Later accounts of the naval action in the North Sea suggest that the larger vessels of the German squadron narrowly escaped complete destruction. The speed of the German battle cruisers alone saved them from sharing the fate of the Blucher, which received a terrific battering. A graphic account of the engagement by a correspondent of the "Scotsman" states that the Derfflinger and either the Seydlitz or the Moltke were in flames when they reached the ...
Article : 288 wordsIn reply to a deputationfrom the Food Trades Council and Trades Hall Council to-day, Mr. Adamson, M.L.C. (chairman of the Price of Goods Board), said that though ...
Article : 69 wordsQuoting Herr Durnberg's dictum, "the army must be fed first," the New York "World" observes that it is the evident intention of Germans to let the Belgians ...
Article : 1,531 wordsThe only celebration in connection with Australia Day in London was a Thanksgiving Service, held yesterday in Saint Dunstan's, in the East End. There was a ...
Article : 86 wordsCaptain E. W. Bean, the official reporter with the First Australian Expeditionary Force, telegraphing from Cairo at 1.20 p.m. to-day, says:— ...
Article : 148 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly yesterday, Mr. E. B. Johnston moved, "That in the opinion of this House all employees of the State Government, inclusive of members of ...
Article : 1,512 wordsSome of the members of the Australian Expeditionary Force in Egypt have forwarded money to Australia by means of British postal notes, and the recipients ...
Article : 63 wordsSir George Reid, interviewed by the "Standard" in connection with Australia Day, stated: "Great danger is the best test of the Imperial and Colonial ...
Article : 88 wordsMr. Justice Street this morning granted an injunction restraining the Wharf Labourers' Union from conspiring to prevent August Neilson from following his ...
Article : 87 wordsThe Secretary of State for the Colonies (Mr. Lewis Harcourt), while presiding at a meeting of the Victoria League, said. "No sacrifice of men money and material ...
Article : 89 words£ s. d. Previously acknowledged . . . . Persons who desire to subscribe to this fund are requested to send their ...
Article : 65 wordsFantastic stories of British reverses have been officially circulated in Palestine, and fireworks displays have taken place at Jerusalem "to celebrate the occupation of Suez." ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 195 wordsThe Australian High Commissioner (Sir George Reid), and the various Agents-General yesterday had an interview with Mr. Lloyd-George, and discussed several ...
Article : 34 wordsA memorial to the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Lloyd-George) is being extensively signed in financial and business circles asking that no income tax should be ...
Article : 51 wordsSir,—I am much obliged to your correspondent, "An Australian Woman," for enabling me to make the matter clear. Although I stated that my fund would form ...
Article : 715 wordsThe British Red Cross Society warmly acknowledges Sydney's present of blankets. clothing, food, and motor lorries. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe captain of a Dutch trawler relates that he counted 24 German ships, and some British vessels trying to cut, them off. The firing was indescribably terrific, the ...
Article : 92 wordsDetails of the fight at Givenchy and Guinchy show that 25,000 men were engaged on each side. An officer states that, after an engagement lasting for 3½ hours, ...
Article : 293 wordsThe British Admiralty announce that all of the ships, including the destroyers, returned safely. The Indomitable towed home the Lion whose forward compartments ...
Article : 479 wordsWe have received the following contributions towards the Belgian Relief Fund:— £ s. d. Previously acknowledged . . . . 5,909 6 11 ...
Article : 343 wordsIt is stated that 22 naval officers perished on the British armed merchantman which was lost on the north coast of Ireland. ...
Article : 34 wordsReferring to Count von Bethmann-Hollweg's statement as to the sense in which the term "scrap of paper" was originally used by him, Sir Edward Grey stated ...
Article : 92 wordsIt is stated that the German squadron was first sighted thirty miles from the English coast. The Lion opened fire at a distance of 15 miles from the enemy, and the ...
Article : 81 wordsSpeaking at a civic reception at Dunedin to-day, the Federal Prime Minister (Mr. Fisher) stated that Australia and New Zealand must ultimately be naval ...
Article : 361 wordsIt is officially reported that the total British casualties were: Lion: 17 men wounded. Tiger: 1 officer and 9 men killed; 3 ...
Article : 41 wordsThe wounded and unwounded survivors of the Blucher. numbering 253. have been landed in England. The captain of the German cruiser admits that he participated ...
Article : 70 wordsMany British wounded are arriving. Forty motor-ambulances plied all one night between the railway station and the hospitals. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe Goldfields Patriotic Fund stands at £860. the State Patriotic Fund at £2,535, and the Belgian Relief Fund at £4,549. ...
Article : 26 wordsSeveral Russian submarines unexpectedly appeared off Rugen, a Russian island in the Baltic, and traffic between Sweden and Germany has thus been stopped. Twelve ...
Article : 96 wordsCaptain Halsey of the battle-cruiser New Zealand in thanking Mr. Thos. MacKenzie, High Commissioner for New Zealand, for his congratulations, telegraphed: "The ...
Article : 41 wordsThe annual report of the Fremantle Harbour Trust Commissioners was laid on the table of the Legislative Assembly yesterday. Referring to the loss of harbour revenue ...
Article : 281 wordsBritish destroyers near the German coast on Sunday saw the periscope of a submarine appear above the surface. A destroyer charged the spot. and afterwards oil was ...
Article : 42 wordsThe communique issued last night stated: "The British reoccupied their positions at Givenchy. There was hot fighting on the Bethune-La Bassee road. The Germans ...
Article : 128 wordsA member of the crew of a British light cruiser describing the action, said:—"The light cruisers fell back, and the battle-cruisers did the work. The enemy's ships ...
Article : 317 wordsThe Pastoralists' Union and Stockowners' Association this morning brought evidence before the Necessary Commodities Commission. which commenced its inquiries ...
Article : 248 wordsIt is officially reported that on Monday morning a Zeppelin dropped nine bombs on the undefended portion of the port of Libau (on the Baltic sea). The forts fired ...
Article : 57 wordsJacko, of the Loyal, is dead (writes the Harwich correspondent of a London contemporary). The pet monkey of the torpedo-boat destroyer, which distinguished ...
Article : 280 wordsIn connection with the contingents to leave Western Australia en route to the front, the following promotions and appointments are announced:— ...
Article : 124 wordsThe Secretary of State's letter in reply to Senator Stone's plea for Germany, has elicited voluminous comment, which clearly shows that German misrepresentations have ...
Article : 89 wordsMrs. Harper wishes to acknowledge the receipt of the following further amounts collected towards the purchase of the Light Horse Cookers:—Collected by Miss Layman, ...
Article : 92 wordsThe Press Bureau states that the enemy made several violent attacks against the first British Division in the neighbourhood of La Basse on Monday, and were repulsed ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Thu 28 Jan 1915, Page 7
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