News of a decisive struggle between the French and German armless is awaited with intense interest; but to-day's cables give only scanty details of the ...
Article : 536 wordsAdvices received here state that a British cruiser has captured the Hamburg South American liner Cap Ortegal (7,818 tons) with £1,000,000 worth of gold specie ...
Article : 298 wordsTwo hundred German reservists embarking at Folkestone were arrested on Sunday. Sixty more were arrested yesterday. Troop trains were fired on yesterday on ...
Article : 293 wordsThe committee of the Sydney Stock Exchange have decided that the Exchange shall remain closed for the present. Splendid gifts by two Sydney citizens ...
Article : 180 wordsAt a meeting of the board of management of the Perth Public Hospital on Monday, the Chief Resident Medical Officer (Dr. Sweet) suggested the ...
Article : 240 wordsAt a meeting of the Chamber of Manufactures on Monday night the following motion was adopted: "That the members of the Victorian Chamber of Manufactures ...
Article : 275 wordsThe Minister of Defence (Senator Millen) made the following explanation with regard to the Australian expenditionary force late last night:—"The expenditionary force will ...
Article : 732 wordsThe enrolment of volunteers in connection with the movement initiated by the Mayor of Brisbane has continued steadily. The total last night was 1,403, including ...
Article : 48 wordsThe executive of the Farmers Union has resolved that Captain Austin's candidature for the Wide Bay Federal seat be withdrawn in order to leave Mr. Fisher free to ...
Article : 54 wordsA Berlin telegram reports that the Germans have captured three motor cars which were taking large sums of money over the Russian border. ...
Article : 33 wordsYesterday morning the British Army reservists who are resident in this State were required to report for duty at the Drill Hall. The first intimation to the public ...
Article : 679 wordsThe London banks received £2,500,000 in gold yesterday. The Bradford wool market is at a stand-still except that there is a good inquirty for ...
Article : 324 wordsThe Austrians have resumed the bombardment of Belgrade with heavy siege artillery. ...
Article : 20 wordsHis Excellency the Governor (Sir Harry Barron) has issued the following appeal:—"The horrors of war are upon us. A number of our men will shortly be leaving ...
Article : 206 wordsThe Norddeutscher Lloyd Company's cargo steamer Hobart, laden with a cargo for Australian ports, arrived at Queenscliff this afternoon and was at once compelled ...
Article : 132 wordsThe Montenegrins are attacking the Austrians with two fronts. The north-eastern force has captured Metokia, in Herzgovina, and Siewitza, near the Servian frontier, ...
Article : 110 wordsThe Liege correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" has forwarded a further account of the fighting around Liege. He states: "The heavy cannonading began at ...
Article : 842 wordsThe steamer St. Louis, which arrived at Newcastle from Noumea on Sunday, reported that three German cruisers were believed to be at Samoa. ...
Article : 35 wordsThe Russian Duma has sent a message to the House of Commons, reading as follows:—"Russia receives with transports of joy the powerful support of Britain. May God ...
Article : 54 wordsSpeaking at the cattle breeders' dinner to-night the Minister for Agriculture said he was pleased to announce that Parliament was passing a measure to control ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 841 wordsIt is expected that the commercial services to the English ports will shortly be resumed. No German troops have been withdrawn ...
Article : 61 wordsAn official announcement has been made at Paris that French troops still hold Ferney, Mulhausen, and Altkirch (Alsace), from which the Germans were expelled. ...
Article : 360 wordsThe Grand Duchess of Luxemberg has personally protested against the entrance of German troops into the Duchy. The officer to whom she appealed, however, ...
Article : 59 wordsAt a meeting held at Mildura last night it was decided to recommended the Australian Dried Fruits' Association to give 20 tons of dried fruit to the Federal Government ...
Article : 78 wordsSix ships, with 8,000 stranded Americans, have sailed for New York. There are 15,000 English and American tourists stranded in Switzerland, and the ...
Article : 38 wordsMr. Reginald McKenna (the Home Secretary) announced yesterday that the King had remitted the sentences of the imprisoned suffragettes and also those of ...
Article : 59 wordsA sensational incident occurred in the main street of Warwick last night. J. T. Wallace, Inspector of Shops and Factories, P. J. Higgins, Crown Lands Ranger, and J. ...
Article : 171 wordsA military train disaster has occurred near Vawcartier, in Quebec, where a mobilisation camp is established. A train conveying troops fell through a bridge, the ...
Article : 92 wordsWhen the State Parliament met this afternoon business was entirely confined to the asking of questions relative to the financial and industrial position. Several ...
Article : 699 wordsThe House of Commons has adjourned until August 25. The Prime Minister (Mr. Asquith) said that he hoped, by that time, to be able to wind up the session in a ...
Article : 73 wordsIn response to public invitation by Lady Barron an immense assemblage of people gathered at Government House last evening. The spacious ballroom, in which the ...
Article : 1,081 wordsA telegram from Kiao-chau, the German port in Shan Tung, in China, reports that two Japanese who were caught by the Germans sketching the fortifications of ...
Article : 42 wordsThe Prince of Wales Fund for the relief of distress caused by the war now amounts to £500,000, including £15,000 from the Duke of Westminster, £12,000 from Mr. ...
Article : 260 wordsCaptain Hayward, of the Federal Mouldershire liner Shropshire, which arrived at Port Adelaide this morning from Liverpool, was advised by wireless on Thursday ...
Article : 262 wordsIt is officially announced that the French Ambassador at Vienna has been recalled as the French Government has ascertained that Austrian troops have been sent to ...
Article : 145 wordsThe Bulgarian Government has dismissed General Dimitrieff from the Bulgarian army, in consequence of his having entered the Russian army. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 402 wordsDetails from all the war centres are very meagre. The French advance in Alsace has apparently proved that there was no great preparation for the German advance ...
Article : 195 wordsNews of the Austrian bombardment of the Montenegrin coast is exciting the anger of Italy, and the irritation is the more significant as Austria is denuding ...
Article : 83 wordsThree thousand men are enlisting for the army daily, and it is expected that the army of 100,000 men asked for by Lord Kitchenes will be obtained much sooner ...
Article : 543 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly to-day only formal business was dealt with. The Premier (Sir Alexander Peacock) made a short Statement, explaining the position arising ...
Article : 194 wordsIn the House of Commons yesterday Mr. T. P. O'Conner asked the Postmaster-General (Mr. Hobhouse) whether or not he was aware that thousands of pounds had ...
Article : 103 wordsThe Japanese Embassy in London states that the report that Japan has issued an ultimatum is probably false. Reports from Tokio state that prolonged ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Wed 12 Aug 1914, Page 7
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