores have announced that they cannot accept delivery for export of concentrates. The ...
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Geelong Advertiser (Vic. : 1859 - 1929), Tue 4 Aug 1914, Page 3
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