Articles from page 1: Previous page Next page

  1. Please wait. Loading browse data... loading
  2. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 16 words
  3. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 65 words
  4. THUMBS DOWN

    An immense audience at the Guildhall to-day heard the Prime Minister on the European situation. A crowd equal in immensity was unable to obtain admission. Dunce throngs were standing, the audience being composed of old men, middle-aged men, men mostly 40 and over. The City Band ...

    Article : 160 words
  5. DAMAGED GERMAN DESTROYERS.

    The Official Bureau states that seven German destroyers and torpedo boats have arrived at Kiel in a damaged condition, and that others have been sunk in the ...

    Article : 69 words
  6. War and Elections

    The Servians are advancing towards Boenia, and Herzegovina on their way to Sarajevo. Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia, stands on ...

    Article : 130 words
  7. Austria's Greatest Defeat

    "We said yesterday that Sedan Day brought no news' of a fresh Sedan to Berlin, but now we learn it brought to Vienna tidings of the greatest defeat ...

    Article : 74 words
  8. SOLDIERS WANTED.

    The British Trades Union Congress which is sitting in Manchester, earned a resolution yesterday that if the voluntary system of enlisting for service abroad ...

    Article : 52 words
  9. For the Old Flag.

    The Military Commandant has been advised from a neighbouring State (the name of the town has been censored) that a body of British subjects will go to the ...

    Article : 97 words
  10. THE RIVAL ARMIES.

    A despatch to the London "Daily Express?" from The Hague, Bays that the casualty lists which have reached there from Berlin are appalling. They occupy ...

    Article : 236 words
  11. THEIR LAST DUTY.

    Every facility was offered to the troops under canvas to record their votes to-dasy. The electrol office had erected a large marquee for the polling booth, and ...

    Article : 304 words
  12. NO FEARS.

    The naval correspondent of the "Times" says this morning—"Imaginary perils need nor frighten us. What the Germany can do we can do also. Thirteen Zeppelins ...

    Article : 88 words
  13. GERMAN AIRMAN'S FALL

    A British submarine has brought to Harwich a German airman and mechanic, found floating in the North Sea, 60 miles from Harwich. The aeroplane had broken ...

    Article : 49 words
  14. AUSTRIAN ARMY CRIPPLED.

    It is officially reported from Petrograd that the second Austrian Army has now loot all its fighting value. After the bombardment of Lemberg ...

    Article : 94 words
  15. OLD VIRGINIA.

    A telegram from Ottawa states that Canada is receiving thousands of American volunteers. A regiment of Virgini[?] 1,000 strong, with officers, has volunteered ...

    Article : 39 words
  16. KIAO CHAU BAY.

    The Chinese Government states that her obligations on account of neutrality do not prevent the passage to belligerent troops in the neighbourhood of Kiao ...

    Article : 58 words
  17. SOBER BRITISH.

    The Ostend correspondent of the London "Daily Chronicle" says that 17 British troopers were captured by Germans, who took them to a cafe. The celebration ...

    Article : 68 words
  18. THE FINAL VICTOR.

    M. Clemencean, a distinguished ex-Premier, recalls the fact that after the surrender of Napoleon III, and 86,000 men at Sedan France was without an army. ...

    Article : 108 words
  19. ULSTER VOLUNTEERS.

    Sir Edward Carson, K. C. M.P., addressing the Ulster Unionist Council at Belfast said:—"Unionist must think of their [?] do not week to purchase [?] their patriotism. ...

    Article : 82 words
  20. ENGLAND'S CLEAR CONSCIENCE.

    Mr. Asquith said:—"Reluctantly, and against our will, but with a clear [?] and a clean [?] have [?] with the whole strength [?] might and right. [?] would have been our position is a [?] to-day if we had been [?] enough to ...

    Article : 19 words
  21. THE PRESS IN WAR TIME.

    "If it is important that our people at borne should receive a steady flow of information it is infinite more important that the overseas dominions, on whom so ...

    Article : 176 words
  22. A MOMENTOUS BATTLE.a

    The battle which is now being waged to decide whether history will be repeated, in a second siege of Paris is the most momentous since Waterloh. All that the ...

    Article : 154 words
  23. THE MAN WHO SMASHED THE AUSTRIANS.

    The "Times" correspondent at Petrograd says:—"Gen. Russki, who has command of the Russian army, which so badly smashed the Austrian in Galicia, has a ...

    Article : 114 words
  24. TRAPPED TEUTONS.

    Gen. Gallieni, Governor of Paris, reports that the French centre, still holds its position. Wounded French soldiers declare that ...

    Article : 112 words
  25. GERMANY'S BLIND BARBARISM.

    "British people would have been watching with folded arms, as detached spectators, the siege of Liege the sturdy resistance of a small army and the countless [?] outrages whereby lives were exacted from an undefended civil population, and, finally, the greatest crime committed against civilisation ...

    Article : 75 words
  26. BRITISH LOSSES.

    The heavy losses of British officers in proportion to men, which occurred in South Africa, again marks the present operations. It indicates that officers ...

    Article : 40 words
  27. ENGLISH SERVICES PERMITTED.

    Services are permitted in the Church of England at Dresden, but no prayers for the success of the British arms are allowed. ...

    Article : 38 words
  28. FREEDOM OUR BREATH OF LIFE.

    "For my part I say that sooner than be a silent witness, which means in effect a willing accomplice, of this tragic triumph of force over freedom, I would see this country of ours blotted out of the page of history. (Great, cheering) The cynical violation of the neutrality of Belgium was, after ...

    Article : 178 words
  29. STRETCHER BEARERS SHOT.

    Another instance of German disregard for the rules of war has been reported. Near Douai, in the French Department of Nord, they permitted the wounded to tbe ...

    Article : 52 words
  30. PRAYERS FOR BRITISH VICTORY.

    1. That God will graciously deliver [?] British Empire from all her foes. 2. That there may be a sufficient response to the demand for soldiers and ...

    Article : 93 words
  31. A TEST OF NERVE.

    A wounded Connaught Ranger says:—"The disconcerting thing about a battle nowadays is that maybe you are fighting for hours on end and never see an enemy ...

    Article : 184 words
  32. PARIS FORTRESS.

    All the reports of was correspondents agree that Paris is the greatest fortress in the world. It is entirely encircled by sturdy forts, and stirring batteries. ...

    Article : 66 words
  33. GERMAN AEROPLANE DESTROYED.

    A Taube aeroplane approached Paris , to-day. When in the neighbourhood of Vincennes, an eastern suburb of the French capital, two French aviators ...

    Article : 62 words
  34. THE FINAL EFFORT.

    The feeling of confidence among the Allies is greatly increased by news of the great Russian victories in Galicia. An Austrian army of 100,000 has been ...

    Article : 115 words
  35. DODGING THE LAW.

    The correspondent of the "Times" at Washington states that evidence is accumulating that the Germans are attempting to evade the law by loading coal for ...

    Article : 50 words
  36. GERMANY'S TERRIBLE RESPONSIBILITY.

    After briefly recapitulating the negotiations prior to the war Mr. Asquith continued:—"For all the ill[?] suffering which now confront the world one Power, one Power only, is responsible. That Power is Germany. That is the fountain and orgin of this world wide [?] In France and Russia we ...

    Article : 82 words
  37. BRUSSELS NERVOUS.

    Machine guns have been mounted on the monuments of Brussels by the Germans. The nerves of the populace have become strained and are nearing the ...

    Article : 50 words
  38. FRENCH PEASANTS' FEAR.

    Despite, the German withdrawal from the north-west of France in consequence of a furious attack in the vicinity of Paris, panic prevails among the populace. ...

    Article : 57 words
  39. PRIZE COURT.

    At the first Prize Court held for 60 years Sir Samuel Brans decided thai the German steamer Chile, which was seized at Cardiff after the declaration of war ...

    Article : 102 words
  40. RECRUITING BOUNTY.

    In some districts in England a bounty is being offered to encourage recruiting. ...

    Article : 24 words
  41. GLORIOUS NAVAL ACHIEVEMENT.

    "We have upon the seas the strongest and most magnificent fleet ever seen. The Expeditionary Force which, left out shores has never been surp[?] in material, [?] and in the physical and moral quality of constitutent units. We rely upon the navy with the most absolute confidence, not only to ...

    Article : 145 words
  42. LOYAL WOUNDED.

    A pathetically loyal demonstration was witnessed yesterday in a London hospital when their Majesties the King and Queen visited the wounded. The men cheered ...

    Article : 22 words
  43. TURKEY MOBILISING IN ASIA.

    News has been received in Petrograd that Turkish mobilisation is in course of progress on the Persian frontier. It is going forward slowly. Many Christians ...

    Article : 90 words
  44. LEMBERG TAKEN.

    After defeating the Austrians along the whole line of battle on the Galician frontier the Russians concentrated their attack on Lemberg. ...

    Article : 97 words
  45. BOMBARDMENT ON ANTWERP.

    The British Consul at Belgium denies that the bombardment on Antwerp is imminent. ...

    Article : 29 words
  46. NAMES RUSSIANISED.

    All the Russian towns bearing German names are being rechristened. A proposal has been made to change Kronstadt to Kotlin. ...

    Article : 137 words
  47. OFFICIAL MESSAGE.

    Copy of telegram received by the Premier from the Prime Minister:— High Commissioner advises under date September 4, 5.25 a.m.:—Official—Seven ...

    Article : 194 words
  48. THE CALL TO ARMS.

    Respecting the army Mr. Asquith said there was an imperious urgency to multiply many times its effectiveness as a fighting instrument. Canada, Australia, Africa, New Zealand, and Newfoundland, children of the Empire, had asserted, not as an obligation, but as a [?] their right, their willingness ...

    Article : 146 words
  49. A YANKEE NOTION.

    The army staff at Washington consider it possible to mine the air like the sea. It would only be necessary to sent aloft in the evening a large number of small ...

    Article : 54 words
  50. BUFFALO GERMANS.

    There is intense feeling against the Canadians among the Gemans in Buffalo, in New York State, near the Canadian border. At Buffalo there are 7,000 armed ...

    Article : 72 words
  51. VOLUNTEER CITIZENS FORCE.

    The response to the suggestion [?] by a correspondent in these voluimns that is Volunteer Citizens' Force should be [?] hasw ben so gratifying that a [?] ...

    Article : 43 words
  52. AID FOR GERMANY.

    From Switeerland comes a report that 100,000 Austrians are being carried west ward in trains. They are to support the left wing of the Germans in their ...

    Article : 47 words
  53. FRENCH PREDICTION.

    An important personage in French military circles says:—"It is dear that the entrenched camp outside Paris will in all probability become the pivot of military ...

    Article : 60 words
  54. APPEAL TO POLES.

    German aeroplanes are showering pamphlets in Poland inciting the people to rise against the hated Russians. he pamphlets say. "Away with Oriental ...

    Article : 62 words
  55. A LONG STRUGGLE.

    "We are at present watching the fluctuations of fortune only in the early stages of what is going to be a protracted straggle. We must learn to take long [?] and to cultivate above all other faculties of patience, endurance, and stead-fastness. ...

    Article : 49 words
  56. DELAYED NEWS.

    The "Times" remarks:—"The British censorship of outgoing new has caused great delay in its transmission, but the Government until recently had not taken ...

    Article : 72 words
  57. BRAVE JEWS.

    The bravery of the Jews in the Russian army is revolutionising opinion in that country. A Jewish medical student saved the colours of his regiment in the last ...

    Article : 68 words
  58. MARCHING SONG.

    A fine Kipling flavour perva[?] the marching song "When England [?] the Drama," written and composed by Dr. C. H. Souter, of Adelaide. The [?] ...

    Article : 52 words
  59. AUSTRIA REINFORCED.

    The London "Star" has received a despatch, from Athens to the effect that the Servians are sending many troops to reinforce those who are already on the ...

    Article : 95 words
  60. CHURCH MILITANT.

    Several clergymen of the Anglican Church have expressed a desire to go to the front but the Archbishop of Canterbury declares that it is incompatible with ...

    Article : 49 words
  61. THE SAVIOUR OF EUROPE.

    "Finally let us recall the memories of the great men and the great deeds of the past; not forgetting the dying message of the younger Pitt—in this very hall—England has saved herself by her exertions, and will, as I trust, save Europe by her example. (Cheers.) England in those days gave a noble answer to his ...

    Article : 133 words
  62. SOUTH AFRICAN REGIMENT.

    South Africans who are in London are forming a regiment of 600 mounted rifles, equipped with Maxim guns and an aviation and motor establishment. ...

    Article : 37 words
  63. SILVER.

    The price of silver was unchanged to-day. ...

    Article : 15 words
  64. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 93 words
  65. A DUCAL HERO.

    The Duke of Weatminister exhibited great bravery on the battlefield. At imminent personal peril be faced a heavy fire and earned Capt. Grenfell, who had been ...

    Article : 114 words
  66. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 17 words
  67. MOVEMENTS CONTINUED

    The movements of the Allies and Germans continue in the North-west of France, but the opposing forces have not yet come into contact again. ...

    Article : 67 words
  68. ENDURE AND CONQUER.

    Mr. Winston Churchill (First Lord of the Admiralty), said:—"You may rely on the strength and efficiency of the navy. It will enable 700 to live, work, and draw the means of life and power from the uttermost ends of earth. It will, give you time and means to create military forces which the country must [?] ...

    Article : 134 words
  69. AUSTRALIAN CARGOES.

    Sir Thomas Coghlan (Agent-General for New South Wales has made strong representation to the British Government that the German vessels destined for ...

    Article : 61 words
  70. WHEAT.

    The wheat market was active to-day., Australian cargoes shipped in April and May fetched 47/ per qr. ...

    Article : 28 words
  71. BUTTER MARKET.

    The butter market is easier. The finest Australian grades are quoted from 118/ ...

    Article : 23 words
×

Buy

Download

Please choose from the following download options:

Share

Share this item on:

Print

Print page as...

The National Library of Australia's Copies Direct service lets you purchase higher quality, larger sized photocopies or electronic copies of newspapers pages.

Scope
Format of download
as... PDF PDF

You need to login before you can save preferences.

$