The following cable message from the Secretary of State for the Colonies has been received by the Governor-General with regard to the British Government's scheme for ...
Article : 617 wordsPrivate cable advices from London have been received in Perth stating that the various strikes in England have, in view of the European conflict, been amicably ...
Article : 74 wordsThe Fremantle police yesterday, acting on information received, obtained warrants and proceeded, first, to the s.s. Arrino, lying at the Quay, and arrested four ...
Article : 124 wordsThe call of duty takes Sir John Forrest back to the East, and, in responding to that call, he has unfortunately, to forsake further thought of prosecuting his ...
Article : 282 wordsAn important statement dealing with the industrial outlook in Western Australia during the present crisis, and offering if the necessity should arise to place the whole ...
Article : 603 wordsThe Mayor of Brisbane (Alderman K. M. Jenkinson) made an appeal to those who have horses for the use of the animals by Australia in connection with the war. ...
Article : 292 wordsA memorandum was received at the Premier's office yesterday stating that all the vessels of the Commonwealth Navy, together with the officers and seamen forming ...
Article : 64 wordsDiscussing with one of our representatives yesterday the reported drop in Government war insurance rates in respect to cargoes, the Premier said that, on the ...
Article : 92 wordsWhen spoken to last night, the Commandant (Colonel Kyngdon) stated that the site had been fixed for the encampment of the Western Australian ...
Article : 65 wordsThe trustees of the Walter and Eliza Hall estate have decided to devote £10,000 to the relief of the distress caused by the war in New South Wales, Victoria, and ...
Article : 58 words"Quite a number of people," remarked the Premier yesterday, "are coming to my office offering their services to the Empire at this juncture. This is just one of those ...
Article : 147 wordsBoth Houses of Parliament will meet this afternoon, but in accordance with the policy of the Government to bring forward at this juncture only purely formal and emergency ...
Article : 70 wordsFollowing on the publication of the proclamation dealing with the conditional pardon offered to deserters from the army who rejoin their regiments or who ...
Article : 58 wordsThe City Council to-day voted £1,000 to the Australian Patriotic Fund. The motion was carried unanimously, members rising and cheering, and singing the National ...
Article : 96 wordsAlthough be did not refer to the matter in a complaining spirit, the Premier, in conversation with one of our representatives yesterday, made it clear that he ...
Article : 109 wordsSir,—Having received a summons from my leader, Mr. Andrew Fisher, to proceed to Melbourne immediately to confer on national business, I have felt it my duty ...
Article : 106 wordsAt the Prince's Hall on Sunday night a meeting was held under the auspices of the W.A. Zionists' Association, at which the present war was discussed and ...
Article : 91 wordsOn Saturday a largely-attended meeting of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held in the stadium at Kellerberrin, when the report of the conference delegates was ...
Article : 557 wordsThe manager of the Vacuum Oil Company (Mr. J. S. Clarke) has issued a notice to all of the employees of the company who belong to the Citizen Forces or the Naval ...
Article : 90 wordsThe Minister for Defence (Senator Millen) made a statement last evening to the effect that the Government had decided to organise a small mixed naval and military ...
Article : 95 wordsWhen questioned yesterday, the Premier said that he had not yet received a reply to his communication to the Panama Exposition Commissioners of the Eastern ...
Article : 118 wordsOn board the French mail steamer Australian, which arrived at Fremantle from the Eastern States yesterday, was M. Brunet, the French Governor of New ...
Article : 274 wordsYesterday advices were received from Melbourne that Colonel J. J. T. Hobbs, V.D., A.D.C., for so long identified with the Western Australian forces, has been ...
Article : 256 wordsA Bill has been introduced into the House of Representatives empowering the Government to fix the prices of foodstuffs and to prevent the export of goods to a foreign ...
Article : 120 wordsA meeting of the shipping and insurance committee of the Adelaide Chamber of Commerce was held to-day to consider the decision of the Federal Government ...
Article : 153 wordsA large number of names have been received by the Perth Caledonian Society from Scotchman who are willing to offer their services to the Empire in connection ...
Article : 84 wordsWith the coming of the first intimation of the resounding clash of warfare, and of Britain's stand to thwart the wreckage of national liberties, the alarm of impending ...
Article : 600 wordsAt a meeting of the council of the Perth Chamber of Commerce held on Monday afternoon the following resolution was passed, viz.:— ...
Article : 178 wordsA meeting of those interested in the promotion of a concert which the Commercial Travellers' Association and Club have decided to arrange will be held on ...
Article : 170 wordsThe steamer British Transport arrived from Port Pirie this evening to bunker coal. She is loaded with phosphates for a German firm and was under instructions ...
Article : 84 wordsIn reference to the action beign taken regarding Germans at present in Australia, the Minister for Defence (Senator Millen) states last night that resident Germans in ...
Article : 121 wordsMajor Wisdom, Assistant General Staff Officer, speaking with regard to the expeditionary force and Western Australia, yesterday said that instructions had been ...
Article : 202 wordsUp to a late hour last night no word had been received of the German mail steamer Roon, which was due from Colombo during the forenoon yesterday. ...
Article : 141 wordsSo far as foodstuffs are concerned, there was no alteration in prices yesterday, and traders reported that matters were wearing a more normal aspect, as the excitement ...
Article : 561 wordsThe conference of State Premiers with the Federal authorities has been postponed till to-morrow. The Leader of the Federal Opposition (Mr. Fisher) and the former ...
Article : 124 wordsMembers of the Women's Liberal League branches and the Young Women's Liberal Societies will meet in the Liberal Club rooms this afternoon, at 3 o'clock, to ...
Article : 42 wordsAt noon to-day the Y.M.C.A. will erect its tent at the Fremantle Park encampment for the benefit of the troops there. Its equipment will include writing ...
Article : 75 wordsA communication has been received by the Military Commandant (Colonel Kyngdon) from Mr. W. R. Smith, supervising engineer of the Commonwealth Railways, at ...
Article : 123 wordsYesterday was observed in all the Anglican churches throughout Western Australia as a day of intercession. The Bishop of Perth, acting in concert with the Bishops ...
Article : 1,708 wordsDue to the circumstance that the great majority, indeed almost all of the present members of the German Club in Perth are long-naturalised British subjects, not a ...
Article : 145 wordsArrangements have been made for guarding the explosives magazines near Kalgoorlie, in which about 150 tons of dynamite for use in the mines are stored. ...
Article : 195 wordsA start was made yesterday in enrolling volunteers for the Western Australian quota of the Commonwealth contingent. The exact extent of this State's contribution to ...
Article : 283 wordsAt a meeting of the Central Council of Employers of Australia to-day the president (Mr. George Fairbairn) assured the members that from information he had received ...
Article : 214 wordsOfficial advices were received from the Commonwealth Defence Department by Colonel Kyngdon, the State Military Commandant, yesterday conveying the ...
Article : 174 wordsA number of railway station officers who are reservists in the Imperial army have received notice to report themselves immediately for service. It has been decided ...
Article : 113 wordsSir,—The British Prime Minister says: "We are uncheathing the sword in a just cause. So let us make sure that all our resources shall be thrown into the scale." ...
Article : 774 wordsThe Mayor of Perth in conversation with a "West Australian" reports yesterday, recalled the fact that communications between the Lord Mayor of Melbourne and ...
Article : 360 wordsThe president of the Stock Exchange of Adelaide (Mr. W. B. Carr) left by the Melbourne express for Melbourne this afternoon, to confer with the chairman of the ...
Article : 60 wordsOn August 5 the secretary of the South African Soldiers' Association (Mr. W. P. Tobias) wrote to the State Commandant (Colonel Kyngdon) as follows:—"I have ...
Article : 185 wordsAt a social held in King's Hall, Subiaco, on the 8th inst., by the members of the United Ancient Order of Druids in honour of Mr. T. L. Beauchamp, the supreme ...
Article : 108 wordsLady Barron wishes it to be notified that she is calling a public meeting for to-night, at 8 o'clock, in the Government House ball-room (morning dress), to discuss the ...
Article : 125 wordsThe question was to-day raised in the Insolvency Court as to whether in an application by Carl A. Tauber a German, for a certificate of discharge from his debts, ...
Article : 316 wordsThe maintenance of a supply of explosives and cyanide to the mineowners is receiving consideration at the hands of the Government. There is, it is stated, about ...
Article : 81 wordsA meeting of Greek residents of Perth and Fremantle was held in the Bohemia Hall on Sunday afternoon, when over two hundred were present. It was unanimously ...
Article : 163 wordsA preliminary meeting of the Royal Commission appointed by the Governor, under the Control of Food in War Time Act (Messrs. E. W. Simpson, George Rae, and ...
Article : 173 wordsA pariotic business man, who has himself seen active service in South Africa, has communicated with the Defence Department and offered to organise a force of 120 ...
Article : 74 wordsAsked yesterday whether he would care to explain the nature of the proposals which he and his Ministers put to the Federal Treasurer (Sir John Forrest) on ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Tue 11 Aug 1914, Page 8
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