News from the seat of war in France, and in fact from every battle-zone, is of the scantiest description. A communique from Paris issued on Monday shows that the ...
Article : 506 wordsThe "Giornale d'Italia" publishes a telegram from Vienna stating that the Austrians have court-martialled General Vodenaki, who is of Slav origin, on a charge ...
Article : 93 wordsMr. Winston Churchill (First Lord of the Admiralty), addressing a meeting of 15,000 persons at Liverpool yesterday, appealed for 1,000,000 men to join the French in ...
Article : 276 wordsIn reply to an inquiry to-day as to whether any modification of the restriction at present existing with regard to the despatch of cable messages was likely to be brought ...
Article : 193 wordsA fresh detachment of the citizen forces, the 88th (Perth) Infantry, has been mobilised to take over from the 86th infantry regiment the task of acting as ...
Article : 380 wordsCablegrams received from German sources indicate the existence of widespread disappointment with the present course of events. The people everywhere in Germany are ...
Article : 71 wordsReuter's correspondent at Constantinople states that the manager of the Ottoman Telegraph Agency, who is well known to entertain friendly feelings towards Great ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 106 wordsRecruiting for the second Australian expeditionary force continues steadily, and it is expected that the remaining vacancies will be filled very soon. Only 48 men are ...
Article : 254 wordsA deputation representing 17 labourers' unions to-day waited upon the State Labour Party and asked that the Ministry be forced to absorb the unemployed, and that ...
Article : 180 wordsAn official Servian report states: "The Austrians, in their retirement from Vishegrad, abandoned large quantities of provisions and war materials, a field hospital, ...
Article : 83 wordsThe German cruiser Emden, assisted by a mist and an intercepted wireless message, sank, between September, 10 and 14, two colliers, two empty steamers, and the ...
Article : 170 wordsThe concentration camp at Blackboy Hill presents a particularly animated scene nowadays. With the first contingent under canvas, the camp was the largest ever ...
Article : 1,078 wordsAfter celebrating the Italian National Fete yesterday 50,000 persons, with bands playing and banners flying, marched to the British Embassy, where the bands played ...
Article : 60 wordsAmong the contributions to the Patriotic Fund received by the Mayor of Kalgoorlie to-day were £21 13s. subscribed by 30 Japanese residents of Kalgoorlie and ...
Article : 114 wordsThe Lord Mayor's Patriotic Fund amounts to £117,900. The totals of the other war funds are:—Chamber of Commerce War Food Fund, £44,900; Belgian Relief Fund, ...
Article : 201 wordsThe above map shows the lines of communication held by the German armies in France and Belgium, on which the present fighting appears to hinge. In the north the enemy is entrenched round Brussels and along a line running north and east round Campenhout and Louvain, protecting the line from Brussels via Louvain to Liege. On the west the Brussels-Mons line is open to the Allies' attack, which possibility is probably one of the reasons why Germany has just sent 1,200 Uhlans ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 172 wordsSir,—Mr. Gugeri admits that his judgment of the French Revolution is formed from an "ex parte" statement of the event, and not from a careful ...
Article : 953 wordsScarcely a house round the Rheims Cathedral remains undamaged, and many have been reduced to a shapeless mass. The statue of Joan of Arc in front of the Cathedral was ...
Article : 98 wordsA luncheon was to-day tendered to Professor Hudson Beare, professor of engineering at the Edinburgh University, by members of Prince Alfred College Old ...
Article : 156 wordsThe news of the bombardment of Rheims Cathedral has caused a thrill of horror throughout Italy The "Giornale d'Italia" describes it as a useless act of barbarism, ...
Article : 87 wordsThe State Government has agreed to pay the insurance premiums of all State servants serving with the expeditionary force. ...
Article : 24 wordsThe Antwer[?] correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states that the Germans made three desperate, but unsuccessful attempts on Saturday and Sunday to capture Fort ...
Article : 80 words£ s. d. Previously acknowledged 12,271 4 8 Mundaring Fund—Per Mesdame Turvey, Lukis, ...
Article : 807 wordsThe French left has been reinforced by heavier guns, capable of reaching the huge German ordnance. The guns are now searching the enemy's trenches with a ...
Article : 76 wordsA crowded meeting held yesterday at Bethlehem, a strong Hertzogite centre, passed by an overwhelming majority a resolution supporting the Government in its ...
Article : 37 wordsIt is reported that all the Bavarian troops have left Brussels. Some of the Bavarians were court-martialled and shot. It is also stated that all the Germans in ...
Article : 71 wordsBefore leaving Queensland the Governor-General (Sir Ronald Munro-Ferguson) sent the following message to the District Military Commandant (Col. C. L. Lee, D.S.O.): ...
Article : 120 wordsAn official communique issued early yesterday afternoon stated:—"On our left wing on the right bank of the Oise we advanced to the heights of Lassinging, to the west ...
Article : 153 wordsThe official revised list of the casualties on the British light cruiser Pegasus, which was disabled by the German cruiser Konigsberg in Zanzibar harbour recently, is as ...
Article : 68 wordsThe "Daily Mail" correspondent at Paris, reporting upon the German destruction of portion of Rheims, states:—"The firing started on Saturday afternoon and at least ...
Article : 564 wordsThe following cable messages have been received by the Minister for External Affairs (Mr. Arthur) from the High Commissioner's office in London:— ...
Article : 146 wordsA Lille newspaper states that King Albert of Belgium had a narrow escape from capture. During a tour of inspection he noticed that his chauffeur was making ...
Article : 82 wordsReuter's correspondent at New York states: "The American Government has decided that merchantmen of belligerent nations entering American ports may [?]arry ...
Article : 82 wordsIt was learned on the arrival of the Sonoma from San Francisco that the day after she sailed from Pago Pago on September 14 several German warships were ...
Article : 205 wordsThe Germans have expelled from Wolverthem (five miles north of Brussels) all males above 10 years of age. Detachments of German cyclists have ...
Article : 53 wordsSpeaking at the show luncheon to-day the Prime Minister (Mr. Fisher) said he would like to assure everyone that the Federal Parliament would co-operate with the ...
Article : 452 wordsThe Austrian retreat through Galicia was so rapid that the Russians had to cover 25 miles a day to keep in touch with the enemy. The Austrians turned back at one ...
Article : 128 wordsMr. Phillip Gibbs, the "Daily Chronicle's" correspondent in France, cabling from Chalons on Saturday, stated:—"When the great storm was raging at Soissons on ...
Article : 571 wordsThirty dum-dum bullets have been extracted from the bodies and limbs of wounded French soldiers. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe West Guildford Choral Society, assited by the local Orchestral Society, will give a concert to-night, under the direction of Mr. J. R. Greenwood, in the West ...
Article : 147 wordsThe Chancellor of the Exchequer is heading a movement to raise a complete Welsh army corps. The mails by the R.M.S. Egypt, which ...
Article : 64 wordsThe board appointed by the State Ministry to regulate the price of foodstuffs and other commodities during the war concluded the taking of evidence to-day. The ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Wed 23 Sep 1914, Page 7
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