The most noteworthy item of to-day's cable news is the issue by Japan of an ultimatum to Germany. The Mikado's Government states, in effect, that the ...
Article : 508 wordsSome doubts are entertained by the banks as to the legality of their dealings with German customers since the outbreak of the war, and, having regard to the ...
Article : 558 wordsThe Rome correspondent of the New York "World" reports that 200,000 Italians are concentrating between Moutua, Verona, Peschiera, and Leguago, and that the ...
Article : 67 wordsIt is officially announced that Japan has issued, to Germany an ultimatum, declaring that it is necessary to remove the causes of the disturbance of the peace of ...
Article : 314 wordsThe Bavarian army corps held a strongly entrenched position before Blamont, France, last week, but on Friday night a French division opened an attack on them. After ...
Article : 347 wordsMr. E. R. Larkin, M.L.A., and secretary of the New South Wales Football League, having volunteered for service, has been accepted, and will go into camp as Private ...
Article : 72 wordsIt is semi-officially reported that yesterday French warships engaged four Austrian warships at Budua, on the Adriatic Sea, opposite the capital of Montenegro. Two ...
Article : 66 wordsVictoria's quota of 7,000 odd men for the Australian Imperial Expeditionary Force is now assured. ...
Article : 19 wordsAmount previous received £2,309 5 0 W. A. Rowing Association 5 5 0 A. E. Arney 5 0 0 A. Grant 10 0 0 ...
Article : 2,284 wordsThe "Echo de Paris," referring to Turkey's purchase of the German warships Goeben (battleship, 23,000 tons, 28 knots), and Breslau (protected cruiser, 5,500 tons. ...
Article : 227 wordsFrom what could be ascertained yesterday, the sitting to-day of both branches of the State legislature is not likely to last very long, although measures will be ...
Article : 127 wordsThe Premier has received from the Prime Minister the following telegram:—"Glad if facilities can be offered to enable the Defence Department to cope with special and ...
Article : 131 wordsThe Press Bureau announces that a state of siege has been proclaimed in Bulgaria. A report from Nish, the temporary capital of Servia, declares that a report has ...
Article : 63 wordsThe French operations over the Alsatian frontier are developing, and the advance has been especially rapid along the Schivureck Valley, to the south-west of ...
Article : 116 wordsOn Thursday last the Russian cavalry dispersed the Austrians and forced them to evacuate Kielce (a Polish town 85 miles north-west of Cracow). ...
Article : 125 wordsIt appears that there are at least three German cruisers roaming the Atlantic—the Dresden, of 3,544 tons, 24½ knots speed; the Strassburg and the Carlsruhe, of 4,478 ...
Article : 99 wordsSome forty volunteers for the overseas expeditionary force presented themselves for examination in the Katanning Institute. As only 14 men were required, the ...
Article : 751 wordsAt Liege the Belgian forts still hold out against the German attack. Great determination is shown by the besiegers. One of the German generals, who was shot in ...
Article : 254 wordsTwo thousand Belgian reservists have sailed for London after receiving the following farewell message from the Minister for Militia (Mr. S. Hughes):—"You are ...
Article : 57 wordsFollowing up the Czar's manifesto to the Poles of Russia, Germany, and Austria, promising them the restoration of their nationality and home rule under the ...
Article : 284 wordsReports of the fight that took place between the French and the Germans at Dinant, in Belgium, show that a French infantry regiment flung itself on the ...
Article : 307 wordsThe French Embassy states that the British, Russian, and French consuls at Danzig were treated with great indignity. They were peremptorily ordered to leave on ...
Article : 82 wordsBefore leaving for Sydney to-night the Minister for Defence (Senator Millen) approved of a system of allowances for those wounded and for the dependents of those ...
Article : 141 wordsPrices of foodstuffs were normal yesterday, and dealers in provisions, groceries, and produce reported no increase in prices. General satisfaction was expressed all round ...
Article : 911 wordsAt Amsterdam yesterday the following official report was received from Vienna:—"On Friday the Austrians, after severe fighting, drove the Servians from a ...
Article : 212 wordsAfter several days of the monotonous routine at the Drill Hall and other centres of inspection the enlistment of members of the Western Australian quota of the ...
Article : 2,939 wordsThe recruiting last week for Lord Kitchener's second army resulted in the enrolment of 40,000 men. An average of 7,000 men are being recruited daily. ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Tue 18 Aug 1914, Page 5
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