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  2. METEOROLOGICAL.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 157 words
  3. IN AUSTRALIA.

    The Minister for Home Affairs has drawn attention to the fact that under the Electoral Act members of the Australian expeditionary force can vote ...

    Article : 49 words
  4. THE EUROPEAN WARS. THE GERMAN ARMY BEFORE LIEGE.

    The Germans appear to have forced a passage between two of the forts forming the ring around Liege, and to have established themselves in the city. The forts are still holding out, and a French cavalry division is advancing from the west. The Germans are in danger of being caught between ...

    Article : 247 words
  5. AUSTRALIAN NAVY THE KING'S NAVY.

    A special Federal "Gazette" was issued yesterday afternoon formally transferring to the King's home forces all vessels of the Australian naval forces, ...

    Article : 51 words
  6. A MASONIC RELIEF FUND.

    The New South Wales Masonic Club in Sydney has opened a war relief fund, which is being largely subscribed to. A telegram from Temora states that ...

    Article : 108 words
  7. SHOTS WARN VESSELS.

    The Sydney correspondent of "The Argus" (Melbourne) on Thursday telegraphed: "Thrice to-day the captain of coasting vessels have been warned ...

    Article : 243 words
  8. SYDNEY WOMEN MOVE.

    A meeting of members of the women's organising committee, and other similar bodies held at the Trades Hall yesterday afternoon decided to ...

    Article : 99 words
  9. CANARDS.

    The statement emanating from Berlin that Warsaw, the capital city of Poland, had been captured, is regarded as ridiculous. ...

    Article : 44 words
  10. Family Notices

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    Family Notices : 51 words
  11. THE ROYAL COMMISSION AND THE A.M.A.

    THE action of the A.M.A. in withdrawing Mr. Hall, their legal representative, from the proceedings of the Royal Commission, has been dictated ...

    Article : 456 words
  12. PREMIER HOLMAN LEAVES FOR MELBOURNE.

    The Premier (Mr. W. A. Holman), accompanied by the Under-Secretary for the Treasury, left Sydney for Melbourne last night to attend the ...

    Article : 203 words
  13. AFTER 41 YEARS.

    General Joffre, commanding the French army, in a proclamation issued after the occupation of Mulhausen, said:—"Children of Alsace, after 41 ...

    Article : 90 words
  14. Barrier Miner.

    THE semi-official statement has been made at Vienna, the capital of Austria, that the war between Germany and Britain does not constitute a state ...

    Article : 500 words
  15. THE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.

    An enormous crowd gathered at the Victoria Barracks at Paddington yesterday morning, applicants for enrolment in the expeditionary force for service ...

    Article : 160 words
  16. LINER STRIKES A MINE.

    The Norwegian-Australian liner Misla struck a mine off the Dutch coast and sank. Three passengers and three stokers were drowned, but the rest on ...

    Article : 36 words
  17. BEFORE THE POLICE COURT.

    As the result of the recent disturbances in Melbourne two youths appeared in the City Court on Thursday—one on the charge of having thrown a ...

    Article : 266 words
  18. GERMANY AND LIEGE.

    An official message received here from Berlin states:—"We hold Liege fast in our hands. The losses of the enemy are considerable." ...

    Article : 30 words
  19. LEAD, ZINC, AND COPPER CONTRABAND OF WAR.

    Sydney ore buyers were not exactly astonished yesterday when they were officially acquainted with the fact that copper, lead, zinc, wolfram, ...

    Article : 75 words
  20. THE KING'S MESSAGE.

    The following was the message that his Majesty the King sent by wireless to the British fleet:— I have confidence that the British ...

    Article : 121 words
  21. MR. COOK'S OPINION.

    Speaking at the Lord Mayor's luncheon in Melbourne yesterday, the Prime Minister (Mr. Cook) said that he was confident that in ...

    Article : 73 words
  22. MARITIME APPROACHES.

    The "Daily Mail" says that the British Fleet holds the North Sea firmly, and all maritime approaches to Germany are now closed. No fighting ...

    Article : 40 words
  23. THE BROKEN HILL PROPRIETARY STEEL WORKS.

    There was a partial resumption of operations at the Broken Hill Proprietary Company's steel works at Waratah yesterday. Two hundred of the ...

    Article : 72 words
  24. GERMAN ARMY CORPS.

    The fact that two of Austria's finest army corps, the fourteenth from Innisbruck, and the third from Graz, are being brought to the Rhine, is regarded ...

    Article : 49 words
  25. FRENCHMEN FOR THE FRONT.

    A batch of french residents from Victoria and New South Wales will leave this week for the front. The war, it is thought, may cause ...

    Article : 51 words
  26. FIGHT AT MULHAUSEN.

    The French losses at Ailkirch and Mulhausen were not excessive, considering the result of the fight. Mulhausen, which is not fortified, was ...

    Article : 86 words
  27. PERSONAL.

    Mr. William Moore, ex M.L.C. of Tasmania, and a member of the first Federal convention, died in Hobart yesterday aged 91 years. ...

    Article : 534 words
  28. GERMANS ARRESTED IN SYDNEY.

    The German reservists were taken into custody on the steamer Willochra yesterday, but were released on parol. A patrol yesterday arrested three ...

    Article : 66 words
  29. NO DANGER TO AUSTRALIA.

    No danger to Australia, according to Colonel Foster, or to Australian shipping is to be expected from Germany. Interviewed yesterday at the ...

    Article : 1,008 words
  30. MEETINGS AT KADINA, MOONTA, AND WALLAROO.

    A crowded meeting attended at the Kadina Town Hall on August 1, to consider the suggested scheme for re-opening the local mine. The Mayor ...

    Article : 448 words
  31. ATTACK BY SUBMARINES.

    The Admiralty states that the fleet of German submarines yesterday attacked one of the British cruiser squadrons of the main fleet. No ...

    Article : 38 words
  32. BRUSSELS ONE VAST HOSPITAL.

    The Belgian general staff reports that the position of the German troops has hardly charged since Saturday. Their advanced cavalry retreated under the ...

    Article : 59 words
  33. GERMANS HEMMED IN.

    The Belgian Legation states that a French cavalry division is rapidly advancing from the west. The Germans across the Meuse are hemmed in ...

    Article : 102 words
  34. ENLISTMENT PROCEEDING.

    Many members of the metropolitan police are anxious to serve in Europe with the expeditionary force, and Germans in various parts of the State are ...

    Article : 111 words
  35. THE ATTACK ON LIEGE.

    Mr. Donohoe, war correspondent, telegraphing from Brussels, states that the German attack in mass recalled the early days of Port Arthur, when ...

    Article : 64 words
  36. WAR CINEMAS PROHIBITED.

    The death is announced of Rear-Admiral Charles Lucas, who was the first naval officer to win the Victoria Cross. ...

    Article : 55 words
  37. OUR GERMAN FELLOW-AUSTRALIANS.

    ALTHOUGH unfortunate circumstances and the ambition of unprincipled German official patriots have brought the two nations into a war, it is absurd to ...

    Article : 697 words
  38. A BATTLESHIP AFIRE.

    A message from Ancona, in the Adriatic, states that a battleship on fire has been sighted drifting towards Pola. The nationality of the vessel is ...

    Article : 51 words
  39. TAKING OF TOGOLAND.

    News has been received that the French garrison at Grandpops, in Dahamey, acted in conjunction with a British cruiser in taking possession ...

    Article : 29 words
  40. GERMAN WARSHIPS.

    Fourteen German warships passed the Great Belt sailing northwards. It is understood that the Russian fleet is sheltering behind the fortifications at ...

    Article : 66 words
  41. LOYAL TELEGRAPHISTS.

    At a meeting of telegraphist members of the Nww South Wales Post and Telegraph Association yesterday, the following resolution was carried: "That ...

    Article : 92 words
  42. THE AFRIKANDERS' LOYALTY.

    Afrikanders at Aliwal North cabled to the British Government:—"We can be depended upon to defend the Union Jack to the last cartridge. ...

    Article : 31 words
  43. BRITAIN'S FOOD SUPPLY.

    Canada has offered the British Government 98,000,000lb. of flour as a gift from the people of Canada. The gift will help in steadying prices, and ...

    Article : 68 words
  44. GERMAN TACTICS.

    The Germans hold the Governor of the Province of Liege and the Bishop of Liege as hostages, and threaten to shoot them if the forts continue to ...

    Article : 134 words
  45. CREUSOT CONTRACT.

    Herr Schneider, the Greusot gunmaker, recently agreed to furnish Germany with 26 batteries of 105 milli-metres guns, but when war broke out ...

    Article : 67 words
  46. ARCHBISHOP KELLY'S SUPPORT.

    Archbishop Kelly, head of the Roman Catholic Church in Australia, called upon the Lord Mayor yesterday, and intimated that as ...

    Article : 79 words
  47. FIGHT AT LIEGE.

    The Minister for War desires that the importance of the engagement at Mulhausen should not be exaggerated. Brussels, Monday. ...

    Article : 130 words
  48. IN GREAT BRITAIN.

    Troop trains were fired on from both sides to-day near Crowhurst, in Surrey. The windows of the train were broken. The police are searching for motor-cars ...

    Article : 69 words
  49. THE FEDERAL ELECTIONS.

    The general executive of the Queensland Farmers' Union has recommended the withdrawal of Mr. Austin's candidature for the Wide Bay seat to ...

    Article : 71 words
  50. RESIDENT GERMANS.

    Mr. Ball, referring in the New South Wales Parliament last week to a recent occurrence in Melbourne, raised the question of the treatment of Germans ...

    Article : 284 words
  51. FRANCE ORGANISES INDUSTRIES.

    The Government are now setting about organising the agricultural and other industries in order to enable the national life to proceed with the least ...

    Article : 31 words
  52. GERMANS LEAVE LUXEMBURG.

    A Reuter's message states that the Germans have evacuated Luxemburg, owing to the Prouch advance. ...

    Article : 24 words
  53. THE TASMANIAN MINES.

    The Bischoff Extended mine has been closed down. The Mount Bischoff mine will start on half wages on the 17th inst. for a fortnight, presumably to ...

    Article : 36 words
  54. GERMAN-CARRIED CARGO.

    The Customs Department has ordered that no German cargo or goods brought to Australia by a German vessel in custody of the department are to be ...

    Article : 76 words
  55. THE BATTLE OF ALTKIRCH.

    It is officially announced that the French brigade reached Altkirch at nightfall. The place was defended by strong earth works, but the French ...

    Article : 178 words
  56. SERVIANS CUT OFF AUSTRIANS.

    The Servian mobilisation is complete. The Servians entered Bosnia, near Prioboia, and out off the retreat of a body of Austrians. The main body, ...

    Article : 185 words
  57. WAR SAVES A MAN FROM GAOL.

    In the Supreme Court yesterday William Thomas Young came up for sentence for seditious utterances during the late strike trouble. The court ...

    Article : 92 words
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