Sir Edward Grey, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, when explaining in the House of Commons Great Britain's attitude to Germany, stated that the ...
Article : 836 wordsWar has been declared between Britain and Germany, Germany has persisted in its disregard of the neutrality of Belgium, and German troops have entered that country. This has led to the British decl a ration of war, which meets with ...
Article : 307 wordsM. Poincare, the President, has issued a proclamation, emphasising the strong efforts made by France to secure peace, and stating that he now relies on the ...
Article : 668 wordsDetails of military and naval operations are meagre and misleading owing to the consership. A private telegram from Stockholm ...
Article : 114 wordsThe demand on the Savings Banks in Moore-street and Barrack-street was not nearly so pronounced to-day. The total amount withdrawn was small, compared ...
Article : 1,025 wordsThe German steamer Kronprinzessin Cecllie, which is one the voyage from New York to Hamburg, with £2,000,000 in specie aboard, has been signalled by wireless ...
Article : 48 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly to-day Mr. Denham, the premier announced the receipt of a telegram from the Prime Minister, stating that official information had ...
Article : 146 wordsFive German vessels are now in port in Sydney, and, of course, will not be given clearances. They are the Osnabruck (German-Australian Company), 4240 ...
Article : 119 wordsThe Admiralty urges that British Ships bound for continental ports north of Calais be diverted to ports in the United Kingdom. ...
Article : 29 wordsGermany has detained the British steamers Saxon, Castro, and Cuxhaven, at Hamburg. ...
Article : 18 wordsThe "Daily Telegraph" states that the Germans have occupied Arlon, in Belgium, and the Swiss railway station at Basic. ...
Article : 24 wordsA number of the member of the Fitzroy Rifle Club, who have been instructed to leave to-morrow morning for Flinders, as a relict guard for the Eastern ...
Article : 148 wordsIt is unofficially reported that the German mail steamer Seydritz, which left Sydney suddenly on Monday afternoon, two days ahead of time, has been ...
Article : 88 wordsA large number of Dutch and German women and children have arrived from Flusking. They have come to England for safety. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe German cruiser Augsburg has sent a wireless message to the effect that she was bombarding Libau, a Russian naval harbour, on the Baltic, 143 ...
Article : 66 wordsEighty-five per cent. has been paid to Lloyd's to Insure against war between Great Britain and Germany within three months. ...
Article : 24 wordsThe question of constituting the Australian Parliament and calling it together as soon as possible is being widely discussed. ...
Article : 209 wordsThe French Embassy states that the German armoured cruiser Breslau (12 4.1 in and two machine guns) bombarded Bona (a fortified seaport town and naval ...
Article : 52 wordsThe Pope has sanctioned the return of the Swiss Guards to Switzerland. ...
Article : 17 wordsIn Parliament to-day Mr. Scaddan, the Premier, announced that he had received a telegram from the Prime Minister, officially announcing the declaration of ...
Article : 149 wordsThe outbreak of war has caused much uneasiness in Japan. ...
Article : 17 words"Le Matin" states that the Austrians attacked the Servians at Semendria, a town on the Danube, at the mouth of the Jesava, 25 miles south-east of Belgrade, ...
Article : 51 wordsSir Ronald Munro Ferguson, the Governor-General of Australia, to-day received the following message from His Majesty King George, In acknowledgment ...
Article : 141 wordsMr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, stated in the House of Commons this afternoon that Germany had been asked for a satisfactory reply by midnight respecting ...
Article : 274 wordsIt is believe that Austria has abandoned her active campaign against Servia, attending to pressing matters in Galicia. ...
Article : 25 wordsAll forts were manned during the night. The garrison artillery and territorials preserved conditions of actual service. The coastal steamer Wakatu, entering ...
Article : 64 wordsMany Germans in Sydney are applying for naturalisation as British subjects. Since the beginning of the week there has been an unprecedented demand at ...
Article : 43 wordsThe French troops are keeping well off the frontier line, and are not playing Germany's game by exciting themselves. German raiding parties met with only ...
Article : 91 wordsThe Czar, in a manifesto, states that Russia is related, in faith and blood, to the Slav people. Russia never regarded the fate of the Slav with indifference. ...
Article : 319 wordsMr. Fisher, the leader of the Commonwealth Labour party speaking at Coolemon this afternoon announced that he had received a wire that war had been ...
Article : 107 wordsAs a precautionary measure the following troops are to be mobilised as a mobile reserve for the defence of Sydney. The troops are:—Infantry: 25th ...
Article : 183 wordsThe following message was received by the Governor-General from the Imperial Government:— "Referring to your telegram, His ...
Article : 55 wordsThe momentous news that war had been declared by Great Britain against Germany was received at Newcastle without any demonstration. ...
Article : 172 wordsMobllisation of Montenegro's forces has been ordered. A blockade at Antivar: is expected. Advices from Nish, in Servia, are to ...
Article : 74 wordsThe Governor-General this afternoon issued a proclamation drawing attention to the existence of the danger of war. The proclamation states that such part ...
Article : 72 wordsThe following order was issued yesterday to the Newcastle members of the Australian Army Medical Corps:—''You are directed to hold yourself in readiness ...
Article : 114 wordsMr. Cook, the Prime Minister, stated today that adequate financial arrangements had been forecasted to safeguard the financial position of Australia and that ...
Article : 120 wordsThere was again a steady stream of withdrawals from the savings banks in Newcastle yesterday, but at the close of business hours it was officially stated that ...
Article : 171 wordsSir Ronald Munro Ferguson, the Governor-General of the Commonwealth, this morning received an official cable message, announcing that war had been declared ...
Article : 76 wordsArmy chaplains held an open-air service yesterday, the soldiers marching with their kits around the Bismarck monument. ...
Article : 62 wordsMr. John Redmond, leader of the Irish Nationalist party, stated in the House of Commons that the Government might withdraw troops from Ireland. The armed ...
Article : 148 wordsThe Deputy Postmaster-General notifies that:— "Owing to the pressure of Government and other telegrams the deferred and ...
Article : 80 wordsPrivate cable messages received in Sydney to-day reported that the London banks had been closed, and would not be reopened until Friday. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe German steamer Pfalz left this morning without waiting for her clearance, but when passing through the Rip the Queenscliffe forts sent two shots ...
Article : 232 wordsThere was intense excitement in the city to-night. Crowds of people gathered in front of the newspaper offices, and eagerly awaited the issue of the special war ...
Article : 88 wordsThe "Glornaled' Italia" states that Germany has called the attention of Italy to France's so-called hostile acts. It urges that these constitute a casus ...
Article : 85 wordsThe King addressed a joint sitting of the two chambers, and declared, amid enthusiasm that Belgium was ready to make all sacrifices to resist the invader. ...
Article : 207 wordsThe Bourse and the banks have closed until August 8th. A moratorium has been decreed. RIO DE JANEIRO, Tuesday. ...
Article : 45 wordsAn open air meeting was held in Albert-Square this evening in connection with the European crisis. Alderman Jenkinson, the Mayor of ...
Article : 251 wordsWord was received at Newcastle yesterday that the directors of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company had decided to close down operations at the company's steel ...
Article : 192 wordsMr. Lloyd-George, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced in the House of Commons that the Government had adopted the war risk scheme at the ...
Article : 91 wordsThe sailing of the big oversea ships from Sydney has not yet been affected. The vessels of the Oriens Co., P. add O. Co., White Star and Aberdeen lines, ...
Article : 254 wordsDr. Woodrow Wilson, the President of the United States, says that the financial situation is sound. The United States has issued a formal ...
Article : 37 wordsSir Edward Carson advised all Ulster Volunteers who are liable to be called out to respond immediately, as their first duty is to the King. ...
Article : 46 wordsMobilisation throughout the Netherlands is progressing smoothly. The authorities are prepared, if necessary, to open the sluices and submerge the ...
Article : 37 wordsThe Norwegian four-masted barque Ferm, which was entered outwards at the Newcastle Custom-house on Saturday, is detained here by the authorities, her ...
Article : 86 wordsMr. J. Wellard, Storekeeper, has been appointed an agent for the sale of the "Newcastle Morning Herald" at Awaba. ...
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), Thu 6 Aug 1914, Page 5
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