The generosity of the people of sunny Queensland and their solicitude for the welfare of our kinsfolk who go to the support of the Motherland, and those of the ...
Article : 1,494 wordsLetters have been received which reveal the existence of terrible conditions [?] Dalmatia, Bos[?]ia, and Croatia. Trad[?] has censed, and food is scarce. A[?] ...
Article : 118 wordsDALBY, August 17. At a meeting of ladies held in the School of Arts Hall to-day it was decided to form a committee to assist in ...
Article : 296 wordsAs one of the speakers remarked, never before was such a meeting held in Maryborough as that in the Town Hall to-night. when hundreds of citizens attended to ...
Article : 674 wordsMr. D. Service (secretary of the Automobile Club) notified yesterday that up to 3 p.m. 80 cars had been offered for use to the military authorities, ...
Article : 70 wordsReports received from Berne state that the Kaiser and the headquarters staff of the German army have left Berlin for Mainz (Mayence), a fortified town in ...
Article : 34 wordsA movement is afoot here, initiated by Miss Luice Dalton, to call a meeting of ladies early next week, with a view to collecting funds to assist the "Courier" ...
Article : 216 wordsParticular attention is called to an advertisement appearing in our theatrical columns, in which is the programme to be given at the Thespians' War Fund ...
Article : 157 wordsThe Turks are acting arbitrarily in the Dardanelles, detaining vessels of the Tr[?]ple Entente without explanation. The newspapers contain bitter anti-British articles. ...
Article : 42 wordsIn presenting colours to the 58th Regiment (Essendon Rifles) his Excellency the Governor-General said: "Officers and men, I confide these colours, which have ...
Article : 343 wordsThe police captured Wuelfing, one of the thief German spies, who was a resident of Brussels. At the moment of his arrest he was writing a report to the ...
Article : 49 wordsA meeting of South Brisbane citizens, held at the Town Hall last evening, decided upon energetic steps to assist in raising funds for patriotic and relief ...
Article : 806 wordsAt its meeting to-day the Ipswich City Council decided to contribute £100 towards the Patriotic Fund. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe Executive of the Protestant Alliance Friendly Society has decided to pay the contributions of every member who may be called out for local or oversea ...
Article : 118 wordsMr. E. R. Larkin, M.L.A., and secretary of the New South Wales Football League, having volunteered for military service, has been accepted, and he will ...
Article : 50 wordsSir,—In yours of the 15th insta[?], under heading "The Patriotic Fund," is the statement that "Mr. Browne" has promised £200 conditionally on nine ...
Article : 199 wordsThe Embourg fort shelled three motor cars which were carrying German officers on the road alongside the River Ourthe. One of the cars fell into the river, and ...
Article : 45 wordsTHE RECONSTRUCTED KIEL CANAL. THE £11,000,000 naval work which enables Germany to transfer her largest warships from the North Sea to the Baltic, and which was but recently opened by the Kaiser. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 33 wordsWhen the first partial mobilisation was ordered on the declaration of war the Minister for Defence (Senator Millen) directed that the trainees of the 1896 ...
Article : 129 wordsThe Canadian Minister of finance has received a war contribution of £500,000 from Mr. Ross, the Montreal steel magnate. ...
Article : 32 wordsThe Hon. A. H. Whittingham, M.L.C. (president of the United Pastoralists and Grazing Farmers' Association), advises that he has received offers of the ...
Article : 181 wordsTwo thousand Belgian reservists have sailed for London, taking with them the following message from the Canadian Minister of Militia:—"You are going to ...
Article : 45 wordsThe Minister for Defence (Senator Millen) announced last night that the German-Australian liner Newm[?]nster, of 4224 tons, had been brought into ...
Article : 63 wordsThe contributions to the Lord Mayor's Fund now amount to over £10,500. The War Food Fund, started by the Chamber of Commerce, stands at £66[?]0. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe 1896 quota trainees of the 8th Infantry (Oxley) Regiment are notified. by advertisement, that they have to report and bring in their kits at 8 o'clock ...
Article : 58 wordsA sum of £40,763 has been subscribed to the Lord Mayor's Patriotic Fund. ...
Article : 20 wordsThe export of Russian butter and eggs to England via Archangel is being arranged. ...
Article : 21 wordsThe Mayor of Hobart's patriotic fund to-day reached £[?]687. The Commercial Bank of Tasmania has given £500, and the managing director, Mr. David ...
Article : 35 wordsAt a meeting of the Society of Friends. Queensland, on Sunday, delegates being present from Charters Towers. Rockhampton, Toowoomba, and elsewhere, the ...
Article : 231 wordsThe Government is insuring vessels against war risks for a period of 91 days at 2½ per cent, If the vessel is at sea at the expiration of the policy she will ...
Article : 58 wordsA cable message has been received from the Imperial Government offering to grant commissions to the senior cadets at Duntroon College, but in view of the ...
Article : 387 wordsSenator Millen (Minister for Defence) has telegraphed to the naval authorities asking that his high appreciation be conveyed to the Hon. J. G. Appel (Home ...
Article : 72 wordsRochmann, a German, who is an ex[?] employee of Messrs. Vickers, and Harland and Wolff, has been arrested at the Belfast docks. ...
Article : 33 wordsA meeting of the Commercial Travellers' Association and Club has been called for 8 p.m. on Saturday next in order to inaugurate a patriotic fund. Similar ...
Article : 100 wordsEnlistment for the Australian expeditionary force will begin this morning. Throughout the State there has been a spontaneous offer of service, and the ...
Article : 445 wordsThe Territorial force and the Boy Scouts protecting the railways, telegraphs, and waterworks have been largely increased. The police have been ordered to enforce ...
Article : 47 wordsAt the instance of Mr. A. H. Gent several farmers have interested themselves in the collection of a consignment of eggs from Rockhampton and district to ...
Article : 69 wordsThe justices have ordered the closing of the public houses in the chief towns in Northumberland and Durham at 9 o'clock in the evening. No resentment ...
Article : 132 wordsThe Adelaide Steamship Co.'s steamer Marloo arrived from Melbourne, via Sydney, yesterday. Those on board the Marloo witnessed a novel sight when ...
Article : 148 wordsThe Mayor of Brisbane last evening furnished the following information regarding the patriotic fund:—Further donations: Queensland Turf Club, £1000; Mr. ...
Article : 196 wordsA patriotic meeting was held here to-night in the Town Hall, which was unable) to hold the large crowds. Consequently an overflow meeting was held ...
Article : 373 wordsDr. J. M. Flatau, a well-known resident of Sydney, who is recognised as an authority on Polish and Hungarian affairs, expressed a very interesting ...
Article : 469 wordsSir,—In your issue of Saturday, August 15, under the heading "The Citizen Guard," I saw "Inniskilling Fusilier" suggested that there might be destruction ...
Article : 231 wordsThe last issue of "District Military Orders" contained the following intimation:—"The following instructions from the Chief of the General Staff re1ative to ...
Article : 214 wordsWhen the aldermen of Brisbane City Council assembled for their fortnightly meeting yesterday. Alderman C. M. Jenkinson (mayor) said he had to ...
Article : 537 wordsSir,—Kindly allow me space to add my support to the letter appearing in your issue of Saturday's date above the signature "W. F. Taylor." All will admit ...
Article : 260 wordsA Patriotic Fund was opened at Rockhampton to-day, and £80 subscribed. ...
Article : 19 wordsBefore leaving for Sydney to-night the Minister for Defence (Senator Millen) approved of a system of allowances for those wounded, and for dependents of those ...
Article : 115 wordsTHE GERMAN CRUISER LEIPZIG, WHICH IS PROWLING ABOUT THE AMERICAN SIDE OF THE PACIFIC. The captain of this vessel, which called at San Francisco for coal, stated that he was in search of two "Australian cruisers" which were ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 48 wordsA number of competitive examinations has been notified by the Commonwealth Public Service Commissioner (Mr. D. C. M'Lachalan) up to the end of the year, ...
Article : 145 wordsThe total number of volunteers enrolled by the Mayor of Brisbane (Alderman C. M. J[?]kinson) at the Town Hall is now 2060. The total is made up as follows:— ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Tue 18 Aug 1914, Page 7
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