The First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr. Winston Churchill), visited Earl Kitchener at three in the morning, and several Cabinet meetings have recently ...
Article : 46 wordsThe Legislative Council yesterday continued the debate on tile Price of Goods Bill, which was passed with minor amendments, after several attempts to restrict ...
Article : 48 wordsNew members continue to be enrolled in the reserve forces of the Commonwealth. There are now two clubs in the city, viz., the Launceston club and the ...
Article : 166 wordsWe should place little reliance upon the cables we had been getting here, ti nor can we joyfully accept them as n meaning that the German war machine ...
Article : 2,299 wordsOne of the best known of the island traders, Captain E. F. Allen, of Apia, had an interesting story to tell on his arrival at Sydney by the Ventura. ...
Article : 407 wordsThe Minister of Defence (Mr. Millen) has accepted the offer made last week by the well-known Melbourne Motor Company, Messrs. Tarrant Motors ...
Article : 63 wordsEight hundred tourists who have been on a visit to Switzerland arrived in London on Tuesday, after having experienced many discomforts. ...
Article : 27 wordsAs a deed box deposited in a big London bank was being placed in a safe, a ticking sound was heard. The box was opened, disclosing an infernal ...
Article : 37 wordsThe news was received by the Postal Department that R.M.S. Otway, which had been detained at Gibratlar, had left Colombo, and was due to arrive at ...
Article : 41 wordsThe Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Lloyd George) has introduced e War Loan Bill into the House of Commons. No amount is mentioned, nor is the ...
Article : 53 wordsThe receiving and distributing commit. Lee of the Northern Tasmanian Branch of the red Cross Society met last evening. There was a good attendance, Mrs. ...
Article : 326 wordsThe following cable was received by the Prime Minister from the British Consul-General at Batavia, dated August 27:—"Steamer Houtman arrives Brisbane ...
Article : 38 wordsThe British Treasury states that on Friday over forty millions were tendered for Treasury bills, at an average of £3 15s 6d. ...
Article : 27 wordsSubscriptions received to-day brought the Lord Mayor's patriotic fund to £73,311. ...
Article : 14 wordsThe Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Lloyd George) states that out of 8000 replies from traders, 4500 favoured ending the moratorium, and 3500 favoured ...
Article : 71 wordsAstonishment has been caused by the arrival here of the steamship Zambesi, which was supposed to be loading phosphates at Nauru, near Ocean Island. The ...
Article : 186 wordsA sentry in the grounds of Holyrood Palace challenged a stranger, who shot the sentry and made his escape. A man concealed in church grounds ...
Article : 44 wordsIn the House of Commons to-morrow the Prime Minister (Mr. Asquith) will move an address to the King of the Belgians, expressing the sympathy of ...
Article : 52 wordsTravellers reaching Rotterdam declare that the Germans are very nervous over Italy's attitude, and express the hope she will keep neutral. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe "Banker's Magazine" declares that during the 10 days prior to the closing of the Stock Exchange on July 30 [?]87 representative stocks depreciated in ...
Article : 53 wordsAt Chicago wheat prices jumped three cents. on Earl Kitchener's announcement that Great Britain was preparing for a three years' war if necessary. ...
Article : 34 wordsAfter further Ministerial consultation to-day on the unemployed problem, the Premier (Mr. Holman) stated that instructions had been sent that men ...
Article : 141 wordsAn amount of £107 1s 3d has already been collected at Longford for the' Red Cross fund, made up as follows:—Daniel Archer, £50; Mrs. D. Archer, £5; Mrs. ...
Article : 212 wordsAccording to the "Morning Post" the present indebtedness of Germany, Austria, France, Russia, Italy, and the Netherlands to the Yorkshire wool textile ...
Article : 103 wordsThe Canadian-Pacific Railway Company's steamer Princess Victoria, collided with the United States steamer Admiral Sampson, which sank in four ...
Article : 145 wordsOwing to the vacancies caused in the Public Service by men joining the expeditionary force, the Public Service Board will have some difficulty in filling the ...
Article : 95 wordsThe members of the New South Wales, police force have decided to contribute a whole day's pay to the patriotic fund. This represents an amount of about ...
Article : 32 wordsA curious misunderstanding on the part of Court Lichnowsky has been revealed. On August 1 he informed Dr. von Bethmann Hollweg that in a ...
Article : 258 wordsPromises of sheep for the expeditionary forces by the New South Wales graziers now amount to some 50,000 head. ...
Article : 23 wordsA meeting was held on Wednesday afternoon to arrange a concert in aid of the Red Cross fund. Mrs. Gibbs was in the chair, with Mrs. Forbes as treasurer ...
Article : 1,162 wordsThe associated racing clubs, who control pony racing in the metropolitan area, have decided to give £2000 to the patriotic fund. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe steamer Anglo-Brazilian, of the New Zealand Shipping Company, ran aground in the St. Lawrence, when leaving for Australasia. One thousand tons ...
Article : 48 wordsThe Germans, says a war critic, are probably within their rights in holding the municipal authorities responsible for everything that happens in the town ...
Article : 339 wordsA private cable received in Sydney states that the German Australian Company's steamer Hamm, which left Hamburg on July 11 for Fremantle, Adelaide, ...
Article : 37 wordsA truck of wheat given by Mr. A. Caple, of Bingara, as a contribution to the patriotic fund, was sold by auction to-day at the railway yards. It was ...
Article : 46 wordsForty-four Cardinals have arrived, and it is expected that 60 will be present when the conclave opens on Tuesday. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe Cabinet to-day fixed October 21 as the date for the state general election. ...
Article : 18 wordsThe requiem office and high mass for the repose of the soul of his Holiness Plus X. at St. Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne, yesterday morning was attended ...
Article : 245 wordsThis morning Charles Edwin Molton, secretary of the Oddfellows' Lodge, was found in the Masonic Hall, Adelaide, with a gunshot wound in the right side of the ...
Article : 44 wordsLast night brought the fair in aid of Home and Foreign Missions to a successful conclusion, all the stalls having practically sold out. The various ...
Article : 173 wordsRevenue at the local port for the month ending yesterday was:—Narcotics, £10; apparel and textiles, £85 13s 4d; metals, machinery, £27 18s 5d; ...
Article : 48 wordsThe "Financial Times" states that at the lowest estimate the amount of bills and acceptances circulated in London by the German banks at the outbreak of ...
Article : 102 wordsThe twelfth annual Queenstown Poultry Society's show was held to-day, and while fairly successful, was not up to those of former years. Entries in the ...
Article : 93 wordsDuring the last few mouths Fraser Hill, an elderly man, has become a rather conspicuous figure in the town. At the last two council meetings he ...
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Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954), Fri 28 Aug 1914, Page 6
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