Great anthusiasm was manifested n connection with the war declaration at the fortnightly meeting of the Nowington branch A. N. A. last night. The chairman ...
Article : 68 wordsIt is difficult to [?] position and strer[?] nations to the Trigle [?] ances. While France [?] ...
Article : 282 wordsAlthough events of the past few days prepared the public for almost any development, the news that the 70th had been ordered to mobilise was received with somewhat mixed feelings. So far ...
Article : 508 wordsHolland is reported to be making preparations to open the dykes for the purpose of flooding the country, in order to impede the movements of the German ...
Article : 62 wordsTe Norddeutacher-Lloyd liner Kronprinzessin Cecilie, 19,500 tons, which is making a voyage from American to Europe with £,,000,000 in gold in her ...
Article : 64 wordsAdvices from Constantinople state that Turkey is mobilising her forces. ...
Article : 15 wordsGeneral Joffre, Commander-in-Chief of the French army, has left for the German frontier. ...
Article : 18 wordsIntense excitement was caused to-day by the report of guns from the fort at Point Nepeat. It appears that a German cargo boat named Plalz was heading up ...
Article : 124 wordsMr H. Page-Croft. Unionist member of the Commons for. Christ church, has written a letter to the "Morning Post," in which he suggests that the Overseas ...
Article : 84 wordsIt is reported a German force near Mars la Tour, 12 miles south-west of Metz. ...
Article : 21 wordsThe steam Kronz Prinz[?] Cecilie has returned to Bar Harbor, Maine, the captain fearing capture. The vessel had been disguised as a British steamer, but ...
Article : 40 wordsIt is said on diplomatic authority that the German high sea fleet has passed through the Kiel Canal, and is steaming westward ...
Article : 58 wordsA number of foreigners in France have asked permission to form a volunteer corps. The applicants include many Polish miner from northern districts. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe Attorney-General Sir W. H. Irvine said to-day he had no doubt that the various shipping companies were familiar with the right of and liabilities ...
Article : 158 wordsThe bank holiday in London has been prolonged over Thursday. ...
Article : 18 wordsIt is reported locally that tie German mail steamer Seydlitz has been stopped just outside Sydney. ...
Article : 21 wordsThe British Admiralty has issued a note urging that British ships bound for Continental ports north of Calais should be diverted to ports in the United ...
Article : 35 wordsThe mobilisation of Montenegrin troops has been ordered, and the blockade of Antivari is expected. ...
Article : 24 wordsAs much as 83 per cent, has been paid at Lloyd's by persons wishing to insure against war between Germany and Great Britain within three years. ...
Article : 32 wordsThe steamber Shurzfels, flying the Germany flag, arrived at the Semaphore at about noon, and Pilot Henderson brought the vessel up to a berth at the No. 1 ...
Article : 101 wordsBorn on Schoen. German Ambassador at Paris, left at 10 p.m. on Monday. incidentally, after Baron Von Schoen's request for a passport, the French ...
Article : 53 wordsGerman authorities in Hamburg have detained the British steamers Saxon, Castro, and Cuxhaver. ...
Article : 22 wordsThe German Government has applied to the Reichstag for credit amounting to £350,000,000. ...
Article : 19 wordsMr Holman, the Premier, announced this evening that the Government will probably suspend the operations of industrial awards on account of the ...
Article : 122 wordsThe money movement in Melbourne is very reassuring. Instead of there being a run on gold in the banks, public credit is so sound and so very free from alarm ...
Article : 91 wordsThe following message has been received by the Governor-General from the King through the Secretary of State for the Colonies:— ...
Article : 127 wordsBaron von Schoen, the German Ambassador to France, before leaving Paris to-day delivered a letter to the Government, declaring that French aviators have ...
Article : 82 wordsVice-Admiral Sir John Jellicoe has assumed command of the Home Fleets. The proclamation mobilising the Army was read at the Royal Exchange, amid ...
Article : 37 wordsThe Prime Minister to-night issued the following statement to the people of Australia:— "We have just to sit tight now ...
Article : 197 wordsThe report of Mr Redmond's speech in the House of Commons with regard to Ireland's loyal attitude has been received in Ireland with immense enthusiasm. ...
Article : 117 wordsA representative of the Paris "Matin" has interviewed Mons. Turpin, the inventor of Melanite, who declared that the French Minister of War had ...
Article : 66 wordsSir Alexander Peacock said that he had been very grieved to read of the attach on the Turn Verein lost night. He was carry that a number of citizens had ...
Article : 86 wordsHuge crowds assembled in the Parliamentary grounds to hear the King's message read by the Governor (the Earl of Liverpool). Between 10,000 and 15,000 ...
Article : 62 wordsThe Governor-General has received the following front the Secretary of State for the Colonies:— "Referring to your telegram of ...
Article : 112 wordsA rich haul has been secured by the French authorities. A truck, laden with £800,000 and a similar amount of silver, was seized ...
Article : 50 wordsMr Livingston, Minister for Education, is obtaining a return with a view to ascertaining how many teachers are liable to be called out for military service. He ...
Article : 79 wordsOn the receipt of the first news of approaching war the price of last season's Australian wheat on prompt delivery rose from 3/11 to 4/6 a bushel in a few days ...
Article : 303 wordsThe Regiment will spend to-day to-night at the Orderly-room, and the Mayors of the City and Town, Crs J. J. Brokenshire and A. J. Pittard ...
Article : 71 wordsSir Edward Carson has advised all the Ulster Volunteers who are liable to be called out to respond immediately, as their first duty is to the King. ...
Article : 53 wordsLate to-night a "Common wealth Gazette" was published. It begins:— "Whereas His Majesty has been compelled to Declare War against ...
Article : 191 wordsThe German wireless station at Wak Opmuni, in German South-west Africa, has increased its powers, and is sending out continuous message, for the purpose ...
Article : 67 wordsThe Council of the Incorporated Associations of London and the Irish Millers endorse the statement made by the Government that there are ample supplies of ...
Article : 52 wordsSir Alexander Peacock said this after- noon that some [?]nguiries had been made as to whether it were possible to partially nsopend the determination of the wages ...
Article : 98 wordsA Battalion order was issued last night. It states that the Ballarat members of the Bttalion will mobilise and proceed to Queenscliff to join the defended fort ...
Article : 335 wordsMr Cook states that the Government regards the message received from the Imperial Government with regard to the offer of a Commonwealth Contingent of ...
Article : 209 wordsArmy chaplains hold an open-air service at the Bismarck Monument, to which the soldiers marched, carrying their kits. There was a huge attendance. The ...
Article : 67 wordsThe French Embassy at London states that the German cruiser Breslau bombarded Bone, a town on the Algerian coast, at 4 o'clock yesterday morning ...
Article : 41 wordsAll the men comprising the 1st battalion of the Royal Australian Field Artillery, when asked, volunteered fro service abroad. ...
Article : 107 wordsA warlike feeling is spreading throughout Bulgaria, but nevertheless it is not likely that Bulgaria will abandon her neutrality just at present. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe United States has issued a formal proclamation of neutrality, President Woodrow Wilson states that the financial situation is perfectly sound. ...
Article : 27 wordsSir Alexander Peacock the Premier, maid that yesterday morning he like thousands of other citizens, had felt upset at the modicum of news that had come to ...
Article : 229 wordsThe declaration of war was received with considerable enthusiasm. The Premier stated that he had telegraphed to the Prime Minister (Mr Cook) ...
Article : 89 wordsBy calling up all members of the Naval Reserve, the British Admiralty will obtain 200,000 officers and men. This will suffice to place a third fleet on a ...
Article : 43 wordsThe outbreak of war has caused much uneasiness in Japan. ...
Article : 16 wordsDemands on the Savings Bank were not nearly to pronounced this morning. There was still some excitement among small depositors, but the amounts ...
Article : 73 wordsMr Lewis Harcourt, Secretary of State for the Colonies, replaying to Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson's offer of ships and men said the Government greatly appreciated ...
Article : 57 wordsAuthentic reports have been received stating that the Russians have crossed the German border at various points. M. de Sverbeew, the Russian ...
Article : 72 wordsDiplomatic relations between France and Germany have been broken off. It is stated that actual war now exists ...
Article : 26 wordsThe outbreak of war between Great British and Germany did not come as a surprise, but the announcement nevertheless caused considerable excitement. The ...
Article : 69 wordsThe naval guards on the steamer Alvina are having a busy time. During the day several steamers were intercepted by the naval officers. Boats are not ...
Article : 257 wordsAn offer has been made by the Auto-cycle Association of New South Wales to organise a corps of motor cyclists for despatch work in the Commonwealth or ...
Article : 64 wordsA Norddeutcher-Lloyd's cargo boat, 6500 tons, was refused clearance for Sydney yesterday. This morning she steamed down the Bay, and at the Heads ...
Article : 326 wordsA private telegram received in London from Stockholm states that the Aland, Island naval battle is a canard. ...
Article : 27 wordsWhen Count Von Ponrtales, the German Ambassador to Russia, visited M. Sazanoff, the Russian Foreign Minister, prior to the declaration of war by ...
Article : 86 wordsGiving effect to a decision of the State Cabinet to co-operate with the Commonwealth Government in taking any steps for helping the Empire, Sir ...
Article : 194 wordsAlthough it has not yet been formally decided to close, members of the Sydney Stock Exchange did not meet for the usual calls to-day. ...
Article : 32 wordsThe French troops are keeping well off the frontier lines, and are not playing Germany's game by exciting themselves. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe announcement of Great Britain's declaration of war against Germany created much excitement in Echuca this afternoon. Much cheering was indulged ...
Article : 72 wordsThere was a rumor current in London on Monday that German cruisers had been seen in the Atlantic, and if the rumor was true it was surmised that the ...
Article : 91 wordsFurther changes have taken place in the French Ministry so as to enable the Premier to direct the Government with portfolio. ...
Article : 25 wordsIt is officially announced that the Germans are invading Belgium at Vervirs, a town 13 miles south-east of Liege. ...
Article : 26 wordsOnly meagre details of the military and naval operations are being received in London from the Continent, owning to strict censorship. ...
Article : 29 wordsA military demonstration in connection with the 73rd Infantry took place at Werrigar Park to-day, when the quota of cadets was transferred to the ranks of the ...
Article : 149 wordsIt has been discovered that Germany has purchased all the horses offered for sale at the fairs at Groningen during the last few months. ...
Article : 34 wordsThe Premier said that he had an interview with the Prime Minister (Mr Cook and his colleagues this afternoon, and discussed the position created by the war ...
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Advertising : 931 wordsMr E. D. Millen, Minister for Defence, heard by telephone from Queenscliff shortly after noon to-day from the fort at Queenscliff of the attempted escape. The ...
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The Ballarat Courier (Vic. : 1869 - 1900; 1914 - 1918), Thu 6 Aug 1914, Page 4
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