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  2. FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM. GERMAN ADVANCE ON PARIS. THE ALLIES’ DESPERATE RESISTANCE. RUSSIA’S STEADY PROGRESS. BULGARIA, ROUMANIA, AND TURKEY. THE PRESENT POSITION.

    A communique has been issued summing up the situation as follows:— On the right flank, after partial checks, we have taken the offensive, ...

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  4. BRITAIN'S BUSINESS.

    Britain faces the stein fact that the first great German effort has succeeded, and the expeditionary force requires immediate immense reinforcements. ...

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  5. FLOUR PRICE INCREASED.

    At a meeting of the executive of the Victorian Mill Owners' Association yesterday, the minimum quotation for flour was advanced 10s. per ton, making ...

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  6. TOOWOOMBA VOLUNTEERS.

    Lieutenant Chas. Fortescue, jun., officer commanding the Machine Gun Section 11th Infantry, has secured a commission in the Expeditionary Forces. ...

    Article : 109 words
  7. "WIPED OUT.

    It is announced officially that a German army corps has been wiped out by General Pau's troops. ...

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  8. BIRMINGHAM'S BATTALION.

    Birmingham has offered to raise and equip a city battalion for service. ...

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  9. MAYORESS' PATRIOTIC CONCERT.

    The Mayoress (Miss Eugenie Boland), has arrangements now complete for the patriotic concert to be held in the Empire Theatre to-morrow evening, in aid ...

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  10. DISTINGUISHED DIPLOMAT'S OPINION.

    A distinguished neutral diplomat declares that there is a multitude of evidence that the Germans have been forced to abandon the campaign in ...

    Article : 112 words
  11. GERMANY'S FIGURES.

    The Berlin "Tageblatt" says that during the fight on August 23, 700,000 Germans were opposed by 400,000 French and 40,000 British. ...

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  12. BRITISH HUMANITY.

    The Wireless Military Service says that the British sailors at Heligoland, without considering their own danger, sent out lifeboats to save "our men" ...

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  13. TOOWOOMBA AND DISTRICT PATRIOTIC FUND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 143 words
  14. BRUSSELS PAYS UP.

    A press correspondent at The Hague (Holland) states that four of the richest men in Belgium have guaranteed Germany the payment of the £8,000,000 ...

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  15. GENERAL MESSAGES.

    Several committees are being organised in London for the relief of the Belgian refugees, who are arriving in large numbers. ...

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  16. GERMAN CONFIDENCE

    Count John Bernstorff (German Ambassador to the United States) issued a statement to the effect that Germany had beaten both the British and French ...

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  17. PRIME MINISTER

    The Prime Minister (Hon. Joseph Cook) has arrived in Sydney. He intends visiting the camps of the expeditionary force, and getting first hand ...

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  18. OFFICIAL BULLETIN.

    The following cablegram from Sir G. H. Reid (Australian High Commissioner) dated August 31, was received yesterday:— ...

    Article : 283 words
  19. WEST END BOWLERS.

    At a meeting of the West End Bowling Club last evening when the president (Mr. D. Cramond presided) it was resolved to promote a fancy dress ...

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  20. BRITISH BEATEN BACK.

    The fighting at St. Quentin and Guise, 15 miles south of Cambrai, indicates that the British have fallen back in that direction. ...

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  21. RUSSIA'S HUGE ARMY.

    St. Petersburg notifies that Russian advances continue in all the theatres of war. Operations and engagements of tremendous importance against the ...

    Article : 196 words
  22. BRITISH JUSTICE

    A number of German reservists narrowly escaped rough handling by a crowd near a hotel in George-street. They were singing "Watch on the ...

    Article : 88 words
  23. BRITISH MEN WANTED.

    The King has intimated that he desired that racing should continue, and he will fulfil his engagements. At the request of Lord Kitclioner, all ...

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  24. HADEN.

    A patriotic meeting was held in the hall at Haden on Saturday night. Mr. L. Dascombe was voted to the chair. He called on Mr. E. Dearling, the ...

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  25. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 18 words
  26. FOOD STUFF FUND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 504 words
  27. SYDNEY PATRIOTIC FUND.

    The Patriotic Fund now totals £111,661. ...

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  28. DAMAGE AT MALINES.

    The Antwerp correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" who has visited Malines, declares that the reports of the damage to the town are greatly ...

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  29. QUEENSLAND QUOTA.

    Lieutenant-colonel Bruclie, A.A.G., this morning handed to the Press the following list of officers, who have been selected for the various units of the ...

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  30. PARLIAMENTARY OFFERS.

    At a meeting of Parliamentary officers held to-day it was resolved that one per cent of their annual salaries be contributed to the war fund so long as ...

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  31. BALKAN STATES.

    The High Commissioner (Sir George Reid) intimates:—The Bulgarian Government informs Servia that if Roumania abandons neutrality in favor of ...

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  32. A DANCE SUGGESTED.

    A correspondent writes:—Yesterday I noticed that Messrs. Rosenstengel and Kleimeyer's fine new two storey brick warehouse at the back of the ...

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  33. ALLEGED ATROCITIES.

    Count Bernstorff (German Ambassador) asserts that the citizens at Louvain out the throats of German officers; hence the destruction of the city. ...

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  34. CANADIAN CONCERNS.

    Addressing a huge gathering at the opening of the Canadian National Exhibition at Toronto, Sir William Menlock urged all Canadians to refuse to buy ...

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  35. GERMAN AUSTRALIANS.

    Councillor H. Strohfeldt states that Australians of German parents may be relied upon to prove their loyalty to this land of their birth. He says that ...

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  36. BRITISH VALOR.

    The Premier (Hon. D. F. Denham) yesterday afternoon received a telegram from the Prime Minister (Hon. J. Cook) stating that the High Commissioner at ...

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  37. ATTEMPT TO DERAIL TROOP TRAIN

    It is reported from the concentration camp at Valcartier, Quebec, that a troop train on the Canadian northern railway narrowly escaped destruction. An ...

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  38. TURKEY WARNED.

    The "Daily Telegraph" says that Turkey may declare war at any moment. It is now only a matter of a few days and possibly hours. All efforts by the Triple ...

    Article : 176 words
  39. SOUTH AFRICA.

    Eight hundred German and Austrian reservists in different parts of the Union have been taken prisoners, and detained in a special camp at Johannesburg. ...

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  40. ITALY AND ENGLAND.

    Great satisfaction prevails at the denial by the British Ambassador of the official German statement that the British were defeated, and were in full ...

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  41. GERMAN LOSSES.

    The War Office has forbidden the publication of further casualty lists. General von Moltke (Commander-in-Chief) denies that the German troops ...

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  42. "PARIS BY SEPTEMBER 2."

    The German papers confidently assert that the official prediction that the Kaiser's troops would be in Paris by September 2 will be fulfilled. ...

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  43. GUNS FOR NAMUR.

    The Antwerp correspondent to "The Times" says that he has been informed on reliable authority that heavy artillery for Namur forte was ordered from ...

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  44. NAVAL NEWS.

    British cruisers caught a German trawler; flying the Norwegian flag, laying mines in the North Sea. She gave the crew three minutes to escape, then ...

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  45. AMERICAN AFFAIRS.

    It is reported that a British warship captured a number of German and Austrian reservists from American ships near Hong-kong. ...

    Article : 64 words
  46. FINANCE.

    Government insurance on cargoes is now quoted at two per cent. The stock exchange committee had ordered all members to make a ...

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  47. SILENT PROTEST.

    An extraordinary sight was witnessed in New York yesterday, when thousands of women garbed in black, representing all nations of the world, marched in a ...

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  48. ABOUT SAMOA.

    It now transpires that German Samoa surrendered to the New Zealand expeditionary force. It is semi-officially stated in Melbourne ...

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  49. THE HELIGOLAND FIGHT.

    The latest reports regarding the naval engagement in Heligoland Bight say that the Liberty was in the thick of the fighting. She was hit by a ...

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  50. PRESS REPORTS.

    Mr. Asquith, the English Prime Minister, was pressed in the House of Commons to permit correspondents to post letters owing to the alarming ...

    Article : 146 words
  51. ROCKHAMPTON FUND.

    The Rockhampton patriotic fund has now reached £2293 10s. 4d., including donations from Messrs. Walter Reid and Co. of £500 and T. R. A. Creed ...

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  52. BLOWN UP.

    An armed German trawler, which was acting as a guardship for the purpose of warning neutral ships to keep away from parts of the Baltic Sea that are ...

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  54. ANNIVERSARY OF SEDAN.

    Yesterday was the anniversary of the beginning of the battle of Sedan, a conflict fraught with the most disastrous consequences to the French in the last ...

    Article : 132 words
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  56. VISIT TO CAMP.

    BRISBANE, Tuesday. Hon. L. E. Groom (Minister for Trade and Customs) paid a surprise, visit to the expeditionary comp at Enogerra at ...

    Article : 122 words
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