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Advertising : 47 wordsThe Bank of England has made arrangements whereby it will receive gold in Ottawa and make payments against London. The Canadaian Finance Minister will hold ...
Article : 258 wordsThe Cunard liner Lusitania arrived in the Mersey to-day after a nerve-racking run across the Atlantic. The voyage was made with lights out, and ...
Article : 78 wordsThe official bureau of information says that within the last 12 hours 4700 men have recruited in London. ...
Article : 43 wordsA wireless report from an unknown source reached New York last night stating that the Kaiser had been shot in the right thigh at Aix-la-Chapelle, on the German-Belgian ...
Article : 74 wordsAn unconfirmed report comes from Brussels that the left wing of the Belgian Army has been engaged in a fierce and prolonged battle with a mixed force of German cavalry, ...
Article : 66 wordsThe Times publishes a disclosure of German press manoeuvres. A prominent personage in Germany, standing in close personal relationship to the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 62 wordsThe East End dockers are remarkably enthusiastic over the War. Bon Tillet states that they are joining the army in hundreds. Many footballers are enrolling in the ...
Article : 44 wordsThe naval correspondent of the Times predicts that important events will soon take place in the Mediterranean. While eulogising the courage of the ...
Article : 74 wordsSome German Uhlans who were captured were amazed when asked why they had invaded Belgium. They replied that they had come to liberate Belgium from the French ...
Article : 90 wordsCrowds of Americans are still arriving in London from the Continent, the great majority of them being without either baggage or money. ...
Article : 136 wordsQuiet conditions controlled the market for Australian tallow at to-day's sales. A restricted business was done, but prices remained steady. Mutton was sold at from ...
Article : 58 wordsAugust 21 has been fixed as a special day of prayer for all denominations. ...
Article : 26 wordsWriting of the events of the first week in August the London Times correspondent in Berlin says that the Chancellor told the Reichstag that August 4 would be, for all ...
Article : 130 wordsTurkey has bought the German cruiser Goeben, and has given an assurance that the German crew will leave the vessel. An earlier message stated that the fugitive ...
Article : 57 wordsCommunication between London and Paris has been re-established. ...
Article : 20 wordsA firm market ruled for linseed to-day, and sales were negotiated at £26. Turpentin[?] however, was weak at £35 10s per ton. ...
Article : 33 wordsOn the occasion of their third attack on Liege the Germans stripped the uniforms from the bodies of wounded and dead Belgians, and marched to the next assault ...
Article : 200 wordsThe Brussels correspondent of the Times states that the roar of cannon in the direction of Liege has never ceased thundering. ...
Article : 31 wordsSilver met a firmer market to-day. The ruling price was 2s 2[?]d, an advance of [?]d per oz. standard. ...
Article : 26 wordsOf 26 German corps the bulk are concentrated between Liege and Luxemburg. The number of troops known to be on the western side of that country proves that the ...
Article : 57 wordsThe shipping of the allied countries has resumed sailing in Eastern waters between Hongkong and ports to the north. ...
Article : 31 wordsIt is reported that some spies, armed with revolvers, sought to assassinate the King of the Belgians, but that they were frustrated in the attempt. ...
Article : 40 wordsAnother significant announcement relating to the safety of British shipping in the North Sea and the Mediterranean has been made by the Admiralty. ...
Article : 65 wordsPersons who have already enrolled for service in the expeditionary force, but have not yet been medically examined, should attend fair medical examination at Victoria ...
Article : 177 wordsThe South African Government has undertaken the local defence of all the provinces comprised in the Union. ...
Article : 31 wordsMr. Fred W. Wile, the Dally Mail correspondent who escaped with the "British Ambassador, imagines that Berlin-is talking less glibly to-day of £200,000,000 indemnity to be ...
Article : 109 wordsThe Postal Department is despatching the outgoing mail for Australia through America. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe Dutch Minister for war declares that whatever happens, Holland will preserve her neutrality. This declaration is made in spite of rumors ...
Article : 52 wordsAn inspired paper in Cologne declares that Roumania is joining the Triple Alliance, The parties to the Triple Alliance are nominally Germany, Austria, and Italy, but ...
Article : 52 wordsThe Edinburgh Scotsman prints the story of ah eye-witness who saw the fight between the British cruisers and the German submarine U15, in which the latter Was lost. ...
Article : 182 wordsSeveral British newspapers comment on "the victory of-silence" in the North Sea. "Within a week of the beginning of war against the second, greatest sea power," says ...
Article : 198 wordsGreat importance is attached to the official Press Bureau's announcement that German troops are reported to be entrenching along the line of the river Aisne. ...
Article : 287 wordsColonel M'Laurin is busy appointing his commanding officers for the battalions of his New South Wales Infantry Brigade. The commanding officers will select their own ...
Article : 90 wordsBrussels papers say that, Holland is about to make a peremptory demand to Germany to withdraw her troops from the Dutch frontier. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 214 wordsNearly every man in Sydney who can shoulder a rifle is anxious to go to the front. Victoria Barracks is still being besieged by men who have heard the call to arms and are ...
Article : 330 wordsMembers of the Junior Red Cross Society, Which until recently was more generally known under the name of Girl Aids, met at the Town Hail this morning. Mrs. Wilfrid ...
Article : 263 wordsThe Times in a leader says:—"By common consent the peoples, of the Dominions have arisen with splendid unanimity to the needs of the moment when Britain requires all the ...
Article : 92 wordsIt is pointed out by critics that the real significance of the sinking of the German submarine U15 is that the Germans are relying primarily upon their submarines in the ...
Article : 93 wordsThe Russian commanded of Sveaborg fortress, which defends the town of Heisingfors, capital of Finland, has ordered non-combatants to leave, as a bombardment is believed ...
Article : 44 wordsAt a smoke concert given at the Civic Club last night the chairman, Major Waine, made an appeal to members to start a fund for the relief of the victims of the war. He ...
Article : 87 wordsThe Government of Alberta, Canada, has offered half a million bushels of oats to England. They Will be delivered free of cost. ...
Article : 83 wordsThe directors of Randwick Asylum have offered, free of charge to the Commonwealth, the use of the larger portion of the main buildings, which will provide beds for at least ...
Article : 116 wordsThe Russian fleet scouring the Baltic Sea has captured 20 merchantmen, which have been taken to Constadt. ...
Article : 33 wordsAt an enthusiastic meeting held in the Council Chambers at Parramatta last night £250 was subscribed in eight minutes. Mr. T. R. Moxham promised £10 per week in ...
Article : 206 wordsThe Red Cross Society has now enrolled the names of 55,000 women who are prepared to act as nurses. ...
Article : 30 wordsRome papers say that an Austrian cavalry brigade on the frontier was attacked by the Cossacks, and as their a[?]illery was unable to hold the position they attempted to retire. ...
Article : 90 wordsLord Kitchener's army, for which 5000 men have enrolled during the last 12 hours, will consist of six divisions—the Scottish," Irish, Northern, Eastern Western, and Light ...
Article : 72 wordsA largely-attended meeting of consignees having cargo on board the German steamers Griefswald, now at Fremantle, and Roon, supposed to be at Batavia, also on other ships ...
Article : 153 wordsThe British Embassy at Rome is chartering an Italian ship for the convenience of British subjects who want to return to England. ...
Article : 34 wordsThe wholesale dairy merchants of Sussex-street who deal extensively with European markets were this morning advised by a leading firm of bankers that war risk can be ...
Article : 284 wordsThe city of Ottawa has given a battery of quickfiring guns, mounted on motor cars; for the defence of Canada. ...
Article : 33 wordsThe Canadian-Japanese Association has telegraphed to Mr. F. L. Borden, Prime Minister of Canada, asking, "Will our humble serviced under the naval and militia ...
Article : 52 wordsReports from Switzerland state that two German line regiments were annihilated during the battle or Mulhausen. ...
Article : 36 wordsThe Duke of Connaught, Governor-General of Canada, is encamping with the Canadian expeditionary forces. ...
Article : 28 wordsA clear and comprehensive map of Europe, in the preparation of which particular pains have been taken to show the principal points and the localities where the most decisive ...
Article : 58 wordsSwitzerland is likely to become a colossal hospital. ...
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The Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 - 1954), Thu 13 Aug 1914, Page 5
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