Enrolment in connection with the Australian Imperial Expeditionary Force is proceeding steadily. Warrant-Officer F. Young, commanding ...
Article : 248 wordsA New York message states that the American newspapers are endeavouring to get messages through from Berlin by high-power wireless to New York, but the only message so far received is to the effect that the Kaiser has been shot through the right thigh at Aix-la-chapelle. it is not stated whether it was an ...
Article : 77 wordsPursuing the German mitrailleuse, the Belgian cavalry inflicted considerable losses, and returned with perfect steadiness when the Germans were reinforced. ...
Article : 70 wordsIndignation has been expressed is Brussels at the action of the Kaiser in decorating General von Eme[?]ch for capturing the Liege forts. ...
Article : 69 wordsThe Federal Attorney-General to-night gave an exposition of the law on the subject of prize cargoes. "There are, of course, no courts of prize," said Sir W. ...
Article : 425 wordsA Berlin official denies the message that the Germans lost 20,000 men at Liege, but it does not give the numbers. The telegram adds that the forts were ...
Article : 86 wordsTwo Uhlans killed at Hasselt were being buried, when the Red Cross discovered 10,000 marks in gold upon one and 5000 on the other. It is supposed the ...
Article : 44 wordsA mass meeting of Germans at Washington appealed to the United States press to adopt a fairer attitude towards Germany. ...
Article : 60 wordsIt transpires that Austria refused succour to the German cruisers Goeben and Breslau, which have since sought the neutral shelter of the Dardanelles. ...
Article : 117 wordsIt is announced that the Government of the Union has undertaken the defence of South Africa. The restrictions on shipping at Table ...
Article : 62 wordsIt is now evident that the enterprises of Liege were undertaken before the main i army was ready, and by a force whose mobilisation was specially effected before ...
Article : 34 wordsA fierce encounter took place on the Belgian left wing, where the German cavalry, Infantry, and artillery were massed for the assault. ...
Article : 61 wordsThe problem of moving and feeding masses marching in the Rhine country is, proving difficult, and the German prisoners admit privations and want of food. ...
Article : 29 wordsReports of a pitched battle being imminent in Belgium are regarded as doubtful. ...
Article : 17 wordsThe mixed naval and military force which is being organised for special duty will be built up of first-class fighting material. Colonel W Holmes, commander ...
Article : 82 wordsStories of German brutality are accumulating. At Dormael a Uhlan cut down a priest who was administering the sacrament to the wounded, while the ...
Article : 55 wordsArrangements are in progress for a monster patriotic entertainment at the Albert Hall on Thursday night next foe the purpose of augmenting the funds of ...
Article : 88 wordsOwing to a partial paralysis of trade, the. Customs revenues of the United States have been seriously affected. The Government is likely to impose war ...
Article : 46 wordsThe twelfth day of mobilisation has passed, and the French concentration, under shelter of covering troops, proceeded as regularly as clockwork. ...
Article : 29 wordsA couple of days ago the Austrian steamship Bayern was ordered to leave Naples, owing to her cargo of dynamite and live projectiles. She was trying to ...
Article : 73 wordsThe Peace Treaty submitted by the Secretary of State (Mr. Bryan) went before the Senate to-day. President Wilson is urging its speedy ratification. ...
Article : 29 wordsSoldiers are reported to have stripped Russian ladies naked in the presence of the officers. The father of one of the ladies intervened. and was shot dead. ...
Article : 32 wordsIt was known that German strategy intended to pierce the covering troops and seize Nancy, thereby disarranging the French mobilisation scheme. But it ...
Article : 44 wordsCaptain Plunkett, of the steamer Danube, on arriving at New York from Bermuda states that all news is being censored in the West Indies. Martial law ...
Article : 65 wordsThe suggestion that the pastoralists of Australia should be invited to make a gift of one million sheep to Great Britain as a war contribution has been ...
Article : 100 wordsThe late arrival of the Union S.S. Co.'s Melbourne-Burnie-Devonport trader Oonah at Burnie and Devonport on Wednesday morning, was the cause of a ...
Article : 358 wordsThe few English visitors remaining in Germany are believed to be well treated. ...
Article : 15 wordsReports state that Germany's heavy ordnance was defective at Liege. The shells burst long before they touched the ground, and fell harmlessly, while, on the ...
Article : 45 wordsIt Ls reported from Colombo that many German merchant vessels have been captured and brought into Eastern ports. ...
Article : 22 wordsAn official announcement has been made of the fact that the Austrian navy has blockaded the Montenegrin coast. The Austrian authorities at Vienna ...
Article : 56 wordsAdmiral Cradock announces that the Western Atlantic is safe for merchantmen. This information has reached New York through the captain of the steamer ...
Article : 40 wordsSteps are being taken by the Pastoralists' Union to obtain from its members gifts of sheep for rationing the Australian troops or such other purposes in ...
Article : 56 wordsAn Austrian steamer loaded with barley has been captured and taken to Plymouth. Liege lies both sides of the Meuse, the old town being on the west bank. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 139 wordsAccounts show that the French retreat from Mulhausen was well carried out. The advance to Mulhausen was merely for the purpose of breaking up the ...
Article : 52 wordsAfter the meeting of the Federal Executive Council to-night a proclamation was circulated calling upon all subjects of the Emperor of Austria and of the King of ...
Article : 46 wordsM. Pichon, in an article in the "Petit Journal" (Paris), remarks that Germany's negotiations. with Italy, Turkey, Roumania, and Bulgaria are a new sign ...
Article : 35 wordsTo-night meeting of the Sydney Labour Council adopted a recommendation by the executive committee that the unions be asked to avoid disturbing the ...
Article : 54 wordsHer Excellency Lady Helen Munro Ferguson presided at a well-attended meeting at Government House this afternoon, when it was decided to form an ...
Article : 92 wordsThe German field artillery is far interior to the French, the bursts of the shrapnel being indifferent. ...
Article : 20 wordsThe German Minister at Cettinje (Montenegro) has received his passports. ...
Article : 14 wordsThe Roumanian Legation (London) denies that Roumania intends joining Germany. Nor, it says, has Roumania declared its neutrality. It has simply ...
Article : 37 wordsIt is believed that a strong German army is concentrating to seize the crest-line at Vosges, as whoever holds it dominates Southern Alsace. ...
Article : 28 wordsIn reply to questions, the Commissioner of Public Works has stated that the Government intended to keep open the positions of Civil servants who ...
Article : 45 wordsAn official wire from Paris states that the Germans bombarded Pont-a-Mousson, 16 miles from Metz, with heavy artillery, from a considerable distance. The shells ...
Article : 41 wordsSix thousand Russians who have been expelled from Germany have arrived at Stockholm (Sweden), and declare that they suffered barbarous treatment at ...
Article : 30 wordsReports received from all parts of the Commonwealth show that recruiting for the Australian imperial expeditionary force is proceeding satisfactorily, and it ...
Article : 123 wordsThe Tramways Trust has advised the Government that it will grant leave of absence to all British reservists to rejoin the colours, and will grant leave of ...
Article : 58 wordsThe ex-Belgian Minister of War (General Dimitrieff), who volunteered to serve with Russia, has arrived at Peterhof, and been appeointed a General of ...
Article : 30 wordsAccording to the Press Bureau, an engagement is in progress north-west of Hasselt, 10 miles W.N.W. of Maastricht, between a Belgian cavalry division, ...
Article : 59 wordsEach day ill-effects of the war are increasing in strength. Labour is getting scarce, and prospects point that a fortnight hence only really necessary labour ...
Article : 1,015 wordsThe Italian Consul at Colombo, who was of German nationality, has been found shot. It is believed he commit, fed suicide. ...
Article : 24 wordsSurvivors of the cruiser Amphion, which went down after striking a mine just after the sinking of the Koemgen Louise, the German mine-laying ship, ...
Article : 85 wordsA large deputation of workers interviewed the Commissioner of Public Works (Sir Richard Butler) this morning in reference to the unemployed trouble. It ...
Article : 138 wordsMeat is reaching famine prices in the Chicago stock yards. Mr. Armour denies that his company is increasing prices owing to the war. The prices are actually ...
Article : 48 wordsPrince George of Servia, when watching the Austrian bombardment from the walls of a fortress, was wounded in the head b ya fragment of a shell. He was ...
Article : 46 wordsThe 4th German cavalry division is reported to be moving towards Jodoigne. No German infantry is known to be on the left bank of the Meuse except a ...
Article : 40 wordsThe authorities in Queensland have not yet received the details necessary to enable them to begin actual enrolment. There has been an exceptionally heavy ...
Article : 79 wordsBerlin telegrams received at Copenhagen state that the German staff has! informed the press that Germany has sustained heavy losses on the Russian. ...
Article : 63 wordsAfter a conference the Senate and House of Representatives agreed to the provisions of a bill opening the United States coastwise trade to foreign-built ...
Article : 73 wordsThe Germans are entrenching at Vise and Liege town, and are constructing batteries north of Liege preparatory to a siege. Heavy guns have already been ...
Article : 35 wordsThe Russians are still masters of the Gulf of Finland. Fearing a German attack, the Russians in a lighthouse smashed lenses worth 60,000 kronor (about ...
Article : 88 wordsThe Germans are constructing a railway between Vise and Homburg, parallel to the frontier of Dutch Limburg. ...
Article : 20 wordsThe conference of Federal leaders and State Premiers further discussed to-day the various phases of the financial position, which will have to be met in ...
Article : 265 wordsThrough an incorrect signal from Troubridge lighthouse, whence it was notified on Wednesday that a German steamer was passing inwards, Port Adelaide was ...
Article : 61 wordsThe united Servian and Montenegrin armies have begun an invasion of Bo[?]ma, three columns being under General Jankovic's command. General Putnik is ...
Article : 32 wordsOther accounts, including reports from Belgian aviators, indicate that the Germans are collecting large food supplies at Liege. and are barricading the streets ...
Article : 59 wordsAt St. John's (New Brunswick) Sir Rider Haggard uttered a solemn warning of the dangers now facing the Empire. The thought struck him that Canada was ...
Article : 98 wordsThe Admiralty's control of the trade routes, (specially the Atlantic, is becoming stronger daily, and traders should confidently and boldly send ships to sea, ...
Article : 39 wordsThe "Courier" to-day received a gift of £2500 from Ramsay Bros., of Harrow, towards the "Courier" war fund. In the covering letter Mr. R. C. Ramsay ...
Article : 150 wordsA competent military observer from Sofia is of opinion that the Bulgarians are systematically preparing, and will move in case of an Austro-German ...
Article : 31 wordsAn announcement has been made by the Admiralty to the effect that it has despatched a number of cruisers to the South American trade routes, nearly ...
Article : 95 wordsCavalry skirmishes have occurred since Sunday all along the line, including a strong German detachment which crossed at Vise and reached Tongres, while ...
Article : 44 wordsIt has been officially stated in Sofia that Bulgaria's decision to maintain neutrality is unshaken, despite the suggestions of future rewards from various ...
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Advertising : 207 wordsThe newspapers state that the Russian Minister on Tuesday had audience with King Ferdinand, and presented the Czar's letter, proposing that Bulgaria ...
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Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954), Fri 14 Aug 1914, Page 6
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